Woodrow Wilson Was
Successful Lecturei
Ray Stannard Baker, in “Wood
row Wilson: Life and Letters.” i
But here, as in every other field
he entered, victory, success, only
made him more avid for wider
achievement. He began to make
longer excursions, and to speak to i
popular as contrasted with academic
audiences. , . .
As early as 1893, he was called to
Chicago to speak at the World’s fair
—his first trip west of Ohio—and he
▼isited Madison, Wis., on the same
Journey. His address caused no
small reverberation in the educa
tional world.
The next year he made two
notable voyages of discovery, one in
the extreme East, a convention at
Plymouth, Mass., the stronghold of
Puritanism, and one to Colorado,
where he had amusing and vivid
glimpses of the West. His comments
upon these journeys and upon the
* people he met will be found inter
pretive:
'July 13, 1894. I arrived here all
right last night, after a most tedious
but not unamusing journey. How
diverting New England is—and how
unlike the United States! I have a
comfortable room, looking right out
on the water; the ‘historic spot’ is
right under my eyes, and is most
Interesting, nils morning, 10:40 to
11:40, I delivered my first lecture,
with some confidence, and with suf
ficient success: that is over! . . .”
It was, in short, as intellectual a
group of people, probably, as could
be found anywhere gathered in
America. He so captivated his audi
ence that he made a lasting im
pression upon many of those who
heard him.
A week later he was in Colorado.
Springs, as different in every way
from Plymouth as could be imag
ined. but Wilson was equally suc
cessful with his audiences.
JUiy Z3, iiSUi. ... AS i Sit, A
have only to lift my eyes to look up
to Pike’s Peal; and these singular
mountains. I cannot describe this
country yet; it is too unlike any
thing I ever saw before—and too
unlike what I expected to see. Nei
ther my impressions nor my vocabu
lary have adjusted themselves. I am
both disappointed and strangely im
pressed. . . . The first lecture of the
course was delivered last night to
an audience of about 60 persons,
who seemed to enjoy it as much as
so small an audience could. The at
tendance on the school, it seems, is
smaller than I expected, on account
of the interruption of travel occa
sioned by the strikes—and the peo
ple of the ‘Springs’ do not affect
lectures of the serious kind. I have
received an invitation from a lady
representing ‘about 200 women of
Denver, representing those most
prominent in art. literature, politics,
and society.’ to deliver ‘one or more’
of my lectures in that city. I don't
know whether to accept or not. Wo
men, you know, have the franchise
in this state, and I am a bit shy
of figuring ‘under the auspices’ of
this club. . .
"July 25, 1894. ... My first lec
ture has been so much talked about
and has received so much praise
that I am made nervous about the
second one tonight. It will probably ■
be more numerously attended, a1
good deal; may it meet expecta- !
tions!”
Some Iowa Figures.
From State College Bulletin.
Iowa has a population of nearlj
2,500,000 people, of which over 1.
000,000 or approximately 40 per
cent, live on the 213,490 Iowa farms.
Fifty-five per cent, or 117.420 of
these farms are operated by owners
who, generally, are more interested
in electric service than the renters
A large share of farmers believe
that dairy production is a profit
able and essential part of farm
operation. This is proved by the
statement that the number of cows
milked in 1924 totaled 1,202.142. an
average of almost six cows per farm.
In 1926, dairy products sold totaled
$106,631,000. Inasmuch as the use
of electricity proves most beneficial
to the operation of the farm dairy
by providing better lighting, and
by supplying power for milking
machines, cream separators, feed
grinders and water supply the dairy
fanner will realize the value of such
applications of electricity and feel
that he can use many dollars worth
of electricity profitably.
During 1926 the state produced
435.630.000 bushels of corn and 195,
867.000 bushels of oats, or an aver
age of 2.040 bushels of corn and
912 bushels of oats per farm. All of
this grain has to be elevated and
much of it has to be ground. The
electric motor is well adapted to
take care of this work at minimum
cost to the farmer.
On January 1, 1927, the livestock
on Iowa farms included 4.029,000
cattle, 10.060.000 hogs and 1.047.000
sheep. These figures give an aver
age of 19 cattle, 47 hegs and 5 sheep
for each farm. All of this livestock
has to be fed and watered—the elec
tric driven water supply system will
provide an ample supply at the
most convenient location with little
additional expense and with mini
mum labor requirements and incon
venience. Further, by the addition
of an electric heater, water ot prop
er temperature may be provided for
livestock during Winter months.
