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Show Prevailing Opinions Comment of the American Press ' Applet for China In that amusing recent book. "400 Million Customers." by Carl Crow, the author chooses to Illustrate Illus-trate the possibilities of the Chinese Chi-nese market by means of apples. Suppose, dreams Mr. Crow, that an advertising campaign were carried on In China to get the Chinese to consume the regulation regula-tion apple a day. Then, just to be conservative, suppose that half the people were eliminated as customers on the assumption that they don't like apples or that their teeth are worn out and that they ahould have orange juice, or something ef the kind. That would leave 200.000,000. Then as a double precaution against overestimating, over-estimating, let that figure be cut In half en the guess that half the people would get tired of apples ap-ples and move off the diet Then suppose that the customers remaining re-maining would eat only an apple every other day. The total would atill be 60 000.000 apples a day. -Now, 200 medium aised apples fill a box, and 25 boxes make, a ship-ton. The 50.000.000 apples would be equivalent to 10 000 ship-tons ship-tons a day. All the British shipping ship-ping which calls at Shanghai could handle but a fraction of it-The it-The present orchards of the world, if they could fill the orders, or-ders, would have nothing left over for other countries. And the Pa- cific northwest as the principal center of apple production on earth, would have chicken in the dinner pail and two cars in every garage. Isn't it barely possible that the Japanese also have been mulling over these figures and that down underneath the diplomatic notes they are thinking more of the market than of the inroads of communism? The Portland Ore-gonian. Ore-gonian. Wallace's Presidential Bug Actually and behind the scenes. Henry Wallace is probably as much responsible as Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt himself for the special aession of congress, centering . around farm legislation. Yet his plans for being Mr? Roosevelt's successor might as well be abandoned unless un-less he arrives at the 140 convention conven-tion with the fairly united backing back-ing of the farm vote. And the farm vote is not aomething that can be lost today and picked up again tomorrow. Hence, one suspects. It was Mr. Wallace's reaction te recent farm price difficulties which indirectly, and through Mr. Roosevelt brought about the special Session. This is not to question Mr. Roosevelt's direct responsibility. He had his own irritations from I the past session, end nia own pet bills in the form of hours and wages and government reorganization. reorgan-ization. None the less, it is likely that a special meeting of congress would not now be in the offing if Mr. Wallace were less determined to be the next Democratic nominee. nom-inee. The Portland Oregoniaa. Who Said It's a Tough World 7 There may be those who, in their easy chairs, will join Captain Angus Waiters in his plaint that real bluenose sailors are men of the past Fifty years ago the men of iron who sailed wooden ships through gales without wireless wire-less beams or glass inclosed wheelhouses were of stern stuff; today, seamen are softies. Captain Walters snorts as he stamps moodily around the docks at Halifax. Hali-fax. Nova Scotia. Of course, he admits youths miy shun the banks fishing fleets partly because they can earn more money elsewhere. But it's partly "Just tbe effect of our pleasure seeking age," be caustically deplores. de-plores. Automobilea. radios, dance music, dude ranchee and other distractions are luring young men away from the sea. and to an old salt this is lese majesty and heresy and some other sad things. As for steam sailors who don't know a Jib from a topa'L and first mates who wear gold braid on duty, the robot steering devices, to Bay nothing of freighter skippers who . actually use cream in their coffee the world obviously is going to the see dogs. Shades ef Stevenson Steven-son and Joseph Conrad! Mister Mste. bring Captain Walters a ' r red-hot poker; be waata to trim , hia beard! Philadelphia Inquirer. |