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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
What HaLy Wants.

The anti-war party of Italy claims
that Italy entering the European war,
which is expected to last at least sew
eral months longer-until next winter
will mean the loss of about half
a million men and a financial eX-
penditure of $5OO,OOO,OO0. They say
Italy cannot afford war on these
terms, but those who advocate join
ing the allies against Germany and
Austria, composing a majority of the
population, declare that Italy has so
much to gain she could not afford to
remain neutral.
At present Italy has more than
100000 men modified and fully
equipped. The highest estimate Of
casualties being about 40 per cent,
and the population 37,000,000, with
an encouraging birth rate, the loss in
men would be incOnsiderable, COM
pared to the number of inhabitants.
Although it would cost probably not
less than 100000 for Italy to en-
ter the war, and she is still paying
off the cost of the Tripoli war, the
wealth of the country is estimated at
about SIS, 100000 1000, of which 2 per.
cent is used to pay national debts and
provide for the army and navy, and
the country is able to bear a much
heavier burden of debt than it has at
present without working great hard
ship on the population.
The wealth of Trieste, Trent, lstrla
and Fiume is estimated at about 81
600, 100000, which would revert to
Italy if she aided the allies and they
were victorious. After these prov
inces became Italian and the national
system of taxation was applied they
would yield something like $2O,OOO,-
600 year and would be a great help
in paying whatever cost to acquire
them. Furthermore, the possession OF
these provinces would make Italy mis-
tress of the Adriatic and open new
economic era for the country. Also
there is the patriotic desire of ltal-
ians to see their countrymen on the
eastern shores of the Adriatic re-
lieved of Austria's domination.
If Italy had continued to hesitate
until the war was ended, she would
have saved her soldiers and large
sum of money, at the expense of her
future. Under these conditions 1T IS
small wonder that a majority of ltal-
ians were enthusiastically in favor OF
war.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29

opportunity presented itself for
declaration as to which home they
would fight for, the answer was i'm
mediate-American first! This is as
it should be- The great trouble with
many German sympathizers has been
heretofore that they could not bring
themselves to believe that the United
States was genuinely neutral. The
truth is we have been neutral in feel
ing and practice. President Wilson
has been like schoolmaster while
intoxicating this principle. His very
first counsel to his people at the first
break last August was solemn APP
peal for neutrality, and he particu-
larly emphasized the necessity of
right thinking on the subject. He
wanted everybody to feel neutrality.
The American attitude has been fair
eminently fair, and it has violated
none of the purposes behind the truly
neutral spirit. This is the moral
side of the equasion and it has worked
for our good; it has worked for the
good of the whole world. Our Ger
man. American friends may still
carry the hyphen for the sake of
sentiment if they will, but their
america first" thought must be
their ideal, their one hope. They
cannot better tie up with standard
of truth and honor than the one set
up by Woodrow Wilson as the guide
for the highest type of the American
patriot.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
NeU Reason For The Vote.

1t may be thought that by this time
every argument for or against woman
suffrage has been brought out and
used over and over again. They are
all, of course, mere details of the
general proposition that women are
people, and as such, in a country
penetrated with the idea of democ-
racy, are etitled to equal rights with
the other people dwelling therein.
But the New York schoolma'a am has
introduced a new variation of the
theme. Among resolutions recently
adopted by societies of women teach
ers appears this:
"Whereas, Our influence as teachers
in presenting to our pupils high civic
and political ideals is weakened by
the natural skepticism and distrust OF
our pupils as to the practicability OF
ideals and standards set forth by
those whom the state has not enfran-
chised; therefore, be it resolved that
the Association of Women High
School Teachers by unanimous vote
indorses the amendment to the con-
stitution which will enfranchise the
women of the state of New York"
Pretty reasonable, too, isn't it,
when one comes to think of it,
Hackensack Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
Things To DO.

