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A " -v. V THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921. rt '( Agricultural News of Special Interest to Nebraska and Iowa Farmers farmers to Hear Details of New Marketing Plan Series of Meetings on Co-operative Scheme of Commit tee of 17 to Be Held in Middle West, Plans (or a farmers' national sales agency for the handling of grain will be laid before farmers in all the principal grain growing states this month in a series of meetings beginning Monday. The conferences are called by the Fanners' Grain Marketing Commit tee of 17, which was appointed in the fall of 1920 by J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bu reau federation. At each state meeting delegates will be selected to attend a final meeting in Chicago on April 6 to oass on ratification of the orooosed "improved grain marketing plan" of the Committee of 17. Representatives of all the farm or ganizations in each state interested in the co-operative marketing of grain, together with all the grain growers ,ot the state, nave Deen in vlted to attend the conferences. Rto resentattves of the Committee of 17 wi'l be present at each meeting to exolain the clan in detail. The schedule of meetings as an- Jounced by the American rarm Bu ''jsfreau federation, is as follows: 1 1 March M. Jefferson City, Mo. T-v If y TT f . t f. f. i i.intif? i i. i.. m. (itisiatsnn. v n 1 liam Hirth, C. H. Hyde. March 14, Springfield, II!. W. G. Eckhardt, C. V. Gregory, A. L. Middleton. r v March 15, Topeka. Kan. John L. Boles, C. H. Hyde, Ralph Snyder. March 15, Indianapolis C. V. Gregory, .March Gregory, Taber, March A. L. Middleton. 16. Columbus, 0.--C. V. A. L. Middleton, L. J. 16, Oklahoma C'.y C. H. Hyde. March 17, Lansing, Mien C, V. Gregory, L. J. Taber. March 17. Fort Wort... Tcx.-C. II. Guttafson. C. H. Hyde. M.-rth 19, Denver. G H. Gustaf son. C. H. Hyde. March 21. Madison, WiScr-JV M. Anderson, C. V. Gregory. March 21, Lincoln. C. H. Gustaf son, C. H. Hyde.VA. L. Middleton, Clifford Thome. March 22, St. I'aul.-j. M. Ander son. C. V. dregory. March 22, Lewistown, Mont. W. G. Eckhardt. March 22, Des Moires. A. L. Middleton, Oft'ord Thorne. Frank Myers. March 23. Fargo, K. D. J. M. Anderson, C. V. Gregory. March 23, Sioux lVis.' S. D. Don Livingston, A. L. Middleton, Clifford Thorn:. iv in the ratiticst;oii meettne. eactl ? and one additional delegate for each $15,(K)0,CHX) worth of grain marketed annually. On thCs basis Illinois will have 14 delegates: Iowa, 9; Kansas, 8: Nebraska, 7; Indiana, 7; North Dakota, 6; Minnesota, 6; South Da kota, 6; Ohio, SiHiissouri, 4; Qklj homa, 4; Washington, 3: Texas, 3; Michigan, 3: California, 2; Pennsyl vania, 2; Montana, 2; Oregon, 2; v Idaho, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Maryland, 2; Tennessee, 2; Virginia, 2; Colo rado, 2, and Kentucky, 2, making a total of 107 delegates. Adams County Plans County Fair Society A number of. the leading farmers of Adams county, and several oi the merchants of Hastings, Neb'., recant ly decided that Adams county should have a real agricultural fait, so they inmediately started atiove to or- ganize what is knovrti as the Adams County Agricultural society. The result is that said county will have a fair this coming fall. At last reports, 17 of the necessary 20 incorporators had signed up and , it was expected that a charter would . be granted within 10 days. The or ganization win oe vuectcu wiici $25,000 in stock has been signed and when $10,000 hasten paid up as a j workinsr basis. Tfie authorize! ! fjocit oi uic project win lie iw.uw, ; a?rd it is planned to purchase 80 acres J tne iair. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Stirring With a Knife. "Stir with a knife; stir up strife." This rhyming piece of old-time su perstition is still firmly believed in by a great many people. It is es pecially prevalent in the rural dis tricts of New England at least and is of ancient descent. The su perstition has its root in imitative magic in which our barbarian an cestors were particularly strong. Seeing effects only, and ignorant of causes and ejt convinced that causes must exist, they adopted the homeopathic doctrince of "like pro duces like," imitating what they de sired to produce. In those days a man's knife was not a table implement; it was his weapon for trife with wild beasts and with his fellow man. In the old Teutonic dialects the 'word "stir" has, besides its present meaning, that of "to destroy," "scatter," "dis turb." Jn the depths of that,vast and gloomy forest which once cov ered Europe from the shores of the Mediterranean to the shores of the Baltic a savage ancestor of yours stirred up something with his knife in imitation of what he was about . . As ivitk thaf cam, 4a fIc , u 1 1 .... . . U V K . . 