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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Why Aren't People Eating Beef?

The define in the price of beef cattle
is matter that is disturbing the men
who are concerned in this important in
dustry. Since the high point early this
year, prices are off from four to seven or
eight cents a pound. Compared with
corn and wheat, the price of beef has
shown a disproportionate decline. Beef is
approximately rs per cent above pre-
war prices, while the cereals have shown
an advance of 200 per cent and more.
1t is interesting to note that pork has
not suffered a similar decline. One OBJ
yious reason is that the tremendous
scarcity of fats in Europe shows itself
in the continued demand for pork prod
ucts for foreign markets, while the ex-
ports of beef have fallen off May, 1919,
for instance, showed exports of only "a
100000 pounds of beef against $4,000
900 pounds in May, 1915 How much of
last years exports was for army con-
sumption the figures do not disclose. In
any event, the men out of service do
not eat as much beef as men in outdoor
army life. Three million soldiers will
consume much more meat than the same
number of men out of uniform.
There is disposition to attribute the
reduced consumption of beef to some
extent to the habits formed during war
time. The meatless days are thought to
have shown large numbers of persons
that they can get on without meat.
Possibly this is true. II it is, the con
dition is likely to be only temporary,
As life becomes normal people more and
more 60 back to their old ways of living.
The gasolineless Sunday was tolerated
in the East as patriotic necessity. But
people resumed motoring when they had
the chance. Beefsteak and roast beef
are too delicious as foods to become OBJ
solete
The Children Of 0srael, so the scrip
lures say, longed for the fieshpots Of
Egypt. II was human Of them. So the
American people, when they discover
the reasonableness of the price of beef as
compared with other foods, are likely to
turn to it again.-Kansas City Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

as they could, with the aid of their
French and Italian allies, the British
were merely staving off defeat until the
American army arrived. The history of
the war shows that the allies were being
severely beaten up TO the time Of the ar
rival OF the great bulk Of the American
fighting forces in the summer of 1918, so
it cannot be said thatit was the British
army that won the war. We should say
that il was the entire allied forces, null
tiplied and rejuvenated in spirit by the
arrival of the Americans, that won the
war under the able direction Of Field
Marshal Foch The United States does
not claim to have won the war but it
does claim to have turned the scales of
defeat toward victory, to have furnished
the extra weight needed to balance the
tremendous fighting power of the Ger
man army. All the allied nations, and,
of course, their leading men, should get
out of the habit of mind which leads
them to believe that their own nation
won the war. 1t is uncertain ground on
which to stand, to say the least
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

war, the bar to general world business,
is concernedi Turn TO article 440 of the
treaty and we find the answer:
"A first proces-verbal of the deposit
of notifications will be drawn up as soon
as the treaty has been ratified by Ger
many on the one hand and by three of
the principal allied and associated pow
ers on the other hand.
''From the date of this first process
verbal the treaty will come into force
between the high contracting parties
who have ratified it. For the determi-
nation of all periods of time provided
for in the present treaty this date will
be the date of the coming into force of
the treaty"
And, therefore, that will be the date,
as the preamble provides, when the
state of war will terminate"
But" we shall hear from the gentle
men who would prefer to see America
cut off from the worlds business rather
than to see Mr.. Wilson's interviewer
covenant scissored, "the treaty will not
be in force except between the high con
tracing parties who have ratified it, F"
That, however, is not the question The
date of the termination of the war is
the matter at issue
If Germany on the one hand and Great
Britain, France and Italy on the other
hand should ratify the treaty to-mor-
row. is it thinkable that trade between
the United States and the defeated ma
tions could be cut off until the Senate
assented to the treaty?
When the state of war is terminated
and the European allies which have rati.
fed the treaty send their ships to Ger
man ports, who in Europe is going to
prevent the ships of America from going
there also New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

Brand Whitlock, just appointed am
bassador from the United States to
Italy, goes to a post which is likely to
assume considerable Importance over
and above that which it formerly held
because of the fact that there are some
delicate matters between the two nations
to adjust. WhitIock's experience as
minister to Belgium prior to and during
the war is calculated to fit him well for
the position at Rome. The American
people will generally acknowledge that
good selection was made by President
Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

opposition for the Republican senatorial
nomination, and he will in all probabili-
ty win the election against any man the
Democrats may name, There is no 9th
er Republican in New York who stands
out so conspicuously as Senator Wads-
worth.
1T will be interesting to figure on the
men who may receive the votes of the
New York delegation in the next Re
publican national convention. Senator
Harding of Ohio has friends in the Re-
publican organization of New York
so has Governor Lowden, while General
Leonard Wood if his boom continues
may command number of votes. At
this time it appears as if the New York
delegation in the next Republican ma
tonal convention may be divided into
several groups, each supporting can
didate from another state. Washing
ton Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
When the War viii End.

