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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-08-17
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-08-17
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-08-17
Strnmpfe
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Well Never go Back.
Cleveland Plain Dealer

ANltNtldlitl IAN DtdIeG-
One of the observed results of the
war on American industries is that we
have been forced to learn to do many
things we have never before tried to do.
And we have succeeded so well with
many of these things that we shall
never again go to a foreign market for
them. SO it will come about that with
out having recourse to trade reprisals.
embargOs or boyc0ttS. when the war is
finished Germany will have lost a mar
ket in many industrial products which
she can never regain.
As an instance of this, an East Liver
pool glass manufacturer points to glass
combustion tubing. Manufacturers
bought it all in Germany before the
war. Now that it must be made here
1t has been found that the American
article is far superior to the German.
eve can use glass now in WAYS that
were never before possible" says an
expert.
A Western State voted "dry'' and
big brewery was obliged to find new
use for its plant. 1t started the manu-
facture of porcelain and matted milk.
One of its porcelain products is a cruel
bic for glass workers. When the wal
began all glass men had begun to
treasure up the crucibles of Meissen
and Royal Berlin which thev had left
believing that they could never get
any more until the war was over. But
1t has now been discovered that the
American crucible is tougher and stands
the heat better than any of the i'm
ported ones.
F! As with these things so with many
others. Owing to the cheapness OF
skilled labor in Germany it has been
practical to make small things by hand
over there. In some cases this hand
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Retail Coal Prices Sinpliied.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript
An excellent order has Just prevailed
in the management of the coal prob
lem. The New England coal dealers
and the New England fuel administra-
tion need not come under the burden
of attempting to carry into effect the
very complicated plan of price compu-
tation upon the gross profit-margin bas-
rs originally prescribed at Washington.
This scheme was good enough in the
DRY, but Of exceedingly questionable
value III practice. 1t called for a long
study of dealers costs in l915-con-
corning which there is no practical in
tcrest today-and then for sanction Of
such increases in retail coal prices. not
to exceed thirty per cent of gross prof
It margin, as dealers found warranted
upon study Of present conditions in
each OF their respective localities, sub
ject to the fuel administration = ac-
eeptaHce. In many eases, il was doubt
ful whether the coal men had so kept
their books that such plan could
have been carried out at all, and in
many others it would have taken a long
time to arrive at any result
In direct substitution for this plan.
Dr. Garfield has now permitted the es-
tablishment of q schedule of central
base prices for as many centrally locat
ed communities. These can be fixed
with detiniteness and with comparative
ease. There will then only remain the
business of adding to the base price
the further charges incurred as the
coal moves from the base to its ulti-
mate consumer III any city or town.
For this work the local committees in
every city or town have fortunately
been organized by Mr. James !. Stor-
row, the New England fuel administra-
tor, and his associates, the New Eng
| land state fuel administrators. In this
working out is an important gain of
lsimllIcitv IN task of price regula-
ton which is delicate and complicat
ed job at its best. 1t is tribute to
Mr. Storrow that he should have had
the plan ready and been ALWAYS its
sponsor, and it is tribute to the ma
tional fuel administrator that he should
have been open-minded enough to rec
| ognize its greater value and to give it
| effect, despite his previous order.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Brown Swiss Cattle.
Rutland Herald.l

ock-breeders may be interested in
knowing that T. y. Walls herd of
Brown Swiss cattle is still growing.
At the Chandler Pond farm. a former
part of the Vail estate in Lyndon.
these dual purpose cattle are being bred
and cross bred in q number of interest
ING experiments.
There are two distinctive types of
Brown Swiss in the Vail herd. One is
a big, rangy, beefy animal, running as
high as Loo pounds weight for COWS
and close to a ton for bulls. and vet a
good milk producer and not a hard ami
NAL to feed or fatten
The other is pure dairy type, al
most as fine as a Jersey and well able
to compete with Jerseys in milk and
butter records, yet rugged, robust. a
sure breeder and with something of a
compact beef carcass, highly desirable
when an animal comes to the butcher
after its producing days are over.
Mr.. Vail Is making these experiments
as = private enterprise partly through
love of fine cattle and partly with a
view to developing type of dairy COW
for Vermont that may prove valuable
IN the future. Incidentally, the best
specimen of the dairy-type bull in the
vail stables has been sold to a party
out of the state.
On account of the difficulty of getting
slres and cows of a new strain from
Switzerland, Brown Swiss cattle are i'm
practicable for most Vermont farmers
at present. If Mr.. Vail keeps up his
breeding farm, however, something ex-
tremely important may come out of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
POTATO MARKET REPORT.
Supply Exceeds Demand in Boston, and
Presque Isle Shipments Light

