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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

We admit that we do not know wheth-
er President Wilson S proposal is far
sighted craftsmanship or the impractical
bic vision Of an idealist. Certainly he
said something that has made a pro-
found impression. He suggests a com.
plete reversal of the foreign policy un.
der which this country has been guided
more than leo years when he urges the
adoption Of the Monroe doctrine as the
doctrine of the world. We should have
a condition almost approaching the mil
lennium to have peace throughout the
world assured through a concert of the
powers. The plan sounds like al
iridescent dream, but stranger things
have happened than TO see the Presi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

and it has made me well woman and
we have a lovely baby girl. We cannot
praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound enough, and hope this let
ter will lead other suffering women to
try it. Mrs. BENJAMIN F. BLAKE,
RID. No. 5, Box %, Madison, Wis.
There must be more than a hundred
thousand women in this country who,
like Mrs. Blake, have proven what Won
ders Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound can do for weak and ailing
women. Try it and see for yourself.
All women are invited to write for
free and helpful advice to L ydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (confdentiaD.
Lynn, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

Effie started right off, carrying a lit
tie block of ice and a steel skate
upon it.
when Witty Witch looked out OF
her Cave what should she see but the
little Elf coming her way.
Hello, Effie,' said Witty Witch
Have you come to hear u story oil
two? My fire is burning. It's COCO
and warm in here
No, thank YOU said Effie Elf. 9
haven't come to hear story today.
Oh said Witty Witch. and hel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
10 SuRscR ERS.

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.
IL Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
If Your Heart Is Thankful.

If your heart is thankful your face
will be. 1t will not be necessary to
prop your mouth up at the corners.
Fretfulness and Impotence will not get
the opportunity to leave their auto.
graph on your countenance. A thank
full heart shows itself in a cheerful
face.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
Resigned.

Fond Enthusiastically, if YOU are
bad you won I go to heaven. Don t YOU
know that?
Little Dorothy-Well, I've been to
the circus and the Chautauqua already
| can't expect to go everywhere
Orange Peel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

dent 5 proposed policy for the world
become an established fact. In any
ease he has given the entire world
something to talk about, to think about.
and at least to dream about as a de
sirable reality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

with terrible pains
in my back and was
about to have an OPP
er a ton when a
friend said to me,
Before having that
operation just try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e "a bl e Com
pound SO / let
the operation wait,
a n d my husband
bought me the Veg
- n l. 4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

Experts have estimated that Spain
contains 700,000,000 tons of unmined
iron ore, capable of yielding about so
per cent Of metal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

In a new form of electric fan verti-
cal blades draw in the air from be
meath and distribute il equally in all
horizontal directions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper.
80 cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
tiou. 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 49, Ten cents per line,
frst 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, 1917-01-26
DON'T HURT A BIT!
Lift your old, torturous corns
and calluses right off
with the fingers. ST

This tiny bottle holds the wonder 3
wonders. 1t contains an almost magica
drug discovered by Cincinnati man
1t is called freezone. 1t is compoun,
made from ether.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

Oh, Liberty, what a lot of divorces
are applied for in thy name.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
TERRIBLY '
SICK WOMAN
Surgical Operation Thought
Necessary, but Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable Com
pound Saved Her.

Madison, Wis.-'T was a terribly sick
woman for over three Years. | suffered
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

store for small bottle of freezone.
This will cost but few cents, but will
positively rid your poor, suffering feet
of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn
between the toes, or the tough calluses
on bottom of feet. Genuine freezone
has yellow label. Look for yellow
label
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

Apply a few drops Of this
freezone upon a tender, ach-
ing corn or a hardened cal
lus. Instantly the soreness
disappears and shortly YOU
will find the corn or callus
so shriveled and loose that
you just lift it off with the
fingers.
You feel no pain or sore
ness when applying free
zone or afterwards. 1t
doesn t even irritate the
skin.
just ask i'm anv drug
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

By the end of this week report
probably will be Forthcoming from the
committee recently appointed to draft
bills which, if passed by the lcgisla-
ture, would give the peopla Of Brattle-
boro an opportunity to say whether or
not they wish to adopt simpler form
Of government, These proposed bills
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

1t ought to be reassuring to a good
many Brattleboro people to know that
coal prices in this town are no higher
on the average than they are in other
New England communities. When un-
usual conditions bring about unusual
prices there are folks who seem to oct
satisfaction from imagining that they
are the victims of circumstances that
are purely local. 1t generally turns
out, however, that these people are
mistaken in the figures on which they
base their comparisons, or are paving
the long price by reason of their own
lack of foresight. AS far as the coal
situation is concerned Brattlcboro
people seem to be no worse off than
most New Englanders; some towns are
able to buy some grades cheaper than
we are, but the average as far as The
Meddler is able to ascertain leaves
nothing to the discredit of local deal
ers, who have been fortunate. it would
seem, to maintain anything like an adj
equate supply at any price
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

