The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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BUSINESS EDUCATION AND PEACE
By HR. JOHN ROBERT GREGG, Author and Educator.
Ipjl USINESS education is doing its part toward hastening world
lss£ peace and prosperity. Business today is the custodian of the
world's economic future and will measure up to its tremendous
responsibilities in furthering world peace anil prosperity only
if and when our young men anil women receive the kind of business
education that will make them economically and ethically sound in their
dealings with the world problems of tomorrow.
A concrete evidence of the contribution already made toward world
peace by business education is available in the results of the international
congress for commercial education held at Amsterdam in 1929. At this
congress 38 nations were represented. The American and British delegates
were much impressed by the fact that the representatives of great busi-
ness organizations and industries from Germany, France, Czechoslovakia,
and other European countries were there to confer with commercial
teachers, showing a closer co-operation existing between business and
business education in these countries than in America or Great Britain.
liecently the American delegates in conference with the United
States Chamber of Commerce, federal educational authorities, anil repre-
sentative industrial lenders organized the American council on education
for business. Business lenders from all parts of the country are signify-
ing their great interest and their willingness to participate actively in
this tremendously worth-while movement to enlarge and enrich the cur-
riculum of business education, in order that America’s future leaders of
commerce may have not only the desire but the necessary technical
training to conduct the business affairs of this country so as to foster
cordial international relations and make world peace an assured fact.
TO BRING ABOUT PROSPERITY
By GEORGE E. ROBERTS, Vice President National City Bank.
Equilibrium in industry must be restored in order to have full-time
employment and real prosperity. Our leading industrialists generally
have taken a position against wage reductions and I think their attitude
docs credit to their sentiments and inclinations. Meanwhile, a great
reduction of actual wage payments has occurred. The man who is out
of a job has his wages reduced and the man who is working only three
or four days a week has had his wages reduced. But such reductions
do not reduce the costs of production or the costs of living and conse-
quently they do not stimulate consumption or increase employment. I
do not say that wage readjustments are necessary to a revival of busi-
ness and perhaps it will come in time without them.
These may be given as examples of unbalanced production: Concen-
tration of gold by the United States, increased production of wheat by
Kussia, increased production of beet sugar in Europe, stimulation of pro-
duction of cotton and cotton goods in this country by the war, a surplus
of ships with lowered freight rates and all operating costs higher, and
depression of the building industry, which has caused much unemploy-
ment in building trades and industries.
NEWSPAPERS AND THE RADIO
By ELZEY ROBERTS, Publisher St. I,ouis Star.
A large part of the difficulties due to broadcasting can be eliminated
just as soon as publishers drop their local competitive difficulties and put
radio and the press on a basis of fair competition. There is plenty of
room for each in its own sphere.
When radio was a new thing, it was perhaps right to exploit it and
tell about it in every detail. Today, however, the radio has taken its
place as a major industry and there is no more reason for newspapers
to exploit it than for radio to exploit newspapers.
Newspapers reached out and grabbed the radio infant, and through
forced feeding and careful nurturing, raised it to a full-fledged manhood
in about 10 years.
To quote Karl A. Bickel, president of the United Press association:
“If the issue went to a real struggle today unquestionably the newspaper
would win ar.d broadcasting would receive a definite setback.”
NEED OF INTERNATIONAL COURT
By CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES
The best hope for the development of international law lies in the
establishment of a permanent court of international justice. The prov-
ince of the court is not to legislate but the accepted principles which
govern the nations must be expounded and applied.
An increasing number of international agreements give rise to
questions of interpretation, which are questions of law requiring judicial
determination. Beyond these there lies the broad field of conciliation and
adjustment of disputes which may not be justifiable. It is in the devel-
opment of agencies for these purposes that we find the most notable
progress.
Students of international law are increasing in learning and avidity.
This activity holds the greatest promise. We have abundant reason for
gratification in the promotion of institutions for the peaceful settlement
of international disputes.
NO DANGER IN SOVIET TRADE
By JAMES D. MOONEY, General Motors Corporation.
Intelligently handled, there is no danger in trading with Ilussia.
