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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON- FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 J i HENDRICKS Prestdant - CARLE ABRAM3 Secretary Issued Dally Except Monday by I . r i . TUB STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY - 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon f Portland Office. 723 Board of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1111) i : ( MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i Vt m Awlat1 Jrtm la mlml antttUd , Ym. ttmm. ..1 r ition of all news dispatches. credited to it or not otherwise credited la this paper and also the local news n. J. Hendricks John L. Brady Frank Jaskoski i h TELEPHONES: t ' Business Office' - . -News Department ----- ' - -Circulation Office - - Society Editor - - - ' Job Department -- . - .stared at the Postottice In Salem I THESE WILL BE A SHORTAGE OF WHEAT i i Yes, there will be a shortage of wheat ; the United States will ; .iecorae a wheat importing country " ; When? -iJ',;,,.:'-.....r.;- - i In discussing the relation of population growth and land rr apply to the future foreign tradepolicy of the United States, ' Dr.L. C. Gray, land economist of the United States Department ! cf Agriculture, said a few days ago : j , j! J "The present agricultural depression is a' mere episode '; in the general trend toward economic scarcity of land available : f orv agriculture and forests, caused by the in jj; . creasing population. "Whereas it now appears that we 1 1 : have an unwieldy slirplua of farm products which we are S compelled to sell on the world's bargain counter, within A few decades the export surplus of the United States will have largely disappeared and we shall find ourselves sob-' jected to the decreasing dependence upon foreign sources In Kntmort of this theory Dr. Gray pointed out that the total i ' m . tT "a a aN M. A. crop acreage, m ine tinned mates per eapita uwicasiug was less in 1922 than it was, in 1900, and thatthe acreage of i nineteen..pnnhpal crops was nearly 2 per cent less in lya tnan in 1919,, in spite' of the continued increase in population. TTie large increase In bur surplus f op export,' he said, has been made possible, by the decreased crop land used for production of live stock, particularly beef cattle and horses. The expert also finds that the yield per acre of land and crops has not increased dur ing the past two decades. Dr. Gray also declared that there has been a; tendency recently to focus the explanation of the sudden decrease in the prices of cereals on the large American export surplus. . To refute this theory, he advances the fact that bread cereals for the world's market and the world's supply. these cereals- has not been materially larger the last' two years of price depressi6n as it was in tint five years preceding the war. He also declared that the supply of bread cereaU available for consumption in the principal countries of western Europe has been smaller during the last two years than -it was before the war, in spite of the large increase in exports from the United States; Canada and the southern hemisphere. In conceding, Dr. Gray said: 4 ; ' . -.A:''i- - ', : 'i . ' ' Considering the quality and location of pur undeveloped lands, ahd'making due allowances to probable changes con sumption and in methods of production, we shall not be able to expand our grain production sufficiently to maintain our lpu ktion a few decades from now in the face of the competition of the large Canadian surplus of cereals unless protection shall be afforded to our producers. In a comparatively short period we IikU be forced to make the choice that confronted England in the nliddle of the last century which resulted in the repeal of laws restricting the importation of cereals. ' , , When will this come about! "In a comparatively short time, I aays Dr. Gray ' , ! , ' And it will come about in amuch shorter time than the pres ent creeping up of the comparative population on' the supply of land, available for4 wheat growing would bring it about, if tbere-may be some legitimate nd conservative forcing If the United SUtes shall be brought to produce all of its owtiI lax and flax manufactures and by-products; the same as to htrap; all its own wool and mutton; all its own sugar; all its 'own potato flour and starch and dextrine; all its own crude dru-s and a thousand and one other things for which we now j'elyMn whole or in part upon foreign-countries i. Keeping at home hundreds of. millions of dollars a year; em ploying millions of additional laborers; stimulating growth and prosperity directly and indirectly in innumerable ,ways. Any reader can think of many ways; for instance, more laborers car loyed on the , land and in the industries will; mean more merchants,' doctors, lawyers,- teachers, preachers, and so on through , a long list. ' 1 : "'' ' -- Take one item that will be well understood in 'Salem. Take the poultry industry.