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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Watson French has been III several
DAYS with an attack OF grip. and i
confined to the house
Mrs. Wesley Minis OF Orange. Mass,
is visiting hen parents, Or. and Mrs.
6. :. Clark
Will Harris has returned from a visit
with relatives in Boston, New salem.
Mass, and MiIlers Falls.
Mrs. a 2. Eddy was unable to
cover all Of her route IN the rural de.
livery Yesterday. because Of the LARGE
snow drifts.
Mrs c. = Clark, who was with her
daughter. Mrs. II. H. Barber. two or
three weeks, returned today 10 her
home in Halifax.
Miss Ethel Hall was discharged
froin the Mclrose hospital this week
and went TO the home OF Or. Hamilton.
where she is employed
Mrs. Minnie LaPlart. who was OF
Grated upon at the MeIrose hospital
four weeks ago, left there today and
returned to her home IN West Guilford.
Sap has been running well the past
week in spite Of the cold weather III.
johnson has shipped over 200 pounde
OF sugar. and Emery Miller and f.
Waldron haze been shipping away
syrup.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

Quite "a husky morning for. the las,
day of winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
Member of the Associ ated Press.
FRIDAY. MARCH -. 1911.
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO.

Bishop Met onucll CT the Methodist ,
Episcopal church has iust returned (,
tlom Mexico and has made a state ,
sizing the hopelee,ueSs of restoration
81 peace hv the efforts OF either linerta
OF the constitutionali>t leaders. He
SAYS that Huerta : military force must
restrict is effort to guarding the rail
WAYS. which are the object oi rebel
attacks. In. Mexico City ami surround
ny country there Is no evidence Of
war. except. the presence of. the sol
dicrs The soldiers are understood and
apparently poorly disciplined, Their
poor craftsmanship is becoming
matter Of proverb. Railway transpor
iation has become Il serious problem.
The railway which has not suffered
from dynamite j. reearde! as tortu-
nate.
Ia the. suterior the depredations
could not be styled war. Small bands
ot bandits prowl the country. robhing
and burning. without special hostility
to any class Of citizens or foreign res.
,.,a,.+ Inn, ..to.,,,1 .,,.,,,rortl,- ~. .,.
,jli,v mil .G.or waptonrass Mos,
- ,Fe,e rails han,on ~ n;.,bt ana
nbiIa the iaanti,,- ~ the Kanaits mas
DO smmiaed there j. no clear proof rs
- ,,lo t,a,-.ro >, j.. .,,.,.etad ,b,+
49,. ,,t, 49,, ... 1,I.o,o,s, .i.... .,,..
,aud;t. i, ni,ht In the northern n.,1t
!. H. .a,n,,,. a., .,t.,t;t, - ,bn hao
III. ! NOT So rnrr 8 secret
Ei.G,n >i,conneu wb,le moi ex,ra..
mo t;s.o,yo views 81 tbe opt,>one saws
mat he interviewed al classes Of cir
izcnS and that thcv are generally hope
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
Hit a Tender Spot.
Morrisville Messenger.

