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Show PLEASANT r.ROVE REVIEW Increase Value of Timber by Jrrunmg Arc By GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING Article II IULLED into complacency by prosperity, our citizens passively accepted this poisonous growth with small concern. Now that our complacency is gone, we begin to study this foul phenomenon more carefully. We see it eating more and more deeply into our national life, infecting politics, extorting tribute from business, threatening "our very homes. From my own study, as an individual, I am convinced that prohibition has largely financed this new postwar underworld of ours. '' Vast profits have drawn multitudes into the bootlegging bootleg-ging business, and, once outside the .pale of the law, they do not hesitate to turn to racketeering and other forms of crime. Thus a criminal army has been built up which defies the very government itself. I do not question the sincerity of the prohibitionists, nor their nobility of purpose. Yet the inability to enforce the law in this respect has resulted in such tragic, consequences that I believe the time has come to face this question squarely and to work together toward some other solution which takes' more "account of the inevitable traits of human nature. But neither the repeal nor the modification of the prohibition laws will altogether abolish crime. The estimated one million nr more men. accustomed to the easy money of the bootlee and speakeasy business and vvithi an utter contempt for law, cannot can-not be thus converted into virtuous, vir-tuous, law-abiding citizens overnight. over-night. Many will turn to other forms of illegitimate activity. Corrupt officials, deprived of bootleg tribute, will seek new sources of graft. Our frontier ancestors, when the criminal element got out or control, con-trol, formed themselves Into vigilance vig-ilance committees, rounded up trlm-lnals, trlm-lnals, and strung them up on the nearest tree. Every red-blooded man, when he reads of the criminal activities of our modern racketeers and of their apparent Immunity from, capture , and prosecution, fyela a natural Impulse to go out and organize a vigilance committee. Ttnfr nHin .an ha fnkan ttnrlAt tha law, omy tnrougn me consuuueu authorities. Any other course would lead to abuses greater than those It might correct. The ability of the underworld to terrorize society lies In the fact that It tfl thoroughly organized, while society Is not. At present It Is more the gang against the Individual In-dividual than otherwise. Why should' we not form neighborhood and community committees, so that the gang will find Itself confronted with an organized- body of men larger and stronger than Itself? The more Important his position In the communitythe greater the obligation obliga-tion of the citizen to join the committee, com-mittee, i Can Force Action. ' Such committees, made up of substantial sub-stantial citizens, who regard cltl-censhlp cltl-censhlp as a paramount obligation, could force action. Suppose a neighbor of yours gets a kidnaping threat, or a merchant Is visited by a gangster who tries to extort tribute trib-ute from him, or a section of the town experiences a series of holdups. hold-ups. If the Individual citizen goes to the police station or city hall and falls to get satisfaction possibly because be-cause of an alliance between, officials offi-cials and the underworld he is powerless. pow-erless. But If the neighborhood committee commit-tee stands ready, at the very first threat of gangster activity within Its borders, to take common action changes. The threatened man Immediately Im-mediately summons all his trusted friends, who advise with the neighborhood neigh-borhood committee. Representing the militant citizenship of its com- - mnnlt-- If mnM riamnnff nnaiHv t tlon by the police and by the city authorities. au-thorities. Committees of this kind would be vigilance committees, not In the old sense, but In the sense that they, would be ever vigilant In the protection pro-tection of rights and the perform ance of civic duties. I would consider con-sider it an honor to serve on such a committee myself. These committees would serve many other purposes beyond the suppression of racketeering. They would present a united front against fe-the grafting of officials. They could hold weekly or monthly meetings to discuss the problems of government Such meetings would serve to bring out and develop, as no Institution we now possess does, new leaders, especially among the young citizens, In every comtnor' nlty. . " An Identification Plan. One great aid to crime la Atner lea Is the veil of anonymity which covers the Individual. Iu any army, every ,man Is accounted for. Ills