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ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH PAGE FOUR ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Published by Alton Telegraph Printing Company P. B. COUSLKY Managing Miior J. D. M'ADAMS Business Manger Entered as second-class matter at the pouoffice, tt Alton, under act of Congress, March 3 published herein.

Madison County Loses An Industry Madison county in losing an industry with the moving of the equipment of the St. Louis Smelting 4: Refining from Collinsvillc. More th.m a yeir ago the plant was closed because of labor troubles which seemed impossible of solution. The company quit trying to operate its smelter and has disposed of its entire Collinsville plant, which is to be to the Argentine Republic in South America. The company charges that labor troubles arc the direct cause of the moving of the plant.

The union troubles arose outside of the plant and were with a union not working for the company. The difficulty in the Collinsvillc plant reached itagc where there was a deadlock, so that, rather than contend further with obstacles, the company decided to discontinue using the plant and to move out whatever property it had installed there. It is one of those evil consequences resulting from an immovable force meeting an irresistible object which results in in this case the former em- ployes being out of work so far as that plant is concerned, the fuel it would have consumed remaining unused, while the profits the company might have been earning may in a pjant elsewhere. Things That Really Matter Matters of tremendous moment occupy the minds of the world these days, and often those engrossed on one problem arc totally oblivious of the importance of others. It would be safe to assume that the delegates to the League of Nations Council at Geneva Thursday knew absolutely nothing of what was taking place at a grave conference in St.

Louis, and perhaps paid no attention to it whatever. Just goes to show how little they cared about things that really matter, talking about their sanctions and embargoes and things. Here were more than a hundred debutantes, second-year girls and matrons, struggling some weighty problems. One question was whether or not dates would be meted out to the girls, or whether they would be permitted to date at random. Someone was so inconsiderate as to suggest the adoption of the Baltimore system, which, it seems, provides that swains escort girls from the door of the ballroom to the dance floor, trip a few steps with them, and then desert them on being tagged out.

Prc-rcception cocktail parties also were considered, and found to be a social deterrent. The sweet young things rebelled vociferously at the outworn system of sharing an escort among two, three or four, pointing out that in the hoopskirt and horse and carriage er.l, this might have been all right, but nowadays no one likes to ride the rumble seat, and few will. So it went, and the weighty issues were discussed by experts, with the result that often transpires from conferences of more than two persons, things were left in statu quo for a time, and the social season must swing on in its accustomed catch-as- Toonerville Folks By Fontaine Fox Health and Diet Advice By DR. FRANK McCOY Author of The Fast Way to Health catch-can manner. But they had a delightful conference, my dear.

Waking Up The American Bakers' Association meeting in Chicago yesterday, was seeking some solution of a problem offered to them in steady decline in use of bread. Decrease in the use of wheat flour products has affected the wheat growing farmer as well as the baker. The drop in wheat flour use is given as 11 per cent, but the drop in bread consumption is even more. Strangely, it seems, while three reasons arc assigned for this decline in the use uf bread the rea- given third place in the list is probably the most destructive of never ceasing preaching of diet fads. The Telegraph has repeatedly directed attention to the fact that diet faddists almost without contradiction have for years arrayed themselves against the use ol wheat products, without any general effective resistance on the part ol makers wheat products, who have seemed to acquiesce ii what was being said.

The Telegraph has cxprcssec belief those faddists on diet did not have facts 01 their side, but they might as have had, consider ing the deadly results they obtained. The organizations interested in growing am marketing of wheat anil the making and sale of wheat products have spent much money showing why they should receive government bounty on the one hand to boost price of wheat, and on the other luve striven to encourage use of their wheat pro- duett by those who still were not afraid to do it, but have done practically nothing as organisations to show the public the very good reasons why they should use more and more wheat and wheat products in their every day life. It has taken many years for the to come to them that something might be dune with good results for their own in teresti, but they have nut made any serious attempt to overcome the fallacious arguments of diet faddists who fur years persisted in destroying the public's confidence in the value of wheat and its products. Up to the present, at least, the wheat growers and those manufacturing its products, have been lotting their prosperity be lost by default, while Uncle Sam has lost millions trying vainly to uphold a sagging wheat market, which might have been upheld effectively by restoring tlui lost 11 per cent consumption of wheat. "Seali Becoming a Menace," reveals California paper.

