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SUGAR SITUATION
Last year a great crop in Cuba
Paved the sugar situation. The
destruction of much of the sugar
grown in Europe by the war did
not create the famint conditions
which many expected because the
supply of cane sugar, from Cuba I
especially, was very large. In the
United States not even the stimu
lus of war prices prevented the
beet sugar industry from losing j
ground through the effects of the
iemocratic sugar taiiff. The war
came too late and the tariff was '
too formidable a barrier to the ex- j
pansion of investments in the beet
sugar industry. The conditions iu
the cane sugar section were even j
worse, says the Cleveland Leader.
Now comes bad news from Cuba j
regarding the suga.* crop. There i
has been too much wet weather, |
and within the last few days .01
rential rains have dene much dam
age to the sugar plantations.
Tobacco has fared even worse. It
is not possible that the next Cuban
sugar crop can be very large. It
will probably fall far below the
records of several recent years.
As for the European beet sugar
crop, there is no charce for a full
yield. Poland, Belgium and the
northeastern departments of
France grow vast quantities of
sugar beets. Ia all of them the
ravages of the war have made a
full crop impossible. All signs
point to wide devastation before
tho next harvest of beets, in four
or five sugar-producing countries
of Europe.
These conditions argue with tre
mendous force the need ot a much
larger domestic sugar supply in tho
United States than the American
crop has ever furnished.
DUTY CONFRONTS THEM
Xot merely an opportunity but a
duty confronts the spring
wheat growers of the United States.
It is necessary for the country that
they shall 60w the largest possible
acreage next spring aud do their ut
most to make the crop break all
records.
A great yield of spring wheat in
this country and Canada may keep
the price of the foremost bread
grain of the world down to reason
able limits. A short crop in the
spring wheat belt would be a disas
ter insuring extreme prices for
bread and entailing a sharp ad
vance in the cost of al' food staples
because of the effect of wheat up-1
on other grains and on vegetables
and meats.
With the market for wheat where
it uow stands it ought not to be
necessary to urge farmers in spring;
wheat territory to make the acre
age of that grain as large as possi
ble, and they should see that their
own interests require liberal fer'i
lizing of the soil and the most care
ful preparation of the fields devo -
ed to a staple greatly needed.
Now that the Mexican navy has
made its existence known by hiding
behind the coal shed, somebody
should take advantape of the op
portunity to get a photograph o£ it.
There seems to be a crack iu
prim old New England's counten
ance. A venerable and sedate
New Hampshire academy has given
a prize to its two best dancers.
France thinks of abolishing ab
sinthe. What then is to become of)
Its supply of titled suitors for I
American heiresses?
-
A headline says: "Six Killed,
While Singing." Which shows there!
are some things that won't be en-j
dured forever. _ J
It may have been rains tha1
ruined Cuba's tobacco crop, but i1
will bo the war that will accouuJ
for the increased price.
There will be a certain melan
eholy Interest in watching Italy s
work when it conies time to make
Turkey salute the flag.
Purchasing Mexico by paving hoi
patriots for quit-claim deeds wouk
be somewhat easier started than
finished.
When it comes to a "citizenry
trained to arms," what's the mat
te- with Mexico?
EUROPEAN POLICEMEN.
Clever In London, "Sloppy" In Paris
and Polite In Berlin.
In humor. In urbanity, as In perfect
<*oi;tri>l of his district, the London po
liceman Is the nearest approach to per
fection. writes I'Wlval Pollard, who
'.b "Vagabond Journeys" has a word
.o say of the various policemen of the
»*jrld. lie adds that in looks only our
American policemen equal tbose of
Ixjudon.
To tbe stranger the policeman seems
the politest of nil Londoners. Cbledy.
However. It Is In his control of traffic,
awheel and afoot, that he Is unrivaled.
When you consider the narrowness of
the streets you constantly marvel at
tbe easy skill with which he solves
Sis problem.
Tbe Paris policeman never looks any
thing but "sloppy." and bis notion of
controlling tratflc at crowded street
crossings Is enough to make tbe ob
server shout with laughter. No one
minds him. and bis attempts to regu
late the speed of the Parisian cabby
only result in a slanging match. Ob
servation of Parisian street traffic Is
all that is really necessary to Impress
vou with the belief that la case of
need the Paris policeman would al
ways. with much uoise and melo
drama, arrest the wrong person.
The police of Berlin are vastly bet
ter than tbose of Purls. They do not
took as well, according to our notions,
as the English "constables." but they
an fairly smart Tbe m«n are polite,
control traffic Inexorably and see to It
that Berlin Is one of the cleanest and
most orderly of cities. But as rea
soning Individuals the Berlin police
men are hardiy to be counted at all
When anything happens to you more
serious than crossing a congested
street or losing your way you are fair
ly certain of running hard against a
city ordinance, mechanically enforced
by the man on the beat
So argument or persuasion prevails
There Is the regulation, and here the
Instrument to enforce It The human
element Is entirely absent Both Italy
and France are as to their police more
human
Too Commercial.
Bobbie-I saw you kissing sister
again last night Castleton Well. I'ui
not going to pay yon a quarter this
time Teu cents is enough Kob^v
That's tbe tendency in these days, to
cut out the middleman and let tbe
goods go straight from the producer
to the consumer without charge.—I.ife
Liquid Hydrogen.
Tbe boiling point of liquid hydrogen
is 4.3 degrees C. absolute, or 208 7 de
grees below common zero C. A tern
perature of 273 degrees below zero C.
is absolute, and physicl ns are within
4.3 degrees of this intent ly Interesting
scientific poiut when htndling liquid
hydrogen.
The Whole Stfry.
"I - hear you are giving up your
charge." said one aged and infirm tnln
Ister to another thj other day. "How
are your people taking it?"
"Oh. well." was the answer, "I'm re
signing and they're resigned."—Liver
pool Mercury.
Helps the Memory.
Wx — Vou may depend upon it thai
your friends won't fargit you as lone
as you have money. Dix—That's right
especially If you >ave borrowed II
from them —Boston Transcript
Preserve your }»*>t relations to othe'
men Their miscci :durt d »?t afTecl
yotl duties.—EpiCtetus
General Practice of the Policy of Non
esistance Would End Strife
By DAVID H. GREER, Prolesianl Episcopal an B:»hop of New York
1
HKl.lKVi: tin Quaker.-, with tlioir nonresi'tance. hnvc the right idea,
only numerically they are too small. Let every Christian refuse to
fight and this terrible war would stoj» at once. IF ALL CHRIS
TIAN'S WOl'LD STOP FIGHTING THERE WOULD BE NO
MOW? WARS. FIGHTING IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND IS CON
TRARV TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
Christianity is not dead. From this great world upheaval we shall see
more clearly what are J lie real and true foundations of human life.
WE SHALL LEARN THAT THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST ARE
UNIVERSALLY TRUE AND THAT WHATSOEVER IS NOT BUILT UPON
THAT LAW OF TRUTH WILL BE AS SURELY WRECKED AS ANY PHYS
ICAL FABRIC NOT BUILT UPON THE LAW OF GRAVITATION.
Let me repeat again what I have said before concerning this war,
that politician- and statesmen are learning at a great price that Jesus
Christ in his leaching. apart from all theological interpretation or nppre
hension of him as the incarnate Son of God, was in his teaching the
wisest, sanest, safest and most practical statesman that has ever appeared
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