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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
GOOD NATURE OF AMERICANS.
Ohio State Journ


One of the most attractive things
about the American people is their
unfailing good nature. The cost of
living is simply terrible. as the phrase
is. Everybody, except the rich, feel
it severely. Wages and, in a less de-
gree, salaries are higher. but they
have not gone up nearly as fast or as
far as the prices of commodities
Living is no Joke. And vet almost all
of us make a Joke of it. The groceries
and the meat markets, for instance,
are full of good natured banter among
customers and propretors as to a
dimes worth for rs cents and kindred
simply pleasantries The husband,
father and provider and the house
keeper have their moments of de-
preston over the question of how
much longer they can keep out of the
pOorhouse at this rate and yet most
of us do contrive to keep out and
laugh about our alleged proximity to
it. And somehow or other we man
age to scrape up enough to give a lit
tie something to every worthy cause
that comes along, and how they do
come! Usually we can't afford it by
any accepted standard of thrift, but
we give anyway; at least. if the solicit
tor catches us, and laugh about
that, too,
Doubtless Americans would have
more money if they were not so good
natured and easy going. if they would
kick like bay steers every time they
feel they are being cheated by some
profiteer, which is pretty often. But
We guess we are happier as We are,
and happiness is the main thing. The
great majority of us can't keep angrily
excited about our wrongs long enough
to give the weird opponents of Bolsh-
eVism any hope of success in this
country.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
FOOLISH EXPENDITURES.

A Henderson, KY, man writes to
the outlook protesting against the law
ish expenditure in which he finds
many of his neighbors INDUCING. He
tells about a farmer, who having sold
his tobacco crop. blew in $4,000 of it
for six silk shirts at $1,000 each. He
says he sees around him daily, almost
hourly, similar examples of foolish
waste.
There are great numbers of people
without bank accounts who during
the war period acquired expensive
dresses, furs, jewelry. and other
luXuries. There was much complaint
of extravaganza upon the part of
young people who during that period
earned very high pay. Young fellows
who previously could have earned but
dollar a day. but then drew three
to five more dollars, were tempted to
throw it around with lavishness born
of ineXperience and unfamiliarity
with life.
Ilc easy -IOllCN VI lilc wei PNii
has to some extent passed by. Still
many people are earning very freely.
If they do rot have family to sup
port, the crisp dollars burn in their
pocket books. There may be little
left from one Saturday night to
another. Boys earning good pay
throw out so cents or dollar to treat
the bunch to sundaes, with less
thought than their fathers gave to
the expenditure of a nickel.
Meanwhile capital is scarce. The
farmers cant get money to improve
their farms and increase their pro-
duction, hence scarce food. The manu-
facturers cant get money to develop
water powers and reduce their costs,
hence higher prices for manufactures.
The railroads can't get money to inn
prove their facilities, hence higher
cost freights. The people must learn
to save before the country's work can
be efficiently and cheaply done.
Those who throw their money away
in superfluities. will he the first to
complain when later they find them
selves up against the high cost of sup
porting family.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
ONE SIDED HEARING.


The attorneys for defendants in the
Bisbee Kidnapping cases have been
giving lots of rope to witnesses for
the prosecution, 100 of whom have
testified in forty-nine separate cases
heard of the ESQ booked for eXamina-
ton. Not one witness was summoned
for the defense. The lawyers for the
accused seem to have delighted in
drawing out the l. w. w. leaders and
some of the lesser lights. encouraging
them to voluble declarations of the
beliefs of the gang and the motives
for strike. Several of them became
enamored of the opportunity and
they explained that the real purpose
of the agitation was to close the mines
in order to prevent munition copper
being secured by the government. II
the witnesses had been on trial they
would have hanged themselves. like
a calf, with the rope attorneys Stacked
out to them.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
THE FORD LIBEL CASE.

