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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

make cooperative activities possible; de-
termine how the soil, climate and market
facilities of these areas could be best
utilized; fix the size of farms needed to
give employment and comfortable liv-
ing for families; determine the kind of
agriculture which would maintain soil
fertility and the form of tenure which
would lessen speculation in and non-resi-
dent ownership Of land. OF course
"these planners would realize at the out
set that the success of these settlers would
depend on getting the farms fully devcl-
oped in the shortest possible time; that the
careless cultivation Of the pioneers, deal
ing with land that cost little, is no longer
possible, and that facilities to market to
advantage the crops grown must be pro-
vded The social side Of farm life would
have attention. There would be commu-
nifty centre with a baseball field for the
farmers sons A vocational school, a social
hall, cooperative organizations for stock
breeding and buying and selling would
make these communities entirely unlike the
individualistic settlements of the past"
If, the writer urges, only one rural
community could be created in each state
under the direction of the state agricult-
ural colleges, or, better, by the state CO.
operating with the Federal authorities,
it would start movement for the inn
provement of our marketing methods
and facilities which is sorely needed.
MIR. Mead is enthusiastic about Secre-
tary Lanes plan. The policy, he says,
If adopted.
will both add new productive areas and
help to end our crude and destructive
methods of cultivation. 1t will start this
nation on a new and better kind of rural
progress whose effect will be felt for manv
decades to come"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

An American AID. in Chinese paper

who can afford to buy anything they con-
slider necessary to their comfort, as we'll as
many of the luxurcs of life"
Billboards, one is told, are extern
sively used in China for advertising
purposes, and there are also conces-
sions for advertising at the railway sta
tions, controlled by an English agency
at Tientsin and a French agency at
Shanghai. Monthly and weekly peri
odicals supplement the daily newspa-
pers as All effective means of reaching
certain classes of readers. The mails
offer special facilities for advertising.
since it is possible to arrange with the
Postoffice Department for the delivery
of a circular or other light advertising
matter with each letter. This plan has
in some cases produced surprising re-
suits at relatively low cost to the adver-
tiser, explains "The Review of Reviews
To quote the Commissioner again:
There are several very large and we'll
classified mailing lists owned by foreign
firms, but only one of these is available to
the general advertiser. This has approx
mately 100000 names classified by districts
or by occupation, and there is one particu-
larly fine list that covers considerable
part of the dealers in drugs in China.
"The use of calendars is one of the most
favored forms of advertising in China, as
tho calendar is a most important thing in
the life of every Chinese. He regulates his
life by the sun, moon and stars and rovar
enters upon an important negotiation or
Journey without careful consideration of
omens and signs. Most advertisers issue
calendar, and some who never advertise in
any other way put out the most elaborate
designs. They are highly treasured by the
recipients and regular trade in them is
maintained. When the calendars are issued
there is general rush for them by mer-
chants, clerks, and coolies, who turn them
over to the dealers for consideration; but
as rule there is only n half-hearted at
tempt on the part OF business houses to get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

more than that 1t represents certain prin-
clples of political liberty conceived by few
daring minds century and a half ago, tried
ana found valuable by emigrating peoples
from all the countries of Europe, proclaimed
now as the hope of the world-principles
they came to this country to support princi-
pies Tor which they we're willing to fight in
th's last OF wars. Every day, at sunset, each
one IN his heart has renewed his devotion
ana MS sacrifice: the many in the common
cause were united with a single idea and
single mission That mission was the mis-
sion OF the cosmopolitan American people
mirrored in the cosmopolitan Amefican army
--Elbridgc Colby in The BeUnan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

