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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25

clean in life and it is no disparage-
ment to others to state that progress
sive school legislation in Tennessee
has been due more to the ability, the
energy and the splendid leadership OF
Robert l.. Jones than to the efforts OF
any other individual
Prof. Jones was born and reared in
White county. He had few advantages
in youth. When quite young man
he was elected superintendent of the
county at a salary of something like
ten dollars month. Later he went
to Chattanooga where he In time ba.
came county superintendent of schools
at the largest salary then paid that
official in TENNESSEE His work In
Hamilton county attracted the atten-
ton of the state and in 1907 he sue.
ceeded Seymour A. Mynders as super
intendent of Tennessee's educational
system. He was the directing spirit
in the great fight of 1907 for the
county board law, in 1909 for the gen
eral education act and rallied the
forces in 1917 against the repeal of
the latter law. He also aided in the
passage of the University of Tennes-
see endowment bill. In fact 1t is the
simple truth to state that no progress
sive scool legislation has been enact.
ed in Tennessee these fifteen years
that X. J.. Jones did not make his
power and influence felt. Likewise
he has led the fight always against
the reactionaries. No man ever made
better argument for public educa.
ton than Superintendent Jones. No
man knows better than Jones the
functions and duties, the purposes OF
education in a democracy He makes
an impression when he appears before
committee of learned experts or
clustered scholars. He is equally at.
home when he goes out in the hills
and hollows to speak to the masses OF
the people. He is probably the most
sought after public school orator in
the state.
Chattanooga is fortunate i'm secur-
ing the services Of Prof. Jones, but II
is going TO be loss to the Normal
when he leaves. His place there is
going to be most difficult one to ill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
MOTOR MAIL SERVICE.

Representative Padgett performed a
distinct public service when he Sc
cured the establishment of motor
mail service from Nashville to Column
bia and Mt. Pleasant and Williams
port in this county. This service will
bring the mail many hours earlier to
approximately half of the population
of the county. 1t will be great boon
also to Hickman and Lawrence coun-
ties. Mr.. Padgett responded promptly
and effectively to the requests of his
constituents. This is characteristic
of the man. Quietly and unostenta-
tiously he goes about his duties but
he gets results. He can generally be
depended upon to do the right thing
at the right time. He Yields a tre-
influence in administration
circles bnt he is not a subservient
echo of the administration as was
shown in his recent vote to pass the
repeal OF the miscalled daylight saw
ings bill over the veto of the Presi.
dent. The seventh district and the
entire state are fortunate in the man.
ner of representation they have in
the congress of the United States. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25

keting and distribution. Those who
are insisting on a reduction in the
cost of living have nothing to say
about the great contributing factor in
raising the cost of living, that is the
tremendous increase in wages paid in
the industrial centers. They are man
ifesting no disposition to part with
anything that they have gained as a
result of changed conditions, but they
are trying to deprive the farmers Of
the rewards that are justly theirs.
For inevitably that is what govern
ment control of the channels of distri-
button and marketing would mean.
One newspaper screams in one
breath against the government ,oper-
alton of the railroads characterizing
it as economically unsound, inefficient
and wasteful, but in the next breath
urges that the great packing industry
should be operated by the federal gov
eminent. II the politicians have not
been able to successfully operate the
railroads assuredly they have not
qualified to operate the great packing
interests Objection is raised to the
erection of storage houses, the pre-
serving OF fruits and of poultry and
Vln TO ha ,,ta
age process as contributing cause
for high prices.
1t is absolutely true that since the
great packing interests entered the
poultry and produce business the
farmers have had market for their
chickens and eggs twelve months in
the year, a thing that they did not
have in the past. 1t is true that un-
der the changed conditions they get
u price in the summer for their but
ter, poultry and eggs that returns
them a profit. whereas formerly they
received a fair price only for these
SShiOuitiOo "hCh thts Hdu COlnpdTd-
lively little to sell. Under present
conditions the prices of eggs have
been almost stabilized this summer.
There has not been nickel's varia-
ton in the price of dozen eggs since
the hot weather began. In the days /
before modern machinery for market
ing and saving and preserving eggs
was brought into operation by the
packers the farmers got a nickel a
dozen for their eggs when the laying
season was at its height and they
had to take that lin trade"
Now eggs are just as staple as cot
ton.
The farmers of this country are en-.
IOying a reasonable return for their
Efforts, their capital and their indus
Try because the world is Short" on
Iood and they have 1t to sell. They
IRE reaping the benefits of the age old
aw of supply and demand. that these
theorists and semi-socialists who are
for government operation
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
INCREASED SCHOOL LEVY.

