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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1924)
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Her mother said, mischiev ously: “Now, monsieur, if my daugh ter <t»d I were both- droWtttng, wMeb would you save first f’ With great presence of mind lie replied: “I would cave madante, aad I would perish with mademoiselle!” pBiat’s -what ■ I MiUion# I I of women B I have done B I with B I CALUMET I H ifaJEiCu ***** ***** ■ 1 “juSSe | - 1 on baVeday I I n“J2gK'««S»^ l BEST BY 1 TEST Saties 2$ timesasmuchas that ofanv otherJxxmd KJqiirtlr (wf Kirrjbor!y—te.ttOO-word booklet Dime or stamps to Newspaper Inform. Be re Ice. US* New York Are. Washington. D. C iioux CITY PTC. CO, MO. 10-1924 Washington Observations-By Frederic W. Wile It Is undeniable that statesmen and lesser mortals In Washington are "watching their step" these days. Nervous anxiety, bearing a cousinly resemblance to col# feet, is in the air. Nobody is quite sure where the lightning will strike next, or what, or whom. On Capitol Hill there is a refreshing taciturnity. It will pass and Washington soon again will lapse back into loquacious normalcy. Meantime oil has unmistakably calmed the waters of loose talk. Where there is not uncommunicatlveness, there is an uncommon precise* ness of statement. The "they-say" fraternity is in re treat. if it remains scared Teapot Dome will not have boiled over altogether in vain. Any number of United State* senators will be up for re-election this year. Some of them who voted against the Denby ouster are wopdering if their ac tion will come home to roost in November, as pro N^wbtrry votes did, in 1922, in the case of several pfc/minent Republicans who now write "ex” before their names. There are two or three quaint points of personal resemblance in the cases of Secretary DoAby and former Senator Newberry. They ure both Detroiters. Newberry was secretary of the Navy (in the closing months of the Roosevelt administra tion) and Denby occupies that portfolio now. Both Newberry and Denby are Spanish-American war vet erans. They served in the same warship. Newberry was Denby’s superior officer—a junior-grade lieutenant aboard U. S. S. Yosemite, on which Denby served as a gunner’s mate. Newberry recounts their experiences in a book called "The Log of the Yosemite.” Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the termau Reichsbank, who is now in daily contact with Gen eral Dawes and the other American reparation com missioners at Berlin, has an American background. For many years Schacht’s father was the "procura tor,” or general agent, of the Equitable Life As surance Society of the United States at Berlin. As a young man, the present Reichsbank head was em ployed In the Equitable offices in Germany and co operated with his father in the construction of the company’s fine office building in the Friedrichstrasse at the * end of the nineteenth century. It was Ber lin’s first skyscraper—Blx stories high. When the Senate was debating the* Robinson reso lution calling for Secretary Denby’s retirement, a celebrated Republican irreconcilable set the cloak rooms into peals of merriment by an ironic quip about the Junior senator from Alabama. "Why, Cool* ldge,’’ he said, "is entitled to tell ns to go to the other place, just is we should extend to him the same kind of an invitation if he’d ask the Senate to unseat Tom Heflin!" Harry 8. New, of Indiana, postmaster-general, seems to havn the knack of remaining the confidante of presidents. No one in Washington was closer to Harding than the Hoosier republican and now he ranks as one of the powers behind the Coolidge throne. Politicians were quick to note that no other member of the cabinet was invited by the President to accompany him to New York for the Lincoln Day speech at the National Republican Club. The friend ship between the Coolidges and the News dates back to Senate days, when the President was employed on Capitol Hill. What New doesn’t know about politics isn’t worth the trouble to learn. These are the times in which Calvin Coolidge has use for hard-headedness of the New brand. Talking of political knowledge, Boies Penrose was once told by a sycophantic admirer: "Senator, I guess all that . (a well-known Pennsylvania G. O. P. leader) knows, you taught him.” Penrose soliloquised a moment, then said: "I may have taught him all he knows, but I didn’t teach him all I know.” Eminent New Englanders in Washington, a good* ly company, are