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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

nifty and respect before decisions be
given.
mo one can realize the yastness OF
| the labor movement, its great aims
| and aspirations, more thoroughly than
delegate to an A. +. of L. convention,
and one is figurativeiy carried off his
feet when the realization occurs. The
great ability of the leaders in the la
! Dor movement stood out very prominent
! ~ during the convention, and we take
this opportunity Of stating that, from
what we saw and heard at Atlanta, from
was the opinion of the great majority
Of the delegates that our /. S. r. is
the greatest man in the labor movement
in this country today, This statement
is not made in a spirit of fiattery, but
in all honesty, and is the truth, as the
majority saw it in Atlanta, Ga. and
as we now state it.
"The report Of the proceedings at the
Trades Congress held in Budapest, Hun
gary, last summer, by our /. S. T., was
great, and the printed report is class
ic in labor literature; but the printed
statement cannot act on cur personali-
ties in the same manner as the spoken
word, particularly as it was spoken at
Atlanta, Ga, by Jim Duncan.
"One other matter which was brought
To our attention. to our sorrow it is true.
is the fact that the So per day allow
ance is absolutely Inadequate to meet
the demands. We do not believe it to be
the wish of our association that its rep
rosentatives should sleep in Salvation
Army homes and eat at fifteen-cent
heaniers, with an occasional grab at
frec-lunch counter, but If any Of you will
figure mp the cost Of room in hotel,
such as YOU would wish your representa-
tives to occupy and cost of three meals
III for a decent, healthy mar to eat, rs
served at the ordinary hotels, the COM
parison Of cost OF meals and rooms for
one day makes your SO allowance look
as IL it had never existed. Generally
speaking, the So are spent on meals,
and the cost Of room has to be paid from
the delegates individual funds. In all
fairness, Is this as IL should heg Ii
may never be our privilege to represent
the G. c. I. A. for any purpose again,
hut statement of our experience may
he helpful in adjusting a condition which
il very evidently wrong, and as there is
no doubt but that our association viii
continue to delegate members to rep
resent it for various purposes. and as
we believe these men should be fairly
dealt with, we thought a statement Of
our experience in connection with the
present allowance mighr help to remedy
Respectfully submitted,
w. W. Russell
Paul Bianchi.n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
DeBoer and National Life Agents.

The Monitor doesn't take much stock
III the idea that Joseph A. DeBoer will
turn the agents of the National Life In
surance company, of which he is head,
into agents for his candidacy, thus max.
ing personal political machine out of
the company's assets. We don't see any
good reason, however, why every agent
of the company in Vermont should not
support him and do what he can for
Mr.. DeBoer's candidacy, as any loyal
employees might do in other walks of
life We believe it would be poor
agent for the company who would not
support the eompany's chief executive
which of course is another subject
altogether--Ba Barton Monitor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
COUNT LUTZOW WILL
TOUR AMERICA
Bohemian Scholar and Historian Will
Leave London on January 90
An Exhibition of Abbey's
Last Week.

London, Jan, l3.-Count Lutzow, the
| Bohemian scholar and historian, will
leave London on January 20 for an ex-
tended tour of America, and will besides
giving an address bef5re Congress, de-
| liver series of lectures among many
Of the chief universities of America.
The address before Congress win be
| largely devoted to the subject of uni
vorsal peace and early attempts in that
direction made by king OF Bohemia,
King George of Podebrad, who proposed
union of European countries to put
stop to war. The lectures at the
universities will be on the history and
literature of Bohemia, politics as far
az possible being eliminated.
The count is due to arrive in Wash
ington on February 4, and the address
next day.
Count Lutzow is known throughout
Europe as an authority on things Boz
heman, and he has lectured and writ
ten about his country in almost every
university on this side of the water.
This, however, will be his first trip to
America, and he is looking forward to
it with a great deal of interest. He
was induced to make il by the Bo-
hemian Society of Chicago, and by the
fact that in Nebraska and other west
err states there are large and pros
porous Bohemian colonies. A big. Jolly
man who is usually surrounded in his
London residence, where he and the
countess entertain, by the best of the
literary circle Of England and the con-
tinent. the count is sure to appeal to
the American collegian.
An exhibition of the last work of the
late Edwin A. Abbey, the American ar
list, was opened with the New Year by
the Royal academy at Burlington house
Such exhibitions are a signal honor
which the academy grants only in the
case of its most distinguished deceased
members.
The pictures selected for the exhibit
We're picked by Mrs. Abbey. with the
assistance of members of the Royal
academy who We're in close touch and
sympathy with the work of her hus-
band.
Among the pictures are several
sketches made preliminary To the paint
ings which Abbey did for the state capi-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

