FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE
Un. Bradford Recommends Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Phoebus, Virginia—"Having this op
portunity I justcannot refrain from Bay
liiiiiimmiiiimiiiiiiPK •.word of praise
ior me juyaia Cj.
Pinkham medicines.
I have used them as
occasion required for
twenty years, and
mythreesistershave
also used them, and
always withthemost
gratifying results.
During the Change
of Life I had the
I *■ < * * jusuai distressing
I.. i-:::" 'v i i MiJaymptoms—hot
Hashes, insomnia, etc,, — and I am
pleased to testify to the wonderful re
sults I obtained from the Vegetable
Compound. I heartily recommend it to
any woman and I will be pleased to an
swer any inquiries that might be sent to
me through the publication of my testi
monial.”—Mrs. H. L. Bradford, 109
Armstead Street, Phoebus, Virginia.
Consider carefully Mrs. Bradford’s
letter. Her experience ought to help
you. She mentions the trials of middle
age and the wonderful results she ob
tained from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound.
If you are suffering from nervous
~ troubles, irritability, or if other annoy
ing symptoms appear and you are blue
at times, you should give the Vegetable
Compound a fair trial. For sale by
•fruggists everywhere.
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Wire Troubles.
I Animal interference with telephone
jservice includes bears that mistake
{the humming of wires for a swarm of
{honeybees; squirrels that chew holes
iln the lead sheath of cables; ants and
fbcetles that eat inetal, and spiders
that throw their webs across open
iwires causing short circuits when dew
igathers on the web.
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No other laxative
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der little bowels
so niceiy.
sweetens the ^ • - '*
stomach and starts the liver and
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tains no narcotics or soothing drugs.
Say “California” to your druggist and
avoid counterfeits! Insist upon gen
uine “California Fig Syrup” which
contains directions.—Advertisement.
Any man who understands women is
willing to admit that he doesn’t under
stand them.
Wives who struggle to keep up ap
pearances usually have husband* who
struggle to keep down expenses.
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Berlin.—Berlin receives daily only
flne liter of milk for every twenty
five persons living within its con
fines.
Only 160,000 liters of milk daily
are now furnished to Berlin, which
has a population of approximately
4.000,000.
Figuring In American measure •
ments, Berlin gets about one gallon
of milk dally to every 100 persons—
about enough to whiten the black
coffee every German drinks every
day.
The milk dealers refuse to send
their milk to town, as they obtain
their money for it only 10 or 12 days
after they sell it—and the mark
meantime crashes 1C times into its
depths.
The farmer prefers to feed his
milk to his pigs or make cheese and
butter, or simply throw the milk
away, rather than sell It for paper
marks which, by the time he gets
them, are literally worthless.
With the introduction of stable
money’s it is hoped the farmers—who
really have plenty of milk and other
food products—will send their goods
to the city. Negotiations are under
way whereby the sarmers will get
stable pay for t/heir products within
the shortest possible time.
CARELESS DRESS
BRINGS CARELESS
MORALS, SAYS WOMAN
Lincoln, Neb,—Girls don’t "roll
their own" any more—it’s passe—de
clared Madame Antoinette, nationally
known authority on women’s dress,
speaking here.
Along with the low rolled hose
under dimpled knees has vanished
the corsetless figure and the short
Bkirt, the madame said.
“The slinky, slouchy, slovenly way
that women have been dressing in the
past has done much to lessen the
morale of the mind," she stated. “It
is noL.to be expected that looseness
of standards of dress will cause any
thing but looseness of standards of
everything else.”
All the false curls and the puffs
and the million and one other hair
extravagances have passed away, too,
or are rapidly vanishing, according
to Madame Antoinette. The correct
way this year is to follow the head
line and coil the hair at the back of
the neck in a simple roll.
And the lip-stick, rouge and powd
er-puff—they, too, have made “pos
itively their last appearance.”
“Don’t paint the lily,” she pleaded.