In poultry production in 1926,
160,000.000 dozen of eggs were pro
duced. of which 109.289.000 were sold,
the receipts totaling $30,098,000. The
sale of 76.496.000 pounds cf chickens
brought $14,921,000. making a *otnl
of $45.049000 for poultry products
sold. This averages $210 per farm
per year. This sale of poultry prod
ucts is many times the total cost of
electric service for the entire farm.
Then too. the farmer can secure di
rect benefit from the me of elect no
service in poultry production for thw
use of electric light stimulates egg
production during the winter months
and the electrically equipped oat
rprouter provides a safe means for
the production of green feed wh**n
none Is available outside. Gi hiding
of feed and provision for water sup
ply also are most important.
‘Mother One.
From Tit-Bits.
Mrs Smart Does your husband
object to rats?
Mrs Payne: Yes. Indeed. He *‘v*
that I feed all the cats in the neigh
borhood Bv the way, won't you
stay and have tea?
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Q. Has there ever been a cannon
that could shoot eighty mttes? W.
M L.
A. The longast range on record
waa made by the Big Bertha which
waa used to bombard Parts during
the World war. The distance wss
M miles.
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“Good Old Days” Offer Fond Memories, But Made
Poor Showing in Comparison With Modern Life
Senator Arthur Capper, in Capper’s Weekly.
I can remember when every town had its “city"
time which differed several minutes frcm “railroad"
time.
I can remember when a day’s work began at
7 a. m., and ended at 6 p. m., and a dol
lar a day was good wages. Farmers worked
from 4 a. m. to 9 p. m. Stores opened an hour be
fore breakfast and stayed open until nearly mid
night-longer on Saturday nights. There was no
Saturday half holiday and hardly ever a general
observance of any holiday.
I can remember that when a farmer went to
town it took him anywhere from half a day to a
whole day to drive there and back.
I can remember when people used coal oil
lamps for light and a gallon of coal oil cost 25
cents. You paid a little more for "headlight oil”
oil which was supposed to give a whiter light.
Stoves were used for heat even in homes of the
wealthy. Bathrooms and furnaces were unknown.
Nearly everybody bathed in the kitchen. In the
morning you rose and dressed in a cold room in
winter. You washed in ice cold water after break
ing through the crust of ice in the ironstone china
pitcher.
I can remember if the doctor was needed In
the night that you had to go to his home, or send
some one, and wake him. And sometimes it meant
going miles. Consumption was then supposed to
be hereditary. One member after another of the
srme family became infected and died of it. I
knew the sole survivor of one such family. He was
a traveling man which explains why his life was
spared. He was away from home most of the
time.
People did not have appendicitis then. It
was congestion of the bowels and nearly always
the patient died.
Every summer there was a “yellow fever” sea
son and the newspapers day after day printed
death lists telegraphed from our southern cities.
I can remember when 15 cents worth of round
steak was enough for a family of four and re
quired good strong teeth and patient mastication.
There were fewer dentists those days and only one
dentifrice was advertised—a preparation called
“Sozodont.” Thirty dollars a month was a fair
sized grocery bill for such a family. Families of
eight were clothed, fed and educated on a salary
of $50 a month!
I can remember when there were no type
writers, when all letters and legal documents were
written by hand, and beautifully written, too.
There were no card indexes, no loose leaf ledgers,
no cash registers to record sales and make change,
no adding machines for weary bookkeepers. The
clerks in stores and offices were expected to "sweep
out” and otherwise put them in order early in the
morning before the boss came down. Only schools,
churches and public buildings had janitors and
some of them did not.
I can remember when the saloons were ordered
closed on election day and that evidently some of
them didn't close. There always were drunken men
at the polling places and fighting and profanity.
Women shunned such parts of town those days.
Election day rioting was a common news feature of
the returns in all parts of the United States.
I can remember when "fast” young men
were said to be "sowing wild oats;” when if a girl
made a misstep she was disowned by her family
and cast out; when all towns and every city li
censed houses of ill fame, had a segregated vice
district, and collected monthly fines from its
WTetched inmates.
I can remember when if you . wished to show a
fellow citizen a courtesy, or you had just conclud
ed a business deal with him, you took him into a
convenient saloon—and there was always one con
vtnientr-and set ’em up. Before you parted with
him he returned the compliment. Sometimes then
were several rounds of drinks. Even sober citizen:
often spent more money for liquor those days than
they could afford. Every town and village had Its
habitual drunkards and there was much poverty,
destitution and wTetchcdness in homes.
