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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1923)
|4 Useless as Railroad to the Moon' j From tha Spring field. III., Journal. THERE Is extensive and acrimon ious discussion of the St. Law rence river and Great Lakes waterway. Advocates of the scheme are arousing the farmers of •the middle and far west to the value •of such a seaway in the marketing of their products. But the scheme meets with violent opposition in New York -and Massachusetts and territory near i.by. One argument advanced by the New Englander is that the-seaway is impracticable, that it would' cost wiore money than the country could raise and that, once perfected, it would be useless because no one -would use it. How typically New Englandish are these arguments. If you will go to •a library where old newspapers are ~or\ file, and turn back to 1827 in The Boston Courier, you will find there remarks on the proposition to build .a railroad ^ from Boston to Albany: “The project of a railroad from Boston to Albany is impracticable, as everyone knows who knows the ■simplest rule of arithmetic, and the -expense would be little less than the NJtnarkef value of the whole territory '■of Massachusetts; and which, if practicable, every person of common sense knows would be as useless as a railroad from Boston to the moon.” That was published editorially in a Hoston newspaper less than 100 years - ago. But it is not one whit more absurd than the arguments which Boston newspapers today advance against the seaway through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river to furnish the middle and far western states with water transportation. The “crazy visionaries,” as they were called in other editorials, went -ahead and proved that everybody else was wrong or else was without imagination. Vanderbilt, whose specialty was railroads, laughed Immoderately when the elevated railroad was sug gested. “Whoever heard of a rail road on stilt3," he roared, notwith standing in the construction of his own railroads he was accustomed to carry them across depressions and streams on stilts. He had miles of elevated tracks throughout his rail road projects, but the Idea of doing the same thing in the streets of New York was ludicrous to him. He was doing impossible things himself, but It never occurred to him that others might have visions and the capacity arid power to make them real. Every great project starts with the prediction that It can't be done. Those who say It can’t be done are fertile with arguments to support their position. But somehow, every thing that the world has wanted or needed or that it could use to advan tage has been provided even to flying In a machine many times heavier than the air which supports It. Water, they used, to tell the classes in school, will not run up hill, yet it does and even then did run up hill many times and in many places. The syphon is the simplest illustration of water going up hill. The Panama canal was an impos sibility for centuries because water would not lift Itself over the hills. After the Suez canal had been con structed and greater engineering feats had been successfully carried through. It was urged that Panama was Impossible. Man has not ser iously attempted anything and failed to get the results he desired. . The surest indication that your vision is practicable is the dubious ness of those whose first reaction la “It’s Impossible.’’ Whistled In. / From the Wichita Eagle. The new state administration In Kansas was whistled in by 17 blasts from a steam whistle at the Santa Fe shops in Topeka, This took the place of the customary military salute of 17 guns. It didn’t cost very much to blow the whistle 17 times, and the Santa Fe doubtless will overlook the ex pense and turn in no bill to the state. The firing of 17 guns would have cost a good many dollars. Counting the freight on the guns and the cost of the powder and the time of th# • flrers, probably $100 or so. And why spend $100 on a meaningless and useless noise? That’s the way Jonathan Davis figure^ and he was right. The weft known common sense of the Kansas farmer comes into play. It wasn’t at all necessary to blow the 17 blasts, as fax as that’s con cerned. But some of the folk at Topeka would feel very badly if their town were not recognized as the capital of the state by repetition of a few old forms. And doubtless they found the shriek of the whistles almost as good as the boom of guns. Why can’t we make Kansas famous for Just this sort of common sense? Why cannot this idea of common-sense economy in government become known as “thu Kansas Idea,” Instead of some freak notion or hobby? If the United States army and navy would but adopt this Kansas idea of salutes, what an enormous saving to the supporters of the government-who must pay the bills! What with presidential salutes and admirals’ salutes and secretary salutes and salutes to foreign and domestic flags, great mountains of ex pensive gunpowder are burned up annually, and the ears of millions of law abiding persons are assaulted with the sound that hurts and means abso lutely nothing. A few blasts of a whistle would do Just as well, and would save, in the course of a year, enough money to pay the soldier bonus, prob ably. Why not try out the Kansas idea of saluting