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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916
TESTING THE FARMERS.

Newspapers in central New York
are telling interesting stories about
the moral strain to which farmers in
that section are being subjected because
of the cabbage crop and its price. For
years the farmers there have re
garded cabbage as one of their depend
able money crops because the cabbage,
once rooted in soil to It's liking, is not
finieky hut grows with less cultivation
than most farm crops. Before the
plants are set the farmer makes a con
tract with some nearby kraut or pickle
factory by which the latter agrees to
take the crop at So a ton; then at this
time in the year, the crop is carted to
the factory and the farmer receives
his price.
This year something happened for
many of the farmers reported no crop
at all though now and then one had
the usual yield, and it appeared that
more farmers reported total loss than
a good crop and the price of cabbages
began to soar until now they sell at
from $50 to $40 a ton, when there are
any to sell. Meantime the central New
York farmers, who have excellent crops
but who are under contract to sell at
Sc a ton, are torn by conflicting emo
tions. So are the managers of the kraut
factories but they, seeing what is like
ly to happen, are closing their factories
and are letting the farmers sell THEN
crop in the open market. 1t relieves
that strain on the farmer and at prev
alent prices the manufacturers cannot
afford to handle the material. Ore
thing which is likely to follow is an
increased acreage of cabbages in 1917
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Our Rights in Mexico.

Burlington Free Press, Nov. ~ .
The American people must be sean
dalized when they consider the immun-
ity enjoyed by Mexicans after taking
the lives of hundreds of Americans and
note the subjects which are monopoliz-
ing the attention of the American Mex
lean commission today. You read in
our telegraphic columns yesterday this
statements:
"Mr. Arredondo also will take up
with Secretary Lansing published criti-
clsms of the American administration s
dealings with Mexico attributed to Gen
erals Carranza, Obregon, Gonzales and
other high officials of the de facto gov
eminent. 1t has been stated at the EN-
bassy Mr.. Arredondo has been in
structed to deny the authenticity of the
alleged quotations.
The chief demand of Americans as a
whole is the protection of our citizens
from murderous Mexicans, not from
what some Mexican has said about Will
son.
Foreign readers and observers might
easily conclude from this quotation from
Washington that it is far more griev-
GUS offence in the eyes of Secretary
Lansing to speak lightly of the foreign
policies of the Wilson administration
than to take the lives of Americans
either in Mexico or on our own soil.
BY the way, what is Secretary Lans-
ing doing just now to secure Mexican
PREPARATION for Mexican murders of
Americans in cold blood?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

On the same day that the foundry
Of the Vermont Snath company was
burned in Springfield announcement
was made of the formation in that
town of another machine company,
which will manufacture a tool invented
by Fred p. Lovejoy, who has been con
nected with the Jones & Lamson Ma
chine company many years. Mr..
Lovejoy's device is a turning tool,
such as may be used in engine lathes,
turret lathes, planners, sharpers, etc.
1t consists of a shank and cutter, with
a novel means of affixing the cutter to
the shank. James Hartness, who was
at the head of the Jones & Lamson
company for years, is one of the men
who is backing the new concern. Judg-
ing by the success of the other similar
concerns established in Springfield it
is safe to predict that the new com
pany win be an important factor in
the industrial life of one of the best
towns in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

many historic roads and places within
easy reach of both the motorist and
the pedestrian; this book is an ATTEMPT
to direct the traveller on his Jour
neys to-day by ways of yesterday with
in thirty miles around the Battery
With the Battery as center you may
go eastward into Long Island; south
ward to Staten Island, old Richmond,
and Perth Amboy; westward into New
Jersey to Newark, Elizabeth and the
Kings Highway and by the old turn
pike to Morristown; north (from the
shores of the Hudson to Long Island
Sound to East River) in Andre s foot
steps to Tappan, then beside the Hud-
son to Sleepy Hollow and with the
Post to White Plains-then back to
the heart of New York through old
Manhattan and Broadway Many itin-
eraries are given for further travel.
The illustrations are unusually inter
esting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04


