Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 February 1922 — Page 1

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FAIR, F?Ararc, FEARLESS ATuD FREEPRICE TSUvfO DOLLARS PER YEAR VoL 64. Jasper, Indiana, Feiday, FEBRUARY 24, 1922. No. 42.

SUGAR TARIFF NO AID TOFARGflERS Consumers Taxed for Benefit of Factories, Not Beet Growers, WOOL BENEFITS QUESTIONED Fair Tariff League Head Saye Deett Ar Not Important American Crop. Dy H. E. MILES, Chairman of the Fair Tariff League. Sugar In the beet, the product of the farm. Is Riven a protection of 5Co ad valorem In the Fordney Tariff bill now befolg Congress. Iteflned sugar, the product of the beet sugar factory. Is protected with a specific ratfc equivalent to from 80 to 100 ad valorem on the basis of present prices. For example, the Michigan sugar factory receives a prohibitive protection against the Importation of the product of the Canadian sugar factory, but the MJrhlgnn sugar beet farmer receives practically no protection against the-Canadian sugar beet. In view of this fanners are asking If the CO Increase In the tariff on Cuban raw sugar contained In the Fordney Tariff Ml! Is an effort to protect the farmer or an effort to pay a further bond to an already sufficiently protected beet sugar Industry. All furthers use sugar. They usually buy It In 100 pound sacks. Kvery time a farmer buys a sack of sugar he pay $2.00 as - the- result of the tariff on sugar. Half of this goes to the 5ov ernment and half of It to the beet snenr manufacturer. This Is true because we consume In this country twice as much sugar aWe make, but the price of sugar to th farmer Is the Cuban price plus th tariff. Hut the fanner pays this prlc on both the domentlc sugar and tin foreign sugar. Therefore the fannei pays half of this tax to the Govern ment and half to the manufacturer o beet sugar In this country. Sugar Beets a Minor Product , The fanner might feelOtbat ,he?wa jetting pome benefit out of this if the raising of sugar beets was actually an Important American sgricultural pursuit. This, however. Is not the case. The crop acreage of sugar beets for lfrjO was CÖ2.455. The crop acreage for peanuts was 1.250,000, almost dou ble the acreage devoted to the cultivation of sugar beets. The following table indicates the Importance of the acreage devoted to sugar beets as compared with certain other crops : Sugar beets Buckwheat Clover seed Sweet potatoes... 092,455 739,000 843,000 1,042,000 1,091.800 . 1,103.000 1.250.000 1,572.000 1.910.S00 s,or.2.ooo 7,10$,000 33,503.000 Wee Rye Peanuts Flaxseed Tobacco Irish potatoes.... Barley Cotton Oats 41,835,000 nay 6C.5T.2.000 Wheat 72,308,000 Corn 100.072.000 E?en those farmers who raise sugar beets might properly ask In what way their Interests are being protected by en increase In the duty on Cuban sugar. It Is currently rumored that the contract price paid the farmer for sugar beets during the coming season vtll be front $5.00 to $3.50 a ton. The average pre-war price with the tariff at lc, was $5.57, approximately the price that will be paid farmers during the comlnjr season with the tariff Increased GCKc. Very few farmers grow wool, but all farmers wear clothes. American grown wool, the product of the American farm, Is one of the chief rallying cries of the high tariff exponent. Fallacy of Wool "Protection" Farmers are clad In mld-wlnter mostly In cotton and shoddy, and yet the woolen manufacturer today Is given 45 cents a pound protection on the entire weight of the farmers chthlng on the basis that it Is all wool, lie passes this additional cost on to the farmer, but fives the wool grower about one-third of this 45 cents In Increased price of wool. A foreign piece of men's suiting weighing eighteen ounces to the yard la 40?, cotton, 80 wool and S0 wool shoddy, costing on the present rate of exchange $1.09 a yard. A comparable domestic fabric costs 11.75. Under the Fordney Tariff the duty would be 24 of this $1.75. or 42c; the weight duty at 30c a pound. 330, and the landing charge 0Vi making tho foreign fabric cost here $1.9.. Under thepresent Emergency Tariff, with Its 4Sc a pound weight duty, the fabric would cost $2.08 as against the American price of $1.75. The wool grower would get 15c protection per pound Instead of the 45c height duty, the manufacturer keeping 30c of Die weight duty, but charging the farmer who buys clothing the .