1 V IX 1 ... .V ,111. . A V .... ought to have a homeopathic effect. So today it is a harking back to a belief m imitative magic which makes us say, "Stir' with a knife; stir up strife-" , , ' . . . That's a few thousand years in the t'-i ....v.. ...... ...p, life of a superstition, Ce'opyriBrit, l'1- tT The l'Clur Xe paper Syndicate.) .j I Woman Wizard at Breeding Fine Turkeys Gives Tips Careful Selection of Founda tion Stock From Standard Bred Flocks is Ad vocated. ' By FRANK RIDGWAY. , "It takes a wizard to raise beauti ful birds like that one," remarked a National Poultry bhow visitor, pointing to the big turkey that had just been declared champion of this year's exhibition. "He looks like a bronze statue standing there on the top of tliat barrel. 1 wonder how such wonderful specimens are pro duced," he added, reaching for one of the bronze feathers that Were be ing plucked from the bird's tail and handed out as souvenirs by Mrs. Rea E. Fowler, Rochelle, 111., owner of the champion. Wizards are not uncommon among the men of the farm who gain recognition as breeders of Hye stock, out tne women are seldom listed in this class. Certainly Mrs. rowler is an exception, for a worn an who has succeeded, in breeding turkeys as she has done, winning Championships in competition with the best from the flocks all over the United States, has surely earned such distinction in the poultry world. She is the sccretary-treasf urer of the International Turkey club. In giving advice to beginners Mrs. Fowler emphasizes the importance of securing good foundation stock particularly the male. "Get the best standard bred male you can afford," she advises. "The standard weight males are most desirable. (The standard weight of the bronze tur key is about 36 pounds for adult birds 2 years old or over.) Buy From Reliable Breeder. There are six varieties of domestic turkeys recognized by the American standard of perfection. The ore most widely known is the bronze, the kind grown on the Fowler farm. The others are the black, bourbon, red slate, Naragansett,"and White Hol land. It is, of course, always ad visable to buy from a reliable breed er, and the birds should be trans ferred to their new home at least by March 1. - i "Never fatten birds that are kept for breeding., purposes," continued Mrs. rowler. Birds that are too fat are poor breeders. It is better to keep them thin in flesh rather than fat. We learn a great deal about feeding by studying the habits of the wild turkey. They wander over a wide range gathering their feed; they have to hustle for their teed or starve, and this keeps tnem in ideal condition in winter. "Feed your birds sparingly, and give them but little corn when they are not being fed for the market. We feed oats mixed with plenty of charcoal in a trough about a foot from the ground, Charcoal is of great value as a conditioner. Keep Fowl in Yard or Orchard. "During the laying season, which Starts about the last of March or the first of April, depending on the earliness of warm weather in "the spring, it is a safe rule to use one torn with 10 hens. It is quite nat ural for the hen to wander a long wav from home to make her nest, and she lays her eggs in the brush or srrass covering them with leaves. The eggs are difficult to find. ' "We keep our turkeys in a yard dnrihcr the laving season. An or- chard makes a nice place" if it is well ' More Truth ' By JAMfiS J. Uncle Sam Declares a Cut in ... Aiiu.tnM hM hum trrint in miks Joe JaeVson mtkr return of the brib b li Mid to hive ncetvnl for throwing tba 18H bu No more we labor under . The inexact belief i that it is loot or plunder Which makes a man a thief. For it has been decided That thieving is a trade . , 1 Which all may ply provided The income-tax is paid. T The wiles the grafter uses Won't get Mm in a jam Unless the wretch refuses To split with Uncle Sam. The bandit