Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 December 1920 — Page 4

PRICES OF FARM LANS INCREASE

Jump 65 Per Cent in Five Years, According to Estimates of Secretary Meredith.

FACTOR IN FARM OWNERSHIP

While Reflection of Upward Movement of Commodity Prices, It Indicates Increasing Scarcity ef Farm Land. Washington.—During the last five years the seilint: price of farm land and Improvements in the United States Increased 08 per cent, neemding to cstimntes made by the secretary of aftriculture In his annual report to the President. Between March. 1910. and March, 1920, the Increase was 21.1. Although the data for the 1920 census are not yet available. It seems probable, the secretary said, that while the average price of farm land and Improvements per acre increased only 20 per cent during the 40 years from IfiCO to 1900 the price In 1920 is two and one-half times that of 1910 and five times that of 20 years ago. “The price of farm lauds Is one of the Important factors In the problem of farm ownership,” said the secretary. "It Is estimated that between March, 1919. and March, 1920, the increase In the selling price of farm land and Improvements was 21.1 per cent. In the last live years the Increase has been 65 per cent. Net Return Leva. “In some sections the net return on the purchase price of farm lands Is considerably less than the ordinary rate of return on first mortgages and similar investments. The rental rate of cash leases, also. Is frequently less than half the rate of return on mortgages. Studies made by the department Indicate that. In certain regions, the recent advance In the price of land has still further aggravated tills condition. Such a situation is unfortuniite, for It Increases the ditlicultles of a tenant who Is seeking to become an owner. “While the Increase In land prices ls, to some extent, a reflection of the general upward movement in the level of commodity prices. It must be regarded, In part, ns an Indication of the Increasing scarcity of land available for agricultural use. "War conditions stimulated an expansion of the area devoted to croi>s, estimated at 10.1 per cent from 1914 to 1918. or an Increase of 3.4 per cent In the per capita acreage, nils was effected by utilizing fuisture land for crop production and by bringing into use other uncultivated areas. The expansion was particularly marked In the ruse of small grains. Since the armistice there has been a reduction In crop acreage. From 1919 to 1920 there was a decline of 5.4 per cent In the acreage of 2rt principal crops. Apparently the reduction has been brought about bj returning the land to pastures and by discontinuing the use of the low-grade areas which were temporarily utilized. What the War Old. “These changes should be Instructive to those who would reduce the prices of farm products by bringing into use large areas of new land. It is clear that if prices had been extraordinarily remunerative to the farmer compared with tnr returns on capital and labor in Industry, we would not witness this reduction of the acreage In eiilllvation, but, on the contrary, a continued enlargement of lt. While the war conditions temporarily Increased the nei wish income of the farmer and stimulated a temporary expansion of the crop area, this was due In large measure to the response of the farmers to the Insistent call for more food, particularly wheat and rye, the principal bread grains. It Is of no small significance that the contraction In acreage has been most extreme In the case of these crops, estimated at 31.5 per cent for winter wheat. 16.5 per cent for spring wheat, and 22.6 per cent for

rye.”

ENTRY BLANKS DISTRIBUTED FOR 500-MILE RACE INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21.— The curtain has been rung up on the Ninth International 500 mile sweepstakes, to be run on the historic bricks of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the World’s greatest race course On Mav 30th, 1921, Five hundred entry blanks^ have been distributed to prospective contestants in a half dozen countries that are expecting to send delegations into the fray, chief among them England Italy and the United States. Rules for the contest will remain substantially the same as this year, limiting the piston displacement of cars to 183 cubic inches and the weight to 1650 pounds, minus ballast, gas and oil. , The same rules have been adopted by the Aut^iiobile Club of France for the revival of the French Grand Prix, to he run the latter part of July or early in August 1921. This will enable European entrants to prepare for both contests at the same time, and is expected to result in the largest field from overseas that has yet faced the starter in a n Indianapolis champion-

ship event.

ifurope has some old scores to settle in the 1921 struggle for International supremacy. Supremely confident she entered the Indianapolis tourney of this year, only to receive her worst set back since 1912 when >T° e Dawson wrested championship laurels from her grasp at the wheel of his flying

National.

