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The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-12

Eugene v. Debs is serving a SEN
tence imposed by the federal courts
for seditious utterances made in pub
lie speeches, but he is one of the can
didates' put forward for president by
the Park Region Echo of Alexandria
in its straw vote conducted through
its own columns. As one of its nomin-
ees, Debs gets the benefit of giogra-
phical sketch in the paper. "He is now
in federal Jail, says this sketch,
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-12

mot because of any crime committed,
but because he doesn't believe in war"
The laws of the United States de-
fine the thing for which Debs was
convicted as a crime, but that makes
no difference to this class of papers.
Charles 3. Cheney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
NO GERMAN-MADE MEMORIALS.
French People Bebel--Aberdeen Expects
to Experience Boom.

That French people are planning to put
the ban on German made memorials for
the dead is the statement printed in the
Glasgow Daily Record and reprinted in
the Dalbeattie, Scotland, Observer a
copy of which has been received in Barre.
A boom in the Aberdeen granite bust.
ness is predicted in the same article,
which is as follows;
1--WE want no more German made me
MORALS in France was the emphatic
statement of a leading Paris sculptor
to an Aberdeen granite merchant the
other day. You will find that both in
France and Belgium there will be a big.
ger demand than ever before for British
granite work, 1t would be an outrage on
our honored dead to erect in their mem
DRY monuments carved by German
hands, That is the prevailing sentiment
in all the allied nations to-day,
In pre.war days the Germans did big
trade in polished granite work; indeed,
for many years they have executed the
bulk of the French orders Large guam
titles of granite were imported from
Sweden-and to a lesser extent from
Russia--carved and polished in the stone
yards beyond the Rhine and dispatched
to France, Belgium and other continental
countries in the form of monuments and
memorials.
1t Is practically certain that that trade
will never be recaptured by Germany,
and that Scottish and English granite
merchants will if given reasonable trans
port facilities, be able to develop the
continental markets more successful
ly than they have ever done before.
Orders for war memorials are already
coming in, and the outlook was never
brighter, but the scarcity of raw mate
rial is a rather formidable difficulty I'm
porting granite to Aberdeen may sound
like carrying Goals to Newcastle; but
it is nevertheless the case that before
the war between 10000 and 10000 tons
of rough granite were brought from
Sweden to Aberdeen every year and cut
and polished in the stoneyards of Bon
Accord That source of supply is mean
time cut off; and the difficulty has been
accumulated by the shortage Of labor in
the Scottish quarries.
As a result of that scarcity of work
men, supplies have been severely re
stricted, and Scottish granite merchants
are therefore pressing for the removal
of the war restrictions in order to Gu.
sure an adequate supply OF raw mate.
rial for the industry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
CHINESE GRATEFUL
TO UNITED STATES
Premier Chin Nun-Hsun Pleased with
Assistance Given at Paris
Peace Conference.

Picking, Friday, Feb 2l.--"China is
very grateful to President Wilson and
the United States delegates to the peace
conference for the help they have cx.
tended our delegates in Paris, said Pre-.
mier Gin Nun,Hsun to-day THE whole
Chinese nation wishes to thank the Unit
ed States through the Associated Press"
Describing the newly organized Chi.
nese league of nations society, the pre-
mier said its object was to arouse the
interest of the people in the league and
give all possible assistance to the Chi
nese delegates at Paris. Several weeks
ago he said, the Chinese government dis
patched a cablegram to President Wilson,
setting forth the readiness of China to
participate in the league, and now he ex-
poets the Chinese Parliament to tele.
graph an expression of its support to the
organization.
The premier expressed qualification
over the election of Wellington Koo, Chi.
nese ambassador to the United States,
W a pluNt VII lltC hbhlhllebANlA lbl a.
league of nations and added that China
was ready at the proper moment to I'M
dertake any duty assigned to her.
China intends to publish all secret
agreements made during the war, even
commercial engagements and the Chino
japanese convention, he said.
The Chinese delegates to the peace con.
ference were urged to make public these
documents before the departure of Pres
ident Wilson from Paris, he remarked.
"0f course" he continued, China ex-
poets the powers to disclose any secret
agreements they have among themselves
concerning China"
No trouble over this step is expected,
since Japan no longer strongly objects,
and there are no disagreements between
China and Japan, so far as the Chinese
government is aware, the premier as
serted. Referring to Japan's expressed
dispeasure over the attitude of the Chi
nese delegates in Paris, he declared that
China, knowing that America and Great
Britain supported her. took the golden
opportunity of standing on her feet and
resisting pressure applied from the out
side"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
CURRENT COMMENT
Herr Appelmann Again.

