Zurich Herald, 1955-11-17, Page 7HARM PRONT
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As you probably know, the
problerri of farm surpluses is
even more bothersome south of
the Border than it is here, and
the deciding factor in the next
Presidential election is very
likely to be just how much aid
the Government should, give
farmers by subsidizing goods
produced in excess of demand,
(By that I mean, of coulee, de-
mand at prices which will give
the farmer ;a fair living.)
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Early this year the U.S. Gov-
ernment cut the support on but-
ter, and the retail price of that
commodity dropped. As the
butter vs margarine question is
a very live one in Canada, too,
I thought you might be inter-
ested in the following article
from The Boston Herald, which
tells what happened over there,
with some suggestions as to how
butter producers mighl better
carry on the battle.
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The article was headed "BUT-
TER IS TO EAT" -and here it
is:
In April, 1954, Secretary Ben-
son cut the support price on
butter, amid a great clamor of
protest. At that time, years of
support at 90 per cent of parity
had combined to cut down the
consumption of butter and in-
crease the government's aging
and deteriorating store of it.
People were eating margarine
and butter was flowing into
government storage at the rate
of two to two and a half million
pounds a day.
In 12 years, the average Amer-
ican had cut his annual butter
use from 16,7 pounds to 8.8
pounds. Margarine consumption
went up from 1.9 pounds to 7,8
pounds in the same period.
Some of this was the result of
better advertising and distribu-
tion methods for margarine, but
most of it certainly was the price
appeal of the unsupported pro-
duct. Butter was being suppor-
ted out of the market.
But look what has happened
SEARCHING - Margaret Blancke
visits the repatrigtion camp of
Friedland, Germany, her hus-
band's name embroidered on
her dress. A picture of him com-
pletes her way of advertising
for the man who is missing in
Russia. She feels this is more ef-
fective than posting a notice on
the bulletin board, the method
used by most relatives of miss-
ing vets.
since the support was lowered.
At the rate they are going,
Americans will eat an average
of 9.3 pounds Of butter per cap-
ita this year, while margarine
is taking its first dip in con-
sumption in six years. At the
same time 'government stocks
are headed downward. , .
Another better way has been
demonstrated by the Florida
orange growers. Instead of cal-
ling for support prices, they
have taken full advantage of
modern marketing method s.
First canned orange juice and
then frozen juice have increas-
ingly taken care of the surplus
fruit. The use of frozen juice
has quadrupled in five year... .
Butter has not run that way.
Packaging has been improved,
in neat quarter -pound wrap-
pings, over the old cut -it -out of
a tub selling, But the progress
in that direction has been slight.
The possibilities of fresh. un-
salted butter have not been ex-
plored. Spreads like butter and
honey or butter and maple su-
gar have not been developed.
Support prices are the worst
possible answer to a surplus.
New and attractive uses give
far greater hope.
Some Uses For
Plastic Bags
Don't just throw away those
plastic bags your apples and
carrots come in. Here are ways
to let them help you to happier
housekeeping. Your own inge-
nuity will suggest a score of
other uses for these handy, free,
see-through bags.
1. Grinding bread crumbs?
Fasten a bag over the nose of
your grinder with an elastic
band. Put in your dried bread,
turn the handle, and thrill at
the absence of crumbs that usu-
ally spray in a wide arc on
counter and floor. When the last
crumb is through, simply shake
your grinder into the bag, spap
the elastic around its top, and
you have a visible, crispy supply
of crumbs on hand.
2. Looking for a waterproof
bib? Cut one from a bag. Leave
it double for greater strength.
Use tape or bias binding for
neck and strings, stitched on
your sewing machine.
3. No time to iron the last
few pieces already dampened?
Slide them into a plastic bag
where they'll remain damp and
clean until pou're ready to finish
them.
4. Travelling? Slip each shoe
into a plastic bag. Wonderful
shoe bags these, and time -sav-
ing, since they eliminate peek-
ing.
5. Leftover odds and ends of
knitting yarn? Put them in plas-
tic bags. You won't have to paw
over the entire lot to find what
you are looking for.
6. Having trouble keeping
your stockings sorted out? Pop
each pair into its own cellophane
hag. No more snags from bureau
drawer or suitcase.
7. Picnic bound? Place let-
tuce in one bag, cucumber sticks
in another, carrot slivers in a
third, and you can enjoy non -
wilted vegetables with your
outdoor treat.
