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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-03
REPORTS ON VICE ARE
MADE To CONFERENCE

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.)
Lynchburg. Va, March THE at
tendance at the first session yesterday
morning Of the Virginia Social Hygiene
Association was very small when Or.
J. J. GIavatt, rector of Holy Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church, Of Rich
mond, and president Of the orsaniza-
ton, called the meeting TO order in
the auditorium OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. shortly after 0
O'Clock.
Dr. Grayatt made his report and
pointed out what had been accom-
plished In the short time the organ
izatior has been In existence. He
though, the legislative committee OF
which Ex-Governor William Hodg es
Mann. is chairman, had been the most
a"tivc In instituting reforms through
cut the state. and also called atten-
ton to the abolition Of certain evils.
including the segregated districts
The speaker felt that the douale
standard of morals should be changed
This State association. he said, has &C
cnmplished many things during its
short existence and 1t can do more
good by establishing branches in
various cities and working together
as an organization.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-03

The report nj Chief of Police Rag
land for the month OF February shows
a total OF sos arrests made for Of
lenses, classified "a follows; Assault
and battery, 10: assault, 90; drunks,
S44. felony. 43: fugitives from jus
uce. 5. lunacy. , mlsdemeanor. SO:
peace warrants. 2: trespass. To- va
grants So: violation of city ordinances,
l75. Fines collected In the court du~-
ing the month. which so to the city's
credit. amounted to Sl.Sn5b0
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-03
Woolari May Recover.
Elks Elect Officers.