Senator Knox tears apart one OF the
pet scarecrows of the league advocates
when he points out the absurdity OF
their contention that trade with the
people Of Germany cannot be resumed
by the people of the United States until
the Senate has ratified the treaty.
When does the war end is a question
that is answered in the treaty itself. II
is provided in the preamble as follows:
From the coming into force of the
present treaty the state of war will ter
inmate"
And when does the treaty come into
force-not so far as any one nation is
concerned, not so far as the fate of the
league covenant is concerned, but so
far as the termination of the state of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

AT least one town in Vermont is show
ing signs of recovering from the building
stsgnation incident to the war, and that
is Bennington, where II new houses are
in course of construction, with prospects
of more buildings being started within a
short time Most Of the cities and towns
of Vermont have not yet reached that
stage Of recovery from the effects of the
war wherein all the houses already erect
ed are in occupancy, but in nearly all of
them there is some decrease In the sur
plus OF houses, Bennington has been en-
joying an industrial growth for several
years and has been short Of housing ac-
commodations for some time Its prog
ress is pleasing to the remainder of the
state,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

If dirigibles should come into general
use it would be necessary to maintain
an army of million OF more men TO
hold the things down between trips:
That necessity seems to be one of the
drawbacks to the commercial develop
ment of the dirigible
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Lincoln's and Johnson's Methods Com,
pared.

One Of the qualities which made Abra-
ham Lincoln great, and in which he
differed from Hiram johnson, was the
possession of calm judgment which,
linked with an acute conscience, en-
abled him to state clearly and aecur-
ately the case of his opponent. Having
so stated it, his own argument in re-
joinder better stood the test of analy-
sis and was of more lasting effectiveness
There is nothing easier than fora clever
speaker, and no one who heard him last
night will deny Senator Johnson's clever
ness, to so state his opponents case,
without Lincoln's regard for fairness and
for facts, that for the moment it may
be made to seem as defenseess as a man
of straw But it is not such adroit
stage-play by which, in the long run,
conviction is carried to the hearts of the
American people.-Springfeld Republi-
can.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

yermont's first electrocution as an ex-
piation for murder is said TO have passed
off successfully which, being inter
preted means that the condemned man
went to his death under arrangements
that were carried out according to the
expectations Of the prison authorities at
Windsor Thank heaven that some OF
the untoward incidents that accompanied
hangings in Vermont were not enacted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

Those following spots on Barre's vic
tory arch ought to be touched up with
white if the arch is TO remain standing
throughout the summer. 1t does not
look well for the blotches of yellow to
remain against the white background of
the arch
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

The most pressing question of all Sen
ator johnson of California failed to talk
about while speaking through New Eng.
land last week. That question was
whether he is to be candidate for the
Republican nomination for president
The majority Of the people were more in
terested in sizing him up as presiden-
tial possibility than they were in hearing
him denounce the league of nations; and
the more curious hoped to get some ink
ling from the distinguished visitor as to
his intentions in 1920 But there was
dense silence from Johnson regarding the
matter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

II American troops were to stay on
the Rhine until Germany makes good
her financial obligation to the allies it
would be long, tedious time for the
American troops. 1t is to be hoped, and
expected, that the boys will not be forced
TO stay there as dong as that.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

New York realized just how defense,
less it would have been had the R.34
been equipped with bombs and sent out
for warlike purposes. A little stretch
of the Imagination would have told New
Workers some of the terrors through
which the people OF London passed dur.
ing the stages of the war when the Yep.
pelins were at the height of their might.
The Germans sent their airships over
London and performed just about as
they wished, with only now and then a
successful defense set up by the British.
In similar attack, New York with its
skyscrsping buildings would have been
peculiarly liable to damage and loss of
life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
CURRENT COMMENT
Clement Believes in Young Blood.

Governor Clement is obviously be-
lever in young blood, having appointed
during his term tax commissioner who
is 20 years of age, bank commissioner
who is 81, a superior court Judge who is
81, purchasing agent who is 80, and
commissioner of industries who is a.
Montpelier Argus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

Field Marshal Haig of the British
army is scarcely accurate in declaring
that il was the British army that won
the war Due credit must be given the
British army for magnificent fighting;
but the fact remains that fight as hard
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Climbers.

