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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-09

switch that the President has made.
They see In Secretary McAdoo's rec.
ommc1dation that the present tariff
rate on sugar, which, under the I'm.
derwood law Is due to be entirely
eliminated next May, be retained and
his further recommendation that the
war taxes" be re.enacted and extend.
ed and continued until after the close
OF the war abroad, the precursor of an
announcement along similar lines
from the White House. Within less
time than month the President sta.
ted that his position as 10 the tariff
was strongly in opposition TO making
any changes in the present tariff law
whatsoever. He wanted II ITO have
fair trial under normal conditions"
he announced.
The gossip here is that this conces-
sion as to sugar is bright omen to
the Democrats clamoring tor tariff re.
vision at the forthcoming congress TO
keep up the clamor. They see a
chance of winning in the administra-
tons weakening on its stand SO far
rs sugar Is concerned. There is no
uGdu pdlI VI lut fIGslutll purity
that is arguing for putting up the tar
If bars TO meet worldwide peace con.
ditions when they come with an elo.
quence as impressive and line OF
argument as convincing as the most
dyed.in.the.grain Republican protec.
ZIONIST as ever fought. bled and died
for that economic principle. Men Of
the latter party stripe see nothing in
the concession as to sugar but con.
fession to the general, II not all the
specific, charges that their party has
made and urged against the sixty per
cent free trade taiff law which goes
by the name Of Underwood. Contin.
uing the cumbersome war taxes"
which were imposed with the promise
that they would run but a year, Re.
publican leaders point out verifies
handsomely their prediction that the
promise was made only to be broken.
1t was their argument then, as It still
is, that war taxes" were not made
necessary by war, but by reducing
tariff on 40 per cent OF our imports
and letting 60 per cent of them come
in free OF any duty whatsoever. Dis.
missing from mind any protective ar.
gument, they say that the present
situation shows conclusiyely that the
Underwood bill as a reyenue-only
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-09
POPULAR LEGS.

a FTER this war is over there will be more Amerl.
~ can legs in Europe than there ever were before.
And they won't all be attached to American tourists
rubberng empty battlefeids and ruined cathedrals
either Mos of them will be doing duty for men who
left the legs nature gave them lying Somewhere in
France"
All OF which means that the American artificial leg
industry enjoying the Of prosperity that the
bullet factory is. Europe needs legs, thousands and
thousands Of them. and she will keep needing them
for years to And America makes better and more
legs than any other country in the world Germany alone
excepted. Hence the call from the allies for legs
Already there are 800 different kinds Of legs made
here ana the filing of patents goes mcrrily the
demand for legs increases The day OF the old wooden
leg has gone; the artificial leg is light and de-
ceptve that you can hardly be whether man is
standing the leg he grew up with or one he has re-
Gently acquired
The presentday sweetheart of the modern ben Bat
tie" won't have for breaking the engagement
because he has both legs In the grave for Bens Made
in the U. S. A. legs will be pretty good substitutes
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asonishing how money breeds money when deposited
at interest But their opportunities for frugay
apparent ii Is also true that domestic assistants seem
peculiarly liable the lures o. swndlers The tempta
ton double triple ones savings lucky invest
ment piausbly presented that not strange the
arrest Of the average sharper is followed by disclosures
Of the servants who have contributed to his
temporary prosperity On the other hand happily there
many domestic employees who have learned the wis.
dom Of patronzing the savings banks and other approved
channels for investment and turning deaf to offers
OF chances for getting rich in hurry Eight thousand
dollars seems large sum for servant to amass and,
of is exceptional the $4,000 reported lost by
another may represented the savings Of say 19
10 years. Heads Of households might itingy counsel
those in their employ to place their savings in sound
banks and nowhere else unless the security offered is
more substantial than golden promises.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-09
VentfIs.Inn lest.

A single way to lcll whether your
room is properly ventilated is to
place wide-aeclsed bottle Of water
into which you have put half an ounce
of lime water, In the room, letting 1t
remain uncovered over night. II in
the morning the lime water Is milk
the ventilation is bad. II the lime wa.
ter becomes milk on your covering the
bottle mouth with your hand and
shaking the vessel. the ventilation is
not sufficiently good. II the lime water
remains clear, the air of that room IL
pure.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-09
Boon TO Those Of Weak Heart.