we can make farm homes for returning SOL
ders and sailors. This will not be enough
TO guarantee against great labor discon-
tent, but it will show how some who are
willing to work may find both work and
homes without being the subjects Of
bounty"
In the same issue of the magazine
there is an article on Farm Settlements,
by Elwood Mead, chairman of the Cali
fornia Land Settlement Board. He OBJ
serves:
"a planned rural development is needed
to meet the conditions of the twentieth
century. These are entirely different from
those which confronted the pioneers who
opened their way through the wilderness
with wagon, axe, and gun, or who pushed
further west across the trackless prairie
whore in the arid and sem-arid sections
pitless nature bedcviled them with heat
and cold and insect pests. The struggle
to survive made them hardy and self-reli-
ant, but left them neither time nor oppor-
tunty to study problems affecting the gen.
eral welfare. Free or cheap land made
them hopeful, confident and independent
but they did not realize that the govern
ment could be made useful, helpful agency
to lessen the hardship and risk of their
struggle, nor that they were laying the
foundations of civilization to last for un-
numbered generations.
'Now the free land is gone. To buy and
equip a farm is a costly undertaking. The
percentage of our population which at
tempts it is rapidly decreasing. Yet every
year thousands of young men, who lack
capital but love farm life, reach the age
when they ought to marry and settle down
to their life work. Something is needed to
give them the opportunity formerly afford
ed by free or cheap land, and the best way
to create that opportunity is for the gov
eminent to give financial aid and expert
direction to rural development"
Experts, he says, should be employed
at once to select areas large enough to
create a definite community life and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
lit Pays to Advertise
in China

NOME interesting and enlightening
information on the subject Of
. Chinese publications and adver-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

about 5000 copies daily While these cir
culations appear small from the stand
point of American journalism, they are IN
truth much larger through the Chinese
custom of never destroying a paper, but
selling 1t again and again after it has been
read. Thus, one paper may dc service for
many readers, and really does not cease
being read until ii is worn out. In addition
to the daily newspapers, magazines are
also beginning to spring up, and there are
at least half dozen in Shanghai that have
clrculations in excess of 5000 monthly.
There Is only oae magazine in China de-
voted to the interests of women, and it has
a special interest for Americans in thai
1T IS duplication of the Ladies Home
Journal of Philadelphia"
Here the writer dwells little longer
than does Mr.. Fowler in his article on
the pitfalls which lie in the path of the
advertising American manufacturer:
"The translation of the English copy into
correct Chinese is task of the highest IN
portance and should not be trusted to one
idioms in all their shades of meaning. Only
too often names of firms and brands ore
selected by unimaginative translators 70
reproduce the sound of the foreign name ~
Chinese as nearly as possible, regardless
of its meaning to the Chinese. An adve''
Using trade character or trade mark en-
tirely suited TO use in America may crea''
an entirely wrong impression in Ch'ns-
The Victor monograph people used the',
familiar Victor Dog His Masters Voee
trade mark in China for several years os'
fore discovering that the Chinese had tns
impression that the machine advertised was
of low class and anybody who purchases
one was in the same class with dogs =
Is needless to state that the dog is =.
spised animal in China. Had the Isas
mark contained the picture Of bird
would have carried weight. Pract'ea'v
every Chinese home has from enc %
dozen pet birds. They may also have ass'
but It is usually NANCY beast thar ~
in the aloywAy." Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

There is large class of buvers =
these calendars into proper hand. "'aa
best an advertiser can wish for is tb.. :, 10
advertisement will be bought and ns;a = us
In the Chinese cities you will see a;s., .V''
of dealers in calendars on walls .ns ray
leys where the dealers do a good h,... Of
at profitable prices. s@
In 1.-THE Arkansas Gazette apnc..
the following interesting information.
There was recently celebrated 4, q,
hal the forty-ffth anniversary 80 ,sq
Shun Pao,' said to be the oldest s,h,.
newspaper. The main feature of tho .ns,
versary celebration was the dcdcat,o, -
new building or home for the paner -,
is said to be the largest and most co,nr,..
newspaper Office in the Orient Thu -.
building cost about $4,000 in Ina,
States currency, was designed by an An,..'
can architect, and constructed throurhon.
on modern American lines for ncwspso,,
publishing purposes. The Shun p..,
which easily ranks as the leading ncwsc,n..
in China, has a circulation of approx;ms,,,.
10000 copies daily. The daily editions sv.r
age sixteen pages, and about 100 emplov,.
are required to produce them, saws ] y
Powell, writing in The New York Comm.r
cial' Mr.. Powell is editor of "Millard's p,
view,' Shanghai, and secretary of the Amer.
lean Chamber of Commerce of China.
"This publication gives some idea n,
the status Of the publishing business and
advertising possibilities in the Republi,
of China. The press of China compares
favorably with the press Of America in
the period of reconstruction following tia
Civil War. There are about 400 news.
papers in continuous publication in China
The circulation of these papers average.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