In the course of his interesting let
ter on the marriage question Mr.. Gale
made few very pointed remarks about
the recent episode of Brattleboro s lock
up and the liquor that disappeared there
from. And The Meddler will heartily
agree with him that this local scandal
gave the town much more "unanvi-
able reputation than any of its
Gretna Green cases have. Although
little about this mystery has appeared
in print of late it would be a mistake
to imagina for a moment that the pub
lie has forgotten it. Evidence to the
| contrary may be found in the form of
an amusing rhyme on the subject
which is being circulated privately but
I generally throughout the village And
! 1t may be just as we'll for the officers
who are under suspicion to bear ii
mind that whether guilty or not they
are decidedly ION probation =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26
The MeddLer
" the coat fits you, put It on"

The Meddler is inclined to the opin-
ION that a great many local people
will agree with John f. Gale S very
able presentation of the case against
Representative Durham s marriage
bill that appeared i'll Wednesday s is
sue of The Reformer, and yet on the
very same page with Mr.. Gale s brief
was the story Of a young man who is
alleged to have stolen $9l from his
employers so that he might come to
Vermont to get married. The fact
that the young man did not get married
cannot be placed to the credit of the
marriage laws of the state, nor would
he probably have come to this state
if he had not known that the law
here was different from that in Mas
sachusetts. 1t is probably true, as Mr..
Gale contends, that by far the greater
part of the couples who come to Yer
mont to get married do so through a
desire to avoid the publicity attendant
upon fling their intentions several
days in advance. And in most eases
perhaps, this desire is prompted BY
perfectly legitimate motives. On the
other hand, towns like Brattlaboro and
Bellows Falls, which have good rail.
road connections with New Hampshire
and Massachusetts,, are continually
seeing the i'll effects of the law as it
applies to runaway couples, and it is
not surprising that in these towns at
least there should be decided senti
ment in favor of more rigid reguia
tions. Whether or not this sentiment
is influential enough to secure the
passage of Mr.. Durham S bin is some
thing which the progress of the legis
lature will determine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-26

rejected by The Adams Newspaper Service1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10
KEEP BUSINESS GOING
BY John c. Freund
(In the Music Trades.)

SAAS AUG
The story Is told of an Irishman
who. finding his blanket did not cover
his feet. cut off a piece from the top
in order to lengthen it.
This method of meeting the issue is
much on a par with the method sug.
gested as the best means of enabling
this country to meet the issues pre-
sented by Jul being at war with Ger
many.
Everywhere people are told Of the
necessity Of economy; that all waste
must be eliminated, especially in the
use of food products; that the time
has come for every man, woman and
child to save. to cease the purchase OF
all Injuries and only buy what IL alb
solutely needful; and. above all, to
cut down the quantity, ~ well as va
riety, Of the foods used. In a word.
the country is being advised that it ID
ard Of living.
At the same time. steps are being
taken to raise taxes. especially the
tax on incomes, in some ceases az
much as several hundred per cent.
Where the money is to come from to
pay these taxes should the whole ma
ton suddenly take to a h%ysterical
economy is not explained.
A1 matter Oh IdCL, the pes means
to enable us to pay the extraordinary
taxes. which must be levied, Is to
keep business going, and even create
more business; for 1t should be OBJ
vtous that II we are going to cut down
the consuming power Of the nation,
this will mean such a reduction in
the demand for manufactured prod
ucts as would close half the factories
in the country and throw out Of en-
ployment millions Of wage-earners,
Economy in the use Of food prod
ucts is wise. so long as we keep in
creasing the quantity Of products, not
of a ~perishable nature, however, for
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10

then we will be able to help feed thu
people Of the allied nations as well
as our own, and, furthermore, we
shall be preparing to meet the inev-
liable food shortage. which Is coming
partly through the destruction Of n
tire agricultural sections in the war
zones. partly by the withdrawal Of
partly also because the reserves Of
food products have been used up.
Apart from the food question, how
ever. there Is no need. nor ID there
any reason why the nation should
suddenly adopt q crazy policy Of
economy. Nothing could conduce
more to making this country lose its
wonderful prosperity than to contract
suddenly all lines Of business and have
the people begin to hoard money In
stead Of keeping 1t In circulation.
What could hurt us more?
$3.50
The damage that the war. can do
would be a nothing to the evil re-
suits Of a false system Of drastic econ
omy. which would throw hundreds Of
thousands Of people out Of work. or
tend to reduce wages. while the cost
of living Is steadily rising.
In q public statement John Wanna
maker hits the nail on the head when
he says: The worst thing that could
happen to the world these days would
be a business depression in the Uni
ted States" And we would add to
what Mr.. Wanamaker said by insist
Ing that such business depression
would be q great moral help. to the
store their waning courage. and would
hamstring u ability to be Of such
service to the allies as would hasten
the end Of the wal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10
PERSONAL SERVICE AND PROPERTY