In voting to increase the tax levy
for the elementary and high schools
and to levy for the first time school
building tax, the quarterly court Mon
day justified the faith expressed in it
by The Herald Time and again the
court has disappointed the reactiona-
ries who gloated over the the cleo
lions last August and predicted. that
the new court would prove non-pro-
gressive. 1t has shown that it is just
as progressive as its predecessor, by.
long odds one of the most progressive
bodies ofpthe state. >
Maury cOuntians want good schools
They know that it is impossible to
have them unless efficient teachers of
character are. obtained. Manifestly
these cam no longer be secured at
starvation wages, at compensation
that would be laughed to scorn even
by unskilled labor. Efficient teachers
cost money and the funds to secure
them can only be obtained through an
adequate tax levy. The additional
funds secured will be far from sufii-
Gent to pay reasona BILE salaries but
they will help the county board TO
solve it's difficult problems.
This county has long experienced
the need Of bpilding fund. Many of
the school houses are not even COM
Portable. They are not as good as
some of our barns There is nothing
about them to inspire the youth to
higher ideals of living. Some i'm
provement has been made where patr-
otto citizens have gone down deep
in their pockets and provided the
funds but this is an unequal and an
unfair distribution of the burden of
maintaining system Of popular edu
cation that is undemocratic. 1t can
only be justified on the ground of'ex
pediency. The entire citizenship is
the beneficiary Of an educated and en-.
lightened electorate and should con.
tribute to the cost thereof
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25

der the draft law physically 1T for,
military service, In Tennessee only go
to ga per cent we're physically quail
fed. Kentucky is the only state East
OF the Mississippi river in the top
class on physical examination while
Tennessee is in the third class. The
states having the lowest percentage
OF physically fit men, those between
fifty and fifty.nine per cent were the
New England states, New York, Colo
RADIO, California, Arizona and Wash.
ington This is explained upon the
ground that the North Eastern states
are the dumping ground for the aliens
while in the Western states for years
the physically unfit have gone from
other sections in search of health
The negroes did not pass as good ex-
aminations as the whites and for this
reason 1t is difficult to understand
why Louisiana and Mississippi with
a much larger negro population than
Tennessee should have made so much
better showing on examinations.
The facts herein stated are taken
from an official publication by the Sec
rotary Of war. This report also shows
that country boys passed a much bet
ter physical examination than city
boys or men, One hundred thousand
men from the country yielded 1890
more soldiers than the same number
from the cities Native born stood
the test far better than foreign born.
A hundred thousand native born
would yield $500 more soldiers than
the same number of foreign born.
Similarly 100000 whites would fur
nish 1900 more soldiers than the
same number of negroes.
The states with the best records in
physical tests were Minnesota, Iowa,
Arkansas, North Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexi-
co and Wyoming, not one of them con
tanning great city and all of them
largely agricultural. The heavily pop
ulated industrial centers made a rela.
lively poor showing in the physical
tests.
Tennessee furnished 1895 soldiers
to make the world safe for democra-
cy" or a fraction over two per cent
Of the total. New York furnished
nearly ten per cent OF the army.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
A NEW CONSTITUTION.