- That 'industry is growing in the Salem district by leaps and bounds. One breeder in this district is installing an incubator that is costing $7000; two others near Salem are about to install incubators of great capacity, and these are merely oustanding instances of a .development that is taking place all over this district one that will Roon increase the poul tryOndustry here four fold; ten fold; a hundred fold; It guen a development should take place all over the country,- even though in proportionately much smaller way in other sec tions, this a'lone would go a long way towards taking care of the. wheat surplus. - . "' v'. : - -; " : - -When the United States becomes a self sustained country, there will be no wheat surplus; there will be a wheat shortage, y A thorough reorganization and redirection of the "depart ments of the government that ought naturally to function in this respect, with no additional appropriations, but with present funds diverted to ends sympathetic with a constructive program of development, would in a very short time make the United ; States a self contained country. u 11KAU AND FOHBEAn The arerage boy learns to swear became he cannot control his temper. All goes "well until something ; unusually, provoking happens and the youth feels that onty emphatic language will - do justice to -, the emergency. - In latr; years bes sees howr foolish he, was and hopes to OTercome tho ;hablt;;f Pi.!:. , As a man grows older he finds . it hard to have patience. In fact th patient man is a rarity. When .thiags go wrong he is Inclined to. break up th furniture. Some men learn to curb themselves, and tiny arejmosters of the ' world: others never learn this necessary iesson.' and are always the . vic: tinia of their Impatience." . 7 In public life It Is not the hot head who -wins; rather It Is the slow-going man who plods along. Every-," farmer occasionally gets hold of a horse that rushes ahead, f rr tl jjt?elf vJtatoJV; lather but cly: complicating ,JrnT malfers. J.L.BRADY Yieo-Prosidoat published herein. Manager - - Editor Manager Job Dept. - it 23-106 8S . 101 S (8S Oregon, as second class matter. "' ! A Jl aomM V. M ani f ; . 1- The farmer swear it Is a fine spirited animal, hut he. always manages to get rid' of it and have a more evenly matched team. . . jn politics it is the same! way. The hot-head rises, the desire" tq break np the furniture comes to many men. ' Those -worth while curb themselves, while . the; ones' who fret and foam continue to find a world going awry. In tills recall movement.! It is not the steady goers, the men worth while in public life who. are trying to invoke this weapon. , It is the hot heads, the men ' who swore' reck lessly as boys and have not gotten over It; the men who fret in their places making It ! all around un- comfortable. This la a time when men with steady nerves, men with capacity to make values; are needed as never before. -Irresponsible peace disturbers and charac terless newspaper's are doing their best to make trouble. They" will succeed unless sober, level headed men take. the thing In hand and set matters right. The irrespon- sible men are not concerned for tho public welfare; they pay very little taxes, but they make a lot of noise. This hour is one that de mands sane and sensible men on guard. ' ' BOK AND ADVERTISING : When Edward Bok retired from active journalistic life it waa sup posed that his career was ended. It was Just beginning. Since he has been devoting himself to good citizenship. ' His latest effort is directed in a manner that will ap peal to all f newspapers. He wants to raise the tone of adver tising. For years there has been a demand for truth in advertising. Business men know how essential advertising is, and they want it clean so that it can work its best. A lying advertisement is worse than none. It not only fails to carry its point but it hurts all ad vertising. The reputable merch ants have been emphatic In de manding truth In advertising. The standard has been raised. But it must go up -more. Advertising has come Into Its own. but to do its best work it must be above suspicion Edward Bok is pro posing a great advance step. A NAUGHTY PROBLEM Article 1 0 in the league of na tions covenant is causing a world of. trouble : and trouble to the world. The Italians have, broken down the league, but many sincere men -are not willing to let it go that way. They believe the league has a place, and that it ought to be, functioning. Here stalks in the old bugaboo that frightened America. There is just one way to have the league func tion' and that is to put teeth in it. ., ' There is just one set of teeth that will work for the league and that is military. There is just one thing the old world respects and that is the bayonet. Unless the military power of the world is put behind the league, it Is dead, everlastingly dead. The trouble ir the league $ is organized wrongly. It is not self propelling nor self-directing. It responds to kind words but only when there is a mailed fist back of It, . ; ; ..: Would the world court do any better? We will leave it to you. What would the policeman's club be worth if the power Of the