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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

The Waterbury party which motored
completely through Smugglers' notch
from Stowe side to Jacksonville were
undoubtedly pioneers in such an expedi-
ton, and as pioneers they ran into such
hardships as are not recommended for
Others. Some time this notch route win
be completely built so that it win be a
pleasure to motor through, but for the
present it is advised that motorists stop
at the top of the grade from the Stowe
side of the mountain. Needless to say,
perhaps, it was the most popular brand
of automobiles which went through over
the stony, almost impossible route down
the western slope from the point where
the state road ends.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

A ST. Louis man comes back from
Mexico with the story Of having been
held by Carranza men and robbed of
$4,000 in cash and $1,000 in jewelry He
ought to be placed in an insane asylum
for carrying that amount of detachable
property about with him in country
filled with robbers. No sane man would
60 into Mexico wearing $1,000 worth of
jewelry, nor would he carry $4,000 in
cash, providing there were any other
possible way of transporting it, We re.
peat that the mans mental status ought
to be looked into first of all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23
CURRENT COMMENT
Whitehill blows the straws.

Lieut.. -Gov Mason S. Stones speaking
engagements are taking him rather close
to Hon. Fred II. Rabbits home, No
doubt Mr.. Stone gave them rafting
good address at White River Junction
Right here in Washington county, we
are rather proud of this fluent speaker
Waterbury Record
Hon Alexander Dunnett Of st. Johns
bury has all the running qualities lean
and well set DIP. His wind il good Some
would term Hon, NJ, s. Stone as just a
little stubby but decidedly quick in &C.
ton. We are rather inclined TO think
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

There may be the hint of a possible
candidacy in the following editorial par
agraph from Harry G. Whitehill's news
paper, the Waterbury Record:
We know of several men in this town,
including G, G, Graves, w. B. Clark, Err.
nest Newcomb, S. G. Wheeler, c. d.
Swasey, H. T. Harvey and H. G.. White.
hill, who would stand chance of being
elected town representative, providing
they would move to Somerset Somerset
has only one legal voter left in town.
Waterbury would be assured of real
live representative at Montpelier, if it
should pick one of the above men, not
the least, to be surea the last named
Waterbury resident.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23
THE WATCH ON THE RHINE.

The 1000 American troops who are
chosen to remain in Germany until the
terms of the treaty of peace are complied
with win undoubtedly be made up Of the
men who enlisted for that very service,
so that no undue hardship will be i'm,
posed on men unwillingly. A consider
able number of the voluntary enlist
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

While the American troops are dodg.
ing about the mountains of northern
Mexico, they might make some maps of
the terrain so that bandit lairs could be
sought out easier the next time the
United States finds it necessary to send
an expedition into that wild territory to
seek out bandits who have committed
acts of lawlessness against the United
States and American people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

The treacherous shores of Lake Dun.
more ought to be marked so that bathers
would keep away from such places. The
fatality of Thursday, following so close
ly after the drowning of another girl
from a canoe this summer furnishes
warning of the necessity of such chart
ing of the dangerous places.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

from the fruitage are so large as to make
the farmer forget the money and labor
spent. Other farmers might take heed of
the example and go into the strawberry
and raspberry business as an adjunct of
their farm activities Vermont is so near
the large markets that there should be
no trouble in disposing Of the product
each year, although the income will not
average as high as it went this season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

Such friendly converse was held be-
tween President Wilson and the mem
bers Of the Senate foreign relations com
mittee that it is to be hoped the session
may not be the last.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

Just think what we in Vermont would
do if the United States had neighbor
on the north like the neighbor on the
SOUTH Life would not be the fine thing
it is at present here in Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

With the closing of the theatres by
reason Of strikes in various parts of the
country, we shall have to resort to real
life for entertainment Needless to say,
there are plenty of exhibitions for the
observant person,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

A proposition in Rutland is to trans
form the old house of correction into a
normal school. In other words. it is a
proposition to change the abnormal to
the normal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

If any American veterans of Chateau
Thierry are in the punitive expedition in
Mexico, they undoubtedly win consider
themselves out on lark, conditions are
so different.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

One farm in Ludlow has produced 500
quarts OF strawberries and 1860 quarts
of raspberries this season. 1t probably
took some years and great deal of
labor to bring the farm up to that degree
of productivity, but the annual returns
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

Are steps being taken to open up that
covered bridge at Jonesville?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

that Mr.. Stone would be too much for
Mr.. Dunnett. You can't just always
sometimes tell.-Waterbury Record
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-23

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Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
WEST MAY CONTROL
ELECTION IN 1920
New York Times Says Political
Center of Country Has
Shifted.