“Why does youth indulge in the lip
stick and rouge and other cosmetics
when it is not necessary? Keep your
self fit and the skin, if there is any
left, will take care of itself.
“Older people use cosmetics, and
that is all well and good, providing
they are applied artistically.”
To men, Madame Antoinette award
ed the prize for being the best Judges
of women’s appearance. “A pretty
face attracts,” she said, “but a glance
at the face is followed by glances
down to the feet,—and my lady’s
clothes must be as well and carefully
kept up as her face.”
Safeguarding the Muskrat,
Department of Agriculture.
Among the changes in the-laws re
lating to fur bearing animals result
ing from new legislation in 1923 in
91 states, Alaska and six Canadian
provinces are provisions prohibiting
the taking of unprlme peltries, safe
guarding and breeding Bupply of fur
animals in the wild, shortening the
trapping season and restricting trap
ping of certain species to a time far
shorter than the period of prime fur.
Bounties on predatory species have
been discontinued in some States in
favor of ' co-opesative campaigns
with the United States Biological
Survey, in which salaried hunters
are employed.
Trappers Ih Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania are required by new
laws to make yearly reports of their
fur catch, and in West Virginia the
game commission is collecting simi
lar information by listing the game,
birds and fur animals of the state on
the hunting licenses issued and re
questing hunters and trappers to
make necessary reports at the end of
the year. In this way it Is hoped
to learn whether the supply of fur
animals and game is endangered by
too much hunting or trapping, that
before too late.
The new laws affect muskrats
probably more, than other fur ani
mals, and seasons were rather gen
erally restricted. Montana closed all
trapping of muskrats for an inde
finite period. Utah protected these
animals until 1925. The muskrat
seasons were shortened In Maine,
New' Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota,
North Dakota, Idaho and Alaska.
The greatest restrictions on trap
ping were adopted In Idaho, where
martens, fishers and foxes are now
protected throughout the state inde
finitely, and similar action was taken
for parts of the state to protect
muskrats, otter®, minks and rac
coons, further local exceptions being
made in the case of muskrats.
SUED FOR THIRTY CENTS.
Raleigh, N. C.—J. E. Owens, coro
ner of Wake County, suing the Pine
State Creamery for 30 cents, won
his case. The suit was instituted
by the coroner after an agent of
the creamery refused to refund a
30-cent deposit on milk bottles.
Owens was represented by three
lawyers. The defense paid over the
three dimes and costs.
48 Picture* of
Senator Lafollette
Madison, Wis.—Forty-eight pic
tures, by actual count, of Wiscon
sin’s political i«Jol, Senator Robert M.
Ra Follettc, adorn the halls and of
fices of the state capitol here. They
range from an enlarged photograph,
four feet wide and 10 feet long to a
small miniature in oils which rests
on the desk of one of the Senators
oldest friends. Many of them are
autographed for friends with whom
he waged his early political battles
In the state.
BURGLARS HAPPY,
BUT THE LIGHT
MAGNATES KICK
Berlin—The municipal electric
works have applied to police head
quarters demanding re-establahment
•f the regulation forcing apartment
owners to keep their hallways and
doorways lighted until 9 p. m. '‘be
cause the electric works are losing
money through the new ‘‘darkness*
regulations.”
When the price for electrir current
went beyond the reach of even the
richest apartment house owenr, a new
system was Inaugurated whereby the
dwellers within the building could
have hall lights burning until 8 or
9 p. m. if they paid for the current
themselves.
Naturally, they refused, so Berlin
apartment houses' hallway and door
ways are unlighted—and the saving
In current is causing thd electric
works concern.
The police declare they realize that
the hallways should be lighted at
least until the evening mail „nd news
papers arrive—possibly 8 p. m., but
see no reason why they should be
lighted thereafter merely because the
municipal works suffers from lack
of business. But the matter is up to
the individual renters In the. apart
ment houses.