A German army doctor, NJ. schurig,
has put on the market an invention.
which he declares win DO the greatest
boon Of the century 10 sufferers from
heart disease. Those who will be
benefited are such as cannot afford a
ground floor or house with an ele.
vator. The invention consists OF a
slipper that folds into the pocket. The
slipper has very thick and soft sole.
and It IS maintained that when wor,.
It's properties are so wonderful that
1t IS easy to ascend flights Of stairs.
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measure is complete failure except
us deficit producer. 1t has been the
persistent experience that Democratic
tariffs have not been satisfactory rev.
cnuc measures. and nothing is such
strong prima facie Testimony against
a revenue measure as the necessity
of issuing bonds, as In Cleveland's
time, or imposing war taxes" as in
Wilson's administration with the
country at peace.
The retention OF the present tariff
rate on sugar and the war taxes
leaves the governments income just
where 1t Is. 1t settles nothing SO
far as the urgent demand to make up
the present growing deficiency and the
greatly increased appropriations
which will have TO be met by reason
of the increased naval and military
expenditures that are on the program
for the next congress. Larger ap
preparations without any corresponds
ing cut in other expenditures, indi
Gates that more revenue must be
raised from other resources in the next
few months. There has been much
talk about an issue OF Panama bonds
When the government decided to
build the great ditch 1t said through
Legislation:
I'VE will build this work. no matter
what it costs. II current revenues
are sufficient to pay 1t, well and good
II they are not sufficient, the Treas
ury will be authorized to issue bonds
as they may be needed to pay the
costs" a bill to that effect was
passed.
Those were good times and the ca
nal bills were paid in large part out
of current revenues. On June 30th
last the Treasury statement showed
that the canal had cost $3S2, 000, 900 oil
which S375,000,000 might have been
paid from proceeds of bonds, though
in fact only S134,000,o0O oof bonds
had been issued. In other words
$240, 100000 more OF bonds nigh,
have been issued than had been to
that time, and charged against the
canal. The law is still In effect, and
the Treasury might issue these bonds
at any time It needed the money. Elk.
actly whether it would be sound pol.
itics to issue them now. Is one Of the
difficult questions OF the time. The
canal is finished. How would the
public regard issuing loan against
1t now? True, It would not be quite
the same as general extension oil
the public credit; but It would be a
bond issue, would be attacked by the
enemies Of the administration as
such, and there is little qish to make
the experiment.
The gossip here has It that Presi
dent Wilson. II he Is convinced that
1t is the thing to do, both from polit.
lical and economic standpoints, will
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ON THE :
= SCREEN
THepA BARA.

Theda Bara, the famous woman VAN.
pire, will be seen Monday at the
Grand in Lady Audley's Secret, and
more than usual interest is being Ia.
ken in the great picture.
1"And so have taken the liberty,
dear uncle, of inviting this old friend
of mine down to your estate for fort.
nights shooting. We shall arrive In
time for dinner tomorrow" Lady
Audley crumpled up the letter her hus.
band had given her to read. II had
como at last. After years OF con.
tentment and happiness, a ghos; of the
past had arisen to destroy her peace.
Several years before she had mar.
ried young man, tho son OF veal
thy father. Tho father had disInherit.
cd his son for marrying against his
wishes, and they had been compelled
10 return TO her fathers home. There
they lived in almost abject poverty.
The husband later went to Australia
In an attempt TO make fortune, leav-
ing his wife alone with her baby.
Shortly after the birth OF her child,
the family physician had told her that
maternity had always brought on in.
sanity among the women OF her fam
lily. Left alone, destitute with a heri.
iitary curse hanging over her she &C.
ccpted the proposal Of Lord Audley,
who did not know that she had been
married before. Now. after years of
comparative happiness, her husband
handed her O note from his nephew.
telling that he was bringing with him
the man who had been her husband,
the man from whom she had not heard
from for so long. She secs her chance
for happiness fading rapidly What
should she do? What could she do?
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Spreading Happiness,

Mankind is always happier for hav.
ing been happy. So that II you make
men happy now. you make them hap
py twenty years hence by the memory
Of it.-S!dney Smith.
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The fellow who has chance to get thing for song
generally can't sing
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smooth game.

as might be expected, Greece seems to be playing a
smooth game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28
COUNTY GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS
THAT CALL FOR WISE JUDGMENT

