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Water Transportation
Lower Kio Grande Valley growers will note with
considerable interest that the Clyde Line Steamship
Company is erecting a huge cold storage plant a*
Miami Fla. for the purple of handling by boat fruit
and vegetable* grown in Florida east co*»t aiea.
From Jacksonville coine reports of similar activities
to handle the product »n of northern and central area*
and Tamra i* beginning to take renewed interest in
water transport for fruit’ and vegetables.
Interest in water transport for these essential com-
modiies is not confined to Honda. New York Bos-
ton. Philadelphia and < ’.her Atlanta seaboard ports
have suddenly awakened to the fact that water trans- j
portation of winter vegetable# and fruit is fast bacom- j
ing recognized as an economic necessity in order to I
supply the dense population* of the Atlantic seaboarl
at moderate prices. Plans for huge terminal facilities
are being discussed at many of these port* and that
materialization of thr~e plans w 11 not long be held in j
abeyance is predicted by ea-tern dealers.
The Clyde Line steamers the past season handled
over half a million package* of fruit and vegetables
from Miami distributing ..t various ports on the At-
lantic seaboard at an average cost of 5 cent per hun-
dred pounds. From Jacksonville the first full cargo j
of citrus frjit moved to England arriving in prime !
condition. Heretofore most of the fruit crossing the
Atlantic has been shipped from New York in small
consignments and with excessive freight cost* which
made the deal unprofitable for growers.
According to Clyde l.’ne steamship officials mod-
ern refrigerating methods have made water transpor*
of vegetables and fruit not only feasible hut highly
profitable for growers consumers and carriers. The
«ost of refrigeration and transport has been reduced to
the minimum. With the construction of proper ter-
minal faciliies at the lnrge consuming ports immense
quantities of winter vegetables and fruit consigned to
coastal points and markets far in the interior will he
handled by boats operating on regular schedules.
That the Lower Rio Grande Valley must prepare
to meet this competition is obvious. Fortunately the
handicap of water rates would not be so great as in
rail rates as the additional haul would make little dif-1
ference in freight charges. Rut the Y’alley would have’
the advantage of lower production cost* which would
far more than offset the comparatively email advan-
tage Florida would enjoy in water rates as a result
of proximity to the large consuming markets on '.he |
Atlantic east coast or the European markets.
PROGRESS WITH RUBBER FOR AMERICA SLOW
(Dallas News).
Rubber as a regular farm crop for this country is
not coming forward rapidly. There are two routes
toward its ultimate realisation it seems from the ac-
count found in the 1927 Yearbook of Agriculture issued
by th# government. One of these is to find a plant
that yields rubber readily and grow it in the United
States while the other is to find a plant already grow-
ing in the United States and learn how to get the rub- j
her out of it. One is a matter of agricultural adapta-
tion and the other is a matter of chemistry and me-
chanical process.
Ir. the case of guayule both methods seem to be
called for. The process of getting the rubber out "I
the plant is now well advanced but it remains to do- i
velop the plant into a farm crop at the same time im- j
proving its rubber yield. When rubber is high guayule
is profitable—a* long as the supply of raw material
which is mostly wild holds out. Rut when rubber is
low the expense of harvesting and processing the
shrub tends to be prohibitive. With the improve-
ment of the growing routine and yield this difficulty
may be overcome of course.
There are many other plants and shrubs which
yield some rubber. Florida will grow even the hevea
tree though it doesn't get very big. Ficus elastica
grows in California and yields rtbber though not ift
as large amounts a* is desirable. Rubber vines from
Madagascar are not uncommon in Florida and one cf
these i* adaptable to Texas conditions it seems pro-
ducing some rubber of good quality. Desert milk-
weed is *lso mentioned. In fact it is declared there
are hundreds of possibilities. With so many to choosa
from it is not to be hoped that the ideal will be quickly
found. But. on the other hand it should be feasible
among so many to find a «!:imestic source of rubber
before the list is exhausted.
