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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
THE PEOPLE PAY THE BILL

Street care strike developments in
New York indicate a conspiracy on the
part OF officials Of public utilities and
the employees Of same to force a higher
charge upon the public District Attor-
ney Swami and Mayor Hylan OF New
York. both declare that they are con-
WINGED that the strike Of the Inter
borough was connived at for the pur-
pose o. increasing the fare for carrying
passengers. They propose to take pro-
ceedings before the grand jury to in
dict both marlborough officials and the
officials Of the workers union.
Many strikes. all resulting In tn
creased charges for public service. are
bringing home to the people Of this
country the fact that. in the long nun,
they pay the bill. The conspiracy al
legged in the New York case is a striking
illustration Of that fact. Company Of
fcials might we'll afford to create an
artificial disturbance. bringing about in
creases in their payroll. II that disturb.
ance could be made the excuse for the
imposition Of millions Of dollars OF ex-
ira charges upon the people who are
compelled to use their car lines.
While II cannot be said that there
is evidence that practices Of this kind
have been common. we might easily an
ticipate what would occur II the en-
ployes operating public utilities became
the practical controllers OF the Same
after the fashion proposed by the chiefs
Of the railroad brotherhoods. The temp
tations for strikes for higher wages as
we'll as for higher fares might easily
bring ebout a condition that would be
unbearable.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
THE WHEAT GUARANTY

- Julius II. Barnes. American wheat
director. alleges that the price OF wheat
guaranteed. is not above the normal
nrice which wheat would command II
IN. government guaranty was removed
Tho latest forecast Of the American
wheat crop this year is that it will yield
o,,x $40, 900. 900 bushels or nearly aoo.-
400, 900 less than was expected IN June
The Canadian crop has also been dam
ared. Mr.. Barnes estimates that
Es,rooe this year will produce only about
* n.r cent Of her normal crop. The
.nor+axe. therefore. in Europe will be
v.rv considerable and will require prac-
.,cally all Of the surplus Of the United
u,.,.. Canada and Argentine to make
II up.
Mr.. Barnes may be correct in his
aeures, but Il would be interesting 10
try the experiment. If the removal OF
,hs government guaranty WOULD lower
r.,ess Of wheat. It would be worth while
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
RIPPING RHYMES
ETUNG.
By WALT MASON.

The grocer overcharged two cents
last evening. in HIS tinhorn store;
and he may raise some loud lamcntS.
but | shall 60 there nevrrmor"
Most any man may sting me once.
but that one instance should Su!-
flee: methinkS I'd Nc a first class
Ounce to let the same man sting
me twice. I'll pardon any mans
mistakes. If there's no guile w!,n-
in his heart. but when he makes
malicious breaks. | say. "FarcwcN
We twain must part You clasScd
me with tho easy jays. YOU hung
the boob sign on my brow: hence
forth We 20 our divers ways. COM
panions once, but strangers now
MY trade the grocer soon Will miss:
I bought large quantities Of pruncs:
and he. his bosom filled with bliss.
raked in my hard-rarred piCayun"S.
The giant Swindlcr may arrive. and
sting me- in my own hall. sell bogus
stocks in blocks Of five, and | ad-
mirc him for his gall. The polish
ed CRATER may appear. with every
smooth and modern curve and leave
me broke. or pretty near. and ! re-
speCt him "nr his nerve. | smile
when highly gifted gents get all III"
coin | have to spare. but when I'm
stunc for seven cents ! walk III"
floor and tear my hair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
wilson LEADERSHIP GONE