The high price of current caused
it all.
Meantime, the hallways are dark
and flashlight companies are doing a
record business.
So are the burglars.
Coed Wins Cup for
Physical Excellence
Boston—Miss Mabel L. Pihl, of New
Britain, Conn., of the class of ’24,
has been awarded the Sarah Streeter
Cup which each year goes to the
"member of the senior class who Is
found at the time of her final phy
sical examination to be In the bes'.
physical condition.”
Miss Pihl Is five feet In height,
weighs 130 pounds and Is well poised
and trim in figure. Miss Pihl has
auburn hair, dark brown eyes and
fair complexion. Her father came to
America from Sweden. She has play
ed on the hockey team and also the
volley ball team while at the college.
British Shipping Is
Still Under Normal
London.—Although latest lmpodt
jnd export figures show that Brit
ain s trade is on the up grade, her
post-war shipping slump has not yet
been dissipated—more than a million
tons of shipping being laid up un
employed in home ports alone, accord
ing to staticians.
Shipping laid up in foreign ports
is also very heavy, 47,000 tons being
laid up in Belgian ports alone.
No Chance.
i. From The Kansas City Times.
While Theodore Roosevelt was
president he went to Louisiana on a
bear hunt. After several days of
strenous sport the dogs used by the
presidential party were so battered
und chewed up that it became neces
sary to obtain fresh ones to continue
the chase. It was learned that an
old negro, living nearby, had some
good bear dogs and two of the party
visited him, but were unable to bor
row them. Roosevelt said he could
pet the dogs and sot off through tlr.
woods to Uncle Jim’s cabin.
Oti reaching the little clearing
owned by the venerable darky the
president found him foundling his
dogs. After admiring the animals
for a time Roosevelt said. Uncle Jim,
we have come a long way to have
this hunt and need some dogs, can’t
we borrow yours?”
‘‘No sah, Capt’n, no sah. I doan
loan dem dogs to anybody. Two
other white gemmen was heah uu>
mawnlng to borrow dese dogs, but
I doan loan dem to nobody.”
Roosevelt found ordinary persua
sion unavailing and played his trump
card, being determined to get the
dogs. ,
“Uncle Jim," he Inquired, “do you
know who I am?"
“No sah, Capt’n, 1 doan know.”
“Well, 1 am Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, and
I want tc borrow your dogs.”
“But the old negro was obdurate.
'‘Capt’n,” he said, “you couldn't bor
ray dem dogs If you was Booker T.
Washington hisself.”
The Missouri Pacific railroad has pur
chased the terminal properties of the
Kansas City Northwestern In Kansas
City for $1,300,000. It Is reported. The
Northwestern, operating from Kansas
City, Kan., to Virginia City, Neb., has
been shut down‘since Dec. 1, 191#.
Bo accurate was the firing of the 16
Inch guns by recruit gunpolnters, aboard
the United States battleship Maryland,
that at six miles the second satyo
split the raft bearing the target
An air conference has recently .Jeen
In session at The Hague, at which
Great Britain. Germany, Denmark and
Holland were represented, at the out
set, with Sweilen and Norway sending
delegates later.
The Piccadilly Circus station of the
underground railroad In London was
used by 1,500,000 when opened In 1907
Last year the number of passengers
was 18,000,080.
Automatic train control devices as In
stalled on the Rock Island railroad be
tween Blue Island and Rock Island. 111.,
a distance of 165 miles, have been ap
proved by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
In nearly all Chinese cities a large
percentage of the Inhabitants live In
a sort of hand-to-mouth fashion, buying
nod from restaurants. Hot water is
Jkii from stands.
For more than 20 years Mrs. Marf
Harris of Grant, Mich., has followeu
the trade of blacksmith.
• *-?,rKU. investments of American capital
in Mexico is predicted by Mexican con
suls In the United States.
It is estimated that the annual smoke
damage to property in the United States
totals #500,000.000.
