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even then. tho presence and cooperation
| Of aircraft saved tho very frequent use
of small cavalry patrols and detached
su pports. This enabled tho latter arm to
save hofsef1esh and concentrate their
power more on actual combat and Fight
ing, and to this is greatly due tho mark!
cd success which attended the operations
Of the cavalry during the battle Of Mons
and the subsequent retreat.
At the time I arm writing, however, It
would appear that the duty Of collecting
information end maintaining touch with.
an enemy in the field will in future fall
entirely upon the air service. which VIII
set the cavalry free for different but
equally important work -
I had daily consultations with. Sir
William Robertson the quaftcrmaStcr-r
general. Ho expressed himself As well
satisfied with the condition of the trans
port both horse and mechanical. all
though he said tho civilian drivers 'wsre
giving a little trouble at first NUM-
lions and supplies were well provided -fot
and there were 1t least 1.o0e rounds pet
gun and 500 rounds per rita We a1st-
discussed the arrangements for the evac:
uation Of the wounded .,i:,% :
The immediate dispatch from home Of.
tha Fourth division was now decided up
on and had commenced. and I received
sanction to form Nineteenth brtsade'of
infantry from the line OF communication
battalions.
At this time I received some interest:
ing reports as to the work Of the French
cavalry in Belgium. Their morale was
high and they were very efficient. they
were opposcd by two divisions Of German
cavalry. whose patrols. they said. shoY.
cd great want Of dash and initiative and
were not we'll supported. They formed
the opinion that the German horse did.
not care about trying conclusioons
mounted. but endcnvorcd to draw the.
French under the fire OF artillery and
JAEGER battalions. the fast named Away
accompanying a German cavalry division,
At half past five n m. on the 21st Z
received L visit from General dc Mortons.
willie. chef of tho staff to His Ma1cstyit
the King of the Bclgians. who, with 4:
small staff, was preceding to Jot1rcsE
Headquarters The General showed signs
Of the terrible ordeal through which he
and his gallant army had passed since
the enemy had 80 grossly violated BEL.
'gian territory. He confirmed all the re-
ports We had received concerning, the
situation generally. and added that tho
unsupported condition Of the Belgian
army rendered their position very pre-
carious, and that the king had. there:
fore, determined to effect Z retirement
on Antwerp. where they would be pres
pared to attack the flank OF the enemy e.
columns as they advanced He told me.
he hoped to arrive ut a complete under,
standing with the French Commander ins
Chief. -
CONTINUED Saturday, =.
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BETTER PAY FOR TEACHERS
Boards of Education College Agree That Salary
Schedules Be Revised Upward Without Delay.
By FRANK ANDREWS FALL, Lift. D.,
Bursar of New York University.
BurSar Of New I Ork UnlVerS

! service, This is doubtless true. II docs
not follow that because tcnchGr'S sal
AIRY is increased from $1,000 TO Sa'4oo
; his work will be twice as effective as
it was before the increase was granteo.
But there Is obviously small doubt tnat
n $4,000 salary will attract much
higher type Of man or woman than
$1,000 salary.
Our method OF preparing calloidates
for tho teaching profession should proo-
ably share with the low salary scale re-
sponsibility for an unsatisfactory grace
of teaching. 1t therefore appears DC
sirablc to investigate the possibility OIL
improving our present method OF OIL
su hStituting for st an entirely different
system. But in either event 1t is douo'-
full whether any considera bic improve
mcnt in standards OF teaching could no
achieved without ma rkcd increase IN
thu salary schedules.
The difficulties Of COLLEGE and uniVer-
sity boards of trustees in SECURING ca
pablo teachers has become so pro-
nounccd that many institutions have
arranged for substantial increases. e.-
rectivc at the beginning Of the academic
year 1920, and others are now pre-
pairing estimates cmhodying such in
grasses In one Institution general
revision Of the salary list was precipi-
tnte dby the case OF a professor In en-
sinccring who was receiving an annual
salary Of $4,000. and WAS offered NO.
900 If he would transfer his services 10
a commercial concern.
Increases for secondary and high
school teachers naturally involve small
cr additions per individual but much
higher in the gross. In New York city.
for example. there arc approximately
$4,000 teachers. An Increase Of slO0
per teacher. which would he discourage
ingty small in these dnys OF record
breaking living costs. would add well
over two million dollars to the city's
annual budget. AS a matter Of fact.
measures no wpending contemplate In
creascs varying from eight million to
eighteen million during the next three
years.
Taxes will be Increased but that
must not prevent the doing Of simple
Justice II any 1ahorcr is worthy Of his
hire. the teacher is.
We need we'll bred. we'll educated.
we'll trained teachers In all grades from
the lowest to the highest. and in our
preparatory schools. colleges and pro-
fessiounl schools. They may come high
from now on. but We must have them.
Copyright, 1879
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TIE MANUFACTURING
-, OUTLOOK

