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ly trained men to call upon in
time of war. Under the treaty
the period of enlistment for nom
CONS and men must be twelve
consecutive years. Officers re-
tained in the, army will have to
serve until they are forty-five
years old at least, and newly ap-
pointed officers must undertake to
serve a minimum of twenty-five
years. officers not retained are
prohibited from taking part in any
military exercises whatsoever, and
will not be under any military OBJ
legation.
Germany will be allowed $4,000
rifles, $4,000 carbines, 1872 heavy
and 1,139 light machine guns, 63
medium trench mortars. 189 light
trench mortars, 206 7.7-cm. guns
and "a 10.5-cm. howitzers. After
Germany becomes a member of
the league of nations this limited
armament may be increased or re-
duced. A reserve not to exceed
1-25 part for small arms and $50
part for guns may be kept for
eventual requirements. She may
never have on hand more than 400
rounds per rife and carbine, 5000
rounds per heavy and light ma
chine gun, 400 rounds per medium
and 500 per light trench mortar.
1000 rounds per gun and 500 per
howitzer. The allies are to know
where these stocks are stored.
Armaments and ammunition stocks
of permanent forts are strictly
limited.
War material of any kind
may only be manufactured in fac
tories approved by the allies. Ger
man war material in excess of the
above indicated amounts is to be
destroyed under allied supervision.
and war material of any origin
other than German handed over to
the allies. Importation into Ger
many of any type of war mate
rials is strictly prohibited. The
manufacture or importation of
poisonous gas or liquids in Ger
many is forbidden, as is the case
with armored cars, tanks, etc.
Germany is to disclose to the al
lies her secret processes for the
manufacture of all explosives,
toxic substances or like chemical
preparations.
So we see the German army
reduced to a force slightly smaller
than was the authorized peace
strength of that of the United
States. We see it not only reduced
to that size, but nailed there by
every measure which could be con-
ceived by the military advisers
of the allies. 1t may safely be be-
lieved that, once the provisions Of
the treaty are put into effect, it
will be a long day before Ger
many will be able to resume the
role of an aggressive militaristic
nation.
X X X
The naval clauses of the treaty
are no less drastic. By the terms
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in a position to take up the work
of retaining and operating farms,
no matter how attractive the prop
osition. Officers writing to the
Department of the Interior for in
formation estimate the number of
men willing to undertake such
work at from 10 to 40 per cent of
their commands. A conservative
estimate would be a million men
willing to add something like 100,-
100000 acres to the productive
area of the United States if Con-
gress will but furnish the neces-
sary longtime loans.
Several bills have been intro
duced with this end in view, but
none Of them has gotten past the
committee state as yet. The first
consideration in such a measure
must be it's value as sound busi-
ness proposition. If it is niggardly,
or if it does not provide the SOL
dier with a living while he is
doing the pioneer work of clearing
the land and putting up fences
and buildings, the soldiers are
going to refuse to take advantage
of it, the land will continue to be
waste and the government will be
discredited in the eyes of the men
who served it abroad and at home.
When labor is wisely expended
on new land the value Of the labor
is added to the land. The idea of
Secretary Lane is to pay the SOL
dier living wage while he is
clearing, or draining, or irrigating
the land, and then establish him
on it as a farmer, charging him
full value for the property, but
giving him long period of years
in which to pay and charging in
terest on his indebtedness at
rate not to exceed 4 per cent.
Acreage in Every State.
Many of the soldiers. sailors and
marines now getting out of uni
form were born on a farm and
went into the service from tenant
farms, the present high price of
tillable land making it impossible
for them to become farm owners
because Of lack of capital. Their
experience was gained in a variety
of climates and they would not all
want the same sort of reclaimed
farm. But this need be no OBJ
stacle in the government plan, for
every state has it's acreage of un-
used land that might be made pro.
ductive. and there is every reason
why the man with the honorable
discharge in his hand should have
the choice of several projects.
within fifty miles of the city of
Washington. both in the states of
Maryland and Virginia, there are
large bodies of land which once were
parts of great plantations that can
be had for less than any lands within
the same distance of most of the
larger cities of the west" said Sec
retary Lane recently. "The mind
Of the country has been turned to-
ward the development of the raw
lands, the free. unbroken lands. to
the neglect of opportunities nearer
the center of the country's markets.
In almost every southern state in
stances can be cited where white
men under the wise direction of the
Department Of Agriculture support
their families and make an excellent
living upon small farms Of from ten
city and New Orleans there are more
than 100000 acres Of unused
lands.''
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Beer Heavy Item in Budget.
REDUCING FRENCH RESERVES
All, Inclusive Of Class of 1917, to
Be Out by October Is,