Husbands will certainly be glad when the fur coat se.uuii is over. All communications to Dr. McCoy should addressed to 1161 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles. Calif. ULCERS OF THE STOMACH Ulcers of the stomach and duodenum do not heal as readily as ulcers In other parts of the body of being subjected to the action of the digestive Juices.

An ulcer of this sort is caused by any factor which will weaken the protective mucous membrance which DCS the surfaces of both the stomach and duoden- thus allowing the strong Juices actually to pene- ratc into the muscular tissue. A large majority of stomach ulcers are located in lie small area toward the pyloric end of the stomach nd the upper and back walls. In ulcer of the duo- enum, the ulcer is usually located In the first inch nd a half, in at least 00 per cent of the cases. The ze of an ulcer may vary from that equal to the cad of a pin to that of quite a large area. At first, the ulcer Involves only the layer of tls- ues Just under the mucous membrane, called the ub-mucosal tissue, but as it deepens it affects the muscular wall and may penetrate even deeper.

After ulcer has been present for a considerable length if time, scar tissue is formed and In some cases this car tissue is extensive. An ulcer of the stomach usually is accompanied, or preceded, by an excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid. Due to this marked over-secretion, the patient may notice a burning sensation in the stomach or which may induce a feeling of nausea. In the average case, the patient has learned to administer a self-treatment during the curly stages, consisting of soda or some similar preparation, Inasmuch as soda will neutralize Vhe excess acid and provide temporary relief. Other patients will form the habit of eating something when the stomach distress Is marked and the extra food will absorb the acid and lesson the irritation.

The discomfort from stomach ulcer may be slight, or may be described by the patient as a feeling of constriction, or the patient may say that the stomach feels heavy. In a certain majority of cases, pain develops. The patient usually describes the pain as boring, gnawing, or cutting. Apparently the hydrochloric acid has a greater tendency to produce pain than the grating of the stomach contents against the surface of the ulcer. Foods which are rough or foods which stimulate the secretion of hydrochloric acid will retard recovery, and for this reason, a strict diet becomes imperative In the treatment of stomach ulcers.

Tho same diet is prescribed when the ulcer has formed in the duodenum. The dietetic regimen which I have found to be the most successful in the.se cases is the milk diet as the milk seems to form a soft coaling over the ulcer surface and prevents undue Irritation. The milk Is given frequently In order that the fluid will be present in the stomach continuously during the waking hours. If the patient awakens at night it may be advisable to Klve another milk feeding. The best results arc obtained when the milk Is taken every hour, remaining on a definite schedule, and when nn exact quantity of milk Is given each time.

Certainly, while being given these milk feedings, the pallent will cx- relief from his former distress. When a noticeable sensation of discomfort is prcs- 50 Years Ago In and A bout Alton October 21, 1885 Workmen were engaged in constructing 800 feet of plank sidewalk, 42 Indies wide, about the city ceme- The walk was to extend from the south gate on Apple street to the north gate on the west side of the racl. Cedar timbers were being used. Three "Eagles" were among the evening's packets out of Eagle and Pittsburg for St. Paul; Bald Eagle for Clarksville; and Calhoun and Spread Eagle for Grafton and Illinois river ports.

J. F. McGinnls and J. J. Mclnerney left for Quincy as delegates to the Western Catholic Union conven- Capt.

H. J. Crane and B. Steinheimer were In Springfield on business. Miss Birdie Stewart of Quincy was visiting Mrs.

Edward P. Wade. T. W. L.

