" . man’s-08.
~ z n /
office: it Wellanuousls
‘ hens—Norweik me.
# .
‘ ... :rhree Cents
'm "him...“ $9.00
3'. a. «.50
' ms
dt your home—31 cents
per week.
M
o Press is “cm”‘
for 9““ on
to the use. credit-0 to it
in un- osmotic;
’ :qu n." publish
~ ' units-ties of and"
alright-ha; m m "served.
Thé Farmer
of the Department at
completed a. study
uni expenditures 0 a"
$1133: in Livingstone coun-
:13 Y.. and finds the amount so
be. 82.013. The purpose of the stu y
’V'hich will be extended to various
V of the country. is to determine
1 a farmers get “adequeto re-
wheth r fort. health and enjoy-
their expenditures" as
h the industrial family.
vingstono county was selected as
lip-finer“ farming community of av-
; ‘ annual expenditures of a
m feature of the study department
'said. was the almost compieitsusxlxnel;
‘ V ' found in items 0 exp
7% two classes.
. About one-third of the farm ex-
Ipendituree was figured on items not
AA:il'ly¢:llving direct purchase—food pro-
lduoed on the farm 11nd unpaid labor.
"0! the total. the xpenditure for
gm was 8 .6 per cent: clothing. 13
ducation. recreation and
d social activities, 16 per
s were owned by 75-5
es and the cost
ir. classed
“advance-
nt.
Automobile
:- cent of the famill
' ' their operation and repa
9. “under expenditures for
3' merit," was $65 a. year.
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Bow Avert Ono Gas Peril.
_____—
(Consolidated Gas Bulletin)
It is often the case that the oc-
cupants of rooms are unmindlul of
the fact that the little pin in the
gas cock on the wall fixture which
' prevents the top from making a
*“ complete turn has dropped out. In
‘37 this case the gas having been turned
out the cock is often touched un-
.necesesrily by a finger and the gas
is allowed to continue to flow. There
are in use in this city about 1,300.-
000 gas ranges, cookers_ gas water
heaters. gas heaters. gas irons and
otheri domestic hotel and restaurant
gas appliances.
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A Mark Twain Story
(Boston Globe)
Mark Twain in his early days
' worked on a Missouri newspaper. A
"‘- superstitious subscriber wrote in.
* saying that he had found a spider
*in his paper and asked whether that
’wss a'eign of good or bad luck. The
humorist wrote this answer and
printed it:
"Old Subscriber: Finding a spider
in your paper was neither good nor
bod luck for you. The spider was
merely looking over our paper to see
which merchant is not advertising
” tlmt he can go to that store to
spin e. web across the door. and live
a life of undisturbed peace ever af-
towards."
v
Gov. Buikcley's Dream Coming True.
(Hartford Times)
We have in Hartford several
fidructures of first rate architectural
importance. ameng them the Morgan
“Capri-.1, the Travelers Insurance/
‘ -pany. the Hartford Fire Insur-
oeécompany, the Hartford Times.
the Hemorial Arch and the capitol.
“no hetna. Life insurance company
I > will add one more monument
' architectural beauty of the
. equate. worthy. dignified and
Ill.
El.
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g Tasmanian.
l.
’ M England: Cloudy Wednesday
‘ ursday; no change in tem-
e.
_ ditions: An extensive area of
‘ pressure covered all districts
the Mississippi River Tues-
-t and had its cmt over On-
‘ Temperatures remained above
. a generally over the northern
”Adoring Tuesday.
m outlook is for generally fair
«_ l . without material change in
‘ are Wednesday and 'lhurs-
n the W‘hington forecast dis-
t
- : Rorth of Sandy Hook:
overcast unsettled
_ Hook to Hatteras: Fresh
- weather fair Wednesday.
rWURE.
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at new mvcnwl'ether.
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V «at: n. 30.1. so clear
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30.15 52 cloudy
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so 80.10 44 rain
80.19 ‘8 cloudy
. .. 30.14, or cloudy
80.30 4 ondy
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“Minion”
'wsy she is extending the hand of
There are some things above an edu-
cation.
There are some things excelling
grace .and knowledge:
Courage is written by self-abnega-
tion. ' . W . . _ ‘ 3
Some boys there are who should
not go to college. '
boy said it.
And for the lesson taught me
him credit.
. dive
"Not going to college?” "N0.” he
answered sadly;
“I'd hoped to go. but~now the dream
, is ended.
I'm going to work—my mother needs
me badly;
College. I guess. for me was not in-
tended.