The cr&atng oG Of extra dividends on
she COMMON stock OF the United States
tsReea association was~to be expected, IN
SvSsv OF the depressed condition and the
sTutAseed earnings Of the steel business
I'VE are reminded Of Carncsie's state
sxaSht many years ago that steel was
lu$aher prince or a pauper. No other
kHeaS industry in this country enjoyed
zach q boom or reaped such profits as
.txEs-S roo -sn& sized hGstDess did in 1915
hszsd 1917. Nineteen and eighteen was
ikaiso a highly proftuole year. but tne
lAsary hand Of The income tax collector
sabsorbed large part Of the earnings.
lErztns the last month Of 1915 the gov
:.Yrpent was taking fully 90 per cent
;oS the entire steel production Of the
country. The end Of the war cut on
.4hat rreat demand almost in a day. and
soIfar Little has been found to take its
place.
-
on a high basis Of cost and with the
most drastic price reductions permit
ting auy earnings 1t is not Jet posi-
bic to make selling figures that attract
general customers into the market
significant feature OF the situation Is
furnished by the governments trade re-
ports for the month Of March. We OK
porsed. In that month s1o1,1Sf ,355. 900
worth of materials. an Increase Of S4s.-
ooo,ooo. as compared with March Of last
year, but Of the total exports. food pro-
.ducts were more than two-thtrds. For
srfhe frst nine months Of the fiscal year
our expectation Of food products in
creased 1888. 900. 900. while the exporta-
! lion Of our manufactures declined S222,-
$4,000. In other words we are export
Ing; the thing, which we need at home
( 70 feed and clothe our own people The
measure OF orr export Is the measure
]. OF the worlds extreme suffering. and the
more we export Of our foods and cloth
Ing materials. the more hardships we
!: impose upon our own people. On the
ether baud. our manufectu products.
.wtsch mean employment for our work
tirSrper. business for our mills furnaces
and factorjes, are going abroad in less
scuantitfes than they did q yer ago.
Tho situation Is not q particularly
pleasant one to contemplate. but 1t might
as well be faced. We arc in q period Of
reconstruction and reorganization. and
( rzta we get safely through that period
i-wO cannot look for a great deal OF man
/ ufac&urtng activity.
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Our Daily Story
THE wEorErAuERs.

The retnf1 men kept llttte tobacco
shops. And at first they sold cigarettes
at 10 cents O. package anu made prorle
OF two cents on each package
Then the wa. turned things outside IN
and hid the silver lining, and the whole
sale men raised the rate from eighty
doIaurs a"Shousand packages to SS0-4o.
So the retail men IN their little sobac.
co shops charged fifteen cents a pack
age instead Of ten to make up the extra
forty cents they had to pay on each
Thousand packages
Things weI5 from bad TO- bladder, anc
the x6olessle men now charged $So-5C
for a Thousand packages, an increase OF
a full dfne O thousand.
The rctaiJ1nen shaken to their foun1a
tions. held meetings IN their little to
bacco shops and decided to make up the
definiciency by charging th!rty-nVt
cents package
And now the retail men keep big to
bacco shops.
deficiency BY charging trfrty-11Vc
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Were They Worth II?

