2 ing a violent storm, who Is a NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Hints at Veto if Moderation Isn’t Shown in Tax Reduction. By EDWARD W. PICKARD AODERATION in tax reduction is M still insisted on by President Coolidge, and unless the revenue bill passed by the house is so amended that the total cut shall be not far from the $225,000,000 recommended by the administration it may be vetoed. That was the construction placed on the President's remarks at the semi-an- nual budget meeting of government officials. In part he said: “I have expressed myself in favor of further moderate tax reduction. I have indicated the maximum reduction we can now afford. There was no partisan thought in that recommenda- tion. 1 hope there will be none in its final consideration by the congress. “We should not depart from the wise policy established, and thus far rigidly followed, of keeping our ex: penses within our receipts. That 1 had in mind in making my recommenda- tion. It has made a rich contribution to the splendid financial status of the country. It has enabled us to hire money at a lower rate than any other business in the world. It has been effective in the maintenance of pros- perity. It has the hearty indorsement of the taxpayers, “That policy of a balanced budget —expenditures within receipts—must not be molested. It must not be en- dungered.” Fontan closely the recom mendations of the President, the army appropriation bill was reported favorably by the house appropriations committee, The measure carries a total of nearly $400,000,000, the largest gince the war-time expansion period, and is more liberal than last year's bill in providing funds for the pur chase and testing of new weapons and for motorized equipment. It does not, however, provide much for the build- ing up of the depleted ammunition re serves, The alr corps gets $4,432.068, the National Guard $1,720,144, and the organized reserves and R. O. T. C. about £000,000, OVERNMENT ownership and op- eration of the merchant marine will be continued if the senate has its way. That body, by a vote of 53 to 81, passed the Jones bill despite the opposition of the President. Nineteen Republicans Joined with Democrats and the Farmer-Labor Senator in sup- port of the measure, while 24 Repub- licans and eight Democrats voted against it. The Republicans favoring the bill included not only the radicals but a number of senators ordinarily classed as regulars, such as Jones, Willis, Robinson, Gooding and Schall The feature of the bill which is re garded as the most objectionable to I'resident Coolidge is a clause which prohibits the sale of ships except by # unanimous vote of the shipping board. Another provision which goes counter to the Coolidge policies rec- ognizes the necessity for the replace- ment of present vessels and the con- struction of additional up-to-date car- gv, combination cargo and passenger, and passenger ships and authorizes the shipping board to submit estimates to congress for this purpose. The President is against the expenditure ef any government funds in the con. struction of any new ships, Though the bill will have strong support in the house, its passage there is regarded us doubtful. Should it get through in its present form it Is like ly to be vetoed by the resident, am WO projected loans to Soviet Rus sin, totaling $70,000,000, were hurd hit by the State department when this stutenent was Issued : “The depurtinent objects to finan celal arrangements involving the feta: tion of un loan in the United States or of the empolyment of credit for the purpose of making an advance to the Soviet regime. The department does not approve in any the sale of Soviet bonds here.” Percival Farquhar already had nego tiated a six-year credit of $40,000,000 for the construction and equipment of immense steel works; and the Chase National bank of New York and the Amalgamated bank of Chicago had planned tor act as agents for payments of interest and retirement charges on a bond issue of $30,000,000 which was to be disposed of by the Soviet govern: ment by private sale to Americans, way Vy La G. McADOO projected himself into the political situa tion again with a rousing attack on the Présidential eandidacy of Gov. Al Smith—or, indeed, of any wet. Ad dressing a law enforcement ineeting in Richmond, Va., Smith's old rival for the Democratic nomination flatly con tradicted some of the governor's re cent statements, declared the interests” had captured political pow- er both in New York and in Maryland, and argued that to expect prohibition enforcement from a President hostile to prohibition was “upon its face an absurdity.” He said the issue was one that must be fought “to a conclusion™ in the campaign of 1028. The speaker suggested, among other things, that the federal government give financial aid to the states in pro hibition enforcement, somewhat after the manner of the federal ald system by which states now are assisted in road building. Senator Jim Reed's headquartere in Washington and New York are becom ing very busy places, and the senator is to make a speaking tour of the South and West. The Smith boosters hope Reed will gather in a lot of delegates, for they expect all his votes will be turned over to Al before the contest is decided In the convention. Managers of Lowden and Hoover, still the leading possibilities for the Republican nomination, are displaying immense activity in the states that have