. The American farmer should be Interested t tind out why It Is that his common rgricultural Implements manufactured in the United States can be bought for less by the European fann- : er than he has to pay for them, thanks to the protective tariff. For I Instance, he should Inquire why he

has to pay $8.1)1 a dozen for a shovel manufactured In this country while the Identical shovel exported can be bought In Europe for $7.fi0. , With these facts In mind It Is time that the American farmer let himself be heard In protest against a protective tariff which most emphatically does not give him a square deal. LastfJigiirsörcsms What They Mean DID YOU DREAM OF FIRE? IN HEOARD to dreams about fire the mystics are not entirely agreed. They all seem to agree that simply ig dream of a fire Is n favorable omen, hut some of them attach unfavorable meanings to different circumstances which may arise In connection with the dream fire. Many of them predict that If you dream of a conllagration in which your house or your place of business Is burned down, you will have many business troubles, but will come through them all right. Others say that If you see a tire In which the burning houses have fallen down It Is a most favorable omen and not so good a one If the houses still stand. The consensus of opinion Is- that to see any fire and not get burned by It denotes health, fortune and happiness. To burn ycurself in your dreams Is not a favorable prognostication, but to dream that you touch the fire and are not burned, a most favorable one. Most authorities agree that while to dream of Ore Is a promise of good luck. It also means that you are likely to have a quarrel with a friend, though some declare that you must see the tire start suddenly to be sure of a quarrel, and all agree that the dispute will be over a trifle. If you extinguish the fire, a surprise Is In store for you. To see a sparkling tire on a hearth or In a stove, denotes plenty of money. If a woman builds a flre without any trouble, she will be happy and have many children. If she has difficulty In making the fire burn, the omen Is the reverse. The scientists regard the. fire dream simply as a reminiscence from our nursery days when we were warned not to play with matches and schedule this dream as one of the typical or standard ones. As the scientists don't entirely agree with the mystics, and the mystics don't entirely agree among themselves with regard to the significance of dreamflre. It would seem to be a case where each of the rest of us was entitled to his own opinion. (Copyright.) --0 Snake Kills Dog. San Francisco. Cal. Dog fanciers ot San Francisco learned of the death in Alexandria. La., of Bllmer Bingo, champion Airedale, who won many blue ribbons at local bench shows. Bllmex Bingo, owned by Dr. W. C. Billings, formerly of the government health service In San Francisco, was killed by & diamond-head moccatrfn snake In the grounds of the Billings home. The dog killed the snake, but was fatally bitten, and died a few hours later.