who requests you To back against a wall v And ruthlessly divests you While backed there of your all. Must make an inventory Of every single cent, For he would die before he Would cheat the government. And though a soulless blighter The average bandit is. His conscience will be lighter' If Uncle Sara gets his. Too bad that they neglected The supertax on crime That might have been collected In Mr. Ponzi's time. Too bad that outlaws clever Should be compelled to pay No income tax whatever In Jesse James' day. . And if we'd clap taxation Upon the bootleg trade, , The debt of all the nation Would presently be paid! TOO TRIFLIN If the people of Yap expect the world is going to fight another war over them, they'll have to change the name of their island. NOT SO SAFE . . s The prospect of hostilities on the German front may make it necessary for Mr. Dempsey to abandon his purpose to visit that section, i AWFUL THOUGHT T With an eight-cent fare all around, what in the world are we going to call the jitneys hereafter? V (CopFTiibt. if 31, By The BRONZE STRUTTERS ANSWERING MESS CALL Mr. Rea E. FowUr it hr shown in her poultry yard feeding ker flock of Bronae turkeys. Her crop of Thanluf iving bird yield more money each year than does the' grain grown on the farm. She is secretary .treasurer of the International Turkey club. fenced with turkey-proof wire. Clip ping their wing feathers will prevent them from flying over the fence. We use boxes and barrels for them to lay in, putting in leaves and straw for nesting material. - "The eggs should be gathered every day. A china egg should be kept in the barrel or box for a nest egg. v Keep the eggs in a cool place and turn them daily. Each hen will normally lay from 15 to ffl eggs the Birds Form Effective Air Patrol Against "Hopper" Invasion A nice, tasty dish -of live grasshop pers is much favored in the menus of 25 out of 27 species of birds of which the epicurian peculiarities have been noted by United States Department of Agriculture experts. Farmers are urged to form leagues of war with any tribes of lark sparrows, meadow larks, Franklin -gulls, Arkansas king birds, crow blackbirds and common kingbirds that show up around the farm, as well as many more common varieties, thereby obtaining the services of a vigilant and hungry air patrol against raiding "hoppers." The farmer can show his good faith in the alliance, the experts say, by kill ing any stray cats and protecting the members of the feathered tribes from hunters. "Probably there are not enough birds in the country to clean up a full strength invasion of grasshop- persi such as farmers in some parts of the west and south have come to dread." the eovernment .bulletin says, "but the birds assist mfteriallyj in efforts to control tne pest or in sects." 1 1 1 1 1,1 1 " " m " Iowa Livestock Shippers Plan Belter Co-operation Twenty-five representatives of co operative live stock shipping asso ciations in different parts of the state met recently in Des Moines to dis cuss ways and means of developing a wider interest and bringing about a closer union of the individual ship ping organizations for the good of all. . : . . Among the speakers on the days program were Professor Nourse of Ames, Messrs. Syks of Ida Grove, Hill of Minburn, Cottrell of . Leon and Cunningham of Des Moines. A free discussion of thev arioiis topics brought out the fact that there is little or no union of interests vatrfong the 625 local shipping associations in the state. They have been or ganized at different times and by different influences. Than Poetry MONTAGUE. bU cb.iipiMM. Bell Smdretu. lac.) first laying, and if shut up for a few days she can be made to lay a second and even a third laying, but the latter is usuallyoo late for the eggs to hatch and the birds to become full sized by fall. "The eggs may be set under Jthe turkey hen. a chicken hen, or an in cubator. I use the incubator arid hatch out from 50 to 125 eggs at a time. The turkey -hen is the only successful means of brooding the lit Gage County Farmers Plan Drive Against Tubercular Cattle . Gage county farmers have started a campaign against tuberculosis in cattle, and the slogan, "No more tuberculosis in Gage county herds," was adopted at a meeting of stock men held near Beatrice recently. If plans discussed at that meeting are carried to completion, Gage