PARIS, July 25.-All reserves Of the
French army. including the class Of
1917, will be demobilized by the mid
die of October, according to plans
completed by the government and
published today. There would remain
in service members of the classes OF
1918. 1919 and 1920.
Before the meeting of the new par
lament, it is understood, Premier
Clemenceau. as minister Of war, and
Marshal Petain will draft a plan for
the reduction of military service.
This. 1t is said, may reduce the active
army to the equivalent Of two classes
or lesA.
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WAGE INCREASES
DISTURB ENGLAND
Cry for Shorter Hours by
British Workmen Also
PerpIexes Employers.
U. S. LABOR IS COMPARED

LONDON. July S Correspondence of
the Associated Press).-Recent increases
in wages of British workmen have been
the subject of very serious debate by
economists, employers and others as one
Of the bedrock problems of reconstruc-
tion, in the sense that the nation may
stand or fall by it. Some say the ques-
ton which confronts British industry is
whether the pendulum of wages may
not swing so high that production for
competition with rival nations will be-
come Improbable and then impossible.
Higher wages for alp is the demand
of the organized and unorganized work.
ers. With it is the cry for rshorter
hours, better onditions of living, free
dom to meet the employer on a plane
of business equality, as two business
men meeting together
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Response of Many Employers.

more concentrated work, more intel
ligent work and we will try to meet
you," is the response from many en-
ployers.
The question has been seriously raised
here whether England in the past mas
owed her pre-eminene in the worlds in
dustrial markets to underpaid British
labor. That view was expressed by
! Frank Vanderlip, New York banker,
when he returned to America a few
| weeks ago, after spending several
months in Europe.
There are shrewd business men who
contend that British labor has not been
cheap. but, considered solely as an item
IN the cost OF production, has been rela-
| lively costly when compared with the
labor of the United States.
Gets More for His Money.
The topic came forward at a recent
informal gathering in London of Ameri-
can and British capita ins of industry
Some were men who command great en-
| terprises. who think in terms of millions
of pounds and brigades of workmen.
| Their talk dealt with the iron and steel
productions, shipbuilding, the various
| industries and manufactures of machin-
cry, motors, sewing machines and the
like.
| The consensus of opinion among
| them seemed to be that the average
skilled English workman of pre-war
| times, paid a small wage, got more
money for what he did than the average
American artisan; that the labor cost of
producing commodities in this country
was greater than for producing similar
goods in the United States.
! Chief Reasons for Small Results.
Limitation of output by trades unions
| and obstruction against labor-saving
| machinery, not lack Of ability, were
| held to be the chief reasons for smaller
| results by British workingmen. "Speed
up the work and you throw some Of us
into the street; more labor-saving ma
| chimes and more men out of work to be
supported by union funds" was the la
Dor point of view.
| There is still another factor, the cost
Of beer, and that is rather a delicate
question in some quarters. "If the
United States goes dry, then God save
England" exclaimed British cabinet
minister discussing the industrial out
look.
Beer Heavy Item in Budget.
The beer item is considered by some
economists a relatively heavy one in the
personal budget of the mass of British
! worllingmen and an item that cannot
be left out of the reckoning in striking
a balance for comparison of the workers
of England with those of America.
However stands the dictum that Eng
land owed her past trade supremacy to
uI derpaid labor, there are many observ-
ers here today who declare the outlook
now is in the opposite direction.
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let him buy direct from the private
owner. The difference is one of
operation and not of principle
Whatever plan Congress adopts, if
1t fuff1lls the hopes of a million men
and the Department of the Interior,
1t will make some provision for the
cooperation Of states in the develop
advancing part of the funds to be
used in making the land tillable,
would be given part in directing
and establishing the new farming
community and would be adding to
the power and resources of the COM
monwealth. Indications, are that the
states would cooperate as quickly
in this work as they are doing in
the matter Of road building.
Don't Demobilize Patriotism.
Back of the entire proposal, back
of the idea of doing something
worth while for the men who
maintained the integrity of the
nation IN America and in Europe.
back of the immediate. advantage
of new acres brought up to a pro-
ductive standard, is the inspira-
ton of genuine patriotism, which
God grant may never be demobilized.
Secretary Lane has summed it up as
follows:
Nations make war upon each
other that they may have new
lands-lands in tropical Africa, in
remote Asia. They spend life and
and go deeply into debt that they
may gain small domains already
filled with an unprogressive peo-
pie. And here, under our own
flag. we have land as rich as the
valley of the Nile; not ours yet,
for it does not serve us, but which
we can conquer with a little
thought and the lending of a lit
tie money. This is conquest
worthy of democracy, giving free
men their chance to make them
selves economically free without
the shedding of blood or the
breaking of hearts,
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Either Plan Acceptab BILE.

