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New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Exhibits Argentine Leather


cial attache stationed at Buenos Ayres
has brought to the Offices of the Tan
ners' Council set of samples of Ar
gentinc leather. They may be seen at
the New York offices of the Tanners
Council for the next ten days, after
which time they will be sent to Chi
cago for the annual convention of the
Tanners Council, to be held October
16 and II. The samples will also be
on exhibition at the Boston and Phla-
delphia Offices of the Tanners Council
during the latter part of this month.
The exhibit is composed Of varieties
Of sheepskins, including one sample
of chrome sheepskin viscolized, black
box calfskns and several varieties of
sole leather, two of which are in pat
cnt finish
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
The News of Business

1HE fact
cent yesterday and
greatly curaed demand
Until
violent movement Blocks
the S4ooO0O00 renewal bills
the
better known institutions have already dof.
out of main
buyers The prevailing
at
Rates bankers follows:
days days
banks Ga d45
n a M4
For delivery within thirty Eligible bills
quoted at 6 eligible member bank bills at Y and
eligible bank bills at
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Menthol Jumps in Price

Menthol, under the stimulus Of active
buying prices, yesterday jumped to
$3.50 a pound, with some bids reported
at even higher quotations. The scarcity
of this product has been emphasized
by increased demand incident to the
approach Of winter
Arrival during the week of $4,000
ounces of quininc failed to influence
prices, as the greater part of this stock
went Immediately into consuming chan
nels. Dealers are still quoting SLIGO
and $1.70 an ounce for the drug.
An advance to 50 cents gallon for
denatured special proof alcohol and a
rise in the 1SS-proof completely denat-
ured alcohol to Sc cents were Of spe-
cial interest to the trade.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Business Failures

United States, az reported by r. G.. Dun
Co., we're 80, against 1913 last week
and 1876 the corresponding week last
year. Failures in Canada number H.,
against ~ last week and eight last
year. OF failures reported ths week
IN the United States, ID were in the
East. 23 South, 1G West and Is in the
Pacific states. and 4 reported linbili-
t~s OF $4,000 or more, against 47 last
week
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Swiss Commerce Improves

RERNE. Oct. "a considerable i'm
provement in Swiss commerce during
the first half of the year 1919 is re-
corded in statistics published here
Imports into Switzerland for the six
months increased 437 100000 francs
and exports 203 100000 francs. COM
pared with the like period Of last year.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Serbian Peasants Suffer
From Severe Salt Famine

VIENNA, Oct. 3.-Reports from Ser
bia state that great suffering prevails
there as a result of the salt famine.
A large part of the peasants have had
no salt for six months
Nine hundred cars of salt have been
lying in Salonica for months. but i.
has been impossible to get them trans
ported to Serbia.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
JEWELRY-Many Buyers
EinM Their Ortlcrs Not Wanted

Retail jewellers from out Of town,
finding il neccssary to repIenigh their
stocks, Waited the nn rkct yesterday in
unusually laKc numbers. Manufact~
urers report What the infuz Of buyers
snxiops 70 place orders ~ greater
fosp ever befere A. this time VI the
.san Tas rush 10 place orders il xt~
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Business Items

The American Consul General at
Shanghai has cabled the Tanners Coun-
Gil that after October 80 importations
of leather into China will not be passed
by the Chinese maritime customs Off
Gals unless accompanied by invoices
and other documents. American ex-
porters are requested to mail invoices
in time to arrive with the cargo.
Following the visit of 1850 repre-
sentatives Of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce to France, dclcga-
ton OF French representatives. is
about to leave France for America
with the idea Of strengthening trade
relationship with the United States.
Among these delegates are many Of
the noted French jewellers and style
experts, who are coming here with the
idea Of exchanging views on French
and Am erican styles of jewcry and to
make some arrangement whereby the
merchants of both countries will be in
position to satisfy the others de-
mands.
The Spanish edition of the first
number of "American Leather" the
house organ Of the Tanncrs' Council
Is now off the press and may be OBJ
tanned at any Of the district Offices 1t
is planned to distribute this edition
in the Spanish speaking countries Of
Central and South America
A centralized market for various
Inns Of American manufactures is the
a.e which the international Exposition
vi industries has attempted to realize
at the Grand Central Palace. Per
rnanent displays will be maintained
there by the international Machinery
and Mining Industries Exposition, the
Municipa! Equipment Exposition, the
Farm Tractor and Implement Exchange,
the hardware and Houscfhrnish shing f,x-
change and the Factory Appliances Exs
change. Dealers IN these industries will
be able 70 see samples Of new develop
ments, not only in their owp but in
related iincs collected under one roof
The exposition is expected to afford
special convcnience to exporters
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
TOUR NEW ENCI AMI