IL a il is rumorcd. representatives
OF he corporate interests III Vermont
tall into hne Tor Charles \. Proutv
the coalition III forces viii he another
illustration OF the way that politics
makes strange hedfellow~. Brattle-
horo Reformer
The above j. u fair sample Of in
situations that We shall expect tx see
from now on in any newspaper that
can be reached in anyway by those
very same corporate Interests.
We are surprised to hnd such Q par
agraph in the Rcformrr which Is one
al the clrancst and best newspapers
in Vermont. but il only illustrates how
such things are worked into print. us
uallv without much thought as to the
ultimate effect or the object of The
party that inspired or suggested the in
situation.
We have the best reasons Tor feeling
confident that "a whole lot OF cor
perate interests 10 not want Charles
\. Prourv in the Senate. They kn,w
that the very brightest ablc-t ana
best legal talent that unlimited mon
cv can hire has never been able 10
tool him with all the ~ophestries they
could frame up ia the great eases that
mcrce commissions lie is :; dangerous
man 10 have in the Senatc-for wick
cd combinations OF capital.
ASK George w Perkins OF New
York, would boss D.: tht Progressive
party. uhv he i 80 much opposed 10
Charles T. proutv and the non p;,l .
ti~au movement II elect him senator :.
Ask Charles IT, Thompson why he
has experienced an apparent change of
heart in regard To Mr.. froutv
Ask l. W. Gibson why he - OPP
posed 10 this non-parfisan movement
to elect Mr.. Prouty. n. ~ wc havr
heard. he -
II looks very much to an outsider as
ii very umicrhand methods had been
tried several times To date To >idrtrack
the sentiment for Mr. Prouty and pat
him in position whore lie would re
fuse to be a candidate and If possible
make him refuse t. allow hi, name "a
hc used. The first succeeded but not
tthe latter.
If the people want him he viii serve
them and has said - IN words that can
not he mistaken.
Now an effort is apparently being
made 10 poison the minds ot the PEG
PIE against him. That II l. indirect.
=. undcrhanded: etc. makes IT all the
more ln~idious ami harder to combat
Who i using his statement faVoring
/ raise IN the rates of the crippled and
! impoverished Boston y Maine against
/ him with shippers II i being done
Every one in position - know,
knows that il j. either that or q re-
! reivershiP for that road. which would
/ cripple that and al the interests that
/ II serves
/ Beware OF insinuations and look for
the Niger IL the woodpile when
+ You read items like the above or hear
+ TINS one or that one declam against
Mr.. Prouty as the friend OF corpora
+ tlous.
lie does believe. lust rs Gov Hughes
Of New York did. in square deal for
! corporations and for the people too
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

for ordinary work is not high enough
efficiency except in such eases as that
Of the craftsman where high intensi-
les Of light are required for seeing de-
rails on the drawing These tests. as
far as they have gone. are of consider
lighting. TO have determined by care
ful measurements that an average per
son suffers an arpreciahle decrease in
eve efficiency At the end of three hours
under one Kind OF artificial light in
common use. while this decrease i not
marked with another system. j. n
striking result obtained from difficult
experimentation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
Houghton Q Simonds

them needed Il physician. or. are they
afraid Of the mail order plan when II
comes To the practice II medicine
can certainly give ~ good satisfaction
by mail rs Your house can. and will APP
rieriate a call from either oil them
" ihifd- IN looking over the SUI
7'iiftl"h l'~'s Tor ih'Pr"N ing "hf streets
'"' i'''''l' hiIh""H7' nave ia'l'a t"
ma. the i'''il' q 'i'H'F 'heii'peF o. your
iiti" 'o"n '"i one penny l"- "SSlS' ~
the WORK AS" nave ta'ie" I" hnd
80 ~ ~,
''' ~ va
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"N t'.'''tt ''tlN >"it 'bdi tH'N'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
The MeddLer
If he coat Gts yon pat Il on"

\ local merchant was heard TO ~
mark the other day that ii everybody
in Brattleboro traded in Brattlehoro
there would be employment for 30
more clerks in the local stores. There
i probably as much truth A. guess
work in this assertion. The amount Of
money that is sent out Of town each
week for goods that could be bought
rs advantageouSlv in town represents
. volume Of business that would make
Main street much buster than II j. now
~ its busy times. The .Medilcr does
lot attempt to make the claim that
out Of town trading is always indef"u-
eihlc. hut q great proportion OF i -
even on the ground ct pure selfish
TESS. Furthermore. = large number Of
the folks who send away for goods
they could buy in Brattlehoro are
themselves dependent upon local trade
for their livelihood In their rases
there are added Reasons for spending
fheir money among the people to whom
they are looking Tor patronage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
TO SUISSE BIB ERS.

II Is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper eacs7 night. and I solicits the
co-operation Of subscribers TO that end.
Prompt report should be gwen of each
failure to receive the paper on tile morn
ing follow ing the omission, in person, by
telephone or postal card, thus nabling
the cause OF the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

On this uhic,.t at home tradin. The
Meddicr recently came across y letter
>aii TO have been written hy u phySi-
cian who had received from Sears.
'Roehuck 4 Co.. at inquiry ii there WAS
amy reason why he didn't 1atr"nize
that mail order conccro, The doctor
replied a. follows:
s.lour letter Of recent date asking
why had not traded with vuu for Il
long time, received, ana u YOU ask
ne to tell you frankly why, | VIII give
YOU u few reasons.
:, FIRST am in business in this
community and am looking to this
:, community with it, varied Industries
tor my support. cannot ask the mer
chants Of this town for their support
Il ! 10 not give them mine.
= Second-ln looking over my books
| fail to find either Mr.. Sears. Mr.
Roebuck or other at the company :
names which reminds me that neither
Of the gentlemen have ever given me 4
penny : patronage. Why j. this Am
| too far away. or have Mother OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