Belk had announced a sale of her poultry and bees at her residence two miles south of the village. Miss Tarrie Davis of Godfrey was visiting relatives here. C. Greaves was to move to New Haven, to open a meat market. C.

F. Bnngert was painting Lev! Klmball's residence. J. unninghnm of Alton visited at the Canipe home. Rev.

John Jones of Bunker Hill was visiting J. D. Dillon. Mrs. H.

McCrea of Bethalto, was visiting her mother, Mrs. R. V. Jlnklnson. Selma, daughter of P.

Neuhaus, was improving after a severe case of Ivy poisoning. Miss Minnie Ost was visiting in Upper Alton. Henry Young was in Alton on business. Liberty concert by the C. P.

Sunday school attracted a large audience. Those on the program Included Miss Lulu Scheer, C. M. Belk, Mattle Morrison, W. T.

Mathers, Ella Arbuthnot, Agnes Patterson, and Llllic Duffcy. Misses Eva Belk and Mattie Newman alternated at the organ accompanying choral groups. Will Gibson, a former resident, visiting his sister, Mrs. W. Easterbrook.

25 Years Ag In and A bout Alton Honor politician for'his part in bringing to Next thing, they'll be banqueting a Petroit. crooner cut. the use of hot applications over the stomach are of value. l-'or those desiring further inlormntlon on the subject of Stomach Ulcers, I have prepared scrips of nrtlcles answering some of the more common questions asked by the patient. If you wish these articles, write to me In care of this newspaper and uelose one large, self-addressed envelope and ten cents and request 4 articles on STOMACH ULCER8.

(Healthful Cucumbers) QUESTION: Norms P. writes: "I wish you would tell me something about cucumbers. I am very fond of them, but even while eating one, I have a secret fear that it will poison me." ANSWER: Cucumbers are not only harmless, but really valuable salad vegetable when used In proper combination with other foods. Tho bad reputation of this vegetable Is duo to the (net that it is commonly used with a vinegar dressing or served with onions. When a disturbance of digestion is noted after Uio meal, the cucumbers are immediately blamed, when the vinegar or the onion is the real offender.

Use cucumbers quartered or sliced, without adding or oil. and you will quickly decide that there Uf nothing "poisonous" about the cucumber. Due to the large amount of water oontalntd in it, the cucumber is a cooling food and therefore should be enjoyed freely during hot weather. October 21, 1910 Because Coach Moore had refused to insert in the lineup of the previous Saturday the fullback the rest of the team thought was the star, the captain and quarterback, an end, and a tackle of the high school football team declared they would not report for practice any more. Meanwhile, the "star" fullback moved, with his family, to another city.

Officers elected by the high school's Latin Club were Frank Morfoot, president; Paul Zerwekh, vice president; Elizabeth Caldwell, secretary. The Telegraph had been informed by "reliable authority" that the Standard Oil Itself, had requested removal of the Wabash.s Wood River-Alton commuters' train because of its desire to have all its employes living close to the planl in case an emergency occurred. John R. Cmhbcrtson, 44, of 721 Washington ave nue, lost both legs when he fell beneath an Illinois Terminal train at Wood River while he was helping to make a Hying Ely Starr Ottlson, son of Mr. and Mrs.

J. O. OUl- son, was married to Miss Ruth T.Umage, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Louis Talmagc, at the home of the Misses Turner In Godfrey. The Rev.

H. A. Cotton performed the cercmonV. The Beth Israel congregation of Alton had engaged a permanent rabbi from St. Louis to serve It M.

Rubenstoln was elected prcMdent to succeed S. Llpsky, resinned, and N. WHtlcs was elected treasurer. Mrs. Blanche Cole, a daughter of the late S.