I’ll educate myself some way or oth-
er. \
But dad is gone. and I must help
my mother.
"I could not rpad a book and be con-
tented. '
Could not stay four long years my
dream pursuing
And know the money for :the room
I rented .
Might ease the heavy task which she
was doing.
I have no right to seek for wisdom's
beauty.
And reach for knowledge at the cost
of duty.
"I'll go to work and smile to keep
her merry,»
I'll stand - between her and
world's privation.
She shall not suffer pangs unneces-
sary
the
education.
My mother needs me more than I
need . knowledge——
I am one boy who should not. go to
college!" _
The Ahglophobe Mentally.
It will be'rememberod that last
spring Commissioner of Account
Hirshfield of New York presented to
his superior. Mayor Hylan. a sensa-
tional report on American nmtory
textbooks; in which he charged that
the well-springs pf our children's
education were being polluted by
British gold. Our textboox “liters.
he said, were minimising the glory
of our country's birth. omitting
national heroes like Nathan Hale.
depicting the weaknesses of others
like Hancock. toning down the ril-
lianly of England. and even implying
that there had been two sides to the
argument that led to the War of
Indeupendenco. .
Though the Hirshfield report for
persons of education has never been
anything but an object of contempt
and mirth. it has remained for the
New York Tribune to disclose the
intimate. unsavory details oi the
origin. It appears. according to a
series of articles now appearing in
the New York daily. that Hirsh-
field's effusion was a ruhstituto
document. One Joseph' Devlin. a
study of American history textbooks
under the direction of the commis-
sioner of accounts. But Mr. Devlin.
being a Just man with a good edu-
cation. wrote a report that was a
complete vindication of the text-
book writers. As thirdocument was
not good campaign material and was
not what the administration was
after, it was suppressed. after being
paid for. and another man. Charles
Grant Miller. was hired to do the
work over aVain. As his angle-
phobia. was well known. he was per-
fectly “sale" to entrust with the.
work. and in due season Lilrshfield
affixed his signature to the report
that Miller turned out.
What must have been Hirshfleld's
dismay when he first read the Dev-
lin report! Mr. Devlin characterizes
many of the textbook agitators as
persons who "know as much or lit-
tle about history as a ring-tailed
baboon knows about r-nthetic
philosophy." Even the textbooks
most bitterly attacked," he says.
"merely give England square deal.
They cannot be called pro-English
or umAmerican with Justice." And
again. "Most of the histories which
have been attacked are among the
very best of their kind."
lllrshneld and the other textbook
statements to the American House
agitators have always professed to
Wye that the inculcation of
pa riotism should be the first object
of history teaching. In order to
make our children have a rlorious
opinion of their own country. the
whole account of our past should be
biased. the bad being suppressed and
the good dwelt upon in detail. They
have ‘thus had the effrontery to ad-
vocate the every kind of.perverted
history that was fed to :‘rllssian
children ‘in the old days. ‘hat led
the Germans to believe in the e'tvine
mission of their Kaiser and Deutsch-
iand. and that made the great V’ar
poaible. Joseph Devlin refused to
cater to the insincere prejudices of
his employers. and stalwartly stated
in his report: “The primary object
of writing history should be to tell
the truth. A history which 'oss not
tell the truth is worse than worth-
less—it is harmful." He praised
the writers who have been honest
enough to portray our Revolutionary
for-bears as persons pretty much
like ourselveeuno better. no worse.
Considering who his employers
were. Joseph Devlin had his c urage
with him when he wrote in his re-
port: “The real oblect of the so-
called critics in attacking. the school
histori- is to help keep bigotry. dis-
sension. and distrust .letween this
country and‘England. .Thely want
to. make Americans hate the
Enslilh-" . . ‘
England today is- doing her ut-
most to win.-our friendship. Alone
among the big nations of Europe.
she is meeting her debt to us; she
has just made us a remarkable con-
ession in allowing us to search her
vesl'els on the high—seas» In every
fellowship-rm hostilements in our
own country'believe ,that the future
odoiwllmiiwmgs.urgeiy on the
' dildos English-eves 1:-
ing peoples._Are we going to allow a.
M mill"eflluds”d‘ielt-llesertive
W: . _ _:*to, prevent a,
cordial WD' Aha! means so
I write this down Just as a young"
That some day I may boasts an r
/
By ED\\'ARD NELSON DING-LE}:
WASHINGTON. 1). C.~—l“rorn 'the
beginning the United States has
been committed to the policy of al-
bitratlon to settle all matters of in»
ternatlonai dispute, if possible. As
early as 1785. John Jay, Secretary
of State. submitted to Great Britain
a plan- to refer boundary disputes
or a "mixed commission." No agree-
ment was reached.
