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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Bi HENRY EDWARD WARMER
fcarning.

learning.
Or all pursuits beneath the sun
For me there's really only one.
And that Is to be farmer gay
Playing with Maude in the newmown hav.
Planting and sowing with careful hand.
rushing the pillow through fertile land
Milking the bees TO set their honey
And selling butter for regular money.
Plucking the winsome. gentle goose
And pryins HE mattress feathers loose,
Trailing the wonderful cabbage vino
And digging those lima beans O. mine!
sleeping the sleep of honest toll
When kick my boots SO covered with soil.
And smelling the breath Of the caulifower
AS while away full many an hour
Pumping the COW as she stands for me,
Patient and helpful as she can be,
Spraying the trees where the insects thronx
And ever warhlinE my Farmers song.
Pruning the grapes and leaving ono her.
And another there. for the wood next yenr.
say, you fellows who live IN the city
AIM 1t shame. Bo? Amt It a pity?
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Paying the Freight

NJ wartime experiment of the Fedora1
government has been SO costly as its
operation OF the railroads. 1t has remained
for Diroctor-General Hines to give tho coun.
'rS us hrst concrete idea OF what 1t will
cost In taxation. to say nothing Of freight
charges TO maintain the roads under govern
ment control during the remainder Of this
year. For the first three months of this wear
mere Is deficit Of s192,O0o,O00 At Toast
that Is the difference between what the rail,
roads earned above expenses and the guar.
anteed annual compensation which the rail
road companies are to get
If this deficit continues TO milo I'M fo 49,
remainder OF the year at the present rate.
congress must appropriate something like
SSoV,oOO,000 with which 10 meet It mr.
ing the entire year OF 1918 the governments
loss was S226,000,0 900, or about s30O0o ono
moro than for the first quarter of this wear
80 lar the railroads. therefore, arc s41s 600
ooo behind In their earnings and, as lust
s.o"n 'hey VIII cost the country more than
Si.voo'oov,oVo Tor the two-year period IL
they are held that long and if the defci. -.
Is now accommodating is not overcome.
lhis creates very serlous nroblom Tho
Hrst Impulse or those who are taxed to nav
1or this luxury would be the Immediate re-
turn or the railroads to their owners 7. is
olIncult to find reason why the pronert,os
should be longer held. since they are costing
w
10 dismiss tho matter in that fashion In
the hrSt place. the government itself is re.
sponsible for this deficit. Tho roads arc
haul'hg as much or more freight than thew
hauied before. and they are hauling f. at
rates 20 per cent higher than under private
management. But the government has l6adeu
the properties down with pay roll that "a
costing the roads SSoo.o00.ooo more yea
than before.
II the roads are returned to their owners,
.neS VIII De returned with this burden upon
them. Private managers will not be able IA
piace their employees on a pre-war wage
oasls. mo governments scale will have TO
Dc maintained and it is questionable
whether or not private management can
make ends meet under such conditions. II
me government with all its advantage in
n'ohopolstc control. cannot make the rail.
roads pay their way. 1t seems unlikely that
the owners Of the properties, returning 90
| competitive conditions. can do any better
IL this means anything. 1t means that another
enormous increase in freight rates must he
! allowed.
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Business Problems.
SOLVED BY BRUNO DUKE.
Author, Harold Whitehead.
CHAPTER H.
Problem of TIC Lavender HIn1anrnx


talk With Confidence and some air Of authority.
Tn "la q SlnHa,s sagEested plan action
know his keen analysical mind WIN unerrinEIy
noM SO dd aSr moi &c feel Ss
Tie rroIe n Of the Ms EaSsadeT blossoms was
After or had outlined the, facts to, him and he
SAID. Tell me what you deduct" I cleared my
'hrg3, WIN az F Of i4nSrisass md Sssan
ehsaP and is qa ~ "a bn nsS'u srtes
w SaoSe s night fhn Is crowded With people These
big d resd ,bi ssesGn on the East sde
Two novea on the street, BIreetiy v o5nos Inc
there a music store whSh has piano play
Duke nodded his head slowly as he puffcd at
hnndreds Of dimes passing his store !ha! Would
lad lea f KS w hS 5ad f IT,,
aGHei MS" agrd Dak' ai mel asD,sv
Ss H5is sas SP s 81 T bsRs
he's got 70 advertise"
lie must use the newspapers. He mus, ad .
yer IL e, in big space me benefits q
1 from NUNS and sa af TO things
ss Sa ss a am H D0Rs hals
VII "sa" n .a he , a'ass
II SEQ eighteen en- INCHES in all. And what re-
~; "a THOUSAND packets at 10 cents is 500
Yes" ! went on eagerly. III he kept it up
worth-a nd ,hat would aboa! clean him OUT
"o:1 nsysr thought Of that" stammered.
An e6s an per n CEN, or +, sac asie
possible I,S.a considering the crcumstances. Be:
sooa an" AZ h. b asna
tomorrow. 10 so'''"ueu
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch. May IS. 1867