The name of Herr Appelmann is
once more appearing in the state news
papers as the result of this mans APP
pointment to committee which seeks
to obtain food supplies from the allies
for Germany. Appelmann was the cen
ter of furious storm several months
ago and the University of Vermont, on
the faculty of which he was a professor
did not appear to. good advantage in
making such strenuous efforts to retain
him. There is no reasonable changing
a previous belief that Appelmann, with
the cunning Of the German, put il ali
over" President Benton and his other
protagonists al the university, staying
there until it suited his own sweet will
to leave. One recalls Appemanns de-
parture when he said that, on his return
to Germany, he would devote his time
to caring for American soldiers who had
been taken prisoner. Whatever his work
along this line was, it didn't amount
to enough to cause his activities to be
made known here in America. 1t prob
ably was another of his German Jokes.
st. Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
Placing the Blame.

In Vermont almost invariably we set
forth the excuse that this is farming
state when we are called upon to ex.
plain any deficiency in thought or &C
ton. We have heard the statement
made very often and seriously doubt its
accuracy. The farmer as a general prop
osition is a pretty desirable citizen and
he isn't always found sitting tightly on
the coat tails of progress either.
The farmers of Wisconsin were help
ing LaFollette smash powerful politi-
cal machine and passing revolutionary
legislation quarter of a century ago,
Kansas has four or five times as many
farms as Vermont, yet Kansas is a
state of exceptional progress.
What is probable in Vermont is that
mighty little effort has been made to
show the farmer that anybody had any
special interest in him and he has recip-
rocated by showing very little interest
in anybody else in which he has not
been altogether wrong and which Ger
tainly reflects something more human
than lack of progress.
Apple-growers, grangers, sugar max
ers, dairymen, etc, have been coming
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
F H. Rogers &
Company

agents are urged. however, to be on the
lookout for it in all parts of the country,
Wart disease is caused by a parasitic
fungus and manifests itself by warty
outgrowtbs on the underground portions
OF the plant The warts vary in size,
and sometimes the entire tuber is con
verified into a spongy, warty mass Many
of the warted potatoes rot in the ground
but if the warts are small and the sea.
son favorable, the diseased tissues NAV
dry down and the tubeEs keep through
the winter.
Damage resulting from wart varies,
but it is always severe, and in some cases
no edible potatoes at all can be grown.
This was true in many of the Pennsyl-
vania gardens last year. The fungus is
carried over from year TO year, not only
in the potato, but in the soil. If the
same ground is planted to potatoes year
after year, the intestation becomes SO
severe that the growing of potatoes is
rendered impossible. Where long. time ro-
tation is practiced, comparatively little
damage is done.
If the disease is discovered, the warts
and warty potatoes should be collected
and destroyed. Diseased tubers should
not be fed to stock without first being
boiled. Soil known to be infested should
be planted TO other crops for ut least
eight years. No hope is held out for con
trolling the disease by treating infested
soil with chemicals. Such attempts in
other countries have not been successful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
Slogans.
ma BnrIinrton News ~