COME interesting and enlightening
information on the subject of
~ Chinese publications and adver-
Using methods has recently been
published. According to Trade Com
missioner John A. Fowler in Commerce
Reports" (Washington>, "the popula-
ton of China is variously estimated
at from 325,0O0,0OO to 4O0,000,0o0
and competent observers have esti-
mated the literacy of the Chinese
people to be around 10 per cent.
At a glance one is inclined to con-
clude that there is large percentage
of these 400,0OO,O00 who cannot be
reached through the printed message"
To show, however, that this is not the
case, Commissioner Fowler goes on to
say:
China has been, and still is, an unex-
plotted field in many lines Of merchandise
ing, and trade has followed the lines of
least resistance. The most spectacular adj
vertsing campaigns have been made to the
masses, and the success of the campaigns
for introducing kerosene, cigarettes and
the patent medicine jim Tan are striking
illustrations of the efficacy of advertising
of this class. In the first case, the selling
campaign was connected with a real need
in the second, it was an appeal to habit,
and in the third to the longing of the phys
icaly unfit for health.
con the other hand, these successes must
not lead to the conclusion that there is no
sale in China for higher priced articles.
The popular opinion in America seems to
be that China is a country of slow, patient
and industrious but always poor people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

nOWN the tall staff something comes
- slowly, slowly, almost reverently,
something frayed by the wind, faded by the
sun, stained by the rain, something that
shows stripes and stars of scarlet and white
and a field of blue. All the regiment stands
so quiet one would almost believe them
carven images hewn out Of brown oak. set
up there to do reverence to an unknown god.
There is no movement, no sound save the
solemn inspiring crash Of the national hymn.
AS the last note peals through the mir
the flag falls into the waiting arms of two
soldiers, whoiarc careful not to let it touch
The ground. The echo Of the music strays
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

alton those things which we did during the
WAR, it is proper that we should give
ourselves concern as to those things in
which we found ourselves delinquent. Our
roads were poor; they broke to pieces un-
der the strain of heavy motor traffic. Our
rivers were clogged; they had been aban-
doned for so many years that there were no
boats available to relieve the traffic of con-
gested railroads. Why not now make good
roads and clear rivers? Falling water we
had which could be converted into power,
but capital had feared to develop these
hydro-electric opportunities because of
short-sighted laws
I'VE became alarmed in the midst of the
war lest our oil supply should fall short,
and gasiess Sundays resulted. Yet we have
seven million acres of unexplored oil lands
withdrawn from public entry Why not re-
lease these opportunities? The world was
crying aloud for bread, and we suddenly
realized that the farm population of the
United States was gradually declining in
proportion to the city population; that
now less than so per cent of our people are
on the land All these things point toward
work that should be done. The difficulty
now Is that private capital is trying to find
INTO what safe channels it can be led, while
public credit is embarrassed by the large
war calls that have been made upon it.
once confidence has come back we shall
carry on, and this is the time that tests tho
thoroughbred
NY suggestion IS to the solution of our
immediate problem Is plan for putting
soldiers upon farms. This proposed as an
expression of gratitude to the soldier. as q
means Of retaining great bodies Of our IN
uSea lands. and as an opportunity to DEM
0"ssralc that farm life can be made not
only profitable but enjoyable by careful
planning Congress is considering the ere
atom Of fund of 500 1000, 900 out Of which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
The Flag

back hesitatingly from the cliffs across the
river. The magic of the sunset scene is
gone. The Ines of brown are broken.
me ougler is even now preparing to
sound the mess call. But the men sift back
INTO their barracks after this ceremony with
the full consciousness that, in peculiar
way, they have touched reality for one
short, splendid instant.
The companies had been formed, the bat
talions got together, the long line of the
regiment stretched down tho street-all to
do homage in daily ceremony to the flag
which symbolzes the country. And these
men VINO came from other lands, so many
oil them, felt that tho flag stands for much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