The great difficulty with discussion of economic problems is that most
Americans measure the people alone as producers, never considering that
we are consumers as well. We Americans as consumers, ns well as the
rest of the world us consumers, cannot fail to benefit richly by the exploi-
tation of Russia’s great economic resources.
None of the hysterical discussions of the Russian problem I have
heard has offered a solution of how to block the Soviet from becoming
competitors in certain products. Russia offers many products we can
buy to better advantage than to supply ourselves. Nowhere I went in
Russia did I see machinery that could not he duplicated by European
countries and these countries would be glad to sell to Kussia if we
should not.
CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
Street Scene in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington. D. r.)
rT^UIl-; Virgin islands, easternmost
I possession of the United States
X In the Western hemisphere, have
come to the attention of more
Americans ia rec^it weeks than at
any other time, probably, since their
purchase from Denmark in 11)17. Un-
usual interest was aroused in them be-
cause of the first visit to their shores
by an American President.
The Virgin islands are not remote
from other United States soil. They
are hardly more than a stone’s throw
from Porto Iiico. St. Thomas, the
westernmost of the three larger Vir-
gins, is only *10 miles from that island,
and the presence of Culcbra island,
belonging to Porto Rico, midway be-
tween the two, ties the new posses-
sions still more closely to this eider
American brother by adoption. The
truly beautiful view that may be had
from the 1 ..">00-foot peak of hilly St.
Thomas includes to the west the dim
outline of the Porto Rican coast.
St. John, the smallest of the three
principal islands acquired by the
United States, lies only two miles to
the east of St. Thomas. A climb to
the rugged hills of St. John will dem-
onstrate that the American Virgins
are also not remote from foreign ter-
ritory. A mile to the north lies Thatch
island, a small hit of land belonging
to Great Rrilain, and less than three
miles in the same direction Is Tortola
island of the British Virgins, almost
as large ns St. John.
St. Croix, the largest of the islands,
lies 40 miles to the south. It is not
a part geographically of the Virgin
group, hut was Included with St.
Thomas and St. John for administra-
tive purposes by the Danes and Is
classed by the United States as one of
its Virgin islands. St. Croix Is a
little over three times the size of Man-
hattan island, containing approximate-
ly S4 square miles. St. Thomas, with
an area of 28 squnre miles, is about
14 miles long and has an average
width not much over two miles. Tt
is therefore almost exactly the size of
Manhattan Island. St. John has an
extreme length of eight miles and a
width somewhat over two miles. Its
area is approximately 20 square miles.
The entire group, Including the numer-
ous tiny islands of small value, has
little more than twice the area of the
District of Columbia, the smallest of
the main divisions of the United States
proper.
Uncle Sam Paid High.
Though the American Virgin islands
comprise 50 islands, only the three
mentioned are big enough to have a
name on any hut hydrographic charts
and local maps.
For those islands the United States
paid a higher price per acre than for
any other of its famous purchases.
Only three cents an acre was paid for
Alaska, 14 for Florida, and 27 for the
Philippines. The (’anal zone cost
$35.83 per acre. The price per acre
paid for the Virgin islands was ap-
proximately $295.
The feature that gives the chief
value to the islands from the point of
view of the United States government
is St. Thomas harbor on which is situ-
ated the principal town of the group,
formerly Charlotte Amalie, now St.
Thomas. Another Important feature
Is Coral bay on the Island of St. John.
St. Thomas harbor Is probably the
best developed harbor In the West
Indies, and Is naturally protected ex-
cept from exceptionally strong hurri-
canes. Coral bay, though entirely un-
developed, constitutes nn even more
commodious nnd bettor protected har-
bor of refuge. These harbors were
valuable to the United States In them-
selves. hut it was even more Important
that the United States prevent their
falling Into the hands of possible
enemies.
The Greater Antilles, made up of
the larger of the West Indies, and the
Lessor Antilles, composed of the
smaller Islands, together form a gi-
gantic crooked arm enclosing the
Caribbean sea. The Virgin Islands
are at the “elbow,” the closest point
to Europe. Fast tills point streams
the traffic between Europe and the
Panama canal, between New York nnd
both the east and west coasts n* South
and Central America, nnd between the
Greater and I.esser Antilles.