II ANYTHING were wanted 70 show the
-S;,,,,,sbod p-estigc Of President Will
son with his own barty and with tn"
copntr,: Al large. it lis furnished by the
overwhelming passage. over his Vc'o'
Of the daylight saving repeal law. MI
wilson has twice vetoed the daylight
saving repeal bill. Tho third time II
passed both the Hous" and Senate by
noaiorities Of nearly three TO one. In
other words. more than half OF the
Dernccra,tc membership OF both b'dies
refused TO follow the leadership Of the
presidcn, and joined in passing an I'M
nortanr industrial measure. which ne
Aas criticised and opposed.
The beginning OF the decline OF the
Wilson fctisch was seen in the appeal OF
:Mr. Wilson for the election OF a Demo-
cratic Congress. and the reouke admin
astereS to him by the voters Immediate
ly thereafter The tides OF public gen
,,irnent have been running strong against
ATr Wilson and his party ever since. am
Myen The blind Wilson worshippers IN
Al. Democratic membership Of Congress
Sho have. for the past six years. been
.ecrn,i,g hi. orders without question
Gre now. awake to the situation.
: zrcs, part OF the opposition 70 the
eovenant OF the League OF Nations
which has developed in the country al
,a-ra g the IntelIiEencer is convinced.
based upon antagonism TO MT, wilson
and his policies. It springs from utter
disgust with his arrogance ana ego
4isn. and dsstrust OF leadership. which
A.s shown asclf so narrow and SELF
center>d. In itself. the passage OF the
Gill repcaling daylight saving was not
.,ta,,v important II was stgnifcant
evidence. however. OF the fact that the
democratic membership OF Congress
S.ve gotten out OF hand so far as Mr..
wilson is concerned. He Is no longer
able to give commands and to enforce
obedience. The large majority OF inc
4houshtful people Of this country pro-
youndly distrust Woodrow Wilson and
"a. ,o,,c,es, and this distrust is reelected
n the attitude taken BY the majority
~ ronKress
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

The library was long Il sort OF insii-
it's province. Now that PROVING" has be-
come all life. and first Of all American
life.
In the now duties that immigration
has brought the library uuqu"stlOn-
ably is solving with larg" success TINS
new and greatest educational problem.
UT 50 rapid has been the development
Of the library movement that IN few
years II has become natlon-wldc and
wonderfully efficient in patriotic serr-
ice and so quietly has IL been acComp-
lished. that n campaigning pr"phgandiSt
has asked, why don't the Libraries do
something to make for the development
Of the larger American spirit Of the i'm
migrant"
that question and that is by trying to
give some idea OF what the library has
done and constantly is doing.
In many respects the library has
greater opportunity that the school.
Friendly and helpful. its aid IS more IN
viting and less formal. II makes less
demand upon the attention of Il man
who is often very tired after long
days work. 1t welcomes those who
think themselves too old for school.
1t Is open throughout tho year. wher"
the night school is open only seven
months of the year. Ii can furnish pa
pcrs and books in the immigrants own
language and thus provide familiar
and homcly air. and az a common meet
ing ground with Americans. ii gives him
a sense of joint right and ownership in
the best things of our country. and this
with no suggestion OF patr"nizing inter
est.
Best Of all tho library brings the
migrant in effective touch with Am
crican democracy and American ideals
and 80 helps destroy the impression Of
heartlcss commercialism that many OF
our immi grants in their colonies. con-
tinually assert is tho main Charactcris-
tic of our civilization.
illuminating facts taken almost NJ
random from the mass OF records show
the remarkable way in which the public
libraries have adapted existing methods
and machinery with plentiful invention
to this new problem now in it's present
interest and great extent.
Bear in mind that these last four or
five years have been years of exception
al difficulty. In the matter OF litera-
ture in foreign languages tho library 5
first need in helping the Immigrant 10
become en- American. it has been i'm
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

