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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15

paragraph the results Of Mr.. Spargp's
inquiries: they are contained in his
just-issued book entitled "Bolshcv-
ISM" published by the Harpcrs In
essence, having examined the condi-
tions out Of which the Bolshcvist
came into power. Mr.. Spargo's find
ings are these: The Bolshcvist sue
cess was crime against democracy.
the triumph Of brute force over thc
will Of the vast majority Of thc
people. A great democratic recon-
struction Of Russia was actually under
way. The Bolshcviki rushed into rev.
olution because they saw that the
leaders Of the reconstruction move
ment were intclligently and loyalty
carrying out their program in cooper
alton with the majority Of the work
ing class organizations and their lead
ers. Democracy in government and
in industry must characterize any
system of society which can justly
be called socialist, The Belshevist
government is dictatorship and has
had to set itself against any and
every manifestation Of democracy in
industry with the same relentless force
as it opposed democracy in govern
ments. Lenine personiiicd bolshevism
and he and all his followers pinned
their faith and hope TO the industrial
class which is small minority Of the
Russian population. The Russian work
ing class as q whole Is composed Of
peasants. The industrial proletariat
was minority of that working class
and the Bolshevik represent but
minority of that minority. "Thcy
want to establish, not democracy, but
a dictatorship by small, disciplined,
intelligent and determined minority Of
working men" The Bolsheviki have
no faith in the intellectual and moral
capacity Of the majority. They
neither hope nor intend TO convert the
majority and with its strength make
a revolution. The fact that the Rus
sian people were passive, worn out,
content to wait for constituent
assembly, only makes the Bolshevist
crime appear the greater.
Thus with inexorable logic does Mr..
Spargo expose the futility of that Boil
shevist revolution which many hail as
the dawning Of new era and the
character of that leader who has been
cheered here in Boston as the Messiah
of new dispensation. There is no de-
in his work and seemingly
no prejudice. Plenty of well-intcn-
toned but misguided Americans might
ponder his argument with profit
Boston Herald.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15
SOUND DOCTRINE BY A
NEW ENGLAND SOCIALIST

| Those Boston radicals who burst
into cheers whenever the Bolsheviki
are named would do well TO consider
the conclusions reached after long
investigation in this country and
abroad by that well known and much
respected specialist who dwells under
the shadow Of the Bennington monu-
ment in the southeastern corner of
Vermont and devotes his life to the
study of the social movements of his
time. John Spargo's words have
weight because Of his obvious effort to
be fair and his ability to preserve his
balance when numbers of other think
ers are losing their poise. Who has
more neatly stated some of those fun
damental facts which the hurry-up re-
formers always forget? For example:
notwithstanding the plain lesson Of
history and experience, the reminder
impressed upon every page Of human
ity's record, that between the glow
and the glamour of the vision and its
actual realization stretches a long,
long road, there are many simple
minded souls 10 whom the vision
glimpsed is the goal attained. They
do not distinguish between schemes
on paper and ideals crystallized into
living realities. This type of mind is
far more common than is generally
realized"
Many American Socialists hail the
Bolshevist movement in Russia as the
taken of the coming of the day Of
their dreams. Mr.. Spargo, as able and
intelligent Socialist as the country
possesses, will have none of it. He is
Of the opinion that, "just as the world
of civilized mankind recognized Prus-
sian militarism as its deadly enemy, to
be overcome at all costs, so, too, boil
shevism must be overcome" He de-
clares that obviously there is no
point Of sympathy between the brutal !
and arrogant gospel of force and the
striving of modern democracy for the
peaceful organization Of the world, for
disarmament, league of nations, and
in general the supplanting Of force Of
arms by the force of reason and
He finds "a Prussian
quality in Lenine's democracy" The
Bolshevist leader is brutal, relent-
less, unscrupulous, glorying in might,
which is, for him, the only right"
And that is what characterizes the
whole Bolshevist movement. 1T liz
the infusion into the class life and
struggles of the World of the same
brutality and the same faith that
might is right which made Prlssian
the menace it was TO civil
ization."
II is not easy to compact into a
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15
TELEPHONE RATES INCREASE