Petersburg Lodge, No. 237, B, p. O.
e. at It's regular meeting last even
ing. elected officers for the ensuing
term, who will be Installed at the
regular April meeting, as follows: Eek
allied ruler, ". w. TONNES; esteemed
leading knight, r. H. Kidd; esteemed
loyal knight. r. Nick. Cuthbert; es-
teemed lecturing knight, E. p. Good
wyn. treasurer, ] Harry Bailey; sec
rotary. Louis l.. Kidd, tiler, .. w,
Branch trustee. George W Watson.
y. II Wilcox Is the retiring exalted
ruler.
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in the primary. He was my persona,
choice. and for the course ! TOOK l
Lave no apology TO offer. / was very
earnest in my support tor l'lIlF, put ~.
supporting him WAS merely SAPrt t;iG.,n Z,
a rrcrcrcncc between Nv" Republican,
candidates. So. when he conceded .ludSe
Rnhlnson's nomination and declared that
hr would support him. there WAS nue
on" course left for IN" AS Il tscpVpliEa H. ~,
and that WAS 10 support tho nominee
Of nv rarty. While mon count for much
in notifies principles. count FOR even
more. have voted the Republican
ticket in both Slate and Nation since
1855. The incomp"tcncy and cNtrava-
::nn,c rf the Wilson administration
prove cunclusivcly that | have ncrh
right in national politics and tho srlen-
did record Of the Republican party IN
West Virginia amply Justlhcs my 5ourSe
in the State. We nave Sni"h"'o tnn
didatc for Governor. strong. rIrhn'
rair-mindcd man who is above criticism.
We have Il good ticket all the way
through
:.Nr, Cnrnwr}l my tai kof waste and
rNtravaEuncc and Of 4 desire In restore
government to the people. ETt the
action Of the Democratic party is so
lhnrou ghly at Varianr" with tho profess
siuns Of it's leaders that VIC know they
do not mean what 1h"N say. We re-
member ttnt in 1871" tn" Democrats do,
rlnrcd against Republican waste and
,\irayaeaucc and against useless nhi-
COS. They made their campaign upon
thai issue. What wA> tn" result IN
five last half Of tho Wilson admlniStra-
ton The ncmncratlr congress hnrrn-
iriatcd Lao Mnh. 0nf--a sum $6n0.noh.-
"nn greater than rv"r was arNrnnrlAtcd
Ivy 4 Republican congress and answered.
their own h"mand for III" reduction NJ
useless offices hy creating more Than
80 mao new jobs for observing Demo
Gratis" W. know thar if We take Mr..
t"rnwcll's hint which Is tn the cfcr'
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ed?" The action taken by the Trades
Union Congress. following the recon-
mendation made the first OF the year
by the British Board Of Trade, thai
England should return Immediately 10
the protective policy, has been an
awful wallop 10 the free trade dis
ciples Of Woodrow Wilson. and the
taritf-tor.revenue.o only school OF Sena-
tor Underwood For over half Il len.
fury the Democrats have pointed 10
Great Britain as the mode! freetrade
nation.
The wage scale Of England prior TO
the war was about one-half, and OF
Germany less than one-third that Of
the United States. Don't the laborlnS
MEN OF the United States think It
would be a pretty good plan to follow
the example Of the British workmen
and vote for protection? Wilson is a
Tree trader Hughes is projections
list.
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dates in the primary VIC are sore, and
willing to bctray our party, We will sec
in the State the same sort OF economy
the Democrats have given US IN the
Nation, and that instead OF reducing OF
fees in West Virginia they. will multiply
them in the State. AS for myself, l
think it an insult to presume that any
self-respccting Republican, is ready to
than that he did not get everything he
wanted in the primary. Abe Lilly had
no warmer supporter than l.. But judge
Robinson has been declared the nomi-
nee. and I propose TO support the whole
ticket. We want Hughes and Fair
banks elected and VIC want Republican
Congressman and Legislators. We can
not help elect these men without keep,
Ing our party organization intact. ana
VIC cannot have organization II we split
on the head nf our State ticket. The
Democrats ask US TO vote for Cornwell
and help elect him. while they are try
ing to defeat Hughes and Fairbanks. our
candidates for United St2!cs senator
and for Congress including all Of our
state ticket and our county and legisla-
tive tickets. Tho proposition for me TO
vote for Cornwcll, while Cornwell and
all tho rest of his friends are working
against every man on my ticket and
against tho principles l have supported
for twenty-five years. does not appeal
10 me.
West Virginia Republicans should
he warned II they elect tornwall and
4 Democratic legislature they will have
twenty-five years in which to repent,
and repentance will he sore. indeed.
You cannot. my Republican friends. sup
port Cnrnw"ll without cndanEcrinG the
whole ticket. and what would YOU have
if YOU had GornwcIl" The Democrats
want rnrnwcll elected not To give Re-
puhlcnns office. but 10 find places for
Democrats. You all know how Repuh-
lirans were kicked nut as soon AS Will
son got in and how new places were
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! mlttee. which employs the secretaries,
stcnosraphcrS and agents for carrying
out their work, and The plan carries
throughout The higher Chambers. Inc
work OF distributing practically all
| the agricultural products or the En-
plre is performed by the organization
as a plain business undertaking. IT
can be safely said that nowhere else
in the world is distribution OF farm
products carried on more nationally,
directly or probably.
No bureau such as ours of Markets
and Rural Organization san serve the
purposes achieved by an organization
like Germany's Observation-Disclosures
/ II II could, it would not be good 1t
would be- contrary to the genius of gov
eminent to have any such service pei
formed by the government. The Land
wirtschaltsrat is primarily dlstri'
butinE SyStCm;it has TO do with the
buying and the selling of AGRICULTURAL
products. Governments, as such, do
not buy or sell. Only once in the his
Tory OF the world has il been done
by EgypL's Pharaoh. under the advice
and direction Of Joseph. There is nc
country in the worIu so paternal. not
even Siam. Burmah or AfghanistAn.
TO show the folly of having a De-
l'dI tH'Ut VI agriculture engage III
The business of buying and selling az
rtcnltural products, We need only as
sume that the Department open a Bur
eau for the distribution. buying and
selling of drygoods. hardware or crock
cry. The government may not NEEDLE
in the matter OF distribution. Distribu-
lion Of farm products Sannot be done
by government; il cannot be done Of.
ficially.
Since it cannot be done officially.
are We 10 understand that il must be
done unofficially" Again.no. 1t can be
done neither officially nor unoffic tally.
But il can be done as it must be done.
semi-otficially. Why it cannot be done
officially is apparent. To attempt the
task unofficially would be 10 invite
the uprising of number of kindred
organizations. That would be as dis
astrous in the business of distributing
agricultural products as would be con-
flicting boards Of trade and chambers
Of commerce that operated in the
same city.
The LandwirtS chaflSrat of Germany.
chartered throughout by the govern
ment. semi.official in all its relations.
satisfied the essential requirements
Of effective organization con- bined
with limited responsibility.
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The problem OF all problems for the
United States al present Is the one OF
distribution Of farm products equil.
able distribution, such as will give the
producer Il just and equitable return
tor his capital and labor. while it re-
duces materially the cost OF the con-
sumner. \ mode OF distribution is feas-
able which will 10 away with the
cause basic 10 the high cost of living
that obtains at present, and will tend
not merely 10 promote the economic
welfare Of the American people but
also 10 strengthen effectively the polil-
zeal life Of the nation.
y system of distribution presenting
all these essentials exists in Germany.
There is no reason why it should not
operate quite as well in the United
States. During the past seven or eight
years. in my capacity as Delegate to
the International Institute of AgriCul-
ture al Rome, have sent TO the State
Department at Washington large
number al communications on the sub
ject and have advocated for the United
States the adaptation and adoption or
the German system. Many of the cont
muuications have been referred, from
time to time. 10 the /. S. Department
OF Agriculture.
1t was towards the close OF the Taft
Administration that notice oil the sub
jeC' was taken. Measures were intro
duCed in Congress for the fostering OF
distribution. The result was the for.
nation. under the Department OF Ag-
riculture, OF the Bureau Of Markets
ana Rural Organization The Bureau
was designed to serve in the United
States the purpose served in Germany
bV the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. But does il
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-21
AN. INSPIRING MEETING.