And this isn’t the half that I recall of yester
new years, good, bad or indifferent, in less than a
lifetime. Many of the entertainments of those
times would seem somewhat childish to us now,
when seated in our own homes a great orchestra
plays for us, such an orchestra as kings once could
not command, and there is nothing to pay.
It seems to me the meaning is that every new
year is a happier new year in human progress; that
50 vears hence the world will have gone much
farther than in the last 50; that the nations of the
world will then be guided more and more by the
philosophy of Christ and so be saved literally, as
well as spiritually; that more and more will human
ity live for the future as well as for the present,
and that a new day and a new age will dawn of
which history never yet has seen the like.
Barges and Boxcars.
Prom Minneapolis Journal.
Talking to the Midwest Shippers’
Advisory board at Chicago, Charles
Donnelly, president of the Northern
Pacific, voices the fear that diver
sion of freight from boxcars to
Mississippi river barges will so cut
into railway revenues as to force up
ward the freight rates on such ton
age as the railways have left.
Is not Mr. Donnelly borrowing
trouble, at least so lax- as his own
railway is concerned?
Mr. Donnelly’s road brings freight
from the West into the Twm Cities,
some for consumption here, some
for processing here, and some for
immediate transshipment south and
east. For carriage west, Mr. Don
nelly’s road picks up freight in the
Twin Cities. Some of the freight
originates here. Some comes In from
the East and South for transship
ment. Mr. Donnelly’s road also
serves the local needs of the com
munities along its lines, all the way
from the Twin Cities to the west
coast.
If the Barge Line connection with
Euri’pe, by way of New Orleans, en
ables Minneapolis industries to
compete more successfully in for
eign markets, that men as more raw
materials for carriage from western
point* of origin to Minneapolis in
Mr. Donnellys freight cars.
If low water rates attract more
Save the Toads!
Prom Cleveland Plain Dealer
-Ugly and venomous’’ was gentle
Shakespeare's characterisation of the
hottest. humble useful toad. Ugly
tic is. undoubtedly; but If pre’ty Is
aa pretty doe*, our warty hoptoad U
one of the prettiest of Ood* crea
tures. And venomous he la not In
any measure or degree He doe* not
cause warts; he does not do any*
thing Inimical to man's Interests.
Indeed he Is 10 valuable an ally of
mankind that the United State*
biological survey has deemed It nec
!--> to asm the nation to adont
Montana and Dakota wfr;at, to
travel by barge to New Orleans for
export, either as Minneapolis flour
or in its original form, that natural
ly means a heavier tonnage for Mr.
Donnelly’s road.
If Chicago, Memphis and St. Louis
are enabled, by reason of low barge
freight rates, to use more Minnesota
flour, canned goods, wool products,
furniture and what not. that means
more business for Mr. Donnelly,
getting the bulky raw materials from
the fields and forests where they
originate to the cities in which
thev am processed.
If this new outlet for industrial
products should, in time, double the
population of the Twin Cities, that
would mean a lot more business for
Mr. Donnelly’s road, bringing here
the foodstuffs to feed the extra
mouths.
If a draper route to Europe en
hances northwestern agricultural
prosperity. Mr. Donnellv's road will
be called upon to handle much ad
ditional westbound tonnage, in the
form of farm machinery, automo
biles. wearing apparel and what not
As prosperity brings drnr.fr popula
tions to the community" s along Mr.
Donnelly’s lines he will have marc
and more freight to curry.
Mr. Donnellv's Northern Pacific
every voer transports a great deal
of grain from Montana. Dakota and
MtnneHJta fields Into Duluth for
measures of humane conservation in
order not to destroy him.
Prom some dark, damp plare the
toad comes oorung unostentatious!?
at about the hour of sunset Prom
then on all through the night h*
eats voraciously the vicious Insect
which, are man’s most persistent
enemies. Caterpillars and beetle
larvae and weevils and wirewn* m«
and leaf chafer* are seme of the
foes of the farmer which the pa
tient. duinbeMng toad gobbles all
through the black hours. At sunrise
he goes out of sight again.
We tiave learned that the toad !•
harmless and so we do not go on*
of <>ur wav Lu kill him Hut Uiouthi- ,
transshipment to the world in Great
Lakes steamers. Will Mr. Donnelly
claim that navigation of the Great
Lakes hurts the Northern Pacific?
'Well, neither docs navigation of tho
Mississippi.
Jefferson's Rules.
From letter Written in 1825 by
Thomas Jefferson to Thomas
Jefferson Smith
On the rules for practical life:
1. Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for whai
you can do for yourself.
3. Never spend your money be
fore you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not
want, because it is cheap; it will
be dear to you.
