WILLIAMS VISITS '
IIDUSIM SCHOOL
WELFARE MAN SAYS THE INSTITUTION
IS IN BEST CONDITION
HE HAS SEEN IT.
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Buildings Are in Fairly Good Repair,
While Farm is Fourlshing With
Many Vegetables.
Columbia.
Secretary G. Croft Williams of the
state board of public welfare visited
the South Carolina Industrial School
for Boys recently and reports the
school in excellent condition. He said
thi3 school was in better condition at
the time of this visit than he had ever
seen it. John H. Martin is superintendent
of the institution and Mr. Williams
considers him a young man of
energy, possessing a grasp of the situation
and an excellent knowledge of
the details of the school.
About 200 boys were present on the
day of this visit and they appeared
to be happy and well employed, according
to Mr. Williams. The boys
need more clothing, both under clothes
and top clothes. However, the governor
has granted from his contingent
fund a sufficient amount to purchase
military suits for the boys.
"Recreation is looked after carefully."
Mr. Williams said. "The foundation
of the hospital that was projected
and then abandoned several years
* ago has been converted into a swim
ming pool. This pool is 36 oy Yi> ieei
and in depth grades from about four
and a half to six feet. The brass band
i3 progressing well, though being hindered
by a set of ancient and harsh
instruments. The boys are delighted
with the music that they make and
working very hard. One boy was
offered his parole several weeks ago
but refused to go home as he desired
to go on with his study of music. Tennis
and bas?all are also engaged in
by the students.
"The campus is gradually improving,
several plots of flowers having been
planted. This campus has been changed
so ofteil that it is difficult to
make anything uniform out of it, but
the present management will be continuous
and a plan may therefore
be adhered to.
"The buildings were in fairly good
repair, though some expenditure is
needed along this line. The buildings
were clean inside, and showed fairly
good care.
"The farm is flourishing with corn,
peas, sorghum and many vegetans.
Some canning has been done and
much more is planned. The live stock
appeared to be in good condition, although
more cows for the herd are
needed.
"The academic department Is being
stressed. We believe that this department
should he pushed, as mos:
of the boys enter the school with litt'e
or no education. The Industries are
-going along well and have good men
at the head of them.
Highway Contract Awarded.
Sumter (Special) ? At the last
meeting of the Sumter County Permanent
Road commission bids were opened
and read for work on the Stateburg
Camden and Pinewood roads and on
grading of Ballard's Hill. The following
contracts were awarded: Powell
Contracting company, itumlnous concrete
on Pinewood road at $117,253.31;
to Powell Contracting company for
Camden road rom Myers' Corner at
*44.464.79; to SMttery and Henry, for
Stateburg road, sheet asphalt at $108,207
21; to the Mallard Lumber comtvnv
for grading Ballard's Hill at $14,185
38.
It was decided to advertise one half
billion dollars' worth of bonds, bids
to be opened July 7. at 10:00 o'clock,
proceeds of such sale to be used on
the Shlloh road and in extending the
Toads that are nrrw being constructed.
There was but one rote against doing
this. Certain changes in roads and
plans for detours were decided also
at th's meeting.
Columbia Backs State Fair Plan.
The plan to build a greater and better
sth> fair Is meeting with hearty
approval in Columbia and. with the
chamber of commerce sponsoring the
propositon. a determined effort will
be made to place many life memberships
in the capital city. quota of
1.000?one-fourth the total goal set
for the state?has been undertaken by
Columbia ar.d it is believed that easily
this many persons will join. The society
has been operating on a membership
of 1.400 which, as is readily
seen, is nothing like the list that
should be on the State Fair association's
roll.
Two New Charters.
The Riggs Motor company of Brookland
was chartered by the secretary'
of state with a capital stock of 5.000.
Officers are: M. M. Riggs, president
and preasurer: C. J. DeMarchi. vicepres'd?nt;
E. M. Riggs. secretary.
The Shell Road Business corporation
of Burton, a retail merchandise
and real estate firm, was chartered
with a capital stock of $1,500. Office
rp are: J. S. Shanklln. president;
Joseph Puha, vice-president: Mrs. In\
da Shanklln. treasurer: Paul McKee,
secretary.
Lumpkin on Board.
Alva M. Lumpkin, well known Columbia
attorney, was appointed a
member of the board of pardons to succeed
Joseph Nettles of Columb'a, res
gned. Mr. Lumpkin accepted the
appointment as member of the board.