Aldermen and include a modified veto power over
items Of the budget There should be respon-
sible executive, who should appoint such officials
as the superintendent Of the poor and heads Of
other departments At the present time each Of
fcer is responsible, II he chances to be answer
able to any one, to more far-oR branches
Of the state government. The County Clerk, for
instance. must make reports to at least hall
dozen state officers. This makes for lneffciency
and responsibility.
There should be Capitalization For instance, in
Westchester County II formerly cost $4,000 TO
collect the county taxes. This Is 10 per cent of
the amount collected. It is readily that this
is an exorbtant price to pay for the gathering OF
sl,5OOOOO. The high cost was due to the fact
that townships and villages each had their own
boards Of assessors and tax collectors This func-
ton could be economically and effectively
discharged by set Of county officers, doing tho
work for the entire county, such as the Tax De-
partment In New York City.
Another evil which should be remedied Is tho
lack Of coincidence of the fiscal year Of the county
and of the townships, villages and cities In my
county each political unit has fixed the beginning
and end Of its fiscal year without regard 70 tho
county. The county year should correspond with
the state year. Il does not, however. The county
fiscal year closes October 81, while certain
county departments are required by law 20 report
to state departments for fiscal year closing in
September, and these reports have to include ma
terial that cannot be obtained until November.
The county collects its taxes in June, but the
City Of Yonkers has charter which gives it the
right to pay its share Of the county tax at any
time 1t chooses II chooses TO do this on Deem
Der 81. 1t is necessary, in the meantime, for Tho
county to borrow at high rate Of interest TO pay
the state, while the city holds back its portion in
order to gain a low rate of interest on its bank
balance The taxpayers forget that in addition
to inconveniencing the administration Of the
county government they have 20 contribute a
share of the high rate which the county has been
forced to pay for its temporary loan.
Concentration in the administration OF the az
fairs of the county is the important step to take
As have indicated. this applies to every branch
of the county's business The machinery Of gov
eminent should be reconstructed in order 10 So.
cure this end.
The mere statement that there are some four
teen hundred elective oficeholders in Westchestsr
County is sufficient 70 show the absurdity Of the
present conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28
BY V. EVERIT MACY.

THAT there is need of revised form OF gov
eminent for counties in New York State
has almost passed from the debatable stage
OF the discussion. The present functions OF
county officers so loosely Joined together that
the resulting mechanism might almost he de-
scribed as without form and void. There is
neither head nor tail it. No officer is directly
responsible to any other for the efficiency of his
administration. 1t is almost impossible for the
citizen and taxpayer to put his finger upon the
incumbent of any Office and say that it is within
that officials power to remedy defects. In fact,
so little Is known about the deficiencies that a
large percentage Of the voters not aware that
what amounts to practical reconstruction OF the
constituent elements Of the county governmental
machinery is required. The problem is that of
devising a scheme of government which will work
efficiently and economically.
The first problem which presents itself for sou
ton ia tho diversity of conditions existing in
different counties outside greater New York The
state has provided only one form of government
for them To illustrate the difference in coun-
ties we may take Westchester. II includes about
$50 distinct political units, of which 173 are school
districts, but all have power to issue bonds indie
pendently Of another. In the southern sec
ton are three cities-Yonkers, Mount Vernon and
New Notwithstanding perhaps one-half the
entire population Of the county. Stretching across
the county from the Hudson to the Sound, north
of these is a strip OF country in which there are
Ut least a score Of villages, ranging in population
between 1000 or 5000 and 1900. The upper part
Of the county is absolutely rural in its character
The problems which confront the cities naturally
are not those Of the agricultural belt. Nor ara
those Of the village exactly those Of the
Urban and rural. Many Of the counties are a COM
bina'ion Of rural and urban communities, with a
majority Of the voters living in cities or villages
few are chiefly agricultural in their interests
The variety Of conditions presented makes II
desirable to do as has been done for cities-pro-
vide by law for different forms OF government in
order that each county may adopt the style best
adapted to its needs. believe a commission
form OF government, or one similar to that of
New York City, would fit Westchester County
conditions eIceently. To prepare the budget
would have an elective body, similar in function
10 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
small in number and chosen at large The powers
Of the Board Of Supervisors should then be modi-
FED to resemble those Of the New York Board Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28
Inability

fact and not, as has been suggested, because they
were waiting for the completion or larger aerial
feet. Moreover, many Englshmen believe that
the we@sS9r hazard under present conditions will
continue to be their chief protection from aerial
attack, since in summer fleet of Zeppelins
ha2ving Germany or Belgium for Great Britain
wa have to make a leap in the dark unaware OF
what dangers may Turk in the atmospheric
stretches over the enemy's country.
The great land battles of the winter were IN
Poland and East Prussia and Galicia where the
weather was an important factor in almost every
fight During December both sides waited eager
~ for the cold that would harden the roads and
swamps. But the Russians have had first knowl-
edge Of each approaching freeze. If the cold
wave came from the east north they were
warned by their meteorological stations; If
from the west the information was sent by their
allies Undoubtedly the luckless Tenth army,
which was nearly overwhelmed last February
east Of the Masuran Lakes knew in advance OF
the snowstorm that blocked the roads along the
lines OF their retreat, but Won Hindenburr'5 pre-
cipitous advance left them no choice but to foun-
der back as best they could through the drifts.
In Belgium and Northern France the fall and
winter months were marked by excessive rains.
Naturally soldier doesn't mind wettng, yet
warnings of storms or Of clearing weather after
long periods Of rain have been a valuable asset
TO the Allies in a country where inch Of pre-
cipitation may mean rivers over their banks and
miles of flooded bottom lands
Incidentally, this unusual rainfall in Belgium
and France has been attributed by some to the
itself; that is to say, attributed to the stu
pendous quantity of explosives detonated in this
This theory, however, is not supported by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28
Loss Of Zeppelin La Due to
Inability to Obtain the
Foreign Mete0r0logi-
cal Reports.