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NEVER FORGET ""HOME TOWN" Howevsr , Humblt, Sentiment Enthrinet fcpcti in the Hearts of Its Sons and Daughters. It lsnvt; the fine buildings and the broad streets, the gorgeous homes and spac!ous gardens that count It's the sentiment hovering around the spot that marks the "home town" as the best place-on . earth, writes Florence j Webster Long In the Indianapolis Star. U this were not the case, only the big cities would count In the summing up of the earth's worthwhile place. And where Is the cross-roads town that ! hasn't as many boosters as It has residents? Even he secluded homestead j way off In, a lonely corner of the backwoods looms up -largely as the center of the unlVeree.' It's a sort of patri- ' otlsm, It's a brand of native pride, and It's all mixed iJargely with sentiment without which life wouldn't be worth living anyvay.'v. I can .remember long ago visiting a school friend wjiose glowing accounts of her home bad held out the glamor of a glorious prospect. I can see in memory that simple little home circle set amid the. humdrum monotony of small village life; and my surprise as I contrasted It. with my friend's tales. But now -know '-that the girl was simply describing things as they seemed to her,' -fcoftened by distance, hallowed by sentiment, and tinged by the softening Influence of u homesickness for tin'' magic spot "home." LAYING CJT FLOWER GARDEN Even Withj Cmail Space, Much Can Be Accomplished in. Making Ef. fective H'-ti . Surroundings. With a long narrow lot there Is not much choice In the arrangement of , borders and beds, but the effect will ! be more pleasing If the center Is left tin the grass, and have flower borders along the sides, while at the far end there might be a border of flowering shrubs, the shrubs starting in the corners of the side borders and running across the end of the lot, the shrub border being widest in the middle. By having a nice curve to this border which narrows down very much near the corners an effect will be obtained of recesses or ulcoves, which will be more pleasing than if It were a straight line. It Is sometimes a good plan If It works In with the back of the house to have a strip of grass close to the house where the ground Is raised above the main part of the lot, so one can sit there and look down on the garden, but If there is a back veranda It will answer. Instead of breaking the center of the garden up with paths, It would be better to have one leading from the house to each side border, and If a nice curve is given these will look pleasing. Housewife. Town-Planning Pays. Town planning Is the study and analysis of all the different activities which go to make up the complex organism ef a city, the analysis of the city's establishment, its growth w land its future demands, with the re sultant laying out of plans, laws, regulations, etc., which will Insofar as practicable, correct bad conditions, remove obstacles and will allow the future growth of all activities alont well thought out and carefully studied lines. In stich a way that each will bear proper relation to the other, function properly within Itself and as a whole. Tersely, city planning Is the means of bringing order out of chaos, and safeguarding the future from a reoccurrence of Improper conditions. Health of Trees. Just as with folks, health is of the utmost Importance In shade trees, and no agency is more potent in marring the appearance of these trees than Insects, says the American Forestry Magazine of Washington. A defoliated or otherwise bedraggled shade tree Is not only worse than none at all, but. as a result of insect Injury, it is a menace to the health or life of similar trees in the neighborhood. Ways of controlling most of the injurious shade-tree Insects are told In Farmers' Bulletin 1109. Send for 1? ft ant JT77aPtMri,iLirrr 11" ""uii means good type, good presses, good workxa4n and good paper. We have the . vu -a equipment and tbe workmen for you, and use Haxninermill grades of bond, safety md coyer pipers. Let us show you.

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THOUSANDS PLEDGE ' ' SUPPORT TO NEW SENATOR'S SPLENDID RECORD OF SERVICE TO STATE AND NATION ENDORSED. ORGANIZING 'OVER STATE , FOff PRIMARIES IN MAY Thousands f m Republicans in all parts of Indiana have expressed their approval of the record of Unitec States Senator liaryy i$. New and have pledged themselves to support the Senator for renomjnation at the Ma primaries, according to word receivec here from over the state. Included among those who .have pledged their support to Senator New and who have endorsed his past record as a member of the United States senate are many former Pro gressives farmers, business men working men; and, In fact, representa tlves of every class of citizens making up the electorate. Senator New Is regarded as one of the Republican party's most indispensable leaders In the senate and his friends point out that his renomination and re-election are vitally neces sary to the party's success In handling the difficult problems confronting it at Washington, especially In the restoration of national prosperity. SENATOR HARRY S. NEW Senator New and President Harding are close personal friends, the latter fully appreciating the value ot Senator New's advice on national problems. 'Although he has had several Invitations to become a member of the President's cabinet. Senator New has declined the honor at the urgent request of Republican leaders in the senate wfto'fhave been closel associated with- him In the shaping of important legislation. Friends of Senator New point out that his leadership, coupled with the fact that he Is so close in the counsel of the President himself, make him unusually desirable for another term as a senator from Indiana. It is pointed out that Senator New's quiet, unassuming way has cost him som notoriety, although his service to the state and nation has been of inestimable value. These friends emphasize the fact that Senator New's ability to cooper ate with the national administration with the end of gcttkvg highly necessary business transacted is far more needed at this time than is tbe work of an obstructionist. Timothy Nicholson of Richmond, Ind., in urging the renominatlon and re-election of rfenator New, said: "Hon. Senator Harry S. New should be renominated ir May and re-elected in November as United States senator for another te In June. 1SC4, when President Lincoln was urged to change the commander-in-chief of the Union forces, he replied: 'It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.' "'In morale, Industry, economics and politics, our country is still In a turbulent sea, far from port, and needs its experienced crew. By his ability. strong personality and statesmanship, Senator New has attained great Influence in the United States senate and with President Harding and I feel it a duty and a privilege to thus express my convictions and judgment." James W. Ramsey of Washington. Ind.. said: "Harry New U old enough for me and I suggest that we keep him In the senate until he grows older. This is the sentiment of a veteran at the Civil war who votei for Lincoln in Kentucky in 1S6V' Thomas Pauer. well known business man of Iafayette. Ind., in endorsing Senator News record, said: "I strongly favor Senator New's renominatlon in the May primary. I might state many reasons for favoring Senator New but my principal reason for favoring him Is due to the fact that during the troublesome times and since, he was one of the senators that was everlastingly ea tkf