"The Palisadian" took occasion last
week to offer suggestion to the
Eastern Bergen Association in the
kindliest interest Not even criticism
was intended, but just common sense.
The truth is this association can be
of great service to Eastern Bergen, if
it will confne itself to tangible tasks,
not impossible ones. It's one spokes-
man has lauded it to the skies as a
miracle worker, when it's best aim
should be that of a plodder rather
than a blower. Mere hot air will
carry balloon up very high, but
the balloon is sure to fall when the air
gets cool. The pounding process will
succeed in doing almost any difficult
job of crushing something, if the
something is in the way. But to
pound at the invisible never brings
up against anything.
So, if the Eastern Bergen Associa-
ton will look into the problem of taxa
ton and proper assessments OF prop
erty; if it will help the general cause
of the people by pounding at the
water monopoly in a practical way,
it will produce results for the good
of everybody. 1t is bound to.
Frankly, '"The Palisadian" would
really like to see it do something.
Don't waste energies chasing butter
flies. Don't fool away time yelling
at the Public Service for a three
cent ferry fare. Expend your energies
on the New York authorities who
really have compelling influence.
Go after the road swindlers that
charge Bergen county from $4,000
to $4,000 a mile for roadways that
can be constructed for $4,000 per
mile. These are the chaps you can
chase with vim. Making "Spot-
less Bergen" was a fine mission. 1t
is working in every American COM
munlCy. cleanup week Is NOW uhl-
versal Bergen was long time fall
ing into line, and it has the Eastern
Bergen Improvement Association to
thank for a good job at last. There
was energy will expended. 1t helped
a good cause. And there are other
good causes it can help. 1t can go to
the various municipalities and ask:
"Have you got Fairgrounds for your
children?"
If the answer comes,
"No, we haven't got that" it will
be your cue to go to it and help along
the playground movement.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
GETTING After the Vater Co.

If any representative OF the Hacken-
sack Water Company should possess
the temerity to attend the indigna-
ton meeting, which it is planned to
hold in Becker's Hall, Union Hill,
some evening next week, they will
probably hear some things that will
CRATE unpleasantly upon their sensi-
tive ears. So aroused are a large
number of property owners in the
northern section of the county over
the high-handed methods of the Of
ficials of the corporation that those
who appear at the mass meeting to
air their grievances will not mince
their words, but will speak plainly and
emphatically.
There can be no doubt but that
many have grievances against the
company, and just cause for COM
plant. No matter what the complaint
may be it appears to be impossible to
oCNuI any SOIloIuCI dIlOlI IL OIIl Ciic VI
ficials or employees of the concern.
AS one property owner says per-
son making complaint is 'jollied
along" for awhile and then receives
the ultimatium that unless his bill is
forthwith paid, no matter how ex-
cessive it may be, the water supply
will be discontinued.
Complaints that a meter is out of
order sometimes result in an inspec-
ton by an employee of the company
only to terminate in the consumer
being notified that the meter is all
right, and that five dollars has been
added to his bill to pay the cost of
the inspection. 1t is high time that
the Public Utility Commissioners take
cognizance of the present condition of
affairs and call halt The general
public has been at the mercy of the
Hackensack Water Company long
enough.-Hudson Observer.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29

Dutchman. "Belief me-" he added,
eds is proud nighdt in hurry up"
"What's that?"
81 set dis ISIS grandt occasion,
only | dittent use dem exactly vordts.
Vat l meant ISIS, dot de oppletunity
hat Of Citing expression doc der
zendimendts of my heardt gifts me
SO mooch happiness dot | not find
vordts in der lankgvich to dell you
vat ISIS der madden mid der situation
over by der riffer were der schips ISIS
nit der fireworks, vich ISIS to-nighdt
aboudt der most peautifulest ding in
particular l hat seen since der Chorge
Dewey Welcome, or der Hudson-Fulton
celebration. Dere is dimes ven man
may git besides himself nit choy."
"Why, Hans, most Germans do not
feel as you do. How is that?"
well, py chemneddy vonce, if any
Cherman who ISIS pin in diss goundry
long enough to feel der atmospheric
pressure produced py de desirapility
of der climatic influences of lifting in
der landt of der free undt home of
der prave does nod feel der jupela-
ton of skene like dot vich We hal
tonidt, l gif oop der answer to der
problem of his peing doc mooch of
a iknoramus to meet furder consid-
eraion ad der handts of der COM
middee on credensials of common
sense"
"That's pretty straight talk, Hans"
eyes, undt | can make id more so
as dot if you vouldt like to hat me
glib more expression to der feelinks
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
TueedLe-dum and TUeedLe-dee

