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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
Pitt a Spendthrift.

The complaint that many of our
statesmen will not themselves set the
fashion In economical living in war
time is not new one. Pitt, who
preached economy and forced 1t on the
people, was himself a notorious spend
thrift.
For a long time (while warden OF
the Cirque ports) his income was f10.-
600 year, and it never fell below &C.,
600. Yet he was always hard up, and
when he died the nation, in the throes
of a great war, had to find some f40,-
600 to satisfy his creditors.
Examinations Of Pitts household
budgets-made from time to time at
his own reQuest-showed such items
as hundredweight Of butchers meat
consumed in single week-Or. more
accurately, charged to Pitts account.
London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

BECAUSE the new federal tax law
now before congress repeats all previ-
Gus income tax laws and enacts many
new provisions, business men are al
ready having difficulty in making out
their returns. More than 40 per cent
Of the returns SO far are defective, ac-
cording to the revenue collector of the
western district of Wisconsin. In order
to assist in the making of returns, the
law and accounting faculty of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin Extension division
are watching the bills changes and are
preparing short course in income tax
returns for home or office study which
will be ready on the day congress
passes the bill. It is in the form of
eight printed lectures which will be
supplied at nominal cost. Much of the
material, such as business forms of
various kinds, will be of use in other
years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
The Country To Be Dry July LIST.

The thirty-six states necessary to
ratlfy the amendment to the federal
constitution for dry country have
adopted the amendment and the law
goes into effect one year after the Of
fetal notification. A regular landslide
has swept over the country to get on
the water wagon since the legislatures
OF the various states have met. Wis
consin going on record in it's favor last
week.
The amendment, under its provisions,
becomes effective one year from the
date of its final ratification. Many Of
ficials believe the country will become
permanently s'dry" next july /. the
date on which the special wartime
prohibition recently enacted by con-
gress goes into effect.
This law prevents the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants for beverage
purposes and remains in force until
the rehabilitation of the nations war
armies is completed.
While the law thus becomes effective,
additional legislation by congress is
necessary to make it operative and
ground work for this has already been
laid. This legislation will prescribe
penalties for violations of the amend
ment and determine how and by what
agencies the law shall be enforced.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

The Salduro Salt Marsh in bleak
western Utah, and other saline marshes
and sinks are yielding up quantities of
potash. The alunite rocks of Utah are
being Systematically worked and in the
greensands of New Jersey, the shales
of Georgia, and the leucite hills of Wy
oming there are great possibilities of
potash production when successful COM
mercial processes of extraction shall
have been evolved. Already they are
yielding a certain quantity, Organic
wastes, such as the molasses residues,
wood ashes and wool scourings, are
giving some potash. Even the ocean
has been summoned to fight the Ger
man monopoly, and the giant kelps of
the Pacific coast are at present, in
point of volume, the third source of
potash. Steamboat harvesters put to
sea and cut the giant weeds below the
surface. and the resulting harvests are
brought ashore in great barge loads.
The kelp is put through an elaborate
process which yields not only potash,
but many other chemicals, including
acetone, necessary to the manufacture
of explosives. AS the kelp renews
itself from year to year, this source of
supply is inexhaustible though expen-
sive.. So it was that Secretary Lane
was able recently to announce that
within two years the United States will
be self-sufficient in the matter of pot
ash.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

NO wonder they didn't have any
high cost of living in the old days.
After supper the family would gather
in the front parlor with the what-not
and the handicapped center table,
with the wax flowers in the glass cases.
and the old family Bible and the cabi-
net organ. And daughter would pre-
side at the organ while the rest of the
family sataround on the red plush sofa
and the horse hair chairs and sang
What Friend We Have in jesus
and "Abide With Me" until 9 O'Clock,
and then went to bed. Now-a-davs.
after dinner, father goes down town,
and daughter goes to the movies with
her best fellow, and mother goes out
to the garage and puts in a new inner
tube in the tire of her fiver. And
along about midnight the family eats
lucnh, then hit the hay and let the cleo
trio lights burn all night. Union Grove
Enterprise.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

The hamlet of Lima Center is de-
pressed over the disappearance of Man
ager Anderson of the Caldwell & Gates
Lumber Co. g branch yard there. An
derson was in Whitewater a week age
Saturday and day or two later mott
fed his employers by letter from Chi
cago that he was short in his accC a ITS
and was unable to cover it. He asked
to be allowed to go and expressed the
confidence that he would in time be
able to replace the sum taken. Mr..
Gates of Rio, the head office of the
company, was at Lima last week and
said that the loss appeared to be be-
tween five and six thousand dollars.
They will not prosecute. Anderson has
received salary of 500 per month
He has wife and children in Lima
who are bravely facing the situation
aided by the kindly, genuine sympathy
of their many good friends. White
water Register.
For SALE-A good house and about
two acres of land. Inquire of Susan
Maltpress. l0t3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
Wouldn't Mix in That.