"The Notmuch family are great aspir
ants for social honors, are they notY'
Il should say so. Why, they're such
climbers that they have even named
their youngest daughter Ivy,"-Boston
Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

President Wilson shows degree of in,
dependence by vetoing the agricultural
appropriation bill because of the rider
repeating the daylight saving law. The
daylight saving law was disapproved of
by the farming interests Of the country
and it was recently condemned by the
American Federation Of Labor represent
ing the workers in the factories of the
United States. Yet President Wilson is
SO convinced of the benefits to be derived
from the added hour of daylight that he
was prepared to oppose these interests in
this matter In that opposition he can
not be accused of playing politics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Entirely Conditional

He-So you wouldn't marry the best
man living
She-Well, not unless | was sure it
would make better man of him.-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Might Have Expected II

young Gotrox complains that his
wife has commenced to kick over the
traces already"
''Humph That's what comes of mar
rying skirt dancer" - Boston Tran
script
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
A Famous Japanese Scholar.

Baron Mishima, who recently died at
age of 90, was one of the most famous
scholars in the Chinese classics in ia
pan, He was a pupil Of Yamada Hoko-
ku He studied law and after service as
judge, became a professor of the I'm
perial university. He was lecturer to
the present emperor when his majesty
was the crown prince. The baron es-
tablished school of his own for the
study of the classics, called the Misho
Gakusha, and more than 6,000 students
have been enrolled. Among his students
were the late General Fukushima, Baron
Sakamoto, and many other men Of dis
tinction. the East and West
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Conscientious

Shopper-Do these goods shrink?
Clerk-Not so much as | would from
telling you they didn't madam, if they
did.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

Two weeks of the "drouth" have gone
by and there are no clouds on the horizon
in Washington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
An Odd Stick

Blank is a most peculiar man,
A most eccentric soul,
In all this hot spell he began
To buy his winters coal.
Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Gratitude.

Here, poor man, is a penny for YOU !"
"Thank you, mum; I'll always number
you among my closest friends. Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Constant Reminder.

Husband-Now don't forget me, dear.
Wife (off for Narragansettl As If |
could, Jack, The surf at night sounds
just like you snoring Boston Tran.
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14

In dull time for news Harry K. Thaw
steps into the limelight again, but only
for a brief introduction, it is to be hoped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Even Up the Load.

The minimum wage commission of
Massachusetts has Professionally APP
proved the recommendation of the wage
board established to determine minimum
rates of wages for women employed in
the candy industry Of this common
wealth. There Is to be a public hearing
July 10 at Boston. The recommendation
is that for women who have been en-
ployed at least o. weeks within a period
of not less than rs weeks shall be paid
no less than $3.50 week All others
not less than So week That is part
of the Massachusetts, process of showing
the world that men and women have ar
rived at the period in history when the
work of one is as well worth paying for
as the other. Another part OF the exhib
it is that all men employed in the build
ing trades shall not be paid less than 20
cents an hour, which at eight hours a
day means 1880 week The minimum
is one OF those mysterious things de-
signed to fool the uninitiated, Candy
at retail pays a profit Of 300 per cent
or more Houses and other structures
built by men working for more than 1893
week sell at retail for less than 10
per cent above their cost, But the candy
makers must work for about third of
what the carpenters and others must be
paid Even up the load for all the peo-
ple.- Worcester, Mass, Telegram
No Favorite New York Son.
1T is altogether probable that New
York, the empire state in politics, as it
is in everything else almost, will not
have favorite son in the next Repubi.
can national convention observed Ed
ward f. Thompson, well-known poIiti,
elan of Manhattan Senator Wads.
worth is TO be a candidate for reelection
to the Senate. If his friends have had
presidential aspirations for him, he has
not shared their hopes, understand, yet
had Senator Wadsworth not taken the
decided stand against woman suffrage
and prohibition he would undoubtedly
be among the foremost possibilities at
this time. The senator has not lacked
in courage and he has not played poll
tees in the Senate Among men who
keep in close touch with politics and the
trend of sentiment it is believed that
Senator Wadsworth will have have no
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
But MOI So the Aeronaut.

