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New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Logic of the GOOse-S Step.
(Phillips Andover Bulletin. )


 ''somewhere in France" last winter a group of teachers turned soldiers of the fatherland, foregathered in 8 "dugout'' to talk over their long-neg- lected teaching profession. Grim war had set it's mark upon them. Their pr) esent occupation had grown gigan tic beyond any prreconception of the wisest student of History. It's fearful demands had burned into their souls the one word, efficiency" The train ing of their youth seemed of trivial consequence to them n the trenches. They had found no Greek roots in all their digging. Trenches require sur veyors, engineers, diggers; trenches imply topography, geology and drain age.
 So they drew up a proposal of re- form for the sacred curriculum of their gymnasium at home. Tn this suggestion they would sweep away from the upper classes Greek, Latin, French, English and all history earlier than the time of Wilhelm der Crosse They had found these studies of little available use in the trenches, where mortal peril called for other knowl- edge, and 8 different skill. They must save the soldier of the future from bearing any useless burden of knoWl- edge into the chilly ditches where he Is to hold the foe of his day. To this end he must be trained in engineer ing, in topography, in transportation in sanitation, in hygiene. and, above all in vocational dexterity. Fine studies all of these. and we, cannot criticise them per so but we may ven- ture to ask what is the character of the culture that comes from these alone?
 Is dexterity in war 0 be the aim of everybody, or is business to take on more and more of the character of war? Are we to abandon all that contributes to the form ation of refined taste, and to the humanistic, altruistic view of social relations? Shall we heed suggestions born of bursting shells, and train our youth to thread the gloomy path of better trenches? ? Let us beware of this goose-step logic for the relentless conclusion of such "efficiency'' must eventuate in the trenches.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Bumper Crops. Yield Less r|
 Py01H Than Lean Ones

Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.-That the farmer receives less money. for his bumper grain crops than he gets
 for his lean ones, although the hand ling of the one involves infinitely more
 labor than the gathering and market ing of the other, is the somewhat
 startling statement made by William
 Joseph Showalter, a Washington
 economist in a paper brought to the
 attention of the House of Representa-
 tives yesterday by Representative
 Flood of Virginia in connection with
 the high cost of living issue. He shows
 how the farmers of the world re- ceived a billion dollars less for their
 bumper grain crop of 1912 than they got for the lean one of 1911, how those of the United States received
 SIP, 2,O0O,OOo less for their bumper corn crop of 1912 than for their lean one of 1911, and how the wheat growers get S64,0OO,OO0 less for their bumper wheat crop of 1906 than they did for their lean one of 1907. Ip his paper MT. Showalter says:
 ''While congress is considering the high cost of living from the stand point of the city consumer, it might also consider the high cost of uni versal bumper crops to the farmers who produce them. A study of the statistics of the department of agri- culture will show that bumper crops, with all the extra labor they involve, bring the farmers shorter returns than the lean ones.
 For instance, in 1911 the world had lean year so far as grain crops go. Leaving out rice, the total grain yield was 13,7s6, 6,0O0,O00 bushels, enough to load a train five times around the earth at the equator. In 1912 there was a bumper crop, tho biggest yield of grain that Mother Earth. in all her history ever pro- duced It reached the enormous total of 16,115, 5,OOO,O0O bushels practically ten bushels for every man, woman and child upon the face of the globe, Enough to load a string of cars reach ing more than six times around the earth.
 And yet, based on the farm prices per bushel prevailing in the United States on December 1, of the two years which is fairly representative of world prices, the farmer got more actual cash for his lean crop Of 1911 than he got for his fat one of 1912 The average per bushel price Of the five great cereals was approximately cents in 1911, as com 1 pared with fifty-f1ve cents in 1912. So, 1 if you will take out your pencil and l figure it up you will find that the ! worlds farmers received approximate l ly a billion and a quarter dollars less for the great bumper crop of 1912 1 than they got for the lean crop of 1 1911.
 '"The same conditions obtained in l 1906 and 1907. Here the former year 1 was one of those great fat ones when !. the granaries of the world were over 1 flowing, and the latter very lean one. 1 Yet the farmers got nearly two bill l lion dollars less for their great bump ' CT crop of 1906 than they received for I tn cir lean crop of 1907.
 Taking our own country alone we ! see that the same thing happens with i the American farmer in his fat and lean years. For instance, 1912 was a bumper year in corn production. For | the first time in our history we
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