no favorite sons, Senator Curtis is developing considerable strength and it seems likely he will have quite a block of votes when the Kansas City convention opens. — EPRESENTATWE J. B. ASWELL of Louisiana, ranking Democratic member of the house committee on agriculture, may have solved the troubles of congress in the matter of farm relief legisiation, for the surplus control bill he introduced recently Is looked on with favor as a compromise that might be agreed upon by the ad- ministration leaders and the support- ers of the McNary-Haugen bill. Of course In that case it would be re- drafted and introduced by some Re publican. While it accepts the struc. ture and general machinery of the MeNary-Haugen bill, the Aswell plan eliminates the equalization fee, held by the administration to be unconsti- tutional. “In lieu of this federal tax on the producers,” the author explains, “we provide for the payment from the treasury through a revolving fund of losses, costs and charges arising Wn der marketing agreements; the re volving fund to receive the profits from the sale of commodities. A total ap- propriation of $400,000000 is author. ized for the revolving fund, but only $250,000,000 of this sum Is made avail. able for such payments. The remain- ing $150,000,000 is for loans to co-op- erative marketing associations, where- as in the McNary-Haugen bill the en- tire $400,000,000 is available for loans and the producers are liable to assess ments for handling their crops.” The only other material variation in the Aswell bill gives the proposed farth hoard power to control produc. tion by refusing .to commences” mar: keting period or by terminating any existing period for a commodity that has been substantially increased nguinst the advice and program of the board or "above the Immediately pre ceding fiveyenr average, N FEBRUARY 6, the sesquicen- tenniul anniversary of the firet treaty between the United States and Frunce, the new treaty of arbitration wis signed by those nations. It is a substitute for the Root arbitration trenty, und it8% preamble contains a decluration agninst war us an instru ment of national policy. Under the pact, should a controversy arise be: tween France and the United States “liquor that fails of diplomatic treatment, the arbitration formula must be subject to the approval of the American sen- ate. In addition, the agreement bars from arbitration any disputes concern- ing purely domestic affairs, those in- volving the interests of a third party, or the Monroe doctrine. JOREIGN MINISTER STRESE- MANN of Germany, whose recent iliness led to predictions of his retire- two rousing speeches before the reich stag. In the first he set forth all that Germany has done for the solution of the security problem, declaring no other state has done more or as much, and branded the French fears as hypocrisy. He sald the German army was too small even to defend the coun try's own borders and demanded the evacuation of the its military occupation greatest obstacles to a real Franco German rapprochement.” Next day Herr Stresemann, replying to National ist critics, reasserted his resolve to adhere to the Locarno policy, and then again appealed to France to “ralse the iron curtain in the Rhineland” in order that Germany and France may work together for world peace. Foreign Minister Briand of France replied by saying that If Germany wished to hurry up the evacuation she must pay the reparations more swiftly. 5kAR UNDERWOOD, member of the United States delegation In the Pan-American conference in Ha- vana, says the doings of that confer ence will greatly improve the relations of this country with Latin America. One of Its chief achievements, he thinks, will be the adoption of the Pan-American aviation treaty. The committee on Pan-American union affairs adopted the Mexican plan permitting each nation to name anyone it wished as Its representative on the governing board, but decisively rejected Mexico's suggestion that the chairmanship of that board be given each republic in turn. — LYING about 750 miles, much of the time over unexplored mountain and jungle country, Colonel Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louls made the trip from Bogota to Maracay field, near Caracas, in a little more than ten hours and was warmly welcomed by President Gomez of Venezuela and a great crowd. The ambassador of good will was delayed by losing his way in a fog, but as always he arrived safely. In Caracas the customary honors were heaped on the young man and then, on Wednesday he hopped off again for a thousand-mile Right to the Virgin islands. He followed the great curve of the Antilles, passing over those beautiful islands one after an- other, and in 10 hours and 15 minutes made a beautiful landing on Lindbergh field, St. Thomas. Capt. Waldo Evans, governor of the islands, met him and they led a great procession through® the city of Charlotte Amalie, the en- tire population taking part. Thursday Colonel Lindbergh flew to Porto Rico. ARL DOUGLAS HAIG, Great Brit. ain's most famous soldier in the World war, died quite suddenly at his sister's home in London, and the na- tion was plunged in mourning for the mighty warrior who, all his life a soldier, had risen to be field marshal, commander in chief of the British armies in France, Knight of the This tle and peer of the realm. There was a state funeral for Sir Douglas in St Paul's and his body was buried st Demersy de. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the eminent Spanish ndvelist who died in ®xile in France, left instructions in his will that he be not buried in Spain, so he was interred at Mentone; but earth brought from Valencia, Spain, was sprinkled in his coffin and his body was wrapped in a copy of the banner carried by El Cid Cimpdador, Spain's national hero, LAMES swept through the busi nees and industrial districts of Fall ftiver, Mass, Thursday night, and be fore the conflagration was checked an area of five blocks had been devas tated. More than twenty-five balld Ings were destroyed and the property loss was estimated as high as $35, 000,000, | Lice and Mites Hurt Egg Yield These Two Poultry Par ig Require Different Trea ment to Kill. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Poultry parasites are of many kinds, Sometimes they multiply until they kill the fowls on which they prey. ut in the opinion of entomologists of the United States Department of Agri culture parasites do even greater in Jury to the Industry by the vitality, stunting the and checking the egg yield of fowls, Lice und mites are the most frequent and widespread groups of eternal para sites, and these two require entirely different methods of treatment to rid the fowls of their attacks, becuuse the two live under different conditions, The lice exist on the fowls, and the mites live In cracks and crevices in nests and roosts. Eradicating Lice. For eradicating lice the ment of Agriculture recommends {| plication of sodium fluoride, It kills | all varieties of lice—body, head, and | feather. This chemical may be applied by dusting or by dipping. Either the “chemically pure” or the “commercial” grades may be used. but the latter is cheaper and more easily obtained. Young chicks require very little, and reducing growth, Depart- np Hee on a flock of { 100 chickens Dipping the fowls Is still easier and cheaper, but it Is not A single treatment of every by either the dusting or dipping will completely eradicate all Destroying Mites. the procedure is utterly Mites not live the but come out and suck the fowls are First the poultry house must cleaned For mites do on thoroughly. Trash, nest should be taken out and burned. Then go over the whole thoroughly with crude petrole carbolineum, using either a um or Petroleum ig cheaper but the ter and lasts longer. Paint the roosts The the crack before work into every killer should dry go to roost, There are other fowl parasites, such as the scaly leg mites, blue bugs, bed- and chiggers, each of which cause much loss; these pests, are not so generally distributed as are the lice and mites This general distribution over the en- tire United States and the pernicious attacks of mites and lice make these two groups | of outstanding Importance fleas, may however, Roup Usually Starts as common troubles with in the fall and winter Ix a known as roup. UW usually as a cold with a watery dis charge from the eyes or nostrils, In this form, it Is commonly called a cold. The trouble may be nothing more than a cold, In which case it will soon clear up and disappear. If, however, roup is really present, the eyes—one or both—will swell and will be filled with a heavy mucus which may even be so thick it is cheesy. The bird will stand hunched up and will have* no desire to do any- thing. There will be a foul odor from the discharge. This Is roup. Keeping the birds warm Is one of the best treatments for this trouble, Take all birds thus affected to a warm building or room-—If one Is avaliable with a stove In it, so much the better. Squeeze as much of the cheesy material from the eyes ns pos. sible and treat the eyes with a warm Ob per cent solution of boric acid or with a 2 per cent solution of some good disinfectant, A 20 per cent argyrol solution is alse good for this Remove any birds from the pen as goon as any other cases are ered. One of the poultry disense starts discov. OO» Short Farm Notes No farm building is really complete until it is painted. * % 9 Man cen live without milk, but not so well, . * * Nitrogen in the air is free but the only way that a farmer can gather it is through legumes, « & = Gooseberries and currant: produce fruit from lateral buds on one-vear wood and en spurs on older wood. *® 0» Eighteen per cent of the portland cement used in the United States goes for furm and small town construction. ® + » Another step toward better profits is the reduction of the feed bill for rate, grain weevils, and other such “varmints.” ie § . 8s = The average annual rate of depreci. ation to allow on a miscellaneous ot of farm machinery udually is about 10 per cent of its inventory value of the preceding year. . & » Copper-carbonate dust is not effec tive, when used alope, against ont smut. A mixture of one part copper: carbonate and two parts mercuric shiloride controlled sinut in Ohio tests, Open 01d Drains and Plan Some New Ones Spring Is Time to Clean Out Ditches, Spring rains the the and freshets make farmer think of drainage, sa State College of Agriculture and there is no better time tile and ditches season of the year Many farmers, says make it a practice in every year to start thelr farms with i Ve drains than at the Mareh or April out and go over 2 shovel their shoulders, and a handful of sharpened small stakes. The ing the outlets of the stalled, and the out new ones, Tile drains the in getting on the land in the spring. If the outlets are stopped up. they