'the Virg’n islands fell upon evil
days economically after the transfer
from Denmark to the United States,
and many blamed the new owner for
their troubles. For the most part,
however, the difficulties arose from a
prolonged drought anti post-war hard
times that were not confined to the
Virgin isles.
Conditions Improve.
During the hist few years economic
conditions have become better, more
shipping is putting in at St. Thomas,
and the newly-made citizens are more
contented. Sanitation has been great-
ly improved by the American officials
and has shown results in a reduction
of the death rate from 35.4 to 19.1 per
thousand.
In November, 1917, soon after they
were taken over by the United States,
the American Virgin islands had a
population of slightly more than 2(1,-
000. This was not a great deal over
half the population in 1835. Nearly
93 per cent of the inhabitants in 1917
were negroes or mulattoes. A large
proportion of the few whites were
Danes. The present population is
about 22.000.
The inhabitants of the Virgin inlands
spent their first nine years under the
Stars and Stripes as neither citizens
nor aliens. In fact, they wore rather
curious to know Just what their status
was. In 1927 they were made full-
fledged citizens bv act of congress.
Early this year the Virgin islands
were transferred from naval to civil
rule. One of the first proposals of
the new governor was to construct
winter resorts for American nnd Euro-
pean visitors on St. Thomas nnd St.
Croix, two of the principal islands.
The islands’ climate is pleasant the
year round, and the beauty of the
Islands is unsurpassed in the whole
sweep of the Windward group. Of St.
Croix one writer says, “Its wooded
hills, cultivated valleys and magnifi-
cent roads, lined on either side for
miles by beautiful coconut and moun-
tain cabbage palms, all help to Justify
its claim to the title “The Garden of
the West Indies!”
Strategic Advantage.
From the days of the buccaneers
St. Thomas’ strategic advantage has
been realized, for when the Spanish
Main was the happy hunting ground
of the gentlemen of the Black Flag
this harbor was their headquarters.
Behind its outer hills the pirate craft
found shelter from the open sea. and
wore well screened from the'sight of
passing ships until the moment came
to pounce down upon them. In more
recent times it played the role of safe
harbor for the thousands of vessels
hound from Europe to Panama nnd
surrounding territory, or vice versa.
With a free port, where repairs, ships’
stores, nnd coni might he had, upon
which there had been no levy or tnrilT
duties, the shipping world found the
harbor of Charlotte Amalie an attrac-
tive wn.vstanlion on most of its Carib-
bean routes.
The result was that agriculture In
St. Thomas fell into decay, and nearly
nil of the activities of the Island’s
population were devoted to the in-
terests of its harbor, and one of the
finest conliijg stations in the tropical
world was established there.
In addition to the coaling station
there was a floating dry dock nnd it
marine slip where splended repair
facilities were provided.
As long as these facilities were In
demand St.. Thomas was a fairly pros-
perous island. Men and women alike
found It easy to get employment, at
least for a part of the time, at what
was to them a living wage, which
was one cent per basket of coal, weigh-
ing from 85 to 100 pounds. Some
carried ns many as two or three hun-
dred baskets during the four or five
hours required to coal a ship. When
not doing this work, they found con-
siderable employment discharging coal
front freighters which brought it to
St. Thomas.
But then came the war In Europe
and all was changed. The steamship:!
of Germany, which made continual
use of the harbor of St. Thomas, were
driven from I he seas, nnd where for-
merly all was business and enterprise,
only now and then a shift found its
way Into port, and the people of St.
Thomas, tlmir agriculture neglected
for years, found themselves unable
to gain a living, either from the lari'1
or from the sea.
: TALES... I
j o/(/».TRIBES |
2 By EDITHA L. WATSON »
The Wichita
The written story of the Wichita
Indians begins when “The Turk,” that
Pawnee romancer, told Coronado that
“Qulvlra” was a country abounding
in gold.