TJtJ* reported from Moscow that the
International Barnsdaii corporation has
n*1!". b.or,ner 0Pp«»Non8 In the Baku
oil district.
iu\ thinks that more than
lw raking physicians, recently run out
of Connecticut, have located there. An
investigation is under Way
Statistics show that 180.000 persons died
in the United States from cancer dur
ing the last year.
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OAILY NEWSPAPER
London Morning Advertiser Is
Source of Wit for Barmaids
and Reproof for Drunk
ards and Gamblers.
By Fletcher Allen.
London—The English saloon keep
ers, otherwise known as Licensed
Victuallers (please pronounce it vlt
tlers) or, as England euphemistically
calls them, Publicans, are digging
in behind their principal trade fortifi
cation, one of the oldest daily news
papers in existence. Its name has
nothing to do with saloon, being “The
Morning Advertiser," but it is their
•wn and in every cheery old pub in
London, and most of the pubs in the
country, you will see the beer-stained
copy lying on the bar, or In the hands
of some interested “guest.”
There is a considerable editorial
skill about it. In its abbreviated
pages the casaal visitor to the bar
will find no little wit. much moral
reasoning (usually in the form of paid
advertisements) and, dear to the
heart of the Britisher, a full account
of all the major sports, from horse
racing and fighting to amateur foot
ball.
“Carried On” a Century.
For ewer a century and a quarter
the paper has run Its course to the
edification of the "Trade,” and still
carries cn Its progi<ess. Probably of
all the papers In the country, except
that section sarcastically known as
the "cocoa press,” the “Morning Ad
vertiser” was the least violent in its
exuberance over “Pussyfoot” John
son's defeat in the recent prohibition
vote.
The "Trade” in Britain affects a
security which it may not altogether
feel, and still preaches to the saloon
keeper on the necessity of conducting
his trade as a gentleman should. A
"turnover corner” advertisement an
nounces;
“Licensees! The Drunkard and the
Betting Man are Your Enemies.
Keep Them Out! One Slip May Rob
You of Your Livelihood."
Are Succinctly Presented.
But the main events of the day, In
ternational affairs and domestic pol
itics, are succinctly reviewed and
presented. For the elections and po
litical destinies of Britain, it is often
said, are settled as the “working
man's club” otherwise known as the
public house. ' So it is that the Morn
ing Advertiser despite the fact that
U ts intended for the saloon keeper
originally, wietds a powerful influ.
ence in the minds of the voters, and
It must be conceded that the editor
seems to take his task seriously and
with due sense of obligation.
But the lighter side is not omitted.
The barmaids must have ready wit.
It is provided for them. If the. bar
maid reads the Morning Advertiser
k*ifore going on duty, she will en
hance an already enviable reputation
for pointed humor. If she feels down
In the mouth and the words refuse to
come, she needs but to remember the
efforts of the “sub’’ and there will be
» smile somewhere. For example It
Is reported that:
A cheery optimist who keeps an “off
license” In Brixton placed this notice
outside his place of business:
NOTICE:
Our business has been established
since the Lord knows when. We have
been pleasing and displeasing people
ever since.
We have made money and lost
money, we have been cussed and dis
cussed, knocked about, talked about,
held up, robbed, etc., to the end of the
chapter.
The only reason we are Btaying In
the business Is to see what the hell
will happen next.
America Buying Up Europe.
Sisley Huddleston in the British Re
view of Reviews says France is deceiv
ing herself if she imagines that Ameri
ca’s predominant purpose in Europe is
not commercial. America's relations
“are based above all on the possibility
of making good deals.” The trend of
politics since the armistice has been
away from altruism toward blatant ego
ism. He refers to the fact that "nearly
every leading American financier has
paid a visit to Europe,” adding:
America, of course, is not alone in
this struggle for financial domination.
England controls, for example, 60 per
cent, of the iron works in upper Silesia
—hence the conflict of interests now
that the pieblcite, which is to decide
whether upper Silesia is to go to Ger
many or to Poland, is about to be taken.