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Job. ' I regard Senator New as ose who is a thorough-going Republican and in perfect harmony and accord with the Harding administration, and if nominated and elected, we have every reason to believe that none othr could srve and will snrve tbe people of Indiana better than Senator New." Hundreds of similar endorsements, all praising Senator New's record as a statesman and as a thorough-going American -nd Uepnb'c9n. have been r.u :e V;.- 9rv?'v nsn. knowinR he eon-it e .--: : a ro'dier durns: 'be 'pni '1 v r.. ae ' c h :n for ;n-; r term in the e. tk'C d:p' rved cave wan

4' ! ! and 't.M:vr.f would " :r." it.r'i !..!:: a n rr.ot '.ariinr. r.- atvt . s'tr.p r.3 jy. 'Vet. mv -jf.ir The ?i.ve n'r.t- cark :r. r.: cuvi mv? Tar. of vo? w tr. j: rr.ry t rer wer er.cu-cn r:crt.e o wouidr.'T '.ae :c.d. rA n to'. r.r just how .o oehave. vz row wj-.er. t girl jazzes by ;r. th fce rr.an Rives one took r.2 then oeat a rtre.U The cave rcan't gone bark to his cave. )ID AWAY WITH LONG CLIMB ngeniout Entrance Made Through Hill Into the Southwest Museum at Los Angeles, Calif. Something unique has been accomplished lu the completion of the enrrance to tbe Southwest 'museum in Lo Angeles. The building Is situated upon a high hill and np to the prefect year It has been necessary fer pedesEntrance Maoe Easy. trlaos to make a long and laborious climb up the hill to reach the main entrance. Now. however, the climb has been obviated by an artistic as well as practical Improvement. A tunnel, two hundred and twenty-four feet long was oored Into the hill and ended In a large octagonal waiting room, on one side of which Is a twelve-passenger electric elevator of the automatic type. The elevator makes a climb of 10S feet, delivering the passenger Into the main hall of the museum.From the Independent. Ute for Obsolete Warships. The Uritlrih admiralty has assigned to the ministry of agriculture obsolete warships to be used as laboratories for the Investigation ef foot-and-mouth disease. The warships proceed to sea. and the research work is carried on In the open ocean. Perfect safety against the dissemination f infection Is thus secured. The vlras of the disease is supposed t be ultrainfcroscoplc; there Is also a pesihiliiy that the Infection Is alr-berne. The elucidatioo of the problem constituted by the cause of foot-and-mouth disease Is comparable with that of rancer elusive, difficult, and affording but little prospect cf a definite solatien. The Medical Press and Circular. Quail Among the Chickens. Quail fraternizing with domesticated fowls were recently seen In the hen yard ef a citizen of Cannel-by-the-Sea, California, according to an Item In the Carmel Pine Cone. It Is evident that some wild creatures, once they become sure that the guns of tbe hunters are not to be discharged in their vicinity, are Inclined to make friends with man. Motorists In the f ellowstene park tell laughable stories about the team who nose ameng the automobile cushions for sweets directly the occupants leave their cars to gain closer views of scenic wonders. New Kind of Tombstones. What he calls a "new and Improved tombstone" has been Invented by an Oklahoma man. A life-sized figure of the dead person Is made of galvanized iron, the lower part filled with cement to make a heavy base. The body Is hollow and in it Is placed an urn containing the ashes of the deceased. It will be noticed that this "tombstone" can only be used in ihe case of dead persons who have hetra cremated.