court were not behind it? : It is not the policeman who is feared; it is what is back of him. The law is all-powerful. - LIVING ON CAPITAL When a man dies his widow is urged to nse whatever money he left advisedly, and be certain not to use any of the capital. By this Is meant that the carnng power of the money must not be lessened. She is urged to undergo temporary hardships rather than touch - her capital, her gestegg. : We are living on our capital in Oregon. ; Whenever we cut down a tree and make no effort to re place it, we are living up our capital stock and some day must pay the penalty. The trees must be cut; no sentimental .reason must be permitted to stand In the way of our lumber needs, but there must also as a part of that cut ting be provision for reforesta tion. Whenever one tree Is cnt, another must be planted. Unless we do this we will be poverty stricken, so far as forests are con cerned, before the present gener ation is gone. If we replant we can go on forever. It Is so clear ly our Interest"; to replant that there should be no hesitation. I THE CONSTITUTIONAL MEET- . ING : This evening there will be held in this city a meeting sponsored by every patriotic society in the city. There will be just one sub ject discussed, but that is so vital to this very life of onr nation to our happiness as individuals, that it should challenge marked at tention. V , . f This is Constitution week. The main idea is to have (the Inspir ation or that great document win its way anew into our hearts, but the secondary purpose ; and really the underlying one is to Inspire a determination for . the enforce ment of law. It is a fact that we are becoming skeptical of law en forcement. We need a revival, a re-baptism. f '' ; C - Salem Is no worse, nor better, than any other part of the country but It 13 Just as careless as any of them, and our carelessness In law enforcements Is a sin. The meeting this evening should be an overflow one. We need the re hapti&m. :' - - FRANCE miiEr3IA At a tremendous cost France has won in the Ruhr. It would be right glad to find some way to get out whole.". France has followed most peculiar course since the war. At first it was attributed to FIRST TO , s ' . . Lieut. Harold J. Brow of the navy and the Cur tiss-Navy racer in which he set a new world's air record of 2.44.15 miles an hour in a recent flight on the measured kilometer course over Cnruss Field, Garden City, L. L , ' ' .! . - ' -'. .;.... ; - Wvj ,-- mortal fear of Germany, but grad ually the sordid i part has been showing. France wants to domin ate the world. It went Into the Ruhr and lost heavily. It did not get coal. Then in its dealing with Poland France, has shown an un clean hand. It has. financed Po land while if failed to even pay the interest on the money we sent over there to save the life of the nation, j France wants to build up Poland in order to have an ally that can be relied upon to stand for the ambitions of the French statesmen. "v ' In the history of the world no natfon has ever gone blundering ly along the way France has done. It is a great pity,! because France won the admiration of the world when it was fighting, wits its back to the wall. A GOOD PROVIDER : It sounded like a voice from the past when a Salem woman de fended her husband by declaring that he was a "good provider." How much that 'phrase was used in the good old days of our dad dies. A man was then judged al most entirely by his ability to pro vide for his family. That was the outstanding test; all others were back of it and didn't matter much! Pa, as he was then, might be crusty and ill-natured; .he might, upon occasion, whip his children just to keep in practice and to keep his authority intact, but if he provided well, all was forgiven. If asked if her daughter married well, the first reply was that he was a good provider. Now, an hundred other things enter in, but we sometimes wonder if the test is any fairer than the old one based on provisions. ft Adcle Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE CHAPTER 413 WHAT MADGE WAS ABLE TO : ARRANGE . ; Dicky's cocksure ; belief that Claire Foster : would consent s to pose for him irritated me, all the more because I secretly was con vinced of the , fact that 4vhe was justified In his assertion. That many girls were wild to act as the models for his magazine cover illustrations I. had known ever since my marriage, and the fact had been brought forcibly to mc by Bess Dean's1 behavior when I had last seen her. With the queer twist which the feminine mind sometimes assumes, I found myself actually sym pathizing with Grace Draper, be cause of Dicky's decision that on account of her profile resem blance to Grace he -must have Claire Foster's younger, fresher face for his drawings. I had seen the humiliation that had accom panied the suspicion of the truth which she had betrayed at the inn, 'and I wondered what ber re action would be to the proposal concerning Claire Foster, which I knew Dicky meant to broach at the little dinner 'he had planned. He had asked me to "manage" things for