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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Instead Of having the world in debt
70 U.s. as now, We owed everybody.
stated at si2S 900. 900, and our states
men and hnanciers were puzzlng then
as as those OF France and Great Britain
are now. over their debts to us. how
on earth we ever were 10 nav
me situa ton. in several respects,
was remarkably like what we have ar
the moment. There was even an Irish
p pFesaoen, ana congress here and threat
S Sac i,nyI1l vi us H. war With England.
G nsiy Council nnsi' to add to The Worries.
Rents were up 80 per cent, bread was IN
sugar sugar 2 to 50. coffee. 80 to 10. cotton eE@si
goods, 81 above prices of 1852 while
, me war was on. counted in gold. Wages
had advanced 90 to 30 per cent Over
1850: The advance in cost Of manu-
featuring cotton goods was stated by
experts at 1873 per cent and OF woolen
gods g19ods; %; average wages in the man
from $21 a month. for men, to S34. and
printers who worked ten hours q dav
they were worse off at s2i and eirht
hours in 1865. Farm labor was up 80
p per,c esn f,ou, caEsoes Of Hour were i'm:
SOUNDS Just now.-and sold at 4 profit
mere: Gloomy predictions that our
manufacturing and farming Industries
all would go TO pot together and thai
we would be at the mercy OF the for
eisnsrs were frequent in and out Of
by 1867 we had begun to decrease
me deht and lower the taxes. which
men nit nearly everywhere but whis-
KY. because at 81 gallon stamp tax
nahutaGturers beat the law right aud
III; The government collected &c.
5 30o o0o tax on boots and shoes. SIS
ooo'ooo on raw cotton. sl2.o0o.0uO each
on cotton fabrics and clothing Every
animal slaughtered paid II tax There
We're special !mposts each railway
on telegraph lines an drnessaEes on
theaters; AL legal papers ana twenty
seven Inherent professions and yoca-
ions we're required to pay license 10
me government. including lawyers and
doctors within those two years too
prices began 10 decline and wages
followed. but AS they had not risen an
last ihcy did not fall as fast an prices
The crash and smash came in 1879.
eight years after the war, but we ara
a creditor nation instead OF a debtor.
VIC arc on gold basis and We hava
the Federal reserve banking system
which nobody had worked out then. In
1917 the decrease in net debt was SIPS
VoooOO and from then OH the decrease
was steady until 1873 when soecie
payments wcr" resumed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

sss is Do tSy to nn e has as
IN position to Judge the sentimen, OF
IN, ne coumiry on this question. while
tress id, presumably tand in fac,
thinkl. reflect the wishes OF the ma
Iority OF the people in repeating the
misunderstanding law. But, aside from
me question whether the President or
Congress represents the will OF the
majority In this matter. the Presidents
casc Is not calculated TO increase his
strength and popularity with the pco-
pc, II was case Of putting the
!ndgment OF one man above that o,
n!ncty-e'ght Senator'S who arc direct
representatives OF the people OF tho
states Even II tho President thought
the best interests of the country re-
puircd the continuance OF the new
time Law. !, would have been a wiser
precedcnt IN this case II he had de-
iainly until he had further evidence
o. the majority viii on the. subject.
OF mind and greatness ~ the ability
In one occupying high official position
10 subordinate mis- opinion TO the ma
jorttS wilI-intci!igent majority Of
course. To a man who has reached
SUCH heights as Wilson has, | suppose
IL is hard for him TO realize the posi-
b!lity OF error
The great agricultural Yves; being
almost u unit IN favor OF restoring
the old system OF keeping time. fear
our Presidents action vii. result in
throwing the question into politics.
and my prediction is that next year
in the national elections w.. Demo-
Gratis. shall be dangerously on the de-
and Will wish We had never Imported
any such experiment from F.urope
G II PATTEsoS
Scottsville, Va. July H. 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
object. to.Dnylight Saving.