Two methods have been suggested
for acquiring waste acreage now
of them if wisely followed would be
acceptable to the ex-service man
looking for home in the country.
The land may be bought by the gov
ernment at figure fixed by the
farm loan board, subject to the De-
partment of Agriculture, which
would mako a soil analysis, and then
cleared and resold to the soldier.
great credit back Of the soldier and
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RY LEONARD oRMEROD,
Former Sergeant Major, 12th fleio
Artillery, A. E. F.

Former Sergeant Major. 18th Field
Artillery, A. +. r.
- oLDIERS who have been de-
modified and those now go
ing through that very deslr-
- able process are keeping an
eye on Congress, to see what, II
ANYTHING, is going to be done by
the government to enable e1-ser'-
ice men to reclaim farm lands and
nurchase them for homes.
As to the relative merits OF the
several schemes proposed. the man
fresh from overseas, the sailor on
the destroyer or the recruit from
the training camp may know very
little He may not be able to say
Univ the swamp lands of the caro-
1inas would or would not be bet
ter for this purpose than the dry
acres of the Colorado River valley
that are awaiting irrigation. But
be does know that millions OF
acres now idle can be made pro-
auctive: that an increased supply
of farm products would be an in
valuable asset to the country, ana
that 4,000,o0o men are being turn
ed loose on the labor market or the
country and their employment is
problem.
BETTER Than Cash Bonus.
Congress can get the attention
of the ex-service man quicker by
talking farm" than by suggest
ing cash bonus. The soldier
1<nows a cash bonus is tempo
rary boost. 1t may mean new
suit of "civvies," an extended va
cation or a larger diamond in the
ring for the girl who knitted the
sweater for him when he joined the
Army. But it leaves the great
question of his future unsolved.
and that is what he and the girl
must consider before they add a
gold band to the slender finger
wearing the diamond.
A comprehensive scheme OF land
reclamation would give the former
fighter something to count on for
life, a solution of future problems
as well as immediate ones. And
that is why the Department OF the
Interior already has received con-
siderably more than 100000 inquir-
les in regard to land opportunities
for soldiers and sailors
Vast Areas Available.
There are in the continental
United States some 2o0,000,0o0
acres Of land that by irrigation,
drainage or clearing could be made
into productive farms, not includ-
ing more than 100000 acres Of
arid land that could be farmed II
the waterfall were properly con-
served. The problem of utilizing
this vast reservoir of national
wealth is not a new one, but never
in history has such an opportunity
for working it out been presented.
The greatest army ever gathered
together outside of Europe is
being scattered to the four winds.
and the officers and men who
made it up are looking for new
work to which they may turn their
hands.
Alexander the Great, Caesar.
Charlemagne, Napoleon - these
men conquered the known world,
or a great part of it, with armies
not a third as large. What a
force for a peaceful conquest Of
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
Child Almost Dead
Grandmother Saves Life