An unwiso man in our country mas
said that h. did not believe that there
were one hundred men in the United
States who wore real thinkers. Having
affirmed that this L. an cSagGc:atl"h'
II remains for Us I" say that IN" n'"'
ME Of the United States are beginning L"
think about government. Atwood Mas
, called attention to the error or ArI"to-
tie in his original statement about the
forms rf government that mas nceh
quoted during the last twenty-four nun"
jrrd yCara Aristotle said there was
three for ms Of government. tn" govern
unnt by the one called aUtocracy: the
i-nyrrumTur hy the few called aristn-
cracv; and government hy III" votes or
al. the fire." men Of Athens. called demo-
Cracv, But this author is IN his book
called Back 10 the Republic. suosti-
tutrs the word republic for the word
"aristocracy" and then YOU have. IN
1919 three forms Of government: autoc-
racv that is government by some car
sultan or kaiser: democracy. or govern
mrnt by commissions. III" recall or
Judges and mayors. and ballots. one NJ
which contained thrc" hundred ana thlr-
ty-fOur names: while midway between
lies tho Golden Mean. representative
government 'Hl''" wv ~ f"'' =,
10y the greatest poiltI'"' H''''"' t
time. Alexander Hamilton. supported ny
men like Washington and FRANKLIN IN
trrpretcd and CNrounded 10y men HAc
Daniel Webster, and saved BY Abraham
Lincoln.
Extreme iautoCraCy) --TErants. hond-
ace. coercion. reaction. fcudaliSm. skcp-
trcisnr. polyEamy. thirst
Golden Mean trepubliC) --Statcsmen
liberty. Justice. progress. property
rights; reverence. monogamy. temper
.,ncc.
Extreme tdcnocracY)-h"ma
license. anarchy. chaos, socialism. ran
a.icism. free love. drunkenness
From this Atwood deduces his aNioms
o. govrrum,
Wha, drunkenness Is 10 the ind:vld-
mi extreme democracy is to govern
man, N.h,t temperance il TO ;hc indi-
,.,I,,,l ,hc yruuhli, Is to the govern
,rnr,
VIVA, siuridity is to thought autcc-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
WANTED: A STONE AGE.

Warren s. Stone, the grand chief OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
necrs, uses the word 'profiteer" with
great frequency but does not favor the
public with any accurate description Of
the animal.
M. stones idea, so far as 1t can he
collected, seems to be that il n man who
owns a shoe factory finds that II costs
him IS q pair to make shoes he is a
profiteer II he charges much more than
IS for his product. but that his en-
ployes are not profiteers If they demand
wages that will raise the shoe cost to
IS a pair. He can't see that the shoe
price is determined by the labor price,
and holds that It Is meritorious to raise
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22
HOUSE VOTES HEAVY
TARIFF ON TUNGSTEN

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2l.-By a stric,
party vote. IN" house today passed AMI
sent 10 tho senate q hill imposing a
tariff Of sln "A unit or 5000 n ton on
crud" tungsten orc. and 81 81 pound on
scrro-tunEst IN and other tungsten salts.
Democrats lrd by Representative Kitch-
in. North Carolina, sougth 10 rcduC" Pie
rates.
Ry IN amendment TO the bill import
cd stocks now held in the United Statcs
would be taxed the difference between
their cost and SIT unit, the price level
to which the Republican proponents said
tho hill! would raise crude tungsten.
Final action on the bill by vote OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

III to 1872 followed five hour sof old
fashioned debate on the divergent views
of Republicans and demands on the tar
irt Mr.. kItchin and Democratic Leader
Clark doing most OF the speaking Tor the
minority.
Mr. Kitchin contended the bill would
give q monopoly 10 a few big producinS
companies and exact unnecessarily hiRh
prices but Representative FordneJ,
Michigan. and other Republicans sam
tho measure was needed TO protect Am
crican labor standards and promote m
Industry developed through war neces.
sity.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