Coronado naturally demanded to he
guided to this wonderful province,
which his own imaginings painted
with the brightest colors, nnd “The
Turk" led the Spaniards out on the
great plains, hoping that they would
be lost nnd would perish.
How “The Turk” was strangled to
death for his perfidy; how Ysopete.
a nntive of “Qulvlra,” was chosen
guide, nnd how the Spaniards readied
the grass-lodges of the W ichita, the
“Province of Qulvlra,” only to turn
back without gold, and disappointed
beyond measure because their dreams
had not materialized, is a story which
Is told elsewhere. But it brings us to
the Wichita territory, which reached
from southern Kansas to the Brazos
river in Texas, and begins their his-
tory with the first recorded mention
of the nation—that of Coronado in
1540.
The wonderful cities which the con-
queror had expected to see were
groups of conical houses, sometimes
50 feet in diameter, made of frame-
work covered with grass, so that they
resembled huge haystacks. The Wich-
ita had large cornfields and also
raised tobacco and pumpkins, prob-
ably all the "golden” treasure they
had ever possessed. The people were
scantily clothed, hut lavishly tattooed,
and were fond of holding dances. This,
then, was the “Province of Qulvlra,”
whose inhabitants were laden with
ornaments of gold!
After a short stay in the country
which was so unlike his optimistic
dreams, Coronado went hack to Mex-
ico, hut he left a priest. Fray Juan de
Padilla, with several companions, to
undertake the first missionary work
ever attempted among the Plains In-
dians. Fray Juan was killed about
three years later, out of Jealousy, be-
cause he proposed visiting and teach-
ing another tribe.
This must have been but a passing
affection for the white mnn’s teach-
ings. Nearly two hundred years later,
when they were visited by the French
commander La llarpe, they were
found practising cannibalism, prepa •-
Ing to cat several prisoners taken
from another tribe.
The Wichita slowly moved West an-i
South and became a Texas people as
time went on. The Tawakonl, the
Waco, and several other tribes speak-
ing the same language, had confed-
erated with them, so that they were
numerous and powerful. They also
finally acquired a working knowledge
of the advantages of civilization. We
hear ot them in 1758, repelling a Span-
ish attack upon their main village on
the Red river, which was a well fort!
fied place; displaying the flag ol
France, and hot lacking for arms.
Later, they asked for peace, anc
also requested that a mission he es
tabllshed in their country, hut It wai
refused them, and they went on tin
warpath again. »
An epidemic of smallpox swept ovei
Texas in 1801, and the Wichita suf
fered great losses from this scourge
about one-third of their number dyinj
from the disease. The Osage earn*
from the north on raids, and the whlti
settlers were hostile, so that until tin
annexation of Texas to the United
States, they were constantly decreas
Ing In numbers.
When peace was established by gov
ernment treaty in 1835, the Wiehite
proper moved to Oklahoma, . when
Fort Sill now stands, later moving tc
Rush Springs, while the Tawakon1
and the Waco remained in Texas
These tribes were later included 1e
peace treaties and were* moved ontc
a reservation in Texas, but the Texans
were so opposed to their presence thai
they were taken to a temporary res
ervation In Oklahoma.
The Comanche, always wild, had
blamed the Wichita proper for an at
tack upon their people by United
States troops, and had sprung upor
the Wichita with such venom tliai
they fled to Fort Arbuckle, where tliej
were given protection.
There is not much more to thoii
history. All these wars, division, dls
ease, and the effect which so mucl
change nnd bewilderment has upon
uncivilized people, had weakened tht
nation until It could no longer flour
ish. The Civil war drove them to seek
refuge in Kansas, and while then
they suffered severely from disease
and hardships. When they returned tc
Oklahoma, they were assigned a res
ervation, but later (1902) they were
given allotments in severalty, nnd the
rest of their land was opened for set-
tlement.
(©, 1931, Western Newspaper Union.)
Katzlmo, "the enchanted mesa," to
New Mexico, was at one time inhab-
ited, but the trail to Its top was de-
stroyed by falling rocks during a
storm, and those left on the mesa
perished.
