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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
Rescue the Children.
Rutland Herald.

In his work of cleaning up some of
the waste places Of Vermont Secre
tary w. II. Jeffrey of the board of
charities and probation is trying TO do
for the human derelicts Of the state
what conservation is doing for the trees
and plants.
1t is a serious and important work,
much neglected by the towns and cities
of the state, and like other work of
the same character, is more or less
thankless ii not Unwelcome.
In an address made last Sunday Nh
jeffrey referred TO conditions existing
in some poor-houses out Of the IS which
the towns of the state maintain Some
of these were filthy, infested with yer
min, reeking with disease germs and
furnishing insufficient and improper
food TO their inmates
This is condition that dates back
to "Olivey Twist and the first poor
houses of England. It i. inseparahle
from the public care of the poor IN
less the town or city authorities ma Ike
a personal matter of inspecting and
regulating them. What is everybody 5
business soon becomes nobody bust
ness and this, added TO considerable
niggardly economy in the way Of ap-
| proPriations, soon produces conditions
| that are horrible almost beyond des-
cription.
The board has merely power of in
spection and recommendation over
| town poor-houses, but there are mighty
| few cases where 4 reference of the
/ state board of health and the accom-.
panying publicity does not bring the
officials TO time.
The great work Of the board, how
ever, is rescuing children from condi
tions and environments that tend tc
make them criminals, diseased or de
PRAYED. The spectacle Of aged pauper.
dragging out the last years of THEN
lives in a badly kept poor house is sac
enough but child that is born anC
reared under similar conditions pre-
| 5ents condition that cannot be tol
Grated or supported.
There are many difficulties in thi.
rescue work, and the job of the pres
mt secretary Is more one of fOunda
BODYBUILDING than of final accomplish
ment. As the work goes on. the chance
are that il will point more and more L
the need of state home for orphan
and pauper children or for such an en-
.argement of the state schools at Yer
gennes and Brandon as will take ear
Of such cases without too much asso
: citation with defective or incorrigibl
children.
So far as it goes, the work deserve
the very best at the hands Of town
and citizens of those towns, as well a
Of all charitable people who may b
willing to act as guardians or in loo
PARENTS for some of this waste human
material.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
POTATO MARKET.
Boston Reports Demand and Movement
Good

PRESQUE ISLE, Ne. Nov. D.
shipment light, slow demand, market
weak, quality and condition generally
good. wagon loads, tracksidc, bulk, 100
pounds; Green Mountains. 50 TO s2.l2.
Boston.-Tvclve Names. six New
Bruuswicks; demand and movement
good; market stronger; IA ears on
track. including broken ears; Names
and New Brunswicks, quality and con
dition good. many small, two-bushel
sacks, Mountains, 1925 to $40; small
lots, good size, $40 to $3.50; carlots,
bulk, bushel, $l6n to sl.65; New Yorks.
quality and condition generally good,
rwo-bushcl sacks, Rurals, S3.l5 to 1925:
Prince Edward Islands, quality and
condition generally good; 90-pound
seeks, Whites, S2.25 to $50; Reds,
SID to $50; Chenangos, $2.l5 TO
$50; Michigans, no sales; home
crowns, Mountains, hushel box. $40
to $50.
New Iork.--1'wo PennSylvanias, one
Wisconsin. II New Works. 10 Maincs
eight New Jerseys, two Michigans. 80
Long Islands, demand moderate, mar
ket steady; New Jerseys. quality and
condition variable; II pecks, Giants
$3.15 TO $3.50, mostly $3.15; Names
quality and condition generally good
| Mountains, bulk $50 pounds, sI75 to
80, few 1925; Michigans and Wiseon.
sins quality and condition generally
good, 10 pecks, Round Whites, $3.50 to
1919, mostly $3.50; New Works. quality
and condition variable; Rurals, bulk
$50 pounds, 1925 to 1855; Long Is
lands, quality and condition good;
Mountains, bulk, SO pounds, sos ia
| 500
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
Little Benny's
Note Book
D. Yyr> nADI
By LEE PAPE