. A TALE OF TWO CITIES
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HIM \N NATI UE Vi i ME ( REDIT.
WINDOW
It is astonishing how much an ex-
pert credit man knows about the av-
erage person after taking one
quick look and a&king only one or.
two . cenungly casual questions.
A *ell-drossed young man *
up to the credit window and ex-1
presses a desire to open a charge ac-
count. He wishes to buy some
clothes. The credit man has him fill
out a little card with space for his
name home address occupation
place of business and whether mar-
ried or single.
After glinting at the nun an ! the
the card the credit man knows the
following facts:
The customer does not own his
own home is living somewhat beyond
his means is selfish therefore not |
well-balanced—inclined to please
himself at the experi e of somebody1
else- and should not be trusted too
far.
The man’s place of residence is an
old street just off one of the city’s
main thoroughfares and given over
mostly to large old-fashioned houses
except where these have been torn
down to make way for apartment
houses. It isn’t likely that the man
lives in that location except in a
flat in which evert he is of course
a renter. And rents there are high
considerably higher than a billing
clerk in a small wholesale concern
should pay. The credit man knows
about what a concern mentioned
should pay a hilling clerk—let us s;:y
$'.ib a week. Not more than n fourth
of that should go for rent. That1
leaves so much for groceries rm
much for clothes ami so much for
other smaller items.
A man's expenditure for clothes
should not be quite half as much as
his wife’s. Women's clothes cost
more. Hut this young man is dressed
rather expensively. And he wants
more clothes w;.nts them so much
that he is willing to run in debt for
them. The one who is doing without
clothes must be his wife. If he were
a salesman there might be some ex-
cuse for him to dress expensively ~ to
carry a look of prosperity and help
hi* sales or to land himself a better
job.
But costly clothes are of little help 1
to a billing clerk. The reason for i
them must be persona! vanity and
selfishness of the wearer. This the- i
orv i* confirmed by the expression
of the applicant's fare.
All these things flash through the
credit man’s mind tn a few seconds. 1
He doe not. rely entirely however
on such deductions. If in doubt he
puts additional questions. But more
often than not it is unnecessary to
ask any questions at all. For if the
applicant has ever had credit el: ;'- j
where. his wl.ole record is already j
on file. I.ists and black-lists from
which ore may learn of the paying
or non-paying propensities of thou-
sands of men and women nrc ex-
changed among the stores in any big
town. That is the work of the Re-
tail Credit Men’s association. If you
are slow to pay your bills at one
store every other store at which
you might seek credit is cartain to
know it.
By CHAKI.ES P. STEWART
WASHINGTON July 7.—Whatever
next November’s election result one j
colorful figure appears pretty cer-
tain to disappear from public life
with the end of the present Washing-
ton administration.
It's hard to see how Vice Presi-
dent Duwes can effect a come-back
after the fashion in which he was
ignored at Kansas City.
It’s true he wasn't »* candidate for.
anything—not nominally.
The fact that he wasn't named for
the presidency wouldn't necessarily
have amounted to anything disadvan-
tageous to him. politically. The same
thing can hardly be said of the re-
publican convention’s failure to ac-
cord him the recognition of a re-
nomination for the vice presidency.
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In passing him over his party vir-
tually announced its verdict that aft-
er giving him a fair trial it didn't
consider him an individual with the
qualifications needed to add strength
to a national ticket.
An offset to Hoover was the choice
required. . |
Dawes would have offset the Cali-
fornian in all political respects quite
as well as Senator Charley Curtis
hut the managers evidently consid-
ered that Curtis has personal char-
acteristics of more value for their
purposes than Dawes.’
Tne vice president to be sure
hasn't the opportunity to do any-
thing very tangible or concrete in the
directien of an administration’s suc-
cess. Still he can add a certain
amount of popularity to it by ex-
pressing himself happily when he
has anything to say. if nothing else.
Vice president Marshall notably
did so. He was a decided asset to
the Woodrow Wilson regime simply
through his good judgment and geni-
ality.