of the aspiring cities put together. Bal
timore will do her best to make the
Democrats happy during the period Of
their sojourn there. Democrats living
in the eastern states ought to be salts
fed with the outcome. 1t might be add
ed that the political past is indeed buried
when the Democracy can decide to again
convene in Baltimore for its national
convention. Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

tol OF Pennsylvania at Harrisburg.
Probably the most interesting feature
OF the exhibit are the pen and ink
sketches OF Shakespeare characters, num-
bered among the last efforts of the
dead artist These were the result OF
a lifelong study of Shakespeares works
and the Shakespeare country made by
Abbey, but he had not progressed far
enough with the great work to exhibit
any of it before his death.
The Abbey exhibit is in charge Of Sir
Frederick A. Eaton. secretary of the
Royal academy. After preparing the ex-
hihit Mrs. Abbey sailed for New York.
The Abbey exhibit at Burlington house
will be followed by an exhibition of old
masters which win be the most impor-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
Buying a Convention.

When Baltimore's representative was
able to wave certified check for $780,
900 as that city's bid for the Democratic
national convention, every onlooker at
all experienced in the ways of the pol
iticians knew that the demonstration
meant victory. Aside from the $780,
900 consideration, Chicago was, of course,
the convenient and desirable meeting
place for an inclusive national gather
imp of this kind. But here is a case
where the eloquence OF money can be
seen and read of all men--that check
could do more talking than all the rest
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
EfNl i! |: ! R !; =. s:!!:G!
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing.
Fur Coats to Rent.
174 North Main Street, Barre, Vermont
The Big Store With Little Prices.

able | believe the year 1912 will be a
big year in our trade 1t is in marked
contrast to many Of the letters from
and, on the whole, is en-
couraging. From other sources, too, we
hear scattered statements which lead
one to believe that the present year i.
to be substantial one for the Barre
granite industry. Let us hope that the
are realized.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

DR. Harvey w. Wiley came and told
the Vermont farmers that they ought to
provide bathtubs with hot and cold run
ming water for their wives, just as much
as to build silos for their cows. II
the wives of Vermont farmers have a
sense Of humor, now let them shrek.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

preme control OF the telephone facil-
tiles Of the country, it is expected that
efforts will be made to extend it great
~, especially in the rural districts, where
the telephone is almost unknown Even
in London the telephone directory is
no larger than those of several cities
of the United States with populations
of less than 100000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
CURRENT COMMENT
No Cause for Hysteria.

It indicates both common sense and
modernity upon the part OF the Rutland
SCHOOL otncials that, a suspected case
OF small pox" arising, a sweeping order
to vaccinate was not issued. To-day is
no day for either hysteria or effete-
ness. Rutland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

tont given by the academy in recent
years.
With the taking over Of the National
Telephone company on January /, the
government became the owner of prac-
tically all Of the telephone facilities OF
the British Isles.
The property Of the company becomes
the possession of the state and the
$1,000 employees Join the ranks of the
civil servants of the kingdom Generally
speaking, the officials and employees of
the company are not pleased with the
change, as they feel that it will mill
tate against their chances of advance
ment.
Now that the government is in SUI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

William J. Burns hasn't been saying
so much lately. Doubtless, he's got just
as much to say, but has decided not T.
say it right out in meetin'. All OF
which is wise choice, because the
courts are the places for that.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