Pop was recding sumthing in a mag
azine after suppir wich after he fin
ished il he sed. And watts more. ! be-
leeve every werd Of it.
Wy, watts it about! sed ma, and
pop sed, Its about the power of sug-
gestion. The power OF suggestion is
mightier than the sord.
Wich Jest then the door bell rang,
being Mr.. Lewisses ring, pop sed. That's
Lew, now watch your Cnkle Dudley
try the power OF suggestion on him.
Wieh went down and opened the
door, and Mr.. Lewis came up smoaking
ia segar, saving, Good eevning every
body, l jest dropped in on my way
home TO exercize the lerogative of free
speech few moments
Always welcome. Lew. set down and
rest your face and hands. sed pop.
! WITCH Mr.. Lewis did, still smoaking his
, segar, and pop sed, Pew, Lew, for the
love of Poet, watts that cooking?
| trust Your not referring to the de
llcious aromer OF this segar, sed Mr.
Lewis, and pop sed, 0, that's wat it
| IS, Is II, | thawt for a moment sum
bodys shoes We're on fire.
Now that YOU mention it. | believe
! did notice an odd taist about this
isegar, sed Mr.. Lewis. Wich pop winked
| at me and ma, saying, Odd, we'll l
shood think SO. In my candid opinion,
Lew, that segar must be entitled to a
leeding place amung the 10 worst segars
! in the wcrld.
/ And Mr.. Lewis took some more puffs,
and then he sed. confownd il. | believe
you're rite. And he took the segar out
of his mouth and looked at it and then
he put 1t III the ash tray, and then he
took more Jest like it out of his vest
poekit and throo them on the table
saying, ! woodent even carry them er.
round with me. And him and pop
tawked about bowling and the wan
and diffrent things and prittv soon Mr.
Lewis went home, witch as soon as he
did pop picked up one Of the 3 segars
saying, Looks like Expensive Segar
And he smelled il, saving, Smells like
one, to. And he put it in his mouth
and lit il and took about 3 puffs ant
started TO cawf, saying, Wy, blast il
all, it RELY is one of the worlds Il
werst segars.
Heehee, sed ma lafine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917.
VICTORY IMPLIES LIBERTY.

Canada, feeling the need that all ma
tions and many people do nowadays, to
spend more money than income pro
vidcs, is going to supply the immediate
deficit in her purchasing and paying
power 10y borrowing. When the United
States was in the same position few
weeks ago it attaincl the desired end
by means of what was called a Glib.
crty loan. That name having been
.pre.cmptcd by her ncighbor, Canada is
going to name hcraforthcoming bond is
sue a Victory Loan
Perhaps she had other and better rea-
sons fen choosing that title than a mere
desire to be different. The result, how
ever, cannot be that she is any more
confident or hopeful as to the outcome
Of the war than we are, or because she
does not realize, as we'll as we do, that
the object of the war for us both is to
insure the preservation in the world of
liberty as She aud we and all the al
lies of both of us understand that word
I As Canada has suffered from the war
/ far more than the United States has
rs vet. it may be that the longing
for the war S one tolerable end is more
( prominent now among her emotional
stresses than among ours We are but
stepping across the line of preparation
into the domain Of action, and our cas-
Uaties, in comparison with hers, arr
small indeed in number. They are quit,
large enough already, however, to Civ,
us solemn thoughts and to have sweep
away the illusions some Of us seem t,
have had as to the seriousness of tn,
conflict in which we have engaged
But that Canada is able to dedieat
her loan to victory, aud to leave libert,
rs sort Of necessary implication from
the fact that she is fghting--that i
line and it is encouraging. When on
losses aud expenditures are proportion
ate with hers, we, too. must raise
Victory loan and still believe with al
our hearts that the name is aceufat
as wen as bravcly chosen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

The Russian ambassador asks the
American people to suspend sjudgment
on the situation in Petrograd until the
facts are actually known. With the
Maximalsts in control of the telegraph
il is possible for them TO send out re-
ports in their favor which do not fit
with actual conditions, Russia is bad
enough III any case. but perhaps not as
hopeless as the wire messages wssla in
dicate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
TO rnE SUBSCRIBERS.

IT is the aim OF the management 10
secure efficient service IN the delivery OF
the paper each night, and II solcits the
cooperation 81 subscribers TO that end.
Prompt reports should he given Of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
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 publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
The MeddLer
The coat fts you. pat st on'

Judging by the prevalence of Food
Administration cards along his "beat
The Meddler is pretty well convinced
that Brattleboro is taking its ''Hoov-
erizing' in the right spirit. One can
hardly discover a house in which the
insignia of intelligent eating does not
occupy CONSPICUOUS place. And from
what people say it is evident that most
of them realize the Importance of food
conservation and are doing all within
their power to assist in il. Indeed, it
is no uncommon thing to hear this man
or that telling of the number of days
since he has had any white bread and
boasting of the delicious wheatless and
meatless recipes which necessity has
invented in his household. That, by the
way, is one of the many excellent fea-
lures of the food conservation cam
paign. 1t is teaching people that habit
in eating can be as costly as in other
lines of human activity. And if the
lesson is we'll learned il is safe TO say
that the good results Of the movement
will long outlast the emergency which
| brought II into existence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