county will be one of the first in the state to co-operate with the United States government in a systematic eradica tion of the disease among cattle. At a farm bureau meeting held in Clatonia recently, the idea was also approved anda number of farm ers have already obligated them selves to have their herds tested by competent veterinarians. The service as planned, will be available to any stockraiser in the county, but organized groups will be given the preference for reasons of efficiency and economy. It is expected that an authorized federal inspector will be located in the county in the near future. Big Surplus of Wheat Held in U. S. and Canada The wheat surplus for export and carry-over of the United States and Lanada is 163,000,000 bushels, ac cording to estimates of the bureau of markets, based on official and commercial reports. The combined crop of the two countries and the carry-over from the 1919 crop was placed at 1,163,000,000 bushels. The surplus estimate, it was explained, took into account bread and seed re quirements and export clearances from seaports to February 21. According to some French esti mates, department officials said, the exporting countries now have 293,- 000,000 bushels of surplus wheat. while a'le import requirements of countries that can buy wheat are 260,000,000 bushels, leaving a net surplus of ' 33,00,000 bushels. .ommon oense By J. J. MUNDY. How Do You Start the Day? How do you start your work in the morning? Do you begin in a nervous, high strung manner, giving little thought to anything but the job you must do first, or do you work n such a manner that your head plans into your hands efficiently? In your wild efforts to get a lot done in a short time, you scatter things about and clutter up your desk, jump from one thing to an other, permit little annoying things to get on-your nerve's. If you work m this taut fashion you will be exhausted when quitting time comes and you will not have accomplished nearly as much as you might have done had you start ed your cay in a more calm way, with pre-arranged olans so that you I could carry along from one thing to another with no lost motion. ' Those who accomplish the most do not dive from one thing to an other. They do not work under high nrpsciirA all th rim ' about our work; we turn out a fair quantity, but nothing like what it might be with more deliberation and determination to make each move count. Fewer motions and less uselessly expended energy should be your aim. (Copyright, 1931, International Fetturo Service, Inc.) YouCunGstl if you mate your breed era strong and vigorous. Pratte Poultry Regulator quickly Butt fowls in tood breeding condition. Then, moro tggt higher fertility bigger hatcher better thicks. " Yomr Montr Bad If YOU An Not SoiliM" Dtthu Svtryxsitn PRATT FOOD COMPANY PUIaJelitia Tom ucaa Aoranto Bigger Hatches tle poults. Keep a few china eggs under her until the eggs hatch in the incubator or under a chicken hen. When the poults arrive slip one or two of them under the old turkey hen's wing at night, and by morning she will own all you give her. I geheqrtly give them 42 or 15 poults. Dust the heji with insect powder whert she first begins to set, and keep her free from lice and other insects throughout the entire season. Exports and Imports Of Cheese During U920 PracticallyBalance Exports of cheese for 1920 just about balanced imports, 16,290,000 pounds of the one and 15,994,000 pounds of the other. The United States imports cheese in considerable quantities from France, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and the Argentine, consignments from the last-nasied country total ling 9,872,000 pounds for the year. On the other hand cheese is ex ported to Belgium, Norway, Sweden, England, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and some IS to 20 other countries. Eng land and Cuba are the biggest cus tomers, the former taking more than 5,000,000 pounds last year, while ap proximately 3,000,000 pounds went down to Cuba. , . Imports of butter exceeded ex ports by many millions of pounds, 37,454,000 pounds coming into the country and 17,488,000 pounds going out. During the year. Denmark sold about 10,000,000 pounds to Yankee customers. More than 9,236,000 pounds came across from Canada, 4,000,000 pounds from Argentina and 3,000,000 pounds from The