After three months of trial of the
issues, the jury in the case of Henry
Ford against the Chicago Tribune for
a million dollars damages for calling
him an anrchist returned a solemn
verdict declaring the plaintiff had
been damaged in the sum of six cents.
Mr.. Ford's lawyer professed to be
pleased with the jury's finding, and
the Tribune regarded the outcome as
entirely satisfactory. If both sides
to the suit are satisfied the public
should find no fault
If it doubtful if Mr.. Ford's reputa-
ton was damaged appreciably by the
Tribune's charge. But there is no
doubt that it suffered seriously dur
ing the trial through his own admis-
sions on the witness stand. Also it is
not improbable that his character
let bs distinguish between the terms
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
Todny,s Anniyersnrles.

1S11-George Jones one of the found
ers of the New York Times
born at Poultney, vt. Died at
South Poland. Me-. Aug. IL.
1891. .
1S24-Charles Thomson, one of the
native born Irishmen who sign
ed the Declaration of indie
pendence, died at Lower
Merton, Pa. Born in County
Derry. Ire, in 1929.
1S44-Publication of Henry Clays
Alabama Letter" W h C h
alienated the northern Wings
and destroyed his chances for
the presidency.
Disraeli was created
Earl of Beanconsfield.
1902-The Boer Generals Botha. De
Wet and Delarey were cordially
received IN England.
1910-State troops entered Columbus,
o., to preserve order during
the street car strike.
1914-British and French fleets born
barded Cattaro on the Da1-
matian coast
1915-Petrograd declared Russians
had again driven Germans back
in Courland.
1916-Italian dreadnought destroyed
by explosion in Harbor of
laramie.
1917-Premier Lloyd George an
nounced a big decrease in the
number of British vessels de-
stroyed hT German mines and
submarines.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
REASON WHY.

This paper has yet to read in any re-
publican newspaper any reason,
apology or just grounds for the pardon
of one, Sylvano Vargas, convicted in
a New Mexico court of murder, The
same Sylano Vargas that helped
butcher those American citizens at
Colombus, this state. Come across,
tell us what you think about tt
Portales Journal.
He became a hopeless cripple,
paralyzed from hips downward a
wheel chair case, needing a nurse at
tention. and a burden upon the en-
ployes of the penitentiary, where
facilities for permanent hospital ser
vice are not provided. 1t was deemed
best to deport the Mexican to his ma
tive land, where he wished to be.
The state escapes the cost and care
for many years of a man who is now
as incapable of harm as one locked
in a cell That's all. Thank you.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
"In the Days News.

Sir Joseph Pope, who is in charge
of the Canadian tour of the Prince
of Wales. has been under secretary
Of state of Canada for nearly a quar-
ter of a century. He was born at
Charlottetown, p. f. l., SIS years ago
today. and is a son of the late Hon.
w. II. Pope. In 1884 he married
Henriette, daughter of Justice Tas-
chereau of the superior court of Lower
Canada. Sir joseph was educated at
Prince of Wales College, Charlotte
town, and entered the civil service in
1878. He was private secretary to the
late Sir John Macdonald, and was
appointed under secretary of state in
1896. He was attached to the staff
of the British agent on the Boring
Sea arbitration in 1898, and was agent
of the Canadian government at the
proceedings of the joint high COM
mission in 1S9S-99. He made the
arrangements for the tour of the
tour of the Prince and Princess of
Wales in 1901. and for his services in
that capacity received a c. NJ. G.,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