The Burlington News says:
Somebody is going to get a year s
subscription to the Swauton Courier by
submitting a suitable slogan for slogan.
less Swauton. The inducemeut is stuff,
cient to incite considerable mental wan.
dering but we assume elfete Burlina on
is barred We might follow the example
Of the excellent Courier if we did not
know the hundreds of automobile own.
ers with one record would rise and shrek
'Bumpy Burlington
There are slogans and slogans, To
be known as the Queen City is no bad
thing for Burlington and Granite City
for Barre and Marble City for Rut-
land, are descriptive and suggestive, but
when it comes to The Junk" and a tag
such as Phelps tied to Essex Junction,
81 hope in hell, ETC. slogans or tags
are not so agreeable.
Some years ago, the Herald entered
into such a contest as the Courier pro-
poses and received a large number OF an
swers, with suggestions ranging from
Busy, Busting Rutland" to the Mar
bic Center of the World" Out Of the
multitude Of suggestions, the following
was selected:
You'll find what you want in Rut-
land"
This seemed suggestive, progressive
and constructive, and for a short time
it was given considerable publicity, but
it is seldom heard to-day. Perhaps it
was not much Of slogan or perhaps il
served a brief purpose and then passed
into oblivion.
The fact is, probably, that eastern cit
les are pretty well past the slogan stage.
What really counts is not slogans, but
the steady day. by.day and year by-year
association and cooperation of bust
ness aud professional men, manufactur.
ers and producers, in an even, hearty
and vigorous pull for better business
and a higher community standard.
That is a condition that is really SUI
perior to slogans and eatch-lines, and no
city in Vermont has realized more last
ing and constructive benefit from such
community organization and spirit,
than Rutland
Slogans are well enough, but it is the
long hard steady pull of associated com
mnity interests that wins in the end
Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

to Burlington for a number of years to
hold conventions. Burlington eyinced as
much interest in them and their affairs
generally as if they were not inhabi-
tants Of the same state at all. Natural
ly, these men and women unconsciously
accepted the idea that Burlington was
"a self-centered community interested
solely in Burlington affairs. No doubt
Rutland and other Vermont cities
showed about the same degree of inter.
est so that a gulf was created between
the resident Of the rural section and his
urban neighbor.
We hazard the guess that if repre-
sentative from Burlington or some 9TH
er city in. Vermont introduced some leg
islatiou having to do solely with agri-
cultural pursuits the farmers would be
more or less amazed. They have an idea
that they must hoe their own row very
much and so they do Just that.
If people want to get legislation
through body the majority Of which
is farmers there is a way to do it, but
it isn't by coniuring up new adiectives
to describe lack of progress Of the men
who till the soil,--Burlington News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
DR.. Hill on the League.

The criticism of the league of nations
presented by DR.. David Jayne Hill, for.
merly ambassador TO Berlin, in his Wash
ington day address to tia Daughters of
the Revolution, comes down to two
points; ~ Preferable to a league of ma
tions would be the continuation of the
present entente as an instrument for the
defense of law and justice throughout the
world; ~ unconditional surrender should
have been demanded of Germany and
peace terms should have been immedi-
ately dictated at Berlin.
These views are not new, and they
were held last November by many Amer
leans who have since seen good reason to
change their opinions. They have come
TO realize that the entente, coalition
formed to meet an emergency does not
promise under peace conditions to be as
stable and enduring as it perhaps seemed
while all other issues were subordinated
to defeating German aggression. They
have come to understand that debating
peace is not quite so simple a matter
as it sounds, and that it would be no
easier to dictate one in Berlin than in
Paris.
Support for the league of nations, in
fad, has come very greatly, both in this
country and in Europe, from the enforced
recognition of things which DR.. Hill
chooses to overlook 1t is better compre-
hended than last November that the set.
Element Of the problems urgently raised
by the war, by the revolution, by the
collapse of three great empires, by the
disintegration of Russia, Austria Hun
gary and Turkey far transeends the mat
ter of what peace terms to impose upon
Germany. DR.. Hill is discussing prob.
lem which no longer exists, and is offer.
ing a solution of it which the course of
events has already proved to be the
wrong solution, The only forward look
ing solution proposed, the only solution
that meets actual developments, is the
league Of nations, and the difficulties and
perils which DR.. Hill dwells upon are per
liz to be avoided, difficulties to be over.
come, not deterrents from a course made
necessary by the logic of events. --
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