PRESQU + ISLE. Me-. Oct 24.-Ship-
ments are very light, with light de-
mand and weak market and light of
ferings. perhaps due to bad roads. The
quality and condition are generally
good. Wagon-loads, trae kside. bulk, ! i
pecks, Mountains. seed and table stock,
l.00MS4.25, with few higher; at coun-
try loading points, $3.750Sf.00.
Boston-The arrivals consist of 43
cars of Names. 50 ears of New Bruins
New Works, two ears of New Jerseys,
and about 500 barrels from New Eng
land points. The supply exceeds the de
mand, with the market weaker and the
movement moderate. Maines-Qualitv
good. many small; two -bushel sacks of
Mountains, $3.50@$3.70. mostly $500
$3.50. New swicks-Quality and
condition good; two-hushel sacks Noun
tains, S3.600$3.70, with few at 1915.
Names and New Brunswicks-C lots
of Mountains, $l.60@$1.67 New Works
Two -bushel sacks Rurals, quality and
condition good, some slightly immature
some show decay, $3.50. Michigans-
Brown Beauties, quality and condition
fair; l50pound sacks, $3.500S3.60.
New Jeseys sales reported; home
crowns, bushel boxes, Mountains, first
$500. seconds S1.250$130.
New 1ork-Arrivals include II ears
of New Works. three of Pennsylvania
one car Illinois. three cars of Nir-
einiaa, % cars New Jerseys, 80 cars
Long Islands, and 1000 bags of New
Jerseys by freight. The demand is
moderate and the market is weaker
New Jerseys-Quality and condition
generally good; Mountains, bulk, $50
pounds, $5.25@$5.50. New Works
Quality and condition variable; Rurals
bulk $50 pounds, $4.50@s5.00. Mich
igans and Wisconsins- 150-pound sacks
round whites $4.00@$4.15. Long Is
lands-Quality and condition are good
Mountains, bulk, $50 pounds. 5000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Not a Foot of German Soil.


Philadelphia Public Ledger
Scheidemann, leader of the majority
Socialists in the Reichstags, declares
that 'he will not renounce foot of
German soil. 1t is quite conceivable
that the Allies do not intend to ask
for such renunciation They are out to
peat the Germans, not to dismember the
German empire. But there is differ
ence Of opinion as to what constitutes
German soil. With Germany victorious
at would include in effect Austria Hun
gary, Bulgaria and Turkey, and such
parts of the countries now overrun BY
German armies as a give -and-take peace
allowed. But conquered territory is
not German soil unless the fruits of
conquest are finally gathered. Perhaps
Herr Scheidemann refers to Belgium.
which. as Dr. Won Bethmann II ollweg
told Ambassador Gerard, it is proposed
TO make over into a subordinate prov
nee, or AlsaceL lorraine, which was
taken by force from France in 1870
and which is still predominantly French
in feeling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
0. Glorious Autumn!

Beautiful days are those that come
Just when the summer days are done,
When the heat Of the summer is dy-
ing away
In the autumn S moonlight, bright as
day
Cool and calm are the breezes that blow
Over our village when the sun sinks
low.
Summer is gone with her fiery sun;
Autumn is here, let US greet her. each
one,
For she brings MS harvest and plenty
for all,
Though loudly in hunger our allies may
call
We have some to send them and still
enough left,
For we are a nation of honor and thrift.
Hurrah for America, noble and grand,
Hunah for the peace that will soon be
at hand
Bringing the dawn Of the promise old
Of the coming Of the Savior by proph-
cts told.
When war shall cease, to return no
more.
And love shall reign where hate reigned
. before
MRE. EVA L. HOSMER.
Brattleboro, October, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Critics of the Primary.
Boston Herald.)