military authorities at washington
estimate that hundreds Of thousands OF
lives were saved to tthe American. army
by the unexpected collapse Of the Ger
man war machine.
For Clle Americans were N nne 30
bear the bSunt OF the 1fghting during the
next six months They would have
headed the advance.
In the comparatively brief poGod OF
active conflict tho Americans cesDs1fte5
were more than 100000. More Tim So
900 Americans were killed
Losses in the st. MTlrel sector. ut
Chateau Thierry and in the hrguuDe for
est were especially heavy. and rhars
the sort Of work the American erIny
had cut out for 1t had The fight gene on,
Gold stars IN half q nnanun more
American homes would have made a big
difference in the American viewpoint OF
this war.
But the absence Of these stars isn't
appreciated.
The question Is whether this 'tremen-
dous saving Of lives was worth the
money it cost to build up such ansrrny.
such q transport service. such IN air
fleet and such q preponderous munitions
supply as was OF itseH So ructent TO
convince the German general stun that
further Continuance OF the war was
suicidal.
For that Is exactly what bTooght
about the collapse.
And irs UP to each OF US, Individual
~, to answer that qucst'~ TO answer
it by prompt action IN the Vlctory-LfO-
erty loan.
Much Of the money to be raised Will
20 to pay off the outstanding bills Tor
that tremendous and very effective war
preparation
There will be many other uses. but
cleaning II UP viii be the main thing.
Blu this r. the question that faces you
and me:
Were they worth It?
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added from five to SIX million to tho
population Of Canada. No one can
question the advantage Canada offers.
1t may be that these American soldiers
would gain as much from their new
country as they will give. In any
event. II rich in the United States can
no longer be given away by our govern
Hfent, there are many opportunities
that can be offered to our young sold
iers to keep them in the homo land.
One OF the great opportunities OF our
country Is through intensive farming in
the vicinity Of our great cities. For
example. on Long Island, In New Jer-
seJ. and near the great cities Of tho in
terror. men have put in overhead irrt
cation, and made land that has been
almost worthless TO take on n value Of
a thousand dollars an acre. What these
young soldiers need Is capital. Most Of
them have friends and relatives who
would gladly guarantee their loan Ir
Canada can afford TO loan American
soldiers 1--WE thousand dollars TO get our
boys, why cannot. the. United States
government make q similar loan to keep
these boys? They are certainly worth
moro to the home land than they are to
another country. Having reared these
splendid men who have been defending
this country. something should DO done
to bind them 10 their native land Life
In France. Belgium and on the Rhine
has made these young men TO love the
open air. Old associations have bccn
broken up. 4 new era is on. These
boys do not wish to return to their for
mcr work. They have grown somewhat
restless. and are seeking new field OF
service and self-Support The swamp
lands G: the Mississippi Valley. the cut
over TIMBER lands Of the Southern
States. and Of the great North. the ir-
riGated regions Of the Rocky Mountains,
offer an opportunity to young soldiers
who have little capital II Great
Britain and her colonies can spend sew
eral billions Of dollars TO secure young
settlers why cannot oGr Congress act
with instant and decisive energy in the
interests OF these young soldiers: The
real capital Of the United States is In
the quality of the young men that il has
reared. hut may easily lose. In view
of our. country's institutions. schools,
libraries. churches. galleries. drama, rnu-
sic, il shou1d not be difficult 10 show
that tho advantages lost in leaving tho
United States outweigh the reward offer
ed by Canada TO our young soldiers.
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By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
Copyrighted, 1S1s. by ths Twenty
first Century PEess.)

Never in history has a country oner-
ed prizes 80 rich to settlers. as the re
wards Canada IS now Offering to young
J American so4diors. To each young
American who crosses the limo and be-
| comes a Canadian citizen she offers $50
acres OF sfne wheat land, and loan, on
| twenty years time. at five percent, or
i've Thousand dollars. This sum Of
money Will enable the soldier to build
his house and barn buy two teams. two
sets of harness, his plough. harrow.
wagon and reaper. The young AmeTi-
cxn must rernaan five years before he
! receives C1e title decd 20 his land
After that he receives a permanent
deed. and It ia believed that oil his
associations and Loyalty will. within
i've years. be knitted tn With Canada
These Eodfws arc our picked young
men. Most OF them will take with them
a fine American vSnGr as wife, and
mother Of his children. Many men IN
! Canada confidently expect hat within
the next two OF three years the great
Dominion VIII welcome at least one
million young Americana For all mcn
who love this country. and realize what
Is involved in the loss by IMMIGRATION Of
this splendid Spc Of American man
! hood. tho situation stirs apprehension
for the future
Everyone OK tho young soldiers who
has already, within the last two months,
crossed the Canadian line represents u
! sture containing twenty thousand dol
lars worth Of goods. bringing IN an an
nual income, at six per cent, OF twelve
hundred dollars a year Should Can
ada succeed within the next decade in
alluring q million OF our young men 10
her Dominion. It win mean an industrial
loss to this country Of twenty billions
Of dollars Within twenty years IT
would mean that the American boy.
taking with him An American girl, and
rearing three or four children, will have
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Simple Justice

