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CONFERENCE TO
HELP FARMERS
WAREHOUSE PROBLEM
TO BE DISCUSSED
riuta Which Will IW t'nilcr Consid
eration Hum a Objoct Increase
of IVealit, jukI (irraliv
(hoice in Marketing.
(Boltctia Wuhtactoa Burwau.1
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 11.
Financing of (ha farmer along mod
ern and scientific lines so that be
may warehouse his products and bor
row on the warehouse receipts will
be discussed at a conference here
next Monday before Secretary of Ag
riculture Wallace and Secretary of
Commerce Hoover. It will be one of
the most important of its kind ever
held in the interest of advancing ag
riculture to the same financial basis
as manufacturing and milling.
Representatives of various farm
organizations, elevators and grain
dealers, insurance companies and
other associations interested have
been invited to attend.
The proposal is to provide a meth
od by which the farmer may be giv
en unlimited storage facilities for
his grain and receive a warehouse
certificate in such form and under
such conditions that it would pass
as an order for delivery of the grain.
Aim Art Many.
It would thus greatly increase his
borrowing power and would relieve
him of the pressure of selling his
grain except at his own option. It
would enable him to haul his grain
at the time of the greatest farm
economy without being compelled to
sell at that time. It would extend
his credit area for beyond his local
bank. It would pi tree him in the
same position as to credit as is the
grain dealer.
The present system of local elee-
vators and warehouses of small
capacity, relying upon immediate dis
patch to larger capacity terminal ele
vators, makes it impossible for the
local elevator to give long storage of
grain in any quantity. Owing to this
situation, if the farmer wishes to re
tain hia grain until more favorable
marketing conditions he must hold it
at the farm, then he must borrow
money from his local bunk, where
the credit is a personal one and lim
ited by the ability and consideration
of the local banker.
In turn the ability of the local
banker to extend credit Is greatly
limited by his relation to the federal
reserve system.
Plan in Outline.
The proposal is, therefore:
(a) That the country elevator
should receive all grain offered for
storage and issue a certificate as to
quantity, grade and quality, showing
on its face the rate of charge for
warehousing, storage and Insurance
against fire and other risks.
An American Worker's Creed
"The Company for 'which I work is a mighty good em
ployer and I think any employe who hasn't an Interest in
th atioceea of his employer ought to quit or get fired. My
idea Is that when a man sells his services to an employer,
ha 4I his loyalty at the name time. If he can't be loyal
and Rive the newt that is In him, he ought not to work for
that particular employer. Jty being loyal I don't mean that
one has to be a toady, or that he has to lose any of his
independence. The most .loyal may Ik? the most Independent,
and usually is,"
The Shevlin-Hixon Company
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CREDIT IS
GREATEST
The commercial world is standing on the
foundation of credit. Every individual i3 a cog
in the great wheel. When one neglects his
credit and fails to pay his honest obligations,
he makes it impossible for some one else to
meet theirs, therefore it is extremely vital
that each, and every one see to it that we
KEEP OUR CREDIT GOOD
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.
m
(b) That the country elevator
should have the right to ship grain
to the natural terminal elevator and,
upon presentation of the certificate
deliver grain of the same or higher
grade at the terminal, with proper
reflection of freight charges. If the
grain had moved into a terminal ele
vator, the charges for freight and
handling, together with accumulated
storage and Insurance, would be de
ducted from the sale value.
(c That the storage certificate
should be safeguarded by a method
of Insurance by the liability compan
ies.
(d) As there must be an absolute
settlement between the country ele
vator and the farmer as to quantity,
grade and quality, there must be
some ready method of appeal In
case of disagreement.
Appeal SvMom Needed.
This might be arrangeed by farm
ers and country elevator operators
agreeing to abide by a determina
tion of sample mnde by some nearby
authority, such as the grade super
visor of the department of agricul
ture. Kxperieuce with millions of
transactions under the grain corpor
ation during the war showed that
such disagreements are extremely
rare and do not entail many appeals.
If the above plan can be made
practicable, the farmer will have a
prime collateral which will open to
him a much wider circle of credit
than that of his own local bank.