name,, rank, regiment, and whereabouts where-abouts are known. If he Is wanted, we know where to find hint, In America we have no Identification, J Men can move from city to city, changing their names as they would their coats. They can register as they please at any hotel, with no questions asked. It is a pleasant, easy-going custom, hot It puts an ln cperaoie wmw in ui way i ia police In the detection of crime. The time has come when we must abandon aban-don the right to anonymity3is en lightened European countries have done. Every resident of our country should have an Identification card, a small passport with photograph attached. Change of permanent residence res-idence should be reported to the pt lice. The card should be shown, If necessary, upon registration at any hotel, or on any other occasion when demanded by the police. The penalties pen-alties for forging a card or disregarding disre-garding regulations concerning It should be heavy. I realize that the Inconvenience of the card Identification system would be burdensome. But it would be considerably-leas burdensome than the breakdown of our system for apprehending ap-prehending criminals. The cards would not be a cure-all, but they would be a great help. No" honest man could object to a plan which would materially aid In rounding up criminals. Just as the depression has finally opened our eyes to the magnitude of our crime problem, so has It brought home to us the very extravagant extrav-agant activities of unwise politicians politi-cians during our prosperity orgy. While the citizens have neglected their public duties, the politicians have quietly but enormously In creased the cost of government, locally lo-cally and nationally. Expenditures of the national government in 1913 were approximately $700,000,000, exclusive ex-clusive of Interest payments on the public debt In 1931 they had Increased In-creased to approximately $2,000,000,-000, $2,000,000,-000, exclusIve.of Interest payments on the public debt and expenses incident in-cident to the World war. The cost of administration of local governments govern-ments throughout the country increased in-creased from $1,844,000,000 in 1913 to $7,120,000,000 in 1929. The budget bud-get of one of our cities. New York, for 1932, is greater than the expenditures ex-penditures of the entire national government for 1003. Some of these Increases, unquestionably, have been necessary for expansion and fdr coping with the more complex problems prob-lems of today. But an alarming portion of them have been with an eye to Jobs for the politicians' friends. Unnecessary offices, boards, commissions, have been profligately multiplied. Logical Way to Reduce. And now, when our national revenues rev-enues shrink, there Is little done toward applying the logical remedy of-reducing expenses. -instead, legislators leg-islators resort to the vicious policy pol-icy of Increasing taxes, both direct and indirect Thus the citizen finds himself burdened with the staggering stagger-ing load. But can he, with clear conscience, complain? He cannot He elected these legislators. lie saw them pile up lavish appropriations, appropri-ations, and he elected them again. " v , - , v y During the boom days the, citizen was too busy in speculation himself him-self to worry about the national debt or the local debt. In the situation that now confronts con-fronts him, the citizen is groping. What can he do now? What practical prac-tical action can he take? lie Is told to go to the polls and cast his vote, which 4s an old story to him, but by Itself it will not remedy rem-edy the situation, for too often the candidates, of each party are Incompetent Incom-petent or corrupt There is a great deal more to political po-litical duty "than going to the polls to vote. A body of uninformed citizens cit-izens flocking to the polls, prompted prompt-ed only by good Intentions, Is about as effective as an army made up of untrained men marching, to battle. Year after year, under universal suffrage, there has grown a wider divergence between theory and practice in our political economy. To perform his civic duties effectively effec-tively It is no longer enough for the citizen to understand the theory of politics. He must study Its practice. prac-tice. That means time, trouble, and hard work. He must study the political forces at work In his own neighborhood, his own ward, his own district. lie must go to political po-litical meetings, associate with politicians, poli-ticians, find out who are ithe political polit-ical leaders behind the scenes, drop In at the political clubs, look Into the records and alliances of candidates candi-dates for office. Even this Is not enough'unless there Is some organization of- non-politlcal non-politlcal