R. Dolbee of Alton, died at her home In Chester. The Rev. Father A. Schokacrt of drafton was taking treatment at, St.

Louis fur an Injury to his eye suffering when a nail he was watching a workman drive flew up and pierced the priest's eyeball. The broken down automobile which had furnished amusement to Shurtleft College studenU was taken from the porch of the E. oiuuorg home on Evergreen avenue and hauled downtown behind a stake wagon, thereby ridding the community of the vehicle. Fire damage to the HoHman-Preark general store at Wood River was estimated at $1500, August Strauss and Philip Harr discovered the bh 1Z and summoned enough of a crowd to break down the door and put out. Lawrence Discusses G.

A. Sloan's Criticism Of Processing Taxes By DAVID LAWKH.NCE (Capjrlrbt, IBM, bj David Lawrence) WASHINGTON, Oct. A. Sloan was so sympathetic to the New Deal, as expressed In the NRA in 1933, that what he says about his cxprelence and what he advocates for the future as an agricultural policy for the" nation take on much more mportance than the views of someone who has been politically opposed to the Roosevelt administration. Mr.

Sloan, moreover, as former president of the otton Textile Institute, has had an opportunity to see at first hand the problems of government without becoming in any way a victim of the political viewpoint which blinds so many observers to the and causes them to exaggerate virtues and minimize faults. Today, Mr. Sloan has written a Speech for delivery before the American Bakers Association in Chicago. He thinks the bakers and the textile men have much'' common because they both made substantial con- rlbutions to employment and wages, both are burdened with processing taxes, both have experienced destructive competition, and both were among the first to embrace the NRA, and both, he adds regretfully, "have suffered accordingly." "Many business men," he says, "including myself, were in sympathy with what we understood to be the underlying purpose of NRA, as originally conceived was to promote national recovery through industrial self-regulation with appropriate governmental supervision. We not only subscribed to the principle, but hundreds of business men from all over the nation went to Washington and kept going to Washington to help put it into practical operation." Then Mr, Sloan describes the period of his disillusionment.

He speaks of "intelligent cooperation" being given at first, but this later changed to governmental indifference to the textile Industry's real problems. He remarks: "It was about this time, in the summer of 1934, hat many business men came to the conclusion that the partnership relation, the very cornerstone of every code and the whole NRA, was being brushed aside "I shall believe that a few strong words rom the administration at that time, as to the right to work and as to the fundamental impropriety of attempting to amend a federal code by strike, would have prevented much hardship and suffering. "Then came the Increasing tendency to impose changes by executive order and less inclination on the jart of the administration to listen to the recommendations of industry. Instead of the industrial self-regulation we had envisioned, we found ourselves loundering in a bog of bureaucracy. "During the last year of the code, investigation 'ollowed investigation.

Demand and employment to drop, export markets dwindled, importations of low-cost competitive goods increased at an alarm- ng rate, and meager profits turned into substantial osses." Mr. Sloan's recitay Is interesting history. The textile code was number one on the list and a model all others. But what the former head of the textile code says about the AAA processing taxes is even more interesting: "It was only a few years ago that a proposal for a general sales tax amounting to only percent was rejected by Congress. That proposal specifically exempted staple food products and other necessities.

Yet today the American public is paying in the form of processing taxes what amounts to a huge sales tax, In the case of cotton of 10 percent or 15 percent and these processing taxes are for the most part confined to those necessities of life completely exempted upder the earlier proposal. Incidentally the processing tax in 1934 amounted to approximately 40 percent of the total wage bill of the cotton textile industry. "We have heard a lot lately about taxes 'soaking the rich' but what about the total processing tax of approximately $500,000,000 a year collected by 'soaking the poor' through invisible taxes on such items as the bread they eat, and the cotton overalls and work shirts they wear?" Mr. Sloan disposes of the argument that the processing tax is nothing mere than a tariff by pointing out that the tariff is imposed for the revenue of the government, while processing taves are imposed for the revenue of a special group in our population. He adds that none of the duties collected on their products are given to manufacturers, but are used for general expenses and for the general welfare of the entire population.