warships now in the hands of the allies
and after slight alterations have been
made, the vessels ought to be as valuable
for commercial shipping as the so-called
concrete ships now being constructed for
commercial purposes. In that case it
would be a rank ofTense against conser-
walton to sink the vessels, as now pro-
posed by the British naval experts and
supported, it is said by American ex-
perts. 1t is estimated that as much as
S20o,0000O0 was put into the construc-
tion of the "a war vessels which are now
held by the allies; to sink them would be
to wipe out just so much Of the wealth
Of the world There ought to be some
use for so much wealth as that--some
use outside of the realm of warfare
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
sMALL,BoRE STATESMEN.

William Howard Taft, former presi.
dent of the United States, shows that he
is patriot first and far removed from a
mere politician, when he ehides those
senators of his own party who are crit
Ching President Wilson without offering
a single bit of constructive statesman
ship to take the place of that which they
are striving to tear down, In these days
when many Republican politicians are
trying to advance the interests of party,
Taft is unwilling to follow the leadership
Of that sort in his own party and makes
no bones of publicly condemning mem
bers of the Senate who stoop to such
small standards of craftsmanship. He
holds that it is all right to criticize Presi-
dent Wilson when there is something
that ought to be criticized in the execu-
tiye's actions. In the meantime it is the
patriotic thing to do to support Wilson
when his purposes are obviously above
reproach,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

1t seems probable that the success Of
the anti-government agencies in Europe
in shooting down various representatives
of government spurred the supporters of
the same agencies in the United States
to aim al shining mark on the occasion
Of President Wilson's return from Eu.
rope. The revelation Of alleged plots to
assassinate Wilson is not entirely con-
vineing of the strong purpose back of
the alleged movement, but it is sufficient
to make the people Of the United States
demand that the utmost precautions be
taken to safeguard the life Of the presi-
dent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
NEW POTATO DISEASE.
Wart, Discovered in Pennsylvania, May
Break Out Elsewhere.


Wart, one of the most dangerous dis.
eases of potatoes which has made its ap,
pearance in the United States, exists
only in a limited section OF Pennsylya.
mia, according to the latest information
obtained by the United States depart.
ment OF agriculture. The infested terri
tory embraces p comparatively small
mining towns, But experts of the dc.
partment have given warning that the
infestation may have reached other see
tions in the same way that it reached
the Pennsylvania mining towns, and Wig
ilaitce is urged to discover and report it,
il it does exist elsewhere. as well as to
guard against a possible spread of in.
festation.
The wart disease Is thought to have
been brought 10 Pennsylvania in 1912 in
potatoes imported from Europe, The po-
tato crop in the United States was short
that year, and European potatoes are
known to have gone to Pennsylvania and
other places over the country where there
was demand for a cheap supply. The dis
covery of the disease in Pennsylvania
was made only last year, and there is a
possibility that it may be present but
not yet recognized in other places
Some OF the Pennsylvania miners made
paintings of the imported potatoes in
their gardens, the soil became infested,
and the disease is now thoroughly estab-
lished in them. 1t will be very difficult
TO eradicate except nv ceasing to plant
potatoes in those gardens for several
years. The infested region Is isolated
and remote from agricultural sections
Both the Pennsylvania authorities and
the department of agriculture have taken
energetic steps to stamp out the infesta.
ton, and there is thought to be little
danger of any spread of the disease from
that section, Ii infestations have not
occurred elsewhere, it is thought that
the disease will be stamped out without
further spread Potato growers, potato
buyers, market inspectors and county
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25
Keep on Saving DAYLIGHT.