Manager Bisaell Explains The Why
and Wherefores Of the New In
crease In Local Telephone Rates
Summer Season Subscribers Mus
| Contract for Seven MonthA
In explanation Of the announced in
crcases in telephone rates, Managcl
Bissell said:
"The reason for the changes il
rates is obvious. The company mus
get increased revenue in order TO meet
increased costs. Practically all Of
these increased costs are represented
by wage increases. The company's
only sources of revenue are the pay
ments made by it's patrons. It asks
them only for such additional revenue
as is necessary to meet existing condi-
tions, and it has endcavored to apply
these increases equitably to all classes
of service.
These changes, ms far AS they
apply in the Manchester exchange,
may be briefly summarized as follows:
Business subscribers arc increased
SOC per month.
Residence subscribers are increas-
ed 25c per month.
Extension sets are increased 25c
per month, both business and resi-
idence.
"At summer resorts where the
equipment required TO give service
during a small part Of the year is
necessarily idle and unproductive for
the rest of the year, subscribers who
get service during any part of the
period between July 1st and Sept. 30th
will be required to contract for MIN
imum period of seven months. "A
moments reflection will show the
reasonableness Of this requirement in
order that a fair return may be earned
on the necessary investment.
"The change in the mileage charge
TO subscribers whose telephones are
located beyond prescribed central
areas simply standardizes our mileage
rates to that of the rest of the coun-
try, and puts it on practically the basis
of some years ago. Mileage computa-
tions will be made on an airline
rather than on a pole-line basis as
was formerly done.
"The telephone organization is
practically the last one to come for
ward and ask for increased revenues
to enable it to meet these increased
costs. We would have had to do so
long ago were it not for the fact that,
in the early days of the war, our
officials advised a policy of economy
and conservation which every en-
ployee of the company has since re-
ligiously followed until the general
feeling was that further effort in this
direction would seriously impair the
service. Therefore, as the government
must meet these increased costs of
operation, it has asked us to obtain
from the service such additional rev.
enue as will enable it to do So"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15
ICE CREAM AND SOFT DRINKS
The Law

Sec. $50. That on and after May l.
1919, there shall be levied, assessed
collected and paid tax Of l cent on
each 10 cents or fraction thereof OF
the amount paid to any person con.
ducting soda fountain, ice-crean
parlor, or other similar place of busi-
ness, for drinks commonly known as
soft drinks, compounded or mixed al
such place of business, or for ice
cream sodas, sundaes or other similar
articles II food or drink, when any Of
the above are sold on or after such
date for consumption in or in proxim-
ty TO such place Of business
Effective date. The tax is upon ice
cream, ice cream sundaes and soft
drinks, and similar articles of food or
drink sold at soda fountains and sim
liar place of business on or after May
i, 1919.
Who is a vendor. For the purpose
of the tax and as used in these regu-
lations, the term "yendor" means an
individual, partnership, association or
corporation engaged in the business Of
selling any Of the articles enumerated
in Section $50 to a purchaser for con-
sumption. Thus, vendor may be a
manufacturer, jobbcr, wholesaler. re-
taller, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver
or peddler.
Rate Of tax. The tax is measured
by the price for which the food or
drink is sold. 1t is on the actual
sales price at the rate of ! cent for.
each 10 cents or fraction thereof Of
the amount paid for any of the articles
mentioned in--section $50. Each sale
for 10 cents or less is taxed at cent
and every sale for over 10 cents is
taxed cent for each 10 cents or frac-
ton thereof Of the price.
The tax is upon the whole Of the
price paid by the purchaser. when
the price is paid at one time in pay
ment for several articles which are the
subject OF a single transaction of pur-
chase and sale, the total price paid is
the unit for computing the tax" Thus,
il the purchaser orders two sodas at
the same time, each sold for Is cents,
the tax is 3 cents and not a cents. If
however, he buys one soda for Is
cents the tax is 2 cents and if he then
purchases another 15-
cent drink the tax is 2 cents on the
second sale, which cannot be treated
as part of the first sale. Any means
by which separate purchasers pool
their order for the purpose of defeat
ing or escaping the tax imposed by
section $50 shall be carefully guarded
against by the vendor, for its employ
nent subjects the purchaser and the
vendor (if he connives in it, to the
penalties provided in section 1908 of
he act.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15
GOOD ADVERTISING