Methuen voted Tuesday to become a
city Broobinc larger by ten times
than many cities. still clings 10 the
town system OF government, and re-
joircs in il, distinction of being the
largest and ucalthiest town in Amer
lea. Two western Massachusetts towns
which have the proportions Of city
are WeStfield and Greenfield. Our near
ncighbor to the south Is making more
rapid advance in industrial growth and
consequently in population, than any of
the old towns OF New England, but il
wisely prefers to remain 4 town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

poral at Camp Devens, will serve as
examples 70 other pugnacious privates
in showing that discipline and respect
to command mean something when you
are in actual military service. For
thcir folly they will play checkers with
their noses at prison bar squares for
terms of ten and twenty years respec-
lively.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

After all is said and DONE says
Charles +. Murphy, chief of Tammany
hall, lit is refreshing to all Of US to
know that in the candidacy of Mr..
Mitchell, Mr.. Hylan and Mr.. Bennett,
every voter had the pleasant opportun-
ity Of voting for a loyal American
citizen Morris Hillquit, Socialist,
now knows what Mr.. Murphy thinks of
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

II Is surprizinS to find that the won
an suffrage victory in New York was
WON in the metropolis. The upstate
counties gave a bare majority for the
amendment to the state constitution,
but the biz city turned in a majority
Of a2,G22 for the change. once seated
in power woman suffrage can never be
displaced. The potcntialities of woman
voting is shown by the statement that
they can turn in over 100000 votes in
the Empire state if the gentler sex will
come to the polls in full force.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
Salvage
Wheat

Salvage Wheat is in an
unusual demand this year on
account Of an immense
amount Of poultry feeding.
We have several cars in our
elevator here which we Of
fer at $1.65 per bushel for
the "B' grade, and $1.85 per
bushel for the "a" grade. 1t
is claimed that the feeding
value is very high regardless
of it being burned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

That three cent stamp begins TO have
a familiar look. Some Of us, who won Z
admit that we are old, can remember
when the regular postage on letter
was three cents in peace times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
Sense of Humor.

"Pa," said little Willie Green, "what
IS a sense of humor|
"A sense of humor my SON. re-
sponded Pa Green, lis that which
makes YOU laugh when thing hap
pens to some one else, that would
make you mad if it happened to you"
American Boy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
MARLBORO.

The church service next Sunday
morning will be as requested by the
President in behalf Of those suffering
from the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

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80 cents an inch for first insertion; 25 cents
an inch for each subsequent insertion.
Limited space on first page at double
rates.
Space rates on application.
Cha ssified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent dis
count 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, 1917-11-09

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., g.
w cleveland 5. J. Purrinton (Estey-
ville), Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens
Depot Newsstand. Mrs u. f. Doyle
South Main street
West 5rattleboro. J. L. StockweM
East Dummerston. NJ Z. Brown
Putney, VI. G Williams
Ne~fane. y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, G. w. Cutler
West Townshend, G. H Grout.
jamaica, r. J paggett
South Londonderry, +. II Tyler.
South Vernon, 3. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W
Streetar
Hinsdale. NJ. H., W. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

Alabama is the fifth state 10 enfranehise
women since 1917 began making IS sui
ftagc states
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

The former Connecticut prize fighter
and his eomraac, who assaulted q cor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication OF all
news dispatches credited TO IL and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

Some idea OF the magnitude of the
work done by local branch of the Red
Cross may be gained by the statement
that the net proceeds from the local
talent performances of last week, about
500, will only buy one consignment of
yarn-enough TO last the patriotic
knitters of Brattleboro and the sur
rounding towns about six weeks. And
knitting, by the way, is but ono Of
the activities of the Red Cross In ad-
dition there is the manufacture of sur
eical dressings and hospital supplies,
not to mention frequent special calls
that are made on the organization.
These facts show very plainly that in
order to keep up its splendid work the
local branch must have continuous
income of considerable proportions.
| BFattlebOro has been very generous il
| ITS support thus far and no doubt will
continue to be- but if a regular income
could be provided it would release for
/ "N'""i ''hatA uNliNt WI NAIt tIlt ieo
Of those women who are now obliged
i to devote their efforts to the problems
! of finance. Here again the idea Of
waste elimination suggests itself.
Couldn t the services of some patriotic
business man be enlisted TO organize a
salvagc company similar to that which
rs being operated 50 successfully IN
Los Angeles, Cal. as to make the Red
Cross practically self-supporting in that
Icity?
The Meddler regrets the action of the
land -owners in the Sunset lake district
/ Mh0 haYa flNSkad thair .ornnnrtx anni,, et
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