Good judgment was what N ice
President Dawes has been conspicu-
ously lacking in throughout his term
and he hasn’t always been genial.
He's been interesting but the inter-
est has hinged largely on curiosity
as to what queer thing he was likely
to do next.
He's been erratic in short and i’
hasn’t made for a feeling of general
confidence in him.
The publie likes stability in its
high officials. It's open to question
whether or rot the vice president is .
to be deemed a high official so long
as he remains nothing but vico
president. Yet there’s always the
possibility tha* accident may le^d
him in the White Hou^e and the
general sentiment undoubtedly is j
that eccentricity isn't safe in the
executive mansion.
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Moreover there can’t be any dis- j
pute that Charley Dawes has done alt ;
his job permitted to make metters
embarrassing for President Coolidge.
.Most politicians have believedall
along that this was his way of pro-
moting what he believed to be his
own presidential chances. Maybe it
wasn't that. Maybe he simply dis-
agreed with the president’s policies
and took the liberty as be had a
right to do as any other American
citisen has of showing it.
At all events he has done it con- |
sistently and it probably wasn’t in j
human nature for the president to \
like it. |
When it came to a show-down-. |
everybody knows that the president !
—neutral as he w as represented to ]
be—had a great deal to clo with !
the naming of the present republican
ticket—-not on the strength of any-
thing he actually said but through
the influence of what the convention
knew he wanted.
Is it surprising that nobody har-
bored the thought that he’d tag
Dawes out of gratitude for all the
pin-pricks he’s suffered from the lat-
ter?
• • •
Of course if the republicans win.
the present vice president may
vita Barbara Hatch to supper since
the last man most politics! judges
would guess on. as i nline for such
honors.
Otherwise be looks greatly a* if
he'd had his chance and muffed it.
Summing up criticism of him in
a word—he's too smarty.
INSIDE TIP
To interest and instruct a local
class of beys of the sub-normal
type speakers in manv lines have
given their best efforts. The pro-
gram recently was given by a bank- j
er who explained the workings of
the institution and then answered
questions which were asked by the
youngsters.
The t?Ik was designed to impre -
tthe boys with the importsnee of |
thriit honesty and ambition
The sneaker was therefore sur-
prised when one of the boys came
to him after the meeting ar.d in-
itired earnestly:
“Say. mister can you burn
through one of them big vault door
with an electric torch ”
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Who am I? What office did 1 hold
in the Brit i h government? Who
was my successor?
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Name a father and a son "no
both have hec.i presidents of the
United States.
Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln
as president of the United Slates?
The Mississippi liver * tr discov-
ered hy a Spanish explorer. What
was his name?
"0 ye son* of men how long will
ye turn my glory into shame? how
iong will ye love vanity and seek
after leasing?" Where does this
pss*agc appear in the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
fM GOiN’ OOT TO PLAV
WITH Oswald dust To
Show'im 1 Ain't MAO AT
him for callin' me names
riNHSN I PoOREO MUD ON
I_L 1 J !
Today in the Pa>;t
On this date in 1898 Hawaii was
annexed to the United States.
Today’s Horoscope
Persons horn under this sign are
sympathetic kindly very sensitive
and easily offended. Their aims an*
generally high an dthey ttta n suc-
cess in good measure.
Sunday’s Horoscope
Persons horn under this sign pos-
sess a goodly amount of shrewdness
and generally lay out their plans
carefully. Their intentions are the
best hut they often are misjudged
and periods of deep depression fol-
low.
A Daily Thought
“Character is higher than intellect
A great soul wil be strong to live
as well as to think.—’’Emerson.
Vn'.wers to Foregoing Questions
1.—Ramsay MacDonald; prime min-
ister of England; Stanley Baldwin.
2—John Adams was father of John
Quincy Adams hoth presidents of
U. S.
It. Andrew Johnson.
4 Hernando <ne Soto.
ft. Psalm iv 2.
