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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

1t is said that Secretary Daniels in
tends to visit England soon and be the
recipient of special honors bestowed upon
him by the British government. Mr.
Daniels will be entertained by royalty
and King George may knight him so that
he will return as "Sir Josephus." De-
spite our claim to democracy the allure
ment of title is hard to withstand
Brattleboro Reformer.
Nevertheless, when you come right
down to the real values, the approval OF
contemporary Americans and an honored
place in the history of the United States
are worth incidentally more than all the
knightings and the deeoratings bestowed
by foreign potentates or governments
He would be poor specimen of an
American who didn't value the credit
mark given by the verdict of history for
service to the United States higher than
anything that other nations could do for
him. Secretary Daniels, let it be added
has been doing much in a quiet way to
merit that credit mark
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

The American people had been hoping
that the United States would be able to
get through the war without great
scandal in connection directly with the
army and navy, and hence there will be
great disappointment that there should
be charges brought against officers in the
naval service which include accusations
of bribery and graft The disappoint
ment is, of course, based on the indica
ton of wrongdoing and not upon the
fact that the wrongdoing has been
brought to public attention--the people
will demand that the charges be sifted
to the bottom, The army and the navy
have been so free from faint in this re.
speet that the sore spots must be cut out
or the accused men exonerated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

himself not so much an imporialist as a
nationalist, believed in Canadian autono.
my. But along with this, went coop
Grafton with the mother country and
friendship with the United States.
Now that the greatest of the public
men whom the French element in Cana
dian life has given to the country is
gone, the future of the relations be
tween Engish-spcaking and French,
speaking Canada challenge ones thought.
Sir Wilfrid's calm moderation and tenn
permanental poise made him a politi.
elan of great value compared with the
extreme nationalistic leaders developed
in recent years in Quebec, A natural con,
ciliator and harmonizer, Sir Wifrid
Laurier was a man whose like the Do
minion must continue to need and utilize
in the vital work of racial amalgama-
ton, if Canada is to develop into thor.
oughly homogeneous state.~SpringfeId
Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

An American army of 10000 would
not have been considered enough men for
a good,sized battle during the recent
war; yet the authorization for an army
of that size seems about to be made by
Congress for the whole United States of
America. One need not be supporter
of militarism to inquire whether such a
force will be sufficient to maintain the
military projects of the country, let
alone continuing some of the prestige
that has come to the United States in a
military sense.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
MAY MEET FACTION SEPARATELY
In Order to Discuss Plans for Settling
Russia's Trouble.

Paris, Wednesday, Feb. l9--George D.
Heron has arrived in Paris from Geneva
and is in consultation With William Al
len White, his American colleague in the
proposed conference with Russian fac.
tional leaders at Prinkipo islands. There
is as yet no definite announcement con
corning plans for the meeting, but indi-
cations are that either that program'o or
some other form of conference with the
various Russian governments, either in
dividually or collectively, will be ar
ranged by the entente powers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
AN INTIMATE ESTIMATE OF THE
BOLSHEVIKI..

Three Russian governments refuse to
sit at the same conference table with the
bolsheviki. Evidently a new caste sys,
TEN is being built up in the former car
dom, And perhaps there is reason and
justice in this particular discrimination
AT least we know that the three Rus
sian governments in question have been
in a position to judge Of the character
and of the acts OF the bolsheyiki govern,
ment in Russia; and their contempt OF
the people who make up the bolsheviki
reign of misrule should carry influence
with the allies who are trying to get at
the bottom of the Russian mystery. II
the bolshevih government is not fit to
be admitted into the company of other
governments of Russian people, there is
grave doubt whether the allies should "a
further in recognizing this element in
Russian life as they attempt to 60 about
the rehabilitation of Russia as a great
nation of the world. The action Of the
three Russian governments is an init.
mate picture of conditions in Russia
which the world has not been privileged
to know during the past two years Of
troubled existence in that country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

The death of Publisher Charles R,
Jamason of the White River Junction
Landmark removes one of the veteran
newspaper men of Vermont, he having
been connected with that paper for more
than 80 years, most of the time as own.
er and publisher There are few news
paper men in Vermont who can point to
a longer record of service with the same
newspaper,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

The reappointment of stoddard Bates
as highway commissioner of Vermont
quickly followed the defeat Of the patrol
committees highway bill in the Vermont
legislature. The action of the legisla.
ture was probably indicative of the
wishes of the people of the state at the
present time regarding road construction
and also as regards the retaining of Mr..
Bates as commissioner, So Governor
Clement followed the wishes of the peo-
pie.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
Red Cross Notes.