Nether lands, i Campaign on Barberry Continued in Nebraska The United States Department of Agriculture is preparing to continue its work" of freeing Nebraska from the barberry bush, the shrub which has much to do, with the spread of . .. A 1 . T I . f It . oicin iusi in wneai. x ne louowing counties have been practically freed from the bush: Dakota, Thurston, Wayne, Pierce, Cuming, Burt, Col fax, Dodge, Washington, Saunders, Butler, PoJk, Seward, Lancaster and Adams. The plan for the corning ftumfner is to continue the eradiction woik in Douglas, Cass, Otoe, Rich ardson, Johnson, Pawnee, Gage, Jef ferson, Stanton,- Cedar and JDixon counties. This will eliminate the pest from most of the eastern part of the state. In the three years that the de partment of agriculture has been working in the state, a total of 75, 460 bushels have been removed, out of a total of 77,057 found. Of the total number located, all but 6,057 were in towns. Concerning the work, A. F. Thiel, plant pathologist, is in charge in this state. Purebred Hogs Sell High At Beatrice Public Sale Pure-bred hogs sold high at the sale of G. A. Wiebe & Son, Gage county fair grounds in Beatrice last week. One porker brought an even $100 and another changed hands at $75. Several Colorado men were in attendance and bought. A feature of the sale was the num ber of boys and girls vflio were pres ent, and several bought pigs to en ter the boys and girls pig club contest of the annual Gage county fair. , . . The toolmakers are the highest paid of any automobile workers, making, from $60 to $70 a week, plus time and a halt for overtime and holidays. . What Makes the Market? Not only a bare Hit of stock or grain quotations (although they are there, too complete and accurate), But the gossip which tells the i'Why" of the figures. ; i It Is Published Every Day Michaels' Chicago Grain Letter N. Y. Times Financial Review in The Omaha Bee Clubs Prosper As Live Stock Prices Decline Estimate 3,000 Youngsters Will Enroll iu 'Calf and Pig Clubs iu Nebraska ' , This YearvT The drop in farm prices is not dis couraging members of boys' and girls' clubs. This is especially true of those interested in live stock raising. ...Inquiries and other infor-r mation gathered by the college of agriculture extension service point to the fact that probably 3,000 boys and girls will be members of live stock chibs'this year. At least 175 pig clubs will be formed, or almost double the number of last year. There were 52 calf clubs last year and indications are that this number may be doubled this year. Hall county, which had no pi clubs, last year, has asked for fiv this year. Howard county had only one pig club last year; this year it wants four. Several other counties are either new in the work or arc increasing the number of their live stockr clubs. Poultry clubs are continuing popu lar and the number this year will likely go much over the 80 mark reached last year. . One of the features of club work this year is the vay girls are.break ing into the live stock game. While about one-fifth of the ? live stock club members last year were girls, those directing the work at the col lege of agriculture would not be sur prised to see nearly half the member ship girls this year. Many girls are asking admission" to, live stock clubs, and there is evidence that there may be more girls interested iti pig and calf clubs than in cooking and oak Movement of Wheat For list Half 5 1920. Shows Decided Slump The movement of wheat during the last six months of 1920 appears trr have been decidedly sluggish com pared with the same period of 1919. Car lot receipt at 29 markets in De cember totalled 51.840. Minneapolis led with 7,86 cars; Kansas City; with 6,978 cars, stood second and New York third with 5,577 cars. To tal, receipts for last six months 'of the year s.hoyed 337,553 cars against 435,055 cars tor the corresponding period of 1919. Only six markets in the country received more wheat during the last six months of 1920 than for the cor responding period of 1919, Duluth, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Galveston and Portland. Receipts at middle west market centers showed a very decided slump. Re ceipts at Kansas City were less than for the same period of 1919 by 'nearly 22,000 cars. Wichita slumped to the extent of 4,644 cars, while the flow at Omaha