He declares that the tariff is intended to enable the industry protected to have freedom of production but the processing tax is restrictive of production. Another difference cited by Mr. Sloan Is that the processing taxes "reduce the total buying power of the taxed consumer to ciactly the same extent that they increase the total buying power of the com- parativcly few receiving benefit payments." A glance at the tariff schedules will reveal that It is "no easy matter for foreign competitor to sell an agricultural product which is produced here In any substantial and, for this reason, Mr. Sloan doesn't think the farmer wants the tariff system regarded as benefiting only the industrialist. is in the conclusions reached by Mr.

Sloan nnd his recommendations that we see the beginnings of some constructive thinking on the whole agricultural program. He says: "A sound program for cooperation with agriculture should, in my Judgment, embody the following principles MI TI, effort to adjust production to demand iiiould bo voluntary and not involuntary, and should not be carried to the point'of decreasing consumption or depriving domestic and foreign markets of an abundance of American cotton products and foodstuiis at reasonable prices for the consumer. Domestic consumption should be increased and foreign markets regained. "'21 An adequate tariff should protect domestic markets for American agricultural products and American farm labor from lowcost competing products. All processing taxes should be eliminated and a broader and sounder method for obtaining funds, required for the benefit payments to farmers, should be adopted." It is here tlint the crux of the dilemma Is Mr.

Sloan urges a "scientific rather than a haphazard and political approach to the tax problem." And he remarks significantly that "what is needed most in this country is not additional taxation but more incomes to which only another way of saying that our domestic economy must be stripped of tax excrescences that multiply mid pyramid in tho prices the consumer has to pay and in the otherwise unnecessary I to better wage levels for the city worker who does most of the domestic buying in Americr SIDE GLANCES MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1935 Bg George Clark 'Oh, I suppose we'll patch it up somehow. This is the eleventh time Arthur and I have separated." Q. In proportion to population, do more people borrow books from public libraries in large cities or in small J. A. In small ones.

In cities of more than 1,000,000 Inhabitants, only 25 jer cent of the population are bor- The percentage increases as population decreases, until in cities of less than 10,000 inhabitants 50 per cent are borrowers. Answers to Questions By raEDKRIO J. HA8KIN (Address AH Communications to Haskin BIKMM, Washington, D. By FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q.

Please give the names of the yachts of some of the prominent American yacht R. J. P. Morgan, Corsair; Vincent Astor, Nourmahal; Harold S. Vanderbilt, Vara; Edw.

P. Button, Hussar; John Barrymore, Infanta; W. W. Atterbury, Armlnla; Edw. S.

Harkness, Stevenna; Eldrldge R. Johnson, Caroline; A. Atwater Kent, Whileaway; John Wanamaker, Nirvana; Gen. Carnellus Vanderbilt, Winchester; and W. K.

Vanderbllt, Alva Ara. Q. Please give some facts about the new city of Jamshedpur, India. W. S.

A. The city of Jamshedpur Is located In the Slnghbhum district of the province of Behar and Orissa, which is located immediately east of Bengal, the province in which Calcutta is located. It is situated in an angle of the Subarnarekha and Kharkhai rivers, with a station on the Bengal-Nagpur railway. It has a population of 57,000, and is the third largest town in the province, though less than 20 years old. The town owes its creation and development entirely to the Flat Iron and Steel Company.

Q. How many patent medicines are W. A. According to a statement of Dr. Frederick J.

Cullen, former chief of drug control of the United States Food and Drug Administration, there are fewer than a dozen so called patent medicines and most of these are based on ethical formulae. A. In the United States, between 160 to 200 pounds per capita of potatoes are consumed annually. figure should be approximately correct for a large city. Q.

What is the weight of the heaviest hog on T. A. Lemaster Monster, slaughtered abouLfive years ago by W. I. Knepper of Hagerstown, Is one of the largest on record.