quietly amused over the project of Henry Ford to re-establish Longfellow’s Wayside lnu at Sudbury, Mass., and turn it into a shrine of "com* partive American history.” Quite evidently, they say, Uncle Henry no longer thinks “history is bunk.” The Cabots and the Lowells are said to be con servatively chagrined over the spectacle of a mere Middle Westerner invading the Pilgrim country for the purpose of reviving its languished interest in American history. Ford was born in Michigan and had no known forbears aboard the Mayflower. Senator Copeland is not the only M. D., who basks in the sunshine of a Democratic presidential boom. Dr. William J. Mayo, world-famed surgeon of Rochester, Minn., is the latest medical favorite son. Minnesota isn’t exactly the camping-ground of the democratic party, which has practically been blotted out in the State by the Farmer-Labor upheaval. .But Dr. Mayo’s friends appear to think his candidacy could 'easily be .galvanized into a -nation-wide move ment because of the enormous acquaintance his prac tice has given him and his brother. Dr. William Mayo is approaching the age of sixty-three, being four years tho senior of his brother. He has never held political office. Medical and surgical societies throughout the world have showered the Mayos with honors. In 1915 they established a 12,000,000 foun dation for medical education and research at Ro chester. Habit of Looking To Artificial Help Weakens Americans In Foreign Trade From the Christian Science Monitor. American manufacturers in the long years of competition With the British and Germans before the war failed, to a degree that kept down their profits, to show proverbial Yankee keenness, alertness and ingenuity in going after foreign customers. There ('*' Vferjr many reasons for this, perhaps the strongest and most ob vious being the high American protective tariffs on which they grew accustomed to rely for easy retention of the vast and profit able markets of their own country. Lacking the spur of serious competition in this great field, their energy and astuteness, so far as foreign markets were concerned, lay dormant. When they finally did seek to dispose of their surplus beyond their own borders, they were slow to realize the necessity of close study of details as to the wants and peculiarities of foreign custo mers. The atrophy that was traceable to the numbing effects of continued “protection to infant industries’’ clung to them for a long time and dulled their native genius for trade. The inevitable result was that their British and German rivals retained the mastery in many foreign markets from which the Americans ought to have ousted them with comparative ease. This was strikingly true of the rich markets of South America lying right at the doors of the United States. The North Americans were slow to adopt methods of banking and credit to which the people of the southern continent were accustomed. In matters of salesmanship, pack ing of goods, and transportation t'hey did not bother to learn local desires and customs. Before the Avar there was some improvement in these respects, and trade of the Ignited States with the southern continent was gradually picking up. Conditions due to war made it easier for the North Americans to increase their southern commerce greatly. But European competition is reviving and is blund to grow. If the manufacturers of the United States want to keep some of the advantages they have gained in recent years, they must go at it more keenly and with closer attention to a thousand and one little details. There are plentiful signs that this is realized now more than formerly. The study of Spanish in the United States has grown with leaps and bounds, and mueh more attention is given to South America peculiarities than was once the case. But there is still room for'improvement. A vivid and hum orous proof of this was revealed recently in a report of the United States Department of Commerce. Some Spanish translations of advertisements made by employees of American exporters were quoted, and they told the whole story. There were single-horse buggy harnesses to be pushed for sale. They were referred to as “harness full of bugs for a bachelor horse.” One maker had vacuum cleaners to sell. The translator said they were “clean ers of emptiness.” “Monkey wrenches” became “wrenches for monkeys.” Iron Avashers Avere transmuted into “Avashers of iron.” These are little things and sound funny, but the United States exporters must learn