In communication that is being
given wide publicity, Col. George c.
Porter, who was member of the
constitutional convention OF 1870, sug-
gests that the state should have leg
.islature Of 105 representatives and
thirty-five senator's. He would give
each of the ninety-six counties repre-
sentative and the nine additional
members would be divided between
the four large counties. If the people
of Tennessee profit by constitutional
convention they will be given a small
err and not a larger legislative assem-
bly,. There are already entirely too
many Legislators for efficient govern
ment The state would have cheaper
and better government, If the senate
were composed of not over a dozen
members and the house had not over
thirty-fye. The larger the constituent
cy or administrative unit the better
qualified. are the officials thereof
Adler men could be induced to go to
the legislature If our constituencies
were larger.
It would be an outrage too il coun-
ties were given the same representa-
ton without regard to population. To
give Maury county. with 10000 popula,
ton, the representation that is accord
ed Van Buren, county, with less than
5000 people, would assuredly be taxa.
ton without representation. II would |
SAVIOR very strongly of the old rotten
burrOugh system that was so long i
reproaeh to the British constitution.
Equality of representation is a cardi-
nal principle of American democracy.
Instead OF increasing the membership
in the legislature in the manner indi.
Gated it would conduce more to eff.
cheney and economy if number of the
smaller counties were abolished and
the legislative assemblies reduced in
size. Suggestions for changes of the
character made by Col Porter will
not increase the faith of the people in
the proposed convention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
PROF. RoBERTL. JONES.

From Chattanooga comes one of the
most interesting announcements made
in school circles in recent years 1t is
that Prof. Robert L. Jones, since its
establishment president of the Middle
Tennessee Normal School, will be su-
perintendent of the Chattanooga City
Schools. The announcement will &C.
casiOn surprise as it had been expect
ed and hoped that Prof. Jones would
continue at MuTfreesboro. He is one
of the ablest educators in Tennessee.
probably the strongest man among the
public school instructors OF the state.
He is big of brain, large Of stature
and a great man morally. He has been
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25

of the packing interests would repeal.
During the war there was a reason
for the temporary suspension OF the
law of supply and demand, but the
emergency has passed and it is time
now to return to the old ideals of gov
eminent. Wherever government has
laid its hand on business it has been
blighted. Unquestionably the packers
have not always been fair with the
farmers or the public; they have their
faults, but is that any reason why this
great industry that means everything
to the live stock farmers should be
wiped from the fact of the earth that
some theorists and alleged experts
may see their theories put into prac-
tice'
The farmers of Tennessee should
lose no time in making known to their
representatives in the congress that
they still believe in the law of supply
and demand, that they would oppose
to the last government interference
with the democratic theory that men
should buy where they can buy at the
lowest price and sell in the market
that yields them the best returns. The
great live stock and produce interests
are not the creation of day or
year. They have been established
through the experience Of years and
the expenditure of millions of dollars.
The attempt to- operate them by the
politicians would prove an even great
er failure than the operation of the
railroads. Not only would the pack
ing interests be bankrupted, but the
live stock farmers of the country
would have to go into liquidation.
1t is time that the farmers, the
great conservative force of the nation,
should assert themselves to check the
ever rising tide of socialism that
would substitute for private initia-
tive and private enterprise the con-
troll of beauocracy. In the bills now
pending in congress to hamper If not I
destroy the packing interests the en-
tering wedge of socialism is plainly to
be seen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25