1 of forty and whereabouts another chance. They have taken into the , fold all those who have climed far
 up the mountain side of life and are 1 ready to look over into the Valley of Shadows. The mere fact that a man is approaching the crest of the hill
 should be in his favor, not against
 him. On his journey he must have gained experiences that will stand him in good stead if he has not dissipated all his intellectual and physical powers
 To say that man is old at forty, or fifty, or even sixty, is to distort the truth. There are some men who never grow old. Gray hairs are not the eX- elusive property of age anymore than the absence of wrinkles is the insignia of youth. There are men bald at thirty just as there are those who at seventy are not gray at the temples. Temperament is a controlling in fluence that the efficiency experts lose sight of in many cases In the bank ing and business professions men can labor on until they must be carried to and from their work in wheel chairs, if necessary. So long as the brain is active and the mind alert there is ever room for the man of experience and knowledge in the executive coun- cils of big business. Where picks and shovels enter into the tasks imposed then age might be a determining fac tor in the retirement of men. Muscles grow stiff when intellectually is just limbering up. Let the "old boys'' have a chance. This idea that young men can run the world infinitely bet ter than their elders is all mistake. They can put the enthusiasm of youth in their work, true; but the calmer influence of the middle aged man is ever a valuable. asset And what if there is tinge of gray in his hair? So long as his brain is alert and his mind capable of planning and assisting in the on-rush of business he should not be laid on the shelf
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Origin of the Christmas Tree.
(People's Homo JournaD.

A beautiful myth concerning the Christmas tree, the fir, is connected with St. Winfred. In the early part of the eighth century while this fa- nous missionary was hewing down. the sacred oak which his pagan peo-. pie had been wOrshipping-a tornado blasted it. Just behind it, unharmed by tho whirlwind, stood a young fir tree, pointing a green spire to the stars. Winfred turned to his follow CTS and said:
 This little tree, young child Of the forest, shall be your holy tree to- night. It is the wood of peace, for your houses are built of it. It is a sign of an endless life, for its leaves are always green. See how it points upward to heaven. Let this be called the tree of the Christ child. Gather about 1t; not In the wild woods, but in your own homes; there it will shell ter no deeds of blood, but loving giftse and acts of kindness"
 A quaint old writer thus spiritual izes the practice of Christmas decora- tions: "So our churches and houses decked with bays and rosemary, holly and ivy and other plants which are always green, winter and summer signify and put us in mind of His Deity, that the Child that now is born was God and man, who should spring up like a tender plant, should always be green and fourishing and should live forever more" Festive carols were chanted a+ Christmas in praise of the evergreen, the holly, the rose- mary and the bay,
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

From the receptions rendered the German peace proposals in London and Paris somebody has evidently scrubbed the Welcome" off the door, mats in those cities. Petrograd should have a heart, and the glorious tra- d1t1ons of Rome should come forth and greet the little visitor.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
MUST BE DONE.