8, Braiding or hooking rugs?
Keep your colors segregated by
popping strips of each color into
a separate bag. It will be easy
to fill in that leaf shading when
every green tint is in clear
sight.
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BRIEF GLORY -Eitel Mere 11, Grand Champion Steer of the Amer-
ican Royal Livestock and Horse Show, is bid goodby by owner
Kenneth Eitel, left. The Black Angus was auctioned to whole-
saler Eddie Williams, right. Jud Putsch, center, will feature
Titel Mere on his restaurant menu, once the champ is trans-
formed into juicy steaks and roasts. At $6,22 a pound, the
animal brought a juicy $6686.50.
Slew Boat To China Went Straight Down
The sea was calm, but there
seemed little doubt that the sail-
ing ship Severn was doomed.
For two weeks the pumps had
worked, for two days they had
worked incessantly and the
water was still rising in the
hold.
Reluctantly, Captain H. T.
Leyland gave orders for the
long -boat to be manned and
lowered. The nearest land was
Cape Verde, about a hundred
and eighty miles to leeward on
the African coast. There was no
wireless in 1870.
As the boat touched the water,
a seaman named Kelly hap-
pened to glance at the side of
the Severn. He saw, below the
water line, neat round holes. In
a second the vision had gone,
but the memory remained.
The Severn was on her way
from London to Shanghai. She
was laden to capacity with
wooden cases which the . bill of
lading showed to contain rifles,
swords and ammunition. As
Captain had previously been in-
formed, ship and cargo were
heavily insured. He had also
been informed that the ship
might not reach China, in which
case he would receive $3,500 in
compensation.
This information had been re-
vealed ata dinner given to the
captain by Lionel Holdsworth, a
ship's broker, and Thomas Ber-
wick, the owner of the vessel.
Before they parted, Berwick ad.
vised Leyland to insure his own
belongings for $1,000 and added:
"Don't interfere with Charles
Webb, the mate I have engaged
for you."
Captain Leyland must have
felt he was sailing under very
queer conditions, but sail he did.
He can hardly have been re-
assured when Webb told him
after they had been five days out
at sea that he had opened one
of the cases and found it con-
tained salt. Wet salt is not a
buoyant cargo.
At six o'clock that evening
Webb, who was in command of
the long -boat, boarded the Sev-
ern again. He, told the captain
quite openly that the ship had
been deliberately destroyed, and
urged him to leave.
Captain Leyland declared he'd
rather go down with the ship
than face the suspicion which
must stick to him, since tl3e long
boat crew now knew the ship
had been scuttled.
Webb laughed. He was only
twenty, but he spoke with all
the . assurance of an experienced
man of the world. "There's
money to buy the whole crew
over," he declared. "Besides, 1
don't thipk Kelly did see those
holes,"
Webb returned to the long-
boat, which then sailed off leav-
ing the Severn wallowing in the
slight swell.
The Captain was now alone
on board except for three sea-
men who formed the crew of
the gig, At eight o'clock that
evening he yielded to their per,
suasion and the gig was lower-
ed. They could still see the
Severn forty minutes later
when she heeled over and sank.
At dawn the. crew of the gig
sighted' 'he long -boat. Eventu-
ally, .ney were all picked up
by the steamer Arequipa and
landed safely at Pernambuco,
South America.
O . the way back front Pern-
amuuco to Southampton, Cap-
tain Leyland.. and the mate
shared the salve cabibn.
Mr. Webb, evidently believ-
ing the Captain could be bought,
described how he had bored and
plugged seven holes in the Sev-
ern.
On arrival in England, Cap-
tain Leyland reported to Volds-
woi'th, the broker who had given
him his command. He spoke
forceibly, declaring the scuttling
could not in any event be con-
cealed as the crew had seen the
holes.
He was told to come back the
next day when both Holdsworth
and Webb were waiting for him.
Webb declared he ,had talked
over Kelly and other members
of the crew and nothing more
would be heard of the scuttling.
The three were now joined
by Dean, Holdsworth's clerk,
apd Thomas Berwick, the owner.
They produced a faked log -book,
which they tried to persuade the
Captain to pass as the log of
the Severn. When he pointed
out that it was quite new and
had obviously never been used
at sea, Holdsworth and Berwick
wetted the edges of the leaves
and rubbed them with dirty
fingers.