Perfect Roads: Magnificent Scenerv. c,,,
Hoseis For Road Map address WM
KlMhAI,L, sec'y ~ E Hotel Assn
Draper Hotel. Southampton. Mass -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

sOh, dear me, said a fourth rein
deer, II feel like going on the journey
more every minute
That's just it, said the first rein
deer, I'VE ALI get so excited about ii
beforehand that when the time comes
we can hurry rs we do"
"Now. bow-wow," said Boy of the
North. "You mustn't forget 10 tell me
all the news. / want to hear about
the children who heard you, and how
Santa Claus said they looked when
they were asleep. | want to hear ev-
cry scrap of Christmas news.
II look forward to seeing Santa Claus
come back, tired and happy, his cheeks
as red as ever from his drive with you
reindeer. and then | have my Christ.
mas story.
Santa Claus sits down in his great
big chair, his shop empty of toys fol-
the first time in ever So long and ht
calls me over to him.
"'Come, Boy of the North he says
come and hear of this child. Oh, j
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

or had not been Injured to the elasticity
of this juice of Vesuvious, lifted bottle
to his lips and took a couple of swallows
before the lightning struck him. The
stuff burned off all the skin between his
lips and epiglottis, ossifed the dinner he
had eaten an hour before, and caused
him to bite off half an inch of his tongue.
He smashed the bottle over the head of
the man who had given him the drink,
had three commissions in fifteen minutes,
and went to bed in his cabbage patch
after some kindly disposed persons had
steered him to his front gate.
This "hell in a BOTTLE as this frank
Georgia paper kindly terms this sort OF
liquor, is as clear as spring water. but as
subtle as Satan 1t will make a man
whip his wife, kick his children down tho
back steps, and put ink into his coffee
The drunk it leads to leaves every nerve
| on fire, every drop of blood smoking, and
every principle in tstters. The third
spree lands him in an asylum or the
county Jail, or a long black box. decorated
with silver handles. The opinion of thi.
| editor in this prohibition state is thai
| the man who is unkind enough to brew
such liquor ought to be made to drink i
until his back teeth float From thi
picturesque description it is no wOnde
that the Kelley institute has a good bust
/ ness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

oh" said the second reindeer.
won't it be glorious to start our trip
all over the world? We will go over
roofs and Santa will stop and go down
the chimneys, or he will go down the
tire-escapes. You know in many of
the city homes they don't have fire.
places" the reindeer explained to Boy
of the North. ''Of course Santa Claus
couldn't let children go without their
Christmas simply because they had to
make lots of city homes without fire.
places"
"Of course not" said Boy of the
North.
"0f course not" said all the other
reindeer
We'll be starting soon," said the
reindeer 'but not soon enough. We
will hear Santa Claus as he comes
back up the chimney and he will
chuckle and laugh. He will tell us
that some of the children heard us as
we pranced over the roofs
"YeS, and that he had to be very,
very quiet, and stay still some time so
they would not see him, for he doesn't
want the children TO see him as he
fills their stockings and fixes their
presents"
when Santa is gone long time in
one home" said the second reindeer,
I'VE always know that we have made
SO much noise that the children were
half-asleep and half-awake.
HE has to stay very still and make
sure they have gone back to sleep
again.
But he doesn't mind when we make
noise on the roofs with our hoofs,"
said third reindeer, because he says
| children like TO hear the sounds of
| Christmas morning coming. And
when they hear us they know it is
| Christmas night-for when they're
| asleep they Cont always know what
| night it is.
And they know that soon, soon the
| morning will come and that they will
| be wishing each other merry Christ
| mas, and every one will be excited
| and happy ana glad. !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
The Patrol Committee.
(Rutland Herald.)