To the Editor OF The Times. Dispatch:
Sir.-The editorial columns o: your
paper yesterday contained high praise
OF The so-called daylight saving la " .
This innovation in the measuring
OF time may be satisfactory to tho
people OF urban communities. hut I; is
very unpopular IN the rural districts.
Pc faps a majority OF the agricultur-
lists do not run their farms under the
new time: they have found i; not
adapted TO the best results in farm
work SO far from having any eco
noW!c value, the new time has prob
ably decreased Industrial efficiency,
especially in the country districts.
where labor starts TO work under the
old time and quits under the new. This
changing OF the clocks twice year is
simple camouhage. The net result is
simply starting TO work an hour ear
lier in the mornings and stopping an
hour earlier in the afternoons. Those
desiring TO do this can do so without
turning forward one hour the clocks
OF the country in March OF each year.
The action OF our great President
in vetoing the recent agricultural APP
preparation hill. thereby INJECTING this
new time on the country for. another
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Books and Authors

own country? Such does not seem to
be the case. so far as Or. Harris Elliott
kirk is concerned DR. Kirk is pastor
book. The Consuming Fire" heads the
list OF titles most in demand in the
nontict:on section in his home city.
"Rebecca's Promise" by Frances
Sterreu. is the ,i,le OF new book
Just oroush,, out by p. Appleton & Co.
young girl like Rebecca Mary. who is
so afraid OF the future that she sac
.ihces the present in the determine
ton TO provide for her old age? Cousin
Susan tells her that youth is the
time when one stores UP joys for the
future and she makes Rebecca Mary
Insurance Policy" That's the begin
ming! or course, Rebecca Mary learns
TO say Yes, thank YOU TO the pleas
ant opportunities which come her way
go anywhere. But" But you can't
possibly imagine what a series of ad-
ventures she is led into in order to
make payments on the policy" There
are all sorts OF exciting and inter
esting people IN the story, and the
END proves just what you think the
she's the sort of girl who was made
for love and happiness.
L. p. Dutton & Co. are printing an
The Dickens Circle" which they
brought out few weeks ago in an
imported edition from England. The
book has been received so eagerly that
the importation proved insufficient to
meet the demand and an American
printing became necessary The in
slant interest taken in the book proves
that neither the lapse OF years nor
the condescendng attitude OF some
present day writer's has lessened the
devotion Of the great public to tho
most loved novelist in the English
language. Mr.. Ley has for years been
recognised in England as the leading
authority upon Dickens and his works.
and for the preparation of this volume
he made a careful study Of all tho
memoirs. biographies and autobfo
Eraphfes of the contemporaries OF Dick
ems in order to make clear their estf-
mate of and relations with the move
list. and also TO gain a true picture
of the characters of the men and wo-
men who were his friends The work
therefore presents at once picture
OF Dickens himself more complete
many-sided and colorful than can be
found elsewhere outside of Forster,s
famous biography and it throws open
the door to the world in which Dick
ems l:ved, was so much loved by his
friends and enjoyed life to the utter
most. The buttons Will have the new
American edition OF The Dickens
Circle" ready early in August
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
A Daily Once Over.
Don't Ask the Way Too of,.n.


You unsettled in your plans
And because YOU don't know what Won arc
going TO do you neglect your everyday work
and get things in such n muddle that nv the
time you discover your next definite move Won
have lost precious time getting settled enonrh
to unsettle and settle again.
Now what kind OF management is that?
There are times when to ignore the fact tina t
the best way to go the fastest. "
You may be taking a long tour OF the conn
try and you know that part OF the journey
is to he detour.
every farmhouse and inquire. 10 slow up and
start again forty times when a steady
advance. keeping eyes and ears open, may solv.
your route without any questions aside from
what your guide book answers.
1t Is this flying out OF focus which binders
so many times oftener than unsettled plans
copyright, 1879
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
SEEN ON THE SIDE
by HENRY EDWARD WARMER
SumcfCncy.