Marriage among the Tnkelma was
by purchase. The bride was bought
for a certain price, and upon the birth
of a child an additional sum was
given her father.
~ Indian corn was found In cultlva
tloa from the southern extremity ol
Chile to the fiftieth parallel of nortt
latitude.
Dodge Old Age
Have weariness, “nerves,” and sleep-
lessness made you old in the prime of
life? You can recover youth—and hold
it—in spite of the passing years.
All you need to do is to help Nature
keep up your vitality. Perhaps your sys-
tem lacks certain valuable elements,
which Fellows’ Syrup will restore. Soon
you can eat, work, play, and sleep—as
heartily as when you were twenty-one.
After the first few doses you become
more cheerful and energetic. Your
stamina increases. Ask your druggist
for the genuine Fellows’ Syrup, wnich
physicians have been prescribing for
years.
FELLOWS
SYRUP
The Green-Eyed Monster
Mrs. Junebrlde—Steer out more
toward the open sea. Don’t hug
the shore so closely.
Her Husband—What’s the matter
now—jealous?
DAISY FLY KILLER
Placed anywhere, DAISY FLY KILLER attract* and
kills all (lies. Neat, clean, ornamental, convenient and
convenle
cheap. Lasta all a
ortlpoj
II or lnj
can’t spill
will not soil or lnjora
' anything. Guaranteed.
' Insist upon DAISY FLY
r KILLER from your dealer.
HAROLD SOMERS. BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Decline of the Farm
Twenty-five years ago 90 per cent
of our population depended directly
upon agriculture for a livelihood. To-
day ouly 24 per cent are so depend-
ent.
Without Poison
I New Exterminator that
Won’t Kill Lit eatock, Poultry,
Oops, Cato, or even Baby Chlcka
K-R-Ocan be uaed about the home,barn or poul
try yard with absolute safety as it contains M
deadly poison. K-R-0 is made of Squill, as recom-
mended by U.S. Dept, of Agriculture, oven-dried
under the Connable process which insures max-
imum strength. Used by County Agents in most
rat-killing campaigns. Moosy-Bsck Guarantee.
Insist upon K-R-O.the original Squill extermin-
ator Alt <Jrugs:l8t8,75c,$1.25,$2.00. Direct if dealer
ocenot supply you. K-R-0 Co.,Springfield,Ohio
KILLS-RATS-ONLY
No Person Really Wicked?
"I do not think I have ever met a
really wicked man or woman,” de-
clared the bishop of Chelmsford
while speaking in a London motion
picture theater recently.
HABITS CHANGE
Buying habits continually change.
The public is anxious to get their
money’s w’orth for every dime they
spend, and when they see an unusual
product at an unusually attractive
price they recognize the many ad-
vantages it offers. This keen sense
of values applies to practically
everything people need, clothing,
food, furniture, and even aspirin.
That is one reason why more than
nine million boxes of StJoseph’a
Aspirin have been sold in a single
year, why thousands of people every
day walk into drug stores every-
where, put down their dime, and ask
for St.Joseph’s Genuine Pure As-
pirin. St.Joseph’s Aspirin is both
genuine and pure and it meets every
government standard. No wonder
people are realizing that it is nei-
ther sensible nor necessary to pay
more than 10c for 12 tablets of "St.
Joseph’s” genuine pure aspirin.
Publicity Agents
"Are you in favor of women tak-
ing part in public affairs?”
"It’s all right if you really want
tlie affairs made public."—Tit-Bits.
Needed Invention
"So Bings is getting rich?**
“Yes; he Invented a shaving soap
in flavors, like sundaes.”
COSTIVENESS
Confining Indoor work—■W’
skillful work with the N1
hands that does not Include
plenty of physical exercise
for the body, often results
In the bad feeling and un-
pleasant signs of faulty bowel
movement W. 8. Conant,
® saddler and harness maker living In
Somerset, Ky„ says. "I had
to take something for cos-
ttveness, as I would Just get
so tired, or have a dull feel-
ing. After I heard of Black-
Draught and began taking it,
I avoided this trouble. X
LX take it In small doses and it
Is most satisfactory.” m* i
black-
draught
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