France has been particularly busy in
middle Europe;. In Cxecho-SloYakia the
Skoda works havo passed under her con
trol. In upper Silesia she has the
workshops of Katlowitx. in Poland the
Hula Bankowa, in Rumania, wagon and
locomotive factories. In Jugo-Slavla, an
important part of the river system and
ports, in Hungary, the state railroads,
the Credit hank, and the port. This is
of course not an exhaustive account—it
is intended to be the merest hint of the
role of high finance in the post-war
Europe. England and France are com
petitors with America and have'beaten
her at many points. But American
finance le very strong. The American
dollar is indeed almighty. American
bankers may have been cautious about
European speculations, but they are Hot
going to let the chances of buying up
lots of Europe go by.
Deed* Count.
From the New York Post.
As the representative of an adminis
tration so thoroughly repudiated at the
polls. Secretary Colby obviously could
not sot himself to spinning new threads
of relationship with the South American
nations. 'But It is highly doubtful
whether any secretary of state engaged
upon an elaborate tour of education
could do much to affect our relations
with South America. It is not words
but deeds that must count. South Amer
ica Is waiting for Mr. Harding’s policy
as translated Into action. The flrst step
towards such a policy, If the Incoming
administration aligns itself with the
emergency tariff program, will not be a
fortunate one. Years of discourse about
our glowing trade opportunities will
turn out to be mere talk If at the flrst
pinch of adversity we forget all our
elaborate aspirations/-concerning South
American markets and closer ties with
the Roothern continent and go In for em
bargoes and*3 the good old "home mar
ket.”
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Oxford and Cambridge will, send ji
complete track team and an eight-oared
crew to compete with American univer
sities next spring, according to word
from England.
I National Crop Improvement Service ]
ARE a few men in Anver
hose devotion and loyalty
vo vneir duties is greater than
financial reward.
Ransom A. Moore, Agronomist st the
Wisconsin Agricultural College, has de
voted a lifetime to the improvement of
Wisconsin seeds and is probably the
foremost breeder of field seeds in the
world. He has the rare faculty of pass
ing his enthusiasm and conviction along
to hia students and he has organised
his alumni into the Wisconsin Agricul
tural Experiment Association, each
man being devoted to the propagation
of Wisconsin pedigreed seeds.
"Prof. Moore's example haa been fol
lowed by several of the Northwestern
states," says Mr. Frank Baackcs, Vice
Pres. American Steel and Wire Co.,
"and seed breeding associations are now
in operation in Minnesota, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Iowa and Kansas
and some other states.
“Farmers generally, however, do not
appreciate what this work means or
they would all be in it up to their
necks. For instanoe, in the Northwest
the average yield of Marquis is about
12% budffels. In Wisconsin the average
yield of Marquis is about 19 bushels per
•ere, but the pedigreed Marquis propa
gated by Prof. Moore and his boys
averages 24 bushels per acre. These
grains are grown and offered for sale by
the members of the Association and,
insofar as I know, Wisconsin offers the
only car iot source of pure-bred grain*
faithful to type and variety."
Wisconsin has probably made a great
er reputation on its pedigreed barleys
than any other grain and Prof. Moore
says that his pedigreed seed grains will
maintain their characteristics wherever
planted. The Wisconsin corns have
been bred with a view to early matur
ity and large yield and this seed is be
ing shipped to all parts of the earth,
Europe, South Africa, South America
and Australia. It also is being shipped
to Texas and the Southwest, holding
its character and doing better than
other grains.
Wisconsin pedigreed oats are prized
not only for their heavy yielding quali
ties but for a very stiff straw which
enables them to st.vid lodging.
The annual exhibition at LaCroase,
of Wisconsin pedigreed grains, has re
ceived worldwide notice. The Asso
ciation at Madison will accept orders
from farm bureaus, individuals and
seedsmen and their seeds can always be
relied upon.
| China's ~Dying "Millions.