I'm glad to read most anything tho papers care
to print.
At any sort OF current news I'll take a careful
squirt.
I'll read about Carranza. who's a famous whs-
kerctte.
I'll even read OF old Jim Ham or Robert La
Toilette.
I'm even interested in the consular reports
l try TO get excited over what they're calling
Sports
l dig into the sermons and 1 read the beauty
DOPE
read the advertisements from electric belts
soap.
The boys who haunt the old nrst page, just
devour 'em raw
But must say that I'm fed up on Harry Ken
dali Thaw.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Key to the Situation.

20 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
SIT have never been abic 10
synpath!ze with the ant!-sunraXe AZ.
tt0de OF mind until reading Inc
poem" and letter IN The Tine, bis.
patch OF July 10. They furnish the
Key TO the situation. and can plainly
see Why the members OF tho Associa-
ton Opposed 70 Woman Suffrara STAT
mat women are mentally UNIT 10 yot.
10 become qualified voter one
PASS certain intelligence tests,
.!.e! ore tne antis VINO have been
wiring articles 10 The Times Dispatch
leu nave no rear OF TIC vote being
.o!,eu OF them. IL IS certainly mos;
evident that some careless keeper took
down the window bars, and LEFT the
SAFE open. q. j.. e. DEW.
Richmond. Va, July l6, 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Spotswood Saturday morning and was on the
bill of fare for dinner that day.
The negroes have built brick hotel on Sew
cnth Street and call it The Union"
Joseph !. White Of Chesterfield. formerly Of
Henrco. Is a prominent candidate for the office
of State Auditor.
movement has been inaugurated for the
erection Of Il monument to Joseph Kelly, the
man murdered by Callahan
Since the first day OF July there have been
three large clearances OF tobacco from Rich
mond to foreign ports.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Hun mentality continues TO perplex normal
folk. An accused person asserting innocence
Is supposed at least 10 make decent bluff
a demanding early trial The ex-kaiser
charged before the world with the blacklist
crimes possible TO humanity, insists that he
is so innocent that he must not be tried az
all, and the eX-crown prince tells us he is so
excessively pure that he prefers suicide to
his day in court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

If the present German government continues
in office its wealthy citizens will be made TO
give up in taxes more than half OF what they
possess TO meet the expenses of government
and the demands OF reparaion imposed BY
the treaty. Under the plan OF taxation, as
formulated, it is proposed 10 pay the money
due the allies in the next FIVE years 1t can
be done, for France discharged treaty obli-
cation proportonately as heavy at the time
it was imposed within the same length Of
time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

L: T. j.. Fairheld.-The Feredation
OF Employers Association and A part
OF the National Industrial Conference
Board is authority for the statement
that the cost OF living from Ju.y, 1914.
10 June. 1918. had increased 523-10
per cent. That from June. 1915 to
November. 1918. It had Increased Go $40
per cent. and from November, 1915. to
the first week in March. 1919. the cost
OF living had decreased to 1910 per
cent. representing "a decline Of less
than 3 per cent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Evidently one OF the first losses OF the
radical" is the sense OF humor. Leaders OF
the Rand school, New York, who have been
teaching fervently that all property IS rob
berry. and all law is tyranny, promptly and
solemnly proclaim. when their Joint is raded,
that they will appeal to the laws OF their
country TO protect their possessions against
seizure under search warrant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Hero.

All. Judge, see your has a Gold Medal
Tor service! That's splendid piece of work
that medal; some special act OF personal BRAY
cry under nre?'
We'll, no Colonel. not exactly. 1t seems tina t
some OF the trained nurses and war workers
sent over there tried their hand at making
some doushnuts for the doushboys. and my son
just happened to have the only bottle of dyspep-
STA tablets in the CAMP
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
News Of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. July 81, 1869