.Howdy, Squire !" saluted young
er neighbor. "Me and wife have got
into sort Of jangle over naming
our baby. It's our first, and s'pose
we're more particular about it than
folks who have bunch of 'em. Wife,
she Is set and determined to name him
after her side of the house, and I'm
sticking and hanging for him to be
named after one Of my kin. Now. IL
you'll come over and settle it for us
we'll
snow, lo0ky here, Eucas!' inter-
rupted old man Backledaffer. while
/ hate peace as much as anybody, and
more than a good many, hain't so
absolutely senseless and foolhardy as
all that kansas City Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
AT THE LYRIC

"Amarilly of Clothesline Alley
! will be the attraction on Thursday
| presenting Mary Piclford. This is
one of the best comedy dramas shown
in some time and one of Mary's best
pictures, and shows her at her best as
little Irish girl of the tenements,
ragged but happy. A splendid pic
ture for old and young and one that
will>send you home smiling.
The Regeneration of Stephen Jarvis
richest and meanest man in town is
one of the appealing phases in "To
the Highest Bidder" which will be
shown on Saturday. Jarvis (Percy
Standing) showed mercy to none, not
even to Barbara Preston (Alice
Joyce) when she pleaded for more
time to pay the mortgage.
One of the prettiest Chinese stories
ever produced for the screen is "The
Forbidden City" in which Norma
Talmadge is presented in the dual
role of "San San" and sToy'' which
will be shown Monday. The story
begins when Wong Ii, a Chinese
mandarin, learns that his beautiful
daughter San San has married secret
ly to John Norden, an American Off
Ger. San San isspirited away by her
father and when the husband returns
he is unable to find her. Finally
San San is put to death and her
daughter grows to womanhood, and
she finds both father and lover, all
goes to make an interesting story as
only Norma Talmadge could portray
it.
Chas. Ray will be the attraction
Thursday, January Both, in Ellis
Mothers Boy" A fine comedy drama.
Coming -Gaby Desly in "Infatua-
ton" February 4th and 9Th.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
Congregational Church
Services For January rs, 191!

Sunday School at 1000 A NJ.
There are departments for all ages,
with thoroughly competent teachers.
Adults are particularly invited to at
tend Professor Hollis Bible Class in
it's study of Kent's Historical Bible.
Morning Worship at HOO. Ser
mon by the pastor, subject: "Creeds.'
Vespers at 4:3O. Brief address
on "The Man Who Slept in Church"
Christian Endeavor at 5:15. Lead
er, Pearl Hutson. Subject Books"
Charles L. Atkins, Pastor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
knowledge Gained by Experience.

A young ensign, acting as school
teacher on the battleship Texas. says
Philadelphia Public Ledger. asked
the question: "What are the two prin-
cipal parts of a sentence?" He ex-
pected, of course, to get the answer.
Subject and predicate"
The old "salt" who was called on
scratched his head in perplexity and
at last replied: Solitary confinement
and bread and water"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
FRIDAY. JANUARY "a, 1919.

A FEW days before retiring from the
office of director general of railroads,
William G. McAdoo issued an order
authorizing the renewal for the year
1919 of contracts between railroads and
newspapers for the exchange of intra-
state railroad transportation for adver-
Using where the character of such con-
tracts is not repugnant to the state
laws and the service to be rendered is
wholly within the boundaries of a sim
ole state
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

Edison records will not play or last
anywhere near as satisfactory on any
other photograph as an Edison. Hear
them here, then take them and try
them on other machines. We will lend
you some for trial. AT Bardaen's 8w3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
The Carlton Hotel Opens.

Having opened the Carlton hotel, |
have set aside few rooms which will
be let to regular customers, with or
without board, at reasonable rates.
Special rates can also be obtained for
regular boarders.
George Ihrig, Prop.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

Have an Edison sent home; then
have talking machine sent up. Com
pare them. You'll see.-Will Bardeen.
Wanted to rent by as experienced
farmer, by March 10th, farm to carry
20 cows and 10 acres of tobacco. Adj
dress A. w. Wilson, Edgerton, r. 2.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
Thrixed Without Wheat.