(From Tho Philadelphia Public LcdEer)
Both branches Of tho Tennessee Log!S-
lature have passed md tho Governor will
sign q hill granting the vote in l'reRidcn-
ttal and municipal elections to tho woin-
IN of tho state. Tennessee thus becomes
tho first Of nil tho states in tho South
to break through tho bnrricr OF prejudice
and reaction and to take q plncc beside
tho enlightened common wealths which
hnve dono this act of simple Justice to
woman. l'onnByIyanla could do the same
thing II It would.
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Winding, Our Own Business
Gew York THbune)

The F1urre episode illustrates The diff
ficulties this country Is likely to encoun-
ter If it adopts the policy Of intrudinE
into the highly complicated affairs OF
Six months a 90 tho majority Of Amer:
leans never had heard Of F!ume, and OF
those who had heard Of 1t few felt com
pctcnt TO decide what flag should float
over it. Suddenly, with little background
Of information or better knowledge than
Is furnished by rival pnrphlctccrs. y
Is asked Of US TO say whcro Fiunlc should
20. Our President. in the role Of untver'
sal arbtter. gives an arhand decision
which has given grave offence to n
friendly nation which thinks he Is
wrong. And the confused American citi-
zen il told that high principles are in:
volved and that 1t is his moral duty to
support u. conclusion presented to him.
Not only Is the average American lit
tie informed rs to F1usne and tho rights
and wrongs Of tho Fiume question but
no American interest Is affected. Wheth-
er the disputed city goes Ito Italy or
whether to JuEo-SlaVia touches no Amer
lean concern. No matter what fiag'ie up,
it VIII be practically the same to us. Our
goods viii find a. .wSSrn a. welcon1e II
prices and quality are right. whether the
customs officials Egeas-'ons uniform or
the other:
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CAMPAIGN PLANNED.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. May l.-Mayor
Ole Hanson. Of Seattle. opponent Of the
I. W. ". and Bolsheviki. tonight an
nounced an appeal to mayors Of all
cities in the United States urging. the
closing Of all ]. W. W. halls, inprison-
mcnt Of the leaders and the suppression
of tho red flag. Tho appeal was con-
taincd in a statement.
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MARSHAL FRENCH
tcenttnrsd Prom FrSo onn.)

reached Gembloux, but have been driven
back to Mount Arden by French cayetry
supported by mixed Belgian brigade.
''Thc German plans ara Htil! rather un-
seFtatn,l but IL Ia opno6 Identity believed that
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-02
Punishment Should
Begin at Home

TFTNTN 7 III OVNKH NdTIIIAIJ
Another Topeka woman. We sec ny the
public prints, has been 'pinchcd" for
whipping her husband in public. There
Is. in Topeka, no criticism for the woman
who occa sionalIy chnstiscs her husband.
hut the feeling IN that the punishment
should be administered in private.
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We are surprised to learn That Score
tary Of War Baker Is coming homo from
Europe-surpriscd because VIC hadn't
missed HIM.
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In a public address Scott Nearing add
vocated revolution In America This
is nearing the penitentta1y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-07
Ladies' Warm Coats

that the papers can no longer be sent
up on the train. Ii is reported that ar
rangements have been made with Fred
Alger, who goes TO Barre and returns
every day with milk and empties, to
take on the papers and deliver them
at the postotfice. BY this route The
Times win usually be received between
and $3.50 p. m,
Rev. John Irons, lately appointed
school director, has been elected clerk
of the board
Mrs, George H. Goodrich was taken to
Barre City hospital last week for an OPP
Grafton, which was successfully per-
formed and at last accounts she was
getting on well and it is expected that
she has made good start on the road to
recovery.
Forrest G. Hutchinson, who has been
at work in a shipyard at Dover, N. H.,
arrived in town last Saturday evening,
suffering from a severe attack Of the
'fu." He is at the home of his father
in-law, c. A. Bemis, where his wife has
been staying since he went away. 1t is
thought that the worst has past and
that pneumonia, which was feared for a
time, will not develop farther.
The G. f. McAllister Co. was able to
run their Ford truck to the quarries to
deliver goods all through December, the
first trip with team having been made
last Saturday, Jan. 4, 1919.
A recent letter from Mrs. Walter E..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-07
WILLIAMSTOWN