Through the sale of his certificates
he would be able to place his grain
on the market at any time he wished
under no compulsion by seasonal or
financial reasons to accept a market
price at variance with his own op
tion. The conference Is to determine to
what degree such a plan will bene
fit the position of the farmer, how
far it will increase the mobility of
his credit, how far It can be made
workable from the point of view of
elevator operators and insurance
companies, and the methods and ma
chinery by which it can be set in mo
tion. If the plan can be made prac
ticable, it will in no way overlap or
replace cooperative activities.. Its
function, being to render farmers'
credit security more mobile, will, in
fact, contribute to any cooperative ef
fort. The Rosicrvcians.
The Itoslcruclans were members of
a mystic secret society which t.ecamt
known to the Dubllc early In the Sev
enteenth century, and was alleged t
huve been founded hy a Ciermun nobis
called Christian ltosenkreuz lt lWW.
He a sniil to have died at the age
of l'XJ. The Itnsicrucians pretended
to be able to transmute metals, to
prolong life and to know what was
passing in distant places. Their se
cret was never revealed. If there was
one to reveal. The society Is rn'd to
.'iuve (llt-d out In the highteviitu ceil-
What Ha Loses.
It Is all right for a man to gel
married. It Is the natural thing and
the desirable thing for him to da Rut
he should understand one thing. When
he gets married he exchanges the
friendly Interest of every other woman
in the world for the open suspicion
of one. Philadelphia l.edger.
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OUR
ASSET
ran
Ccpyr
At ti "o'clock The car swung op to
The Kims. Kor the last ten mluutea
Hugh had been watching the Invalid
in the corner, who waa making frantic
efforts 10 loosen his gag. His eyea
were rolling horribly, and he swayed
from side to side In his seat, hut the
baudngee round his hands held Arm
and at last he gave It up.
Even when he- was lifted out and
carried Indoors ha did not struggle:
he seemed to have sunk Into a sort
of apathy. Prummond followed with
dlKiiilicd rnlmne.-tx, and was led Into a
room off the hull.
In a moment or two Peterson en
teied. followed by his daughter. "Ah!
my young friend," cried Peterson af
fably. "I hardly thought you'd give ma
such an easy run as this." He put
his hand Into Pruinmond's pockets,
and pulled out his revolver and a bun
dle of letters. "To your batik," he
murmured. "Oh! surety, surely not
that as well. Not even stamped. I'n-
gag him. Irma and untie his hands.
My very dear young friend you pain
me."
"I wish to know, Mr. Peterson," said
Hugh quietly, "by what right this das
tardly outrage has been committed.
A friend of mine, sick In bod re
moved, abducted In the middle of the
night: to say nothing of me."
With a gentle laugh Irma offered
him a cigarette. "Mon I leu !" she re
marked, "but you ore most gloriously
ugly, my Hugh!"
Peterson, with a faint smile, opened
the envelope In his hand. Anil, even
as he pulled out the content he
paused suddenly and the smile faded
from his fuce. From the landing up
stairs rnme a heavy crash, followed
by a flood of the most appalling Inn
gun ire.
"What the h I do you think
you're doing, you ftut-fneed son of a
Maltese gout? Ami where the h I am
I. nnywuy?"
"I must apologize for my friend'
language," murmured Hugh gently,
"but you must admit he has some Jus-tllb-atlon.
Resides, he was, I tvgret to
state, quite wonderfully drunk earlier
this evening, n nil Just as he was alcei
Init-lt off these desperadoes ahduied
him."
The next moment the d.r burst op.
en. and an Infuriated object rushed In.
His fare was wild, and his hand was
himdnged. showing a great red stain
on the thumb.
"What's this Jest?" he howled furi
ously. "Ami this d d bandage all
covered with red ink?"
"You must ask my friend here.
Mulllngs," said Hugh. "He's got a
peculiar seuse of humor. Anyway,
he's got the bill In his hand."
In silence they watched Peterson
orxn the paper and read the contents,
while the girl leaned over his shoulder.
To Mr. Peterson, Oodalmlng.
t s. d.
To hire of one demobilized
soldier 5 0 0
To inAklng him drunk (In
this Item present strength
and cost of drink ami
soldier's rapacity must
be allowed for) 6 0 0
To bottle of red Ink 0 0 1
To shock to system 10 0 0
Total
:!0 0 1
CHAPTER IV.