Many Women (and Some Menu
are children in finance" Annuities pre-
clude the possibility Of misinyestment,
and the income is paid as true as you
live as long as you live. National Life
lps. Co., of Vt (MutuaL) S. S. Bal
lard, general agent, Lawrence building
Montpelier, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

That robin which was seen at Pena,
cook, N. H., Thursday, according to the
Concord Patriot, is surely a cold storag2
bird.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

Carnegie could have sold for S520,oOo,-
000-count 'em--instead Of a paltry
1920, coo, 0O0-again count 'em. What
deprivationl What libraries!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

Nice business being plumber these
days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13
$50

A little more law in Lawrence, please,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

Stealing description from the Boston
Globe, this was geld morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-13

tont given by the academy in recent
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

expenses have been about $500 per day.
Last week cost me over $1,000, and my reg
uar board at the principal hotel is $3.50 per
day | had carriage this afternoon for
three hours at SIS an hour, and every time
/. take mule ride over the country the charge
for the animal is SIS per day: Everything
is in the same ratio. 1t costs SO cents to-
post letter and Is cents for postal card.
tried to buy an English saddle in harness
store this morning, and the price for it was
$500. could not afford it, and went to the
stationery store across the way, where was
charged dollar for lead pencil and S. tor
the note book in which | am writing.
The Land of the Six-Cent Dollar.
Indeed. the prices are terrible. But they
are not so bad when you find that they are
paid only in the currency of the country.
The Guatemala dollar has been steadily go
ing down. and it is now worth Just about SIN
cents of our money. You can get II or IL
Guatemalan dollars for an American dollar,
and in order to figure out the real cost you
must divide by II. All the bills are paid IN
paper, and the money is worth so little that
it is a trouble to carry it. Five thousand
dollars in gold changed into one-dollar bills
would give you a large pillowcase full, and
as am writing all my pockets are bullying
with dollars. drew $500 on my letter OF
credit at the bank today, and for this the
cashier handed me 5000 of these Guatemalan
simoleons Some OF it was in 500 bills, but
the most of it was in petty tens and twenties
and five-dollar notes, such as one gives for
fee
While stood at the bank window man
came up to make deposit. He had a bundle
under his arm which looked like package
OF laundry He laid it on the counter and
took off the string, and the dirty bills, by
gust of wind, were blown over the floor.
They were finally gathered together and it
took over 20 minutes to count them. What
the amount was do not know, but it was
probably under $1,000 in gold.
Indeed, the currency here reminds me of
that of our southern confederacy at the
close of the war, the value of which was well
shown in a story told by General Gordon.
AS the general was riding along one day he
saw man with very fine horse and said:
"That's good animal, my man; l will
give you $4,000 for him."
"Oh," was the reply, with sheer, "you
will Why, I just paid $4,000 to have him
curried."
Crazy for Gold.
AS a result of this poor currency the peo-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