The Montpelier Argus rather I'M
graeiously remarks:
With the road department, Gov.
Clement and about everybody else in
the state advocating good roads the
necessity for the patrol committee, so
called. is not apparent But then. prob
ably the money is neededi
The contemporary probably desires
rather to point a pert and pungent
paragraph rather than to be unfair 10
n serious movement for the betterment
|of Vermont roads. Perhaps. too, it is
not familiar with the work of the patrol
committee
So far as The Herald is able to Judge.
this committee has organized an almost
universal desire into active expression.
1t has not advocated anything partic-
ularly new, but it has given expression
TO it in an effective and definite man
ner. Furthermore, it has a definite
program to lay before the legislature,
which in due time win receive consid-
Grafton
So far as the expense of the cam
tpaign is concerned, surely the Argus
does not object to the voluntary con
tributions of the thousands of citizens
who have hacked the committee s. pub
LEFTY work, especially as the records
fail to show the contemporary as a
heavy contributor.
| Perhaps it has contributed some
space and kind words, but even those
have for the moment escaped the pres
/ ent attention of the writer Possibly
Some mistakes have been made in hand
ling that publicity; in fact, The Her
aid is inclined to think it might have
been improved so far as method goes
but here are some facts which merit
attention
| The committee has sent out more
than 10000 pieces of literature. It has
held more than 100 public meetings
and has communicated with $4,000 rep.
Preventative citizens. A very large mum.
Ter of those citizens have subscribed
to the 81 believe creed. which is q
good creed for anyone, and by the tim,
the problem Of highways faces the
good seed sown against a good roads
legislature, the ground will be found
we'll plowed and narrowed and mucl
good seed sown against good road
harvest.
i Certainly the contributors to tho
i publicity fund are satisfied with til,
work done, and, given a following in
terest by the members of the commit
tee, q general advance in the way Of
good roads is practically certain.
i Perhaps, as the contemporary in
sinuates, this result will not have beer
wholly due to the patrol committee
and it would be strange. indeed, il
that were the ease, but certainly some
thing has been done, considerable hal
been gained and the work was wei
worth while
Il Honor where honor is due, neighbor
Let good work speak for itself
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 90, 1919
ON OPPOSITE SIDES.

President Wilson and former Presi-
dent Taft for league of nations, and
Charles E. Hughes, who came very near
being president, and David Jayne Hill,
former ambassador to Germany, make
a notable array of counsel for both
sides of the question. Mr.. Hughes
thinks that international agreements
at present, so. far as the belligerent
powers are concerned, will depend for
their potency and promise upon the
sanction that the allies give them. -
He questions whether "Great Britain
or the United States or France or
Italy would be willing to submit a Sc
rious controversy involving grave ma
tional interests to the arbitrament of
body in which Germans or Austrians
or representatives of certain neutral
powers might possibly turn the scale.
Former Ambassador David Jayne
Hill is even more positive in the ex-
preston of his convictions that q
| league of nations of unlimited scope is
not just the thing. He declares that ga
union of the nations which fought tC
bring international w-breakers t.
| justice is the hope of the world fol
establishment of the principles of hu
manity The union should consist Of
those nations, and no others, anC
should be limited to the maintenance o.
international law. He distrusted any
confederation with powers beyond thi
limitation, and predicted that tn,
United States would never consent t.
transfer to league of nations o
which it is only parochial part TIL
authority vested by the constitution
solely in the responsible representative
Of the people"
A joint debate of the question b,
such eminent advocates as these -four
President Wilson and former Presi
dent Taft for the affirmative, an
Charles f. Hughes, former justice o
the supreme court and Republican
candidate for president, and Davi
Jayne Hill. former ambassador to Ger
many. would draw immense audience
throughout the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