In Which Ho Spends a Quiet Night at
ths Elms.
ONE.
"It Is a little di film It to know whnt
to do with you, young miin," snld Pe
terson gently, after a long silence. "I
knew you had no tuct." '.
Prummond leaned back In his fhnlr
nn! regarded hi host with a fill tit
smile.
"I must come to you for lessons, Mr.
Peterson. Though I frankly admit,"
he added genially, "that I have never
been brought up to regard the forcible
abduction of a harmless Individual and
.1 friend who Is sleeping oft" the effects
of what low people cull n Jug lis being
xartly typical of Unit odiulnible ".util
ity." Peterson' glunce rested on the dis
heveled man still standing by the door,
and after a moment's thought he
leaned forward and pressed a bell.
"Take that man a way," he said ab
ruptly to the servant who came Into
the room, "and put him to bed. I will
consider what to do with lilin In Hie
morning."
"fjonsidor be d d," howled Mul
ling, starting forward nnitrtly. "You'll
consider a thick ear, Mr. Blooming
Know-all. What I want to know"
The word died away In hi mouth,
and he gazed nt Peterson like a bird
look at a snake. There wa some
thini so ruthlessly mnllgtuint In the
stare of the grny hltte eye that the
ex -sol dlcr who had viewed going over
the top with comparative equanimity
n being p:irt of Ids Job quailed and
lurked uyi.roheimively ut Pi unimotid.
The Adventures of A
Demobilized Officer
Who found Peace Dull
CYRIL MNE1LE
"SAPPER"
IHuitrafioiu by
IRWIN MYERS
right by Geo H Do ran Co
THi what the kind gentleman tells
you. Mulllngs." said Hugh, 'and go to
bed." He lit a cigarette, and thought,
fully blew out a cloud of smoke.
"Stop this fooling," snarled Peter
son. "Where have you hidden potts?"
"Tush, tush," murmured Hugh. "You
surprise tiie. I hail formed such a
charming mental picture of you, Mr.
Peterson, a the strong, silent man
who never lost his temper, anil here
you are, disappointing me nt the begin
ning of our acquaintance."
Kor a moment he thought that Pe
terson was going to strike him. and hi
own list cli'iii'hcd tinder the table-.
"I wouldn't, my friend." he said
quietly, "Indeed I wouldn't. Ilccnusc
If you lilt me, I shall most certainly
lilt you. And It will not Improve your
beauty."
Slowly Peterson sunk hack In his
chair, and the veins which had been
standing out on his forehead became
normal again. He even smiled; only
the ceaseless tupping of his hand on
his left knee betrayed his momentary
loss of composure. In-uminetid'a list
unclenched, nnd he stole a look nt the
girl. She was In her favorite altitude
on the sofa, and hail not even looked
up.
"I supnse that It Is quite useless
for me to argue with you." said Peter
son after a while.
"I was a metntier of my school de
buting society." remarked Hugh rem I
nlscemly. "Hut I was never much
good. I'm too obvious for argument.
I'm afraid."
"Vou probably realize rrom wbal
ha happened tonlghj." continued Pe
terson, "tlinl I am In earnest."
"I should be sorry to think so." an
swered Hugh. "If that Is the best
you can do, I'd cut It right out and
start a tomato farm."
The girl gave a little gurgle of
laughter anil lit another, cigarette.
"Will you come and do the danger
ous part of the work for us. Monsieur
Hugh?" she asked.
"If you promise to restrnln the little
fellows. I'll water them with pleas
tire." returned Hitch lightly.
Peterson rose and walked out to
the wlnrlow, when he stood motion
less, staring out Into the diirkness.
Hugh realized that the situation wa
what In military phraseology might he
temasl i-rltlcal. There were In the
house probably half dozen men who.
like their mo"er, were absolutely un
scrupulous. If It suited Peterson's
I book to kill bltn. he neiild not hesitate
to do so for a single second.