There is still Red Cross work to be
done. There are 30 ladies' dresses and
100 bows suits, which must be shipped
before Feb. 81 Those having this work
on hand, please complete the articles and
leave them with Mrs G. F. McAllister
before that date. The following is a list
of the shipments in January; Seventy
pairs socks, 10 sweaters, 40 petticoats, 20
childrens dresses, 4 laycttes, 20 pairs
boys drawers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

A rather confusing advertisement APP
pears in the Montpelier Argus. 1t reads
Legislators, when in doubt vote no.
Are we to infer from the advertisement
that legislators are importuned to vote
no on every proposition that comes be,
fore them, regardless Of the nature OF
the proposition? If that policy We're to
be followed there might be no end OF
trouble.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

ExPresident Taft's prospective return
to professorship in Yale university will
give the students of that institution the
benefit of the ripening experience of a
broad minded man. Taft would be
valuable acquisition to the faculty OF
almost any institution of learning in the
United States
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

He who thought he could still Premier
Clemenceaus voice in the councils of
peace reckoned in vain. Even death
would not have wiped out the impress
which Clemenceau has already made on
the council.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

The other nations which were engaged
in forming the league of nations cove
nant ought to be informed at the outset
that there are certain elements in Con.
gress which have to be on the "of" side
regardless of what the issue may be.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

Brattleboro and Newfane are almost
at war, Newfane fearing invasion of its
rights as the county seat Of Windham
county. Brattleboro might get around
the difficulty by annexing the whole of
Windham county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

The best news from France just at
this minute is that Premier Clemeuceau
is rallying well from the shock of a
wound from an assassin's pistol. in
some ways the situation is much like
that which confronted Theodore Roose-
welt when the latter was shot on a speak
ing tour. The chief difference lies in the
fact that Roosevelt was a much younger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

Official revelation in Germany that
Won Hindenburg demanded that Ger
many agree to an armistice rather ex.
plodes the carefully nurtured German
theory that the end of the war was a
German victory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

man than Clemenceau; but Clemenceau
Is gifted with good physique and,
therefore, would stand better chances
than some men much younger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

One article in the warnings for Yer
monts town meetings next month will
not carry the usual significance. 1t is
the article which reads: Shall license be
granted for the sale of intoxicating liz
uor?"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
RED NOTES

Wanted: At the Red Cross rooms, 200
women to take home two pinafores each,
to be returned completed by March l..
Two hours work will make one garment.
Are there not 200 women in Barre who
will give this amount of time to the Red
Cross before March !?
Rooms open Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays from 1880 to > ,. m.
Come early and avoid the rush. II you
can't take any work home, come TO the
rooms and work there few hours. Make
special effort.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

II will be warm weather before the
26th division gets back home, and it will
be warmer time for the boys when
they do come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

A month from now-spring and sugar
in.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
Cnrresnondent Answered.

The originator of serial fiction, Euphe,
mia, was Sapphira. Ananias told a story
and she continued it.--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
No Melba.

Harry clapped his hands when ! was
singing
over his ears l"-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20

When it comes to debating livestock,
no legislature can beat Vermont's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

but the French are deserving of as high
praise. They had been called degenerate
and spiritless, with no heart for war. But
when they were called upon to defend
their homes from the invader they
responded with a solemn joy the like of
which has not manifested itself in any
other nation in modern times. There was
no burden too heavy for them to bear
The men went to the front and the
women did the work at home. They
turned their savings over to the war
fund. They starved and suffered in
innumerable ways, but they did not give
up.
And now in Paris there is great
triumphal procession participated in by
the men of the victorious armies of all
Frances allies, and in every considerable
town there is rejoicing of the same kind.
France celebrates and the whole world of
decent people joins her in spirit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
A PLATFORM THAT ISN'T

THoSE who made the most recent Re-
= publican platform in New Jersey
sought to satisfy everybody and to say
much without saying anything, and the
result is a chaos of ivied platitudes in
which no man can find the suggestion of
an answer to any of the immense ques-
tions that confront the nation.
The document reads like stump
speech rather than a declaration of the
principles of great party. 1t is against
the limitations of free speech, but would
put down "all sorts of isms." 1t is
against mlitarism, but recommends a
national system of military training
''modeled after the Swiss system" 1t is
for the return of all political powers to
the people, but religiously refrains from
any suggestion of means to this desirable
end.
There might be a glimmer of hope il
the Democrats could do better.
But the Democrats have already done
far worse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
EXPLOITERS OF HUNGER