5. Pride costs us more than hun
ger, thirst and cold.
6. We never repent of having
eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that w*
do willingly.
8. How much pain have cost u»
the evils which have never hap
pened.
9. Take things always by theb
smooth handle.
10. Winn angry, count 10, befor*
you speak; if very angry. 100.
lessly we are headed on the way to
ward hu rxte:mutation. Our mow
ing machines and binders slay their
toad million*: the automobile kills
thousands of toad migrants And
drainage. carelessly Installed, de
stroys tiie breeding place of the
loads.
The federal government, there
fore urges everyone and especially
every farmer to be as cautious ami
as consider*te os possible,* Actual
extermination of American toad*
would be an American catastrophe.
* •
A mans chest circumference
Should be 10 per rent greater that
that oi his belt line
Minneapolis binds Satisfaction
In River Barge Traffic for 1928
From the Minneapolis .Journal.
in something like three years the barge line on the
Upper Mississippi lias demonstrated its usefulness, or better
perhaps its indispensability, to the Twin Cities and the north
west. The past season the fleet has carried more than 120,000
tons of freight, of which 00,000 went downstream. This
is equivalent to more than 3,000 carloads.
Even more significant has been the barge line’s suc
cess in maintaining a regular schedule, with towboats and
barges arriving and departing on time like so many trains.
The river, it has been shown, can be used precisely like a
railroad, and at a saving of around 15 per cent in carriage
costs.
The downstream traffic has been largely grain and
grain products, as is natural. The bulk of this has gone
for export, and the record was made in spite of the fact that,
due to poor crop prospects, the first half of the season did
not produce a normal tonnage for export. When it became
evident that the northwest would have good crops, large
quantities of export grain wore carried down the river, in
stead of being sent by rail to Duluth, at a cost of six ceuta
a hundredweight, for export by way of the Great Lakes.
Of late years the grain shipping trade has beep slippiug
away from Minneapolis to Duluth. Whereas 80 per cent, of it
formerly came through Minneapolis, about half of it now is
sent to the head of the lakes direct. The development of
river traffic promises the early return to this port of its
former supremacy in grain shipping.
When General Ashburn had dinner with leaders of the
grain trade here some weeks ago, he was stunned by their
assurances that they would furnish forty million bushels
of grain for the barges next year, or about 20 per cent, of
the total handled here. Having been a pessimist about the
amount of traffic, originating in this territory available tor
river transport, General Ashburn has had to revise his pre
conceived ideas considerably.
One development of great advantage to the grain
raisers of this territory wiU be the completion of a large
elevator at Memphis. This will give entry for large quanti
ties of coarse grains to the southeastern markets, which are
now supplied from Omaha and Kansas City. As the cotton
raisers still use horses and mules, they must have feed, very
little being raised in that region. This is merely one example
of the many benefits conferred by the barge line, and in
prospect.
The growth of the upstream tratiic is highly encourag
ing. An amazing variety of manufactured products has
been handled and with ample demonstration that the traffic
is susceptible of rapid development. Large quantities of
sisal for binding twine made at four state prisons and in
privately owned plants now come by water. Iron and steel
products are laid down here at costs that put Minneapolis
on even terms with Chicago in this territory. Farm machine
ery of all kinds has been brought here. Bottles form another
important item, large quantities being used here for milk,
eream and various proprietary preparations. The railroads
had announced a heavy advance in the freight rate on bottles,
but in view of the river competition gave up that project.
Coal is one large possibility in upstream transport that
must wait for the nine-foot channel to become practicable.
When soft coal is brought here in barges, there will be a
heavy saving in freight costs that will benefit industries of
all kinds greatly—perhaps as much as $2 a ton._
OUR BEECH TREE
It stands alone, majestc in decline.
To those who sit beneath its shade
or view
On winter days its structural beauty
and
The lovely gray of its elephantine
garb,
It is a pure delight; and when the
first
Snow falls, and some few russet
leaves still cling.
It seems to offer candled fruits or
sweets.
In the splendid strength of Its long
gray vertical limbs,
The fine, smooth mummy-cloth tex
ture nf its bark,
The grace of its delicate, spraylike
foliage, tinged
In autumn with those honey and
amber tones
That hint a sunny, sweet-serenity,
One sees a living growth that even
in age,
Endures in beauty, a thing that,
even in loss,
Retains a semblance of reposeful
strength.
—May Tomlinson.
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Young Not So Grasping.
From Milwaukee Journal.
If the power utilities had more
men of the vision of Owen D.