I. In an exceptionally able and well
considered editorial the Nashville Ban
ner dispassionately discusses the Irish
problem. AS the Banner says the peo-
pie of Ireland enjoy just as much po-
litical freedom and personal liberty
as do the people of Scotland and Eng
land. AS matter of fact Ireland has
a larger representation In the Eng
fish parliament than England in pro.
portion TO population. Ii has more
power relatively in the British parlia.
ment than Tennessee exercises in the
congress of the United States. The
whole cause OF the trouble In South
ern Ireland which Is dominated by the
Sim Feiaers, is difference. In religious
faith. Practically all that section of
Ireland is solidly Roman Catholic.
Ulster is protestant and does not want
any change in its relationship to the
British empire. Just why members Of
the American congress, representing
nation largely protestant in faith,
should be tearing their shirts" about
the Roman Catholics of Ireland who
were generally in sympathy with Ger
many during the recent war, Is diff
cult to understand. .a.
The Banner makes these very time
and truthful observations on the duty
Of the Americans:
THE Banner has no manner of OBJ.
lection to Irish independence. The
Irish are a Celtic people distinct from
the Saxon English Except in the
northern portion OF the island, the
Irish are mostly Catholic, while in
Great Britain the Protestant religion
dominates. These and perhaps other
reasons may be urged in behalf of
Irish nationality; but 1t Is not o yques'
ton in which the United States can
afford to become involved. DR.. Valera
Is over here asking for money and po-
litical sympathy. He has many coun-
trymen in America who may give him
both. 1t is their privilege and men
are free to exercise any prediction
of that kind they choose in any land
where AngloSaxo liberty prevails;
but this country is entirely friendly
with Great Britain now The two
countries have just gone through a
great war together, and there is no
reason why America or Americans
should go out of their. way to affront
Great Britain.
Irish nationality is a political alb.
stration. 1t may be right, but it is
not anything in which this country
is especially concerned Whatever
may have been true of the past, the
Irish peOplesOf today are not Cypress
ed. The people of Dublin and Cork
have all the freedom and privileges
of Belfast and Londonderry, and the
people of the latter cities greatly pre-
fer to maintain the present status.
They are as strongly British as the
people of Glasgow and London. There
is no reason why an Irishman living
in Southern Ireland is.a slave any
more than one in Ulster is. Both are
governed by identically the same laws,
And the Obstetrics object strongly
even to home rule, and are wholly sat
isfied with their present political sta
tus. 1t is not for America to decide
between the Orangemen and Irish of
the other sort, but il the Orangemen
have all the liberty they desire, it is
not possible that the other Irish are
slaves as De Valera says, or even
that they are greatly oppressed. Both
Orangemen and the other sort have
the same political status"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
BEWARE OF REGULATION.

Responding to the insistent de-
mands from the cities that something
be done to lower the cost Of living"
efforts are being made in congress to
enact legislation for federal superyi-
sion and control Of all live stock mar
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
DRAFT STATISTICS.

1t will be surprising to most Ten.
nesseans to know that while Ken
lucky on our North had between 20
and SO per cent OF its registrants un,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25
INCREASED ATTENDANCE.

The registered attendance at.
the 18th annual Middle Tonnes
see Farmers Institute at noon
today was 100 larger than for the .
! three days OF last year. according .
= to statement by Secretary G.
! G. Burkett. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-25


die Tennessee Farmers convention which today than Co
lumba Marry
ecnf the South
TENNESSEE They coming
financially
socially
ikwelh a. {fsst n
farmer Is the Sny antat is constantly adding the wealth
world
with
ofsposefHs 4d
garner
ryYyral
ssSfTks
appran s the soil There is benefactor of the human
racs Than blades
grew who
tae interest," land
that When the course pa hands, may produce
world assumed
management fellowship
He citizen He
his dutyhere
~ wealth producers the
liberty ndvidnais Particularly
this Tnnesseeand South
largely dependent his wits his efforts and his
willingness himself in order achieve The
They the pioneers They suDdued
conquered the savage and made the country bloom
devotion Of the nations first farmers,
&
batted
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freedom constitution United been
eunchest unfalteng
engaged the farmer folk have been the first TO
their 0 battle M, .... .s.'
~ civilization
production food the soldiers the allies
and maintain the morale OF their peoples behind the lines Under dcu
ties almost
the largest With thousands
OF
building
working longer hours suDordnang their
@ :. ss a sa from Hns.re., who ve, ,,,en and
history
] p's I writer, ", the ever increasing record Of or exuos II
responded Fundamentally and with
devotion
III The farmers cannot be blind
forces Of unrest democracy
n Of
will saved the
fabric
Of to
the who live who accustomed battle
the the forces of nature
continue be the great force this country they must set
like would the
forces destruction the slow creations of the
OF the life the open whb blade
the breath of the living God In gentle VINO
hear the voice Of the Almighty in the roll the are the men
hold America the faith handed down by the fathers TO
we look for guidance for direction the oncomng battle meet ana
defeat the forces of discomfort. &f. ~
cling institutions
while
PLEASE going hold American democracy to
the will
who would substitute the rule
nothing condemn all things
traditions OF long service
The farmers genuine
abroad
intenatonasm that is anoth
form Of free love that would the proudes emblem that ever
oohgomerate the
the old Jesus
world
rendered the past -
false prophets mounebanks
III haaI heuadthr fna, srge
The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-03
A FISH STORY WITH A MORAL,
Chicago Herald and Examiner.