B. F. Pegues. of Cheraw. ar.d W. P.
Conyers of Greenville, members of
the board under Governor Cooper, have
Indicated their intention of continuing
as members under Governor Harvey.
All members of the board resigned
when Governor Harvey assumed the
duties of chief executive.
White House I
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89% and in 1920 the number was 52,428.
White males employed in the mills
far outnumber all others with 33.S16
for 1922 as against 16,843 white females.
The number of negro men was
3,264 and the number of negro women
was 635. The number of white boys
between the ages of 14 and 16 years
was 1.193 and the number of white
girls between the ages of 14 and 16
was 1.250. No negroes between the
ages of 14 and 16 were employed in
the mills, the report shows.
An increase in the mills of- 4,796
males over last year is noted in the
report and 1,757 females as well as
371 negro men. These increases in
the number of employes, the inspectors
believe, point to much better conditions
in the cotton mill industry in
South Carolina.
Weather Favors Plant Growth.
During the week ending June 20,
much needed cultivation was carried
on in the crops of the state, according
to the weekly crop report issued by
R. H. Sullivan of the weather bureau.
The report for tJhe week ending June
20 was as follows:
"Hot weather and increased sunshine
were much more favorable for
growth, but the local rains have continued
at Intervals. Much needed cultivation
was carried on extensively
and the fields aye being rapidly clear*
ed of grass. Cotton, though small gen-'
erally for the season, has improved in
vigor and color anu is now m guou
growing condition; squares are appear*
ing rapidly in the central and southern
counties, with many early blooms;
weevils continue numerous everywhere,
and some damage is reported
in some sections. Corn is also
backward and In all stages of growth,
from sprouting to roasting ears; the
crop has improved materially and is
more vigorous and healthy under the
influence of seasonable weather and
good cultivation. Tobacco, peanuts,
field truck and gardens, which have
had generally too much rain hitherto,
are improved. * Sweet potato vines are
growing well and transplanting continues.
The wheat harvest is practically
ended with better results than
expected; wheat, oat and rye threshing
shows fair to good results generally,
Stubble lands are being turned
to late corn and forage. White potatoes
for domestic consumption are in
good to excellent condition.
Names Three More.
Governor Harvey announced the
appointment of three additional niem-i
hers of his stafT. Those named were
W. K. Gunter of Gaffney, J. H. Sanders
of Blackville and W. H .Hardeman of
Newberry. The chief executive is
fast completing his military staff, bavin .
^Iromlv mario n mi m hor of a TV
pointments.
New Cotton Mill Chartered.
The Hamahire Spinning company
was chartered by the secretary of
state with a capital stock of $1,000,000.
The business of the company will bo
"to buy cotton and silk and manufacture
the same into thread, yarn, cloth
and any and all other products from
cotton and silk; to engage in the dyeing,
bleaching and mercerizing of cot'on,
silk and any and all other articles
or commodities; to buy, own
and sell real estate; to buy and sell
ice, coal and other fuels."
Fairfax Physician Elected President.
Fairfax (Special) ? Dr. J. L. Folk
of Fairfax was elected president of
the Kighth District Medical Society
at its annual convention in Fairfax.
Other officers named are: Vice-pres-.
ident. Dr .J. Wyinan of Denmark, and
sen clary and treasurer. Dr W. R.
Lester of Fairfax. The meeting was
attended by approximately ?f? members
of the Eighth District association
in addition to a number of visiting
physicians from Columbia and
Charleston. Ramberg was chosen a?
the next meeting place.
Five Million Allotted State.
South Carolina has received a total
apoprtionment of $5,007,S54.84 of federal
aid for roads and bridges to data,
exclusive of the $707,000 available July
1 of this year, acordir.g te figures announced
by the state highway department.
Of this total $4,935,728.28 has
already been allotted, leaving $72,12G
56 for allotment.
These figures include all the aid supplied
since the policy of federal a d
was established by the government.
If the $707,000 to be available July 1
is counted the total apportionment to
South Carolina will be $5,714,854.S4.
Of the totaj apportionment $S21,374.77
has been allotted to major bridge
projects of the state, not including
$250,000 to be g'ven to the Ashley
river bridge at Charleston out of the
new appropriation available July 1.
The Santee bridge of Murray's ferry
heads the list with aid amounting to
$423,734.69.