Ups even like US better"
True, true" said Mr.. Spider, "but
just the same l must teach them q
Lesson"
How are you going to do It'll" asked
Mrs. Spider.
I'VE shall build a fine Web-a nice
new House." said Mr.. Spider, sand
Wen catch Mosquitoes
oh do you think you can manage
lt, said Mrs. Spider doubtfully, Il
know the Flies will come in-thev are
SO stupid, but the Mosquitoes are rath-
er sharp and quick you know. They
don't like being caught and l don't
believe it's any too easy to get Them
Just wait and see," said Mr.. Spider
calmly.
de then began to weave his Web
AS he was weaving a Mosquito buzzed
overhead.
Hello" said the Spider.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz," answered the
Mosquito.
Fine day we're having" said the
Spider.
fes-BuZz," said the Mosquito.
AND then the Mosquito flew about
Mr.. Spiders Web trying to find out
just what he was doing, and if there
was anything about he could have =
Nibble from.
Would you like to see the new
Home I'm making for Mrs. Spiderq'
Mr.. Spider asked.
"Why, thank you," said the Mos.
quito, highly flattered.
come and make US a Visit" said
the Spider. ''Ill build you a nice
Room all for yourself
THANK you, thank you," buzzed the
Mosquito again.
And then Mr.. Spider weaved his
Web around the Mosquito. When il
was safely around, the Mosquito found
he could not move his Legs.
"Oh, let me co." he cried.
NO, you little silly" said Mr.. Spid
or. You'll stay just where you are.'
And then Mr.. Spider saw some more
OF the Mosquito Family coming along
-""Eiow-do-you=do?a ~ he. said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

nave you seen our nrtie Brother.
Murray Mosquito?" they asked. He
flew along here just a short time ago"
why, yes" said Mr.. Spider, .'he is
with US. He is going to pay us little
visit. We've made him a new Room.
Can't we do the same for your"
Now the Mosquitoes could not see
that their little Brother Murray had
been caught by the Web, and that he
could no longer buzz and bite, so they
were very willing to come in and paw
Visit too.
And of course the same thing hap
pened to them as had happened to
Murray Mosquito.
Soon along came Daddy Long-Legs,
Hello, Daddy" said Mr.. Spider.
"Why hello" replied Daddy Long
Legs chpprfulIy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Importing Business.

Burlington IS seeking to have a manu-
featuring plant for long time established
III southern Vermont town and employ
ing in the neighborhood of rs people.
moved to that city. 1t is said to be a
woodworking factory of some kind and
that the product is used practically in
every state in the union. The reason the
factory seeks a change of location is said
to be that the partners who have owned
the business have passed away and that
none OF the present owners, who are will
ing to leave their money invested in the
property, care to manage it. The princi-
pal motive fer a move, however, seems to
be the old familiar one of wanting people
in the city to which it will be moved to
invest largely in the concern furnish a site
for the factory and to exempt the same
from taxation for a period of years. 1t
Is not to say that the proposition is to be
turned Tor these reasons, but Burlington
people might well ask themselves if they
would not do better to turn in and help
! build up some deserving and struggling
| factory already in existence there-Rut-
| land News
! There is food for reflection in the con
Guiding sentence of the above comment
! from the News. We become so accus-
| toned to the presence of our long-estab-
| lished industries that our point of view
| becomes lost and we imagine that any prof
ect from distant place has more merit
than those that have been with us year
in and year out, that have distributed their
| payrolls to keep the local merchants going
and have helped to bear the burdens Of our
public expenses Every community pos
sesses opportunities to strengthen and
broaden its home industries and the adop-
ton of policy with this end in view
might, in many instances, accomplish more
and better results than to import business
away from other towns
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Two Greene Stories.
Rutland Herald.)


Commenting on the long concession
of Wilson "notes,' Congressman Frank
l.. Greene told two good stories in il
lustration at Fair Haven Wednesday
night:
"A telephone company once desired
to run line across a farmer S land,
but was forbidden to do so and had
to apply to the legislature for a special
charter. After the act was approved
and put into effect, the foreman showed
the farmer a certified copy and was re-
luctantly permitted to begin work dig
ging holes for the poles.
"Shortly afterward, the farmer
opened a certain door in the barn and
awaited results. Presently the foreman
said to the farmer;
Say, we can t work down in the
meadow. The old bull s out and is
tearing up and down, paving the
ground and throwing the dirt over his
head
- An right said the farmer, Just
show him the paper.
The second story was located in a
Washington place of amusement, "not
in the capitol he explained. The en-.
tertainer was extolling Woodrow vii
son.
Yes, said the entertainer, 'he kept
us out of war Applause from friends
of the administration.
We ought to thank the Lord foI
Woodrow Wilson, More applause, not
quite SO strong.
d" But, he declared, If Woodrow
Wilson ever gets the name of that man
eating shark that is devouring Ameri
can citizens on the Atlantic coast, II
bet he II write him a note. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