C a pt a i n Leyland persisted
that the fraud would be discov-
ered and that he would be
ruined.
"Nonsense," replied Holds-
worth, "I'll give you $50 a week
to keep you going until the in-
surance is claimed."
In due course a claim was
made on Lloyd's for insurance.
.Although there is no record of
the fact, there is little doubt that
Captain Leyland dropped a
word in the right quarters, for
Holdsworth, Berwick, Webb and
Dean were all arrested.
The charge against Webb was
of casting away the vessel with
intent to defraud, and the others
were charged with being acces-
soriesbefore and after the fact.
Holdsworth and Berwick, as
prime movers in the fraud, were
each sent to penal sevitude for
twenty years; Webb was given
ten years,. and Dean five.
Would Captain Leyland have
reported the real cause of the
loss had not Kelly happened to
glance at the side of the Severn
as the long -boat cast off? One
wonders. Certainly that brief
glimpse of holes below the
water -line was the lucky factor
that brought four men to justice:
men, who had not hesitated to
risk the lives of a crew for
sordid gain.
Towering Success
The painting of a 7,000 -ton
giant known to millions, the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, was com-
pleted recently, Thirty tons of
paint was used on the 984-1 t. -
tower, and somebody has esti-
mated that the area covered
with paint is six times the size
of Piccadilly Circus.
This beauty treatment takes
place once every seven years,
and the task of painting is se
great that it usually takes two
summers to finish.
The vast- inass of metal that
makes up the Eiffel Tower is
constantly on the move, for en-
gineers say it must "breathe" -
contract and expand like the
chest of a human being.
Fifteen thousand pieces of
metal fastened together by two
and a half million rivets went to
the making of the Eiffel Tower .
for the great Paris Exhibition
of 1889. Alexandre -G u s t a v e
Eiffel, who built it, showed his
attachment for it by setting up
house . On the fourth platform,
Here he established not only
a flat but a sinal] laboratory,
where important aerodynamic
experiments were carried out.
The tower's height has inevit-
ably attracted some suicides, al-
though ',he number has been
relatively low. The original life
of the Eille] Tower was set at
no more than twenty years, but
thanks . to the regular repainting
it seems to have suffered to
damage from its long exposure
to the weather.'
22 Seconds To
Cook An Egg
If, by any chance, you have
been planning to set up a tele-
vision station on a 2,400 -mega-
cycle broadcasting band, you
can forget about it. The Feder-
al Communications Commission
has just assigned this as the
frequency for home cooking,
In other words, the long
awaited microwave "radar"
stove is at last corning on the
market. Like any other equip-
meat putting out an electronic
signal, it had to be licensed to
"broadcast by the FCC.
This is the culmination of a
10 -year effort to turn a war-
time marvel into an everyday
convenience. The Company, af-
ter much trial and error,
brought out a commercial model
of the "radar" stove last year.
Now the Tappan Stove Compa-
ny has put the Raytheon elec-
tronic power unit into a con-
centional looking oven that is
ready to bring a irevolution into
your kitchen.
Using jthe same basic tube
that powers radar, the new
stove employs broadcast -micro-
wave (ultrahigh frequency) en-
ergy to achieve a speed and
convenience in cooking that
are already well known from
test runs of this new method
in a restaurant,
At a press demonstration re-
cently, officials cooked an egg
in 22 seconds. A five -pound
roast of beef took half an hour.
Bacon strips were crisp and
sizzling within seconds and
were cooked on a paper plate
with a paper napkin under-
neath to absorb the grease
without the slightest danger of
the paper catching fire.
You can probably name your
own examples from what has
been reported previously of
trial runs with this kind of
stove. The show was just an -
abilities - the difference being
that, this time, the demonstra-
tors are ready to put one into
your own kitchen.
The advantages of microwave
cooking come .from the fact
that it puts the heat .where you
want it - in the food - in a
highly efficient manner. Very
little else is heated in the pro-
cess. The oven walls remain
cool to the touch, while the
cooking pan can be removed
with bare hands.
The microwave energy is
identical with that broadcast
by a UHF TV station. That is
why the FCC had to assign it a
41 "broadcasting" frequency in the
UHF band, even though the
stoves are engineered to give
no interference to TV or radio.