Each year Ramsay Macnaughtan,
who runs pleasant mountain resort
near Mt Equinox In Manchester, gets
out some good stuff about Vermont.
In the line of suggestive advertising
the following from his postcard is
good enough to apply TO all Vermont
hotel advertising:
"Iiave you explored the Isle La
Motto region Of water and landscape,
thence to Newport ON the lake, and on
to hidden Dixville Notch and down the
ever growing Connecticut river? Or
seen Williamstown Gulf, gulf with
out drop of water in many millions
Of years? Or seen the finest marble
quarries (open TO the public) in the
world? Have you thought to drop
postal to the Hon. Secretary Of State,
Montpelier, VT, asking for a set Of
four free profusely illustrated book
lets of Vermont, disclosing regions Of
lakes and beauty, not excelled by Kill
larney or the Trossachs? These four
booklets Of exquisite pictures should
be in every home"
There has been lot Of misdirccted
publicity about Vermont, and a great
deal Of the hotel advertising loses
sight of the fact that, no matter how
fascinating the local surroundings
may be, the tourist wants To know
what lies beyond. Incidentally, too
little attention is drawn to the dill
gent and costly work of the state in
preparing the booklets referred to,
which, if placed in the hands Of the
right people, would inevitably attract
thousands Of pleasure-sojourners and
rest-seekers TO Vermont where hun
dreds now appear.
Incidentally, Macnaughtan says a
true words about our highways--"al-
ways good anywhere in good wealth
err" This, Of course, has nothing to
do with the pressing need Of better
roads Of the all-the-year-round vari-
ETY., but it is fair TO say that, outside
Of the paved and hard-surfaced roads
in other states, Vermont summer
roads are perfectly passable and COM
pare very well with the roads Of any
rural state.
The recent campaign may have Civ
IN the impression to outsiders that all
Vermont roads were vile at all seasons
If the year, and certainly they need
OF Of bctterment, but, for purposes Of
curing and vacations, Vermont is not
,nly one Of the sightliest places in the
,ountry in which to pass the summer;
I is in close touch with the big cities
md easily reached in a short motor
rip.
A very excellent book was gotten
,ut couple Of years ago by Mortimer
s. Proctor and Roderic Olzcndam, CIV
ng lot of wonderfully interesting
about the less well-known
portions of the state, with new view
4 many Of the better advertised local
ties. A book OF ideal tours would be
great thing for the publicity depart
nent Of the state to get out s0ms
ine.
Good advertising Of that sort gets
rood business Rutland Herald.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15
HON. SENECA HAsELToN
Has Graccd Supreme Court Bench for
More Than Quarter OF Century

More iHaH luaittf vi NNHtu'g
The resignation Of Honorable Sen
eca Haselton from the position Of
Associate Justice of our Supreme
Court removes from that tribunal one
Of the brightest stars in the galaxy Of
New England jurists.
He has long been recognized as one
of the greatest general scholars IN
Vermont. II has been his lifelong
habit not only to acquire information,
but to think about it and resolve 1t
into relations with the entire system.
When he became welded To jurispru-
dcnce he sought to reach the bottom
of every proposition. He learned the
law historically and philosophically.
He loved its authors. He studied the
works of the masters and he studied
the masters themselves, their lives,
their faces and their works until they
became his intimate acquaintances
and associates. He cnvisaged our
ancient iurists and made their life and
knowledge a part Of himself. He kept
in the closest touch with modern de-
cisions and stood for an equitable APP
plication OF the whole TO the cases in
hand.
Judge Haselton was unique in his
modcsty, but he never wayered or
suffered in his views of the law.
While his views were expressed with
great niodesty. he stood on them as
firmly as Mount Mansfield stands upon
its base. Perhaps his attachment TO
the old mountain grew in part from
the fact tha, il is named for the jurist
whom he most Of all admired
He is a gentleman under all circunl-
stances and conditions and this quality
Of being did not forsake him on the
bench. While he stood by his views
as stated, Ne expressed them in so con-
siderate manner as never TO give
ofFensc. In Judicial work he was a
profound believer and exemplar Of
what Is known as the higher law
Perhaps he never used this expression
and II may be even that he would con-
denim the use Of ii b,s another, but
while he was a profound believer in
the law and It's righteous enforcement,
he had sense Of justice SO strong as
TO enable him 10 meet and explain all
the technicalities Of the law that stood
in the way OF working out his views Of
justice. and when II was necessary to
use these tcchnicalities for the same
purpose, he had them at his fingers
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15