in the nation? ENGLAND’S ANXIETY. ■fwjITH unemployed parading the Mr streets of London and millions " of workers finding their gov ernment doles insufficient, these are nerve twitching days in England. Talk is being hears In the land that, In a country less liberal, such as America, would land the orators in jail. It is the sort of oratory that frequently has preceeded revolu tions. This, from a speech by T. Gavan Duffy, a labor member of parliament, describing his experi ences at the opening of the House of Lords, is a sample: The place was a flash of diamonds and brilliant colors. One woman who was nearly naked to her waist, wore a great diamond tiara and a wonderful necklace and had great straps of Jewels around her body. I’ll guarantee she has not the brains to put on the jewels. It was a lady’s maid, the daughter of a workingman who put the Jewels on for her. I do not exaggerate when I say that the diamonds on that woman's half naked body are worth at least enough to feed all the unemployed In London for three months. It Is the unemployed inside the House of Lords who make the crowd of unemployed*outslde. My lords and ladies and the titled government officials probably are doing a little serious thinking these nights, when they have turned out the lights and are settling their heads in their pillows. Mother Entertains for Daughter. From the Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune. They tell of a party which was given t>y mother and the married daughters for little sister of high school age. Con siderable effort was made for the eve ning’s amusement of games, and a spe cial three-course dinner had been pre pared. When the young guests arrived they "paired off” and went automobile riding most of the evening, returning in time for refreshments. Some of the guests remained outside and asked that the food be served them in the cars. Following a recent heavy snow every motion picture studio in New York had cameramen out snapping winter Beenes. These are stored away for future use. Canada reports that tourists, mostly American, spent Jioo,000,000 In the do minion last year. Most of the money was for entertainment and recreation. A ban on special days in public schools of Newark, N. J„ is announced by the superintendent. "Bird day.” "road day" and the like have become a nui sance. Some of Kngland's unemployed are. getting married because two can live more expensively than one. The dole is increased when the workless workman takes a bride. • Three Cents and $300 a Year. Prom the Kansas City Star. The small cost of disease prevention and the hea$y charge of neglected at tention to defective persons are con cretely shown In two reports of health agencies recently Issued. The biennial report of the Missouri state board of health reveals that nearly one-fourth, of the children In state Institutions for the blind lost their sight because of an eye disease in Infancy. The disease could have been cured by the application of silver nitrate, at a cost of 3 cents per child. Now there Is not only the cost of maintenance In the Institutions but a preparation for a drain on the state’s revenue when the children become eligible for blind pensions at about $300 a year each. The board's report further shows that In one year 6,403 babies died of prevent able diseases in the state; that more than one-foyrth of the persons now be ing paid blind pensions in Missouri lost their sight from the “absolutely pre ventable disease” of trachoma, and that 120,000 or 60 per cent, of 200,000 school . children examined “were suffering from i defects which could be corrected easily.” The board Is convinced that the limited funds It has had at its disposal have been expended in a manner to produce "dividends In human lives.” Some day It may be realised that true economy in public health work, by city, county or state agencies, Is In early at tention to physical defects, rather than late attempts to cure disease. The English are pushing to comple tion as rapid fy as possible the Lloyd dam in India, named for the gover nor of Bombay. It is one mile long, 190 feet high, 126 feet thick at the base. This dam, greatest of Its kind in the world, will protect 800,000 acres from flood, store and supply water to irrigate 900,000 acres and cost mil lions of pounds. It will prevent for all time the dreadful famines In one part of India. That's an Intelligent reply to Gandhi's statement that the British are only a curse. The wise British know how to colonise. That dam sup plies something for the Indians to think about. It compares favorably with Mr. Gandhi's hand loom, which is his pitiful little remedy for all In dia's evils. The Early Bird. From Judge. Salesman—Can I see that motorist that was brought here an hour ago? Nurse—He hasn't come to hta senses yet. "Oh, that's all right. I want to sell him another car." Minneapolis is to have a civic music week. A massed chorus of bootleggers might offer, “I Love You Still." In Haiti (he wholesale and retail pric es of kerosene are generally the same, and dealers iflake their profit from the sale of the sSSpty ogns. SECRET OF FRENCH CHEESE DISCOVERED Roquefort cheese had been made in France since 600 A. D. Only recently a process has been discovered by which it can be made in the United States. The discovery was ma<V? by chemists of