Young of General Electric and
would heed their advice, these pow
er interests would not need to
spend nearly so much for propa
ganda, and they’d be a good deal
better off.
As shown by evidence filed with
the federal trade commission. Mr.
Young disapproved of the power
lobby against Boulder dam and
Muscle Shoals. He saw In the pro
posal for government development
of such a great project £us Boulder
dam no challenge to private owner
ship. Mr. Young made this dis
tinction:
Where great projects involve in
ternational ownership of the wa
ters, or navigation, irrigation and
flood control, then the carrying
out of the projects becomes very
properly a public matter. For the
people to put their money into
dams and power plants under these
conditions, even to serve a vast
area with power, is not to raise
the question of private versus gov
ernment ownership at all.
Those who were directing the
fight against Boulder dam ignored
Mr. Young, though, individually, he
is the mightiest single factor In
the electrical world. They raised
the government owvrshtp rry and
made big '‘whoopee’’ in Washing
1 ton. And at the same time their
; handv press agents were spread
' ing the antidam propaganda all
; over the United Static
Today that propaganda ts dls
1 credited. The Boulder dam proj
| ect la approaching it* final
I phases The people apparently are
Ultra-Can—‘V Uw.
"I* Wilkins really so miserly?*
"Yes. he won’t buy a calendar in
I case tie dim before the year i* out"
■ ——- ——
Q In the Virginia constitutional
| or mention by how wide a margin
did the constitutionalist! win? if
J. P. _
A. After the greatest defect* ever
held over the constitution. It* sup
porters won by a majority of only
to. The confidence of Virginian* in
Oeorge Washington probably won
Die battle, for many of those voting
for it were swayed by their trial in
the aladom of Oeorge Washington
rather than their belief in the oon
•upiuon a* offered for raj^ficaUOR .
going to do just what Mr. Young
said they could very properly, and
perhaps profitably, carry out And
the power industry of t.*; United
StatesT so long as It behaves itself,
isn't challenged at. all.
The whole incident shows the
difference between mixing a bit. at
statesmanship with the power busl
ness and mixing propaganda with
it. ____
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S. D. Beryllium.
A new metal has come into the
limelight. To what extent it can
be obtained or what price it can be
developed remains to be seen. Thi*
metal is berryllium, and a scientist
recently produced samples to show
that it was much lighter than
aluminum with twice the strength
of steel. He predicts that a 400
horsepower airplane mot9F.,,can,.
produced that weigh so little that
a single man can carry it
Incidentally we hear that this
K- ct comes from the clays at
Dakota. The Chicago Tribune
recently devoted an article on this
subject and the scientist. Dr. Jones
which is decidedly Interesting read
ing. It has been known that the
greatest aluminum deposits in the
world are right here in the central
and western South Dakota.
It is only reasonable to expert
that this same field may produce
this more valuable metal, beryllium.
So far we have not observed how
this product is assembled or creat
ed whether by heat or some o«.her
form of treatment, but in all prob
ability it Is heat or fire flame. In
that event, the discovery of oil and
gas in western South Dakota or the
development of hydro-electnc on
the Missouri river may be the
means of creating the greatest in
dustrial plants in the world.
Any metal that weighs less than
aluminum, with the tensile strength
of steel, so hard that it willcat
glass, is likely to supplant the great
steel products, especially in con
struction work. This is a new -uru:
but has indication of being a great
thing. _
Q What organizations ccmposa
the American Council of Learned
societies? T. F. .
A. The American Council d
Learned Societies consists of the
following societies: American Phit
osophiciu society, American Acad
emy of Arts and Sciences. American
Antiquarian Society, Atiicrican Or
tental society American Ph lological
association. Archaeological Insti
I tute of America. Modern Language
Association of America. American
Historical association. American
Bronomc association.- American
Philosophical association. American
Political Science assoriaton. Ameri
can Sociological society. Llngubrtjc
Society of America. History of Sci
ence Mcety. and Mediaeval Acad
emy of America.
——-++—"
Well Provided.
From Paaalng Show.
Doe* your husband give you an
allowance, or do you aak him few
money when you need H?
Both!"
- - f - '■
q What are the constellation*
of the Zodiac?—/. 8.
A. They are Artea. the Ram;
Taurus, (he Bull; Gemini, the
Twins; Canter, the Crab. Leo. the
Lion; Virgo the Virgin; Libra, thw
Balance; Scorpio, the MnMi
Sagittarius, the Archer; Capricorn,
i he Goat; Aquarius, tha Waf
Hearer ptaoaa. the Pis if