The spirit that manifested itself at
the opening meeting of the campaign
in Ohio county, in this city Tuesday
evening, strengthened the confidence
that peryades the Republican rank and
;4le Of triumphant victory a; the
coils in November. The vast audience
MAS completely under the spell of
Renator Borah's merciless exposure OF
Democratic methods Of legislation by
secret caucus, the suppression Of ,ne
minority voice OF the party through
.the autocratic dic,aton of the White
House. Never has the veil OF the New
SFreedom been so distinctly rent anu
the Hypocrisy OF the high ideals Oh
This administration so clearly reveal
ed. Its unparailele extravaganza ana
Swaste of the public funds were held
sur. in mockery Of its pledges and prom
Uses OF simplicity and economy. aad
,sthe shameless turpitude Of its political
sfconscience protesting non-partlsan as
spirations was laid bare. Senator Horaa
.iwas calm and dispassionate. but made
"a profound impression upon his hear
= ers because for every assertion he
-<nade, every declaration NJ uttered he
had the indisputable eviIei.,c Of the
arecord TO support him The ldahD
Sstatesman gave a most! revealing. a.
Ecount Of our operations IN Mexico and
ssthe national humilia,ionS suffered on
5 account Of President Wilson's indH-
J. cisive policies. and swept away viii
"a convincing array Of facts the false
sacclaim He has kept US out OF war.
j. The reception given the Republican
candidate fol- governor. Judge Ira L.
TRobinson, was spontaneous and Ell
s1husiastic. The greeting Of the audi
aelce was more than that. It was
6Ie 10 his character. his public
Irecord and the con ddence they had in
SHIN. not only TO lead the party to VIC
Story. but us the governor OF the State
-sto carry cut unflinchingly 20 hlgh":
sfulfillment the progressive and en-
frightened principles OF West Virginia
Disqualification. The great audIeucs
Twas no less cordial in It's greeting OF
1the Hon. Howard Sutherland. the candi-
for the United States Senate,
=; and the Hon. Thomas ". Fleming, ia"
y Congressional candidate for this DIS
y trict.
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THE MYTH EXPOSED.

1t is more than possible that Car.
rama has been exalted beyond what
the facts warrant with regard 10 his
friendly attitude toward this country.
None OF his acts has given any evil
dence OF such friendship. He is, with.
out doubt, what in America would he
best described as slick citizen. .
Elevated from The position Of outlay
and bandit to the de facto government
Of Mexico, solely b. President Wilson;
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-21
PREPARATION FOR PEACE.