THE ERING GEAR
Howard LRann

The steering gear is a piece of mech
anism which prevents an automobile
or man from going into the ditch
with all sails set.
\ good steering gear is more i'm
portant to an automobile than a gold
leaf monogram or 2 cigar lighter, and
yet the monogram with coat-of arms
which looks like a Chinese laundry
sign has probably sold more automo-
biles than the non-ehoking carburetor.
Many man has bought a car with a
tonneau light and a hot-air register
and rejoiced in the possession of the
same until the steering gear broke off
at both wrists and piled his entire fam
lily on the back of his neck in a con
fused state
Every man who starts out to be
somebody manufactures his own steer
ing gear as he goes along, and if he
keeps a tight grip ON the wheel bad
roads and hard going will not upset
him. One reason why so many men 90
wrong is because they look off the
road and drift into some blind alley
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Great credit is due to the French
for their successful policy in so sur
rounding Fort Vaux that the Germans
have evacuated it because it was I'M
tenable. This was one of the most
furiously disputed positions on the
east of Verdun and Germany paid a
terribly high price for its capture. But
in the recent victorious rush of the
French, whereby they retool1 Fort
Douaumont, they so far blanketed
Fort Naux that it was not worth hold
ing by the Germans. This French vic
tory must dispirit the Germans inn
mensely and prove that they will
never capture Verdun. They are los
ing in other quarters this week also
and things look dark again, in spite
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Present Day China, &. L. Harding.

Present Day China, G. L. Harding.
An informing book written by a
young Harvard graduate who went to
China in 1913 to study the Revolution
at first hand. He tells us that he has
written this book to interpret the quail
ity of mind which produced the Chinese
Revolution, if not intimately at least
alphabetically, to the Western world.
He calls his book an impression of peo-
pie and things rather than a history of
events and causes. He writes with en-
thusiasm for young China and with re-
spect for old China, and calls on all to
honor young China 5 long and bitter
fight upward thro' the darkness; and
concludes that the upbuilding of China
is vital to the peace of the world.
He says in regard to women s part in
the upbuilding of China, "Beside
Japan, China is counted as one of the
World S weak nations, but in the moral
regeneration that is bringing about the
emergence into modern life of her wo-
man, she is fulfilling deeper and more
authentic test of civilization than has
been met by Japan in all her headlong
fifty years of material progress
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

I1CtCy 0diQ LTS
Dlilins hooM' Spider.
said Daddy Long
Legs in horror, this is trap!'
Sc much the better" said Mr.. Spid.
er snappishly.
Hello Flies" he called out then.
I've been gathering such noted Guests
that I'd forgotten about you. But after
all Spider Web wouldn't be the right
sort of Spider Web unless | had
some Of the Flies here too"
The Flies forgot how many of their
Family had been caught by Spider
Webs, and foolishly were drawn right
in.
Oh, how Mr.. Spider laughed. "Well,
what do you think of me now?" he
asked Mrs. Spider, as he looked over
the Creatures he had caught.
You're very clever Spider" said
his Wife.
"Haa, la, SO l am. We're all clever
that's what we are. But there, see
another Bug | must get in herei'' And
soon Mrs. Spider saw the Bug coming
straight into the Web, captured and
caught so cleverly by Mr.. Spider!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

with the fre-escape pointing due south.
There would be fewer business failures
written up every year in Dunn s and
Bradstreet S CHEEKY style if more retail
merchants would sit bolt upright and
keep one eye peeled on the ELUSIVE
deadbeat and the shrapnel-p proof charge
account, instead of sliding down in the
seat and steering with one hand.
The young man whose father and
mother try to show him how 10 hold
the center of the road without taking
the corners on two wheels has a better
start than the one who is allowed to
grow up like a wild rutabaga. 1t is not
essential that q boy should have
twenty-five coats of paint and Cir
cassian walnut frontage, but it is ex-
tremely important that he should bear
to the right and learn how to handle
himself in traffic. The boy who has
courtesy, Judgment and self-contro1 will
never have to be hauled out of the
ditch of idleness and dissipation, fo1
his steering gear simply won t travel
that way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Bratteboro, Brattleboro News Co,
c. w Cleavelaud, D. r. Cutler & Co
tEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy.
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West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W.
Streeter
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Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
Bertolino & Bertolino, +. c. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
A Vermont Yell.
Rutland Herald

The Vermont Advance, which comes
along few days late, is responsible
for this version Of the "yell" perpe-
trated by the boys and girls at the re-
cent juvenile exposition in Burlington:
" Mountains and marbles, naples and
men;
Granite and Guernseys, Holsteins and
then
Ayrshires and air-eures, Jerseys and
joys,
Hurrah for Vermont, for her girls and
her boys. y -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Victor Carlstrom failed to make a
nO-stop journey from Chicago to New
York in his immense aeroplane, but
he established two records, covering
$50 miles without a stop the first day
and driving through the air 315 miles
the next at an average speed of 1877
miles an hour. This means that he had
two miles a minute beaten to a fraz-
zle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