The New York Times calls editorial
attention to the fact that 1.-The pOlit-
ical center Of gravity of this nation
has shifted to the states that
lie between the Mississippi River and
the Pacific Coast"
1t says Chairman Homer S. Cum
mings of the Democratic National
Committee Is about to spend two
months canvassing that part of the
country with a view of estimating its
pOtentialities In the coming national
campaign.
The Times says: "That used to be a
solid block of states in which no Dem
Ocrat had more than a languid inter-
est now and then, knowing that they
would all go Democratic because of To-
cal issues or mere deviltry. AS Colonel
Roosevelt once said: Kansas has a
way of going crazy, and may even vote
for me- But when Missouri suddenly
and unexpectedly went Republican ii
was the beginning of change which
has made the Northwest and the Far
West debatable ground, political No
Mans Land!"
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

President Wilson was right in
refusing to grant the railway en-
ployes the high advance in wages
which they asked. They threaten
to strike and from what we are
able to learn from the sentiment
of the people, a strike is not ter
rifying-in reality it is welcom-
ed, as the time has come in this
country for a show down to see if
we are going to get back to a
normal condition economically
and industrially, and when. One
thing is certain and that is that
the people are not going to see
the transportation systems tied up
and under the circumstances there
will be plenty of men available to
operate the trains. Railroading
is unlike many other lines of in
dustry where several years of
special training is required to fit
a man for the work. 1t is unskill-
ed labor and is work that does not
require high degree of intelli-
gence, and only organization has
made it remunerative far above
what men in other lines of work
requiring much more preparation
and training receive.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
THE SUMMER OPTIMIST

If mans an optimist these days,
when this old world seems all
ablaze, if he can gayly sing and
smile, he is an optimist worth
while. There is no trick in being
gay upon spring or autumn day,
when gentle breezes zip along,
and birds put up gladstone song,
and nature seems to strain thew
to bring all pleasant things in
view. Then any man can wear a
grin, the ends of which obscure
his chin. But when the sun rays
scorch your pelt, and all your in
nards seem to melt; when after
days that make you weep, you go
to bed and cannot sleep, and get
up at the break of dawn, all in,
worn out and spent and gone, me-
thinks it is another thing to beam
around and smile and sing. I've
never seen a sunshine gent who
shone in summer worth cent.
know a lot of Sunny Jims who
prance around on bouyant limbs
at other seasons of the year, but
they will wilt when summers
here. When they break out with
prickly heat, their words no more
are honey sweet; when they are
pestered by the flies, they hand us
out no maxims wise. Like all the
rest of mortal men, they cuss and
rant, and cuss again.-Walt Mas
on.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