Charleston county takes first rank
in the aid apportionment with $251.184.S2,
while Richland is second with
$244.1S5.55. These figures do not include
allotments made out of the new
appropriation available July 1. Some
of the other larger amounts include
$174,155.09 to Anderson county, $101,695.09
to Beaufort. $104,900.34 to Florence,
$127,852.39 to Greenville, $100,198.95
to Greenwood, $109,840.60 to
Lexington) $160.6S9.18 to Orangeburg,
$206,259.21 to Spartanburg, $13S,S04.18
to Sumter, $104,617.04 to Union and
$115,032.07 to York.
Cotton Conditions Better.
South Carolina cotton mills are now
working more employes than during
the corresponding period of last year,
according to reports of the deparament
of agriculture, factory inspection
division, for 1922, up through May.
The number of employes in the mills
as announced by the inspectors is 57,001
as compared with 50,276 in June,
1921.
The general condition of the mills
is reported to be good, the increase in
the dfhployes indicating more work
and more products turned out. This
increase of 6,934 employes over last
year was found despite the fact that
18 mills were closed when tho inspections
were made, it was announced.
The report also shows that conditions
now, as regards employes, are
better than- in either 1919 or 1921. In
ioiq tho nnmhpr of emnloves was 50,
President and Mrs. Harding entert
White House lawn party. Each guest
asked him "please sign my curd." On
He was literally mobbed by the men
Would Tr
Gasolir
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Bureau of Mines Plans to Further
Condense Still Vapors at
Refineries.WILL
SAVE VAST QUANTITY
Magnitude of Loss Through Previous
Neglect Not Generally Known?
Survey of Plants Reveals
Interesting Facts.
Washington.?Possibility of Increasing
gasoline by 120,000,000 gallons
through more complete condensation
of still vapors at the petroleum refineries
was suggested by the bureau of
mines after an investigation by D. B.
Dow, the bureau's petroleum engineer.
Mr. Dow estimated that 50,000,000
gallons were recovered from uncondensed
still vapors at retineries In
1021.
"Application of the system to all re^
fineries would give a possible gasoline
recovery by this method of 170,000.000
gallons yearly," the bureau said la a
statement.
"The calculations of the bureau of
mines are.based on results obtained In
refineries whose general methods are
more efficient than those employed In
the hundreds of sinalle. skimming
plants that have no recovery systems.
It Is nssumed that In the less efficient
skimming plants, located In sections
where the supply of cold water
so essential for condenser use Is
scarce, greater recoveries could be
made than In the large refineries
studied.
True of Southwett.
This should be especially true of
Oklahoma, north Texas and Louisiana
skimming plants, where summer temperatures
are high and cold water Is
6carce. A survey of these plunts. It
is believed, would show that their
losses In uncondensed still vapors
would be much higher than in the
plants where the studies of the bu,
renu of mines were conducted.
I mn rrrt If 11/ln r\t tha lneo f mm
non-condensation of these vapors has
{been realized only by few refiners,
Judging by the number of plants that
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WILL PUSH CC
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Chinese Helped and Encouraged
in Work by University.
With View to Furnishing Improved
Seed Nanking University Undertakes
Greatest Acclimatization
Work in History of Industry.
Nanking.?In line with the growth
of textile industries n China and the
increasing number of busy spindles In
mills of the country the University of
Nanking plans this year to continue
and to broaden the scope of its work
to Improve the quality of cotton produced
by Chinese growers. This effort
Is receiving the liberal support of
cotton mill Interests of the larger centers.
oarticularly Shanghai.
The university plans to carry out
two general purposes, :lrst to obtain
for Chinese growers an acclimatized
ami 'mproved seed supply and, second
to introduce its use uniong growers.
.awn Parly for Wo u
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ained some two thousand wounded veter
wore an identification card. As Mr. Ha
? mimo ?iio nivsiftpntiul nencll and tliei
nil shoving their card* nt him.
lcrease
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have recovery systems. The thirteen
refineries studied by the bureau of i
mines are obtaining 128,0f>l gallons of I
gasoline daily f-om unoondensed still j
vapors. These plants are situated In
the refining centers, other than the
Pacific coast, and are running crude j
representative of all the producing ;
fields east of the Itocky mountains.
In addition several are running Mexican
crude. Information from Call- j
fornia refineries Indicates that on ac- '
count Df the smaller gasoline content j
ui int; viiiiiui uiii iruue nine uic u?
recovery plants of importance in th-t 1
state. Tlie average recovery of gnso- !
line at the refineries Investigated by i
the bureau of mines mnoun.ed to four- i
tentlis gallon per barrel of crude oil
charged.