When Mr. Hughes was governor of
New York his influence put the primary
law on the statute books. just now he
Is one Of the leaders in bolt from the
result Of the Republican primary in
New York city mayoraltv compaign.
He is in good company, for Roosevelt.
Root and other Republican leaders urge
the rank and file to reject the candi-
date selected by the primary process
The bolt is well justified but where
does If leave the primary? The New
York Times. once vigorous exponent,
now says that the primary is - a useful
echo of the will of expert politicians =
who have joined to defeat the will Of
the people.
\ Wisconsin editor reminds the peo-
pie that La Toilette is a product of the
primary. He won his nomination by
the votes of Socialists and Democrats
in the Republican primary-sinee they
had no contest for their own Once
nominated. the stamp of party regular
ity put him through.
In Maine, one of the first states to
welcome the primary, both parties seem
critical Of it-but it is not certain
that either will ask for the old order
of things. Both have found that the
primary gives the man with money and
the man in the large center OF popula-
tlon an unfair advantage We have
just seen how the Massachusetts Demo
Gratis, after long shouting for the rule
of the people, have evadcd the primary
in framing state ticket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Miss Kitty red the class a pome door
ing the langwidge lesson yestidday
and asked us questions about diff
trent parts of it, saying, Now
we will take the werd ixtraek as
used in the line And the bee ixtrack-
ted honey frum the lilly. Who can give
me another sentence illustrating the
correck use Of the werd iytrack,
Wich Pubs Simkins raised his hand,
and Miss Kitty sed, Well, Charles?
/ had apples and extrackted 3 and
had one left, sed Pubs.
That's different werd intirelv, you're
thinking of subtrack, sed Miss Kitty.
0 yes sed Pubs. And Leroy Shooster
raised his hand and started to wave
il crround as if he had cramp in it
or sumthing, and Miss Kitty sed, All
rite, Leroy, don't get ixcited, watts your
sentence.
The boy acted Exceedingly ixtrack-
shiss, sed Leroy Shooster
And wat may that meen? sed Miss
! Kitty.
1t meens he ddent mind enything
enybody told him, sed Leroy Shooster.
He means rambunkshiss, sed Lew
Davis.
Lewis, how dare vou speak out with
| out being called on? sed Miss Kitty,
Benny Potts, you genrelly know the
meanings of words, cant YOU give me a
sentence showing the correck use Of
| ixtraek
Yes man, I sed, boys shood not tx
track up the parler carpit with their
muddy shoes.
| This IS terrible, let rs perseed to
the jogeriffy lessin, sed Miss Kitty.
| WITCH We did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

mates the work of county Improvement
leagues and provides a fresh stimulus
for renewed endeavors. The industrial
activity of our cities has been highly
organized. There must be the same or
ganization on the farms to bring back
the ratio between production and con-
sumption. Here III New England in
the last quarter OF a century there has
been a large increase in the popula-
ton and the sorry thing about it is that
our land development and cultivation
has not kept the pace. 1t has actually
decreased ~ per cent in that time. Tn
til this decrease is stopped and made
good New England will be at the mercy
Of the high cost of living. 1t is such
institutions as our county leagues. our
agricultural college and our fairs that
can make up our sluggish agricultural
movement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

Psychological tests are being applied
TO soldiers of the new National army
to determine their fitness for military
service. The aims of the examinations
are to measure native intelligence and
ability; to disclose what a man can do
with his head and his hands, not what
he learned from books, and to help the
medical officers to discover and sift
out the extremely incompetent, and thus
prevent the ineflicieney and injustice
resulting from putting men in places
which they are not qualified to fill.
They are really getting more particular
about soldiers of the National army
than they are about the senators of the
United States. Senator La Toilette
never was obliged to submit to psyche
logical examinations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

any story at all. But we are taking
up Daddy's time in talking ourselves.
That will never do. Please go on,
Daddy"
'The farmer" Daddy began, ''was
very proud of himself. He had made
most beautiful scarecrow. That is,
the scarecrow was not beautiful. No.
far from it. But it was an excellent
one.
"You know farmers make scare
crows to keep the crows away from
the corn. They put mans clothes
on sticks which they fasten together
to look a little bit like a man. First
they put a hat on the stick; that is
highest in the air. Then they have two
cross sticks farther down which are
supposed TO be the arms, and they
put coat there. Then trousers are
put on the scarecrOw and the last
thing they do is to give him an old
gun or pole. That is to make the crows
think that man is standing in the
center of the cornfeld with a gun
ready to shoot any creature who comes
without an invitation.
"And of course crows ore never in
vited to cornfeld. They don't have
to be, it is true for they go of their
own accord, but they are not Just plain
uninvited-they are most decidedly
not wanted!
"The farmer | am telling you about
made a scarecrow just as | have de-
scribed and he said to himself:
"'Ah, here | have q fine scarecrow.
| The crows will never touch my corn,
never, never And he went into the
farmhouse for supper, feeling very
happy and pleased.
EARLY the next morning Charlie
Crow was calling to all his family,
| friends and neighbors
"'Caw, cav, cav, crows! Come,
cav. cav, caw!'
From all around came the crows.
| What is the excitementT they asked.
u am going to give q feast today
said Charlie.
"'Are we all asked to come? they
shrieked
| l-NtIE one VI you, Stliu 1IdIIlt
very politely. And now we must
start. The earlier in the morning the
better it is. The farmer does not get
| up So soon. To be sure he IS up soon
enough but not so soon as this
lyon think we are safe" they
asked
"'Quite,' said Charlie cheerfully.
Come along. Cav, cav. cawr
$50 leading the way Charlie Grow
took his family, friends and neighbors
TO the cornfield where the farmer had
put the scarecrow he thought was
/ so perfect
| "'Caw, cav, cav shrieked some of
the crows as they came near the field.
whats the trouble?' asked Charlie
There is no danger
ooh, look they said, 'over there in
/ the field! There is an awful man with
a gun
"Don't be absurd said Charlie.
Cav, cav, cav, that is not a man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