him. but one task ap- palled me. Dr. Petit, of course, must 'be included in the dinner invitation; for we only knew Claire Foster through., him. But had Dicky forgotten that the physician- knew! Grace Draper and her history? And he knew things which Dicky did not, or which 1 hoped be did not, notably that long-ago attempt of Grace Drap er's to take my life. I feared that he would absolutely refuse to come tothe dinner, and use his influence to keep Miss Foster away if he knew who was to be the other guest. x ' J Dicky's Rellrf - i Why tell him? My particular little devil whispered the insidi ous suggestion in my ear, and I seised It thankfully. I would simply put the invitation to meet a friend staying' at the little Shelter Island Inn,, and trust? to my luck ' and ' his good breeding when be should meet Grace Drap- er. I had a card np my sleeve ta HOLDING HUSBAND TRAVEL FOUR MILES . play just before the meeting at that. .. -.'; :V : - The mental processes of my irritated reflection $ and decision occupied in reality but a few sec onds, and I was able to reply to Dicky's' question in time to pre vent his being suspicious that I was reluctant to arrange things for. him. : "Don't worry, I feex," I quoted Katie11 banteringly. and Dicky heaved an immense sigh of relief. You're the goods, old girl, I'll tell the world!" he said extrava gantly, and the slangy commenda tion , heartened me wonderfully for the unpleasant task before me. "I'll .have to telephone Dr. Pettlt in order to get Miss Fos ter's 'address,'. I said, -"so we'll just drive to the nearest tele phone, .'ll see if I can't reach her by telephone, then I can make the arrangements for the dinner with" the proprietor without mak ing another trip out here." ; ; "Manage it any way you like," Dicky answered promptly. ."I'll be the meekest man in the uni verse, and follow you around like a ; well-trained bull terrier i! you'll puir this off for me." Acceptances," "Better not make any rash promises," I countered. "You may: have to lie down, roll over and Jplay dead before I'm through with you." "I've doing, nothing else, old dear, since I married you," he retorted, as I drew up in front of a drug store." "It's my best spe cialty." ., ;,:.-- " I made a merry moue at him as I entered the drug store, but my ; spirits were " anything but light. Dr. Pettit, however, -when I finally got in telephone connec tion with him was unusually gracious, gave me Miss Foster's telephone address readily,' and promised to come to the dinner if her plans could be arranged to permit it. .There was -an em barrassed but somewhat proprie tary air about his mention of her name which caused me to won der if there was 'an understanding between them. ; r 1 Miss Foster, over the telephone, was her usual extravagantly en thusiastic self, j " '";"Oh,f I'd love; to come! she said. "It's mighty sweet of you to ask me." And I hung up the telephone -with the feeling that she was sincerely glad of the in vitation. : ' "Everything Is all right, your majesty," I said, as I came out of the drug store. "But now It's your turn. You interview this hotel proprietor ? and order the dinner. I haven't eaten a restau rant dinner of your ordering for quite a time, an,d I'd like the ex perience. I don't want to know a thing about it until I sit down at the table." I know that there is nothing in the world Dicky likes to do. so much as to order a dinner, and I was not surprised at his enthui astic response: f "That's my other name!" he said; "Just curl up now and go to sleep. I'll attend to things." (To be- continued.) : STATE : MARKET AGENT E- l'ABTMEXT C. E. Kpence, Market Agent, 723 Court House, Portland Farmers are slowly awakening to the necessity of getting hold of production , and controlling it, if agriculture is to hold its place In industry. They are realizing that they must Invade the resell field, eliminate middle nrofits. mini- ,ze wagte, stop speculation, sta bilize prices' and end individual competition. They 'know they must control one commodity in 4ne organization and that they must distribute that commodity through the entire season only, in J such quantities; as consumption demands. When through various associa tions farmers can bring about these conditions, agriculture will be stable and the whole state will benefit. In an agricultural state farmers must prosper If the busi nesss interests are to thrive. They : must be : able to sell their products at fair profits, and in order to have normal demand, re tall prices must be low enough that consumers' will buy readily. : Consumers and-producers hare the middle field : to reform to bring about ; these conditions'. Joint action can work out plans to eliminate the great spread in prices between the farm and tho retailer;--bring .production and A MINUTE. X-"Sr.. ....... -.':'-7 it'--, .... - a 1 i 1 consumption closer together and greatly benefit the business con ditions' of the whole state. And there must be this coope ration between producer and con sumer if there is to be better con ditions generally in, Oregon. Farmers may go ahead with