1t may be hoped that Congress will not
yield to the demand for the abandonment
OF summer daylight, The plan worked
well last year, and while it was adopted
as a war emergency measure it met with
such widespread approval that its aban-
donment now would be a mistake.
Opposition comes mainly from the
farmers, whose complaint is that the extra
morning hour cannot be used to good ad-
vantage, especially for ay-making, be.
cause so early the dew is not yet off
the grass. The views and interests of a
great part Of the population must, Of
course, carry much weight with Con-
gress, yet such disadvantages rs are com
planned of seem both slight and remedi-
able when put beside the conspicuous
advantage which daylight-saving brings,
1t is essentially an urban question, for
the complications of city life, with its
interlocking time schedules, make it diff
cult to bring about by separate arrange
ment what is very easily managed by
shifting the clock. Most people, in fact,
were astonished to discover how imper-
ceptible the change was, and how
smoothly everything went on under the
old schedule. BY comparison the clock
is unimportant in rural life, and it should
not be impossible to bring about read.
justment Of hours Of work which would
meet the objections of the farmers In
other progressive countries daylight saw
ing seems to have come to stay, and it
ought 10 be given fair trial in this
country.~-Springfeld Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Much in contrast to the swashbuclling
of the band of p publicity seekers who
gathered on the street in Boston to make
demonstration for their cause on the
arrival of President Wilson was the ac.
tion Of the equal suffrage association of
Massachusetts, in making formal call
upon the president and in presenting him
handsome bouquet Of flowers as a tok-
en- of their appreciation Of his executive
services and of his sympathy for the
cause of womens suffrage. The % wom-
en- and the others Of their kind will never
learn that they prejudice their cause in
calculably by their antics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

The nearest approach to definite and
final statement as to the home coming of
the 26th division of New England troops
is furnished by Brigadier General Mean,
drews, who states in an official order
that the Goth will sail for the United
States sometime in April presumably
April of the present year., All that has
been said heretofore concerning the sail,
ing date of the division has been spec
ulation; but we hasten to add that there
is nothing absolutely definite about the
date at the present time,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

When the German people read about
the disorders in Russia following the col
lapse of the empire and the first revolu-
tionary government, they probably had
no idea that their own land would come
to a similar state of affairs yet, barring
the slaughter of civilians, Germany's un-
rest seems to be fully as violent as that
which disturbed Russia in the days fol,
lowing the downfall of the kerensky
government,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Those who are insisting that there was
politics pure and simple in Wilson's
schedule to land in Boston viii probably
agree that he had to land somewhere if
he was to return to the United States.
Boston is not an unnatural port of entry
either.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

If Gillette of Massachusetts, should be-
come speaker of the national House of
Representatives, New England would
come back into some of her old time
prominence in Congress, despite the lack
OF some of the notable figures of state
craft of the former period.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Brest may be given new reputation
in day but it cannot be supplied with
new soil in any number of days. The
soil seems to be the chief trouble with
the place, taken, OF course, in conjunction
with a very rainy season,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Admiral Won Tirpitz Of German sub
marine disrepute is said to be poverty
stricken. We know that he has been
stripped Of his reputation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

There are few candidates to choose
from, but Barre voters ought to be max
ing up their minds what they are going
to do one week from to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

New England has its car TO the re-
ceiver for news of that telephone opera
tors strike vote tomorrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

From far off Afghanistan comes the
sound of the assassin's shot. The war
certainly let loose the passions Of men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

The l7.year-locust which is scheduled
to come out of the ground in 1919 should
be met by a united league Of farmers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Little was said about Mrs. Wilson but,
Of course, she was among those present
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Your share OF the $5,O0O,000,000 fifth
Z. s. war loan will be all you can take.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Use FOR THE GERMAN WARSHIPS.
After the machinery OF war has been
removed from the hulls Of the German
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-25

Sweden is purging itself; I4udendorf
has been forced to leave that country.