. Senator Burah in his speech IN this
!. city Tuesday evening was emphatic =
declaring that the United States under
! its present economic policy was
! wholly unprepared for peace; that
! when the armies of Europe laid down
= their AIMS and the men returned 20
! their toll we will be unprotected
against the onslaught made By foreign
manufacturers on our domestic mar
: kets. There can be no question OF OFT
defenseless condition so long as the
present Democratic tariff law remains
! en- the statutes we build battleShips
: to protect out interests abroad. said
! Senator Borah. so why not do some
!. thing to protect our interests al home,
There is no way we can avoid the il
dustrial war which will follow he
/ close o. the European conflict. there
!; FORE we should prepare for it," The
/ only way definite and effective pre-
!. paration is 10 be had is through the
, Republican party. whose restoration 10
power will mean the fe-establishmert
, G. protective tariff. which has provei
. ia efficacy as the shield OF American
industry, American labor and Ameri-
: can prosperity. and NOT the counter
!. felt war prosperity the Democracy
! boasts Of.
We have had warning enough
!. against this prospective industrial war,
: in the preparations the bellieerents
: are now making IL wage il when the
] bloody contest now raging is over.
: ENGLAND, France and Germany are
! taking measures for their protection,
but we are doing nothing along that
/ line. The Democratic makeShifts il
the revenue bill will no, do. Great
! Britain has been welded 10 free trade,
! but will have no more Of it. IN the
! early part OF this month the Trades
Union Congress. which met at Biru-
. ingham, England. voted by mUre than
. one million majority for protection 10
6 goods made in England This con.
gress represented 2.5o0,oa0 workers,
and the resolution adopted BY such a
huge majority calls for the adoption
OF methods for restricting or prevent
] ing the importation of cheap manu-.
featured goods produced at lower
! rates Of wages and under worse labor
ssronditions. than prevail in this Eng
lara) country" VIVA, Is this but the
Republican protective idea, 'unduut-
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MERELY A BAIT FOR VOTES.

One OF the performances OF The
democratic Congress which the admin
iStration is pointing TO as an achle'e'
ment is the So-called rural credits leg
islaton. The lltellieencer has pointed
out now this measure was exploited
in the Maine campaign 10 serve
partisan purpose. and where it failed
10 be attractive to the farming eie-
ment OF that State. AS has been said
the measure was passed in partisan
haste for purely partisan purposes. Ia
is faulty in many Of its features. and
only increases the facility of the fan H.
er for runnin. in debt. 1t is character
istic OF the Democratic administration
IL. that it encourages extravaganza.
That the haste with which the Dill
was pushed through Congress was Io1
political effect crops out in President
Wilson's speech Of acceptance when
ne said. that al last the farmer had
been placed on level with the mer.
chan; in his opportunities 10 get cont
mercial credit This is an obvious
attempt 10 impress the farmer .ha:
hr has been handed something tina,
las heretofore been denied him. The
!oyer.statement Of the case by The
President is quite patent when 1t is
known that the basis for the new
icreGit created for the farmer is
really old and established one, a mort
gage on his real estate. If a farmer
has no land he can have no credit. If
he has land he will find that he can
not get loan any easier under this
land bank system than he could be-
fore.
II is we'll known fact that the
greater part OF the farm debt Of The
country is due 10 the purchase Of land.
The farmer has always been able 10
buy land on mortgage. The CONNER
cial credit of the farmer rests upon
the same foundations as the CONNER.
cial credit of the city merchant. The
farmer who has the assets and the
standing can get his note discounted.
The farmer who has not must raise
money on his farm, and there is no
reason 70 anticipate that the new svs.
tenn OF farm credits is going to reyolu-
tioaize farm finance: it is not going 20
provide money for the farmer who is
rot of good credit in the commercial
sense.
There is great deal 10 be said as
ito what the administration has done
against the farmer that Mr.. Wilson
neglected 10 note. Congress has done
nothing 10 increase. the income Of the
farmer. or enable him TO pay little
higher wages TO mis- laborers. But
when the highest paid laborers in the
world, making three times more money
than farmers. demanded a twenty-five
per cent increase the President and
Congress fastened to their relief with
the eight hour measure. This increase
must in the end rest upon the back OF
the farmers and will reduce their in
comes. increase their hours of labor.
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TO the Editor Of the IntellIsencer.