The lirst successful boundary dis-
pute referred to a "mixed commis-
sion" was in 1789.‘
In 1814 the ownership of certain
islands on the east coast of Main
and the Bay of Funday was settled
by a "mixed commission." In 1842
the same method was pursued-as
to the boundary between the Great
Lakes and certain lands west 'of the
Rockies.‘ ' -
In 1871 a boundary dispute was
referred to the German emporer by
the United Statca. In 1903 the
Alaska boundarywas settled by ur-
bitration and a “mixed commis-
slon."
Between 1901 and 1910 both the
United States and Great -Britain
agreed to settle all disagreements
(except those involving vital mat-
ters) by a “mixed commission." that.
is. by arbitration.
In 1910 a “mixed commission"
the United States.
In 1868 the dispute between Great
Britain and Venezuela over claims.
and in 1897 the dispute as to the
boundary between British Guiana
and Venezuela was referred to a
"mixed commission."
The United States claims against
Great Britain because .of the Brit-
ish raider “Alabama." were settled
by a “mixed commission." notwith-
standing Great Britalh's previous
refusal. A Joint High Commission
of live arbitrators ' began work: in
May. 187:1. The Alabama claims
award amounted to $15,500,000.
‘The Alaska seal fisheries ntro-
States. The United.States received
no special fisheries rights from Rus-
sia when AAlaska' was purchased.
Between 1889 and 1910 several in.
ternational conferences were held
to promote arbitration. The Hague
rouse Conference of 1899 and 1908
indorsed arbitration outside all ques-
tions "affecting the vital interests in—
dependence and honor; of the coun-
tries." ' ‘ .
The North Atlantic coast usher-
ies question was referred to The
Hague for arbitration. Q
In 1903 President Cleveland fo ed
Great Britain. Germany and Italy
to refer their claims against Vene-
zuela to.'I‘he Hague for arbitration.
In 1908 President Roosevelt cem-
peiled'Germany to refer its mone.
tary iciaims against Venezuela to
The Hague.
Up to 1921. the United States had
arbitrated (1) boundaries, (2) fish-
cries. (8) Jurisdiction. (4) political
independence. (6) neutral and bel.
ligerent rights. (6) interpretation of
treaties. Only once
consented to arbitration.
After the close of the World War.
the settle-
States citi-
The. claims
the question arososs to
ment or claims of United
sens against Germany.
died with the state
amount to more than a. billion dol-
lars. -
The special treaty between the
United States and Germany (1920)
provided that all German property
seized by the United states during
the war should remain in thepos-
session of the Alien Property Cue-
ian. until all just claims against
airman! were settled: the property
held to be sold to satisfy. all last
The sgreementhotwedn the—Unit-
cornmieeivndfl one‘yfrom each conn-
much for; Q and for the“ world‘I-e
7 Bolster. . _ :
mt‘dm'flfl:
.‘m‘ :9: t» W
fixed‘the boundary of Mexico and-
had Germany.
Department
«remand m3:— ‘ 3393‘”
(member-
Wt “.99.. 9. g _
Arbitration and the U. S.
—-—_
There was some dispute in the
Senate as to whether the President
could set such a commission in mo~
tion without a treaty ratified by the
Senate. ~Senator Underwood con-
tended that a law giving permission
and ratification of a treaty was nec-
essary. The Senate dec d other-
wise. and the "mixed c mmission"
began business. It \:..3 the second
time in Germany's history that that
county ever agreed to arbitration.
This commission began sitting as
a court. in October. 1922. It has
taken .a vast amount of testimony,
but has settled only one case. To-
day there are about 800 ‘cases pend-
ing before the commission. The or-
ganization consists of 35 on the side
of the United Statcs‘and 15 on the
side of Germany. It is predicted
that the "mixed commission" will
continue business for at least two
years more.
Question: Can you state briefly
the high spots of what is known as
the "Shantung" controversy?