Diego, CAL, few days ago shot a
whale with machine gun from his
airplane If whale meat is to become
common article of food, this may
open up new field of industry. A
French airman has also shown recently
that a safe landing may be made on a
roof with flying machine, and con-
temporary remarks that great care
should be exercised to keep this infor-
nation from porch climbers, second
story men and fire escape experts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

to tell ''the whole truth" and then do
ing everything to prevent them from
telling any more than will help theft
particular side of the case are all cal
culated to submerge under wave of
uncertainty, perplexity and obseurity
what any particular situation in hand
really is. The people of Vermont would
really like to know just what the whole
inside of the financial situation in the
state capital really has been and is.
The newspapers have been trying TO
find out in order to tell them, but to no
avail If State Bank Commissioner
Williams were allowed to tell all he
tried to tell during his trial, and in ad-
dition all he knows about the whole
case, and Horace F. Graham were asked
by a legislative committee of investi-
cation to tell all he knows, and so on,
the people of the state would have a
fairly adequate idea of ''Who is Who
,, in Vermont state fnancialdom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Moonstine Liquor.
Hartford Courant.)

There are papers in the south that
speak with eommendable frankness about
the brand OF liquor which is dispensed
to the thirsty citizens of those bone
dry states While these states are sup
posedly prohibition to the core, and a
man is never supposed to have intoNcat'
ing spirits in his house or IN his stomach,
vet there is a Kelley Institute dong a
good business in Columbia, S. e., and
men continue to appear in police courts
charged with intoxieation. 1t is com
monty reported that whiskey sells from
various prices ranging from SIS to ~
quart in those prohibition states. II
requires a fair amount of capital to II
nance moderate spree in such cities as
Columbia or Savannah But the tough
part of it is that even the whiskey solo
at those top notch prices is of a variety
that requires quite heroic treatment after
wards to bring the man back to earth
again.
In recent issue of the Albany GA
Herald" a unique description is eiver
Of the kind of liquor dispensed by these
| freebooters of the prohibition states. Thii
paper says that those who claim Il
speak out OF the abundance of experiences
testify that for chain lightning, combined
| with hell-fre, every drop call to blood,
| murder, and each swallow a guarantee
to make the gentlest man on earth +;
| wildcat or corpse the brand of moon
shine liquor now being manufactured il
Georgia has no equal 1t is stated. thu
paper says, by one who claims to know
| whereof he testifes, that this "stumI
| liquor" which is brewed in lard cans
coffee pots, and tea kettles, gets its dyna
mite quality from such fragrant, harmless
ingredients as cayenne pepper, plug to
bacco. concentrated I've, and a dash o
earbolic acid
| 1t is related that one man whose interi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

The Reformer Is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattieboro News Co. c w
cleveland, S. l. Purinton (Esteyville), Brook.
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot Newsstand
George ], Bower, Riverview Street Fort
Drummer district.
West Brattieboro, ]. L. Stockwsll.
East Dummerston, NJ. z. Brown.
Putney, III. G. Williams
Newfsne, NJ NJ Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. Fl. Grout-
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Bufum-
Northheld, Mass, Thompson Bros,
west Chesterfield, n. Il, Mrs w. Streetsr.
Hinsdale, n. a., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Pop was setting in his morriss chair
looking diskusted as if he dident care wat
happened, saying, Life is but an empty
dreem, as the fellow sed wen he weak up
in the arms of an influenza germ.
Watts the matter, pop: | sed, and
pop sed, Nuthing in partickler and every
thing in genrel. I'm sitting heer with
segar in my vest pockit and | haven't
even got enuff ambition to reetch for it.
Do you wunt me to play the tawking
machine for you, pop? Maybe that will
make you feel better, sed.
Well, it cant make me feel eny verse,
sed pop And / started to put record
on, pop saying. Wat are you going to
play?
Silver threds amung the gold, ! sed
Put it back ware you found it, do you
think it will boost my morale mulch to
have some darn fool remind me through
his nose that / am growing older? sed pop.
Yes sir, | sed. And put on another
one insted and started to play it, beng
some man singing Old Black joe
Stop it, tern it off, sed pop, that darn
thing would give me the blooz even if
| | dident have them alreddy, Jest put on
| some strate music without enybody try
| ing to spoil it by singing
WITCH | did, putting on one called, Sc
| lections frum Grand Opra, starting off
by sounding as if sumbody had jest died.
And pop quick jumped mp and termed off
the machine, saying, Is this a plot agenst
my life?
No sir, | sed Wieh it wasent, and pop
sed, Then watts the ideer of putting on
that mizribiI funrel martehE That's enuff
to make a ded man tern over and die
all over agen. Leeve my site
Meening for me to get out OF the room
| WITCH | did, pop going back to the
morris chair and taking a segar out OF
his vest pockit and lighting IT, Proving
maybe | did him some good after all
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
WARDSBORO.