on ssP hss At the ST Ms. sSs
most aoqrishng conGtioh. The he a a8erags Is
iSa09 as ST. Of hr g ss5s
a seh ga ST. s e e.
ers an Ss laS scholars; ss teashers
sn soh 81 @
19w ss,.I Pr Minnigsr9ds. president; Rev. r. g.
TSea Eo John He y,ey
corresponding secretary.
yesterday. paid their annual tribute to the
esH aSds Of tSs4
were covered with iioWeis There "s were Seay no
Els ses g d shlss i %ss
The Se'M te S fsoS
sy s f1essry ws IS
ane Chewing tobacco % 'N'r'esh eadd'es OF
so Pns genssy meesss the Baptist Sunday
i nEG joins n sb.rr
in aey sna
IS aSa Es ns 81
sc oeers and aa s ses9
sis sehoar Besedere, il oeers and teaeh ans
and M aehssrs sdesy l. e ossrs ana
sS 2aS and Se susn .ssn Man
The Rev John w dunnicutt. OF constitutional
quiet e has and bro %aG Ss
again. Now. In response to the call Of Many
for S'e Congress- from this disiriet. as candidate
sssa a hs ,ne IL
ssis;ss ss sss s ss
TEE IL sed e the ss Sas Railroad was
The President yesterday. appointed NJ. e.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems Discussed
authoritative Wrters-A Daily Editorial Feature.
THE STORY OF THE UKRAINE.
DY JOSEPH ITCHY.

Is sh' Uhsa'Hs' WITCH II is sss
an an independent state. With J popu o
mines. and land. Of ansurpa M f fer.
destines Of Eastern Europe e"9 Ths e,o ohs
or It's young statehood Is quite instruc.
. s'v 9n ana even eve amusing. 1t shows what
which has neither language, nation.
atty. nor national ambition. OF It's own.
.aa "a. any rate the south of Russia has
Litovsk the Ukraine as an independent
nation. despite the protest of Petrol
man and Count Czernin made a peaqe
treaty with tho Ukraine long befofe
shey had closed negotiations with the
order to force Petrograd to accept the
German terms of peace and also In
order to create in European Russia
movement.
The plan Of dismemberine Russia
nae had succeeded for the reason that al
and South Russia had been tied to.
sether and destined to be parts OF ono
e eouh C;s they differed greatly. from
soils aud the historical development OF
the different classes OF society
ms rs true to the extent that the
and scarcity OF raw. materials exists
had ever since the time OF Peter the
Great ben seeking TO establish reia.
tions with tho West, and succeeded
finally In creating a very important
industry; whereas the south OF Russia
With It's immeasurable stretches OF
grain and corn lands. with its rich min.
erals and coal mines, had at all times
gravitated toward the Orient. Indus.
try created In tho north WORKING
class. which. despite tho prosecutions
OF the Csaristio regime, had gone
through politlcal experiences which
enabled IL to organize itself. on the
othar hand, the south remained n con.
scrvetlve, Peasant country. secluded
from the world. and its affairs were ad.
lninistered entirely by officials OF North
Russia Thus II came TO pass after
tho outbreak OF the revolution that the
north Of Russia adopted in turns with
lightning speed practically all known
forms of government; changing from
tyranny to monarchy. to Rristocracy.
10 oligarchy. to democracy. to mob.
ooraty--only TO return finally TO ~.
ranny. The Ukraine, however was
sat'sRod to entablinh. after mo fall OF
the Csaristic tyranny. constitutional
monarchy which II changed after some
months to a democratic republic.
OF course tho PetroErad government
did not resign itsolf TO the secession
OF the Ukraine, and tho hordes OF I.e-
nino flooded the south OF Russia, en-.
dcaroring to overthrow the Ukrainian
government. Az means to that end
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A Daily Once-Over.
A New Place to Spend Your Vacation-Home

