Rare Silken Copy
Of Portrait Found
1 YLERVILUS, CONN.- -A
reproduction in black and white
silk of Stuart's famous portrait of
George Washington has been dis
covered near here.
This is believed to be one of
three completed in 1788 by a
French firm on the first perfected
Jacquard loom.
Two years were required In the
making of each of these portraits,
according to the records of the
American Heraldry society, which
made the discovery. The portrait is
copied in detail and the signature
of the first president woven into
the design.
Only three were completed, the I
loom being destroyed during riots
:in Paris. One is in the Mt. Vernon
• home, where it was placed by pop
ular subscription at a cost of $15,
000. The second was presented to
the city of New York in 1885 by H.
C. S. Goodrich, then United States
consul at Paris. Mr. Goodrich
made the presentation in the name
of the proprietors of the weaving
firm which made the designs. This
portrait Is valued at $10,000.
The outstanding feature of these
portraits is that the weaving is so
skillful and the texture so fine that
at first glance they appear to be
steel engravings. The signature
is reproduced with such fidelity as
to appear the actual writing of the
president.
Several attempts have ‘been made
from time to time to have these
portraits copied by weaving firms,
but each sample submitted has
shown a marked decline in work
manship.
The newly discovered portrait
has been placed on exhibition at
Heraldic hall in New York, home
of the society.
Should Repeal “Dead Laws”
Prom World’s Work.
Dead laws clutter the statute
books of every community of the
United States. New York has a law
.forbidding automobiles to turn a
corner at a speed above a horse’s
trot. Norfolk, Va., has 165 laws reg
ulating people when they wish to
cross a street. Los Angeles has. or
had until recently, an ordinance
forbidding street car conductors to
shoot jack rabbits from the plat
form of a moving car. Why? Be
cause shooting jack rabbits was
once a problem in a primitive com
munity.
Out of the deliberations of city
councils, state legislatures, and the
federal congress in Washington
comes an avalanche of 40,000 laws
a year. Inevitably some of them
grow old and out of date. Some of
them are tacitly ignored.
To President Hoover’s commission
on law enforcement we suggest that
one of the major causes of law
lessness in the United States is
what Charles Evans Hughes has
called “the prolixity, uncertainty,
and confusion” of our legislative
methods. We have piled up 2,400,
000 laws without bothering to con
sider whether any of them are out
of date. And this vsst mass of un
digested legislation in itself breeds
lawlessness by encouraging people
to set themselves above the law be
cause they know that many laws
are obsolete, and by deflecting the
police from the business of prevent
ing crime to the pursuit of techni
calities.
There are two moves which the
president's new commission can
make to clear up this situation. Let
it appeal to congress and the state
legislatures to go systematically
through their books and discard the
legislative rubbish they will find.
Let it propose to congress and the
state legislatures that henceforth
in adopting new legislation, they
put a reasonable time limit on each
law so that it automatically stands
repealed at the end of 20 years,
unless it has been re-eacted before
that time expires.
It would be easy enough to keep
good laws in force if this system
were adopted. The useless laws, the
foolish laws, laws enacted in some
momentary burst of feeling that
soon spent itself, could be allowed
to go their way into oblivion.
By Air to Buenos Aires.
Prom the New York World.
An 80-hour air mail and pas
senger service from Miami to
Buenos Aires by way of Panama
and the west coast of South Amer
ica will be put into operation be
for the end of the year by Pan
American Airways and its affiliated
companies, it was announced the
other day by J. T. Trippe, president,
and Charles A. Lindbergh, technical
advisor of the organization. The
new service would put Buenos Aires
with less than four days of New
York, as compared with three weeks
now required to reach it by steamer.
Both day and night living are
contemplated and it is probable that
the 80-hour estimate will be reduced
to even three days or less. Two
portions of the route, one in Cen
tral and the other in South Amer
ica, are to be lighted, but radio
beacons and ground-plane commun
ication will be relied on chiefly to
keep pilots on their course through
the darkness.
In order to reach Buenos Aires,
Pan-American planes and those of
P a n-A m eri c a n-Grace Airways,
which recently inaugurated the first
air mail service from North to
South Amerioa by opening a line be
tween Panama and Mollendo. Peru,
will fly across the Andes from Val
paraiso. To clear the mountain tops
it will be necessary for them to
reach an altitude of 16,000 to 20,000
feet and the use, not only of super
charged motors but "supercharged
cabins” or oxygen tanks for the
comfort of passengers and pilots Is
under consideration. The latter
question, according to Mr. Trippe, is
oeing worked out with a New York
hospital.