reputation and .character-was bene-
fitted by the things he learned during
the trial-among them that there is
much of value in the world besides
making money, and that money cam
not buy everything worth having
Also Mr. Ford is denser than we
believe him to be. if he didn't be-
come convinced that he is quite un
suited to wear the toga of a United
States senator. In that body he can
not hire experts to sit by his side and
furnish him with information.
Ford is a well-intentioned man, but
the showing he made during the trial
was pathetic. He has no conception
of public questions He seriously
thought Benedict Arnold had been in
his employ at one time, and never had
heard of Arnold Bennett. He started
in quite proud of his ignorance. but
he was not Dragging about it when
he quit the witness stand.
The award of small damages to
Henry Ford is not the first time such
thing has occurred in American his
tory. One of the most famous libel
suits before the civil war was that of
j. Fenimore Cooper, the novelist,
against Horace Greeley. Cooper secur-
wrote an editorial on Cooper's thirty
cent reputation" that was classic
and probably was the origin of our
slang, "he looked like thirty cents"
for Greeley used those words in de-
scribing Coopers appearance when
the verdict was rendered
The most famous case of recent
years was that of Theodore Roosevelt
against the publisher of a weekly
paper at Duluth, Mimi, if memory is
not at fault. who had charged the
colonel with drunkenness.
A careful investigation on the part
of the defendant failed to disclose
evidence justfying his statements, and
he made a manly apology, admitted
that he had been wrong, and verdict
for one dollar-or it may have been
one hundred dollars-was entered for
Roosevelt, and a persistent story that
he was a drunkard went into the dis
card. Roosevelt had gained all he
sought when he filed the suit.
But the Ford case doesn't parallel
that of Roosevelt in any particular.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
TODAY s EVENTS

The centenary of the "Peterloo"
riots in Manchester, England, is to he
celebrated with gathering of English
labor organizations in that city today
Willamette University. the first col
lege in the Pacific Northwest, is rs
years old today, having been opened
to students Aug. 16. 1874.
Bennington day, the 142nd anniver-
Sary of the battle of Bennington, will
be observed as a legal holiday
throughout Vermont today
James Wilson, whose tenure of Of
flee as secretary of agriculture was
the longest of any cabinet official in
the history of the United States, to-
day enters upon his S5th year
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the reception and enter
tainment of H. r. H. the Prince of
Wales and his party on the occasion
of their visit to Halifax today. The
prince will land at Kings wharf,
where his grandfather landed in 1860,
and where his father also, often land
ed while on the North Atlantic naval
station.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
4 THUNDERING "NO.n
New York Times.

4NC" lOl ~ llihSS.
Tn spite of the million annoyances
and inconvenience it has endured, the
country ought to be grateful to Mr.
Burleson. He has conducted a great
experiment station in government
ownership. Indirectly and uncon-
sciously he has given the American
people an opportunity to vote on the
question: do you want government
ownership" The people have given a
laundering and multtudinous No, so
loud and unanimous that even Deaf
Smith county, Texas, can hear it.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

Girl rdville, Pa. "a years ago today.
o'T Joseph pope, under secretary
of state of Canada, born at Charlotte
town, p. E. l., 65 years ago today.a
Julian A. Burruss. the new presi-
dent of Virginia Polytechnic institute,
born at Richmond. Va. 43 years ago
today.
Locke Craig. former governor of
North Carolina, born in BERTHE county
n. c.. SO years ago today.
James Wilson. former secretary of
agriculture of the United States, born
in Scotland, "a years ago today
Charles S. Mellen, former president
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad company. born at
Lowell Mass. 6S years ago today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
Stomach Trouble.

. There are many who should be
greatly encouraged to know that
stomach troubles can be cured Mrs,
7. e. Hullinger Mansfield, Ohio, was
sick for three months with stomach
trouble and constipation. She saw
Chamberlain's Tablets advertised and
decided to try them. Let her tell it.
'srhe first dose did me more good than
all Of the medicine I had previously
taken and BY takinS I've bottles Of the
tablets was positively cured.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
THE TURKISH NAVY.

Admiral Simms said at a dinner in
New York; It's no wonder that the
Turkish navy failed to do much in
the war The Turks were never a
maritime people. The story goes. in
fact, that when they came to set up
a navy in Turkey they were very
much embarrassed by the shortage
of naval words in their language.
Thev had no word for mainsails, no
word for foretopgallant. and SO on.
TO get over the difficulty the Turks
tied different vegetables and the like
to the different sails and ropes and
the men learned their duties to such
commands as Hoist the potato" Now
then, my hearties, let go the tomato
with a will!' "All hands aloft to reef
the beeksteak!"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
CHEER UP.