The following report of the public IL
brary for the year ended Dec. 81, 1918,
has been presented by Mrs. Anne Z. Ran
dali, librarians Number of visitors,
1870: number of books loaned, 4,99S;
new cards signed, 46, Friends of the
library have donated 1876 books during
the year. OF these, Mrs. Musette IL,
Seaver gave So Miss Lizzie Il. Towns
end of Barre, 49, and other friends 80.
The library has contributed 95 volumes
to the soldiers and sailors, many Of
these being duplicates of those now on
hand. Eighty more are now on hand
for this purpose and contributions Of
good up-to-date fiction are requested so
that the library may send an even 100
as its next shipment. 1t will be noted
that the number of visitors and books
is not quite up to the average of other
wears. This is due to the closing of the
library for a month during the epidem-
ic of influenza, in accordance with the
ruling of the state board of health.
The last train from Barre to this town
now leaves that city at 2:20 p. m, which
is before The Times goes to 'press, so
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-07
n Reduce Milk. Produeing costs.

Following study Of practical means
to precent the cost Of milk production
from rising to point where dairying,
ceases to be profitable, the dairy di-l
vision of the United States department
Of agriculture has found that four i'm
portant factors have a direct bearing ont
the problem. By attention to these fac,
tors, all of which are within the control
of producers, it was found that under,
Indiana conditions which are typisal Of
the area supplying whole milk to Chi.
cago, the cost of production could be re-
duced considerably. The factors are
raising the average production per COW,
reducing the quantity Of concentrated
feed given producing cows, substi
tuting legume roughage for part of the
concentrates, and more careful handling
of the manure. The Importance Of han
ding manure properly is secondary in
Importance only to feed from the stand
point of net profits.
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CRANITEVILLE

Meeting of branch No. IL, Q. w. I. U.
of n. A., will be held in Miles hall on
Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, at o'clock,
Election of officers and other important
business All members be present. Per
order secretary.
Meeting of the A. 0, H., division No. 3,
Thursday evening at o'clock. Installa-
ton of officers Members requested to
attend. Per order Pres. Peter Murphy.
Arlene Anderson Of Lynn, Mass, ar
rived here Saturday to spend the winter
ia the home of Mr.. and Mrs John Coxon.
The annual meeting of the Presbyte-
rian church will be held in the church
hall, Graniteville, on Thursday evening,
Jan. 0, at 1880 o'clock Everyone inter
ested in the calling of a minister is re-
quested to be present, and, ladies, don't
forget we are going to have lunch; so
bring along your cakes, etc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-07
TOLD OF AIRPLANES' WORK.
How They Picked Out German Batteries
for American Targets.

The following letter describes the work
of airplanes in connection with the field
artillery during an encounter. 1t was
written by Leonard Cone to his father,
James Cone of this city:
Stenay on the Mouse, Nov. 30, 1918.
Dear Dad; Will write you short line
and hope it finds you we'll
We started from New York July Ia
and landed on the 26th, Twelve days
coming over, but it won't take as long
to go back.
We were not on the line very long, but
long enough so that the 18th field artil-
lery has made good name for itself We
got copy from the colonel telling the
boys of battery E what good work they
had done, also the nights of the 9th
and 18th, how we advanced ahead of the
doughboys. That is something to be
proud of, don't you think so2 And your
son was right with the four gun and
we were the first to fire on the Metz and
Sedan railroads. The Huns were putting
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The New Year

Representations for 1919 clearly in
dictate
Peace and prosperity, sweeping from
coast to coast of our great country.
The great victory of Right over Might
will re-establish confidence in everyones
heart. In place of saving wisely, Ameri-
can people will now spend wisely.
The homeward-bound millions of war
weary soldiers and sailors will require
suitable homes-homes they fought for
and won.
Is your home in readiness to receive
and welcome the boys? If in need of any
new furnishings, you'll find them at our
store. Here is where also the boys can
get the complete outfit for their own
little home"