Must Be a Terror.
Prom Tit-Bits.
A little oelebration was being held
Jn the golf club. One of the mem
bers had announced that he would
be going abroad shortly, and his
family were bidding him good-bye.
"But it’s fairly not in India at
times,” ventured one man. "Aren’t
you afraid the climate may disagree
with your wife?”
The departing man looked at his
questioner pityingly and said: "It
wouldn’t dare.”
Q. What flags did Lindbergh's
boat fly? W. B. W.
A. The flag at the baw was the
Union J*ck and the one at the stern,
the vacht ensien
| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
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REDUCING MILK COST.
The cow's board bill is the larg
est item connected with her keep
ing. The first cost of good dairy
stock or purebred foundation ani
mals is high. The item of labor is
also a big expense in the dairy, but
the feed bill year in and year out
makes the biggest item in the pro
duction cost of milk and butter fat.
Our experiment stations have con
ducted many tests to determine the
value of silage in the ration. These
have been published in bulletin
form during the last 25 years, and
though the figures vary to quite an
extent, they all show the economic
value of the silage. The Ohio sta
tion several years ago showed that
corn silage saved the dairy farmer
10 cents a pound on the cost of pro
ducing a pound of butter, and 40
cents on the cost of producing 100
pounds of milk. Several other ex
periment stations have shown fig
ures that range from 6 to 15 cents
saving on the cost of butter and
from 25 to 75 cents on the cost of
100 pounds of milk. Many of the
early cow testing associations also
demonstrated that the silo was one
of the must important factors in
lowering the cost of milk. All of
these experiments and tests, how
ever, are only a small part of the
proof of the economy of the silo.
The most important proof is the
fact that 500,000 silos are now be
ing used by our most progressive
fanners. Silage is a succulent
grass-like feed. It is cooling in ef
fect, aids digestion, stimulates ap
petite and is an excellent balance
for high protein concentrates. A
dairy cow requires such a feed be
cause she is doing hard work when
producing a good flow of milk. The
cow by nature is a user of rough
age, and when fed in an artificial
way on grains of high nutritive
value there is need for a cooling
grass-like feed, and silage comes in
to fill this valuable place; silage
has a high water content, but water
is an important item of the ration.
Milk is 87 per cent water and beef
over 50 per cent. Many dairymen
who complain over the high cost of
producing milk could quickly cor
rect this trouble by feeding more
silage. This feed not only lowers
the cost of producing the stock and
stock products, but it also serves
as an insurance for many crops.
Most of the forage and grasses
grown on the farm can be made
into silage. A large tonnage of
silage can be produced close to
the farm buildings and thus elim
inate expensive hauling. In times
of drouth during the dog days
when the grass turns white and
vegetation is hard and woody, a
liberal ration of silage will stim
ulate large production and will
keep the cows in a good condition
for fall and winter production.
Those who have had the most ex
perience will tell you that the silo
should be used for summer as well
as winter, especially by the dairy
farmer. A crop safely stored in a
silo is a sure and dependable as
set to the stock keeper. As for the
dairyman, every test has proved
that silage is a most important
item in economic milk production.
SUCCESSFUL SPRAYING
In the last decade, the general at
titude toward spraying has com
pletely changed front. Today, there
are few growers of fruit, potatoes,
truck, flowers and similar crops in
need of spray protection from in
sects and disease who ask, "Why
should I spray?” Rather, the ques
tion is, "How may I spray most ef
fectively and economically?” There
are four general principles upon
which a successful spray schedule
must be built. Timeliness of appli
cation, thoroughness of application,
effectiveness of materials and effi
ciency of equipment comprise tliis
important quartet. It is evident that
the proper spray must be applied
thoroughly and at the right time if
spraying is to be successful. The
fourth point, efficiency of equip
ment, is not-as generally understood
by as large a proportion of spray
users. It can hardly be said, how
ever, that one principle is more im
portant than the others, for if one
is neglected, the others fall. Modern
sprayers, like other modern equip
ment, are power machines, except
for limited small spraying tasks.
High pressure is demanded bv fruit
growers for rapid and efficient
spraying and high pressure demands
power. On some sprayers, power is
furnished by gasoline engines
mounted on the sprayer truck.
More recent, and as yet less widely
used, is the power take-off from
tractor motors. When this device is
used as a source of power, the same
tractor pulls the sprayer through the
orchard or field. Power sprayers
have a large capacity in gallons of
spray applied, as it is possible to
maintain high pressure constantly.