For a moment the thought crossed
his mind thnt he would take no
chances by remaining In the house;
that he would rush Peterson from
behind and escape Into the darkness
of the garden. Hut It waa only mo
mentary gone almost before It had
come, for Hugh Prummond was not
that manner of man gone even before
lie noticed that Peterson was standing
In xuch a position that he could see
every detail of the room behind him
reflected In the gins through which
he stared.
A fixed determination to know what
lay In that sinister brain replaced hi
temporary Indecision. Kvents up t
date had moved so quickly that he had
hardy had time to get his bearings;
men now the Inst twenty-four hour
seemed almost a tin-am. And as he
looked at the broad ha- k anil massive
head of the man nt the window, ami
from him to the girl Idly smoking on
the sofn, be smiled n little grimly. He
hid Just remembered the thumbscrew
of the preceding evening. Assnrcdly
the demobilized olllcer who found
pence dull wa getting hi money'
worth; and Prummond hnd a shrewd
suspicion that the entertainment wn
only Just beginning.
A sudden sound outside n the gar
den mnde him bsik up qnliir.v. He
saw the white gleam of a shirt front,
and the next moment a limn pushed
open the window ntirl r nme unsieiiihly
intv the room. It was Mr. I'cutoii, and
quite obviously be had been seeking
consolation In the bottle.
"Have you got blm?" he demanded
thickly, steadying himself with a bund
on Peterson's arm.
"I have not," s.ild Peterson shortly,
eyeing the swaying figure In front of
til in contempt uoiiKly. "Kor heaven's
sake, sit down, uiiiii, before you fall
down." He pushed P.enton roughly
Into a chair, and resumed his Impas
sive stare Into the darkness.
The girl took not the slightest notice
of the new arrival, who gazerl stupid
ly at I'rumtnond nrnms the table.
"We seem to lie moving In an at
mosphere of croKs-purjioses, Mr. Hen
ton," said the soldier ufTiiljly. "I hope
your daughter Is quite well."
"Kr quite, thank you," muttered
the other.
"Tell her, will you, that I propose
to coll on her before returning to Lon
don tomorrow."
With his hands In hi pockets, I'eter
Hon was regarding Iirunmioiid from
tln window.
"Vou propose having us tomorrow,
tloyou?" be mjdijuh-tly.
Prummond stood up.
"I ordered my cur for leu oYIISck,"
hit answered. "I nm quite sun that
I shall be inoro useful to Mr, I'eler
son nt large than I am" cooped up
here. I might evc lead blm to this
bidden treasure which be thinks I've
got."
"You will do Ihat," all right," re
marked Peterson. "Hut at the mo
ment I was wondering whether a Ut
ile persuasion now might not give me
all the Information I require mors
quickly and with lesa trouble."
A fleeting vision of a mangled, pulp
like thumb finshetU aiTosa Hugh's
mind; once again ha heard that hide
on cry. half animal, half human,
which had echoed through the dark
new lira preceding night, and for an
Instant hi breath rune a little faster.
Then he smiled, and shook his head.
"I think yuu are rather too good a
Judge of human nature to try anything
so foolish," he Id thoughtfully. "You
see, unless you kill me, which I don't
think would su't your hook, you might
tlnd explanations a little illhVult to
morrow." Kor a while there was silence In the
room, broken at length by a short
laugh from Peterson.
"Kor a young man, truly your per
splcucity Is great," he remarked. "Ir
ma, Is the blue room ready? If so,
tell l.ulgl to show Cnptuln I ruiiiiniiuil
to It."
"I will show him myself," she an
swered, rising.
Hugh saw a look of annoyance pa.
over Peterson's fail- as he turned
to follow the girl, anil It struck hint
that that gentleman was not best
pleased at the turn of events. Then
the door closed, and he followed his
guide up the stairs.
The girl oencd the door of a room
and switched on the light. Then ha
"Tell Ms. You Ugly Man," Sht Mur
mured, "Why You Are Such a Fool."
'aced him smiling, and Hugh looked
it her steadily. "Tell me, yuu ugly
nan." she murmured, "why you are
uch a fool."
Hugh smiled, and as has been snld
Wore, Hugh's smile transformed his
'are.
"I must remember that opening." he
laid. "It establishes a basis of in-
:lmacy at once, ihs-sn't It?"