citizens to work with united force. Here again the neighborhood neigh-borhood committees ' which I suggested sug-gested earlier would have their uses. Such committees could compel com-pel the respect of the political leader lead-er and hold him to an accounting. They could hold meetings and ask candidates to appear before them, address them, and submit to questioning. ques-tioning. Moreover, they could and should keep track of the political and financial administration of local lo-cal and national affairs. Good Men In Politics. It nilght be Inferred from what I say here that I think there are no good men in politics. On the contrary, con-trary, we all know many fine men. W7IIY should we not form neighborhood and com- yy muni t y committees, so that the gang will find itself-confronted with an organized body of men larger and stronger than itself? . . . Suppose a neighbor of yours gets i kidnaping threat, or a merchant is visited by a gangster who tries to extort tribute from him, or a section sec-tion of the town experiences a series of holdups. If the individual in-dividual citizen goes to the police station or city hall and fails to get satisfaction, he is powerless. But if the neighborhood neigh-borhood committee stands ready, at the very first threat of gangster activity within its borders, to take common action against the invasion, the picture changes. . . . Representing the militant citizenship of this community, it could demand de-mand positive action by the police and by the city authorities. author-ities. . "Committees of this kind would be vigilance committees, commit-tees, not in the old sense, but in the sense that they would be ever vigilant in the protection of rights and the per-, formance of civic duties. , " tcoulJ consider it an honor to serve on such a com- Foresters Advise Treating Forest Trees. Fruit gT"wer3 aTC Pruned theIr trees for years to get more S fruit with Its blush developed to the rosiest hue. but forest trees have lust grown to a finlsh-flgnt ior uie survival of the fittest. Now Cornell Cor-nell foresters advise farmers who have pine plantations that they can Increase the value of the lumber about $400 to the acre by pruning. Tr'es which grow close togetner and have a diameter of four Inches or more have about seven or ten feet of stem with dead branches. These branches provide no food for the tree and if they are removed the tree grows clear wood without knots, they say. Only the dominant trees, or about two hundred of the best trees in an acre, need to be pruned. The first pruning should be done when dead branches can be cut off as high as the pruner can reach from the ground. Two later prunings will be necessary to clear aU of the first 16-foot log. They estimate that 70 per cent of the volume of a 15-inch 15-inch tree Is In the first log, which, if pruned, will be clear lumber. honest men, able men in politics, but there are not enough of them. One of our problems Is, to attract men of higher caliber into public life. Certainly the profession of government gov-ernment Is as important as any calling call-ing In our nation. Yet It is not even taught in our schools and colleges. col-leges. We teach political science, yes, but that la a far cry from practical prac-tical politics. . There Is no alternative alterna-tive for the aspiring politicians but to learn their high art and profession profes-sion at the knee of the district lead er or ward captain too often with undesirable resultsi Corporations for the conduct of business, education, and charity have multiplied In number and Importance Im-portance in recent years. Service In hundreds of corporations is affording af-fording a new discipline for thousands thou-sands In managing and directing people, and this In turn should be of the highest value toward supporting sup-porting progress and durability In governmental affairs. But business men too often forget that the government govern-ment is the most Important corporation corpora-tion of all. They passively permit men to occupy public offices to whom they would deny Jobs in their own companies. They fail to apply, on "election day, the elementary rules they have learned In their business. . - No Time for Shirking. Business men"- say that politics is "unpleasant." So Is service in the trenches unpleasant, but our citizens citi-zens do not shirk it when duty calls. Carelessness, neglect, and Ignorance Ignor-ance In the conduct of the affairs of government have exactly the same results as they would have In any army facing the enemy on the field of battle. The obligations of the In--dlvidual citizen as a part of this government are quite as binding as those of each soldier composipg an army. Thorough training and a high sense of duty are as