Young men and young women. you who come
from small towns, how are you planning to
spend your vacations?
Arc you saving money to spend in soma nlaca
OF bright lights and greater social activity or
are YOU thinking OF homo and the dear old
mother and father who are longing this minute
you?
fon have had months enough in town or city
to give you plenty OF opportunity TO sec some
Of the sights. now be willing to go back to
their pride in your opportunities
They want to see you-they want to hear
about your experiences = they want their
friends and neighbors to realize that Jack and
tive o. those who mus. stay at home
hut get the spirit they are longing to imblbe
and impart II 10 those who love you.
Who knows so well as she your pet likes and
table tell her how good is her cooktng and
eat , and eat; She viii remember It,
s Try ~ to do someth1E for your own pleasure
your whole vacation.-copyrisht. 1919.
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Voice Of the People.
Letters must give the name and nd.
dreBa OF the writer. Name will NOT bs
published II writer SO requests.
Ju.tice 30 tho Auditor.


To the Editor Of The Times- . ispa Itch:
Sir,--I notice that several gentlemen
OF Richmond have felt impclled to dis
sent from the Auditors suggestion 70
seems TO this writer. Judging from the
criticism OF the Auditor. that they have
misunderstood that gcntlcman's object.
In order 10 make this clear, wc must
money appropriated by Congress. 10
be met dollar for dollar by the State.
10 set aside for what is known as
interstate highways. Not a dollar OF
this great sum goes for roads for
thousands who live at any distance
from said highways. Under this con-
dition, what benefit does this vast sum
do Tor tho poor m.s stuck farmers.
who live away from It? None what
ever, until they reach tho highway;
and In winter time. II Is we'll nigh i'm
possible.
Well how. who are the chief bene-
ficiaries OF this money! II It not the
automobilist7 II am not wrong in
this tatement. then Governor Davis
Legislature in extra session. to levy
this tax. As We take It. the Auditor
and the Governor both think II Just
as important. II not more so. for the
farmers and school children generally,
to have good roads. as It Is for tho
joy-riders.
tioe." defends The eutomobilist. as I
understand him, In his article. He is
opposed to taxing them any higher.
saying: DIRE things will happen, II
such be the case" Let US calmly en-
anime this contention. In the first
place, the automobile Industry. since
tho beginning OF the war, has In
creased about rs per cent and gasoline
has advanced II per cent and yet so
great is the demand for them. the fac
tories cannot meet it. Does this look
like this industry cannot bear a lit tie
more taxation, without destruction?
Secondly, automobiles are built for
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largely identified with established forms OF
worship and methods of service practiced
by the older religious organizations. Herald
Ing the opening Of the campaign for fund
OF $13,o00,000. to enlarge the field Of oppor-
tunities for home service Of the organization,
tho more than 5000 representative citizens
Of Richmond who heard Miss Booth. by their
spontaneous expression Of Endorsement, left
no room for doubt that the city will not only
meet It's quota Of 100000. but will take
especial pride in heavily oversubscribing it.
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| they chose depreciation, br!gandagc.
and plundering. which wcrc indeed not
the best way to coax the Ukrainans
back to North Russia or tc reconcile
them TO Bolshevism. In their plight
tho middle. classes and tho peasantry
asked the Central Powers to send
troops TO the Ukraine to restore order.
This Invitation was welcomed by Ger
many, who feared that the Bolehevist
movement would spread to the terri
tories OF the Central Powers. Not only
portahce Of the Ukraine to the Berlin
bagdad route, and AZ storehouse for
the provisioning OF Germany and Aus
tria Hungary.
snevists were driven out from the Uk-
Talne by tho troops OF the Central
rowere. This result achieved. the Ger
, wit1, genera gen staff began to Interfere
~, ~ ssh1oIughf the rule of the peasant and
nlodle classes too democratic and be-
f gan 70 play out against them tho
In fact. 1t was instrumental In the rise
70 power OF the monarchistic junker
CLASS there. Paul Skoropadskij. a IA
n na believer In Great Russia" who.
as 4 government employee Of the for
me- mer regime. declared that he knew mo
oHrainc and no ukrainians." was elect
ca chief executive, under tho title OF
representative or tho Nationalist asni
rations OF the Ukraine.
The Ukrain'ans had now their own
state, and TO make IT complete nothing
else was needed but that It should
nave language. an Intelligent Citizen
ship. and a class Of men capable OF
exercising wisely civil and military
authority.
80 T The 4 !, s;ovsrnme1t Of tn. Car had
wiping out the UkraIn!an language.
In cities the Ukranian language e:as
not spoken at all: those who wished
TO get some education could find II
only through the medium OF Russian
language and culture. The majority
or the people speak only the Russian
and have prejudice against the
ukrainian language. this being con-
sidered a vulgar slang used by the
uneducated and lower classe. Still
they will have to change their opln-
lon II they are TO take any part i'm
the administrator OF their country
In fact the employees and nf,cers OF
the former regime which have been
taken over by the government are now
fcial language Of the State. and the
bookshops and news stands In the rail-
road stations. are doing quite runh-
ing business In selling Ckrain!an text
books. year ago ono could hear
only rarely and In some foriorn place
tho Ckrainian tongue. but now one
hears people pract!cing In restaurants
and railroad cars and even newspapers
are beginning TO appear In that Lam
Guage.-Copyr.ght 1919.
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Books and Authors.