with membership of 5000. originally
organized in Arkansas, has Joined in
the fight for fair rates to inland cities.
In the eastern states many interior
towns and cities likewise suffer
through the discriminatory tactics of
the railroads, and are looking forward
to relief through the enactment into
law of the Poindexter bill In western
Pennsylvania, New York and other
states discriminatory tariffs are in.
force. AS an example, number of
smaller cities In western Pennsyl-
vania find 1t impossible to sell goods
in. Kentucky or Tennessee as cheaply
as merchants in New York city can,
who are located much further away.
Following the changes in the inter-
state commerce act now proposed,
water transportation will be quite
generally revived, especially upon the
larger rivers, such as the Mississippi,
Missouri and Ohio. 1t will also be
beneficial IN every way t9 the COM
inefce OF the Country, Especially to the
manufacturing Industries of inland
states, which will be greatly stimu-
lated by reductions in tariffs and the
certainty that no future action of the
Interstate Commerce Commission can
ever adversely affect their interests.
Hearings on Senator PoindeXters
amendments to this bill have begun
before the new Senate Committee OIL
Interstate Commerce. There is a
strong probability that Congress will
luke early action to enact it into law
The bill was favOrably reported by
tile senate committee at the last ses-
sion, but fhiled of passage in the SEN
ate owing tc the pressure Of war mat
ters end the congestion which devel
oped during the closing weeks.
When the gross injustice of discrim-
inatOry tariffs is finally ended, the cost
of freight into the interior will be less
cned, saving the people of the hinter-
lands millions of dollars and enabling
the merchants to retail goods at Il
lower figure. The coastal cities will
have to stand their fair proportion
hencefOrth of oil transportation costs.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
KANSAS HARVESTING
225,o0o 900 BUsHEL CROP.
State Will Receive $3.50, 1000, 900 for
New Wheat

Wellington, Kan. = The song Of q
golden sea, fretted by the droning on
rush of horde of reapers, is sweeping
across Kansas. 1t is the song of the
wheat. And Kansas waits with bated
breath until the last echo Is lost In the
vanishing hatness of its golden
prairies.
1t is time OF mighty days in Kan.
sas. when Its people respond to the call
of war torn and furnished world for
food. and nature. not to be shamed
by the efforts of her children, smiles
generously on the state.
A flood OF $3.50, O,OOO. 900 will flow into
Kansas when the 225,OOO,OOO bushel
wheat crop Is sold. Kansas. used to
huge crops, is fairly staggered at the
prospect of such opulence.
The yield per acre will not be ex-
cessive, although good. Laborers from
every state In the Union are helping
harvest the great crop.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
PIG scAvENoERs
FOR BUFFALO CITY.
Unique 10 Erie County In That II viii
Have First County. Munieipai
Plopery.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially - Erie
county, N. Y, Is to have the first
county-municipal piggery, according to
Frederick Glaise, auditor of Erie
county. It has not yet been estab-
lished, but plans have virtually been
completed by the officials of the city
OF Buffalo and Erie county to put the
Thing into operation. This piggery is
TO employ the prisoners Of the city and
county, some 100, and to consume the
garbage of the city of Buffalo.
According to experts who have sub.
mittod specifications, 1t has been esti
mated that instead of the garbage OF
Buffalo being an expense to the city,
II will yield profit to the municipal.
ity of ut least $500,0O0 u year. The
city rnd county are to purchase the
pigs, and after the piggery has been
established the prisoners are to do the
work. 1t has been estimated by ex.
perts that this enterprise will show a
profit both to the city and county and
at the same time solve the problem Of
tile disposition Of city gurbage.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
PRESENT SUN SPOT
$4,000 MILES LONG.
Disturbed Condition In Solar Area
Visible to Naked Eye.

Charlottesville, Va. (Specal.) 1.-The
great sun spot near the center of the
sun has been measured at the Leander
Mccormick observatory at the Univer-
sity of Virginia. The whole area of
disturbance is roughly circle $4,000
miles in diameter, while the great cen
tral spot is now about 2S,0OO miles
long and 5000 miles broad at it's wild
est portion. This makes it one of the
largest single spots seen for long
time. 1t can easily be seen just below
the center Of the sun with the naked
eye, If dense Photographic plate or
some pieces Of heavily smoked glass
are used to cut down the suns bright.
ness
Spots Of this size are Of rare occur.
renee. With the telescope 10 smaller
spots are seen in the same area with
the great one and scattered over the
suns surface are Ave other groups
with AZ more spots. This means that
the solar surface Is In a very dis.
turbed condition.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
GENERAL PERsHINe GIVES
STADIUM TO FRANCE.
Commander Presents II as Token Of
American Esteem.