NJ Event PssnlS<d II white Rsvss
Junxttso S<ps. ., 10. II sa1 u

NJ Event peomIs~d sf white Rsv~s
Junetiss S<ps. ., 10. II sa6 u
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday aad
vsidAy. September >. 10, ~. and II
1Aesr are the dates for holding of the
Vermont State Fair at White River
Junction. when an event Ia promised
tAas viii eclipse al previous sen1a
fAirs Ia Vermont. according - ~
Hssss Fair Commission. whs hnse -
are devcsing much time and thsaghl
" she making Of fair planned q
interest every visitor,
Several meetings Of the executive
committee have been held At the once
a the secretary at White River JUNG
tSon the past few weeks. The war and
the desire to save every possible dol
iar TO win the war was the reason for
not holding the state fair the past two
years Now that the war has been
won for freedom and democracy the
State Fair Commission is ambitious to
make the fair this year the greatest in
every possible way.
Secretary Fred l.. Davis is planning
for the bcst cattle exhibit ever seen
upon the grounds. Il want TO see the
finest cattle exhibit ever made in the
New England States" said Mr. Davis
at one OF the recent meetings OF the
committee. II want to see Vermont
rers represented in greater numbers
than heretofore Vermont has come
forward for the past few years in
cattle raising and in building herds Of
the finest stock. The premiums to be
offered BY the State Fair Commission
are OF such liberal character every
owner Of hlooded stock in Vermont,
New Hampshire, New York and in
fact In every eastern state should be
attracted by them, and ! am sure that
the most Of them will be. But ! per-
sonally would like to see Vermont
make better showing than she has
heretofore. There are many Vermont
crs who have never exhibited. Yet,
there is no reason why they should
not. IL information is desired about
the rules and conditions governing
exhibits l viii be pleased to furnish It
TO any one ON request, and, further, to
aid in any other way possible to bring
Vermont to the front as state Of
high grade cattle breeding"
Trotting events will be speciality
Of the four days, with liberal purses.
Judge Hamilton T. Baldwin Of Wells
River, will act as superintendent Of
this department. There will be on
each day $1,000 purse, besides sew
eral purses Of lesser amounts.
Special attention win be given to
free amusemcnts this year. Already
several leading fair attractions have
been booked. Occupants Of the grand
stands are sure to be well paid for
their visit to the fair this year. Com
missioner George Il. Mann Of Quechee
is in charge Of amusements.
The Morgan horse exhibit, always a
big feature Of this fair, will excel
former demonstrations of the kind
Morgan horse breeders in many sec
tions Of the country are this carly get
ting their Morgans in shape for the
event
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15

William NJ. Mahar, representative
from Fair Haven in the 1919 Legis-
la;ure, died at his home Friday, aged
80 years. He was a member of the
Mahar Bros. Slate Co. He was born
in Poultney, but had been in business
in Fair Haven IL years. He is sur
vived by his wife. He was a member
of the Elks fraternity.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-15

y German prisoners Of war arc TO be
rcpatriatcd. but the allies will hold
German officers as hostages for Ger
mans accused Of crimes.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
WAS ROUGHLY HANDLED

Whle we do not place much cred
ence in the story the news reached the
Echo this week that a G. N. track
walker stationed near the Chumstick
bridge anne upon traveller while on
his beat Tuesday night that was in a
sorry p ight. According to the track
walker the fellow was without shoes
or stockings and his arms were Sc
curely tied to his body with heavy
wire. The man said he had come from
Leavenworth where he had been
roughly handled by a bunch who ac-
cused him of being a spotter, and af-
ter being tied up and his shoes and
stocking I ken from him was told to
get out of town. After being re-
leased by the track walker he con-
tinued on his way, easterly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
CITY COUNCIL MEETS