Tho Dramatic Story OF Old Glory"
honi & Liverisht While this book
travels sonie paths already trod. /. ha 8
many. .ovel features. As for example,
Mr. Abbott advances the claim that
the stars and Stripes. The principal
feature OF this book. however, is its
dramatic word painting OF Incidents
that have not been recounted in any
toreword by James NJ Beck. anu
Ths W. w ~ P,s siuey e. Aefesn
he Columbia University press. Long.
mans. Green 6 Co. agents. The book
Elves an historical and descriptive
liamen,sTy to industrial socia Htn paa
epitcmised In the career Of the In
Gustrial Workers OF the world in the
,hsn aoS SH al The beck contains more
in the light o! the present growth
and practices Of that organization in
this country.
1.-The The Sweet Sweet Dry, and Dry, by Chris
1opner Morley orr And Bart Haley Is an
Boni Hveright-an appropriate
publication date for n humorous hook
on on tho prohibition question, Mr.. Nor
delphia: .'Haley's scheme and mine
rs TO do 1t somewhat in tho Chester
tonian manner, an elaborate burlesque
on the Ants. The idea is Of simple
hearted dr.nker who wants to save
his country from the. drouth by pro-
pagating various recipes for making
vines anss,,o from soossesberriss. surrants.
oheckmated BY the Antis. who organize
these harmless vegetables from the
earth. In tho end the Ants have to
manufacture of ink-in fact every.
thing on earth--But I won't give tho
plot away"
Songs From the Granite Hills" by
Clark B. Cochrane tThc Ciorham Press,
Boston,, contains a number of poems
OF genuine merit.
Pinto Ben, and Other Stories" by
William S: Hart and his sister Mary
book celebrating in verse and prose
tho horse, tho dog and the Indian.
Who does not know Bill Hart or the
Wild Western dramatic good bad
man with flashing eye and instant
story in verse. pinto Ben" in memory
Of his celebrated COW pony. killed in
action by stampeding herd. His
poem thrills tho imag ination. Then
there Ia q story in prose by Mr.. Hart
THE sayage"-in lingo of tho Wild
Dakota tribe. This story r eiea rive
shows the admiration and sympathy
OF the author for the American In.
dian. Lastly, wonderful dog story.
by Mary Hart, document In evidence
"Thf Last OF His Blood" There nrS
lovers Of dogs who contend that this
is tho hest story over written about
mans most faithful friend.
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wilIiam Liyinrston.

Student. Ashland.-William Llvlngs-
Governor Of New jersey from, l77s 70
1723. He was graduated from Yale
in 1741 and studied law In New York
City. In 1748 he was admitted to
practice In that city. where he became
ono of they leaders In his profession
in few years. Mr.. Livingston was
known as "the Presbyterian lawyer"
and ardently opposed the institution OF
Episcopal dioceses In America in the
dependent Reflector. weekly paper
which he established In 1852. Hc con-
tributed to the American Whig and was
tn author OF number Of able PAM
practice In 1772 and retired to his
estate in Elizabethtown. n. j. He
served three terms In the New York
Provincial Legislature and in 1874 was
elected to the Continental Congress
and reelected to the Second and Third
Congresses. In June. 1875. he was
made COMMUNICATING chief OF the New
Jersey Militia and In August the Same
year was elected Governor Of the State
and remained In ofrice until HIS death.
He ranks as one OF the most efficient
Of "war Governors" OF the Revolution.
He was member OF the convention
which drew UP the Constitutron OF
1857 and signed that document,
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Patriotic Palm.

