Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1921, Page 12

FINANCE T BE “FIVEN PRIORITY FAXATION - AND KINDRED MAT- TERS MAY PRECEDE GEN- ERAL TARIFF BILL. NANT EXEMPTION RAISED Early Attempt Expected to Raise Ex- emption Limits for Perscns of Small Incomes—~Financial Subjects Always Mean Long Debates. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington, — President Harding, tollowing his legislative conference with Republican_ leaders in house and senate, seems to have agreed with the majority of them that the financlal oroblems of government, taxation and sther kindred matters possibly may 2ave to be given priority at the ex- ‘ra session over a general tariff bill. This would mean probably that- cus- toms legislution may not be given consideration until congress has been In sesslon for some weeks except, of course, the so-called farmers' emer- gency tariff. If one should attempt to write of all the financial problems which con- front the government he would need paper enough to threaten the life of existing spruce forests. “Their name is legion” fails as a bromidic proverb of comparison In this particular cose. When one uses the word “taxes,” however, he puts a labeled blanket over the whole field. Ordinarily finance is a subject de- vold of lights. Tt is a gloomy thing, oppressive .to_the spirits of men, and wet there are certain things which give one feature of the present tax situa- tion a broad interest and throws a light on the desires of the multitude of the people of the United States. One has only to enter the office of a member of congress and to make the proper inquiry, to learn that appar- ently hundreds of thousands of Amer- ican- citizens of moderate means are wondering if there is not some way to remove from the fleld of the in- come tax levy the earners of small salaries and small wages. There seems to be a general belief through- out the United States that the income tax is a perfectly proper method of raising money because it hits nearly all people alike, and yet the appeal constantly Is that the lower limits of exemption shall be raised so that mar- rled men may have more than $2,000 exempted and that single men and women can have the exemption of $1,000 raised to what one of them has called the sanity point. ' May Rajse Exemption. . From what one hears heve it seems possible and perhaps probable that an attempt will be made in congress 0 ralse the exemption limits for pere sons of small incomes. As things are today a young man or a young woman making $1,200 a year must pay an in- come tax. Perhaps it is not fair w judge from Washington rentals what rentals are In other parts of .the country, but In his town for a well-lighted, decently appointed apartment of two rooms, a so-called kitchenette and a bath, one must pay $1,500 a year. ‘Washington legislators know appar- sntly that the high cost of living, coupled with taxes, Is decreasing the size of the American family, They also know that the high cost of nouses Is driving people into the flats when they can afford to move into (lats. There are salaried people in the city of Washington today living In one room who ten years ago with thelr present incomes would have been living in comfortable houses or in six-room, stenm-heated flats. This is Washington and what ob- tains here may not obtain elsewhere, but the fact that the situation is as it Is in this city may have its effect on congress which has to live here for a large part of the year. The in- come tax problem, so far as it affects small wage earners is a perplexing one to congress. It is possible, just possible, that congress in the early dnys of the extra session will give consideration to the matter of raising the exemption limit on small salaries. Never Agree on Finance, The minute that congress gets into a discussion of finance that minute hope passes that they. will get through with the subject before the hot weath- er descends on this town. Finance is something on which men bave dis- agreed ever since the days when the savages used wampum or crocodile teeth ‘@s mediums of exchange. When the Aldrich-Vreeland curren:. <y relum3 measure was in the keeping of the committees of congress, and hearings were in progress, bankers from all over the United States were brought here to give their opinions on the subject in hand. Half of the bankers sald “black” and the other half sald “white” In other words, they were divided into two camps, one of which said that certain legis- lation would bring ruin, while the other half said it would bring pros- perity. What were the poor Tlegisla- tors to do? As it happened the finan- clal legislation which was passed geemed to meet with the general ap- proval of the country. It formed later, in part the basis of the federal re- gerve System, but, as. someonc has sald, it possibly was chance that cnused the legislaters to hit on the right scheme. 