Philosophic Phil lie Noir of the
Herald of Well county" voices the
opinion of the cheerful sanitarium COL
onists who smile and smile despite the
attacks of T. b. He is what he says
about sandstorms and worse things:
personally. If you all was to ask
us what we think of the sandstorms,
we'd say: Don't waste time defendin'
EN-; dodge the blame thing and close
the door tight as YOU go in!' Which
leads us to remark that we'd rather
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
JOURNAL TABLETS
ION TEXTS TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

| live in a country where they have
S. SIS once month (if in the spring
they happen that often), but with 'em
have served up 99.9 per cent sunshine,
pure bracin'. life-givin' air; 365 cool
nights; Twin in the great out o doors
ten months out of the year. than
exist in other parts where tornadoes
cyclones, floods, sticky, life-sappin
summers, and cold. penetratin', man
KILN winters. are always on the
weather mans program"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
Observation-Disclosures IS. 10
HOW JAPANESE BEAT US.

Last summer a japanese millionaire
who owns a great ship building plant,
visited San Francisco and was asked
by reporter what were the wages
of shipyard employees. He answered
that he perferred not to say, as Amer
lean ship builders in competition
would believe the men should be bet
ter paid. when in fact different Iiv-
ing conditions in Japan made the
American wage scale unnecessary.
Thereupon the reporter desired to
know whether manufacturers looked
after the welfare of employees in
Japan, provided sanitary dwellings
and healthful locations.
The ship builder declared that in
Japan it was not considered the bust.
ness of employers to interfere with
laborers. If they chose to live in
swamp that was their privilege. and
it was not for any one to change con-
ditions for them.
Answer to another inquiry as to
whether the natives desired to live in
swamps or were compelled to do so
because of low wages. the Japanese.
was saved from answering by a smart
secretary, who reminded the ship lord
that "the carriage awaits"
This incident is recalled, now that
the japanese immigration issue is
under consideration. Recently the
United States department of labor has
been digging up information about the
pay of japanese workers, and the sort
of persons who do factory work in
competition with home products.
Data now made public shows that
in 1929 factories in the empire,
there were employed at the end of
1916, 1903 boys and 5.571 girls under
IL years of age, a total of 6,774; and
1864 boys and STOP girls between
IL and Is years of age.
These child operatives age employed
mainly in match, glass, filature. cot
ton spinning, cotton weaving. print
ing, binding and hempen plating.
OF a total of 543.3S9 women over
Is years of age employed in Japanese
factories, 100000 are under 20 years
of age. Their work in the raw silk
factories lasts 8 to II hours day, on
an average, and in the weaving mills
they average IA to 16 hours a day,
says the official Japanese report.
The day and night shifts alternate
weekly. but all must sleep in the same
beds in the factory quarters. AS a
result, the death rate from consump-
ton is 80 per 1000.
Very many of the products of the
above labor are in general use in
the United States For instance, the
buttons on shirts. come mostly from
Japan, being sold in this county at 6
cents per gross, which is under the
cost of manufacture in the United
States. A number of button factory
owners have informed congress that
such competition is running the indus
try. They say it is necessary to sell
at about 8 cents per gross. They
employ women for parts of the work,
like sewing the buttons to cards in
the same way as is done in Japanese
factories. The. shell supply in this
country is found in streams where the
factories are located. Japan buys
shells from China. where labor is
cheap.
There are many other instances
where japanese labor can starve in
dustries and workers in this country.
only because it has attracted atten-
toned recently in congress. through
appeal from interested Americans.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
TEMPERATE FRANCE.

No tenderfoot IS Captain Clyde
Earl Ely, editor of the Deming
Graphic. But New Mexico in its wide
open days. did not give him such a
demonstration of intemperance as
France, with its continental wine
drinking custom produced. Here is
the editors statement:
They say the French don't get
drunk. Ye gods. ! have seen them
drunk in groups in squads, in pla-
toons and in-well that's enough. 1t
is only too true that many French
men are debauched, and the reason is
because of the debasing drinking sys-
TEN and their wild sexual excuses. u
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
GOLFERS IS SOLD.