WOMAN HAS NEW NOSE
TIRIN'.—A new nose has been
gralted o nthe face of Signora Carla
\ altise cvho was injured in an cx-
plo.ion.
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Quiet — Clean — Restricted — High
Elevation — Improved
I Riverside Park is the
ideal home location.
Fine soil where shrubs
and flowers will flour-
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will want your home in
Riverside.
Location environment I
increasing valuations /
accessibility to the!
downtown district and I
schools and churches 5
and general desirability V
• make it an investment I
choice of the year.
I Every lot is of generous dimensions but priced within the means [fl
of everyone. Prices range from $750.00 up depending on the size
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TK® World &em3 All
By Charles P. Driscoll
IN THE BLOOD
Take the case of William Prentiss. He is a well-
known lawyer of Chicago Macomb and Long Beach.
He is 80 years old. and as healthy and spry as a young
fellow just.tackling his first case.
Sixty years ago William Prentiss was considered
a hopeless tubercular. Hopeless was the word the doc-
tors used. Prentiss didn't know what the word meant.
He hed been fighting tuberculosis since babyhood.
His father had riigd of it at 39 and several brothers
had died in childhood.
Ho when Prentiss grew so weak and ill that he
couldn’t continue his work at Knox College the doctors
said "Hopeless. Tuberculosis. In the blood.'*
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There was something in the blood all right. Rut
the name of it was Courage and the doctors couldn't 1
find it.
William Prentiss is a great-grandson of Captain
Stanton Prentiss who served Lafayette as master of |
the wagon trains during the American Revolution.
Long before that time there were other Prentisses
who had come over from England seeking freedom of
worship in 1630. And behind them were still other
Prentisses who had ventured across the channel from
Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1060.
"I may have tuberculosis'• said William Prentiss
“but I'm not going to give up. I'm going to be a law-
yer and a good one."
• • • •
So he went out to the Minnesota plains where now J
the town of Windom stands and staked out a claim.
He broke sod dug ditches chopped wood and fought
three seasons of grasshoppers. And he married his
Macomb sweetheart.
Seven years of sun and toil and Minnesota air made
U illiam Prentiss strong. He returned to Illinoi-. fin-
ished h:s law study and achieved success.
He was state’s attorney. He was active in politics.
He was instrumental in obtaining for Bryan the chance
to make the famous “Cross of Gold" speech and turned
the tide that nominated the Boy Orator. He later
worked with Taft in the campaign of 1908 and gave
Roosevelt his best endeavor in 1912. He served as
chairman of a civil service commission and became
widely known as a man who would never hesitate to
desert a party for a principle.
What 1 am trying to suggest is that William rren-
tiss has lived an interesting life and that it was quit}
worth his while to fight and live when the doctors said
he should die quietly and without a strug-ie. He has
known the inspiration of romantic love for fifty-six
years and you should renew your faith in love by
glimpsing Prentiss and his devoted wife as they gaze
happily into each other's eyes. They have children !
and grandchildren whose love is their evening bene- 1
diction.
Yes there was Courage in this fellow’ blood. Not
a cheap ingredient but glorious.
i li iffini®]ly Vb@w§
trade declared safe from politics
Chairman of the Board of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
(Charles M. Schwab was born in Williamsburg
Pa. in 1862. After finishing his studies at the
common schools he passed two years as a student
at St. Francis college. Then he became clerk and
general utility boy in a grocery store. He entered
the services of the Carnegie Steel works as a stake
driver gradually gaining promotion until in 1897
he became president of the corporation which po-
sition he held until 1901. Schwab then served as
president of the U. S. Steel Corporation from 1901
to 190.J. Hr now is chairman of the board of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation which he founded).
I'd like to see the political party that attacks busi-
ness because it is prosperous and because it pays the
wages it docs. It is generally recognised now that high
purchasing power and prosperity come from hign
wages. I'm a republican but I keep out of politics.
However I’m not afraid that politics is going to hurt
business.