3 WOMAN "IN " 0DD" 'BUSINESS Makes Fair Income by Depriving Bees of Their Stings, for Sale to Druggists. A correspondent of the Boston Her ald tells of a woman beekeeper in Auburn, Maine, who for more than & quarter of a century has derived a good income, not from marketing the honey, but from selling the .stings. Manufacturing druggists buy them, for each sting contains an infinitesi- mal quantity of formic acld, which druggists extract and sell. When the woman begins the day's work she lights a peculiar lamp, which throws off a dense smoke. That stupe- fles the bees, and she collects in a box as many as she thinks she will need for the day.. She works in her dining room with all' the cprtding drawn ex- cept ‘the one. at the window before which she sits. Firmly fixed in front of her is a high-powered magnifying glass. § She opens the box, gives it a shake, and the bees come out.:. The light of the window in front“of her attracts them, and they swi Fipoti it. She reaches out with her left hand, plucks a bee from the window ‘and, holding it under the glass, takes a small pair of tweezers in her right” hand &hd draws the sting, She drops' the sting | into a“cup of sugar of milk in order to preserve it, Then she kills the bee by dropping it into a cup of soapsuds, for a stingless bee is of no worth in the world. The stings are shipped in glass bottles that hold five hundred each. The woman keeps count of the stings that she draws each' day. = On.the average she dally 'draws about nipe hundred. The greatest number she ever drew n one day:is:ffteen hun- dred. Once she took- the;stings from one thousand bees in three;hours. _— OLD BREWERY ON “MARKET Institution of the City of London, Cén- turies Old, Has Been Offered for Sale, ! A solid plece of history is'for sale, announces the London Times. “It'fis the site in Thames street, next to Cannonstreet station, of the City of London Brewery, known since the”| days of Queen Elizabeth as the only brewery In the city of London. The date of the foundation of the brewery Is so remote that it is difficult. to fix the year. ancient documents and archives of the brewery that it was flourishing in 1580; Stow mentlons it.© The Calverts, a family of brewers celebrated in the annals of the trade for- the quality of thelr porter, were the most notable men who brewed beer with ‘Thames (| water on that site.’ In 1760, Sir Wil- linm Calvert was the fourth brewer in London, and Calvert.and Seward, of Whitecross street, were the first, the former brewing 51,785 barrels, and the latter 74,704 barrels in that-year. Lit. tle of the old' buildings remain saye an old mill loft and a part of the wall of the Watermen’s hall, which had been burnt down in the fire of London in 1666, rebullt on the site of the Allhallowes chyrch, and after- ward incorporated With Cplverts, At the end of the eigtheenth gentury im- portant additions and alterations were made and some of the walls of the present bulldings qg;’g from 1772, —_— Dresses Made of Rope. Soon women will be ahle to dress themselves entirely in yarnish—and with perfect propriety! The varnish is opaque and becomes clear as glass if rolled into a thin film; but it is still varnish, for all that. - This new dress material, in its liquid days, was called “dope,” and was used to protect alr- plane wings from fire and witer.' Now it is being spun and woven for wom- en’s dresses. The only diffeYence be- tween a film of dope,-a-sheet of thig maglcal varnish, and s skeiy-of “silk,”. is that the first is laidcon with a brush, the secondvpressed: out on & plate, and the third-forced. through a tiny hole. This material can be-used for practically any article of wearing apparel. The articles so made ‘can- not be spolled by water, and are also completely fireproof. Dyes of all shades are readily absorbed and retained, and the material-washes beantifully.- Gas Warfare on Rats, The chemical warfare service has recently demonstrated that rats can be killed with poison gas. A mixture contalning 80 per’ cent. of phosgene and- 70- of chblorine wis used. This was_ allowed to escape over dn.area of 900 square feet.”'Fifteen rats were on the area, and’ théy “dll died from the effect of the deadly poisonous gases, They were killed at a cost of 40 cents, Withic 15 minutes the phos. gene had’ dissipated, while the chlor ine gas required 30 minutes to diffuse beyond the danger point. In view of the millions of dollars’ loss caused yearly by these pests, any means of destroying them is welcome. Airmen Find Volcanic Crater. Discovery of a huge volcanic crater surrounded by & great lava lake, in the Mojave desert, has been made by D. D. France and John G. Montijo, aviators and pilots of the plane known as the Desert Rat. Flying over the wastes of the desert the two air- men, mapping a region little known to man, sighted the huge crater not far from Lavic. Although the dry lava lake is shown on maps of the desert the fact that a volcanic crater existec¢ fu the reglon was unknown until the alrmen reported their find on theif return.—Los Anj 58 Express. Subscribe for Thne Dally Pmnur.lg‘_uhlcr[bo for The Amliy Ploneer. i There are proofs in various:|} MILK PRODUCED FOR MARKET Monthly Reports Show Wide Variation Through Year—Cost in Winter ls Quite High. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture) In winter the cost of feed, bedding and pasture amounts to 39 per cent of the yearly cost of producing milk in a typieal Vermont dairy section, while in summer it amounts to 15.9 per cent, Specialists of ‘the United States De- partment of Agriculture found as a result of a study covering two years in a section of that state' where milk was produced for market. The report of this study is now published in De- partment. Bulletin 923, “Unit Require- ments for Producing Milk in Vermont.” While the figures obtained show the requiréments of producing milk in that particular section, and may be approx- imate of the requirements in similar sections, the specialists point out that they .do not apply to dalry sections wherg other conditions and methods of management prevail. It was found that 311 pounds ef concentrates were required to produce 100 pounds of milk in winter, while to produce the same amount in summer only 8.7 pounds were necessary. Other requirements for produéing " this amount of milk in winter were: Haul- ing and grinding concentrates, 2 cents; dry roughage, 1299 pounds; silage and other succulent roughage, 191.8 pounds;’ bedding, 11.2 pounds; man labor, 2.7 hours; horse labor, 0.6 hour; other costs, 55.5 cents. In summer the: unit requirements for producing 100 pounds of milk other than concentrates were: Hauling and grinding concentrates, 0.5-of a cent; dry roughage, 18.7 pounds; silage and other succulent roughage, 27.8 pounds; ' | pasture, 0.1 of an acre: man labor, 2 Farm-Grown Roughages Furnish the Cheapest Food Nutrients—Increase Milk_Production by Giving the Right 5 Kind of Feed and Proper Attention 4 hours;. horse labor, 0.4 hour; other costs, 42.5, cents. In one year it was feund that 1,030 pounds of concentrates were required to keep a cow. Other requirements were: Hauling and grinding concen- trates, 61 cents; dry roughage, 3,600 pounds; sllage and’ other succulent roughage, 5,307 pounds; bedding, 263 pounds; pasture, 3 acres; man’ labor, 128 hours;- horse ‘labor, 24.1 hours; other costs, covering interest taxes and similar items on the dairy’s share of buildings and equipment, but not including 'masagement, $25.36. It was determined that the dairy’s share of- the total investment in buildings, equipment and herd amounted annual- ly to 11.5 per cent of the total inven- tory value. = Coples of thig bulletin may be ob- tained from the diyision of publica- tions, United States Department .of Agriculture,. Washington. Chil Great Holiday. The first week in March brings a great holiday throughout China, when the anniversary. of thé. discovery of silk is celebrated with elaborate: cere- monies, this year being, according to the Chinese, the 451st anniversary of the discovery of silk by Empress Si- Mng-chi. A Ferry Tale. A Revere resident on his way home had just crossed the gang plank when he espied a sizeable roll of bills un- der one of the seats. Stooping and picklng it up, he murmured:. ~“Ah; my good -ferry has arrived at last.” —Boston Transcript. k4 Bengfits of Silage. o Silage keeps the cattle in good phy- sical condition. The halr is always olly and velvety, the hide is‘loosc and pliable. The acids and julces of en- silage aid digestion. Balanced Ration Essentiak It is just as essential for the dairy cow to be fed a liberal well-balanced ration as it is for. the working than to get a good meal of well selected food. Duck-Laying Season. The duck-laying season generally ends with' the Iast of August, 3 ) FEAR L(;SS OF ELK HERDS Animals in Yellowstone Park: Are Rap- idly Disappearing, According to Officlal Reports, Officials of the United States De- purtment of Agriculture are alarmed over the threatened extermination of the Elk herd in Yellowstone park. On the ranges of the park, where: ordl- narily thousands of these animals could be seen, only a very few haye been observad this winter. Several theories have been offered to account for the marked shrinkage in the herd. Among_ these is the probability that the majority died from natural causes or had been killed during the last year. Another is that the open fall and winter caused the elk to remain in hiding in some retreat deep in the mountains and in the higher and more Inaccessible ‘portions of the park. Open falla in the past, however, have oot caused the elk to abandon their asual. customs and habits. That there has been an alarming shrinkage in the Yellowstone herd dur- Ing the last five years is an estab- lished fact, according to figures sup- plied by the Department of Agrictl- ture, In 1914 it was estimated ‘at about '25,000; in 1917, 17,200 were counted, and, if the figures for the present year, estimated by those clase in touch with the sityation, are true, there remains much Jess than half.this number. In 1019, 3,300 head were killed in the Yellowstone band, the su- | pervisor of the Absaroka national forest reports. The = Department of Agriculture points, ont. that no herd of wild ani- mals can sustain’ an annual shrink- age in numbers for any length of time and’ not face complete extermination within a few years. DENIES WOMAN. IS MYSTERY Man Is Puzzling Himself for Nothing, Is Assertion Made by Writer of Qentle Sex. ‘After declaring to the reporters who met him in New York that the women of ‘today cate for nothing but having a good time axd have assumed an attl- tude of pagan enjoyment, the English essayist, Gilbert K. Chesterton, is re- ported- as ‘moving ‘majestically along the pler shaking hands with the cus- tom officers ‘and leaving Mrs. Chester- ton to see about the baggage. “My wife understands these things; I don't,” he said; with a sweep of his stick, 4 It 1s evidentsfrom' the report.that, although womga may have changed much since” before: the war, as Mr. Chesterton says; sime of the oldtime masculine attitude toward them re® mains, May: Stranathan writes in the Pittsburgh Dispatch.’ In further proof of this, the Englishman goes on to speak in theiwame old prewar way about the psychology of women, using the familiar wexds, “I speak reverent- ly a8 of a mystery, for a man never knows what aywoman will do,” and then he tells how she will act under certain circumstances. The mystery about it s not jn the psychology of-woman, but in the fact that, having supposed that a woman would'act inthe way most natural to all ‘humanity, he thinks it is’ mysterl- ons because a woman does it. He degcribes a man as likely to act the same way under simflar circum- | stances, but does not see any mys- tery in the masculine'point of view. Rather the Contrary, Carried away by the beauty of the heroine on the screen, he murmured, uncousciously, “Isn’t she lovely!” “Every time you see a pretty girl you forget you're marxried,” snapped hig better half. “You're wropg, my dear; nothing brings home the fact with so much force.” i ———y Making of a Language. That the slang and idioms of today will_be correct English tomorrow Is. the: opinfon of Prof. H. Glicksman of the English department, University of: ‘Wisconsin. “Our language is made up; of what was once slang, idlom, col- loquialism apd jargon,” he said lately, and warned that _the only deplorable feature about slang was its tendency to produce mental slovenliness. Pro- fessor Glicksman then referred to the word “mob" a8 slang . o£:200 years ago and as such denounced in the “Spec- tator” by Addison. “It is an abbrevi- ation of the word ‘mobile’ Even so the word- ‘pep' is ‘vita} and’ virille and" will: gurvive with' the word ‘snapby.’ But to gain recognition ‘slang must be free from vulgarity and cheapness,” said Professor Glicksman. Justice to the Bedbug. Many times the bedbug has been .accused of transmitting disease, but the Investigating scientist - of -the United States public health service says the bug apparently has been charged “with- wrongdoing ‘when mnot guilty, as the pest has no way save the mouth in which to carry germs ‘and is too busy eating to make mouth germs of any ‘specfal danger. How- ever, the flea, louse and mosquito have beeh convicted of being disease car- Lymph ;;r Ihlmlw: —!;ovon. Dr. Artault de” Yevey told the So- clete de I‘henpeqhnne of Paris at a° recent meeting that he had had great success. in trea| - nearly a thousand cases’ of Infectious diseases: such as influenza and puerperal fever by in- jecting the patient with his own Ilymph drawn from a blister. He had also succeeded with it in rheumatism, cholera, facial neuralgia, appendicitis and other : How you can delicious Mayon- effort and expense: A FREE Cooki ' every woman who waits to learn the 'best - and latest cooting methods ; OUSEWIVES and young girls will be:in- H terested in the free lectures, given under y the auspices of the Corn Products Refin- ing Company, in the Assembly room of the Civic and Commerce Association rooms. - These lec- tures will be given by Miss Tyner, a graduate of the Domestic Science School of Chicago.and Uni- versity of Columbia. o Program for SATURDAY: Snice' Cake: White Fudge Froating - | White Loaf Cake Mazola Pie Crust Grand Opero Salad Cooked “Salad ‘Dressing . with ‘Whipped Canned Mill " During this course Miss Tyner will prove, by actual demonstration, all the wonderful things that you have been reading about Mazola as a salad and cooking. fat. Bring pad and pencil and take notes during the lectureq There will be lectures on the clean method. of cooking meat, demonstrations on pie, pastry.and bread-making, also on the preparation of French, Mayonnaise, Hollandaise and'other ap- petizing salad dressings, ¥ The hours will be from 2 t6 4 p. m.; and this lecture will-end the series of classes. Attend as many as you possibly can—théy are given free of all charge and' you cannot fail to.profit. Women’s Clubs, Teachers’: Or- ganizations, and high school domestic jscience classes es- pecially invited. Cook Book, wonderfully illustrated (64 pages), will be sent to those attending. Buy-Mazola: From Your Grocer—He Refunds Cost If Not Sntisfaétory AT CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION-ROOMS" SPECIAL SATURDAY- = JUNE 11th For ) ly “BALLARDVALE” OLIVE OIL ' Saturday, June 11th, we will sell 100 - pints of the famous— ) o o8 = T L . - “BALLARDVALE OLIVE OIL‘ that sells regular at $1.25 per pint—and one 3-0z jar of Marchino Cherries with each pint; at a special introductory offer of — i BALLARDVALE OLIVE OIL —is wonderful for Salad Dressing, besides many other uses—this is your chance to'try it. BARKERS < 4 The RexalL Store: PHONE 34' FOR THE CORRECT TIME ¥ | [F YOU WANT TO-RENT. BUY. SELL OR TRADE. ADVERTISE IN PIONEER WANT €OL