Germany has long been feeding the
army at the serious expense of the rest
of the nation, but not until now, prob
ably, has the order gone forth to weak
en- the future generation for the sake
Of the maintenance of the western line
of defence. An official report of the
discussion of food conditions bv the
budget committee of the Prussian diet
shows that it has been necessary to re-
duce infants milk allowance in the en-
pire. In other words, the babies must
be under -nourished III order that the
soldiers may not be. The German adj
ministration is keenly conscious of the
need Of keeping up the future physi-
cal efficiency of the race, and all pos
sible pains have been taken to provide
the children with adequate nourishment.
But this report shows that such pro
vision is no longer possible. No one
knows to what extent the future vital
ity of the German people has been
sapped by the fierce necessities of the
war. The effect of all this under
nutrition will not be evident for years,
but one day it will write its story deep
on the vital power and the record of
achievement Of the German nation. The
consciousness Of the sutferings of their
children at home is unquestionablv hav-
ing a marked effect in sapping the NOR
ale of the German armies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

work resulted in the highest excellence;
but in other cases III crudeness Of shape.
Here, the practice is to make things by
machinery, and this makes for uni
formity and progressive improvement.
In the end the American method is
more successful. And now that we have
been obliged to put in plants for the
manufacture of all these things the
plants will not again remain idle. Ger
many has lost a big market that she
cannot regain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Pumpkin Preserves or Chips.

Remove all skin and pulp from me
dlum-slzed pumpkin and cut into half
inch cubes Use three fourths Of
pound of sugar to one pound of pump
kin meat. Put pumpkin and sugar in
layers IN a preserving kettle, adding
slices of lemon (using three lemons to
pumpkin). Let stand day, cook
slowly until pumpkin is tender, not
mushy. The syrup should be just a
little thinner than honey. Seal in Jars
while hot.-Farm Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

The Eastern States Exposition that
successfully closed its ten days fair
in West Springfield, Mass, Saturday
has not only entertained nearly 150,-
600 people, but it accomplished some
thing more important. 1t has helped to
set people to thinking that more co.
operative work must be done to make
our New England lands more responsive
and the farming more intensive The
exposition itself represents the culmi
nation Of efforts carried on during the
year. 1t brings together and co-ordi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Very Proud.

follow at last, for the temptation of
corn was great and besides they knew
Charlie was wise crow.
"They had splendid feast and how
grateful they We're to Charlie, When
they had finished the farmer was just
getting up. He left the house a little
later to look at his fell! of corn. What
should he see but q crow sitting upon
his scarecrow! 1t was Charlie, the
wise crow.
"'Come,' said Charlie to the other
crows. "caw, cav! Our feast is over,
and here comes a real man to scare a
crow, not just make-believe scare
crowl"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
Following The Fashion,

Lizzie was coming home with several
of her little friends, all of whom
seemed to be fatherless.
My mother keeps a dressmaking
establishment" said Cora.
MY mother keeps a millinery estab-
lisnment," boasted George.
what does your mother do?" asked
Cora.
Lizzie thought moment and she
.hen replied, N mother keeps al
eating establishm~4...'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t 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 morn
ing following the omission, in person,
by telephone or postal card. thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t Is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

The provisional government Of Rus
sia has decided that, in view Of the
threat of a German offensive from Riga,
il will be safer to move out Of Petro-
grad and 90 to Moscow. The govern
ment, in announcing its intention, puts
on q brave front and so far as is made
known, does not appear to consider
the German occupation Of Petrograd
and the northern part of Russia as the
worst thing that could happen. 1t is
reported that anarchy is spreading all
over its great territory, and there are
indications that any sort of national
unity, is far from being accomplished.
The German invasion is more dangerous
to Russia in its future possibilities aft
er Petrograd is reached than the mere
fact of its occupation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

An elastic conscience was possessed
10y the wealthy New York woman,
prominent in war relief work, who tried
TO defraud the government of several
thousand dollars by making false list
Of articles brought from abroad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

The government has already taken
over ~ billion dollars worth of goods
that were bought for Germany in this
country before the war was declared.
The largest single item in the great
total is cotton that Germany bought
and was having stored until the time
when the seas were ready at her serv-
loo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-24

that Is q make
believe man to
scare Us away,
and they call that
thing 4 scarecrOw,
because m a n V
crows don't know
t h e difference.
They can't tell q
man from q scare
crow man. / can.
though !! Come all.
come and enjoy
the feast
"rimidly some
of them followed,
hut thew all did