Roxbury, Mass. A grandmother in
RoXbury writes. 81 put great faith in
your medicine, and one of my chill
dren was dying. The doctor said she
could not live until morning, and l
ran out to the drug store got bot
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once, and at night l gave her the
other half. l thought it's eithr kill or
cure for the doctor says she is dying
anyway, but, she did not die. She
went to sleep for a week, and the
next morning she passed two worms,
red in color, six inches long. The
doctor came TO see if she was dead,
but he ran out pretty quick, as she
was sitting in her chair eating bowl
of oatmeal and milk. That was twen-
ty-four years ago, an dnow she has
baby girl of he rown, seven months
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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
LYNDON TEAMS
RETURN FROM -;
SPRINGFIELD

The Representatives of the Boys
andAGirls' Project club at the Easie.r
States Exposition held at Springfield,
Sept. 1920, have returned home.
They report a pleasant and profitable
week in spite of inclement weather
for tent life.
Four teams made the trip, two o.
which were entered in the interstate
contests, which was an excellent
showing for one town. Beatrice
Darling, Bertha Chayer, Florence
Hackett and Katherine Burnham
competed in bread making demon
stration and Rockman Ayers, Albert
Hally and Raymond Pierce in poul-
try judging and each team won 4th
place. OF the eighteen boys judging,
Albert Hally made the second high
est individual score and will receive
a pen of fowls as special prize.
About 800 registered at Camp
Vail. The leaders proved themselves
able indeed in organizing both voca-
tional and rccreational activities
and a daily schedul was carried out.
At the evening assemblies, the young
people listened to inspiring speakers
from home and abroad. Club songs
and cheers were heard at all times
during the day. On Friday occurred
the Camp Vail pageant on the race
track, each state showing at least one
characteristic float 1t required
about an hour for the procession to
pass.
In the housing and serving of
food, the boys and girls experienced
a little of the camp life of the soldier.
The record time for the serving of
the food for the three hundred was
II minutes.
Vermont has reason to be proud
of her representatives and credit is
due Miss Mead, under whose chap
eronage the Lyndon boys and girls
made the trip.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
CITY OF NEWPORT
The Exodus to Prep Schools and
s. Colleges

There is quite an exodus this
month of our young students to the
various schools and colleges. Ber-
nard Hanson, Howard Mudgett, Lii
nus Lorrimer, Reginald McCauley
and Donald Akin go to Boston Uni
versity; Sam Davis, Merton LeFoun-
tain and Clifford Oakley to Middle
bury; for Dartmouth George William
Hamilton, Burton Prouty, David and
Edwin Camp, and Donald Davis; to
U. V. NJ, Aubrey Akin, Porter
Moore, Miss Dorothy Spear, Harold
Bowley and Perley Hill; Miss Jen-
ME Curtis enters the freshman class.
Miss Laura Cobleigh leaves Sept.
25th for Mt. Ida; Justin Curtis will
enter Cornell; Miss Helen Parker has
gone to Wellesley; Herbert Lane re-
turns to Tufts; Miss Mabel Gay
will take the business course at Stan
stead College; Perley Folsom goes
back to Dean Academy; Miss Alice
Abbott and Miss Ruth Blodgett later
in the month return to Smith; Miss
Esther Brown will enter Miss Cap
ems preparatory school at North
ampton. Miss Marjorie Tinkham goes
to Columbia and will also study at
the Institute of Musical Arts; Mel
bourne White takes a course in cleo
trical engineering at Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn. This long list is signifi-
cant and reflects credit upon the
teachers, the school directors, and
the parents in cultivating ideals
towards "wider sphere of useful
ness and broader intellectual devel-
opmcnt.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
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OGDENSBURG. N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Smythc ant
children were in Woodstock Sunday
z. S. Waterman and family AK
home from two weeks spent in Bos
ton.
Mrs. J. w. Kicker and child J.
Portsmouth visited her mother, MS
William Parks, and sister, Mis-.
Jeanette Parks over Sunday.
The many friends of Stanton Har
ris, Il former st. Johnsbury boy wht
is now resident of Hartford, Conn.
will regret to learn of the death OF
Sunday afternoon of the only chile
of Stanton and Gladys Harris, Theron
TheronHarry, aged eight months
The little boy is grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Harris, formerly st
residents and now of Hart
ford. The burial was at Arlington
N. j.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
PEACHAM