~ECRETARY FRANKLIN X. LANE
is very eager to place small farms
~ at the disposal of returning sol
diers who may desire to avail
themselves of the opportunity. In "The
Review Of Reviews" appears statement
from his pen, which, by way of leading
up to the theme in hand, deals interest
ingly with the general problem of get
ting back onto prc-war working basis,
and also of forging ahead. Our war in
dustries, he warns US, have been broken
up, and
"th;s means that there will be temporary
problem of unemployment during the tram
sition period from full war speed to full
peace speed.
"'To meet this situation the government
cannot act too swiftly. There should be a
planned cooperation between our industries,
the cities the states and the Federal gov
ernment, to keep men at work. / do not
mean that work should be made for men,
but that work that is needed should now
be done.
"The fact Is not generally noted, but this
country has almost stood still for the last
four years except in the promotion Of those
things needed TO supply an immediate war
demand in Europe or America. We have
put into our railroads for their maintenance
only enough to keep them in condition to
run. Our building programme has been
limited to daily housing requirements. No
large enterprises of any kind have been en-
tered upon excepting the construction of
something that would sell to some one at
war. Therefore, in the larger view of ma
terial progress, these years have been
wasted though they have made sure
greater material progress in the future. We
now need to carry forward the projects and
plans which for time we laid aside, and
out of what we have learned through the
war of the worlds needs and of our abil-
ity to meet them, we can gain a new as
surance as to our future
''But while we are viewing with appreci-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

.\ENATOR LODGE: I want to keep
America as she has been-n0t isolated.
not prevent her from Joining other ma
lions for these great purpOses-huf /
wish her to be master of her fate. aim an
Anerican-born here, lived here, shall die
here. have never had but one flag, never
loved but one flag. am too old to try to
love another, an international flag. 1 have
never had but one allegiance, the aHe=
glance of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

PRESIDENT LOWELL: This covenant
is not perfect; it is draft published
tor criticism and will receive plenty 0f
it, and through criticism some improve
menf also. But even when perfected
it will not be perfect. Nothing human
is perfect; still more, it will moi satisfy
everybody. I'm the nature of fhirns II
is an attempt to harmonic the views
or many nations and of many people
within each nation.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-10-29
PROSPECT HARBOR.