Answer; In November. 1897. Ger-
many seized-Shantung from China
and forced China to grant a 99-year
lease. “’hen Japan entered the
World war. it seized Shantung as
German possessions. Japan claimed
to “succeed to all of Germany‘s eco-
nomic privileges." The Versailles
treaty (1918) gave Shantung to Ja-
pan. China refused to sign the
treaty. In the Arms Conference
agreement in Washington (3921-22),
Shantung was
that country agreeing to pay 53 1-2
million gold marks for improve-
ments made by Japan. The terri-
tory has been returned to China.
but Japan still has an economic
grip on the peninsula.
question: What. states pay the
largest god what states pay the
smallest proportion of the total per-
sonal income tax levied by the Fed-
eral Government?
Answor: Colorado. South Dakota.
versy in 1893 was settled by a Nebraska. Arizona. Wisconsin. Utah
"mixed commission of live. Th“ and Washington together. in 3922.
award was against the United paid only 3.23 per cent. of the total
collected. The. people of New York
State paid 20.3!) per cent. Pennsyl-
va ia 11.76 per cent. and Illinois
9.5 per cent. '
(Copyrlsht 1923)
_____..—_;———-————-—'
Intelligent Tax' Reform.
'
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has performed a distinct public ser-
vice in calling- attention thus early
to his proposals for s‘weepin‘g re-
ductions in the income tax schedul-
es. says the New Haven Journal
Courier. In making public these pro-
posals now so far in advance of the
meeting of the new congress he is
giving the people of thé country an
lportunity to study his recommen-
tions and to reflect upon the» em-
barassing effect of making them im-
possible of aecqtance by congres.
slonal appropriations more th‘an'cov-
ering the proposed‘reductiona in
revenue. He sq's 1mm that. if the
V
l
“ only be_ impossible to make these
colne will have to be devied. Should
a pork bbmlbinlbe included; ~ g;
that has already been accomplishe
infreduclng government expenses
will go my default see the burden
;
be heavier thsn“e‘verc-the cost of
living will receive ‘aj new boost up-
The reduction intaxes"
lated in millions!) ;program will
a
‘ enlng-of‘the',
by smell incomes—ended incomes—-
and will then-proceed. to the canal.
restored to China.
soldier's bonus is passed. it wjll not.
reductions but new source gf 111-.
on the backs oflths‘ taxpayers wllr
: willhear you."
oontemp— »
amount to {izmwlooqe' The light-"
still be felt first
derelicn'of higher. incomes on the .
. annuallyionly simmers» '15
cy of the government to punish
wealth in an unjust and unwise
manner and not from an innate pre-
ference of unemployed capital to
evade the risks of industrial invest-
ment. There isvevery reason to be.
lieve that a. fair system of taxation
will lead to the abandonment cf tax
exempt securities by men of large
wealth and their limitation to trust
funds. The repeal of telegraph. tele-
phone and leased wire taxes clearly
contemplates an encouragement to
capital to enter the field of pro-
ductive enterprise. In short. the
items rehearsed by Secretary'llellon.
including the proposal to abolish
miscellaneous nuisance taxes. con-
tribute directly to the establishment
of a tax system which can be de-
fended on business and economic
ground; and assure the government
of the revenue it needs to meet its
bills. .
The only excuse the government
has for laying taxes is to obtain the
revenue it need sto meet the expens-
es of administration economically
planned. It has no right 'to take ad-
vantage of thrift or to punish wealth
which is the theory upon which it
has become discouraged and wealth
elusive—Aim government itself {all-
ing to enjoy its estimates in needed
revenue. We have experimented long
enough with this false theory and at
last have a secretary of the treasury
who knows its weaknesses and is
brave enough
utterly regard less or political consi-
derations. If he succeeds in impres-
sing the people of the country with
the practical wisdom of his program
he will have opend the way for low-
ered costs in living expenses and for
a popular disapproval of reckless
congressional plans for the trploi-
tstion of the great mass of people
for selfish political purposes. [1 real-
ity he is warning the peeple that any
encouragement given congress to
spend money recklessly will react
on their prosperity from every a -
gle: the high costs of living will not
be r'educed: the family budget will
not be eased: rents.will not be re;
duced. He is also‘warning them that.
unless they impress upon their re-
presentatives in congress their dis-
approval of increased government
costs with all that their disapproval
implies at the polls. thv must be
prepared to complain in vain. ‘
One way to impress congress is for
‘ e boards of trade. the organiza-
t as of labor. the various social
clubs which exist for the exchange
of views upon matters of importance
to all. for the professions and all
other assemblies from Maine to
California. from the Lakes. to the
Gulf. to go on~record in support of
this intelligent undertaking to make
government less burdensome and on.