Gaston Chevrolet, of late lamented memory kicked the dope bucket into smithereens when he led the trailing European field over the wire in this year's classic, driving a Monroe. Europe is still smarting under this defeat, which to her had seemed impossible, and consequently her preparation for 1921 are proceeding on a broader and more comprehensive scale than ever before Foremost a' mnng the celebrated European racing teams that are expected to make the journey across the Atlantic i n an endeavor to retrieve lost laurels are the French Peugeot and Ballot the Italian FIAT and the English Sunbeam. This quartet is of such formidability and demonstrated power as to warrant the most serious thought and preparation on the part of America’s 1 defenders if they would repeat their triumph of the seaso n now closed. However .with such staunch and able racing aggregations as the Duesenberg, Frontenac and Monroe to throw into the breach along with a dozen or more individual entrants of championship caliber, it is a safe bet j that Europe will have no advantage, both fields going to the wire on practically even terms. Though seats for the 1921 contest have not yet gone on sale, reservations have been booked ever since the conclusion of the last race, auguring an attendance equally as great if not greater than the record smashing throng of 1920 when more than 120,000 speed en'husiasts witnessed the

spectacle

VIENNA DEATH RATE BECOMES APPALLING

Condition of Chlldron Even More Harrowing, Declares Authority on City's Desperate Plight INv» years of fnmlDe have resulted la greatly Increased mortality and morbidity In Vienna which before the war waa counted ua one of the healthiest cities In Europe. Figure* prepared hy Dr. Ouatave Bohn, head of (be Vienna Health Department, show that In 191S the death rate was 15.3 |»r thousand. In 1918 the rate waa 22.5 per thousand, an Increase of more than

47 per cent.

Profeasor Hans Spel of the University of Vienna, says Unit “evea more terrible than the rao-tallty statistics are those referring to the condition of children and their mothers. Owing to under nourishment few mothers can nurse their babies, nnd the milk shortage affects not only Infanta, but all children In spite of al that has been done to help. At Professor Clemens Pirquet’s clinic In the university some 54.849 children were examined In 1918 Only 4.637 of 'hese or about one-thirteenth were pasted as ■kin good, fat good . 23,600 were pal* and thin, or very pale and very thin. “The health of these chlldrun show* most disquieting features Skin disease, rachitis and Barlow's disease are rife. “The chief medical ofllcar of Vienna aska, ‘What Is going to happen to these ander-fed children. In whuae bodies th* germ af tuberculosis Is lattut, when thwy reach the twenties, at which tlm* It become* •ctlve?' ” To combat these condition* the American Relief Administration of which

| Mr. and Mrs. Noble Snider will go ' to Lafayette Friday morning to

spend Christmas Day and the week end with Mr. and Mrs George Snider Rev O. L. Jones and wife have had fine success on Patricksburg charge. The people have received them very cordially, made salard $1200 cash and took off one preachinpy paoint.

Earnest Sears has resigned his position with the Jewel Tea and Coffee Company. Mr. Sears has been in charge of the local branch for the past six months. Miss Ruth Myers who is teaching school at Gary is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs G. H Myers over the holidays.

A revival effort at Mt.Zion closed Sunday night. After three week’s effort resulted in 44 coming to the altar and 23 added to the church membership. Onem an was 6 6years of age a well established citizen who had made hi s first steps i n prayer and a religious life. The effort has greatly strengthened the church.

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LENA j Miss Sarah Rowings and G e orgia | Bctti.s were in Carbon Thursday anc i Friday and i n Brazil Saturday visit* j ing friends.

Parr was in Brazil 1

SEEKS TO ENTER U.S.ONRAFT Austrian Stowaway Forced, However, to Cnll Help In New York Harbor. New York.—After bobbing around nlmlesdy In the harbor on a raft for several hours In the dark, Waslc Ernst, tin elgliteer-yoar-old stowaway from Anstrlu. decided to abandon his novel tnelliod of eluding Ellis Island officials and culled dejectedly for help. While thawing out hy a radiator, he told a tugboat captain, who found him after ranch searching, he had been Informed that (tie way of stowaways entering America was hard and. consequently, when his ship entered the harbor he threw the raft overboard, Jumped on It and hoped to tie washed ashore. Fie was taken to Ellis Island for deportation.