how to avoid just such errors all through the complicated routine of trade, if they hope seriously to meet the competition of their more methodical and seasoned German and British rivals in the vastly rich markets of the world. Vengeance. Prom the Progressive Grocer. "When I’m a married man—’’ began Bobbie after a stormy interview with hie father. "What will you doT’’ asked his moth er. “I’ll name my boy after papa—and oht how I’ll spank him!" Brickmaking was one of man’s earl iest pursuits. Babylon was acquainted with the art, and it is recorded that the Israelites baked bricks from clay mixed with chopped straw, much in the same manner that has come down t« the present day. Valuable markets for Pacific coast products exist In Belgium now, accord ing to A. S. Bleakney, Canadian Trade Commissioner in Brussels, who arrived here recently to investigate business conditions in Western Canada. Doors and salmon produced on the Pacific coast are in demand in Belgium, he stat ed, and frozen as well aa canned sal mon finds ready market. Soft wood flooring also can be sold readily ir. Bel gium. ha adds4 Something Wrong. Proud Father—Well. Tommy, what do you think of your new bouncing broth er? Tommy—Something’s the matter with him, paw. 1 dropped him as hard as 1 could on the floor but he wouldn't bounce. Swedish politicians are busily en gaged in the solution of the problem of national defense, whiyh is the weight iest before the country. The Socialist and Liberal parties advocate curtailing the period of training, the Socialists asking a reduction from 280 to 150 days, and the Liberals to 200 days. The cab inet recently decided upon a new uni form for the army of an olive drab color, in place of the present gray, and cut somewhat after the American army uniform. Fujiyama, the volcano famous In Japanese art, had its top changed by recent disturbances with the flatten ing of Kengamlne peak, formerly the highest point, and the formation of a »*w peak, reports from Osaka say. Argentine Wheat. From the Lincoln Journal. Ill 1922, Argentina exported 137,000 000 bushels of wheat. The United States exported 104,000,000. The wheat of Argentina and this wheat of the United States met In the markets of the world, sellinr, quality con sidered, at the same price. The net price of the Argentine farmer was however from 8 to 11 cents greater than the American farmer received. This means that the cost of gettlnr the Argentine farmer's wheat to the foreign'market was that much less than the cost of getting the American wheat to the foreign market The Argentine farmer lives, on the aver age, closer to a seaport than the American farmer. Little Argentine wheat has more than 400 miles to go to a seaport. Western Nebraska wheat has 1,C>00 miles to go. Few Argentine fanners pay over 16 centa a bushel for railroad transportation. Many American farmers pay 60 per cent. more. un me omer nana, we Argentinian has farther to go by sea and he pays much higher for his going. It costs him about 15 cents to ship a bushel of wheat from Rosario to Liverpool. From New York to Liverpool last September the ocean rate was 4.8 cents, from New Orleans it was 8.6 cents. According .to the studies of our department of agriculture, however, our advantage In ocean rates does not overcome Argentine’s advant age In railroad freights. The Ameri can wheat farmer must meet Argen tine competition in wheat under a handicap of 3 to 11 cents in costs of delivery in the market where they meet. President Coolidge spoke favorably in his message of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway which would bring the wheatflelds of Nebraska within a few hundred miles of an ocean port. That, probably would put Nebraska on an equality with Argentina in the competition of wheat. [In discussing competition between United States and Argentine wheat, due consideration should be taken of the fact that the United States "sur plus" Is Just a trade myth. It is produced largely by Canadian im portations. In other -words, we im port as much wheat from Canada as we export to outside points.