They're entirely
too conceited and
f o n d of them
selves"
wv ell" said
Mrs. Spider, "why
not let them be
conceited if they
want to be? Every
one else knows
they aren't so very
fine and don't
amount to- much.
AS for the Grown
Ups-well, they're
most unpopular
with thaD1 Crnu-,,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
''Pursy with Pride. -
(Rutland Herald.l

Burlington now calls its union depot
Grand Central station in miniature,
and White River Junction actually
gazes ON the progress of the new sub
way. Brattleboro, meanwhile, is al
most pursy with pride ON account Of
its long deferred but now accomplished
joint station. Thus the world do move.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
Of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause Of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Commodities are high, but that is
no reason for giving short weight.
Fortunately Vermont has a department
of weights and measures to correct
any unfairness towards customers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
hygiene and Morality, L. L. Dock.

Hygiene and Morality, L. L. Dock.
Although this manual is prepared
primarily for the nursing profession, it
is useful to other women as it presses
home the social significance of the
venereal diseases and indicates the
crusade upon which the women should
enter in regard to them: it also out
lines the medical, social and legal
aspects of these diseases.
Old Roads from the Heart of New
York, Sarah Comstock.
New York as well as Boston has
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Legs cheerfully

Zine day." said
NJ r. S pid e r.
How'd you like
to come and have
Supper with mel"
THAT would be
a great honor I'm
sure" said Daddy
Long-Legs.
"We'll have a
Dining-Room all
our own" said
MI. SplueI, us lie
began to weave
q b out ID q d d Y
Long-Legs and get
him into the Web.
This isn't a
Dining ROOM"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; 2
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
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line,
first insertion with SO per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Down North and Up Along, Margaret
Morley.
An intimate account of a trip from
Digby by the "blue nose" through
the Annapolis and CORVALLIS valleys
to the Evangeline country then
on to Halifax and to Cape Breton
Island. \ most desirable book to have
with you if you should take the same
trip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

These are pretty slow times. For
four days Secretary of War Baker has
failed to make history.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
l1DDY'S EVENING
h4R1 lALE q WARY I
49, %Vl e soSTER
Mr.. SPIDERS TRAP.

"Those Mosquitoes" said Mr.. Spider,
think they are just the best Creatures
for biting and singing in the World
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

of their success in the Dobrudja for a
little while.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Easy to Swallow.

What is that which makes everybody
sick but those who swallow it? Flat
lerV
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Catching cold = is a phrase that
misstates fact. 1t S the cold that catch
es us, however we may endeavor to
dodge it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Mrs. Lena Rood, of Seattle. with
fortune of $25,000,000, is the richest
person in the Pacific Northwest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The Vermont Holstein- Friesian club
will meet in st. Johnsbury on Wednes-
day, Nov. 5 at 10 a. m. Gen. c. W.
Wood, ex-president of the Holstein-
Friesian Association of America, will
give an address, and lantern slides of
celebrated cattle of the breed will be
shown. All who are interested in
cattle of any breed will be welcome
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

Community Civics, Jessie Field and
Scott Nearing.
An inspiring plea to give definite
instruction in the kind of civics that
will train the children for good citi-
zenship SO that they may be willing
and able to take part intelligently in
the affairs of their own community.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
Browning and His Century, Helen A

Browning and His Century, Helen A.
Clarke.
A volume of special interest to read
ers of Browning and also of interest
to students of English literature. Miss
Clarke sketches broadly the social, ethi-
cal, philosophical and political move
ments of the middle nineteenth century
and shows how these movements infu-
eneed the writers of that period and
claims the leadership for Browning.
She proves her contention by quota
tions from his poems and also asserts
that he was in advance of his time
both POLITICALLY and officially.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-04
At the Library
American Graphic Art, Frank Weiten-
New Books.

American Graphic Art, Frank Weiten-
kampf.
The whole field of American graphic
tory and various processes of etching
engraving, mezzotint, aquatint, lithog-
raphy, illustrating, cartoons, and book
plate designing. The less known
artists as well as the leaders are cited
The illustrations are numerous and are
reproductions Of the famous etchings
engravings, etc, of the noted artists
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-26
Quits Business.

Joseph Feducia, who for some time /
has conducted cebblers stand in tae c
tai building has Discontinued business
left Hurley, Wis, where he will /,
up a SIMILAR establishment. 1t is ,egr
by our citizens that tlley-have lost this
of business, as it was badly needed in !
village He attempted TO get other a
tiers here to locate in but vas unable to
so. The turning of the Crystal INT,
theatre was the cause of his removal.