possible To- purchase books from moS'
Of the countries at war.
Add Ia this that during th"S" years Oh
our important libraries have been i"rc'"
through lack of funds I" curtal r"rN'
10 clos" stations or branches. dlScha :"
employees but fewer books. such lim"'
now ventures arc the first 10 suffer or
bc abandoned.
Yet the work grows. nearly HO0 pubic
libraries are taking part in This move
mcnt and of th!S number. nearly 2GD are
dong splendid pioneer WORK. often on an
CXtcnsiv" scale. In the lily Of New
York. with It's fUrty-thr"t library
branches, those branches having IN"
largest So-call"d immigrant membership
led all others IN CirMlatIon
The use of books in foreign languages
has increased so rapidly that their en-
culatiou now reaches 100000 year. In"
results have proved SO satisfactory that
the library supply Of foreign books has
been increased thirty per cent III two
wears. Italian circulation has increased
nrty-fuur percent in two recent success
Sivr years and the Iiddsh circulation
sevcnty-thrrc per cent during In" same
period Books IN foreign languages arc
carefully chosen. the list being crowded
with the most interesting works that
can be- found describing the social pu-
liuCal. industrial life in the United
States.
Chicago writes graphically how the
forcl gn-burn arc ''storming the library
for books in their own tongues" Grave
and 'ycarn" are the Immigrant w"rGs.
Tho shelves for foreign books is II
generous one yet this Is tho official
word Of despair: Tho supply Will TALL
far short Of the demand.
St Louis luke Cleveland and thi"aE"
has made surveys on Il wide scale Of
the different populations served by the
library'S branches. Ii has mad" sympa-
thetir studies Of their racial and nation
al ideals. their cultural backgrounds.
Members Of the staff have don" houS"
TO house visiting. Posters and leaflets
have been rncrgctically used. Tho fol-
lowing sentences picture the character
OF the work and tell results. "All our
material IS used over and over again"
These people d"vour American hist"rN
and biography" Grown men and wom-
on pass books to their own languages
pocket their pride and 20 the childrcns
corner" Books IN English for foreign
crs arr. IN such demand that We arc UNI
able 10 fill IN" call" Put such results
a> those We hav" mentioned in dealing
with IN" foreign born some only Ts the
consequences OF hard and earnest work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

to make the trial The government
must keep it's pledge TO the wheat grow
ers. bu. it can better afford deficit az
five hundred million dollars as a result
OF its guaranty. than 1t can afford 70
keep UP the cost Of foods of one hun
dred million people.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

amount Of those incomes. Sclf-dcnia!
Is a hard thing. yet sclf-dcnial nine
times out Of ten is the secret Of sub
stantial success
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

IL I'm disturbing you. father. III
stop. I'm only practicing to Kill time.
said the young girl. pictured In Judge.
Better stop. my dear. l think you've
killed him
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

The agitation against the high cost
of living has at least kept some or inc
profiteers guessing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

The greater the necessity for saving
esn OF kllunlIcddo InoA LslHsiS su}
The intelligence Want Ads.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

Good morning! Have you gone on
strike today?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-22

BUY WAR SAVINGS sTAAPs.-
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-30
SEEK1DISEASES HEREGTHATd
KILLED ILLINOISsWHEAT

q "Take all,p'a disease new to Amer
lea that has practically destroyed the
wheat, crop in several Illinois fields
near st. Louis, and appeared in In
diana, is being sought in Ohio
Plants affected with "take ALL" or
foot rot, are greatly stunted. The
leaves are darker, green than those on
healthy plants. The stalks are brown
or gray black and are often so rotted
at the base that they pull out easily.
Such plants often send up secondary
shoots which have grasslike leaves
much narrower, than the first set, As
the disease, progresses, the plants may
be entirely killed out in considerable
patches. Plants not so badly dis
eased may send up jointed stems and
even produce "a head. These usually
become white and fail to fill out prop
erly.
Flag smut is another, new wheat
disease found in Illinois and soughttin
Ohio, 1t forms narrow gray-black
lines lengthwise of the leaves The
leaves burst later. releasing a black
smut powder, and the leaves are slit
into. shreds. Usually no head is
formed.
Farmers are invited to submit
samples of wheat that appear to have
these diseases to their county agricul-
tural agent or to Prof. w. G.. Slower,
College of Agriculture, Columbus.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-30
BARBERRY THREATENING
n BUCKEYE WHEAT AGAIN