Put 100 men on an island where fish
is d staple article of sustenance. Twen-
ty-five of the men catch fish. Twen-
ty-five Others clean the fish. Twenty<
five cook the fish. Twenty five hunt
fruit and vegetables. The entire com
pany eats what thus is gathered and
prepared. So long as everybody works
there is plenty. All hands are happy.
Ten Of the allotted fish catchers step
catching fish.
Ten more dry and hide part of the
fish they catch.
Five continue to casch fish, but work
only part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the community
kitchen.
But the same number of men insist
upon having the same amount of fish
to eat as they had before.
The so men who formerly cleaned
and cooked the fish have less to do ow-
ing to the undersupply of fish. But
they continue to demand food.
Gradually greater burdens are laid
upon the fruit and vegetable hunters.
These insist upon larger share of
fish in return for their larger efforts in
gathering fruit and vegetables. Tt is
denied them and soon 20 of the 25
quit gathering fruit and vegetables.
But the entire 100 men continue to
insist upon their right TO eat.
The daily food supply gradually
shrinks. The man with two fish de-
mands three bananas in exchange
for one of them The man with two
bananas refuses to part with one for
fewer than three fish
Finally the 10 men remaining at
work quit in disgust. Everybody con
tinues to eat. The hidden fish are
brought to light and consumed. Comes
The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-03

he gets within talking distance of
the retailer he starts to shed peck
of briny tears while he tells him
that You'd better lay in big sup
ply now, old kid. There's going TO
be big shortage of this stuff. How
do / know? Why, didn't you hear
about that cyclone in Siberia, and the
frost in Brazil and how the cinch
bugs have been eating up the tobacco
crop in Kentucky and how the silk
worm in China has turned? It's aW-
full, / tell YOU"
Can you beat it? And to date no
one has had the nerve ito murder this
beastly buzzard. He has been going
about loading up the retailer, not be-
cause there was shortage but to
create one. Should we allow any
clemency for such as he? No. He
should be boiled in oil or strung up
10 the nearest telephone pole.
Next time guy of this stripe
comes to our office and pulls a tale
of this kind we are going to ask him
why he doesn't go into the horse
The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-03
LAUTERBACH BROS.

found expression in the bolt of the
labor group from the recent Industrial
conference.
Such a turmoil of bitterness will do
nothing toward industrial adjustment.
A truer Americanism brooded over the
making of the constitution 1t took
fifty five men eigh4five days and
nights to draft that immortal docu-
ment. They were at least as wise as
we are todaf, and the issues they fac
ed were not so complex as present is
sues. Many seem to expect to settle
our industrial difficulties in less than
a week, and if this is not done they
bolt.
The high idealism of American ira
dition is the spirit of fair play and
the spirit of patience which character
lied the constitutions makers and
such leaders as Washington and Lin
coin in times of crisis. Little cor
structive work can be accomplished
without these elements. Let US have
an Americanism that heals -Minnea
polls Journal.