TO the Editor Of the Intelllgencer.
Sir: The editorial in your issue Of
September 18th, entitled "A Roll of
Honor, showing the cowardly surren-
der, by the Democratic party. through
their representatives in Congress as
sembled, to the behests OF certain
class interests on behalf OF the now
Infamous Adamson eight hour bill, will
prove an inspiration 10 the patriotic
citizens who stand like a great rock
in defense Of the whole people.
You and our splendidly equipped
candidate. Charles e. Hughes are en-
tirely right. Legislation in advance
of arbitration Is not only futile in its
results, but is always an outrage upon
the great body Of Americans every
where.
FREE LANCE
Wheeling Sent 90
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his unspeakahle outrages, if not salc-
jtioned al least excused by Mr.. Wilsoa,
and his continuance in office made
possible only by the encouragement
istratiop. Carranza has now shown his
monstrous insrattude by calling 10
Iaccount his representatives at New
London and compelling them to en-
Tighten the public, after Mr.. Wilson
had carefully and adroitly miSled it
regarding the scope and purpose Of
, the conference. Carranza has per-
iemptorily ordered his delegates 10 re-
ifrain from all further discussion Of
the internal affairs OF Mexico and 10
confne their deliberations to the TWO
subjects which he has consented 10 its
considering, the withdrawal of Amer,
can troops from Mexican territory and
an extensive loan 10 the Carranza
government.
SO vehement was Carranza's COM
imunication that it compelled Cabrera,
speaking for himself and his fellow
delegates. publicly TO explain that
none OF the internal affairs of Mexico
had been seriously considered. and ;ha:
he and his associates had merely
POLITELY answered questions put them
iby American delegates. And his ex-
Iplanation completely upsets the myth
SO sedulously circulated by Mr. VIII
son and his friends that the confer
ence was dealing with all Mexico's
internal affairs and outlining a pro-
gram for etfecting those reforms of
which Mexico is so glaringly in need.
Time and again, President Wilson has
accepted Carranza's snubs and turned
the other cheek. and now, just a. a
time when 1t was so essential 10 Demo.
ICratic success that the public should
be gold-bricked regarding the purpose
and extent of the New London con.
ference. Carranza rudely tears awax
the curtain and exposes the whole
humiiating spectacle to the public
gaze and its authors to merited con
tempt.
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TRIBUTE TO LOW

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Men Of ma.
tion-wide prominence. representatives
of educational and financial institu-
lions and delegations from civic, his
torical and political organizations.
paid tribute to the memory OF former
Mayor Seth Low at his home here to.
day. Among those present were Gov
ernor Whitman. Mayor Mitchell, J. P.
Morgan, Elihu Root, Samuel Gompers,
George w. Perkins and Alton B. Par
kcr. Burial was in Greenwood cemetry.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-21
BEAUTIFUL
SHOES

The new models in our Wum-
ems Fall Footwear are certainly
Beautiful The shoe manufacture
er these days must. he an artist us
well as n shoemaker.
Handsome new colOl'img> in Ma
hogany, Russia, Gray, IIavnna.
Brown. Some beautiful new mod
els. with colored kid tops.
Our splendid expert fitting SER
vice is of great value /" the W ONT
an wanting Perfectly Dressed
Foot.
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CORNWELL'S PLEA
TO REPUBLICANS
TO SUPPORT HIM-THE INS!OlOUS
APPEAL HE MAKES TO THOSE
..WHO SUPPORTED GEN.
ABE" LILLY
A Republican, So Addressed, Makes a
Searching Reply to Democratic
Candidate for Governor.

Special dispatch 10 the lntcllistncer.
HUNTINGTON. W. VA. Sept. 2u.-lt
is being made evident that in Cahell
county. wh"r" Abe Lilly rcrrivcd il lark"
vote. his friends are not To II" caught
by tho inSIdl"u$ bait set ny Mr.. Corn
we'll III The form nt letter which is
being sent to every man IN the state
known /" have voted for Lilly in the
primary. This letter follows:
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liEnkIUS thll, w. y.
A.. dear Sir:--ThiS better is writ
ten /" YOU because hcIicv" you
think m"r'' Of your state than nf
any rmlitical party. Because he
lea" YOU agree with m" that III"
state government and Republican
party in Nest Virginia hay" fallen
under control Of AN office holding
trust. n political machine. believe.
further. you know that if | am
elected governor | will strive to
rcSlnr" tho government nf the State
Ia tn" people. eliminate waste, stop
useless expenditures. and thereby
lessen the amount Of money taken
from til" people annually for State
purposes.
Frankly. and openly. want your
support. provided nf course. you
h"li"y" the aims mentioned are de-
Slrahlc.
| would he glad 10 hear FROM
Very sincerity yours.
John J. Cornwcll.
"It * lru,l ihnt | Grlnpnrir I'd lac ill
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III" campaign in ohio COUNTY has
started 1T with Il lot Of ginger and
pep.
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IN" result Of the New York rrimar-
i".- shows that the Eull MOOSE are rra"-
ideally all hark home.
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senator E"rah %av" IN" wnmaus sur
IraSc HIurIdm, nj Il distinct boost. Thc%
hay" woman sufirag" in Idaho. and
they like ii.
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Read tn" platform ut the Republican
party Of West Virginia. II is II cam
paiGn document of Enanswcrahlr logic
and imprrSnahl" facts.