Nebraska State Journal.
The death of the Golfers. father
and son. within a comparatively brief
period has now resulted in the sale of
Golfers Weekly to the Crowell Pub
fishing company. This concern owns
the Womans Home Companion and
the American Magazine IN addition to
TINS new purchase. One of the di-
rectors of the .Crowell company is
Thomas w. Lamont of the Morgan
firm whose activities IN connection
with the, New York Evening Post
have aroused interest.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
THIS THE YEAR.

The Clayton News makes a sug-
gestion for landowners IN that county.
who have surplus acres to actually
seek buyers in regions, where land
values make farming less profitable.
Several sales of stock ranches have
been made this year to man who be-
came rich from Texas oil land. But
the best field for seeking agricultural
immigrants would be in Iowa and
nearby states, where land is valued
at high figures and brings an unsatis-
factory percentage of profit owing to
the amount of capital invested.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
WALTON's MIND OPENING.

Because you and I think so. does
not make it so! Let's get at the facts.
Silver City Independent.
There's hope for Editor walton if
he becomes a go-getter of facts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

British pushed up the valley on
both sides of the Ancre,
German U-bOat shelled a large tank
steamer off Cane Hatteras,
German and Austrian emperors con
ferred at German grand headquarters
at Berlin.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

When a. man can
calmly wait twenty
four hours before
attempting to patch
up a quarrel with a
woman his love is
all .torona t,anlt
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

Elation over half a cent a pound
drop in hog prices seems to reflect
common understanding that big
movements have small beginnings.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

An authority who reminds us that
soft drinks are often rich in food
value brings no consolation to the
drinker in quest of kick"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

One spoonful of sugar instead of
two, as during the war, would do the
trick for hoarders of that commodity,
who would soon find it improbable
to keep stock tied up in warehouses.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

The great majority of girls and
young women who were hired during
the war to operate elevators in New
York apartment houses and office
buildings have now been replaced by
men
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

A widow is some
times foolish enough
to buy a second hus-
band w t h { h e
money she saved by
feeding her first
husband on half
portions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

OF English invention IS machine
for harvesting flax that ia passing
over a field seizes the grain in
punches, digs its roots out of the
soil and conveys it to one side by an
endless belt.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

Between fifteen and twenty thous-
and women are convicted of drunken
ness IN the metropolitan area Of Lon
don each year,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16
FROM THE INVENTORS NOTE
BOOK.

TIC afford a small amount of light
in bedroom an incandescent lamp
has been invented with voltage re-
Queer in its base.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

There is probably nobody on earth
quite so humbly grateful as a bril-
liantly clever woman who discovers
that a man loves her for the dimple
in her chin!
No matter how many wrinkles a
widow may have in her face, she
usually has enough clever ones at her
finger tips to offset them.
One kiss will sometimes sweeten
a whole summer as effectively as one
lump of sugar will sweeten whole
can of skinned milk
A man no longer "pleads with a
girl to marry him; he merely pleads
guilty to loving her, and then closes
his, eyes, while she passes sentence"
and decides when he shall begin
serving time"
Making man tell YOU that he
loves you is something like teaching
a cat to jump through a hoop--you
don't expect him to do it graceful but
the astonishing thing is That he docs
1t at all. sAxoIe EN,4 e
4. 4 = =.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

A punch made like a hammer has
been patented by a Cuban inventor
for making holes in cocoanuts to eX-
tract their milk.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

The new prosecution of the meat
packers should be conclusive. Bring
out the truth.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

For irrigatng plants Texan has
patented a machine with conSeals
water into icicles and thrusts them
into the ground. where they slowly
melt
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-16

Rubber artificial eyes invented il
France are said to have other advan
tage3 in addition to bring more com
Portable to wear than glass ones.