the bureaur of chemistry. United States department of agricul ture, after experiments of several years. In recent times the manufacture of Roquerfort choese has been limited to a small district around Aveyron, In southern France. It is made frtim sheep’s milk and a special dairy strain of sheep has been developed for this purpose. In one year 450,000 of these sheep produced 19,645,000 pounds of cheese. The reason that all of our Roquefort cheese comes from Aveyron is not because the sheep can not be raised elsewhere, but because the peculiar quality of flavor and tex ture of tho cheese is due to its being cured under certain peculiar condii tions, and because these conditions are furnished by certain caves In that region. These caves are of such formation tTiat there Is a vigorous circulation of air causing the temperature and humidity to remain quite constant the year around. Many thousands of pounds of this delectable cheese are Imported into this country yearly, and, of course, sell for very high prices. Several years ago the chemists of the bureau of chemistry started to solve the problem of manufacturing this delicacy in the United States. But we do not have the milk sheep in this country, an<f it is doubtful whether American farmers wouldi have the patience to milk them if we did. Nor do we have caves like those used in France for ripening the cheese. Therefore it was decided to build rooms and imitate mechanically the conditions of temperature and humid ity of the French caves. FARMERS AND THE CO OPERATIVE CREAMERY The co-operative creamery* is solv ing the problem of the farmer to the satisfaction of 20,000 dairymen. They are getting the benefit of from 2 to 7 cents a pound for their cream above the average market price. Among the 300 co-operative creameries in Wis consin is the Barron Co-operative creamery, which is the largest of its kind in the world. „ Over 2,600,000 pounds of butter will be produced at this creamery in 1922. Twenty years ago when the co-operative movement was begun many of the farmers were skeptical about it, but today there is a vast army of farmers who are the very backbone of their co-operative creamery. " Just how does a co-operative creamery work? As a beginning, shares at $10 each are issued to those farmers who want to associate. No farmer can hold more than one share. When this capital Is paid in, the creamery association is able to bor row enough money to put up its plant. With the plant completed, a compe tent manager and a butter expert are hired. These in turn hire their op erating force and the creamery is ready to start. The plant is assured its supply of cream from the farmers who have associated together. Usually a five-year program is adopted to pay for the creamery. The fund for liquidating the debt is cre ated by retaining each month a small percentage of the price paid for the cream. The same plan is followed when Improvements are wanted. Recently the Barron creamery needed a new chimney. A beautiful stack 80 feet high was erected out of the fund by retaining for one month three-fourths of a cent a pound on the cream brought in. Thus there is no limit to the expansion to which these creameries can go. The cream associations are non profit sharing, because there is no profit for the organization. When the farmer brings or sends in his cream he gets a slip giving the amount and test of his product. The creamery manuractures the butter, sells it and pays for the cream on the basis of its returns. It takes about two weeks to convert cream into cash. The farmer is not paid for the cream he brings in, in any one month until some time in-the succeeding month. Thus the creamery always has on hand for working capital the returns for at least a two-week period. Two methods are followed In get ting the cream to the plant. One method is for the creamery to buy trucks and hire drivers to go over the routes. The Barron creamery is the leading exponent of this method. It has 14 trucks that deliver the cream to the factory at a cost of $1.63 for 100 pounds, or 1 2-3 cents a pound. It maintains that this is cheaper than the farmer can bring in his cream. The other method is for the farmers to band together and create their own routes. Six farmers, say, will take turns for a week at a time bringing in the cream for the group. The Vlroqua creamery maintains that the farmers get enough increased profit that they can afford to do this. Differing though they do in method, all agree that the auto is essential to the success of the modern cream ery. 'Without it no large creamery could be created. The checks that go out to the farm ers for the cream they bring hi run as high as $450 a month, at the Bar ron creamery. Nearly 100 of the 1,121 farmers that are stockholders get $150 a month and over. Nothing stimulates the farmer to get better stock so much as the size of his check, or the size of his neigh bor’s check.