Those who work overtime in the effort to create and
psrpetuats class distinctions have been quite loud in
their advocacy Of what they call the 'conscription oi
property in order to balance up the conscription Of men
for army service.
Tho poor man. We are told. must give himself to hi.
country, therefore 1t IL no more than fair to require the
rich man to give his property. Hence there 10 advocated
the seizure Of property for government use. such prop
erty to be taken and used without compensation. and re-
turned when the need for it is over in such condition rs
1t may happen to be in. II. indeed. there 10 any Of 1t left.
1t happens that in the conscriptton Of men no diff
ference IN made between the man Of much property and
the man of none. Although tho CONSUMPTION law has
not yet been passed. its main provisions are known.
There are some quite important details to be ar
ranged, but there is perfect agreement between the two
houses of congress and with the administration a. to all
features which can have . bearing on this feature. And
in this law, as it has been proposed, and as 1t will be
passed. there 10 not, as Of course there can't DO. distinc-
ton made among men as to wealth or station.
The man Of wealth, therefore. stands on the same
basis with the man who has no properly whatever.
When he is needed he will be called. and whom he 10
called he will go.
Rich or poor he will serve with his body ana his
What is proposed. therefore,, by men who talk clap
trap in order to win applause from the unthinking. u
personal service required Of all other men. shall in add
ton DO penalized by being dispossessed Of their property
without compensation and without remedy. a proceeding
which would be anarchy. pure and simple.
we have at present taxation laws which appropriate
to the state portions Of the possessions Of all men, and in
the making Of these laws there has been regard for the
ability OF men to pay. We have the general property
taxes which are Of general operation. We have in add
ton taxes which are progressive in their nature. taking
from the individual proportionately more a. his posses
stons increase.
Such are the income and inheritance taxes. These
laws are being revised now. and they will be changed SO
AZ to take from men of wealth a still larger proportion Of
their possessions.
This 10 a very different thing from the arbitrary
confscaton of property. such al has often been proposed.
Should any government be insane enough to start such a
process Of conhscation there would be no logical end to
the process short Of the appropriation by tho government
Of all property. which would be q short cut to the sort
Of socialism which 10 being so vociferously advocated
just now.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10

81 would call into the federal serv-
ice the most skillful Of the actual
traders in food-not the SPECTATORS,
but the actual handlers.
"As rapidly as possible, I would
convert these instruments into great
terminal markets, where all the food
would be handled by the carload with
a minimum Of handling. Here all the
retailers could come and make their
purchases at prices that would be de-
termined in an open competitive mar
ket.
Before the harvest, I would also
build up in all the great agricultural
the food Of the district would be
load lots to he great distributing
centers.
II would abolish all future trading
in foods. 1t is through this fictitious
price-making machine that both the
stantly and systematically robbed.
"Under the proposed system
there would be only three steps
between the farmer and the ulti-
mate consumer and waste Of all
kinds would be reduced to . mini.
mum.
Then, II the government should
later find 1t necessary to put the
population on rations, or undertake
retail price-flxing. 1t would have the
entire situation under its control and
be in possession Of knowledge Of all
the factors that need to be taken into
consideration"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10

I, eAE a wiAdew eex. and get nine other
\ heNA to ElANt 4 garden Also. EAoh
scout tAMA NANl0plteA htMselt into
ten.
FAe aim IN a,sss,eea ~sarAena"
AxfASAlt0rA AAA asAtgaAtea an 9taetal
Ito cooperate with xeeNt AeadQuAr-
~tt every seeat succeeds IN
carrying cut the plAn,"S sAld
WexS "t MeAAs as,e&@,9 600 hush
sAa II 43Na added TO the nations
sao1sANN%e; It MeAns that much
wore tNeA lett In the market tor
the ArtaS and navy and tor our
AaaSe& in the a
We viii give a war service medal
10 every s,aN- who eaAntA and harvests
Ia sAsAeA and seeNrNA nine others to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10
Growing Irish Potatoes