The city council met Tuesday eve
ming for the first time in two months
and disposed of big lot of accumu-
lated business.
The resignation of Mrs. Horey as
councilman was read and VIM. Payne
appointed to fill the vacancy.
A bill of $40 from Chas. Wallace
for street sprinkling was read and
laid over for another meeting. 1t is
the contention of the council that the
property owners on the streets ben
Gifted should pay for the sprinkling.
A resolution providing for the pur.
chase of a pest house, printed elese-
where in the Echo, was introduced by
Councilman Beamish Three new or
dinances were also passed which ap-
pear in this issue of the Echo.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
GOVERNOR SAYS PLUMB PLAN
is "NEITHER SANE NOR FAIR

Governor John j. Cornwell an
swered a communication from the
federation of railway employees OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio system, crit
icizing his opposition to the Plumb
Plan of government ownership of rail
roads. The governor characterizes
the plan as neither san nor fair"
Governor Cornwell averred that
should the public buy the roads and
give them to the railroad men to man
age, all other workers of public util-
tiles would demand the same thing
Even the miners and farm laborers,
he said would demand similar man.
agement for the mines and the farms.
"Then we have" he said, mot social
ism, but chaos. They are trying to
run things that way in Russia and we
all know the result"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
LUMBER co.
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Loss S1O0, 600, Partly Covered by In
surance-Will Start TO Rebuild
At an Early Date

A fire which broke out in the
boiler room of the Peshastin Lumber
Co. on Wednesday evening completely
destroyed the saw mill, box factory
dry kiln, garage and other outbuild-
ings. The loss is estimated at $780,
900, and while the amount of insur-
ance carried was not given out the
plant is believed to have been fairly
well covered.
The fire was discovered about five
o'clock in the afternoon but had
gained such headway that it quickly
enveloped the whole mill, and in less
than thirty minutes the plant was q
smoldering mass of embers.
Mr.. j. C. Biles, the general man.
ager, states that the mill will be re-
built, and that the work will com.
mence just as soon as the insurance
adjustment has been made. 1t is
hoped to have the new plant again
in operation inside of thirty or forty
days.
Between two and three hundred
men are employed by the Peshastir
Lumber Co., who will temporarily be
thrown out of employment.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
ANOTHER CAMPER LEAVES FIRE

Forest Ranger Frank B. Lenzie
found a fire burning along Mason
Creek some days ago and no campers
in sight, though an automobile was
parked nearby. He learned that the
car belonged to R. B. Cain and made
complaint against the owner for leav-
ing a fire in the National Forests.
Mr.. Cain stated in Justice Porter's
court that he had gone to the creek
to fish and had not left the fire or
the camp. However Justice Porter
fined him $1,000 as it was shown to
be technical violation Of the law to
even leave a fire burning for few
minutes at time.-Wen. World.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
DISEASE MORE DEADLY THAN
WAR

The Washington State Health de
partment will, in conjunction with the
United States Public health Service,
expend $4,000 in this state during
the coming year as part of the ma
ton wide fight now being conducted
against venereal diseases. Mark Sui
livan in Golfers Weekly of recent
date says:
"The great burden of the white race
today is war on tuberculosis and We
nereal disease.
"The malevolent characteristic of
venereal disease is that it poisons the
stream of human life; it attacks the
fountain; it pollutes the seed. Other
diseases, notably tuberculosis, have a
certain hereditary tendency, but this
is a wholly different matter from the
| fundamental and essential malignity
of venereal disease that aims straight
at the races power to perpetuate it
self, to reproduce and grow. 1t
is responsible for more than fifty
per cent of the races incapacity to
have children"
"These diseases have proved more
destructive to the world since. August
1914 than all the artillery, rifles, hand
grenades and fire blasts. *"-Dr
Charles w. Elliott.
eff we can exterminate this form
of disease, or exterminate it approx
imately; check it to the degree yellow
fever has been checked, then in do
ing so we shall have suppressed some
thing which, through a generation, is
quite as destructive to the human race
as even this war was; we shall have
accomplished as much for the race as
we would by the permanent abolition
of war. And it is exactly that hopeful
and beneficent thing that is going to
be accomplished as a result of the war.
T commend a study of what is be-
ing done in fighting venereal disease.
1t is direct result of the war; it is
forced on us by the war; we should
not have come to it but for the war;
and without any doubt whatever, of
such beneficient results as the war
has had, that cap be measured with
physical definiteness, this fight on
venereal disease that is now being
carried on by the United States Pub
lie Health Service is by far the most
| important"