lmpor-tarinh' lmpor-tarinh' one case as In the other. The preparation of an army for service with any hope of success demands something more than writing writ-ing out the details of organization and the issuance of orders. It requires re-quires tli training of each individual indi-vidual of the army In the particular part he is to play at the front It is the same In the successful conduct con-duct of government Each citizen must be trained In his duties and be inspired by a high sense of obligation ob-ligation in carrying them out Constitutions and laws do not of themselves guarantee either the efficiency effi-ciency or the permanence of the government. In a government by the people the responsibility of the Individual must be consciously fulfilled, ful-filled, or failure will be the result Hake do mistake about it: Our nation is confronted by a, crisis as serious as the crisis of the war. We are at war against depression and crime. Arid, just as to that earlier crisis, welcome unprepared. Our unproparedriess In the war cost us untold bilisone In money and the lives "of some of our finest men. Otir unprepsredness for this battle of peace has also cost us dear Et in the war, once we wrre aroused. we made an effort which astonished the world. Just so to-d.? to-d.? t' e American citizen, once he lu ua iivers m&l men- i f'e c a c-atry, will, I derotu'T ' Dairy Calves Benefited by Vitamin D in Rations Calves eating reasonable amounts of good legume hay are likely to get enough vitamin D In their ration. On the other hand, smaller calves, eating little hay and getting little butterfat In their milk, may benefit bene-fit from the additlonof 1 per cent of cod liver oil to their grain rations. ra-tions. This Is particularly true If such calves are raised indoors where they have no access to direct sunlight , The need of vitamin D for dairy ealveswas emphasized by the prompt recover7Oftwocalves showing show-ing symptoms of rickets at forty weeks of age that were fed (oxidized) (oxi-dized) cod liver oil In which the vitamin D was normal, but the vitamin vi-tamin A had been destroyed. Their Improvement in appetite &nd general gen-eral thrift of condition was marked and they grew rapidly during dur-ing the next six months while the vitamin D supplement was added to their feed. Hoard's Dairyman. ' Poison the Gophers Pocket gophers may be controlled con-trolled by poisoning with either vegetable veg-etable or grain baits. Strychnine is the poisofi commonly employed. In using the poison the main runway run-way of the rodent should be located and the bait dropped into the run. The entrance to the runway should then be closed with a ball of damp earth or wad of grass. Baits need to be placed only at two points In each separate system of ten to thirty thir-ty mounds, which Is usually the home of a single gopher. As new mounds are thrown up, they can be easily seen, and these live runs poisoned poi-soned again. Wallace's Farmer. Protect the Navel Cord One of the first steps after the calf Is dropped is to disinfect the navel cord with tincture of iodine, using a small brush or a piece of cheesecloth In case iodine is not available, use a 5 per cent solution of a coal-tar disinfectant Hold a cupful of this solution up under the calf so that the raw, exposed part of the navel coFd Is submerged. Repeat Re-peat the treatment dally until the cord becomes dry. Proper disinfec tion of the navel prevents disease germs from entering, the body of the calf at that point Exchange. Season Before Setting In a test In Iowa, catalpa posts lasted 18 years without any chemical chem-ical treatment Those treated with creosote .lasted 28 years. These posts' were not put In until they had a year te dry after being cut It always payt to let the post season If possible. Cot them, If you can, In the fall so they will dry out enough to prevent the wopd borers from attacking them while they are green. LET PULLETS HAVE FOOD THEY PREFER It's Good Policy to Cater to Their Appetites. Bt V B ANDFtBWS, New fork Stat Collet of Afrlcultur. WNU Bervio. Since poultry must be fed In flocks, the pullets snouia De separated sep-arated into groups that are fairly uniform as to size and laying con dition. The needs or a puuei laying lay-ing heavily and of one that has not started to lay, are quite different If they are both in the same flock they cannot be fed efficiently. Many different dif-ferent systems of feeding are used, but the only successful ones are those that make the birds eat enough grain and mash to maintain their weight, and give enough over to lay a satisfactory number of eggs. --. . Pullets that have been aceustomea to eating their grain from hoppers should have their grain In hoppers when they are housed. Later the amount may be