The Board Of Education
held an important meeting
yesterday. David +. Burr
read, with appropriate
comments. a letter from
Or. Sears. general agent
of tho Peabody fund. an
nouncing the appropria-
ton Of $4,000 to the pub
lie schools Of this city.
The Board fixed the COM
pensation of teachers in
the Richmond schools at
$40. $50 and $50 per month
for the session of nine
months.
The first watermelon Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding nlmost any topic,
excepting Oh legal md medical NIB
jects, answered free. As NIL In
quiries ure answered directly by per-
sonul letter, self-uddreHse6. stamped
envelope In required. Address Tho
Tiines- Dispatch Information bureau.
Il edmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Publ!c-s2!-:;=d women OF Alabama have
saved lie frs, White House o: the Conted-
erscy from destruction by arranging for its
purchase and preservation. Would that the
women OF th= South uritedly evinced the
same zeal in preserving the rights OF the
States, support OF which this diia p!tated struc-
ture is still the expression.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
MONDAY. JULY q, 1919.

Count voa Bernsto-1 advises the German
people 10 cultivate closer relations with
America az their only salvation in the future
If they are wise, they Will never put Won
Bernstors forward as the!- representative
in the eso-! 10 cultivate more cordial re-
lations
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
The Rain.

! hear leaves drink rain:
hear rich leaves on top
Giving the poor beneath
Drop after drop;
It's a sweet noise to hear
These green leaves drinking nean
And when the sun comes out
AFTER this rain shall stop,
a wondrous light will fll
Each dark. round drop: -
! hope the sun shines bright; ~
Twill be lovely sight.
william H Davies,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

any form OF insurance for which the insured
has preference, failure to take advantage
of tic opportunity to continue this cheap
protection against future needs would be in
eXcusable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Quit.

ell we'll Jones see you've quit your job.
What's wrong"
Aw. nothing much only that crouch OF A
general manager stopped my pay and I'll be
hanged If I'll work for anybody that don't an
prec!ate no more'n :hat!'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

One by one the President is cutting ont"
Senators from the rampant Republican herd
ana putting the league OF nations brand on
ihem At the rate OF progress he is making
he soon will have enough Of The herd to in
sure ratification of the treaty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Ever ride In one of these cabs where the
driver sits on roost above and you have moth
ing at all 20 do with where you're going?
Says friend o. Henry:
Then. in cab, you are not even an occu
pant: you contents"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

G. l. NJ, Boxwood.-Too much en-
phasis cannot be laid on the impor-
tance Of applying the stain removers
while the stain is fresh. for usually 1t
Is much more difficult to remove an
old stain than a fresh one. For acid
stains. rinse The spot several times in
large volume of cold water il the
goods are wooden. Then sprinkle so
diuin bicarbonate (baking soda) on the
stain--on both sides. if possibie-moist-
~ the acid is neutralized (shown in
this case by the ceasing Of efferves-
cence); remove the excess by rinsing
with water. If the original color is
not then restored, give it up as a bad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

senator Lodge before his own Investigating
committee is as gcnially conversational as a
man trying to light his pipe with his last
match IN brisk breeze six miles from the
nearest house.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Everybody throughout the world appears
10 De satisfied with the results of the peace
conference except the Germans. the Chinese,
General Jan Smuts and about thirty-fve or
lofty Republican United States Senator'S
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
The Merry Autoist.

! love 70 ride around each day
And take my friends" said Breen;
And then stop at some dump and pay
six bucks for gasoline"
Luke McLuke
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
VIII Carleton, Poet.

J. p. f.. Lunenburg.-W:n Garlic
ton. poet and lecturer. was born Octo-
Der 81. 1915. in Hudson. Mich. He was
graduated from Hillsdale College in
newspaper work in Hiisdaie Detroit
End Chicago. then became known as
a poet and lectured and gave read
ings through the United states, Great
fritain and continental Europe. Garlic
ton edited Every Where. an illustrated
magazine published In Brooklyn. n.
y He died LED December is. 1912: Dur
positions came out and his works were
very popular. Carleton possessed the
knack OF appealing deeply and direct
y, to, to the l,e,s, sent, timer not only
greater part OF the rural population
OF America a generation ago. No poet
had ever been more widely known
and loved By the great masses Of the
people. Forty thousand copies OF Carle-
toms Farm Ballads" were sold with
in eighteen months after their first
time more than 5000, copies OF his
poems had been sold in America.
Carleton outlived his popularity and il
is doubtful II one in ten OF the young :
or generation could name single
poem OF his or even recall his name.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

Coat Of Living.