She swayed a little toward him,
ind then, before he realized her bl
ent Ion, she put a hand on his shoul
ler. "Don't you understand." she wills
lered fiercely, "that they'll kill you?"
She M-cn-d past him half fearfully,
ind then turned to bltn again. "io.
roil Idiot, go whlln there's time. (Jet
wit of It go abroad; do anything
ut don't fool round here."
"It seems a cheerful household," re
nnrked Hugh with n smile, ".May I
isk why you're all so roiicerned about
lie? Your estimable fathi-r gave me
'.he saine ailvlco yesterday morning."
"Pon't ask why." she answered fa-
rerlshly, "becnuso I can't tell you. 1
")nly you must believe thnt uluit I
lay is the (ruth you must. It's Just
josslhlc that If you go now and tell .
hem when you've hidden the A inert--an
you'll be all right. Hut If you
lon't " Her hand dropsi to her
tide suddenly. "Itreakfast will be nt
line, my Hugh: until then, nil n-volr."
He turned as she left the room, a
It I le puzzled by In-r change of lone.
Standing nt the top of the stairs was
Peterson, watching llii-ui both In sl-i-nre.
, . ,
TWO. !
In the days when Prummond had
wen a platoon eouitiiander he had
lone many dangerous things. The or
Unary Joys of the liifanlry subaltern's
lfe such as going over the top, and
?arrylnR raids had hot proved.
4iilllclent for hi iipiieilte. He had
iperlnllzcd In pecullnr stunts of hi
iwn: stunt over which be was sin
gularly reticent ; stunts over which
rii men formed their own conclusion,
Hid worshiped III in accordingly.
Hut Prummond wa no fool, nnd he
tad realized the vital ImimrtancH of
Ittlng himself for these stunls to the
lest of hi ability. Knonnous physical
ilrength I a great asset, but It riir-j
ties with It certain natural dlsndvnn-1
taxes. In the first place, Its possessor '
frequently clumsy; Hugh had irae '
:bed In I'rance Mil be could move over
round without n single blade of gras
rnsillng. Van Pyck a Pulih trni
ler had llrsl shown lilin the trick, lijr
xhlrli a man gis-s forward on hi el
'lows like n snake, and Is here one
moment and gone the next, with no
jiii the wiser.
Aguln, Us possessor Is frequently.
low : Hugh had pnicllced In Krnnee j
llll he could kill a hum with bis bare
Hands In a siu-ond. Illakl a Jiiihi-i
nesc had first laugtil III mi two or
throe of the secrets of his trade, and j
In Ihe Intervals of resting behind tha
Hue Ini had perfected them until It
was even miMiey whether Ihe Jup or
ho would win In a practice bout.
And there were night In No Man'a
ijind when tils men would hrsrstraun
sounds, and knowing that Pruuuuond I
waa abroad uu his wanderings, would
peer eagerly over the parat Into Ihe
desolate torn up waste In fnait. Hut
they never aaw anything. atn when
the green ghostly flan went hissing
up Into Ihe darkness and ths shsdows
Us need fsutastb-ally. All wss silent
sod still; the sudden shrill whimper
waa not repeat)").
Perhaps a patnd ruining back would
report a Herman, lying huddled III a
shellhole, with no trace of a wound,
but only a broken neck; perhup the
IHttrol never found anything. Hut
whatever Ihe report, Hugh PninilmVI
only grltiiined and saw to his men's
hn-nkfasl. Which Is Mhy there are In
Kngliiinl tislay quite a number of
civilians who ackuou ledge only two
rulers the King and Hugh Prum
UioiiiI. And they would willingly die
for either.
The result on Pruiiiiuohd was not
surprising ; ss nearly as a man may be
he was without fear. And when lb
Idea rnme to blm as he sul on the
edi; of his bed thoughtfully pulling off
tils shoes, no qiiisllon of the possible
risk entered Into hi mind. To explore
the house Seemed the most (istural
thing In the world, and with character
istic brevity he summed up the situ
stlon as It struck blm.
"They suspect me anyhow: In fsct,
they know I took Potts. Therefore,
even If they catch ni passage creep,
lug. I'm no worse off thsn I am now.
And I might find something of Inter
est. Theivfore. carry on. brave heart."