reduced In the hop pers and some grain scattered in the litter. But to change abruptly may retard development and cause the pullets to lose weight At Cornell, Cor-nell, records show that1' 100 hens, weighing about four to four and a half pounds each, must eat 24 to 25 pounds of feed each day to lay at the rate of 50 per cent and maintain body weight. If the amount declines only two or three pounds, they lose weight and egg laying slumps. Sometimes, for apparently no rea son, pullets refuse to eat enough to lay and keep their weight If this situation continues many days a slump in laying or a molt, or both, may result Then the skill of feeding feed-ing is to get them to eat more food. The masbrmayhe moistened with milk or seml-solld buttermilk. It may be necessary to cater to their appetites, they may eat more corn or more wheat, but give them whatever what-ever they prefer. Whatever the kind or mixture of the feed, allow at least one foot of feeding space for every five birds. Agricultural Notes How can war on the flies be successfully suc-cessfully waged? Clean up, spray and kill the flies. "Spray early," says, the agrlcnl-tural agrlcnl-tural expert at Cornell university "and do not let pests get started" ' Early market hogs can be produced pro-duced most economically in areas where there is an abundance of alfalfa al-falfa or other succulent pasture. I' Flag smut a serious wheat disease dis-ease in Australia, was reported by the Department of Agriculture to be spreading persistently in Illinois. Missouri and Kansas. - Beans germinate best In Growth Stimulated by Meat Scraps in Ration It seems to be the usual practice to feed no other protein supplement when chicks are given liquid milk as the only drink. However, a small amount of meat scraps is sometimes some-times added to the mash. Some experiments ex-periments have been conducted at Purdue to determine the value, of different levels of meat scraps In a ration where chicks have milk only to drink. In these experiments, a ration containing no meat scraps was compared to rations containing 5, 10 and 15 per cent of meat and bone scraps. The chicks in all lots received liquid buttermilk as their only drink. The rations containing 5 per cent meat and bone scraps gave much more rapid growth than those containing con-taining no meat scraps. While 10 per cent meat scraps was somewhat superior to 5 per cent, the increase In the rate of growth was not as great as that produced by 5 per cent meat scraps compared to no meat scraps. In the first experiment in which 15 per cent meat scraps was fed the chicks did riot grow satisfactorily. satis-factorily. No explanation can be given for this poor growth since no ahnormal conditions were observed ob-served In the post-mortem examlna tions of a number of these chicks. Indiana farmer's Guide. Little Value in Yeast "Two'-theorles which have gained headway among ppultrymen have been exploded. One of these Is that yeast, as a source of vitamin B, Improves Im-proves a good poultry ration. The other is that crude fiber In the ration ra-tion would overcome slipped tendon. It is doubtless true that for a poorly poor-ly fed flock a ration very deficient In vitamin D might be helped by the use of yeast Yet, with a good normal nor-mal ration to start with, yeast evidently evi-dently makes no Improvement-Successful Improvement-Successful Farming. Keep Ration to Standard When eggs are low In price, producers pro-ducers should be sure to feed a good balanced ration, states W. C. Tully, South Dakota poultryman, who points out that only through economical production can any profit be had. "With reasonably well-bred hens, experiments have shown that a proper mash ration, supplemented with crushed limestone, grain, green feed and plenty of warm water, wlH increase the egg production at least 75 eggs per year," he says. V Watch "Mother HeaM A mother hen !- used to brood chicks may have been the most1 render and careful of mothers dur- mellow soil and when planted just 1 iDg the'r ar,y bnt when redy deep enough to get the seed into ' ! Wean ner brood 8he ""I sudden-moist sudden-moist soil Plant in bills or In a i 7 develoP mean disposition to- row one or two Inches deep. j C lnera- Picking at them with When spraying fruit trees with her sharp beak and running them "boot the coop, if uy are closely j'Pe p-l hmTe, glortous-y redeem -&' inference of the past. J 1,31 B TateS WTTtrswriii annate lead, put a thick coat of "J"'1Dea- tni may, In a few hours, raseiiaefaee and exposed skIST"ffnln-4he-f-eom-babr seeps the spray from hnr i ""3 Bn,(s the mother hen Is This ing and It will also wash ol much pron,r,t,y removed on showing such aier. r uiraae TOWHrff Tfie ThaMes. 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