TT WAS to have been expected that
Charles J. Hepburn, after his period
of illuminating experience as attorney
would put the blame for exorbtant food
costs fatty upon the middleman. Food
gambling is more common than poker in
the Unitel States. And what Mr.. Hep
burn says of the causes of high food
prices in the everyday Philadelphia
market suggests the precise nature of
the problem which confronts the Federal
Trade Commission in its effort to find
workable rules to curb the packers
combine.
The Big Five in Chicago are middlemen
in the regal mood. Their interest in the
food markets of the country is imperial.
Until Swift, Armour and the others be-
gan to extend their control to the grain
markets and to all foods that may be
utilized as substitutes for meat they
might have passed without challenge.
But as it is they have created situation
that the country cannot regard without
foreboding. Such practices as theirs are
part of evolution. Recent inventions,
intricate banking systems, cold storage,
industrial efficiency, make for powerful
combines. And they are not easy to
control.
The trouble lies far deeper than per-
sonal ambition or a thirst for money in
Chicago. Big business organizations and
the centralized control of commodity
production and distribution were en-
couraged during the war period by gov
ernments everywhere. Big business
unquestionably has emerged from the
crisis with a newly exalted ego and an
increased faith in its own destinies. The
phenomenon is not evident alone in
America. 1t is being revealed in France,
in Italy and in England.
Mr.. Gilbert's letter to this newspaper
on Saturday, in which, writing from Lon
don, he told of plans already perfected
by British capitalists for a monopoly of
cable and wireless systems--a monopoly
that easily might be extended to contro!
information and, later, public opinion
showed how the thoughts of some power
full groups are running thus early after
the war.
The industrial combinations that are
now beginning to worry America and
other countries were under control while
the war was on. But when the armistice
| was signed this control was abolished
The combinations remain. In this
country they represent complication ir
| affairs that should interest Congress as
| greatly as the league of nations. Com
bnes like that of which the Fedora
Trade Board complains will have to bt
kept within limits. Existing laws are
inadequate. By licenses or boards OF
control or by new laws the country mus
be saved from the possibility of hunger
pressure applied by men in search of bis
profits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
TODAY IN FRANCE

THE thoughts of the world are with
France today. Such a celebration of
ne anniversary of the fall of the Bastille
is in progress in Paris as has not occurred
since the notorious prison was razed.
A menace worse than the Bastille hung
esas France for four years, Indeed, the
threat had been impending ever since
1870. The present generation of French
men had been reared under its shadow,
and when war broke in August, five years
mo, tlle whole nation rallied to the de,
<ense o1xss liberties
W. admire the hsroism Of The Bssgiqns,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

mighty change, which can be directed for
| good If industry is speedily buoyed, but
which is full of terrible potentialities
without substantial spurs from the out
side.
The currency muddle in many of the
countries suggests IAN economic mad
house" Transportation is appallingly
crippled. The consequence is in numer-
Gus instances demoralizing ideness. No
ingenuity can render an exclusively in
ternal plan for recovery productive of
anything but vicious circle.
F. II. Sisson, a New York fnancier,
recently estimated the national wealth of
America at about three hundred billions,
our national income at sixty billions, our
crop wealth for 1919 at twenty-five bill
lions. 'We cannot doubt" he told
gathering of bankers, "the adequacy of
our resources or our. ability to meet the
unprecedented responsibilities and the
unequaled opportunities which peace has
thrust upon u.s."
Realization is therefore the main
thing. Discounting all sentiment, what
ever its valid claims, we have the option
of saving ourselves by saving Europe,
just as we did at the peak of the war
tragedy.
Then the instrument was armies. Now
it is wealth. The expenditure of it will
be futile without vision or without speed.
Complicated asNare some of the credit
plans devised, they must be needed as a
step toward a workable financial ma
Chinery which will set the wheels of in
dustral Europe again in motion. The
test of Americas distinction as a warder
of civilization is here once more. The
task is not hopeless. Mr.. Vanderlip, Mr.
Hoover and many other keen and spe-
cialIy privileged observers have not hesi-
tated to forecast complete cure with the
immediate application of sound remedies.
Financial crusading is Americas mission
now-and her necessity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
PHILADELPHIA IN MEDICINE

JEFFERSON Medical College, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania medical school
and Hahnemann College, to mention only
three great schools, are known wherever
people think seriously of medical science
and its advancement. Pepper, Leidy,
Willard Gross, Da Costa, Keen, Van
Lennep, Deaver, Northrop and others
have made this city the center of medi-
cal and surgical science in the United
States. Whenever a young man in Japan
or India or China or in France or any
where in Europe decides to study medi-
cine after the American theory he thinks
instinctively of Philadelphia.
The distractions of the war, easy COM
placency and the lassitude of mind that
often follows after a considerable
achievement have brought neglect and a
lack of appreciation to the great medical
colleges in Philadelphia. New York,
through institutions heavily endowed and
with the cooperation of its richer citi-
zens, is now preparing to displace Phila-
delphia as the seat of medical learning
in this country.
In times like these money is the great
need of every school and college. Some
of the best teachers are actually being
driven from Philadelphia faculties by low
salaries. 1t is almost impossible to be.
lieve that city like this can regard with,
out interest or emotion the passing OF
one of its proudest traditions. But tha,
appears to be what is happening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
If You Have Loved a Garden
lave you seen tall larkspur
l. With ROSY hollyhocks?