In fact, none of this energy
can escape from the stove at
all. It is held inside by reflec-
tions from the metal walls and
a specially designed perforated
metal door.
In earlier experimental mod-
els, the microwaves cooked the
food from the inside out, which
led to complaints that rare roast
beef had the rareness all on the
outside. The engineers have
found a way to reverse this ef-
fect and cook from the outside
in. For good measure, the Tap-
pan stove also has an electric
"browning" grill unit that can
be switched on for short pe-
riods to crisp up the outside
layers of a roast or what have
you.
The first models will be
priced at $1,200. Everyone here
agreed that this price is high,
although not quite as high as
the $1,500-$2,000 expected six
months ago. Further research
may bring the price down, al-
though when that reduction
will come, and how much it
will be has not even been
guessed at.
FORMALITY
A fine distinction between ac-
quaintanceship and friendship
has been establishe] by such
Southern tobacco auctioneers as
haven't been exported to New
York for radio appearances
Several were convening in a
backwoods bar, when a new-
comer approached. One, of the
group patted hint on the back
and said, "Russ, you know Joe
Arbuckle, don't ,you?" Russ
grudgingly extended a hand, and
allowed, "We've howdied but we
ain't shook."
ft, Barclay Warren, O.A.,
Evidence of Jesus' Power
Luke 7:11-23
Meanory Selection: Go yotu'
way, and tell John what thine%
ye have , seen and heard; how
that the blind see, the, tarns
walk, the lepers are cleansed,,
the deaf hear, the dead are rale -
ed, to the poor the Gospel is
preached. Luke 7:22.
Jesus did many mighty works.
We can picture the funeral pro-
cession at Nein with the widow
leading the way. Jesus had com-
passion on her. He always cares
when our loved ones are torn
from us. He bade her not tie
weep. He halted the procession
and going to the corpse said.
"Young man, I say •unto thee,
Arise." And he that was dead
sat up, and began to speak. And
he delivered him to his mother.
No wonder that there came a
fear on all. This was a most un-
usual happening.
John the Baptist from his pri-
son cell heard of the works of
Jesus and wondered. He sent two
of his disciples to ask, "Art Thou
He that should come? or look
we for another?" Perhaps John
was a little depressed in his
gloomy prison. He may ha v e
questioned, "If Jesus is really the
Son of God, why am I left in
this hole?" Jesus answered the
disciples by continuing his work
of healing and telling them to
report to John what they had
seen and heard, concluding with
the words, `Blessed is he, who-
soever shall not be offended in
Me."
But the greatest evidence of
Jesus' power was his ability to
forgive sin. 7:36-50. This is still
his greatest work. He can heal
the body in answer to the prayer
of faith. But the same body wilt
ultimately go back to .earth. But
when He forgives the sins of
any He transforms the person
and sets him on his way to hea-
ven. This is still God's greatest
triumph.
Nearly two milleniums have
gone since Jesus trod the shoree
of Galilee. Still people come to
Him and confess their sins and
find peace. He is Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, today and
forever.
TAKE STOCK
Put in a little extra work on
your new gunstock this fall, and
find out how much longer it
will hold up under rough treat-
ment. Most gunstocks come from
the factory with a varnish fiva-
ish. This must be first removed
with a piece of glass or fine steel
wool followed by a cloth damp-
ened with varnish remover.
When the stock is slick and
smooth, apply boiled linseed oil,
rubbing it in with the hands.
Set the stock away for a day
and repeat the operation. One
or two such treatments and the
stock will take on a smooth, dull
finish that makes it impervious
to scratches, mars and weather,
WET SMOKES
A fisherman fell off a river
bridge in New Mexico. It was
41 feet to the water and only
18 inches of said water to break
his fall. As he rose to shake
off the water, fellow fishermen
swear he said:
"My cigarettes got wet!"
Injuries? A scratch on the
head and a slightly sprained
ankle.
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FOR THE RECORD - l'he man inside this streamlined motor-
cycle is Wilhelm Noll, who hopes he's set new motorcycle speed
records for both the mile and the kilometer. Racing on the auto-
bahn near Munich, Germany,, he made two runs from a flying,
start, His unofficial 282 k.p.h.' (170 m.p,h.) for the kilometer
bests the existing record by 20 k.p.h. Por the mile, Noll set up
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