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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.
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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*
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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.
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Growth ceases with satisfaction and
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“Are you going to have a presiden
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“Not if I can avoid It," repelled Sen
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