Recently developed spray “guns”
shoot a stream of swirling spray
through the trees, the velocity of the
spray rustling and blowing the leaves
so that all portions of the tree—
branches, twigs and leaves—are
thoroughly covered. For field work,
such as spraying potatoes, either
traction or power sprayers are used.
Traction sprayers, as the name in
dicates, obtain their power from the
wheels. For large acreages, the pow
er sprayers, either engine of power
take-off driven, now are more
widely used. Such sprayers often
cover six, eight or even 12 rows at
a time, two nozzles to the row. With
the means for rapid and economical
spraying available in the modem
sprayers, potato growers are
doubling and tripling the number of
sprays applied each season. Eight
or nine sprays is the minimum
number recommended by potato
growing experts and experiment
stations, while many 300 and 400
bushel potato club memb'rs spray
as many as 10 or 12 times. By in
creasing the number of sprays, the
TO SECURE BALANCE
There are many feeds in the form
of forage and grains that can gen
erally be produced In sufficient
quantities and at low enough prices
to warrant profitable production of
stock and stock products, but to ob
tain best results it is necessary to
give the animal a balance as to pro
tein and carbohydrates. As a rule,
with farm grown forage, the vita
mins and mineral elements will be
taken care of in the grains and for
age. The feeding subject is some
what complicated and yet qute sim
ple. If the stockman will provide in
roughage corn or cane silage to sup
ply the carbohydrates, and alfalfa.
yield per acre has invariably been
increased by 50 to 100 per cent. Pow
er sprayers also are being used for
whitewashing dairy barns and oth
er buildings. Hand sprayers find
many uses around the vegetable and
flower gardens and in disinfecting
poultry and hogs houses and other
small buildings. There are but few
farms which cannot profitably em
ploy some form of spraying appar
atus, ranging from the small hand
outfits to the large power rigs for
large orchards. Careful attention to
keeping the spraying equipment in
order and applying the proper spray
thoroughly at the right time will re
pay large dividends in the coin of i
the realm.
ONION CULTURE
Most of the common garden vege
tables sooner or later wither aad
became stale. Not so with onions.
The crop when grown commercially
may be highly profitable or in sea
son of plenty, hardly worth harvest
ing. A few years ago. many thous
ands of busheU that were grown
here in the midwest had to be
dumped because there was no de
mand for them. There are relative
ly few people in the midwest en
gaged in commercial onion grow
ing. However, no vegetable garden
Is complete without a small part of
It being devoted to onion culture.
The Bgyption or tree onion is
hardy, if planted in a place where
they will not be disturbed. They
will produce some green or spring
onions quite early in the season,
and will be ready for use well in
advance of any other outdoor crop.
A few of the top 'sets" should be
planted in early fall to keep up the
supply. Onions of this kind are
usually pretty strong, but they ma
ture at a time when most folks have
a craving for something green. They
wiii not be much in demand after
regular "spring” onions are ready
Onion sets can be started Just as
soon as the ground can be worked.
Any color, red, white or yellow, will
answer, but the commercial trade
demands white spring onions, the
whiter the better. Farm folks who
have a few large bulbs left over
from the winter supply should set
these in the garden. They will send
ud fine shoots very much sooner
than will the small sets. Because
they form so quickly, they are not
so peppery as those produced by the
smaller sets. It is a good plan to
put away In the fall a few extra
bulbs to be used in this way. Some
gardeners depend on this method
entirely for their supply of early
green onions. Just as soon as the
soil can be worked and a supply of
onion plants can be had, they also
should be planted. Most of these
plants come up from the south and
are of the Bermuda type. Most of
the plants are yellow in color, but
now and then one will find a few
crates of white onion plants. They
are even better in quality than those
that are yellow. Either kind should
be grown on soil that has been
well fertilized. It would be well to
scatter a small amount of nitrate
of soda along the row, one fourth
pound for each rod of plants. Do
this Just as soon as the plants begin
to make growth. When given good
cultural methods, the Bermuda
onions will grow quite large, three
to five inches in diameter. They
work in nicely by supplying a suc
cessions of onions after the spring
onions are gone and before the seed
onions are ready. They are not
good keepers and one must depend
on other varieties for the fall and
winter supply. For late fall and
winter use, the gardener should de
pend on one or more of the old
well known varieties. The Red
Globe is the most popular sort.
Onions do best in a fertile soil. The
seed should be sown quite early in
the spring. The seed Is usually slow
to germinate and since most farm
gardens contain much weed seed, it
will be well to plant some radish
seed in the row. One can then run
a wheel hoe along the row as soon
as the radish plants are above
ground. Bulbs grown from seed
should be harvested when mature.
