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REDUCTION !
e—ATTHISE—
RETIRlNGi FROM Q
BUSINESS SALE "
\\'e have done a phenom-
(lull busines since our an-
nouncement of a Retiring
from Business Sale—because
~m' values will long be re-
membered after the prices
no forgotten—values quot-
.«l below that in justice to
pocketbook demand
;.uui- attendance at this sale
~ -now and at once!‘
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ilrn‘» (lvercoats.
w gilllir $25 and $27.50 values,
texture, a fine buy at . . . . . . . . $16.95)
lien}. 2-pants Suits
, Em] models, in tan and gray tweeds, ,
“ tailored, at $17.95
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’ Shari» 510 Overcoats
A ' . .y-l purchase we made early in the .
fine coats, at $22.45
$7.30 Brooks Mgdel Suits
, =ollection of t e'new model suits ,
V . = ‘Ilg men, grey only, at “...... $17.95
Men’s Paiamas‘
Our reg. $2.00 $1.23
value, at . . . . .
l'ujamas
i‘ ‘ ~.: ”.1": and
" fine. at
$1.93
Elm". Madras Shirts
" mlur LeRoy Shirts.
33 ' ‘i'ipes.. Reg. $1.50 value, at . . . .-
$1.19
a. pruning English Broadcloth Shirts) 1
w . .11 and roomy and “1“" - $2 29
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Hrl, value $375.81:
Arm“ (Gordon) Shirts
'3» V -:' .tmched shirts, in white only.
y i
1‘ $3.00 value,at
$2.09 N
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~'3.nu Silk Shirts
l‘rvt‘ ' stripe efl'ects, one of the best
‘lll the sale, at ....lW...”
$2.95
M..-
liu i u Gauntlet Gloves) V
fillies???“ $31-95
Men’s Wool Hose
Regular $1.00 value. 59c .
.lralnx Semi-Soft
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lb..- xyler.
Allvzes’ ....... 236 At.............,
‘ Bi".r Yank Work Shirts 311181! W001 Scarfs
Rfé'blzir $1.25 val . $2.00VI1W- 39
All'filorslatnuuf 89° At,.-_...l.......‘ 51. i7
B. v. :1. Shirts and n ‘ Shirts and
movers Wen ‘
Regular 85c value. 63 Derbyrllibed. ,
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its women readers have to state.
Editor and a woman will answer.)
QUESTIONS l
i. “has is a Congressional-Bloc?
2. How did the Farm Bloc origin-
ate and what has it accomplished?
3. Are “sew Brow a help or a
hindrance ? “
- THE ANS‘VER
0nd of Mark Hanna's mottoes
was—"Everything in politics helps
0r hurts." There is a mouse .in the
cheese of the political organizations.
and the name of this mouse is "Dis.
satisfacion." The attention of the
country {as been called to this
mouse through his activities in.the
middle and North West where he
has nibbled quite a cavity in the
cheese of the political machines. es-
pecially the machine of the Repub-
lican party. The power ' of ths
mouse may be shown by the last
Congressional election.
In 1920 there was practically a.
Republican landslide. We had in the
67th. Congress, 58 Republicans in
the Senate and 37 Democrats, and
Brother Hirame Johnson of Cali-
fornia. calling himself Republican
and Progressive in order to be able
to get a start from ‘eithcr foot.
In the House, then were 298 Re-
publicans and 130 Democrats. with
l Socialist and 6 vacancies when the
csssion closed.
Figures
The imposing figures of 298 Re-
publicans to 130 Democrats of the
House of the 67th Congress were re-
vised by the voters of the 1922 elec-
tions to :23 Republicans 206 Demo-
crats. 1 Independent, 1 Solialist, 1
Former Labor, and 3 vacancies—
u. loss of 75 seats, which leaves an
apparent majority of 17. But. and
its such a big but—scattered among
the 223 Republicans are about 25
Progressives, and Independents and
those promptly got together and
announced that they intend to act
- as :1 Progressive Bloc. neitherr Re-
publican nor Democratic, but par-
ticularly not Republican save when
they feel like it. and the only time
they would fccl like it would be
when the Republicans indorsed .heir
measurcs and supporil-d them. that
they intend to be the. balance of
powcr and the one factor to be
reckoned with if ihcrc is to be any
legislators at all this season.