The dead are dead. yet we are all here
living:
Today our country asks not for the
giving
OF all that we possess, as they,
But simply that We help to nav
Our debt to them In lending way.
No argument Ia needed to ensure
For all our glorious country is behind
Now and ,forevcrmorc; these bonds do
Hence lend again and onco more win
the prize, 49,
Tho patriotic palm; be dutIful. be safe.
BIO Wise! s. NJ
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The industrial board OF Inc Department OF
Commerce having failed TO function in agree
ment with tho railroad administration as to
fair steel prices, had the grace to resign in a
body. 1t is not even animated that the rail-
road administration has under considera ton
a similar course Of action Moreover, the
mead OF the Post-Oiico Department, who is in
control OF the country's system OF wire com
munication as well. is out Of agreement with
everybody, and set it seems to DO generally
agreed that he cannot even be chokcd loose
from his job
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-13

The German peace delegates sat up all
night following delivery OF the peace treaty
into their hands, studying the corpse of Prus-
sian miitarism TO see if there remained in it
the faintost sign OF life upon which to base
hope OF resuscitation by administering
restoratives in the future. They found none
and their hearts uched with humiliation
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Newspaper correspondents in Paris are not
disposed 10 be severe in their criticism OF
Count Won Brockdorff for keeping his seat
while he read his reply to the brief speech
or the Tiger" in presenting the treaty to
the German plenipotentiaries. They hardly
think he intended TO insult the congress in
that way. They incline to the belief that,
under the circumstances, the counts legs
were too wobbly 10 hold him up during the
ordeal. The Intentional insult was in the
language he used.
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With the return of Orlando to Paris, it is
now the Big Four again Since Orlando il
Interested more in the treaty that is to be
made with Austria than he was i'll tho treaty
with Germany, it stands him in hand TO get
back on the job.
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Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost any topic.
excepting on legal md medical sub.
1ects, are answered free. A. all in.
fuIries are answered directly by per.
sOnni letter. q aeif-addrcsscd, stamped
envelope In required. hddSesr The
Times Dispatch lniOrnia lion Hurenu
Xix hm0nd. Va
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While our emotional friends tho Italian.
ahriekcd so wildly against Uncle Sam he
was good-naturedly handing over anotbor
little loan of s5o.000,Oo0, just by wav Of
showing that he was not at all agitated or
interested by tho demonstration
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Domestic Note.

WIFE, at p. M-You John Smith! You've
left, my umbrella somewhere and you get no
dinner until you bring 1t home Now YOU go
right away and find IT.. and don't YOU come
home till you get it!
John. ut ~. M.--Heresh your-hic!-blamed
oil umbreller! | had a-hic!-nowful timo-
hc.-hndin plaish where left!"
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when Wilson propounded and GERMANY
accepted the fourteen points, the latter did
not suspect their penetrative qualities. Now
that Germany is compelled to lie in the he'd
that 1t has made for itself. it finds each one
OF those points with the business end up.
wards.
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Refusaf- 81 members OF tho American
Legion to consider holding their convention
III chicago because of it's un-Amcricanism
10 unfortunate in its sweeping condemnation
OF the hundreds OF thousands Of loyal citizens
whose Ainoricansm cannot, be impugned, but
1t is well-deserved rchuko TO the other hun
dreds OF thousands who by their votes placed
the pro-Gcrman, l. W. ". Thompson in tho
nayora!ty chair \ thorough housekeeping
VIII be necessary before Chicago can hope to
hold up us head before its sister municipal-
ties, and perhaps the cut directly admin
istered by The legion will supply the spur
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---------------
TUESDAY. MAY -, 1919.

Huns, by their prompt retaliation on each
other with firing squads, are giving the allies
abundant precedent Tor use i'll the settle
ments OF accounts that are 10 come III the
near future.
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These Dnys.
Mrs. Brighton Earle met him at the door
with tho usual scornful expression Married
men please recall.
I'd like to know" sho said. In measured
tones full of icioles and corrosive sublin,ate
I'D like to know where are those groceries 1
sen: you for.'
tis. Earle replied sobbingly:
DANCED if this II l. thing isn't getting my
goat! I stopped by tile bank and left 'eu I'm
the safo deposit box!"
Grateful.
"a pair OF shoes for four year-old child is
what want said tho thin, cadaverous person
who entered the shoe store.
Yes Sir" replied the clerk; Eve have them
from So to s12 pair. very nifty"
THANK IIeaven!" exclaimed the customer
20 Heaven, thanks!"
That We have plenty OF shoes?" smiled the
clcrk?"
NO: that my child was not born a oon.ipede,-
Confusing.
Our modern explosives are so bswlderingv"
sighed C!arice.
LAS to which? inquired Maudie
"oh, you can't tell these days, from their
language, whether young man does hi, own
Editorial Matters.
The country editor isn't king
sorrowful chap is he;
Hls folks won't pay him anything.
For they know the press is free.
And that is why country editing
Doesn't appeal 10 me-
jeremiah.
Doesn't appeal to met