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. T There has been but one serious ac' tident at the Main Street railroad 1rossing. That took place some years go when the crossing was unpro- eeted after eleven o'clock at night After the deplorable incident last saturday at the Washington street 4rossing the city is not prepared for he shock of another tragedy Yet' 3ceording to passengers on the dlnkey : rain that left Bristol at 11:30 o'clock &ast night there was every possl blllty l f a repetition of this accident The ! ates at the Main street crossing 8ere not lowered, it is alleged, when ! he Bristol dinkey sped into the sta ! on If that is the case, and the hen who produce the evidence are ilbstantial citizens of the community, but confirms the belief of many hat watch towers should be installed
 all the principal grade crossings lsNew Britain. There are many pod reasons why this step should De ken by the railroad.
 TO begin with, the men who are : ping duty as gate tenders are lnsuI- . .,iently paid. Even with an increase
 wages, recently won, they re-
 
 len that they cannot be over-en- lusiastic about their positions nor &llv keen to the responsibilities that st upon them Then, many of the en who tend gates in this vicinity se not familiar with the English nguage and possibly do not under and the various railroad signals.
 some cases they are men who have Zen crippled by service on the rall- bads and are being pensioned OH
 this fashion, by allowing them to Ind gates In other instances men bye been found who were handi- |nped in their work by deafness and Dor eye ight,-two of the very great sentials to good gatekeeping, 1t Ho11ld seem, are the sense of hear g and eyes that can see far dis nees down the tracks
 With the proper facilities, natural
 q artificial, the men at the grade ossings may be expected to do bet work. If it is true that the gates Ire left up at the Main street cross 2 last night as the Bristol dinky lew into the station there must be me reason for such a happenings; &tner the man at the gate did not c or hear the, train approaching,- s attention being distracted for the oment,-or he was too tired after Gay's work. The hours of serv- e are notably long. With a tower 4lilf sufficiently high above the hound level there will be little temp #tion for gatekeepers to entertain |iends, or to hold converse with hssers-by, or to do the duties of a afic officer in directing strangers here to seek given points in the Htv, as is sometimes the case. And, Y ey will be able to see approaching ! Saf1s, even over the tops of shifting #eight cars In view of the numer- IS and recent happenings in connec- &pn with the grade crossings in this &ty there is; but one thing, other Ean elevating the road-bed, which the
 ilroad can do to offer better pro- ction for life and limb,--that is, es- blish watch-towers at the principal rossings in this city. It must be bne sooner or later and if eventu- ly why not now? It is time for improvement.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

In our town we pay little attention to omens and portents. but there are a few signs which we regard as in fallible. One of them is that when a. customer tips the barber who attends him he is going to be n1arried.-To- peka Capital
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

II am not a criminal at heart" said a prisoner convicted for the fourth time of obtaining money by false pre- lenses. Most offenders are not; but fourth offense indicates too much of tendency toward a habit..-New York World
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

Wall Street is not the barometer ii used to be; it is now afraid of it's shadow. The market goes up and down like an elevator.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

We have never contended that the old-time children who were spanked became fine men and women merely because they were spanked, but we do say that of the spanked rank much higher in the hall of fame than the nspanSed.-Houston Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

T was assaulted because I had only $1 to settle poker debt of S2O ' said Mrs. Nellie Palzer I. O. us don't go with the gentler sex--if you don't. believe it, try it!-Buffalo News.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

,elfvered by carrier to any part of the city
 for 15 cents week, 65c a month. Inscriptions for paper to be sent by mail. payable in advance, 60 cents a month,
 g. o. a veal.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

We should think that after so many years the south would become tired of being deprived entirely of the excite ment of uncertainty about results of it's lections.-Albany Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
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New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

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New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

The fact that the Deutschland has made a second round trip and arrived safely at her home port, is only another illustration that such craft have got to be reckoned With and the government wishing to com pete, either in war or trade for that matter has got to have something little better.-Midd1etown Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
A PittSfield physician of wide

1 T I''''1ro1N' PIIy SICIa1I or WIue eA- per1ence and practice says that we may not have an infantie paralysis epidemic again in 50 years, if ever. It seems good to find a little opti- mism in professional outlook at a time when there is so much gloom Berkshire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14
Pointed Paragraphs.