The situation is identical in the
Senate. where the Republicans have
a majority. of about half a dozen
votes. 103 or 4 Progressives and
the other Independents combine, the
majority dies the death. It rc~
quires less than half a dozen in com-
bination to make the Republican
majority inoperative on any partisan
measure. The most important ad-
juncts of the work of the Senate
and the House are the committees.
All legislation is shaped in commit-
tee, and most of the actual work
done therein. The majority always
seeks to control and docs control
the important committccs but. in
the case of the present Senate there
is a situation that is causing the
grcalc’st conccno among the Repub-
lican leaders and that is likely to
create a disturbance that will em-
broli the whole session. ' -
'l‘hc, I’rcdlcamcnt
Consider the predicament or the
Republicans with their almost \‘an-
ished majority in regard to the sub-
jects of tariff, taxes and railroads.
which are vital in an election sense.
as well as of principal concern to
the people. Obviously the Repub-
licans must do something along th':r
lines. and obviously what. they will
try to do will be conservative in
nature rather than radical. “'0 are
having some insight on this pro-
blem with the fight in Congress oh
the Rules Commitec and, tho recep-
tion of the Milion Plan of .Tax re-
duction. Naturally the Republicans
want. to win the coming election.
They want to retain their present
power. \‘Vhat they do in Congress
will have a great bearing on wheth-
cr they win or lose, because out in
the country are several acute situa-
tions, in addition to the general sit-
uation. and all these are subject to
Congressional relief. or at least
those concerned think they are,
which amounts to the same thing.
Most important of these is the
condition of agriculture. The farm-
crs are demanding help. A study of
crop dispositions in 1922 shows that
exclusive cotton, tobacco and live-
FLORIDA
Theaddedpleasureandoom-
fortofeseatripeotheSouth
maketheSsvennahLinethe
ideal way to travel. “ferry
and wearinees vanish after
thefintfewhmrsofsaltair
.andsunshlne. ‘
Newadluwioulyw
Open ’Fomm . For.
each week non-partisan material for the enlight-
be written and selected by women for women. cnment 0; ““9125- The articles that appear W111
If you have The Sentinel. Will be pleased to print anything'
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‘ stock. the American conshmer paid
322.500.000.000 {or farm products.
The farmers who are the producers.
received 87.500.000.000 of this total
for their products. The Railroad
not $300,000,000 for transportation,
and the non productive middlemen
Box 814.500.000.000 or twice as much
as the farmer. There is no shortage
of production. The consumer. 's
paying high prices for the product.
and the farmer. owing to increase]
taxation, high cost of labor and
other conditions, is facing bad living
and economic conditions.
— The Farmers Idea
These agricultural phases here
arisen from time to time in the
country. and the farmer. in the
mass. has the usual American idea
that. any economic ill can be cured
by political legislative action. and
of the Republicans do not make the
laws. he thinks he wants. he will
try the experiment so far as he
able to swing it. of putting into leg-
islativo'and executive positions. men
who will make the laws he demand.
What he can do is well shOWn in the
recent Minn. senatorial election. and
what. he did‘ accounts for the so-
called FarmJBloc in the Congress:
but anyone who —thinks that. the
last two Minnesota elections can be
accounted for solely as a matter of
discontent of the fariner, the trans-
portation problem and so forth is
mistaken: These all have some
bearing on particular elections 6h:
they are all subordinate to some-
thing of deeper import. So far as
Wisconsin, Minn. and Iowa are con-
cerned it is a. mistaken view that re.
gards the present movement as slm~
simply an alliance between discont-
ed farmers and disconted labor. In
\Visconrin~the whole mass of the
people-is engaged in a degree not
equalled since the..Stntc aliqucd it-
self against slavery.
in Minnesota, more business men
are conceived in the movement than
would be imagined by anybody who
assumes that because “Vagmis John-
son is a farmer and a bit crude. the
people who vote for him are all
farmers. There is a. business cle-
i’ncnt in St. Paul and Minneapolis
that. helped Msgnus Johnson and
helped him gladly, just as it help-
ed the grain grower‘s co-operntive
organization to establish a market in
the Livnc Cities. The big millers.