—Editor’s Note.] ^ Net Her Fault. From the Boston Transcript Doctor—I suppose, Mrs. Johnson, that you have given the medicine according to directions. Mrs. Johnson—Well, doctah, I done mah bes’ You said give Sam one o’ dese heah pills three times a day onttl gone, but I done run out o’ pills yista day an’ he haint gone yit. Cashes His Opinions. From the Washington Star. “You are sometimes rather cautious about expressing your opinions." "Not cautious,’’ answered Senator Sorghum, "but economical. A states man’s opinions are his capital, and it's utter improvidence to scatter them around unless they are wanted by a campaign manager or a magaslne editor." The Minister of Finance at Rome, Signor De Stefani, has presented to the cabinet a measure making 3000 lire the minimum income on which a tax will be levied. Under the present law th« minimum is 10.000 lire. A Powerful Timepiece. From the Logdon Weekly Telegraph. Ship’s Officer—Oh, there goes eight bells. Excuse me. It’s my watch below. Miss Brown—Good gracious. Fancy your watch striking as loud as that. - I Five times more fish are consumed in England than in France. Bet L. cy Got It I From Life. Little Lucy (to gueet)—Do you like that cake, Mrs. Brown? Mrs. Brown—Yes, dear, very much. Lucy—That’s funny, ’cause muvvef said you haven’t any taste. I ’ . . . X Will Your Family Be Happy This Spring? If your* in one of the few remaining families lacking an automobile, no doubt you have finely decided to get one within the next four months. A low-priced modem automobile like the Chevrolet has be come indispensable to the family of ordinary income- A million other families can easily prove to you tnat the better wav is with Chevrolet. The beauties of nature, the interesting and educational features of other places and ways of living, remain things to read about or seen dimly in cold photographs until you are free to get to them at your convenience and pleasure. But, suppose you have definitely decided to buy a Chevrolet this spring. This does not necessarily mean you are going to get it. Anyone posted on conditions in die automobile business will tell you that thousands of families are going to be unable to get cars this spring. This has been true almost every rprog for the last ten years. There are Just two ways of making sure of getting your Chevrolet for use when the flowers and balmy breezes of spring hue you to the country roads—buy it now or order it now. If you do not want to pay for it In foil at this time, any Chevrolet dealer will arrange terms to suit your convenience. You will be surprised to learn how easy It is to pay for a Chevrolet and use it addle yon are paying for It. Please realize these statements at* made by us in good faith and we mean Just whet we my about the possible difficulties of getting a car delivered |to yon this spring if yon wait until then to order it. The only way to be ante of a Chevrolet this Spring Is to order it NOW. Prices /. a k Flint, Michigan ■ Chevrolet Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan Division •/ QomtsI Meters Corporation Her Favorite Tactless Lady Friend (to hostess)— By the way, what birthday is this we are celebrating? Hostess—My thirty-fifth. Lady Friend—But huve we not cele brated that before? Hostess—Oh, yes; it is one of tny favorite birthdays.—Struy Stories. Always Keep Allcock’s Piasters In your home. Invaluable for ail local aches and pains. Inexpensive, abso lutely pure, safe and effective.—Adv. Eoeieet to Make Fair Caller (at the tax office t» Paris)—A declaration la obligatory? Clerk—Absolutely. Fair Caller—AlFrlghf, then I adore you!—Boston Transcript. No man ever lives to be as old as be feels at twenty-one. Embarraeemg Moment A shy young hostess. In an effort to be genial, led aside the comparative stranger, whose name somehow eluded her. “Look,” she said, "I’ve paired yon off with that lady In the corper. WtU yon take her In to dinner? My husband, naughty man, says she's a bit of an old frump, but she’s got lots of money, and one of his clever friends has jaat married her for It, so we must be nice to her." “1 am sorry, madam,’’, said the guest, “but I am the clever- friend In quo -- 4 Worth Trying * i„ Brown—Halloa, old chap! Nice melons >eo’ve gob tttsife! Green—Yes, tliere’re for my mot he r In-law. She said she would giro haft her life for a good melon, so IV* bought a couple.—Stray Stories. T B Look-for ■ the Cross I and Circle I Stated fa Red « Ewry Ht I Alabastine I H Instead of Kalsomine or Wall Paper || 9 BectuMoDWrmiWAyM^wiar»7MllMMe«A<lcScale.«iiycAkl)ai&» |§?! ■ cokm, wUch odd to much I* * ' * A 9 Good decorator* ute Aldwli H m A*k yoor deolct or dececalav jR H Optimo Proem*— dw mwl ■ I_I nvo pleasant ways to relieve a cough, Take your choice and suit your taste. S B—or Menthol flavor. A sure relief far coughs. * colds and hoarseness. Put one in your mouth at bedtime. 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