We have reached the point where it is not profita-
ble to get 4 or S per cent on what we are able to dm
In the last few years the Bethlehem Steel company has
spent $80000000 in bettering its processes. After four
>ears I find we have reduced our cost m average of
$7 a ton. hut that we have sold steel for an average
of $8 less a ton than before we started the program.
There is from $;..oooooo.(Mio to $5500000000 invested
in the steel industry and as a whole it is not earning
5 per cent on the investment-
Why should we not pay equal attention to the prob-
lem of economical distribution? If the executives of
our big industries can't solve it. I'm in favor of kick-
ing them out and giving the men in the ranks a
chance to try.
I have only a sincere desire to try and help every-
one. I have no sons to come after n r. When I am
asked if I would do differently if I had my life to live
over again 1 say I wouldn't change one named thing.
I have gone through life laughing and having a happy
time.
Manufacturers must haie confidence in each other.
We ought to have a committee along the line of the
motion picture industry's plan and the ejar for base-
ball.
Rates Again Suspended
For the sixth time in seven months the Interstate
Commerce Commission has suspended the freight
rates designed to give some measure of relief to the
agricultural interests of Southwestern territory. Since
early in June 11)27 the farmer* of the Southwest ha .u
been awaiting the expected relief. The new rates
which would give agriculture a decided advantage weic
originally ordered into effect l»ccember 23 1927. Had j
they been placed in effect at that time the vegetable j
grower* of the Valley would have adi*>ti ov'er 11000000 i
to their bank accounts. But the commission heeded the
protests of interest* adversely effected and suspended
the rates until February.
Each tima the new- rates have hern ordered into
effect the commission has been deluged with protests.
Instead of putting the order into force and then en-1
deavoring to work out the inequalities the commission
ha* persisted in suspending the rates and attempted
to adjust inequalities with the old rates sill in effect. |
As a result of the delay the situation throughout;
the Southwest is. to put it mildly chaotic. Scores ot
shippers were preparing to file protests against ex-
isting rate* when the new latrs were first ordered into
effect. A* the situation now stands the old rate* are
till in effect and the com mission will be confronted
with the problem of adjusting them unless they put
the new rates into effect and then smooth out thi
inequalities.
As a result of the repeated susper-ions a serious
situation confronts the Southwest. Agricultural and
industrial development is being seriously retarded
owing to the uncertainty regarding freight rates. In
many part* of the territory large agrieultural develop
ir.ent project* have been abandoned at least temper- I
arily until the rates can be adjusted and established
upon a basis that will n. sure n fair profit upon agri-|
cultural production.
The industrial situation is also affected. Manu-
facturers in the East who propose to establish large 1
distributing center* in Southwest territory are con- j
fronted with the possibility of a drastic increase in .h<
new rates and are withholding extension plans. Other
industrialist* who were working out various projects
for Southwestern territory are also postponing definite
action pending adjustment of freight rates and their
establishment upon a basis that may be regarded as
fairly permanent-
So far ns the ci'ras fruit ;~.dustry is concerned ap-
parently it will be protected. The old rate* favored
the Valley growers to some extent and the carriers
have served notice they will join with shipper* and
growers in protesting any inciease that will give Flor-|
ida advantage in Valley territory. Also tha eommi*- i
sion. according to press reports has heeded the pro-
test of the fruit growers and w ill maintain the rates
at approximately the present level.
The commission was confronted with the same sit-
uation in connection with the Southeastern rate* and 1
finally solved the problem by putting new rate* into !
effect and then adjusting inequalities. They met the j
same protest* now being aimed at the Southwestern j
rates but th# protests in Southeastern territory are
rapidly diminishing as the inequalities are adjusted
and the rates established upon and equitable and per-
manent basis.
After all It need aurprize no one that Germany u j
fcow in favor of world peace.—Des Moines Register.
w' Spring it late in Italy. Probably Mussolini has lad
hther things to do.—American Lumberman (Chicago).]
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