the big’ bankers. and the big rail-
way men stand where they have al-
ways stood politically. but it is no
secret that even in important trade
associations the liberal cause has
made many recruits. It is worth re-
membering that along with the
Slvedes who settled there. Minne-
sota attracted more New England-
crs than wont to any other part of
the North \Vcst. Thirty years ago.
it was said, that Minneapolis con-
tained more Vermonters, than any
town in Vermont. and the descend-
ants of these emigrants from Ver-
mont are as fine and earnest and
forward-looking people as can be
found nnywhcrc. They have a pas-
sion f. justice. they possess a po—
litical instinct that is rare in the
peasant stock of Continental Europe
and they supply a lcnvcn of shrewd
Yankee common sense that keeps
thb progressive movement from get-
ting out of bounds.
“but. 'l‘hcy Found
Thcy arc. and have been for some
years, steadily tit-inching themselves
from the old party ranks. and with
war. complications and Townlcy va-
garies out of the way. they turned
their attention to the workings of
Congress in regard to bills which
lhcy were vitally interested in. and
this is )vhnt they found-That the
former was virtually without rep-
resentntion on any matter that in-
volved'conflict with the financi
and commercial interests. The
American Farm Bureau Federation
was formed early in January 1921
with Mr. Grey Silvcn as its “lush.
inston representation. During the
early months of 1921 matters in
Congress didn't go at all to suit the
farmers. They were urging the peg.
“Be or the packer control bill. the
bill regulating cold storage, and the
Muscle Shoals bill, measures all of
which conflicted met certain as-
sumed Tishts or privileges of "big
business". 'Mr. Silven and his as-
sociates made vigor-cu; representa-
tions, but their bills were all side
tracked. \Vhile these skirmishes
were going on. Mr. Silven made a
study Of the Whole,situation and
found that the farmer was virtually
without representation on any mat—
I
tor that involved conflict ‘With the
financial and commercial interests.
lie figured that if he could get
Congressmen from the Agricultural
Districts to stand together on ugl-
culturai measures, regardless of
politics, their aim could be locom-
iplished. After discussing the idea
with a. few or the more pi’ogressivo
Senators. a. meeting was called at.
which there were 21 Senators from
agricultural states present. ,Bilveu
had a nufisber of bills to present.
and toga :- this group worked out
a legislative program that the mem-
bers agreedto support. With the
cooperation of Representation 1;. J.
Dickinson of Iowa. a, similar-group
was organized in the House. ‘ The
Senate Bloc worked perfectly from
the start. ‘ By the middle, of Mt" it
was grinding rout ministration! legis-
lation like clock work."i.n ; by June
it was in effective centre In rapid
_ succession were passed the packer
control bill. the grain exchange
control bin, the Federal “(legends
bill. theyarlous farm financing-79nd
credit bills. and the bin leaning
cdoperation marketing meridian.
Of course there was attention! bf
and. a great deal of ' are/brought
to bear in'many m hitting the
members or the Bloc Motto party
“nu. but allioppolflion‘hilled. and
the Farm Bloc hum all Powerful.
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Woman Voter;
(Under this bonding The Senthnel will print
’ a question to ask send it to the “701mm Voter .-
oppositlon from old party 10360111 “curbest occasional lecturers remind
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fined to ‘Vnshington: they 'are seer.
in states and communities, even in ;.
our own town. Whether political“:
Blocs will help to do away wi::.:
these abuses remains a questlo
The danger seems to be that it win
mean that a small minority. acting
independently mane control legisla-
tion and destroy parties.
A National Bloc, to work for the
good of the whole United States is
advocated by Congressman Merritt
as the only means of combating this l
Tendency and drift toward the fox-C
mation of minority, blocs. with up-
setting maJority legislation action.
There must be‘ the two party sys-.
tern with full resxpnsibility or party ?
ac "(M12 Merritt declared. "It is
essential. to representative govern-
ment on whidt this country was
founded and grew. Direct primar-
ies. state referendum and recall and.
direct election 0! senators are drift ‘
away from representative govern-
ment. The effects of which'ars al-
ready being felt in congress. ‘l'he
only way to have good government
is to have the people pick men with
ability to study the situation. and
leave if to their judgment. There is I
Wn— ~w.~mm~a-
tfbn to the combined ignorance of?
the country." It is up to as, you:
and me. Politics are what me make '
them. As Mark Hanna said: "Ev- ‘
erything in politics helps or hurts." L
It the present dissatisfaction helps
us to clean House. then it is helpful.