their associations and be able to force higher prices on the farm, but unless the present middle handl ing conditions are also corrected, this will . mean higher prices! to consumers, and then we will have as bad a condition as now to solve. ' . ' Whether Be wants to or not, the consumer must sooner or later concern' himself with the middle marketing of food pro ducts, and if he could bo aroused, now is the time, when producers' plans are in the making. Farm ers and. consumers together could work out far more simple ways to get the products from tho I- I TheBoys Tho THINGS XU I Hi I l I Copyright, 1033. Associated Editora. IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND i . . Snoppyquops most always have funny noses. This one's snoot is a flute. His name is Woodrow and he's playing to a group of happy children. What's that you say? Two of the "children" have beards ? That's nothing. Anything is possible when you're a Snoppyquop -even a flute nose. Woodrow tried? "The Spring Song" once, but caught the flu, and had to wedr his flute ina sling for weeks. Woodrow is the only one living who can play the flute and sing at the same time. ' One of his favorites is "I'm on the Way to the Ash Can," accompanied by himself. ! 1 Moral: When surrounded by a coterie ctf friends, always have your pantry and your vestry, -too. .. -.- -. ; . ' I THE SHORT STORY, JR. i TliK PITTSBURGH . AVESUK ' ORCHESTRA The strange'! looking ,v things - that 1 they played 'A. weinl sort of yni plumy madf, Jlut they 1I did thrir bent And folkt litul tott-t That their - tfy at an ort lietni paid.' ' ; v ;;r ... . v: -' The Pittsburgh Avenue School was in the foreign part of our town. Almost all the pupils were little . Italians, and all of them were very musical. To their great delight, the third grade - teacher organized an orchestra, known as the Pittsburgh Avenue Symphony. Every pupil in the grade was in it. y:: - -J- - : ;.. : The greatest number of the scholars played furlpusly away on combs, but there- were also quite a few cardboard artists. : If you have never heard 'the music ob tained from a piece of cardboard held against the lips while tha artist bums, you have' a treat in store for : you. There were also several tambourines, kazoos, a farms to the cities and do away with the many middle expenses and profits' that do not add a dollar to the value of the pro ducts. ' '. -.. -.:; ":" And likewise, the retailer must sooner or later interest himself in these matters, in fact he should now take an active part in shortening 'the road that brings in, his products, and cooperate with producers and consumers to get them as directly from the farm as is possible. It be could lower his prices he would sell more, the farmer would raise more. ;- - ' Iu "the, middle; west states, heads" of cooperative movement are taking up the matter of the middle spread with both-producers and consumers and are plan ning means to get products di rect from the farmers central selling agency to the retail stores. Consumers organizations are working through the retailers' to this "end and the producers are also helping the retailers to the short cut. across. In one section of Iowa, associations' of retailers, workers and" farmers have estab lished a joint auto truck service that! takes products direct from the farmers' warehouses and dis tributes them to the city retail era daily; thus entirely eliminat ing all other middle handling and between profits. The' best brains of our country are studying the. farmers and consumers' marketing problems and planning to take the matter out of the hands of the jobber, commission houses, wholesalers and other middle interests that these added expenses may be di vided .' between the farmer in higher prices at his end and yet go to the producer at lower than present costs.. Slowly these prob lems will be worked out. Marriage would be more of a success' as a game if there were more home runs in it. and GirlsNewspaper Bigsest LdtUe Taper in tho World ' ; WHERE NOTHING SEEMS QXTEEB o triangle, and two drums. . The queer part about this orchestra was that the music they made wasn't so bad after all. , Of course when MrJ Green, tho big oil magnate, came back to his home town there were all kinds of celebrations. His lawyer hinted that Mr. Green was con sidering leaving some of his money to the town for public im provements. It was up -. to " the town to show him that they were worthy. The town band met him at the station and followed him through the streets, blaring joyously. Plans had been laid out for Mr. Green's entertainment. The mayor,, the superintendent of schools, and the head of tho I largest department store were to escort him to all the places of in terest in the . town7 ' The big oil1 magnate was not used to follow ing around and doing what he was told to do. He had plans of his orn. "Now, I'd rather go out to the Pittsburgh Avenue School," he said. "There's where I used to go to school.