Many barberry bushes in Ohio are
found this, spring to be. infected with
the rust fungus, according to scouts
working comparatively for the u. s.
Department Of Agriculture and the
Ohio State University. This is the
rust which causes great loss annually
to the wheat crop. Many barberry
bushes both i'm the village and cities
are ahundantly rusted. As the only
way that these. .hushes.in the. city can
get the rust is from rusted grains and
grasses, it is declared that all of che
common barberry bushes are a menace
to the wheatacrop.
U The rust is showing as small, nearly
round leaf, spots which are yellow to
reddish brown on the upper surface
while" on the lower side they are
orange yellow. !. The spots on the
lower surface are made up Of a num-
Der Of tiny cups which can be, seen
with the naked eye. In these cups
are borne millions Of seeds" of the
hlst which are, carried to grain fields,
first the red rust and later
the black rust. The Japanese barberry
does not. harbor rust.
specimens, will be identified without
cbst by the Department of Botany,
Ohio State University, Columbus.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-30
Using PHOSPHATE ON
ALFALFA WITH PROFIT

Experience of Buckeye farmers is
proving the value Of applying. acid
phosphate u on alfalfa in a rotation.
Two noteworthy instances are those ON
the farms Of Ira Prince and Albert
Huenke Of New Bremen. both in
Auglaize county.A9
When MI, Price bought his farm
Eight years ago only q poor stand Of
alfalfa had been obtained He applied
BOO pounds Of 16 per cent acid phos-
phate, and obtained a fair crop. Since
Hen he has continued the practice of
applying acid phosphate at the rate
d 300spounds per acre and gets Is
TONS Of hay annually, in three cuttings
from six acres The phosphate, \ he
Declares, is responsible for the in
Creased yield.
ION the Huenke farm the land had
been drained and lined, and manure
had been applied in large amounts
but the alfalfa yield was tmeager,
Since the acid phosphate has been ap-
pied,efour luxuriant crops have been
obtained annually. t
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-30

two weeks eliminating the 11th Of
November, the anniversary 81 the
signing Of the arInistice the season
when American people may propsFiy
give IRauif festatienS thYuuGk scontxi
butions testheif American Red CresS,
Of fstheir thanlf fulness for dsliveaatlee
from added horrors Of swaF wlaich ldaye
fallen upon nations less foftanates
At present the American. Red Cross
is bring ngiAg to- a close It's activities in
countries, in western Europe and with
the withdrawal Of American trQeps
from. the war zone, its work for army
abroad will END automatically. Dis
ease, suffering of "a most heartrender-
Ing character and severe, are calling
for relief in other fields.
The, new international organization
OF, Red Cross societies is preparing to
deal with relief and health problems
throughout the world in future years,
but there are immediate emergencies
which require the aid of agencies al
ready established. Foremost among
these agencies is the American Red
Cross.
At present emergencies are being
met with all resources available, but
it is apparent that imperative calls
for assistance for the next year or
more will make, additional funds nee
essary.
It is anticipated. that the, generous
heart Of the American people will res
pond to the appeal. to the full extent
of needs that will present themselves.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-30
COMMUNICATION

editor Sentinel:
For the past 16 years, and do not
know how long before, family Of
Baltimore orioles have been nesting
in tree on South Court street. The
beautiful and unusual song of the male
bird first attracted our attention. 4 l
Bird students came to listen to his
soaring, uplifting notes. ii, This, Car
uso" among his fellows came here
several, years. His descendants still
come to the tree but their song can
not compare with hissNf,
The nest hung over the street and
one year while the family were away
the telephone company cut the limb
from which it swung, destroying their
home. I'VE feared this might drive
them aWay but they built another nest
and ssstsup housekeeping as before. i,
We watch for them every springl
and mote the date Of their arrival. :
~usT Thissyear and one other they came
the third Of May. Their latest date
was May 8, at " o'clock in the after
noon, but their usual time Is May 8
" 8, and they d net. vary much from
kts---k -. MlsK " n 80 5i5i lts4ulas snj .