during the winter by freshcts, which
are damaging 70 spawn in process
of Matching But as one pessimistic
angler pun it. there ism much sense
in talking about the effects Of winter
freshcls on the trout when there aren {
any trout to be affected.
y great deal has been written durin"
the past few months on the much be-
lahored question Of the so-calied new T
dances. Much Of il is evidently the +
product Of folks who know VERY little
of what they are writing about. o.
casionally. however. the newspaper
reader comes across Il really sane ut
terance on the subject la the latter
class belongs the following remarks
from the editor Of the Greenfield tta
zetle :. No doubt i great many people
are doing these figures in very coarse
manner. Also no doubt the same PEG
pie used 70 lance the waltz ana the
two step in y very coarse manner. II
the protest against "modcrn dancing
should resu, in an intelligent attempt
/ to mprov" dance hall manners all
around. and IT, persuade people TO en-
gage in Nj amusement in the most re
/ fined way whether they do new steps
or old steps. II will have been very use
/ full But such criticism should not con-
denim q lance merely because ii has 4
! new name. ~ taught in good dancing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
TO ADVERTISE QS.

Transient adVertising-Ru OF paper.
50 cents an inCh for first insertion: %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count tor each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy:
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line first
insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position. 10 per cent extra
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
FILTRATION.

wheeling will soon vote on the sub
ject Of filtration. and II win be up to
the votsrs TO decide which system
shan be adopted. the natural or me
chanaesl filtration process. Both sys-
t~ms have their advocates. but Il
seams 20 Ths rntelligencer. In the light
Of the disclosures made about the
drinking wells recently sunk within
tho city limits. the only safe and reii-
able plan IL the mechanical or chem
icai process. Three OF these city wells
have been condemned by the health
department as dangerous to the health
OF persons using them. That is. the
water cannot be- used for drinking pur-
poses without having first been boiled.
and the wells have been 20 placarded
by the authorities. These wells are
practically OF the natural filtration
System. but surface drainage has inoc.
uiated the water with dangerous i'm
purities.
A. any filtration system required to
supply the large demand OF a city the
sire of Wheeling will be an expensive
undertaking. the people naturally will
want a reliable and dependable pro
cess. such as the mechanical system.
The Ohio river water is full OF pollu-
ton from surface drainage. and natu-
raj filtration applied to # will give the
same result az the condemned city
wells. The city is not in a position
TO deal with any experiment in this
line. and mechanical filtration is the
only sure way TO get what II impera.
lively stands in need OF. an absolutely
pure article OF drinking water.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
A DEPRESSING RECORD.

The American Economist has re-
viewed in an impartial manner the eff
feet OF the Democratic free trade tariff
law during the first seven months of
its operation. II Is an impartial analy-
els because IL is made from the Official
figures furnished by the Department
OF Commerce. the administration own
accounting. The story OF this trade
destroying instrument runs from Octo-
Der last, the time the bill went into
eject. until April Both OF the present
year. II shows just what The InteIli-
gencer has been pointing out from
time 70 time. and the bulk OF the seven
months iniduities OF the Underwood
measure is deplorable The review OF
Its operations during that period re-
Veals decreasing exports OF manufac.
tured and farm products. and increas.
ing imports OF products made and
grown In foreign countries by pauper
labor. which has deprived the Ameri.
can workingman OF his former oppor.
tunities under a Republican tariff 20
make a decent living for himself and
family.
The true American policy OF protec.
uon has boon indicated by trial and
results. Just as the Democratic eco.
nomic policy under the present tariff
bill has been discredited. Free I'm.
ports have increased ss3.465.7s4 dur.
ing seven months Of this latter policy.
which means a displacement OF that
amount OF American wool. corn and
other cereals. potatoes. eggs. milk. cat.
tie. meats. etc. The farmer IL thereby
MT hard. Dutlable imports show a
falling on Of $4,000. 600. principally
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
A MOST CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.