(To be Continued)
MOST TALK NOT CONFESSIVE
Ativtion Mad That AntcdeUt Com
pott by Fir th Grtt of
Convtrtiont of Amrtcanft.
Tor lit'tir .f m.'fi hII tulle,
an, nil i-r.fM. nii Tut! Ilk lu Lt on
rlflf rniiicM Ih-T'-ti tlit-lr wHI bIiimmI
.'tlkTtiiii. It tny It n lirllllnnt - ,
Nloit, ('Ut u ritnitot Ttirlifjir tlilitklhtf
(Juil imt iii.ui)' hm Imii thoiiailiU nrv
friM Ml tli firvnr, thnt few lion
rt I'limllmm ttrt v mli itiiitc uitrait(.
A if ulln'rliii: f ti-ii I ilrtotiM In n t !
ilttn, (julpt nm. th rm, klnic of
t-rk.-H, llk the MMI.iil thorui. tlliil.T
till f i'liVi't-Ktltlnlilll .
Of miir-'. mtii'li rouv.ruitlnn In hw
fwirily nii ii.t-vl. 1iit tv.o tru.i'IVri
who tti.t-t In tin- MH.k-T f n fruit.
rroNniii our Atttt-rt' mi lulu il l not
r.-ll iirfi-f.(i' inrrt ty, m Hit- -NVw
York Sun. 'I Iiti I In i.m .lotc Ink
u tiinrt tnrnt nnl if I" lu l-'liifllt
t .. h r'ii.tt t .. Agnlii, li.mcvnr
IfHrnnl tt art, fowl our (H'tlnii
try when talk In a mimkiT. Ytt
over rural iuimhik Uhmm hp know
ml til tui-t ak'nlii w nliMitfit off
our Imiiul to ftiiMliNtjr anil Irirrrr
Ntlf-ex,wftlifi anil In un eh forth In
all our drat) erudition or i1m wa
iarklt In ariMftitr ami y nothing
to tin- iHiltit ; fortf-Mtlng thnt tlti h-t-at
Jft, a lilr ;he point, awtn Voint-
ll'NN. .
In ahort. thirt in not alttnyn fnouch
nitifi-NNlvt- run variation Mwrfii
Anit'mJt-ntiN In Kranr and In Lntlu
Ami'rlrii the art of rouvTNHtlon hna
lrotin ntl art f ronfpaaloti nf tha
rtHifttMlori, lrnli-ftl, of oiV faith, fol
tlri uih fiim-l'. Ad for ijn, no fl
thnt no on ta no a tninllMtli Mr
tuipa, nn to turrit INtriilnic to our
Hriitml hlHorl. or, hut la mon
to (he point, tl motional amm.-
prihliiH'iit of thrnt hltiir1a.
WRITER'S RIGHT TO BORROW
Hlehtst Authority for tha Praetles In
ths Works of ths World's
Orsatsit.
One reads fur thought and for quo
tntljui not less; If be tlnd his tjinught
more llnely conceived and aptly ex
pressed by another, let him quote twUli-)
out nesiiaiioii or apology, lie nils ine
highest authority for the practice.
Mow rich Is Plutarch's page, Moll
talgne's, Huron's! Am! what Ihry bor
row Is of a piece with their own text,
giving It added strength and grace. I
know the fnslil.it, of our time nlTccIs
llsdalh of borrowing. Hut who Is rich
enough to refuse, or plead honorably'
for bis evlllslvelieMsV Somehow the
printer happens to forget his quota
tion marks, and Ihe credit of mfcl
tiallty gm-s to the writer none the less.
The plen Is Hint quoting often Im
plies sterility and bad taste. Then
HIifikcKpcnre and his contemporaries
wen wanting In wit nnd One rhetoric.
Hear how Montaigne Justifies his
prnctlco:
"Let nobody Insist upon the matter
I write but my method In writing. Let
them observe In what I borrow. If I
have known how to choose whnt Is
proper to raise or relieve Invention,
which Is always my own ; for I make
others say for me what, either for
want of language or want of sense, I
cniinot myself well express, I do not
number my borrowings, I weigh them.
And hurl I designed to raise their es
tltnatn by their, number, I had made
twice ns many." llronson Alcoit,