"Unless preventive measures are
adopted losses of gasoline from failure
! to condense still vapors will increase
in the future, because crudes are beIng^
handled In the Held with more and
more care to avoid evaporation, and
will therefore contain much lighter
and more volatile fractions than at
present.
Condensing Vapors.
"Condensation of the vapors formed
by heating crude oil Is effected In the
refinery by leading vapors through
coils of pipe submerged in water. On
cooling, most of the vapor becomes
liquefied, but a certain amount of vapor,
due to insufficient time for
proper cooling or the fuct that its condensing
point is lower than the temperature
of the water, will remain un%
condensed. Also certain other fractions
will not be condensed, for the
reason that their liquefaction points
are affected Dy the presence of other
hydrocarbons. A small part of this
uncondensed vapor is dissolved In the
liquid that has condensed.
"Condensation of the vapors coming
from the still into liquids Is accomplished
either by passing them through
pipes or shells having lnrge surfaces
exposed to the air or through colls
submerged In water.
"Atmospheric temperature Is an
Important factor in the production of
gasoline from uncondensed refinery
vapors. It is found that during winter
months, due to more complete
condensation of the vapors, the pro;et
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lug boats assembled In Eustport harbor, 1
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ITTON GROWING
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Authorities have rtnted that In other
countries the production of acclimatized
cotton seed has required from
three to five years. With a view to
hastening this stage wlirt Is perhaps
the most elaborate and detailed piece
of acclimatization work ever attempted
In the history of cotton growing Is
being carried out at Nanking.
The work was begun last year when
the seed fields not only were severely
rogued to discard ull plants not true
to type, but thousands of Individual
plants of the Trice and Acula varieties
were selected and picked separately.
The selected specimens cf seed cotton
from these plants were studied
with exhaustive detail In the laboratory
where all but u total of about 8d0
were discarded. These have been
j grown In separate rows and picked
' separately for further study In field
and laboratory with a further discarding
of the poorest and retaining of
the best.
As a result of the first year's work
nded Veterans
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ans of the World war at a delightful
rding stopped before one group a man
1 began a most strenuous half hour.
ductlon of the 'gas' plant will fall off
to some extent. An unusual example
of this Is a certain skimming plant
which produces about 0,000 gallons of
compression gasi line dally through
the summer months, but drops to as
low as HOO gallons per day In winter.
Ordinarily the difference Is far
less, but there Is always a tendency
for production to drop In cooler
weather."
HEN WITH WOODEN LEG
Ever hear of a chicken with a
wooden leg? Here's one that lays,
fights and scratches Just as well as If
she had both legs. Two months ago
the right leg became Infected, so that
amputation was necessary. Dr. M. H.
Ross of Los Angeles Is the >wner of
the hen.
It has been proposed that a United
States aeronautical academy be created
in Washington, to be such an Institution
to the uir service as We,st
Point Is to the army and Annapolis
Is to the navy.
ort Harbor
khuiit*, fur The harbor
off place" of the Unite<l States. Can?
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S Eight-Hour Workday Set
for Colleae Students !
Sprlcgfleld, O.?"A definite i
eight-hour day every day for ]
j every student" was the some- i
J what unusual program outlined !
i for future students at Wltten- i
J berg college In .in announcement !
i made at the seventy-sixth an- i
nual commencement exercises j
i by President Hoes Edgar T11II03. ?
No time clocks or monitors |
1 would be used, President Tullos *
said, standards being prescribed
1 that will require students to
work at least eight hours.
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It was possible to announce this spring
that this acclimatization method can
be successfully applied to ,Chlna.
About a third of the selected specimens
are above the standard of average
American cotton, It Is said, and a
tenth are much superior to the product
with which the wqrk was started.
I C.BERCDOLL IS"
IN SWITZERLflNfl
GOVERNMENT STILL IS DETERMINED
THE DRAFT DODGER
SHALL BE PUNISHED.
AGEBfS ARE AT HIS HEELS
Case of This Arch-Slacker Makes a
Remarkable Melodrama ? .Many
of the Actors Have Disappeared
Frorti Public Life.
By EDWARD B. CLARK
Washington. ? (Jrover Cleveland
Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft dodger,
whom ex-service men love not a
bit, and who has been daunting the
United States government from a safe
distance for u long time, is now in
SwUzerlnnd. Sprretnrv of Wnr Weeks
Is on record as saying that before his
term of office "s up lie will have the
slacker In custody uiul thai he will be
giTen what u court decides Is his due.