Mrs. r. ID. Rowland of East Cor
NTH is visiting her daughter, Mrs. V.
f. Lamb.
Miss Jessie Pennington who has
been working for Dan Adams is
taking vacation of three weeks at
her home.
Miss Lou Stevenson, who is work
ing in Fairlee in the N. Il. telephone
office is at home for few days.
Mrs. George Richardson is teach
ing school at South Peacham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Pocock of
North Hatlcy, P. O., have been Wis
ting their cousins, Mrs. Rena Hunt
cr and Mrs. Eva Harvey at East
Peacham.
Mrs. Little and two girls of McIn-
does are visiting her father, MI.
Guthrie.
Charles Morse has bought the
place where he now lives of the
Banks brothers and quite little
land with it.
Herbert Blair has bought some of
the woodland on the same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Baylcy of
East Corinth were at Mrs. Helen
Bailey's Sunday.
Mrs. M. Geneva Chandler is work
ing in Mrs. Myrtle Morrill's millin-
cry parlors at Danvile.
Miss Ruth McLacklin has gone
back to Wellesley College.
Rev. Harold M. Hayward has re-
turned from Boston where he has
been attending course of lectures.
Fred Pollard is quite 4 little bet
ter and is now able to walk up to
the store.
Mrs. Mary Craig has had the Mol
ly Falls telephone put into her house
at the Corner.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
EAST BURKE

Miss Annie Beldcn returned to her
work at Laconia N. H., Monday, af-
ter spending three weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Belden.
There was a large number out to
the Ladies' Aid dinner Friday, at
the home of the President, Mrs.
Myron Gibson and a very good time
reported.
Mrs. Charlie Knapp and son, Col
lett were week end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Knapp at St.
Johnsbury.
A. b. Colby and family and Mrs
Charles Frecto visited relatives in
East Rycgate Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Hunter from Lyndon
was a Sunday guest of Miss Lizzie
Jenkins.
Mrs. George Hazen from St
Johnsbury has been spending a few
days with Mrs. Helen Carpenter anc
Miss Roancy Parker.
Mrs. U. T. Davis has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Eli Eastman, ii
Wheelock the past week.
Mrs. Lawton from Lyndonville was
recent visitor at William Brock
ways and Mrs. U. T. Davis
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Lund anc
daughter, Dell, are in Berlin, Mass.
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bull
lard and Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Coli
in Woodsville, N. H., making tn,
trip by automobile.
Mrs. John Gibson from Erbsburf
spent the past week at H. d. Web
ster's. Mr.. Gibson was a week enc
visitor there.
Mrs. Josie Brown of Winch ester
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs
Florence Freeto.
Mrs. Harvey Foot of Montrea
have been recent visitors of he
aunt, Mrs. Lucy Lund.
Mrs. Harris jenkins has beel
spending the week with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Perley Harris.
Milo Jenkins and, Mrs. Adds Bar
Der, returned Saturday night fror
Springfield, Mass, where they hav
been attending the fair.
Mrs. Emma Hudson is visiting rel
atives at Lake Willoughby.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-24
J. W. DAVIES
CORRECTS WRONG
IMPRESSION
Did Not Buy Property In
Waterford Because of No
Exemption Here
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
My attention has been called to
your paper of Wednesday, Sept. II.
| am surprised that you would make
Il statement that certainly would give
the people of st. Johnsbuly a wrong
impression about me. Any man who
would refuse to buy property here
just because small special town
meeting voted not to exempt him
from taxes wouldn't make very
good citizen for the place anyway or
be of much help.
When the proper time comes | be-
lieve the citizens of st. Johnsbury
will grant me any favors they do to
anyone.
| have bought q little property in
Lower Waterford as l consider the
views from there about the best
have ever seen but don't expect me
to spend 100000 there as l haven't
been building war material during
the war.
Your truly,
J. w. DAVIES.