G. w. Morse of Townshend spent Sum
day at NJ. +. Whites.
Lafayette Sprague was in Bellows Falls
from Thursday to Saturday.
The men are all busy filling their ice
houses. The lee is about u inches thick.
Miss Hanna Halonen, Rebekah district
deputy of district No 10. went to New
fame Tuesday, to install the Newfane
lodge officers
Miss Helen Williams, who has been
working for Mrs Newcomb, went home
Sunday to attend school Mrs. Ella Wild.
er viii care for Mrs. Neweomb for the
present
On account of the influenza epidemic
there was no Christmas tree or exercises
Consequently Tuesday evening the Sunday
school held social in the vestry. and
gave the gifts and candy to the children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

and the candy animals. And he will
bring back some candy canes to me,
and he will stroke my ears and pet my
head and he viii say. as he does every
day after Christmas eve.
swell, Boy of the North. ii was a
glorious, glorious Christmas day And
now I'm going TO look through my
magic and wonderful telescope to see
the children rs they smile over their
presents
"Yes," ended Boy of the North, I'm
getting impatient too"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
Practical Demonstration.

1t was ut the Boy Scout weekend
camp The boys had grown tired of
climbing trees and picking flowers, SO
the scout master suggested that they
have an impromptu concert. One boy
sang, another danced Then there
was a pause.
"Come, Billie" said the scout mas
ter 30 a member of the troop, you
know How doth the little busy bee| y
II DON'T said Billie, examining q
fiery patch on his hand 81 only know
he doth!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

was lovely. She
looked so happy
and so sweetly as
she slept and she
was dreaming OF
my beautiful rein
deer -
The reindeer all
smiled when Boy
of the North said
this.
- Y @ 50 C o n
tinued Boy of the
North, land he
will tell me about
the houses he Wis
| tied, of the trees
and stockings, of
| the candy canes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

Il 10 the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that enc: Prompt reports should
on the moEning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-.
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

belonging to San
ia Claus.
ITS a little
while yet" said
Boy of the North,
Santa's big pet
dog.
Yes" said the
first reindeer, 81
know 1t is, but
when this time of
the year comes
and l see how
busy Santa Claus
is in the work
shop yonder l
can hardly wait
for our time to
come +"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

India, half the size of the United
States and with nearly three times its
population, is seeking a cure for its
scourge of poisonous snakes In one
year 23,9ls persons died of snake bite
in India. The United States can offer
no relief as their only cure for snake
bite will soon be nonresident.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

A proposition of Secretary Baker
will meet with the approval of thou
sands of American fathers and mothers
whose boy will not return from the
battlefelds of France. 1t is that a
purchase of land be made in France
for military cemetery to be designat
ed the j." American Field of Honor a
fitting place for the long rest of the
soldiers, sailors, and marines who have
given their lives that the traditions OF
American honor might be upheld.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

Premier Pachitch of the Servian
cabinet has resigned and will be sue
ceeded by Stoyan Protitch. Possibly
Premier Pachitch didn t come up to
the scratch and Mr.. Protitch had an
itching for Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-23

Millions of yards of yarn which We're
destined for the making of shell cloth
for the big shells will be used in the
making of serge for women s wear
which will be on sale in. the early sum
mer, and it is to be hoped at a price
which will not be the cause of she'll
shock to the ultimate consumer.