Those wanted for winter use should
be carefully sorted and stored in
slatted crates in a cool, dry place.
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CHEAPENING EAT ION.
The cast of a well balanced ration
for dairy cows is usually lowered
materially by the use of good
quality legume hays. Both alfalfa
and clover are more nutritious than
grass hays such as timothy, because
they contain larger amounts of
digestible protein and lime. Alfal
fa has approximately 230 pounds
of protein and 39 pounds of lime
per ton; clover 178 pound of
protein and 32 pounds of lime,
while timothy has only 66 pounds
of protein and five pounds of lime.
INCREASING SIZE OF EGG.
Market premium for high quality
eggs has aroused an interest in
larger egg size. There are inher
ited tendencies toward large and
small eggs. Careful selection at
time of placing eggs in the incu
bator should contribute to the im
provement of the size of the eggs
of a flock. If trap-nesting is be
ing done a further step would be
to eliminate even the larger eggs
of female showing a tendency to
lay eggs below the average size.
LONGER LIFE FOR POSTS.
It doesn't pay to char wooden
fence posts, nor to set them in gra
vel. Nor does it make the post last
any longer to paint with creosote
the part that is to be set in the ,
ground. The most effective treat
ment for wooden posts is to soak
them for five hours in hot crosote,
then for five hours in cold creosote.
This treatment will double or even
treble the life of wooden posts.
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ARE YOU ONE OF 'EM?
Many chicks are fed properly for
the first few weeks and then neg
lected. The wise poultryman will
continue to feed a good mash con
taining protein through the sum
mer and fall.
sweet clover, or soybeans to sup
ply the protein, he will furnish the
bulk of the ration in a cheap and
succulent form. The grains and pro
tein feeds can then be mixed and
fed according to t-he needs of the
animals.
MATURE ’EM YOUNG
If you can make as much money
selling beef cattle when they ar* 1
year old, why wait until they afe
three and pay feed and board bills?
Statistics show that the high mar
ket price per pound for 1-year-olds
offset* the greater weight of 3-year- <
old*.
noer Treasure Divided
Whfin Struggle Ended
Kruger** mil Ions are still the sub
of much discussion. The latest
tory Is that told by Mr. IIorak, who
**■■«•* a commandant In the Boer forces.
Ills story Is that: "when the wat
was nearing Its end, General Botha
Issued a notice ordering all British
subjects who had fought for the Boers
to proceed to Komatipoort and In
formed them that they would be giv
en a passage to any country they
wished. This was done In order that
they would not be tried ns traitors.
Men to the number of about 2.SD0
gathered at Komatipoort and then
Botha ^ordered that all bullion and
gold In the possession of the slate
should be taken to Komatipoort and
divided among the men a* a reward
for their services. The bars of gold
were cut up and tlte men were given
equal shares, latter the men sailed
from Lourenzo Marques.”
THry’v. All Gat If
Mayor Walker of New York, was
defending a statesman with a swelled
bend.
“It's no wonder his head is swelled.”
said the mayor. “Look how wise and
giircessfnl he Is. All great men have
swelled heads. Look nt Alexander.
“Pnrmenio. one of his generals, nt
tempted to give Alexander advice aft
er the victory of Issux.
‘“These peace offers, sire, are su
perb,' Pnrmenio said. '1 would accept
them If l were Alexander.'
“But Alexander gave a scoffing laugh
and answered:
'“Yes, so would I. If I were Par
rnenlo.' ”
Sympathy
Hugh, visiting bis mint in the coun
try, had been observing a robin’s nest
in a tree near the house.
He came In lo his ntint much Iron
hied. “I feel sorry for that mother
robin on the nost. Her husband never
stays home.”
Danger of Smartness
“You have said a great many smart
things. So clever a girl should ensily
find a husband.”
“On the contrary," said Miss Cay
enne, “no girl Is likely to be In re
quest for marringe who displays hot
sarcasm in advance."
Artistry
The Man With an Artistic Soul—
Were all the people you met there
artistic? •
Sweet Young Thing—Some of them
were, hut some were quite nice.—Mon
treal Family Herald.
Every time you toll a little boy he
/s beautiful, you put a nick in bis
character.