~terprise less fearful- No more im-
portant revelation ‘of’ wise political
leadership has been given-shoe the
government wasformed; no more
popular conception of the general
welfare. 9" .. ' ‘ ;
immane-
tEve" rybpdys Magasln. e)
Bessie, age 4 years. who was down-4
town with her mother. caught sight
ofa'baldqlieaded Iman. ' I - ‘
"0h mother." she exclaimed in
high shrill tones. “just see ..that
man! He hasn't a hair-on his head.
Isn'tlt. sad?" ‘ ‘ .
"Hushff replied her mother. "as
"011."; replied Bessie in “been;
tones,’“doesn't he know it?" ‘
e.
maple-so «a; ._ .. ;
iometimeedn my
" movito ter
away. ,‘For every papery! per-re
LBilliad’s’ sure to be on baud to'vtew
rail :the goods. his princely grace and
, met. at'the last moment." declares
to condemn them ,
.‘ .8?me 7
" . . ‘ . - . 9‘
.912" commandment»:
'm ' heart I’m he'd
Cm 1 would that I V
mig'ht'see him bound nor some deep .-
heliowinthegroundamiflionmgz.
noose ‘featliredinthenewaor'in the,
gouache“! mats: and like somelus-
clone movie queens he’s smllmgdn
the msgaziufll in Artugravrtr’e tints. r.
If there's 'a 'crisisin‘the land old.
with deep alarm; if there's a picnic ,
in‘the woods you see him there with
charm. He joins the swimmers in ~
the pool when he's not .teachiu’g ,
Sunday school. and all his shining
deeds are chronicled fromshors go
shore. that they martini“.
or here the delegate who reads. One
day. he makes a speech in Maine. the
nextJle's standing in the rain to lay ‘
a cornerstone: he shows a buber
how to shave. he is chief mourner
at a wave. he sends the Java a. bone.
No matter what this Bildsd does.
the glad reporters round him bus.
and write about his wreath; photo-
graphers around him swarm. and
snap his proud though childlike form
his whiskers and his teeth. I often
do more vital things. but no one»
comes around and swings a cam era
at me; I often hit a striking pose.
and pull a few aesthetic throes. but
there is none to see.
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So. N'orwalk Savings Bank
A warning of the dangers of wait-
ing until our national wood supply
is practically gone before' beginning
to renew our forests on a scale equal
to our needs. is sounded by Colonel
Heflry 8. Graves. President of The
American Forestry'Association and
newly appointed Provost of Yale
University. '
“We cannot continue in the belief
that our timber requirements can be
Colonel Graves. "We built great
machines and trained millions of
fighting men in a matter of months.
and because we turned the tide in
the World War we have become
more or less philosophical over the
waste of life and money which was
directly attributable to a lack of
preparedness.
"In no field of public interest is
preparedness so essential as in that
of of forest supply. ,We cannot
grow trees large enough for saw
timber in much less than fifty years.
no matter how much money or how
many lives we would spend in the
effort.
"Our present accomplishments in
forest conservation are really insig.
nificant. We investigate. we discuss.
We delay. In the meantime our for-_1
est capital grows mailer and small-
er. The public too often loses sight
of the _t that after we really be-
gin‘to re ‘ulld our forests we must
wait 'for 'the timber‘ to grow. Fu-
ture woo'd‘ requirements of the na—
tion must be provided! for in ad-
vanes. _ .ml‘e is no other way.
."Our people are complaining
about the high price of lumber. They
fall to realize that one very impor.
tant factor in the mounting price of
lumber is the long and costly freight
haul from our remaining timber res.“
ervoirs. Over 60 per cent. of all of
our timber today and 75 par cent._of
our remaining virgin growth is-west
of the Great Plains. while three;
fourths of our population. agricul-
tural and findustrial. is east of the
Great Plains. Of our yearly cut of
timber is per cent. lean annual in-
d upon the timber capital of the
uni”. '
"Federal appropriations are whol-
ly inadequate to meet the situation
which is bearing down upon the na-
tion. ”One hundred million dollars
should be made available by the
Federal government for forestry.
This sum. advanced over a period of
years and made available as the ne-
cal conditions of the country permit.
wileo what one billion dollars can-
not do when the emergency is upon
tWonty or thirty years hence.
#218 would be an investment insur-
ing a large actual return in princi-
pal and interest to the Federal Gov.
ernment.
"It is absolutely imperative that
forestry be given a proper place in
the affairs of the nation.
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hrthermllre, travelers' checks are safer than
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