If the ex-soldiers could suy what
Bergdoll's due is, he probably would
get something rather harder In the
way of punlshmeut than usuully Is
meted out to any prisoner for whatever
ofTense. The Bergdoll case still
Is alive. It Is understood there are
government agents In Switzerland
watching this man and waiting the
opportune moment when something
may happen which will enable them
to put on his wrists what Eugene
Aram was supposed to wear when he
walked between Ills captors.
A fellow newspaper man hns said
In treating of this case that the writer
of fiction could do worse than to tuke
the case of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
as a subject for a story and that
by so doing lie could gratify his desire
for action, 110 matter how strong the
I desire might be, and still keep within
that truth which Is supposed to be
stranger than fiction.
There seems to be something in
this. The Bergdoll case has hud every
kind of an element In It to make
for Interest?treasure hunting, the
credulity of tlie treasure hunter, accusations
of bribery, escapes of t'ne kind
that Houdinl makes with puzzling
j ease, and a lot of other things which
compel Interest und keep excitement
moving.
Many of Its Actors Disappear.
It is probable that in no other Instance
in a good many years have so
many actors appeared on ahy of life's
scenes as have played their parts in
this Bergdoll drama, melodruma, or
whatever It may be. There are some
ex-soldlers who would not weep tears
(i the final scene was a tragedy. Perhaps
this is brutal, but It is true.
The army officer who was stationed
at Governor's Island, New York, when
Bergdoll was a prisoner, and who
named the guard which accompanied
the slacker on the hunt for the pot
of gold at the foot of the rainbow, Is
no longer In the military service. He
is living the life of a farmer in one
of the states of this blessed union.
Another officer of the army, who approved
the request made by one of
Bergdoll's counsel that he be allowed
to go to look for the gold which never
glittered, has been retired from the
Bervlce und Is now somewhere In Europe.
Certuin more distinguished gentlemen
of the government service who
had more or less to do with the granting
of permission for the trip to dig
up the hidden -treasure are In retirement.
Hnn nfflnnr trhn mof flio ulnptroi* nn
his arrival in Philadelphia and assumed
personal responsibility for his
safe return to the custody of the
wary-eyed and gripping-hcnded offlcluis,
Is deud, meeting his death under
somewhat tragic circumstances.
Another man who was connected with
the case in an authoritative position
and who, unquestionably unjustly,
was accused of having accepted a
bribe, has been exceedingly 111. He
will be retired from the service before
long after having spent something
like six months in a hospital as a
great sufferer from an acute form of
rheumatism.
Guilty Only of Great Credulity.
Representative in Congress Peters
of Muine, who was the chairman of
the congressional committee that conducted
the investigation Into the
escape of Bergdoll und who signed
the minority report which cleared
certain men of anything in the nature
of a conspiracy to assist In the escape,
l.oa (nl'un htmcalf nut nf rwilltlanl Ufa
He Is now sitting upon the bench.
There never was any belief anywhere
except among a few of those
who wanted so to believe that the
men who were connected with the
Bergdoll case, or at least In the potof-gold
part of It, were guilty of anything
except credulity in an exaggerated
form. Therefore no one thinks
that because men have fallen 111 or
have lost their Jobs or have had anything
else happen to them, they have
met with misfortune as a matter of
retribution. It simply Is clear that
many of these men have gone Into
retirement.
The Bergdoll properties are still
tied up by the alien property custodian,
Col. Thomas W. Miller. Every
effort that the mother of the refugee
uftd her attorneys have made to recover
the properties has proved fruitless
and It Is pretty well understood
In Washington that means will be
found to keep control of these properties
nt least until after the slacky
has been caught and returned to this
Decision
However many paths are offered,
we cun take Wut one. But when we
decide upon a course It Is folly to allow
the mind to wander continually
along the others, speculating concerning
their possible advantages, and
wondering whether, after all, some
other way might not huve been better.
The real road grows more difficult by
permitting funcy to paint the others
aa smoother.?Exchange,
country to be given what Is coining fjf
ro him.
Endless Conservation Battla.
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It was a long while ago, as time giggmgKt
ordinarily is counted by ' a V*
lag generation, thut Theodore
velt called the governors JSagfl
states together i[n the east < ^HQHj
the White House to consider ^HSgRaj
means to conserve the natun.
sources of the country. Some ^
came out of the conference. Thej34HBBBES
servatlon fight, however, is on just as *
strong today in congress as ever It
was.