For il IS not alone on what we cat
that the economies required by the war
are having their influence. People are
beginning to realize that there are nu-
nlerous ways in which they can excr-
else thrift and thereby turn waste in
to profit Only the other day The Med
der heard Of a farmer who in one dav
gathered enough apples, which hereto
fore had been allowed to go to waste,
to bring him $40 No doubt there are
tons of apples as good as those which
this farmer sold that are rotting in
orchards hereabouts for the simple rca-
son that the owners haven t considered
! them worth gathering. And as for
wood, the amount of it going to waste
within the limits of this town is with,
out question sufficient to provide good
| fuel for hundreds of families. 1t will
take time. of course, to bring about
utilization of these and other things
which an extravagant people have over
looked, but once their utilization has
been accomplished it will continue long
after the end of the war if indeed il
ever ceases. And as these various
methods of conservation are put int
operation folks will gradually come L
realize that through the savings thu.
effected they will be enabled to liv,
comfortably and yet have money Will
which to pay war taxes, buy govern
ment bonds and contribute to the man,
war funds which need their support.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

The Meddler regrets the action of the
landowners in the Sunset lake district
who have posted their property against
because this sort Of thing
Arizona republican., 1917-08-14
DEBATE |N SENATE
 ON WAR TAX BILL ID CLOSE TODAY
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-General
 debate in the senate on the war tax
 bill is expected to close tomorrow.
 Chairman Simmons of the finance
 committee announced late today that
 onl ytwo more senators had signified
 their intention of speaking, and that he
 would move to take up the committee
 amendments as soon as they have been
 heard.
 Senators Penrose and McCumper, re-
 publican members of the committee,
 spoke at length during the day in sup
 port of the bill which they declared
 had been revised in a non partisan spirit.
 Senator Penrose said that while he
 had voted against the revenue meas
 ures since the present administration
 came into power, because they marked
 departure in the fiscal policy of the United States by largely abandoning the tariff as the source of revenue and resorting to direct taxation, the situ- ation is different now and the Ameri- can government has never hesitated to raise revenue by direct taxation and loans when required to do so by state of war. The tax payer must bear in mind, he said, that the bill is tempor-
 
 ary in operation and when the war is over the whole tax system of the coun- try will be revised
 After the close of the war, Senator Penrose said. the United States more than ever would need high tariff to maintain it's industrial prosperity. The Pennsylvania senator criticized | the administration for delay in setting controversies with manufacturers, de- claring relentless prosecution or the war was being held up and that an ei- ement of uncertainty as to the amount of revenue to be derived had been ln- jected into consideration of the tax Dill
 'It seems to me- he added, referring to disputes over prices of war mater | ial, that speed and prompt delivery Is the essence of the emergency. one hundred million dollars are being spent ! it is said. each day by the allies, or one billion dollars every ten days. and It ls estimated that 10000 men are pelns | killed each day on the allies slde. 1T l this tremendous crisis, speedy denVerS constitutes the most imperatlveiy es- sential element
 | Senator McCumber predicted a wal | fCo,t;puad on Page TwO)
Arizona republican., 1917-08-14
NJ WORK
 IN GLOBE
 FUR L.W.W.
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

'
 GLOBE. Aug. 13-Members of the Industrial Workers of the World will not be given employment at mines op- erated by the three big operators in the G.Obe Miami district was the positive announcement made today to Judge John Mcbride, representative of the de- partment of labor, by the Dig mines in the district Members of the Inter national Union. of Mine. Mill and Shelter Workers will be given back their positions. providing they return to work within the next few days says the statement.
 The following statement was pre- scented to Federal Conciliator John Me Bride late today:
 Judge John Mcbride,
 Globe Ariz
 Dear sir:-In order that there may be no misunderstanding regarding the re e-employment of it's men who partici- pated in the present strike. each of the subscribed companies wishes to make through you to its former en- pleyes, the following statement of its position on the question.
 Tn the event the strike is called off in the next few days, the companies will not discriminate against members of the l. '. M. NJ and s. w. or other crafts as union men. But in the flu ture the companies will only employ men whose character and past record are such as will insure their being loyal to American principles and good law abiding members of the community of which they are a spart.
 Tn other words, the companies re- serve the right to refuse employment or re- employment to any man who does not conform to this standard, but in applying this standard any employe working at the time of the strike who refused re- employment may present his case to the management through the employees committee. Men who were L w. W.'s during the strike will be given no consideration. The companies, on their part, will do all in their power by continuing to pay a high standard of wages and by pro viding the best working conditions pos sible to make the district, with the help of a members of the community, one which will attract the best class of American workmen, who will feel they can come here and build up perm anent homes for themselves and their families.
 Yours truly,
 ALTON CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO, by C. E. Mills, general manager.
 MIAMI COPPER CO, by B. Britton Gottsberger, general manager. "OLD DOMINION COMPANY, by P. G.
 Beckett, general manager"
 The foregoing proposition will be submitted to the miners union of Globe and Miami and all affiliated crafts of the American Federation of Labor at d referendum election to be held Wednesday, August 15. 1917, between 1 the hours of a. m. and 6 p. m. Judge : Mcbride and eX-Governor G. w. P Hunt will act as inspectors of election.