LAVE you seen tall larkspur
IL With rosy holyhocks?
Or purple wings half folded,
OF irises in focks?
DO you know the arrow sweet
OF honeysuckle bloom?
Have you seen the apple trees
Weave color on a loom?
There is wave of roses
Breaks on a wall l know,
And some are red as sorrow,
And some are white as snow.
If you have loved a garden,
My roses bloom for you,
For you the honeysuckle's sweet,
And the tall larkspur blue.
Though walls be high about them,
Your gardens bloom for me.
I have seen your heliotrope
Cut like little tree!
I know the way the birds go
To pools l have not seen,
You know how the bees come
The high, blue way between
A garden and a garden,
Wherever it may be,
Because l love a garden,
Your garden blooms for me.
Have you yellow marigolds,
Vivid, pungent, strong!
Goldfinches will find them
With lovely song!
I have little Glove pinks,
Sturdy, fringed and gay,
And the golden bees come
A long, long way!
Louise Driscoll, in Harper's Magazine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
MAKING AMERICANS
IN UNIVERSITY CAMP
Where t25 Boys Are Running Little
Democracy and Living
In the Open

WHY did liberty loving Americans sub.
w init TO conscripton? Why do they sub
nit to prohibition? Perhaps you can find
the answer in University Camp.
University Camp is three miles nor nor
east by west of Green Lane. n village as
pretty as its name. forty odd miles north of
Philadelphia on the Reading road. Part of
the three miles is pretty nearly pcrpendicu-
lar; but so smooth running is tho camp ''tin
lizzie that it can carry suitcase from the
station TO the first thank you ma am with
out disaster. After that you do what you
should have done in the first place and put
the suitcase inside.
In University Camp there arc ninety acres
OF near paradise, containing one beautiful
river neatly damned, two swimming holes
three boats, one springboard, nine large
tents. ninety seven large glacial bouldors
averaging six tons; one bungalow. one exec
utive mansion, containing dispensary and
offices: two open air dining rooms, one
stunt hall, one recreation hall in process of
construction, hundreds and hundreds of
beautiful trees, hundreds and hundreds of
birds and grasshoppers and katydds and
frogs and minnows and other delightful little
country things one department of the in
terror, including a fat larder and plump
cook; one house mother. handsome, courtly
and JOY to meet; one superintendent who
has recently come to the conclusion that it is
not well for man to live alone and includes
matrimony in contemplated improvements,
and 125 self respecting American boys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14
Our Own Quiz

A schOolboy once wrote that gross ignorI
ance 'is IA times as bad as just ordinary
ignorance" In that case, how about Borah?
At Broad Street Station we saw n gentle
man very earnestly inquiring at the infor-
nation desk about trains to Barnegat. He
received the data and time table, which he
studied for some time gloomly. We watched
him. having an inkling that he was kindred
spirit. BY and by he went downstairs to the
other information desk, asked the same
questions, got the same answers and the
same time table. sal again studied the folder
with creased brow.
We were much pleased to see another
human being with the same desperate dis
trust of transportation phenomena which we
feel oursef
We have been studying Walter Crail's fine
photos of Mr.. Wilson, displayed in win
dow on Chestnut street. We wondered, as
we fingered by those pictures and studied the
lines of Himself's face, why some of our
friends seem worried about w. w. and
rather more faint in enthusiasm than they
were six months ago. ~
When anv one asks us what we think
about Mr.. Wilson our mind usually travels
toward the lines of Rudyard Kiplng where
he has described the type once for all:
He scarce had need to doff his pride or
slough the dross OF Earth
E'en as he trod that day TO God so walked
he from his birth,
In sImpIeness and gentleness and honor
and clean mirth.
SO cup to lip in fellowship they gave him
welcome high
And made him place at the banquet board
the strong Men ranged thereby,
Who had done his work and held his peace
and had no fear TO die.
A. r., p. wonders--a little morbidly, we
ehipk--what has become a.t all those peatly
| framed first dollas bills eakey ~ ~ several
| lhonssnd saloons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

Whether we have an international exhi-
bition in Fsrmount Park in 1928, the
150th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence will be observed here in a
fitting manner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

The staff of the Stars and Stripes, the
American soldiers newspaper In France,
which made 100000 in eighteen months.
will arrive in New York next Saturday. II
they CON tell American newspaper publishers
how they did II they viii not have to wait
long fof : JOB.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

tration books are incomplete.
If the "ripper bill' authorizing the ap-
pointment of new commissioners does no
more than keep interest in the subject
alive it will have performed, despite its
debatable nature, valuable public
service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

That man who was fined $40 for run
ming his automobile on the Boardwalk at
Atlantic City says it was worth the price.