You can hear anything you want
to in Washington on this subject. Men
will tell you that the conservationists
are rcrsons who want *o save everything
there Is, simply f*r the purpose
of Iniikinf? lit If nnd irK-ine the Deooie
a chance to admire its beauty. Other
persons will tell you chat the predatory
interests are bent on getting rich
quick by using up everything thati nature
lias provided for man, and allowing
posterity to go hang. There is a
middle ground somewhere, but the
thing Is to iind it.
Once on a time, not so very long
ago, two men, one of whom tryiched
the eminence of second officer of gov- ,
eminent and the other the eminence
of third officer of government, declared
in public speech that there was
no necessity of trying to ,.nve anything?that
posterity could pull down
out of the nlr everything that was
needed for its comfort, its safety and
its progress. That these two men
made this statement Is a literal truth.
One pf them did not hear the last of
it until he died, and the other at an
advanced age is still hearing about it.
Trying to Save the Forests.
Just now there Is a movement In
Washington to secure the transfer of
the bureau of forestry from the Department
of Agriculture to the Department
of the Interior. The proponents of
the plan say thnt if the change Is
nmde the forests will be saved, and
the opponents say that if the change
Is made the forests will disappear.
A country without a tree Is a pretty
poor country. The hope of people who
/?<in can nnt r>nlv Utility hilt benUtV in
the branches of a drooping eltjif is that
whether the forestry bureau Is left
where it is or moved elsewhere, elms
will continue to grow, and with them
oaks, pine, bnsswood, ash, and all the
other forest growths.
Some statements have been made recently
by Secretary Wallace of the
Department of Agriculture, and they
are somewhat startling. They probably
will be met by counter statements.
Then the counter statements
must be read, digested, and compared
with the original statements for the
purpose of arriving at something like
the truth. In an article by G. Gould
Lincoln of Washington, Secretary Wallace
is quoted as saying this:
"The United States is now consuming
wood nearly four and a half times
as fust as It . Is being grown. We are
steadily eating up what Is left of our
forest capital. As n result the country
now faces the definite prospect
of a growing scarcity and Increasing
cost of everything made from wood. It
Is a problem which In the long run affects
every class of American citizen.
It affects the manufacturer, the home
builder, and the farmer to nn almost
equal degree."
The country Is told that the remaining
forests of the United States are
being cut at the rate of about 5,000,- ?
000 acres annually, and from 8,000,000
to 10,000,000 acres are being burned
each year by forest flres.
Tariff Debate Dragging,
The tariff bill Is dragging Its way
through the senate. Seemingly It will *
be the day after the end of ail tninga
that It gets through.
Every night now a light throws Its
beams Into the darkness from the
dome of the capltol. It signalizes the .
fact that the senate Is In session.
Those who know that the light means
the senators are discussing the tariff,
do not think Its brightness Is consistent
with the reuson for "the hanging
of the lantern."
The night sessions have helped not
at all. Chefnlcals which no layman
ever heard of are discussed on the
floor with an entirely fictitious appearance
ot familiarity with the subject.
It Is noted that whenever any
senator, leader or otherwise, talks
about this drugstore product, or that
drugstore product, he sticks close to
his manuscript. Henbane, digitalis
and a lot of other things may need
protection, but seemingly the reasons
for the need are not so great that
three days' time must be taken to
establish It or to deny It. y
Sometime ago it was said that over
two thousand amendments were made
by the senate finance committee to the
measure as It came over from the
house. The senators are Just about
to complete consideration of one
schedule, and as for the amendments,
J the dent made In the wall of them Is
n/v KifTfror thnn thnt whlrh wn? mnda
by a mlnnle ball on the grnnite fortifications
of Civil war days..
There seems to be no relief In sight.
The Democrats have put forward as
one of their chief spokesman a man
who Is afflicted with a hesitancy of
speech. The question is whether Mils
Is not a case of malice prepense. The
gentleman of the hestltatlng tongue
seems to appreciate the humor of the
situation and has added art to nature
In making his affliction more pronounced.
One Republican member of the
senate finance committee, and a chief
champion of the tariff bill as It Is
writ, Is one of the most deliberate
speaking gentleman ever known to
either house of congress. He is clear t
enough in utterance, but the tortoise
Is a Derby winner beside hlin when It
comes to a question of rapidity of
pace.
Well Horned
In their wild state all sheep were
furnished with a pair of horns, but the ,
number never exceeded two until some
curious specimens were discovered in
several Isolated sections of Asia. These
species had from four to six horns, the
upper set being graduated with the ^
smallest ones Just above the eyes. , Jig
Curiously enough, the two lower sets |m|
always curve upward, while the larga W
n?lr curl downward. jwjj