POST’S
BBAN SLAKES
WITH OTHER TYRTS OF WHEAT
| lOU| f
the bran cereal
that keeps you
regular and tastes
•“ delicious < too
Criticiim of * Car
Secretary Charles C. Janes, of the
American Automobile association, said
at a dinner In Washington:
“One automobillst asked nnothcrone
day:
“ 'How much did you pay for that
car, George?’
“It was a very old and dilapidated
car, and George answered gruffly:
'“I didn’t pay nothin’ for It. It was
a present to me.'
“‘George,’ said the first nutomobll
ist, 'by golly, you’ve been robbed.’ ”
Flattery labors under the odious
charge of servility.—Tacitus.
Taste Is not necessarily following
i the fashion
The Type
We are told of the good mother who
was disturbed over her son, who had
been In Italy studying for three years.
"I am so afraid lie’ll get so Itali
cized lie won't come home."—Boston
Transcript.
No Sal# Her#
Office Boy—There’s u salesman out
side with a mustache.
Boss—Tell him I’ve got a mnstacha
—Judge.
No Place Lika Home
She—1 wonder why they put corn
meal on the dance floor.
lie—Oh, that's to make the chick
ens feel at home
New Issue
$4,250,000
Western Newspaper Union
(A Delaware Corporation)
Fifteen-Year 6% Convertible Qold Debentures
Dated August 1, 1929 Due August 1, 1944
Interest payable February 1 and August 1 without deduction for normal Federal income tax not exceeding 2%. The Com
pany will agree to refund to holders, upon proper application, ar.y State income tax not exceeding 5% per annum, sml
in Massac husetts not exceeding 6% per annum, and personal properly and security taxes in certain Stales as pro
vided in the Trust Indenture. Redeemable at any lime as a whole or in part ori 60 days' published notice at
10S and accrued interest. Coupon Debentures in interchangeable denominations of $1,000 and $500
registerable as to principal only. Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Trustee.
Debentures will be convertible, at the option of the holder, at any rime prior to maturity, or up, to five da ye
prior to earlier redemption, into Common Stock at the rate of 40 efieree for each $1,000 principal amount.
H. H. Fish, Esq , President of the Company, summarizes from his letter to us as follows:
BUSINESS
Western Newspaper Union, successor to a company of tnc same name and a business founded
in 1865, serves more than 10,000 daily and weekly country newspapers, maintaining fully
equipped plants in 36 key cities of the United States from California to Massachusetts.
The Company supplies these newspapers with ready printed inside pages or with columns of
prepared plate, containing various feature stories, serials and special articles selected by the
newspaper publishers; places national advertising in their papers and prepares cuts and copy
for local advertising campaigns.
The Company also docs a large volume of commercial printing, prints in their entirety
various magazines and trade journals and is responsible for the mechanical production of
many of the feature services of The Associated Press.
FINANCIAL
During the past 20 years net profits of Western Newspaper Union, after all charges includ
ing depreciation, but before Federal taxes, averaged more than $680,000 annually, and in no
single year were such net profits less than $450,000.
Net profits after depreciation, but before Federal taxes, for the past 4 years, as certified by
Messrs. Arthur Andersen if Co., after eliminating operations of the paper mill, which is
being sold coincident with this financing and after other adjustments arising from the
reorganization as stated in their certificate, were as follows:
1925 .$741,356
1926 . 955,383
1927 . 571,249
1928 . 765,825
Such net profits as above have averaged about $758,443 annually, and for the year ended
December 31, 1928, amounted to $765,825, equivalent to more than 3 times the annual
Debenture interest requirement.
After deducting from such net profits in 1928 Debenture interest requirements, Federal
Taxes (parent company) at 12% and Preferred Stock dividends, the balance amounted to
over $352,000, or about $2.35 per share on the 150,000 shares of Common Stock to be
presently outstanding. I
The net assets of the Company, available for these Debentures, based on the balance sheet,
'as at April 30, 1929, adjusted to give effect to the present financing, including the sale of
the paper mill, were in excess of $8,500,000.
MANAGEMENT
Since the death in 1916 of the former owner, George A. Joslyn, his widow and other heirs
have owned the majority of the Common Stock of Western Newspaper Union, control of
which is now being acquired by the executives who have been responsible for its successful
operation during the past 13 years.
AU legal details will be passed upon by Messrs Tenney. Hording, Sher
man Sr Rogers of Chuago and by Messrs. While Sr Case of New York.
F. A. Willard & Co. Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc.
New York Philadelphia Chicago New \ ork
We have accepted as accurate the information and statement* contained fn the above mentioned letter and summary,
but no errors, omissions or misstatement* in said letter or summary shall give rise to any right or claim against us.
July, 1929.