Hon. Charles ID. Hilles. chairman OF
the Republican National Committee.
expresses confidence in the ability Of
the party TO regain control OF the
House OF Representatives In the No
vember elections. and gives abundant
reasons for this belief. which is shared
by the leaders throughout the country.
His estimates are based on the dwlnd-
ling strength OF the Progressive party,
wherever a vote has tested Il, and
the anger and disgust OF the country
over the disturbing actions OF the
Democratic Congress. In New York
and other Eastern States the Bull
Moose element has exhibited a falling
on in voting strength that has been
surprising when the claims OF the lead
ers are considered. Recently a nasty
quarrel has broken out between some
OF the protagonists OF the national
Progressive movement and the chair
man OF the national committee. which
presages a serious break in the ranks.
What is true Of the East is true of
other sections OF the country, where
there are unmistakable indications OF
a greatly diminished Progressive vote.
In the Middle West. Iowa has given a
striking object lesson OF the reunion
OF the divisions in the Republican
ranks. In the recent Statewide pri.
mary held in that State the figures
show 1927 Republican votes for
United States Senator and only
$3.50 Progressive ballots cast. The
Democratic vote was 76.4l3. II will
be noted that the Republican votes
were nearly twice as many as the to
tai for the Democrats and Progress.
siVes taken together. In a State where
Roosevelt led Taft by 5000 votes. OF
about IS per cent OF the Republican
total in 1912. the Progressive vote has
fallen, in the primary test. to less
than 4 per cent. OF the Republican
strength.
This year the Republican vote al
the primaries is over 10000 more thar
II was in the presidential election OF
1912. The Democratic vote is nearly
100000 below the record Wilson made
The Progressive vote falls 15s. OOC
short OF the Roosevelt poll and incl
Gates loss OF 81 per cent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22

crude materials used IN nAnusaetzr-
ins- This II . sur. Indication and
proof Of the enforced cut IN the fac
tory production Of the country. The
total increase IN the import trade has
amounted to s3s. so5.si5. which tells
of the danping Of cheap European
products on the Aemrfcan market
This will continue from nov on.
Our export trade under a Repuhli-
can protective tarir amounted 10 a.
6si. ss5.n3: under the present Demo
cratic tarir ~ totals si.47s.sss. 7so. or
a falling OF Of sii2 .tss.7s3 for the
hrst seven months. The balance OF
trade IN our favor under protection
vas ttsi .ss7 $50. but this was reduoed
IN seven months time 20 ss54. 2s2. $50.
or falling on Of tis7.so5.iss. Our to-
tai trade OF imports and exports con
tinues 20 fall OF. showing a shortage
In seven months OF ss7.52s.37o.
From q revenue standpoint. the
PsyneAldrich law produced siss .222..
es4 from customs. while the Under
wood free trade law produced $780,
1881 from the same source. or n
falling OF Of t2s.IO2.553 for the seven
months
The total ordinary revenues OF the
government amounted 20 s404.s7s. $50
under protection and 1876. 7ss. s43 un.
der free trade. or a falling OF OF s2s..
ilo.2i7 for the seven months. The to-
tai ordinary expenditures OF the gov
eminent under protection amounted
10 s3ss.2si.sis. Under free trade they
were ,3ss.2S4.13s. or an increase OF
ss.s5s.2ss for seven months. The con
ton Of the Federal treasury shows a
deficit Of s23.4s5.4s2 for the FIRST seven
months OF free trade as against a sur
plus OF si5,5s4.014 for the correspond
ing period under protection.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
UNCLE WALT: The Poet PhIosoph.r

wen deserves laurel wreath the tnkcs with nv
~ ' Y arc OUT OF plumb; he plugs them up melted lead
r rr,e au Soothes svecd aching head and heals
' N'''oi we tortured Upon his skill comfort
-,, hangs when have trouble with your fsngs ard
"a uoes ne a ms shining instrument vags and draws the
gem snags nen draws his slice No
uenu room the shueks Of those their doom 81 shoe
SOUS are Sex the patient calmly smiles the while the
oen win ms hes and pncers trkc How dige,e,, -
Gays me dentist then had painful ways he ss oon beb
OOS your head between his knees mutternp oot res,
Pease ne phed his monkey took six rsr boit 80
Wnen ne adjusted bridge plugged boo to-
INC Neers could near distant shoe - w.
eLesang But now like the dentists chair like 10 en- and -ss,
me mere from morning until dusk. IN omfo s,d 80 -.
and have the gentle dentist his forceps on nv tus
,c..-.. 49,. - WALT MASON
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
HON. HOWARD SUTHERLAND.