The cost Of seeding Irish potatoes
can be greatly reduced, the garden
specialists Of the United States depart
mont OF agriculture point out, II, In
stead of using a whole potato for
planting. the gardener will cut out
from potatoes cone-shaped pieces Of
nesh. eah containing an eye Of the
potato. In this way only from one-
fourth to one-hfth Of the nesh Of the
potato will be needed top rovide iced
and the remainder Of the potato can
be cooked for table use. These cones
range from one-f1fth to one-seventh Of
an ounce in weight, whereas, undes,
the usual methods. the sets range from
thrse-fourths to 3 ounces IN weight.
A gardner. under ordinary conditions,
Will get best results by using Is to Is
bushels or 900 to 1880 pounds Of
pounds to the acre. This method Of
preparing sets. therefore, should make
available for table use over SIS
pounds of potato flesh, which. under
per acre.
To plant q plot 50 BY 100 fest or
approximately one-ninth Of an acre.
at tho same rate Of seeding, would cali
Tor ! z-S to 2 bushels Of iced planted
In h ordinary way. The method Of
using n n and tyes for seed anti
cooking The remainder Of the flesh.
therefore, becomes . Worthwhile
to be planted.
Under this plan It 10 not necessary
to prepare the seed all at one time.
From day to day the cones for seed
ing ~ be cut from the potatoes a.
tney are being pared for the table.
Ins cuttings then should be spread
out on Q piece Of paper in q mod
eraeeiy COO 9 (about 50 degrees
til they have cured; that il. until the
cut surface has become dry. a day
or two should suffice for this. and
potatoes then Shouts be nut IN 8 shal-
low box or try and placed whore It
y sui cooler. Any storage condition
m W1ll insure them against frost on
~ one nand ana undue shrtveling
tory.
These sesds can be started Indoors,
provided It 70 possible to securo mt.
eple soil n boxes. In such oasoa Il
may be desirable to plant the .eyS cut
snss at once. and allow them 70 start
!nto erowth indoors with the idea osN
Ian.p.anGne them into the opeMs
n no ground 10 dry enoush- "a Sc
small-si.ed sets require NOR. care.
--Ihe smaller the size Of the at. or
sesd piece. used the more thoroush
M % the preparation Of the soil.
sIanss more nnely the soil 70 ~pulverissd
cona,tion. .nofS uniform the moisturs
ne eoil: the bsttsr IL the chsnos for
the small $50 piece TO Setahiish itseif.
small set In rough iunnnv. az 6,1sS.
y soil has little chance "a nv NJ
Ion e'make crop. 1
a. Se q spsakin9. the smallsT the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-10
WILL ASK NO INDEMNITY

Tho cheerful news comes from Germany that tnat
nation Win not insist on being paid an indemnity at the
c1oee OF the war. This statement il published in a Nu-
ndch paper whose relations with the government are such
~ TO sfvo Its utterances at least a semi-ofhcial quality.
Tho statsment is made that while the cost Of the war
hs been great. 1t 10 80 small In comparison with the
actual wealth Of the country that Germany can we'll at
ford to waive claims for compensation.
This moderation is commendable. It is also anus
Ing. Germany II a defeated nation. She may fight, as
she probably will fight, for a long time. It is possible
that she may win victories. Her submarine campaign
has already caused tho allies great Inconvenience. It
may yet lead to serious embarrassment. But with or
without local land Victories. with or without creator
1uomarine successes. with or without tho massacre of
more helpless people. the case Of Germany n hopeless
because her success would establish principles 20 repug-
nant to everything related to human progress that the
hight must go on and on. no matter what its duration or
what it's cost, until the world is impoverished. bled white
and starving. II these things be necessary in order that
Germany may be rendered powerless again to menace
the world with the destruction Of the freedom for which
men have struggled through all the ages.
The state of mind Of the German rulers presents a
curious problem If they actually believe that there ts
any hope for their emergence from this war a. victors
they are moro dense than is conceivable Of human be-
inSs. 1t IL much more likely that they md themselves
in a situation whore It appears fatal to move in other
direction. They have abandoned their dream Of tmne-
date world dominion. They are fighting with their back.
to the wall. Their best soldiers are being forced back
by the hastily inprov1sed armies Of other nations. Their
heavy artillery IL outclassed by the artillery Of their en-
smies. Nowhere can they claim success save in the field
Of piracy.
It IL moro than likely that the German authorities
arc themselves at a loss al to what to do. They can
make no Roadway against their adversaries, and to yield
would be fatal to their own positions 40 the representa-
lives OF a ruling class. We have . right to suppose that
tho various peace sugHestions which are made from time
to time are intended to try out the opinion Of their own
people rather than for any effect that they have on the
enemy. The problem Of the German government Just
now is how to admit defeat. to make such a peace as will
be accepted by its opponents, and at the Same time to
save its own skin.