The average man will stand without hitching a good deal better than if tied to an apron string.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

There may be reasons why a man should trv to deceive others, but why should he try to deceive himself?
New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

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New Britain herald., 1916-12-14

Just eleven days to Christmas
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

With the intention of averting
the disaster that would be entailed
by Q general tie.up of the railroads
of the country, Congress on satur.
day passed the Eight Hour bill,
which is an emergency measure.
The Adamson bill provides that
beginning January /, 1917, the
standard workday for employees on
steam railways more than 100 miles
long, engaged in interstate COM
merce, shall be eight hours; that a
Presidential commission of three
shall Investigate conditions under
the eight. hour basis for q period of
between six and nine months; that
daily wages shall not be reduced
below the present amount for q
longer day during the Investigation
and overtime pay shall be pro rata.
The prompt action of President
Wilson and Congress has averted
what would probably have been
the worst strike in the history of
our country; one that would have
resulted in virtual industrial pa.
ralysis and untold losses and hard.
ships, and while the law may not
be all that is hoped for it, it is a
step in the right direction.
Senator Underwood's proposal
to give the Interstate Commerce
Commission authority to regulate
wages as well as rates, though
recommended to the Senate by its
Interstate Commerce Committee,
found no more favor than did the
Presidents suggestion that the
Canadian Industrial Disputes act
be adopted in . slightly modified
form.
But ultimately legislation win
be enacted that will make impos.
sible the holding up of the business
Of q great nation by contention be-
tween gigaaic corporations and
their employees, and mayhap, it
may be government ownership Of
all public service utilities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

In Pennsylvania, q "wet'' state,
with q population of 7,665,OO0,
there are confined in insane asylums
10, 068 persons.
In the nine "dry" states, which
have Q combined population of a.
6S5, 900 Georgia, Kansas, Maine,
Mississippi, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee and
West Virginia there are 17,466
inmates of insane asylums.
Pennsylvania has 96O5 adult in.
mates Of poorhouses, the records
show. The nine dry states report
only 6824 in such institutions.
This is the answer made by the
Anti.Saloon League to the rum in
terests, that for years have CON.
tended the percentage of insanity
and pauperism in dry states ex.
Ceeds that 10 wet states.
The answer is made in o com
prehensiye survey concerning al.
cohol's connection with insanity,
crime and poverty in the state Of
Pennsylvania.
In its preliminary survey sta
tistidiaDs employed 10y the Anti
Saloon League obtained the infOr.
nation from state and municipal
records throughout the country
and in no instance relied upon
estimates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
The September Issue OF The Peoples
Home journal.

The September Issue OF The Peoples
Home journal.
Most Illuminating are the glinpses
into the hearts and minds of The
Peoples Home Journals great family
OF readers. Letters by the score are
received in every mail, graphic, spon-
taneous, running fire or comment
upon stories, pictures. the cover de-
signs, department topics, etc., all
vital and helpful to an editor who
wishes to know of what his many
millions of readers are thinking.
Because the Journal stories are
alive" every character in them has
personality, which Journal readers
are quick to discover. On the Let's
Talk it over" page for September a
recent girl ON the cover is discussed.
She is so real" that readers have
even given her name Ruby"
"Ariadne," and Ruth" One en-
thusiast declares that capable kind
ness is the keynote or her nature.
The sweet solemnity of ner big gray
eyes prophesies that the strength and
wisdom of her as well as her love,
will guide the man OF her choice
steadily and safely through all the
labyrinth of life." Quite as bewitch-
ing is the September Girl ON the
Cover. The first autumn issue Of
the Journal concludes an absorbing
serial by Agnes Louise Provost, THE
Woman in the Case" and caters to
the lover of mystery in thrilling
novelette,. "Old Rodney's viii"
Josiah Aliens Wife, in "a Fortu-
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funny story about pair of bashful
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ms contributes a genuine small town
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the story of an absent-minded doctor,
the laying of town nan corner
stone and mix up in town records,
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the world. Armiger Barclay in a.
hold-up story, Into The Lions
Mouth" and Agnes Louise Pratt, in
1.-THE Extract Man." round out a.
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and appetizing fiction. There are
poems by Nancy Bryd Turner, Anne
Porter johnson and Daisy D. Ste
phenson, and a capital Green Meadow
Story for the children by Thornton
w. Burgess. The Fashions, Cookery,
Interior Decoration and Care of
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
MEXICO is COMING BACK.
saved From Conquest, II ge Worklns
Out lie Own Destiny.