The paradoxical thing about the aero.
plane is that it is not much good unless
it is used un.-Roston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-14
Oh, Mani

A man will oft bewail the shams
That flourish meath the sun.
Sweetly oblivious to the fact
That he himself is one.
Boston Transcript.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-14
OFFICERS INSTALLED AT
MEETING OF REBEKAHS

District deputy grand president.
Miss Fannie Pickles. installed the
following officers Of Western Re
bekah lodge 19I, T. o. O. F.. at the
regular meeting OF the lodge Thurs
day night; Mrs BERTHE Saner. y c.:
Mrs Ida Polvador, L. c.: Mrs Flor
ence NuttinE. r. secretary: Miss Maud
Shaw. f secretary: Airs. Josephine
Forbes. treasurer: Miss Lois Bonny,
conductor; Mrs. 5. Eel. conductor;
Mrs A J. Borcherdins, r. 5. y. c.:
Miss Fannie Pickles. /. s. y. G.; Mrs.
Mary Van Eaton. L. s y c.; Mrs. Ella
Fraser L S v c.; Mrs. Josephine
Forbes, representative TO the Re
bekah assembly
FL Paso lodge eS4 viii confer the
second degree Monday night The
committee having fin charge the i'm
provement OF the odd Fellows Gene
terry at Concordia were authorized TO
let the contract for the construction
Of a stone fence in front Of the prop
erty- Work viii commence as soon
as the county commissioners open
Stevens street and establish the prop
erty line.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-14
MAN AND WIFE DIE IN
TRAGEDY AT SANTA FE

Santa Fe, n. ". March 14-Lvfnr
IN pools Of blood. the bodies OF lose
g Montoya and his former wife. Anita
p Montoya were found last nirht at
me home Of the latter by a neigh
Dor. who heard the shots that ended
their lives but a moment before A
80 caltber revolver with three empty
cartridges lay between the two bodies.
\ coroner's jury returned a verdict
mat the woman had been killed by
the man. and that the latter then
committed suicide
The man had married a second time
only on last Monday, his bride being
a Santa Fe girl.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-14
FORM LIST Of
DRAFT EVADERS
Dodgers Should VoIun-
tarily Surrender, Avoid
ING Arrest. Saws Order.

list OF draft evaders who stand
charged with desertion is being CON-
piled for publication from the draft
records by the adjutant general Of
the army, in collaboration with the
provost marshal general. according to
a circular received at district milf
tary headquarters. Deserters whose
cases have been disposed Of will not
be included in the list
Until the lists are published the
usual efforts toward apprehending
and Furnishing draft deserters viii be
made
The order Of the president Of No
vember II. 1913, directing the suspen-
sion of mobilization and induction un-
der the selectiVe service law did not
operate 10 relieve from the cOnse-
Quences Of his acts any registrant
who had become a delinquent or de-
serter. the circular states. All de-
partment commanders, camp COM
nanders and other authorities COM
petent to receive deserters are in
structed that they shall accept all
draft deserters who may be delivered
10 them In accordance with army reg
ulations-
To avoid the humiliation OF arrest
by qualified officials, and removal to
a camp, post or station under arrest,
The circular recitess men charged with
DRAFT desertion should voluntarily
surrender at the nearest camp, post
or station. Commanding officers may
use their own discretion as to whether
draft deserters voluntarily surrender
ing should be placed in confinement
or merely retained within the limits
OF the camp, post or station until their
status has been determined.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-14
Berlin MO7,gHeS
Inadequate For
Bodies OfDead
Victims OF Latest Disorder
Numerous; Rebels Hold
Part OF Suburb.

Copenhagen, Denmark, March IL
The victims Of the latest Spartacan
disturbance in Berlin. according to
the Berlin Zeitung Am Alittag, are
so numerous that It is difficult to
find accommodation for the bodies in
morgues. The paper reports that
there are 1856 bodies in the morgue in
Hanoverstrasse OF which - have
not been identified. and almost as
many in the garrison hospital. while
there are rs bodies at the Friedrich
shafen hospital. in eastern Berlin
There are 80 dead at the urban hos
piLal in southeastern Berlin.
Sparfacans Resist StubbOrnIy.
London. Eng. March 14.-Sparta-
can forces still retain part Of the Ber-
lin suburb Of Lichtenberg and are
stubbornly resisting the government
forces, an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen says Fight
ing is continuing in Lichtenberg and
also in the Karlshorst
Numerous persons have been killed
and buildings destroyed by bombs
The dispatch says that only a few
from Berlin and that these ore de-
layed.
Is SummarfIy Executed.
Berlin, Germany. March 14-(By
the Associated Press) Wenty-four
members of the defunct peoples ma
rine division were summarily exc
cuted yesterday as the result of their
attempt TO make an armed attack on
government troops in the building in
q downtown section Of Berlin, where
the offices of the divisions paymas-
ter were located In addition. $50
mem bers Of the former marine divis-
ion were imprisoned to await the
action Of a military court
The paymaster's quarters were
found stocked with munitions. dunn
DUN cartridges, machine guns that
hand grenades. The funds in the
treasury were seized.