do not take care of the excess water as they should, and thelr purpose feated To get real returns Investment, nothing should be allowed to keep the drains from discharging the surface and excess soll water rap idly. And college, over shovel is for clean drains now for la in stakes ure are an investment ig de. on while this is being the college, there Ix better time than early spring to the spots In the field and see where should aaturally drain where the surface water erally give an idea as to the ural outlet, and stakes should be for future reference when the ean dug One litle wet spot may appearance and usefulness of making it necessary around in the middle of the altogether forego the planting of cer- Drain the put hasis, done, no locate set be spoil a whole to tu fat, or tain crops the college, wel spots, nnd the whole on the same Mixture of C ooked Beans and Corn for Pig Feed an experiment earried on at the In Michigan experiment station cull table beans were fed in a mixture of cooked and corn for pigs. and the showed that they had a for swine when fed in con nection with high feed. It seoms that they could be with success to cows and beans sults food value some carbohydr poultry to Himh are high carries it would not be advisable of corn Cull as beans protein beanmenl ap- | | Corn is however, cent of fat feed, but Is, grain In a ration for energy and rather than for not a protein an important The use of corn is fat for an animal, the production of milk and eggs. It would seem that where cooked cull beans are fed to cows at the rate of b pounds a day. an 18 per cent protein ration in ad dition, fed at the rate of 1 pound of grain each 3% pounds of milk, might make a good milk-producing It is suggested that a grain ra- tion feed be: 1 part corn meal, 2 parts bran, 2 parts ground oats, 2 parts gluten feed, 2 and 1 part of oilmeal, For poultry the beans shounid re- place wheat in the scratch feed, and could take the place of middlings in a mash. It is safe to say that beans, like any other feed, in a ration for an animal should not make up over 25 per cent of the ration, Jack Rabbits Kill Many Trees in Shelter Belt Jack rabbits cause considerable in- jury to forest trees In many localities In winter the succulent brancues of the smaller trees are often girdled, causing stunted growth and sometimes killing the trees, writes C. A. Gillett, in the Dakota Farmer, Probably the best method of pro- tecting young shelter-belt trees from the rodents is fencing the shelter-belt area with a suitable fence that will prevent the rabbits from Jumping over or getting through the mesh, Operations for the control of jack rabbits are being directed by the United States Department of Agricul ture biological survey. In South Da- kota the work is to be aided by the establishment of a number of commer cial stations for buying Jack rabbits’ skins in’ the westerr half of the state by agreements duripg the coming win- ter with produce companies in the East. The jack rabbit skins are to be used mostly in the manufacture of felt hats. The rise in the price of raw materials for felt-hat making has made it possible to utilize great num- bers of rabbit skins that were for. merly wasted, Hens Like to Peck at Commercial Wall Board When commercial. wall board is ned to line the inside of poultry houses the hens have a tendency to peck at theshoards and tear off and eat part of the material. This cun be prevented by covering the wall board with a paint composed of three parts cement and one part fine sand mixed to a plastic state with skim milk, This paint gives the surface a hard stone. like finish which i# not easily broken by the pecking of the hens, Two eonts of the light-gray cement paint are necessary, It can be ap plied with a whitewash hrash, The second cont ean be applied ahout threes hours after the first cont, If the poultryman does not wish to have the house toe dark, the gray cement paint ean he used to a point as nigh ng the hens ean rench from the floor or the dropping beards. fo No More Distress after eating or drinking For correcting over-acidity and quickly relieving belching, gas, heartburn, sick headache, dizsi- ness, nausea and other digestive disorders. Not a laxative bot a tested Sure Relief for Indigestion, Perfectly harmless and pleasant to take. Send for free samples tor Beli& Co. Inc, Orangeburg, N.Y. 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This represents a consid erable item, but in addition there ls 15 per cent waste in the use of super fluous letters in writing and printing iose a to Knew the Make Walter Anthony, riti taken his music critic, had car to the sanatorium for an overhaunling. “And whi yOu are about it,” sald Walter, “vou might take out all the promiscuous squeaks.” “Listen, bo,” was the reply. “This make of car don't have any promiscy- ie Why do so many, many babies of to- day escape all the little fretful spells and infantile ailments that used to worry mothers through the day, and keep them up half the night? If you don't Know the answer, you haven't discovered pure, harmless Cas toria. It is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And ite gentle influence seems felt all through the tiny system. Not even a distaste ful dose of castor oll does so much good. Fletcher's Castoria is purely vege table, so you may give it freely, at first sign of colic; or constipation; or Qlarrhea. 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