The Republican state Committee de-
cided that ~ no other candidate ap-
peared for the nomination for Con
gressman-at-Large besides the present
incumbent no primary would be held
and that automatically the Hon. How.
ard Sutherland would be declared the
nominee 20 succeed himself The time
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
Comments of
Ohio Editors
Pieka the Xinneru

There are two candidates for the Re-
publican gubernatorisl nomination -
David Tod OF Youngstown and Frank "a
W nus or Ada There are three candi-
dates Tor the senatorship-Warren o.
Harding Of Marion. Joseph Benson For
ahtr OF cincinnati and Ralph -. Cole OF
Findlay.. ~ is the belief 81 ths Tine.-
star that the broader interests OF the
republican party IN Ohio. and eventual
be served by the nomination Of rod Tor
governor and Harding for senator-Cin-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22

With malice toward none. with
purpose OF obtaining their proper
rights and OF infringing on the rights
OF no legitimate business, the farm
err o. this state and this country
should Organize and control their own
business. The farmers have the
means and the brains TO do this, and
II Il now time TO act
do not advise the farmers 20 or.
ganize trust or a union for the pur-
pose OF taking any unfair advantage
OF consumers or business men. but I
do advise them 20 organize 80 as 20
deal with each other and with the
business world In a more business-like
way. and In order 60 speak with the
authority rightly inherent in the farm.
ers' Importance 10 society.
A Lame LEG.
David Lubin. our delegate 20 the In
ternational Institute OF Agriculture AZ
Rome. n fond OF representing the
prosperity OF the United States a.
resting upon tripod or three pillars
The first OF these pillars IL CONNER
cial industry or what Ne generally
can business II is well organized.
the pillar IL well csmented. and re-
inforced-it IL strong. Some think IL
which we cali Labor Is now thor,
oughly organized, its parts are tied
together by the iron bands OF union
ne lnlru ana most important pillar
or support OF our national prosperity
II the producer OF farmer. He nat.
urally has the right and the privilege
OF standing as the mightiest support
OF the three. Yet this part OF the
tripod Is not a reinforced. cemented.
banded pillar. II Is a great disorgan.
ized heap Its natural strength IL
great enough 10 bear its share and
even more than its share OF the bur
den The trouble s.. that its parts
slip and slide a little here and a III.
tie there as the pressure increases.
and as the other columns OF sup
port stand rigid the weight shifts
more and more to the farmers.
IL this situation Is true. and I am
sure IL IS. II may finally crush the
farmers and bring 70 ruin our temple
OF prosperity. For their own safety
and for the general welfare the farm
ers should bear their part OF the bur.
den with the ease and certainty that
come with united strength.
Rural Bank Problem.
There r. in the U.sted States a
rural bank" problem. a matter now
before congress. suggested by Presi-
dent Wilson IN his message OF De
cember 2. 1913. At this point the
question may arise in the minds OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22

limit for the announcement OF other
candidates expired on Saturday. and
IL is high compliment TO Mr.. Suther-
land and a distinct endorsement of
his services that no Republican came
forward to contest his nomination.
The record Mr.. Sutherland has made
in Congress is one OF unfinching 10y
atty to Republican principles and poll
cies. He has become widely known
over the State since he made his cam
paign in 1912. and will be many hun
dred votes stronger than he was two
years ago. He will have for a Demo
cratic opponent either Col Wylie Beall
or the Hon. Hal De Pue. Neither one
OF these gentlemen has any elements
OF strength greater than his party. On
the contrary. their weakness has been
sorrowfully acknowledged in many
conservative and outspoken Democrat.
&c papers in the State. The attempt OF
the Democratic Federal ONCE holders
TO build up a machine and force unac-
ceptable candidates on the party is ap-
parent in many sections. and Il is be
ing holly resented by the decent. hon
est rank and file OF Democrats. This
lack OF harmony. together with the
unattractive character OF the nominee.
whether It be Beall or De Pue, will
give the Republican nominee a prac-
teal walkover f. November.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22

The hasty manner in which the SUD
porters of Governor CaN are rushing 10
the defense - his pet measures when
they know that the people are dead
against them indicate that "a bad ec-re
has been thrown into that party and the
leaders see defeat staring them in the
la-o-NcNark Amcrlran TrLhuna