fhrunk about 2,000 cars. Real Irishman. Raises , Real Spuds in Nebraska Will Nebraska produce big pota toes? Ask Mike Kirbyof Meadow Grove, Neb; 1 Last' year Mr. Kirby harvested 300 bushels of giant spuds from a half-acre of round. They are real Irish potatoes, raised by an Irish man and the original seed came from Ireland. - Twenty-six of the spuds weighed out exactly one bushel and they were large enough to stack up on one's arm and carry like stove-wood. "S-o-m-e Spuds I" Fiftieth An niversary of ' .Church Observecf at Grete Crete, Neb.; March 13. (Special Telegram.) The 50th anniversary of the founding of the First Con gregational church here was celei brated by a banquet in the church basemerfr. Among, the out-of-town attendants were Rev. and Mrs. Bross" Chancellor, Mrs. Avery, Professor Sweezy and Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon of Lincoln. Dr Mitchell, the first graduate of Doane college, spoke at the banquet The church now, has 333 members, as compared with five when established. Legion to Stage.Play. Minden, Neb., March 13. (Spe cial.) A three-act Quaker play, "As Ye Sow," will be staged by the Minden post of the American Le gion here Friday and Saturday nights, March 18 and 19. Neighbors Peevish Over Livestock Kept By West Virginia Man Walter Merrifield is a farmer liv ing down near Fairmont, W. Va and he has ideas all his own about the kind of stock to raise on his farm. But the neighbors living near M'Walt" don't seem to cotton to his ideas with any great amount of en thusiasm and have been making him no end of trouble lately. They have declared his stock a nuisance, not so ciable and many other hard things, and recently they went so far as to take the case Into court, and an or der was granted ordering Walter to dispose of his animals. According to the neighbors, the ito I tock in question consisted of 20 olecats and seven dogs. ogsBeatH. C. of L in" Tramping Down Silage For Kansas Farmer Five dollars a day ' and board seemed a pretty stiff price for Henrf Schank of White City, Kan., to pay to have the silage tramped down in his silo last fall. So when it came time to fill the silo, he decided to beat the high cost of living and let his hogs do the work, thereby saving about $15 4 day and board for three men. He put 42 head of hogs, weighing about 125 pounds each, in the ,si!o, and began to fill it. The hogs moved aroundNjust about where they were needed 'the most, and the resultMvaS that the silage was tramped t down more evenly and more satisfactorily than the men would have done. "When we reached the top in filling the silo," said Mr. Schank. "we had to rope each hogsand let him down separately.' There was considerable squealing and scram bling going on of course, but they -were lowered without any harm and without much trouble. I never had a silo filled and packed down o well. I would not hire a man at any price to do this work, while at the same time it proved a big cash saving to me." . - Nebraska Wesleyan ' TJu apclnrf vacation at Nekraka Wta ltJ will continue from March SS to April 1. Th executive offlesn will b open and tome of the laboratories for the (convenience of eludenti who are pur suing reearch. Registration for the spring; quarter at Nebraska Wesleyan 'continued into the present week. Many have returned wha had been out of school. gome of the classes are very crowded. In personal hyliie thera are, 107 registrants. Almost as many are liking social psychology. A third class had to be formed for thosa who wanted ntfrsinff. Prof. C. J. Shirk haa had to clear another laboratory for the excess registration in nature study. The third quarter rhetorio claaa has also had to be divided. The faculty at Nebraska Wealeyan has officially adopted a plus, minus system of trading. Hitherto all grades were given aimply In letter with rather wide range of interpret a lion. A Nebraska Wesleyan debating team will met South Dakota university at Vermillion. March 14. Wesleyan men. who will hold the affirmative, are Ralph O. Brooks. Gerald Boyer and Carl Per son. The question for discussion Is, "Re solved, That the federal .government should enact legislation embodying the principles of the Kansas law forxth st tlement of labor disputes in pubire serv ice utilities, constitutionality waived." i Doane College Mrs.. F. r. Loomls of Omaha spoke