Saved From Conquest, II 0e Working
Out lie Own Destiny.
Encouraging news confines to come
from Mexico, and the Trades Of Presi-
dent Wilson's critics grow tanner al
the while. Mexico has seen much mis-
fortune. has borne many trials. has ex-
perienced many tragedies, but there -
a buoyancy to the present situation
that gives cheer to friends OF that long
suffering republic.
Americans coming from that country
bring optimistic assurances; They de-
clare that there is much better gov.
eminent there than for many years,
that Carranza money L. Increasing In
value, that business is picking up and
that law Is being respected
The New York Evening Sum. q Rs
publican newspaper which usually crit
icises everything President Wilson
does, IL compelled to recognize the
facts telegraphed from San Antonio,
Tex, by William g. Shepherd. wax
correspondent of the United Press, who
UH8 OGGU OAlG "a Guo ACGAUp& VS0SA FSA1
Of conditions both In Europe and Mex.
leo. Mr.. Shepherd, back from Q long
service abroad. was sent recently to
the Mexican border. After q careful
survey he reported conclusions which
the Sun displays under the head
ing: Mexico Coming Back Business
Grows Brisk-Co Confidence IN Carransa
Increases, and Things Look Up" In
part Mr.. Shepherd says:
Mexico Is coming back. It's not
q dead rubber nation. It's got
bounce In It.
A summary Of the news from the
heart OF Mexico gathered In the
last three weeks along the border
from Americans incoming from
Mexico shows beyond doubt that
conditions are improving. conf
dence In Carranxa 10 growing. thu
situation Is gaining buoyancy. Car
rama money Is gaining IN valua
and business Is picking M.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
THE PRESIDENTS MAIL BAG
Each Letters as This Are Comlno Daily
20 White House.

20 White Houses
July 20. 1915
My Dear Mr.. President:
1t Is not necessary that I should
bother you with communication, and
It does not need reply. am mot
seeking political favors or preferment,
but desire to say for your information
that some Progressives absolutely ro-
fuse to have their acts guided or con-
trOlled.
am a native of Illinois. estab-
lished the A. M. Webster company Of
Peoria. I'LL, and It is now owned and
controlled by my son, who is engaged
in handling farm properties. Fer
twenty-five years IhaYe advocated just
such a rural credit bill as you have
signed. / am highly pleased and not
only pleased with this act. but many
more acts since you have been our
president.
/ was born In Republican home
and rocked In O Republican cradle. j
did not vote for you; but, being dis
gusted with many Republican rulers
of our state and nation, Joined the
Progressive party and still hold to Pro
gressive principles. Owing to the fact
however, that the men who stood 10y
ally by Theodore Roosevelt and the
Progressive party were finally dumped
into the scrap basket and as we have
since been grossly insulted by having
Progressive leaders tell rs that we
must go back to- the @. o. r. In order
to save the nation from Democratic
misrule and disaster, balk.
Mr.. President, your administration
has satisfied me. could give innu-
merable reasons why this Is so. but %
the point. l have appointed myself
as committee OF one to vote for you
and the Democratic ticket In 5Noeem-
Der and do what little can toward
Bringing Democratic success.
May God bless you In your every eff
fort and guide your every act. Yours
sincerely. A. Nj. WEBSTER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

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coughs of young and old for At years.
DR.. Kings New Discovery loosens the
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