a two-cent stamp, and the Guatemalan
banker had to pay 80 cents to get it. He
wrote again, and the same thing happened
third time. 1t took a fourth letter to show
TINS live ST. Louis business man mat five
cent stamp was necessary for Guatemalan
mail. All this was thank-you business on
the part of the Guatemalan.
Guatenala's Debt.
Ii Guatemala could make loan of some
thing like S3OOOO,OOO and have this secured
by the customs, | am told that she would
soon be on easy street Her foreign debt
now amounts to under $20,OOOOOO, but she
has detauted in interest on this again and
again and the whole has been readjusted on
per cent basis. On the 18th of July of
last year settlement was made with the
foreign bond holders to that effect, which
provided that the unpaid interest should be
wiped out at the end of three years. There
was also provision as to securing the ex-
ternal debt by the export duty on coffee and
tor the issuing of new bonds sufficient to dis
charge the present lien on the coffee duty.
am told that the local currency debt in
1909 was over $7o000OOO in currency, and
it is probably considerably more today. If
the currency could be wiped out at anything
like its present value it would be great
thing for the country
Taxes and Revenues.
AT present the chief source OF the revenue
is from the coffee export tax, which amounts
to about ST gold bag. AS the coffee ex-
ports are 100000 or 100000 pounds a
II will a 81, ~:
liable. 1t is said that the government sells
this tax at the beginning of the year to the
Guatemalan bankers for fixed sum. issuing
therefor coffee export tax certificates to the
coffee exporters and they make profit of
the difference between the amount of the
certificate face value and the sum they pay
to the government, and this profit is by no
means small.
The banks also make big money from
loans. l doubt not they made pretty pen
ny out of Knox's visit, which must have re-
CURED several hundred thousand dollars OF
new cash to paint UP the towns, buy Ameri-
can flags for the children and champagne
for the American party In such cases the
president often calls upon the Banco de
Guatemala, in which Germans are interest
ed. Among the chief fnanciers are the
Stalls, who are ready to lend at such and
other times of need, relying on getting their
money back with big interest. l am told
that these bankers recently bought up the
bonds of a loan which every one thought had
been repudiated. They got the bonds for a
song and then it was found that the presi-
dent had decided they were an honest debt
and should be redeemed There are some
discontents who say that his excellency
President Cabrera and other high officials
shared i'll the profits.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

pie are crazy for gold. In the business Sec
block, and every one wants to change his
paper for gold. The proprietor Of my hotel
grabs at each gold coin, and one of the
priests I met today in the cathedral asked
me to exchange gold for six-cent dollars. 1t
is the same at the American club / was Of
fered $500 there for ten-doar gold piece,
and l am told that there have been times
when one could buy SIS in Guatemala for 81
American. The value of gold changes every
day and special demand for it sends the
currency kiting.
At the same time the wages OH the estates
are paid in currency and the Indians receive
only a few cents of our money per day.
Some think this is good business. They say
that the planters get work for Guatemalan
dollars, while their exports are paid for in
gold If the Indian gets So day he is in
reality receiving only Is cents, and he is
more often paid 10 or II cents. This is said
to be one of the theories of President Ca
,brera.
A Bankrupt Country Of Enormous
Resources.
The fact is the position of Guatemala is
much like that Of bankrupt who still has
one OF the richest gold mines of the world
under his feet. The natural resources OF the
country are valuable beyond description.
Guatemala abounds in rich mineral deposits.
1t is known to have gold, silver, copper, iron
and lead, but the country is practically I'M
prospected. 1t has some of the best coffee
soil of the world and it exports from eighty
to one hundred million pounds every year.
1t has rich grazing lands, and it will grow
rubber, cotton and sugar. There is no coun-
try on earth which will produce better or
more bananas per acre than the Motagua
valley, and it has in addition vast forests of
timber, including mahogany, cedar and dye
woods. All the country needs is money to
make it blossom like the rose and to bring
into use its vast resources. in lands, mines
and labor. The labor problem is based upon
the Indian population, which amounts to
more than million and half in number,
and it is not difficult to handle. If the coull-
try could have big enough loan to put it on
a gold basis it would soon become one of the
richest lands Of this hemisphere 1t is in the
within two days by steamer of New Orleans
and it has only 80 miles of railroad track to
build to unite Guatemala City with the rail
road systems of the United States.
In the first place, however, the govern
ment will have to secure its foreign debt.
which is now held in Europe and in Our
country, and then to make some kind of an
arrangement as to the currency. A number
Of loans have been arranged for from time to
time in New York but for one reason or
other and chiefly on account OF the oppose
ton of the Germans, they have failed to go
through Such arrangements are still: pend
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

esaeh's Magazine.

II at first you don't sueeesd,
Call, call again;
II your central" does not heed,
Call, call again.
Don't get angry, start to swsar,
Throw book, or kick q chairs
Central, too, has things to boar
Call. call again.
What though you must wait wkiiss-
Call, call again;
Pick up courage, force smils-
Call, call again.
Dent call central herrid Nance
When you hear Nell talk with james,
Try one 81 your other fiamss-
Call, call again!
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08
ing and they will probably result in the re-
generation of the country.
German Capital in Guatemala.