Paris.--General Secretary Carter Of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion presented Pershlng Stadium to
the American army. General Pershing
received the stadium on behalf of the
American Expeditionary Force and
then presented 1t to the French people.
In an address he said in part:
"Conscious Of the service which ath-
letes rendered and of the influence
athletic training had in making vic
tory possible, 1t seems n fitting con.
cluslon that our lnbors In common
cause should be celebrated by n great
tournament In which the athletes Of
the allied nations will join In friendly
contest"
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
MAGIC CHARM
CANNOT BRING
WORLD PEACE
So Says Senator Poindexter.
Declares BoIshevism Is a
Present Day Menace.
WANTS AMERICA FREE.
objects to BlIndiy Trusting Liberties
Of the Country In Hands Of
Foreign "Friends."

Boston, Mass. Especially In an ad-
of the state Of Washington before the
Republican Club in Cambridge. Mass,
he summarized the principal objections
which are being urged by the oppo-
nents Of League Of Nations in the
following words: "You hear talk of a
new order of things. You find prOpa-
ganda throughout the country and the
world labeled peace as though they
were starting a new movement in q
country heretofore devoted to war.
There is nothing in that at all. WASH
ington was for peace, wasn't he? He
fought war, but if he hadn't we
wouldn't be here as American citizens.
you meet as sovereign citizens in
| a free country. Your Government ac-
knOwledges no superior in the world.
In addition, you live in a country in
which every man stands equal before
| the law That's absolute liberty. This
security of the individual has been
| considered the most cherished possess
sion of man. Men have fought for it.
"They talk about a League of Ma
tions and say it will be all right because
| it is run by our friends. But when Il
comes to liberty don't trust your
friends. Keep your liberty in your
| own hands!
"a process of national disintegra.
ton is going on. A short time ago we
gave away American preferential
J rights in the Panama Canal. I'm very
| prin nd D.tt tof, hut
| feel a good deal more for my own cOun-
| try. Great Britain never paid dol
lar for the canal, never owned foot
of territory on which the canal was
built.
"a present day menace is BOlshe-
vism. 1t Is a doctrine Of loot. The
Bolshevists propose to take what the
other fellow has. The wealth of the
world was created by 10000 genera
tiOns of wOrkingmen. Why should the
anarchists of this generation claim to
be heirs to this wealth?
another element believes in inter-
nationalism. A certain group in COM
mercialism don't care what flag they
do business under as long as their
business prOspers. It's the plain peO-
pie of the country that love their coun-
try. It's Americanism that stands
against the alien doctrine of interna-
tionalism.
| "In one speech which President Will
son made before he left for Europe he
said: The time has come for the Unit
ed States to make the supreme sacri-
flee of joining our fortunes with the
fortunes of men everywhere That's
internatiOnalism.
''There isn't any magic charm or
talisman going to bring peace to the
world. When the United States ap-
proves an instrument guaranteeing the
territorial sovereignty of every men,
ber of the league it is placing n tre-
mendous burden on the people of the
country. Unless the mothers are will.
ing to send their soldiers back to en-.
force peace between the Jugo-Slavs
and Hungary, or Finland and Russia
don't advocate the commitment of the
nation to policy of this kind"
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

Members of the great Elks or
der who were the guests of Love
land this week at the annual state
reunion were treated royalty anG
are loud in their praise of the
gracious hospitality of the citi.
zens of that beautiful city. Love.
land shows thrift and prosperity
immeasurably and her people are
deserving of all the good things
they are getting out of life sc
bounteously from the horn of
plenty.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

Did it ever occur to you that
the missions of the editor and the
preacher are very similar and
their labors along the line of NOR
al uplift are identical? Both
strive to improve their fellowmen
by leading them along the path of
righteousness. About the only
difference between a preacher and
an editor is that the former
breaches his sermons while the
latter writes his. One is heard
from the pulpit, and the other is
read from paper. Their appeals
are the same, likewise their argu-
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