Lehmaster Monster was a purebred Poland China. When slaughtered, he was six years old, and weighed on foot 1350 pounds. Q. What languages besides his own does Pope Pius XI speak? G. N.

A. He Is an excellent Latin and Greek scholar, speaks German and Polish fluently, French comparatively well, and English to some extent. Q. When was the first air mall carried from Havana, Cuba, to the United M. H.

A. The date of the" first air mall flight from Havana to the United States was Nov. 1, 1920. Q. What was the first magazine published in the interest of woman S.

A. Una, established in 1853 by Paulina Wright Davis and Caroline Dall, was the first woman suffrage periodical. Q. What is a chuck-wlll's-widow? It is a bird of the South allied to the nighthawk and the whippopr- wlll. Its call has the sound of the name.

Q. Is it true that a foreigner who dies in Ethiopia must be buried W. A. The laws of Ethiopia require that foreigners who die there must be buried a year before the transportation of their remains back home is permitted. Q.

How many sons has William Randolph 0. A. The publisher has five sons: George, William Randolph, John and Randolph Apperson and David Whitmore, who are twins. Q. How did the Holy Cross Mountain in Colorado get its name? J.

B. A. ii is named for the Greek formed on its slopes by snow- filled ravines. Q. Who wrote the Sut Lovlngood H.

A. They were written by George Washington Harris, a humorist, who spent most of his life on the southwestern frontier as steamboat captain, Indian agent, metal worker, and engineer. Q. How many Indians are there now in the United S. A.

According to the last report, there are 317,334. Q. What states are using sales tax J. A. A recent Issue of the American Bunker states that the following states are using tokens for tax payment: Missouri, Colorado, Washington, Illinois, and New Mexico.

Q. What is the name of the is- upon which are the Dominican Republic and P. L. A. Tho present official name is Hl.spuniolu.

Q. Where was the Prince ol Wales B. A. He was educated by a private tutor and at the Royal College at Dartmouth. He entered Oxford, but left (ion) because of the World War in which he In France, Egypt, Italy, and Beltlum Q.

How many pounds of potatoes are consumed annually In an av- 'rage city of 100,000 Q. Does a person's resistance to an electric current A. B. A. It is subject to considerable amount of variation.

If the skin is dry, the resistance is from 5 to 20 times as great as when it is wet. What is the fountain in Rome In which visitors drop pennies to insure their return to the A The fountain about which this superstition exists is the Fountain of Trevi, completed in 1782. Q. Who composed the Missouri L. A.

Frederic Knight Logan (18711928), who was musical director lor Belasco and Frohman. Q. Please give some information about the Abbey Theatre in Ireland. W. A.

It was opened in Dubln in 1904 by Miss A. E. F. Horniman for the Irish National Theatre Society, a group which included J. M.

Synge, W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Lennox Robinson. The players toured the United States in 1911-12 and again in 1932-33 and 1934. Q.

How many asteroids are there between the of Mars and P. R. A. There are more than a thousand. The four Pallas, Vesta, and diameters of 488, 304, 248, and 118 miles respectively.

Q. Is there -a project to erect ft monument to Grover Cleveland in Washington, D. McL. A. An Act of Congress, approved June 26, 1935, granted permission to any organization within two years to erect such a statue, if approved by the Fine Arta Commission and the Joint Committee on the Library.

A preliminary sketch has been considered and more attention will be given to the matter this fall. What is the subject matter of the Inscriptions on the Rosetta E. A. The monument was erected in IBS B. O.

by the priests of Egypt In honor of Ptolemy Eplphanes in commemoration of his remitting the dues of the sacrcdotal body. Q. How large an aquamarine has been E. J. A.

Probably the largest and finest Is one which was found in Brazil In 1010, The gem was a greenish- blue, weighed 243 pounds and measured nineteen Inches In length by sixteen Inches in diameter. Uncut, It brought $28,000.