The Barnes libel suit of $4,000
damages against Theodore Roosevelt
for defamation of character has re-
suited in a failure. The thing Mr..
Barnes tried to prove and didn't was
that he did not use corrupt practices;
what Mr. Roosevelt tried to prove
and didn't was that Barnes was every
thing he had painted him. What the
trial really proved was that it was
all the way through case of the pot
calling the kettle black.
When it is considered that in point
of culture, education and refinement,
thest two men are of similar mould,
it is easy to see how the trial de-
veloped into battle of wits. First
one side had the advantage, then the
other. The net results of the whole
thing boiled down is that political
bossism as practised to-day in the
great State of New York is very
sorry mess, and that when Theodore
Roosevelt was in the thick of it he
did not himself come out with clean
skirts. His association with Plat,
as indicated by the correspondence
exhibited, was far from creditable to
any moral standard, yet it is all con-
doned on the basis that "The king
can do no wrong"
AS for Mr.. Barnes, this noted case
places him many rounds lower on
the ladder of political fame, if there
be fame among bosses. There was
certain luster to the career of Tom
Platt, as there was to Tammany's
Kelly and Croker. So, Mr.. Barnes,
with all of his educational advantages
ranks at least with these. The
strange part of Barnes career is that
he has not personally profited by the
game of politics like some of the other
bosses. The printing gratuities he
accepted were of small concern, COM
paratively. And while the moral side
of his politics is assailable, it has
not been established that he is in
politics as wholesale CRATER.
Barnes Leadership related rather to
establishing leading members of his
party in fat offices than to immedi-
ate personal gain. With already
enough possessions to bar the wolf
from his door, he played the game
for the sheer love of the sport, per-
haps, and it's fascination was as much
a lure as roulette table. His puppets
were generally responsive to his will,
and when he pulled the strings the
grand old commonwealth danced to
merry tune indeed.
And so Roosevelt is still Teddy,
Barnes is still Boss. On one side it
is tweedle-dum; on the other tweedle-
dee. Or, as the clown has it.:
"Twix tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee
There is no telling what l be,
Twixt tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum
My mind is always on the bum."
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
WHITSUNDY'S GREAT
LESSON Explained

The beautiful feast of Whitsunday,
the yearly celebration of the coming
of the divine spirit into mankind, was
observed fittingly in the borough's
various places of worship.
The day was referred to in sermon
as birthday; the birthday of new
life for the world, like the great birth
day of the creation, when in the be-
ginning God created the heavens and
the earth.
AS no organism or mechanism was
of any use without the motive power
within it, so man, in order to be a
temple of God, must receive the holy
spirit.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
Friends And Enemies.

Do not seek, but neither should you
be discouraged because you have, en-
emies.
For that matter, it has been held
by some that a man without enemies
is a man without friends. Remember,
for instance, the advice which Talley-
rand gave Theirs: "You wish to rise
make enemies"
So, too, did Socrates say: every
man in his life has need Of faith
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
Orr Gernan-American Citizens.

There can be no mistaking the feel
ing of the COMMUNICATIONS on the
issue of a war between the United
States and Germany. While it is
true that this element of our popu-
lation before the Wilson note to Ger
MANY was largely sympathetic with
the Fatherland, the very moment the
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
The Testing.
By Edwin Markham

When, in the dim beginning of the
years
God mixed in man the raptures and
the tears
And scattered through his brain the
starry stuff,
He said, Behold! Yet this is not
enough,
For must test his spirit to make sure
That he can dare the Vision and en-
dure.
81 will withdraw my face,
Veil me in shadow for certain space,
And leave behind only broken clew,
A crevice where the glory glimmers
thro'.
Some whisper from the sky,
Some footprint in the road to track
Me by.
81 will leave man to make the fate
full guess,
Will leave him torn between the No
and Yes,
Leave him unresting till he rests in
Me
Drawn upward by that choice that
makes him free
Leave him in tragic loneliness to
choose,
With all in life to win or all to lose,"
AnIowa truck farmer irrigates his
land by pumping water from an ar
tesian well with a pump to which his
automible is attached.
A french scientist has invented APP
partus to determine the percentage
of carbon in steel by burning it in
pure oxygen under pressure.
Australia has modified it's absou-
lutte prohibition of the importation
of opium to permit the entry of the
drug for medicinal purposes.
An automible has been invented that
fits an automible clear of the floor,
of a garage or the ground as it is
run over the device.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29

of patriotism | feel for diss glorious
Nunited Schtades of America. Dots
der ticket for me, undt l pud Woodrow
Wilson on der front page"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29

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the yellow California Poppy has been
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This gives you a conception of the posi-
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The cost of Burbank seeds is moderate. For
81. 90 you can get twelve varities worth
separately 81 7O-Luther Burbank's own
This seal guarantees an original Burbank ?
Look for tit is your protection
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
Hans LObert.
Hans Lobert came

Hans Lobert came
up Bluff road the
night of the fire
works in honor of
fleet in the Hudson.
He was met by the
reporter.
"HoW are you,
Hans ?" he was
asked.
much obliged to
meet mel" replied
the good natured
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29

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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
The Presidents Councillor