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To help the national committee which is seeking funds for relief of Chl
nese famine sufferers, Isaac F. Marcossom, .has written a description of
the plague that means the death of 10 Chinese every minute from starva
tion Thb story was distributed through the McClure newspaper syndicate. It
follows in part:
Clearly to understand the dreadful Chinese dilemma you must know
first of all that In the northeastern corner of the oriental republic are the
provinces of Chihli, Shantung, Honan, Shensi and Shansi, five of the most
populous districts of the much populated country. Under normal condition*
85,000,000 people live here, and they comprise more than one-fourth of the
entire human element In China, Ninety, per cent are farmers, whose princl?
pal crops have been wheat, millet, corn and beans. So densely settled is this
region that the crops, large as they are in ordinary times, are barely suffici
ent to feed the inhabitants. Any decrease in productivity, therefore, auto
matically works a hardship, because In this particular section of China trans
portation facilities are hopelessly Inadequate. The people of these five prove
luces are simple, frugal and thrifty folk. They usually harvest two crops a
year. In 1916 the output was only fair and there began the series of circum
stances which has now engulfed them In sorrow and suffering. Before the
autumn harvest was well under way, the land was Inundated by a flood which
wiped out entire towns and villages, ravaged the country side and caused a
loss of 8100,000,000. The Chinaman is by temperament a stoic, and the farm
ers began to rebuild their shattered fortune*. Ill luck dogged them, because
the crops of 1917 and 1918 were reduced. Still they persisted and again
sowed the fields In 1919. Both crops that year, as well as the following year,
were complete failures. The net result is that the advent of the present win
ter found 85,000,000 people practically stripped of sustenance and without re
source of any kind. What little grain had been husbanded was soon wiped
out. When hundreds of thousands sought to escape to other provinces and
take up the burden Of life anew, they were met by cordons of police at the
frontles and forblddor? to enter. Forced back to their own desolate firesides,
they had to make the most out of nothing. ••••••
Other calamities pale before this colosial visitation. The world war cost
approximately 17,56<MM)0 Hvee. The Black Death In England In 1348 and 1349
caused 2,000,000 deaths. The Irish famine of 1846 killed 1,009,000 and the In
dian famine of 1866 took toll of 1,450,000. The Chinese famine of 1878, with
Its 9,500,000 victims, does not equal the present peril, which will depopulate
China to the extent of 15,000,000 before it has run its dread course. It is,
therefore, the supreme affliction yet imposed upon mankind. *•'*•*•'
A family of five plodded northward on the public road In the Shensi
province until the mother’s strength failed. Their funds were exhausted and
they had to have food. The eldest child, a girl, was sold at the first village
for $10. Before the day ended the mother dropped again; she was unable to
carry her newly born baby any further, and It was thrown into a convenient
well. Three days later this entire family had been wiped out. It is a com
mon occurrence. * • • * • „
A lamentable feature of this sordid drama and one of the most difficult
elements that will enter into the ultimate problem of Reconstruction is tho
utter collapse of the Chinese family structure. Many of the farmers in tho
afflicted area are siding their farms at from one-fifth to one-tenth the nor
mal price. Wealthy men in the market towns and some from outside the
ravaged area—tho vultqres that prey on need—are buying up these parcels of
land a..d ^extorting tho hard bargains born of dire distress. This means that
the farmer, whose principal asset Is his plot of ground, becomes an outcast.
If he should survive these days of gloom his hearthstone Is destroyed and ho
becomes a wanderer on the face of the earth.