- and I'd kind of like to see the old place once more." , ; - "'- " The members of the committee all looked very much upset. The teachers out there had ;jibt been warned, and there was no telling what they might be doing. The third grade orchestra might even be performing. The superintend ent tried to persuade Mr. Green to. visit the new court house la- FUTURE DATES I -w. September 20. 21 sad ' 22 Pendicle Hound op. SeDtember 21J - , Friday Children's clinic at Chamber of Commerce. September - 21- ; Friday City budest meeting at city ball September 2. Monday CAintjr tax eommisaion of all eonntiee to- meet - iu Salem. - " . '' ' - Kentember 24 to 29 Orecon ttate fair, September 2. Saturday rootbal rday Football, wli. lamette vs. Oregon, at Baiem. io. s Balem. October Monday Salem school open. October 2. Tneaday Katarallaatioa dT. - October 6. Saturday Football, Willa mette v. Washington, at Seattle. October 19, Friday Annual Junior 'Guild dance at tho armory, October 20, Saturday Football, Willa mette Mt. Angel college, at Salem. October 33. 24. 2S. 28 and 27 An nual ahow at atate penitentiary. October 2 4V and 23, Wednesday and Thursday Completion of paring of Pa cific -niRnw UJ I roiu vauiornii iidv io Vancouver. It- C, to bo celebrated at Olympia, Portland and Salem, October 27. Saturday Football, Willa mette v; Chemewa, at Salem. October 31,- WednCaday President Snxialo of Univereity of Washington to addreaa Rotary club. i fioemkrr 8. Saturday Football. Willa mette . CoUego of Puget Bound, at Tacoma. November S to 10- Paeifie Interna tional Livestock exposition. (Portland. November S, Saturday Football, Sa lem high school and Cottage Grove high, at Ralem. ' November 6, Tuesday Special election on income tax referendum. November IO, Saturday Football, Sa lem high and Eugene high, at Salem. November-10, Saturday Football, Wil lamette vs. Linfield. at MeMinnville. November 16, Friday Football, Willamette- Whitman, at Salem. November 17, Saturday Football, Sa lem high and Medford high at Medford. November. 23. Friday Football, Willa mette vs. Paeifie, probably at Port land. November 23. Friday Football, Salem nign ana AiDany nixu, a ai7- November 2, Thuraday Football, Sa lem high and Corvallis high, at Corvallit. November 29 Mhuraday Football, WU- l.m "ollore of Tdsbw. a BOGGS HERD TAKES IIOXOR YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 10. -Al bert Panama, aged hereford bull owned by O. A. Boggs and Sons of Daysland, Alta., took grand nd senior' champion ribbons for the breed at" the state fiir today. Lady Panama III, -. wo-y ear-old cow from the same herd, took similar honors for females. , -I I IX)ADS 4 OF FUN Edited by John M. MJIler THE NICKNAMES OP CTTII - Call. her ,'Belle of the Lakes' and hear Chicago, Detroit Cleve land and Buffalo scream!" Thus wrote a Texas- editor -when -tho announcement was made that Toledo, Ohio, was Rooking for, a good nickname. , ' ' , - The prize name for Toledo la "The Lotus City," ' selected be cause of the lotus blooms in the marshes in the bay shore several miles beyond the city. It I said the plants bloom more luxuriant ly there than any other place In the world with the exception, of the Nile. More than sixty cities in the United States hare nicknamea which have been widely adopted. Some have more than one nick name. Boston is referred to aa "The Athens of America," "Tho Hob" and 'Beantown." New York is called Gotham." "The Metropolis," ; "The Empire City. and often, . affectionately, "Li'l Ole New York." Hartford Conn.,i Is known his torically a "The Charter Oak City," and. commercially as "The Insurance City." Philadelphia la a ue ity vi uruiiieriy uutc aua The Quaker City." Pittsburgh is "The Tlron City" and "Th Smoky City." Chicago Is "The Windy .City." , i Commerce and Industry have ; given special Barnes to Troy, ""The Collar City:."-Lynn, Mass.. "The City of Shoes;" Indianapolis, "The Railroad City;" . New Bed ford, "The Whaling City;" Pater son, N.- J "The Silk City;" Read ing, Pa., "The PreUel City;" Minneapolis', "The Flour City." Denver is "The City of the Plains;? San Francisco. "The Golden Gate." Springfield, Mass.. long ago took the proud title, "The City of Homes," and Brooklyn, N. Y "The City of Churches." , stead, but the oil . magnate re- mained firm. ' The worst fears of the cormnjt tee were confirmed. The orches tra was just having its morning practice. tWhy what's that?" de manded Jfr. Green as they opened the door of the building. The committee tried to lead him past the third grade door, but be in sisted - upon going iin to listen. Korean hour Mr. Green sat and listened to the Pittsburgh Sym phony Orchestra perform, while the members of the committee squirmed and wished -that such things as combs, kazoos, and lit tle Italians had never been in vented, v ' ' j r. "Well." at last Mr. Green spoke up, "If the) can, make mu sic like that without any Instrn ments, I think they better have some ? instruments." This two sided ; compliment ' was received with a great deal of applause. And that is how It happened that every member received a large shining musical instrument .front the oil magnate, and the Pitts burgh Avenue Symphony became an orchestra Indeed. , . I