—Exchange. While German mine and steel workers in the Ruhr are apparently apathetic as to whether their bosses are Frenchmen or Germans, the col lapse of the mark, due to the French invasion, may yet turn them against tho French. The mark fallen to 20,000 to the dollar means a tremen dous cut in the wages of the workers. It goes to show how intertwined are the economic and political strands In the fabric of the modern world* * SOME INTERESTING < FACT8 ABOUT CHEESE The town- of Plymouth is the lead ing cheese center In the state at Wis consin. in this little city there are Asscif hU 2 and distributed approx imately 100,000,000 pounds of cheese annually. Other towns that are im portant as cheese centers* are Marsh Held. Oreen Pay, Watertown. Neenah, Monroe, Richmond Center anti New Richmond. Not only in these centers but thickly dotted throughout Wisconsin are some 2,SOD cheese factories. About two-thirds of these are known for producing American cheese and the remainder being classed as foreign cheese factories. The greatest quantity is brick cheese, Swiss is second and limburger Is third in thp production of foreign cheese. WISCONSIN IS THE LEADING DAIRY STATE That Wisconsin is the leading dairy state In the union is evidenced by the following: Wisconsin ranks first among the states of the Union In the volume of milk produced, which is 10 per cent, of the total produced in the United States. Wisconsin ranks first in the total production of cheese of all kinds. Approximately two-thirds of all the cheese produced in the United States is made in Wisconsin. Wisconsin ranks first in production of American cheese which is approxi mately three-fourth of all produced in the United States. Wisconsin ranks first in the production of Swiss, brick and Mucnster cheese, and se cond in the production of Llmburger oheese. Wisconsin ranks second as a butter producing state, producing 11 per cent, of all the creamery butter pro duced in the United States. Wisconsin ranks first in production of condensery products, producing up wards of one-fourth of the total pro duction in the United States. Wisconsin ranks eighth in the pro-! duction of ice cream. For the year ending June 30, 1922, Wisconsin had 2,807 licensed cheese factories, 667 licensed butter factories, 72 licensed condenserles, 675 licensed receiving stations and approximately 185,000 dairy farms. The total value of dairy products of Wisconsin for the year ending June 30, 1922, based chiefly on re ports to the dairy and food commis sioner by manufacturers and pro ducers and partially on conservative estimates, was $200,828,249.92. There were 298,732,969 pounds of cheese produced in factories, other than cottage, skimmilk, primost, cooked, buttermilk and cream cheese valued at $63,007,048.06. There were 4,495,963 pounds of cottage, skimmilk, primost, cooked, buttermilk and cream cheese produced, valued at $214,886.10; and 308,117 pounds of cheese produced on farms, valued at $98,599. There were 138,693,322 pounds of butter produced in factories, valued at $57,001,862.05 and 8,666,037 pounds of farm made butter valued at $4,735, 566. Upon the generally accepted theory that quality in commercial butter de termines its price, the quality of Wis consin butter outranks that of all of the states bordering on Wisconsin and the average of the entire United States as shown by the records of the year book of the United States department of agriculture. Each of the published year books of the United States department of agricul ture, since 1910, reports ,,Wisconsin farmers as having received at the be ginning of each month of each of those years, in nearly all Instances, a higher price per pound for butter than was received by the farmers of any of the states bordering on Wiscon sin, and higher than the average price received by the farmers of the Unit ed States. There were 423,100,003 pounds of condensery products consisting of evaporated, condensed, powdered, concentrated milk and evaporated cream, valued at $34,367,837.26; and 25,929,094 pounds of evaporated, con centrated, powdered and condensed skimmilk and compounds, valued at $982,502.14. The value of milk used in the man ufacture of malted milk, etc., is valued at $580,967.38. There were 5,950,556 gallons of ice cream produced, valued at $6,166, 325.64. It is estimated there were 960,821,235 pints of milk produced, used for fam ily consumption, other than that fur nished cheese factories, butter fac tories, condenseries and ice cream plants, valued at $28,818,637.05. Skimmilk was produced to the es timated amount of 2,550,955,989 pounds, valued at $7,142,676.77; and whey to the estimated amount of 2, 567,407,785 pounds, valued at $3,594, 370.48. The estimated amount and value of milk and cream shipped to St. Paul, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dubuquo und other points outside of Wiscon sin is 250,394,650 pounds valued at $4,118,991.99. £444444444444444444 4 - 4 4 The Body 4 4 of 4 4 Benjamin Franklin, 4 4 Printer, 4 4 (Like the Cover of an Old Book, 4 4 Its Contents Torn Out. and Strlpt ♦ 4 of its lettering and Gilding) 4 4 Lies Hero, Food for Worms. 4 4 But the Work Shall Not Be Lost. 4 4 For It Will (as he Believed) Ap- 4 4 peax Once More In a New and 4 4 More Elegant Edition, 4 4 Revised and Corrected 4 4 by 4 4 The Author. 4 4 —Benjamin Franklin's self-writ- 4 4 ten epitaph. 4 4 4444444444444444444 Discontent la not a curse but a blessing. It is not devilish but divine. Growth ceases with satisfaction and decline begins. It Is the brute tha/ is contented. Life spells activity. Rest is only in the grave.—Emil G. Hirsch. Miss Pearl Moots is keepin’ com pany with a wealthy flask maker. 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