st a mass meeting In behalf of the Vera McfUynolds fund. . The debate with, Midland college has been postponed and the debate with Hast ings was cancelled owing to the fact that Hastings is quarantined. The aohedule as now posted calls fer a dual debate w'.th Wealeyan. The debate with Coiner and Midland coma off Monday and Tuesday, respectively. conservatory, of muslo was held. tVednes- An interesting recital ar the Doana aay. There were plana numbers by Misses Darotny Smith. Avla couett. Har riet .Tohnson. Helen Baldwin. Charlotte Craven and Marlon Sheldori; vocal num bers by Muses Mary Newcomb, Hazel Hinds, Virginia Wary, Paulina Cramb, Verna Cort. Lucille Walsh. Klva, Blood- good, Ruth Young, Lillian Held, Helen Sherrerd and Messers. Werts, Noyce and Jones. Two groups of original songs by the advanced harmony class attracted attention; they were written by Misses Verna Cort, Elisabeth Wlttmann, Helen Sherrerd, Mrs. 0. W. Venrlck and Dorlen Jones. n Miniature MARMONS Sensation of Show m 17 on Service.;. m the Careful fer Grain and Delivery in All W e Operate Private Wire Connections to All Offices Except Kansas City W SOLICIT YOUK Consignment of All Kind of Grain to OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE. KANSAS CITY and SIOUX CITY Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attention The Updike Grain Company THE KEUABLt COWilCNhttHT HOUtat . Mondell Urges Early Revision Of Revenue Laws Republican Leader Says Legis lation More Important Than Tariff Measures, at Open- v ing of New Sef6ion. Washington, D. C, March 13. After a conference with President Harding, Representative Mondell, hodc republican Jeader, in outlining the probable 'program and policy of the new congress, declared revenue revision legislation should be con sidered ahead of any temporary or stop-gap tariff. lie held that the enactment of a temporary tariff law would require as much time as would be necessary for a permanent tariff. , If the country demands relief and an emergency law, he suggested that this be confined to a simple anti dumping prbvlsion nd possibly an amendment to the present law-basing rates on American rather than Koreigu va)ues. "How to tackle the questions ot tariff and revenue is the important thing," Mr. Mondell said.. "It has been suggested that it would be wise to take up some mea sure, for instance the Fayne-Aldrich bill, modify a few provisions, but continuing- as it i was and pass it as a purely temporary and ' emergency stop-gift tariff measure. The sug gested program would be to follow that with revenue legislation and then a permanent tariff bill. "Personally, I am somfwhat doubtful of the wisdom of that policy. If it were possible to take the Payne-Aldrich bill, with a fsw changes, pass speedily - so that it would be on the statute books in si week, or two months, I think it might perhaps be wise to do it. "But J have grave doubts as to whether this tan be done. I am not at all certain, such a bill would not, when it reached the senate, be opened tip for many amendments, and be delayed in its passage so that instead of securing what is sug gested prompt action on a tempor ary hill we might find congress considering for months, a measure s whicn, startif g as a temporary mea sure, might finally come to be con sidered as a permanent measure and entirely made over. It would thus lose the bemfit of quick action. We would also bse in what would be- ' come the permanent tariff bill, the Denem ot starting the bill as a per manent measure rather than as a temporary one." . f TelIcsley College Dorm. Operated at $11,361 Lo6s Wellesley, Mass.. March 13. Not all landlords are profiteers. One here, with over a thousand nirl ten ants, operated last year at an actual loss. The deficit in this case for the operation of the student dormitories at Wellesley college was $11,361. Hurry! to Albert Ed holm's Going Out of Business Sale Quickest Tim Aereii th Pacific To the Orient JAPAN - - - 10 bayt . CHINA ... 14 Days MANILA ... 17 Days Spaad Comfort Safaty ' On tike Pilatial Empress of Russia . . Empress of Asia Single Cabins Double Cabins Suites Direct Satlinca TO EUROPE Liverpool, Glatrew, London, Seuthamp. ton, Havre, Antwerp , 40 North Dearborn Street, Cbicaae or local atnt The CanaSlaa. Pacific Oceea Services, Ltd. . 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