China U doing her share. Provinces, officials and merchants have con
tributed largely to tho relief fund. A governor general of one province who
recently died made a famine bequest of $506,000 In his will. A wealthy Chi
nese merchant of the Straits Settlements has donated $1,500,000. A Mer
«bants' Guild of Shanghai contributed $1,000,000. Chinese students In Peking
borrowed from Americans their ‘tag day' and raised thousands of dollars for
the sufferers in this enterprising western manner. American money will do
inore than fill empty stomachs, save desolate families from disintegration,
and kindle hope in a darkened domain. It will point the way to that most
effective and permanent of all aids, which is prevention. Our relief repre
sentatives in the field are already planning transportation improvements
such as railway and canals, irrigation systems, and flood defense measures
which will eventually make the famine erea immune from such calamities
as have brought about its present plight. Out of loss will eventually come in
surance against disaster. If we can point and provide tho way for this Im
munity, we will have abundant compensation.
If the American Committee for the Chinese Famine Fund (as the ac
credited relief organization is technically known), has no representation in
your community, hand your contribution to your bank or your church, or
send It direct to Vernon Munroe, treasurer of the Chinese Famine Fund, Biblo
House, New York City.
A Marketing Puzzle.
From the New Tork Herald.
In good times growers of fruits and
Vegetables In Washington, Oregon and
California market their enormous crops
through their own organizations at sat
isfactory prices without federal aid,
while producers of similar products in
many other states claim that without
federal aid their products “rot upon the
ground.”
The 1921-1922 agricultural bill carries
an Item of $390,180, one of a number of
similar Items, to give such aid to food
producers as dally' telegraphic produce
market reports will afford; but the ser
vice extends only as far west as Kansas
City. Efforts made in the House to In
crease this Item to $750,000 for more ex
tended service were defeated only after
a wordy struggle, which developed again
_ the fact, to which this newspaper his
ofteh called attention, that the Pacific
coast states, farthest of all the great
food producing states from the chief
markets, profitably market their agri
cultural products through organizations
maintained by the producers.
Our New Citizens.
From the Indianapolis News.
The worst elements of the Russian
population are pouring Into Rumania at
the rate of hundreds a week—in transit
to the United States. The Rumanian
government refuses, to allow them to
stay In Rumania, and Is doing every
thing it can to expedite their passage
to America. The passport regulations
are tricked, and most of the credentials
presented are counterfeit. These would
be citizens have an organization both Jn
America and Rumania, and it seems to
have .attained a high degree of effi
ciency. It Is working with, and on cop*
gressmen, to whose pressure is due the
cancellation of orders instructing Ameri
cas consults to refuse to vise passports.
The N«mr Crusade.
From Christian Science Monitor.
Remarks by James V. McCUntic rep
resentative from •klahoma, to the ef
fect that members of the United States
Mouse of Representatives should be in
attendance at sessions, and' not "load”
the Congressional Record with speeches
never delivered, are in line with the beat
thought of Americans covering a period
of many years. The difficulty has been
that, no matter how many times and
how forcibly people have called attention
to t»-ese matters, the members them
selves have taken no decisive action
to bring about improvement. It ought
not to be necessary to establish a watch
over men duly elected to office to sea
that .they do their duty. The fact that
no penalty is provided does not furnish
an excuse for dereliction. It is an ex
cellent thing that some one bolder than
the rest occasionally makes his views
known on this important subject.
A Notable Party,
From Christian Science Monitor.
The "house-warming” at Cheyhers,
the British prime minister’s official
country house, brings to mind another
flfu-ty, before the war, when Lord and
Lady Lee, who have given this beauti
ful estate to the country, were host and
hostess. A writer in the Observer re
members when Mr. Roosevelt, Sir Kd
ward Grey, as he tiutn was; Captain
Scott, and Sir Henry .Johnston all met
there, and Roosevelt, in great form,
wished he could take a hand in work
ing the British empire, and all the other
guests felt he had in him the stuff for
the task. Half in jest and half' in
earliest, he suggested that he could pick
up Ihc political expressions in six
months and settle down stanchly after
ward to administrative collar-work. It
was Captain Scott’s last week end be
fore leaving for the south pole, where
be achieved hla lasting fame.