Mr. Emerson

j Monday.

I Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brattain and Miss i Ida Me Elroy were in Greencastle

! Saturday.

Mr. C, E. Vipzant made a business j trip to Indianapolis Saturday Mr, and Mis. Bert Morlan of Car- \ bon returned home Monday evening I f.er a short visit with their parents I Mr. and Mrs. John Sexton and Mr. ! and Mrs. Elza Morlan. Mr. Harold Vinzant w-as in Greencastle Saturday night attentiing a Christmas party given by the Junior : t la s of the High School. Mrs. Jane Mitchell returned home i from Rockville Thursday after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. George R'.ihn and Mr an ( | Mrs. Walter Camp-

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Herbert Hoover Is chairman fed last winter In the city of Vienna some 800,000 of the destitute and undernourished children, supplying them with a substantial meal of American food, served In a number of large kitchens opened foi that purpose. The conditions In Vienna are more or less typical of those In Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Last year the Relief Administration was able to reach some 3,500,000 under-nourished children nnd this i winter the program calls for the feeding of a like number, hut eight of the great charitable organizations of America have united under the name of the European Kellef Council, of which Mi. Hoover I* the chairman. The child feeding task will be carried on not only by the American Relief Administration but by the American Red Cross, the American Friends' Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America, the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. 0. A. An ap peal for $33,000,000 has been made and the organizations named have joined In raising the sum.

LAUGHTER OF CHILD SCARCE !N POLAND

Children Unshod in Big Shoe Town. Brockton, Mass.—nils city produces shoes for world-wide distribution and makes more of some kinds than any other city, hut Charles P. Brooks, attendance officer of the school hoard, reported that many of Its children are unshod. There are at least fifty children in the city who cannot go to school ttecuuse they lack shoes, he said, and some of them have net been to aclKMil in vveeka.

Mr. and Mrs Percy Duncan of Columbus, Ohio, are here for a visit iver the holidays with the former’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. S. Duncan. Mrs. LoRoy Bray of Monrovia is visiting her parents^ Mr. and Mrs '"harles Kelley. Mrs. Bray formerly was Miss Vera Kelley, Frank Sanson and Miss Katherine Brown both of Cloverdale were united i n marriage Monday morning by Squire Philio Frank Charles Barnabjr, Salem B. Town Dr. George R. Grose and C, U. Wade attended a special meeting of a University committee in Indianapolis on Monday. | The Christmas meeting of the twentieth century club will be held on Thursday afternon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Fred Thomas on Hanna street

“In all the time I was In Poland. 1 scarcely once saw a child laugh,” declared Dr Harry Plots, discoverer of the typhus baccilua. In a report to the European Relief Council on medical conditions among the Jewish population of Poland, bused on his recent Investigations there for the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. “The most deplorable sight of all the miseries In Poland Is the condition of the children,” Dr. Plotz said. “Infant mortality Is exceedingly high because of under-nourishment and the high percentage of contagious diseases. In large part mothers must resort to artificial feeding as they are unable to nurse tbeir children. In many cities 1 saw underfed children, suffering with diseases, wandering about the streets with no place to go, begging for bread.” Tuberculosis has become prevalent among the Jewish children, largely due to the overcrowded conditions In which they are forced to live, their lack of nourishing food and warm clothing, according to I*r. Plotz. Typhus, which killed thousands of Jews last winter In the worst epidemic Poland has ever seen will recur again, he said, as conditions ore much worse among the Jews than ever before. “Eavus, a contagious skin disease, Is now rapidly spreading from child to child,” he continued. “In Vllna there are 11,000 cases among the Jewish children alone. Smallpox, too. Is prevalent hroughnut Poland and the Ukraine and children, with widespread eruptions and temperature, have beer seen running about the streets. There are thousands of cases every year, which vaccination would prevent, but there Is no vaccine.” Dr. Plotz told how In Lithuanian villages he found children, six and seven years old, unable to walk or talk, the result of malnutrition. In regions where whole towns had been destroyed during the war, he found families crowded In miserable dug

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