meteorologists On the contrary Il Is authorits-
lively denied. The weather men say IL has no
firmer foundation than another eontemporaneeus
suggestion--that the European war was respon-
sb!e for the warm winter In the eastern part
Of the United States and the long drought that
prevailed there last fall
OF all the countries party TO the international
meteorological exchange the United States has
suffered least from the disorganizaton Of this
service Although the discontiuuance Of reports
from Europe and Siberia compelled the Washing
ton Weather Bureau TO stop publishing i,s daily
weather map Of the Northern Hemisphere and
the weekly forecasts, it has not intcr,ered with
the regular semi-daily forecasts 10 which most Of
us turn first when we open our morning or AFTER
noon newspapers. The reason for this Dc MAJ
American weather generally breeds on The Pacific
Coast Areas of low barometric pressure rospon-
sible for changes usually sweep over the coati-
nent from west to east In this connection, me-
teorologsts have called attention TO tie fact that
Il the United States became involved In war with
an invader from Europe this peculiarly Of our
weather would be of inestimable advantage 90 our
army and navy-porticularly the navy. In tho
event of war with Japan or China, however, This
advantage would be reversed and If an Asiatic
army should occupy our Pacific Coast the Amsri-
can weather forecasters would have TO suspend
business.
Some idea of what the enemy's weather block
ade may cost Germany In purely civic way aay
be gathered from recent estimate that In the
United States the governments weather warnings
TO shippers, agricuturists, produce merchants and
dealers in perishable goods save each year prop
erty worth s200,00o,00o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28
IMPORTANCE OF FOREKNOwLEDGE TO
NAVAL STRATEGIST.

Few bodies Of water more subject 70 storms
than the North Sea Weather and sailors
know that areas OF low barometric pressure have
q way of remaining suspended there sometimes for
two weeks at q time A foreknowledge Of weather
conditions is far important to the naval
strategist than 10 the commander Of land forces.
As factor in the preparation Of his plans it
ranks net TO the location and strength OF the
hostile feet One does not have to be naval
expert to realize the tremendous advantage the
British admirals must gain from the receipt OF
reliable storm and fog warnings a foe whose
only dependence is the barometer and the appear
ance Of sea and sky.
The value Of weather warnings increases with
the instability OF the elements where wars are
waged. High power and speed have made the
seroplane in q measure independent Of this fac
tor; but the mammoth dirigibles to which Ger
many pins her faith-or at least did pin her faith
when the war began-are unable to operate ef-
fectively against wind swifter than forty miles
an hour. In a heavy snowstorm they are help
less as the fate of the LA and her sister craft,
the L-3 has demonstrated British and French
airmen declare that the failure of the Germans TO
carry out the long-expected Zeppelin raid upon
London during the past winter was due to this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-28

whip the waters Of the North Sea into a weller
that will defeat q carefully planned German naval
raid upon British transports. few days later
the same storm may food he Germans or the
Russians out Of their trenches along the Vistua.
Three hundred and sixty days in the year the
United States Weather Bureau and the British
meteorological Office can predict almost to a de-
gree what temperatures will prevail in New York
and London during the next forty-eight hours.
Ships on both sides Of the Atlantic and thou
sand miles out at sea warned Of approaching
storms with nlmcst infallble accuracy. But to
make these forecasts the meteoroogist5 compare
reports from all parts of the globe. A permanent
international meteorological committee regulates
the exchange Of these data among the civilized ma
tons When the broke out ne transmission
Of this information to Germany ceased. The mil
itary value OF the international weather reports
was quickly realized by both Great Britain and
France; and since practically all such reports OF
any use to Germany had to come from Paris, Lon
don, Petrograd and Washington, the Kaser's gen.
eral staff found itself deprived of valuable ad-
iunct