President Wilson may find courage
in his hour of responsibility in GER
tain words which appear in the recen-
Unpublished book, "When Man
Comes to HIMSELF" written by one
Woodrow Wilson: "The trustworth-
mess of men trusted seems often to
grow with the trust. And SO men
grow by having responsibility laid
upon them, the burden of other peo
pies business. Their powers are put
out at interest, and they get usury
in kind. They are like men multi
Piled"
A new German machine wrench has
a pivoted jaw which permits it to
grasp five of the six sides of hex
agonal nut at once.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-05-29
Luther Burbank has produced hundreds of
varities of plant life absolutely
new to mankind

TJJST suppose you are able to have garden which is
~ entirely different from your neghbors and something
which you friends before
You garden and have contain anything but
what new original provided Luther Burbank
Seeds
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-24
PROGRAM OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
of Simpson District Which
VIII Be Held at Bridge
port July 1.

BRIDGEPORT, June o4-Fonowdng
|ds rhe program for the annual Sunday
school convention OF Simpson district
which wil1 be held in the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church Thursday,
ao:oo-Devotonal-rne Rev. B. s.
Hannrick
a0-10-o Opening address OF a
Sunday School Convention -Pres1-
dent M ID Teter.
Z lo-so-song service Trinity church
aO-8--Means Of Keeping Up At
tendance'-Jesse G. Lawson and
Cleon FiHhugh.
General discussion
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-24
DO NOT JUSTIFY
HORROR OVER LEPR0sY
Less Dangerous Than Many
Other Diseases Says Dr.
Montgomery.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.--
Horror of leprosy is an Inheritance
from the middle ages and is not JUS
tilted by the facts, said DR.. Douglas
NJ Montgomery. OF San Francisco.
in paper presented this morning
before their sixty-sixth annual ses-
sion of the American Medical Asso-
citation. The repuls1ve appearance
of leprosy and the fear OF its ex-
IRENE contag1on due to misunder-
standing of the nature Of 1eprosy as
mentioned in the table have created
a belief in the public mind that
ieprosy Is extremely contagious rms
belief. says DR.. Montgomery, IS not
founded on facts 1eprosy Is very
slightly contagious and is slowly
progressive disease, much less dam
gerouS to the community or to the
Individual than smallpox. tubercu-
1osis any many other diseases
The GROWING. economic ana m
dustrtal importance Of public heaitn
work was emphasized by several
speakers 4s
Sickness insurance was advocated
by.Dr. b. s. Warren, OF the United
States Health Service. as means
of overcoming the handicap OF pow
erty among wage gamers DE- war
rem showed that disease is more pre-
ya1cnt among low paid workers tna au
among better paid and that fu1y one
half OF the wage-earn1ng Iamlt1es OF
the United States do not nave an
income sufficient to maintain
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-24
sTREEIBAsKEIS.

Street baskets cost money, but they
ere cheap when 1t comes. to facing
Mayor Gordon on charge OF violating
the city laws.
Our city council has gone to the
expense and trouble of placing upoa
the sidewalks OF the city. STREET
wIRE BASKETS to- protect those who
may have a paper bag, pealin&. paper
or other small parcel of filth from
throwing the same upon the city street
or sidewalk in violation Of the follow
ing ordnance:
FILTH on STREETS
10. IT shall be unlawful for any
person to place or deposit any earth.
brick or stone Except for building
spnrposes) coal. wood. ashes. lime, NOR
tar, shavings. paper, garbage, decay
ing animal or vegetable matter, ma
nure. or filth or rubbish OF any kind,
upon any street. alley. road, sidewalk
or public square within the city; ana
every violation OF this section shall be
punished by fine OF not less than
One Dollar nor more thantTen Dollars.
Mayor Gordon and Chief Brooks
have INSTRUCTED the Police to keep an
open eye for violations OF this ordt-
nance as this filthy and unsanitary
habit must be broken up.
- ~. ". OURS,
& Sanitary Officer
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-24

WIN be offered ssssssss.
.s-1et no reduce tho a1thogA7ed capital
stock OF said corporation by refusing
from 300 shares OF che parva1ueS %
81 0O. 90 each TO 1900 shares OF the par
r,al11ft of 10000 each 50 that such au-
f57orized capital stock shall ahere11oe9t
be S150.0oo-o0 1ustead OF S26o.ooo-0o As
Ehere6o1ore.
.poration to s-THE CONSOLIDATED OH
sCOARASX-ns - s4sssSs Z.
Srd. TO change the location OF fhe
.nriYpcIna1 once o6 said corPoFGtton TO
Room 7o4 Union Bank Buf1d.ng, city OF
sC1arksburE, state OF West V4<Ein1a
1sCIiven underg our hands this 18th cay
SAMUEL POWELL. RTestdent