The people are to hear Presi-
dent Wilson on the affirmative
and four distinguished senators
on the negative in a discussion of
the League of Nations. This
ought to enable them to become
familiar with the Objectionable as
well as the desirable features of
the covenant and this enlighten-
ment is needed for it is a surpris-
ing fact that with all that has
been spoken and printed on the
League of Nations, very few peo-
pie have a clear understanding of
the complicated document. Joe
Cannon was about right when he
said he didn't know anything
about it, nor did anyone else.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

normally low freight and passenger
rates whenever there was competition
with water transportation, the rail-
roads making up their losses on this
traffic by extorting money from the
interior communities through the me-
.lium of excessive tariffs.
Three years ago Senator Poindexter
began his attacks upon these tariff dis
ordinations. Supporting his activities
In the senate. a number of western
states took steps to give him effective
aid, and applications were made to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
remedial measures. 1t was n long and
determined fight before adequate rec
ognitiOn from the commission was Sc
cured. Finally, however. after exhaus-
tive inquiries, on March Is, 1918, the
Interstate Commerce Commission made
ruling which went part way towards
relieving cities in the intermountain
states, including those in Montana,
Utah, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, North and South Dakota,
Arizona, Nebraska and Nevada. Under
this ruling cities in these states were
allowed terminal rates-no more than
coast rates, but they could be charged
up to point approximating such ter
minal rates. Moreover, this schedule
of rates is subject to reversal by the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
Its pleasure, thus creating an uncer-
tain situation inimical to all manufac-
turing interests.
The senator sought, however, to go
| lVvrt, oh, f,trt tl,nt
edy the situation, which was only par
TALLY relieved. His bill takes away
from the Interstate Commerce Com
mission all powers to permit discrim-
nations against inland cities in favor
Of coast cities, by enacting into law
the provision that no railroad hence
forth shall receive any greater COM
pensntion for the transportation of
passengers or freight for shorter
than for a longer distance over the
| same line. or route, In the same direc-
tion. the shorter being included in the
longer distance: or to charge any
greater compensation as through
route than the aggregate OF the inter-
mediate rates: nor shall a common
carrier be authorized to receive a.
great compensation for shorter a. for
q longer distance.
But while temporary relief had been
granted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the case Of western
states, the entire South and many por-
tiOns Of the East were still left ut tho
mercy Of the railroads, no concessions
being given them. The South, how
ever, was not slow In awakening to the
fact thnt the West had secured an
Improvement in railroad tariff rates
to the financial benefit of its cities.
AS result Of vigorous propaganda
work instituted first at Jackson, Tenn,
and then extended to cover all south
ern territory, the business men In the
states of Georgia, Alabama, New Mex
leo, North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklaho-
ma and Texas were aroused and have
recently been making vigorous efforts
to get the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to extend Its western rulings
to include the South. As an illustra-
tion OF the growing interest in that
movement J6bbers' Association,
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

What becomes of the large
stocks of butter, meats, etc, we
read every day about the govern
ment taking from store houses? :?
Is it dumped into the ocean or
burned? 1t evidently hasn't been
placed on the market. If it has
it hasn't had the effect of bring
ing prices down.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28
PUSHING THE
FIGHT AGAINST
UNFAIR Rates
Congress May Soon Act on the
Poindexter Bill to Abolish Un-
Just Railroad Tariffs.
TO Benefit INTERIOR CITIES.
Latter Have Had to Pay Excessive
Costs Of Railroads Fight on
Water Carriers. =,

Washington, d. G. (Special.)-Liv-
ing will be permanently cheaper in
hundreds Of interior cities and towns,
notably in the West and South, when
Senator Poindexter's bill to amend the
long and short haul clause of the inter-
state commerce law is enacted, so as
to finally abolish the power of the III
terstate Commerce Commission to per-
init determinations in railway rates.
AS everybody knows, the coast cities
OF the country for years received alb
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

A dispatch from Washington
states that Senator Thomas will
not be candidate for reelection
and that Cong. E. T. Taylor will
enter the race on the Democratic
ticket. Cong. Taylor is the strong
est man the party has for the sem
ate and is a winner by big odds.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-28

Boulder welcomes a good-sized
representation from Gilpin coun-
ty to celebrate the Silver Jubilee
to be held there next Monday
Labor day. A splendid program
that will afford all good time has
been arranged. The auto road
from Central to Boulder is in fine
shape and the trip can be made in
a couple of hours.