In March, when the caucuses am»
called are we going to "help" by
attending, or are we going to"hurt' l
by staying away!
A Governor's Press Agent
Governo- Templeton of Connecti-
cut is dissatisfied with the press 1.1
of that state. remarks the New York ;
Times. According to The Hartford
Courant, he "claims to have been
"misquoted in practically every
“newspaper in Connecticht. and it is
“to avoid embarrassment due to this
“cause that his speeches are to be
"prepared in advance." Mr Templa-
ton is in the hardware business,~bu1
his skin is as tender as a. child's” or :1
politician's. Persons in the political
line arosalways being "inllquoted".
To remedy the mistreatment. real or
imaginary. of which he complains.
the governor has taken. a. step that
has a sociological interest in itscii
and a collateral charm in connection
with the enquiry into publicity and
propaganda Just beginning at. Wash-
ington. ‘
Mr. Templeton ’has appointed a
former president of the Connecticu'
Editorial Association as his "person
al publicity agent". F or the prcsv:
this gentleman Will have an r)
single to criticism of the governor
ofliclai conduct and will "give Ten.
p‘leton’s side of it." Moreover. "wig
"his large acquaintance in Con
“necticut newspaper omecs. he _wii
"try to win over to the ex utiu
“many newspapers which have crit—
“iciscd him editorially." That will,
be a delightful task. Too often are
ncwsparcrincn accused of cypicism. J
if the mark of this press agent‘s!
high calling is correctly .descrlbed
his alertness. his innocence ai’h‘
a gcncrnlion of experience in news-
pnpcr ofliccs. his will to believe. in
not only cdifying but affecting.
Still, it is hard not to mistrust m
ancient friend. The Courant. Und-
its venorsbllity is a' perpetual tour
of humor and mischief.thy dm
it tell us that the governor‘s age:
"has written at least one editori-
“on the subject of the brass pin:-
“benring the word 'Governor' whlct
“has been screwed to‘tho rail of tin
"governor's pew‘ln Trinity Episco
"poi Church?" This seems to be r.
malicious hint that Mr Tcmpleton
doan‘t love obscurity. \Vhy should»
n'tg,’ e have brass plate on his?
now. John Winthrop. first governor
of Massachusetts. was escorted to
his pew by six haiberdlérs. Possib-
sibly his son John. governor of Con-
necticut‘ went to meeting as royalty
Governor Templeton. retaining only
the faintest democrat residue of
thcocratlc dignity. should be com-
mended for his moderation.‘There
may be merit in his complaint of
unfair criticism. '
Some governors are continually in
the publid’ eye. Others Spring up
before it now and then by :eason of ‘
their achievements, their misfor-
tunes or their follies. The country
can‘t be expected to keep -racn of
is statesmen all the time. After fill
a governorshlp is the most saunas
fui- training school for presidential: .
candidates. Every governor must
feel the blessed possibilitg in hi‘bo-
sum. It the governor of Pennsyl-
vania they said to conduct a. uni
versity of par icity. Pat Ned of Tex-
fias needs no assistance. He is him—
selt his unquenceable torcnlzght mm,
cession and red tire. Pinchot is na-
tional on account of his virtues and
!
no panacea in submitting the ques-; L
Judicious advertising. . So are Smith
and Silser for reasons some appeal- ‘
in; to unregenerate and common?
men. rWilliatn Henry McMastct .oi '
South Dakota flamed'over the Uni-
ted ea for a week or two. onief‘
of b efaetors. reducing the prior
of woms‘that prime necessity of
life.” So governors shoot :ng ,d ‘
come down. Governor pm, in f .
Maine and his dog were giofloin‘ tor; .
aid”. bbt fibers are tow. Quotations _»
0 present; .England‘ ; rs.
The more thy ‘
fin Mr: was ' ., ,
the eaorts or {ice herald to‘srrlng
Justice incur a “cautious“ will
be watched with, aromatic. When:
Mr. Coolidge wu' his. Excellency his i.
methods molten“; but tonsil-.13; '
carom; from. “other.“ in glory
fifths President. as Hiram John»,
son and Corded-Bullmnd other "or .
18. lawns and 'eve‘r will he a rene-
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