w. F. Bruce with party motored to
Bar Harbor Friday.
Mrs. Emeline Merritt OF Steuben is
visiting her niece, Mrs. L. w. Bridges.
Judge Deasy and party of Bar Harbor
were guests at Capt. Dessy's on Sunday.
Mrs. R. e. Robinson has returned from
Bar Harbor, where she visited her niece
Mrs. L. B. Deasy.
Judge l.. c. Haycock and wife o.
Cherryfield have been guests at E. w
Bridges, few days.
The W. F. Bruces, L. p. Coles, Mrs
E. c. Cole and son were guests of Guy
Cole in Steuben Sunday.
Mrs. Ney Killman of Livermore Falls
with friends, and Mrs. A. B. Mcfarland
Of Hancock Point, were guests at L. p
Coles Tuesday.
Mrs. John Perry arranged pleasan
surprise for her brother, MarcelIu
Winslow, on the anniversary of his Dirt b
Oct 20, with a party. Many friend
helped celebrate. Birthday cakes galor,
and beautiful gold signet ring wer,
presented to Mr.. Winslow. A delightful
evening followed.
Oct. %. c.
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dressing that always make, with plenty
of cream and little more sugar.
should think A. NJ. Y's ears would burn,
so many want to know how to make the
beet relish. /. too, have looked in vain.
But this know: she told in less than week
after the reunion that she had her letter
composed in her mind, but like many Of
mine, it evidently did not get on paper.
We often have good intentions we are unable
to carry out
am visiting in a town called home for
five years, and it seems good to see the old
friends. One day we had fine automobile
ride going through Livermore Falls, Jay,
Wilton and Pennington. In few days go
to Bath to visit my sister.
And now it is q week later and am in Bath
after the weekend with friends in Auburn.
Another paper arrived with the coveted
recipe for beets and A. NJ. YES letter SO / can
rest easy on that. The suggestions are Ger
taiuly beyond me, for / did not inherit the
poetical tendencies of our family, as A. M
Y. did, and "a book" Now, Charity, don't
scare us again like that
realize l have written nothing hopeful
or helpful" but this is all for trying this
time. JASMINE
1t is fine that you are enjoying a good
outing and visiting old friends and some
of your immediate family. am somew hat
concerned about the removal OF some of
our mutuals from the county, and hope
Are and Betsey Prig will not, in their
new homes, also remove from the column.
Instead, we would like to hear about
their new surroundings and what they
find that is interesting.
The american Magazine for November
is just loaded with good things. / hope
our busy editor OF The AMERICAN will
take time to read the article in it by Will
lam Dudly Policy with the title, "Human
Nature as the Country Editor Knows It,"
Don't miss it.
What one department of housekeeping
rs IT that demands the most painstakinp
thought and planning il it is not the
cooking? Exchanging of recipes is not a
joke; it is necessity. And here are some
new ones:
Cough SYRUP-One ounce slippery-eln
bark, one ounce licorice root, one ounc,
boneset, one-half ounce hoarhound. Cover
with water, steep slowly, strain through
thin, white cloth, add two cups sugar
boil syrup. Dose, one teaspoonful every
hour.
Picked BEETs - Cook small, tender
beets, rub off skins and pack in glass jars
Boil vinegar and sugar together in the
proportion of two-thirds OF cup Of suga,
to one pint of vinega and when boiling
pour over the beets in jars and seal. These
are delicious for winter.-L. E. T.
| PEANUT BUTTER DROP CAKEs-One
cup sugar (some like more), egg, butter
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-10-29
LAMoINE.

Mrs. Charlotte A. Crane visited in
Birch Harbor last week.
George King is having two weeks
vacation at his home here.
Henry Crane has been laid up a few
days with carbuncle on his neck.
| Mrs. Herbert Davis, who has been
| visiting in Massachusetts, returned home
Saturday.
John Coolidge and wife, who have
spent the entire season here, plan to
leave for their home in waltham, Mass,
next Friday.
Miss Abbie Coolidge, who had been il
few weeks, died last Sunday morning.
She was born in Lamoine (then East
Trenton) Jan. 81, 1859, the daughter OF
the late Josiah B. Coolidge. She was
naturally of a strong constitution, and
her sudden breakdown was sur
prise to her friends. Though left a
competency by her father, she preferred
to be self-sustaining and was not afraid
OF work. She will be missed in the
community, where she had always been
i 7oiNaht III time OF need. Sne
enjoyed life, and was a constant attendant
at church and Sunday school. She was
tenderly cared for by her mother and
cousin, Mrs. Mary Butler OF Hancock.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist
church Monday afternoon, Rev. w. II.
Rice officiating. Floral tributes were
furnished by the grange and C. f..
society of which she was a member. She
is survived by an aged mother, Mrs.
Mary Coolidge, and one sister, Mrs. Julia
Convey.
Oct. 81. r.
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WEST SEDGWICR.

Clyde Gray, who has been employed in
Lynn, Mass, is home.
Roland Durgain and wife visited in
West Penobscot last week.
Miss Stella Carter OF Bar Harbor is Wis
iting her parents, Llewellyn Carter and
wife.
Freeman Gray has his new house ur
and nearly completed, and hopes to move
in soon.
Mrs. Grace Chatto and son Lawrence
OF Dark Harbor, are visiting her parents
Richard Benson and wife.
Mrs. John Grindle recently made a trir
to Bangor to see her husband, who is in
the Maine general hospital for treatment
The supper and entertainment given BY
the Lend-a-H Hand club OF South Penobsco,
Saturday evening was great success
Much credit Is due the young ladies and
men OF that vicinity. Proceeds, SIS.
Oct. 20. X