Citizen. Richmond.-Yes, the Presi-
dent will issue a peace proclamation
after the Senate raiiies the treaty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Voice of the People

Letter" must give the name and nd.
published II writer so REQUESTS. ="
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
N-hntchn Cuu n EIourf

Whntchn Call n FIowerf
Someone has just reminded us thar q CAN'T
mower is cabbage with a college education
George Ade pulled that as original abou, 70,
years ago. just 1000 years after II was )os,
in 'ompeii BY s:nk named G!aucus, an A,hen
ian pet. And it still lives.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21

The advisory committee Of thirteen headed
by Charles Evans Hughes, which has beon IN
conference with the director OF the War Risl
Insurance Bureau. with the view OF securing
the largest possible benefits Of tho act for
those it is designed 10 serve, reports that lis
5the holders of existing policies agprors,;,,,
40 600, 100000 have not continued ,hair
payments and, therefore, stand 10 lose ,hcm
This 5unconcern on the part Of the men lcay.
ing the service for the future of themselves
and their dependents reflects a degree Of i'm
providence that is deplorable, and as gug
gested by the committee. every agency of
ooth fedefal and state governments, as well
as voluntary agencies available for tho pur
pose, should Immediately begin active effort
to- prevail upon the holders OF these policios
to continue them in force. The rate at which
they were issued s unprecedented for chcap-
ness, and as the policies are convertible INTO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-21
Changing Ages.


We remember when:
!. You talked into and listened 70 ,.,.
phone with the same hole
p y horseless carriage was reckless a, six
miles ar hour.
s. a woman wore hustle and no bust; now
She wears a bust and hustle
L. People who went to prayer meeting were
in the majority.
;. Langley crazy and Santos pumont a
!una,:c.
6. Jules Verne was believed to be an e,,e
Gerator.
Bridge. dancing and fair-sex smoking be-
ionEed exclusively to the ultra set
$ The most advanced movie was a kine,o-
scope with penny slot.
y The average express train was raising
Cain at twenty eight miles an hour
able individual
~. retormer was looked upon as remark
Away from Home.
Women" said the stra!ght-lipped wife who
men for their earthly sufer!ngs must surely
all be going 10 Heaven"
ThatN be fine" said the smootbtonpu.d
husband, who had been listening to that sor,
o. thing for twenty years. Looks like navbe
the men might be able 10 get away ,oee,he-
then, huh?"
The Willing Sacrifice
Grace. do you know you look sweet enough
to eat"
Oh john Are you cannibal?"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-07
AN APPROPMATE MESSAGE

In an address which Is described as his political vale
dictory. Premier Clemenoeau said to the people OF
France: n
The worlds only salvation from the social
and economic chaos from which II. IL now
emerging is work. Y
There have been many farewell, messages, sincere
and insincere, rhetorical, sentimental, and of ali sort.
The thing that characterizes that little message from
Ciemenceau is its sincerity and good sense. Clemeneeau
is q hard-headed man who has been acquainted with
the rough and difficult side Of life. and he knows whereof
he speaks. He has sometimes been said to have a con-
tempt for ideals. That is not true. He knows and has
regard for ideals, but his attitude toward them resem-
bles that Of the apostle Paul-something of an idealist,
by the way-who urged his people to prove their faith
by their works.
1t was no mean ideal that was set forth nv the
French premier when he said:
Let it be our ambition to increase our own
will power; let us all work for the grandeur and
glory of France; let US all stand firm and united
for the welfare of mankind.
That is a noble. trilogy-individual development, ma
tional grandeur and glory, human welfare. But this
venerable man who has lived through such. wonderful
experiences knows better than to attempt to rear an
edifice in the air without foundation. And the founda-
ton of his whole structure is work. 1t could have no
better base. ~.