AS it is now, the Germans are the great,
leeches on the body polite. They are suck
ing the life blood out of the business and are
grabbing after everything in sight / am
told that their investments in coffee planta-
tons alone amount to upward of $oO.OOO.-
600, and that IS per cent OF the coffee estates
belong to them. They are ready to buy the
balance and it is said that there are S20,OOO,-
600 now in Germany for investment here.
The Germans have got their hold on the
country by watching the finances and buy
ing at every time of financial distress They
took over the coffee plantations some years
ago by loaning money right and left when
coffee was high. Then coffee fell, there was
a poor crop, and the planters who borrowed
could not pay their interest. The mortgages
were foreclosed and as no one was able to
buy, the Germans took in the best estates at
their own prices.
The great trouble as to this German own
ership is absentee landlordsm The coffee
all goes abroad and the money stays there,
while the plantations are worked with In
dian labor at from 10 to Scents day. This
small wage is practically all that Guatemala
gets out Of her coffee crop.
Jealous of Americans.
The Germans are very jealous of Ameri
cans and they are secretly opposing every
American investment. They have done this
as to all electrical propositions, and they
want to keep the Americans out of the
wholesale and retail trade. As it is now. the
largest stores belong to them, and they have
their drummers going over the country.
Much of the business is very profitable, and
this is so of all banking and mercantile en-
terprises.
The ordinary interest rate is 10 per cent
and the pawn brokers get per cent
month. The chief banks have franchises
from the government and they make loans
in return for the right to issue certain
amounts OF currency which, as ! have
shown, is worth now only cents on the dol
lar Altogether there are six banks. each OF
which has capital ranging from $5,OOO,000
to $4,000, 900 in gold There ought to be a
big American bank here and the country
should be financed by the United States.
Under the Monroe doctrine we have to be
responsible to certain extent for its bust
ness arrangements, and to keep other ma
tons from enforcing their claims we shall
have to arrange for the debts.
Some Big American Investments.
Within the past few years considerable
American capital has come into this country.
The Motagua valley and its banana lands
belong to the United Fruit company, which
has there many thousand acres, and about
10000 believe, already planted to bananas.
The railroads Of the country are in the
hands of Americans. and they have big
schemes for controlling the transportation.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08
Al About High Prices Cheap Money the Guatemala
Copyright. 1912. BY Frank 9. carpenter)
GUATEMALA CITY.

Nix about high prices in
the United States. They
are nothing compared to
high prices in Guatemala.
l have been here with my
stenographer for the past
few weeks and my average
The evening world., 1912-12-17
Figured Dimity Dresses
81. 96

Light blue-and-white. lavender.
and.whte. navy-and-white. In pretty
figured dimity. Round vstee q
shadow lace collar piQue edged
Skirt in pannier cutaway effect.
The evening world., 1912-12-17

man Downing demanded tho floor to
make q statement. lie declared that
the Investigators had worked. In sll.
only ten fall days. Mt cost of $3.50 an
hour.
The people want 10 know how thSt
money IL expended" shouted the Alder
man. He added that he was willing
to vote for an immediate appropriation
OF $4,000, but he demanded, II will
insist that the committee cit every day
for five hours and try TO do some
thing effective"
Alderman Bowling IL q member Of
the Investigating committee.
Alderman Esterbrook, Republican
member OF the committee, protested
that the people considered SEQ an hour
a cheap rate for exposing the condition
OF the police. vice and crime. which
continued to flourish under the old-time
system. II Alderman Downing was
willing to vote for $1,000 now. his posi-
ton was not logical In alleging that the
cost Of the investigation at tire rate
of $3.50 an hour was exorbitant, his col
league claimed.
Chief Inauisitor Emory r. Bucknef
was on the Aldermanic chamber floor
during the discussion.
The evening world., 1912-12-17
|A0USEFuRNIsHINes
XMAS HINTS
At Lowest in the. City,
prices in Mays noted
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