IEHEvVu vVFksIVUI SvHCdIs
American Indians thrived and grew
tall and muscular without wheat: but
we can't tell whether that is what
made them red.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ocrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

You young folks drop into Bar
deems and dance to the Edison music
any time. It will give you appetite for
an Edison at home. 8w3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24

All the Jazz and song hits on Co
lumbia records. They play on all ma
chimes. AT Bardeen's. 8w3
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-24
Clearance Sale Specials in Groceries


Extra Values in Canned Goods
Your opportunity to lay in supply
of High Grade Canned Goods to protect
you against a possible shortage later on
and enable you to get the benefit of our
Big Sugar Deal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
THE MESSAGE

cannot sleep at night for the crying
voices
OF all the dead, starved mothers
oversee,
Calling to me Safe mother, happy
mother
With rosy children sleeping quietly
ours were as yours, until war came
and famine.
And day by day we saw them
wane and fade;
And first our babies died. and then
we followed.
Our bread all given to the little
ones who stayed.
How can we rest here in the light
the quiet.
Even though we hold again the
babes who died.
When through the worlds we hear
our moaning children,
Upon a cross of hunger crucified ~
SO in the night their voices keep me
waking.
Crying. Speak for us now, we
cannot wait.
You that can help, you that can
speed your plenty,
Hasten. oh, hasten, lest you be toe
late!"
HELEN STOCKTON Parker
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HARDWORKED. FLAGMAN

To the Editor of hc Telegraph:
Seeing in your paper an editorial
entitled THE Rear-end Collision" |
would like to make a few remarks
regarding the same. While we know
that Providence often times has
caused rear-end collisions for which
no one could be held responsible, the
number could be vastly smaller. In
reference to mechanical agency, hu-
man element, the mechanical agency
is nearly one hundred per cent. and
can at almost any time avert q rear
end collision. The man who controls
the agency which brings the train
under control is in part to blaim,
and the trouble is often times caused
by him becoming excited and nerv-
Gus when he finds he is in close quar-
ters. This part of inefficiency is to
blame in not paying proper attention
to caution signals displayed in fixed
places. 1t is often caused by over
confidence in self. The engineer is
paid by the railroad the largest sal
ary paid to any one in the train serv-
ice, which should make him doubly
responsible for carelessness and in
difference on This part. BY paying
attention to and observing signals as
displayed in fixed places he could
overcome ninety per cent. of these
accidents. He is honored by being
calld engineer and given all honor
for the safe delivery of his train.
Then take the human element-it
is of very much Importance that q
f1agman or brakeman be on the job
If our men whose duty it is to pro-
tect the rear-end of trains do not ex-
ercise their utmost ability in regard
to the protection of rear-ends II
makes it very bad. Vigilance and
the ability to act at once make IL
necessary to give proper protection
to his train. He is overloaded with
the greatest responsibility, yet he is
the poorest and smallest paid man
in the service. He is even robbed OF
MS Just title, hagman. He is classed
as mere brakeman and is paid the
same wages as brakeman, and vel
his responsibility is equal to that oi
the engineman. His exposure to thS
elements and all conditions of the
weather are facts for deep consid.
GRAFTON, yet he works for a salary
after twenty-five or thirty years ot
merited service the same as a brake.
man who has only been on the jot
f1ve days. Where men are paid fol
their hire and their wages are salts.
Tying they give better service. His
experience and long service make
the hagman far more valuable, alert
and careful
JOSEPH w. BRENNER,
1928 Derry Street,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
THE LITTLE THINGS

We are such slaves of little things.
we who would dominate as Kings
And go with forward eyes to win
The peaks beyond the vale that
IS sings
Above the mud and mire and sin!
They bind and hold back and drag
Upon us-till our hearts grow weak;
And when, we cry, when shall we
gain
Our footway to the far-on peak!
The large tasks and hopes and
Lost in the fog Of circumstances;
And unto us the toll that CLEANS
But Is only reached by wayward
Around our feet dark chains and
clay,
Mire of the moment deep with strife,
And turn as we will, the long, long
way
Still buried in the mists of life
And washed by its muddled streams
Yet over all and out of all
That blurs and dims the issues fine.
We shall succeed--ev'n though we
crawl
To gain some highland where the
shine
OF nobler purpose shall put out
This dominance of little things
And, oh, what music life will
And, oh, what response the heavens
divine
Will make unto the heart that sings!
Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
THE GERMAN COLONIES

A NEW YORK TIMES corre-
~ spondent says that in Africa
the natives distinguish be-
tween white men" and Germans" /"
A German to their way of thinking is
neither black man nor a white
man; he is a creature by himself.
Yellow is the word.
Yet there are those who would
give these colonies back to the ten
der mercies of the German taskmas-
ters, who would put the inhabitants
to the same sort of slavery they
forced for q time upon French and
Belgian peoples. The thing, is ,un-
thinkable. The poor black folks of
the interior of the Dark Continent
have paid US high compliment by
distinguishing between white men"
and Germans" They are entitled
to an opportunity for self-advance-
ment and to live their lives as free
people. . ~ -s-,s,' t. : ,,-sAi --git4s.
For years upon years the scramble
for colonies in Africa has been a dis
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
POST AND WIRE RATES
(From the New York SUM-

(From the New York SUM
All excellence is comparative; why,
then, continues the public waifng
and gnashing of teeth over Postmas-
ter-General Burleson's mail service
As a matter of fact, by the test OF
comparative merit, his post ONCE
business is making strides toward
betterment. If not perfection.
1t is true that whereas 1t was once
possible to mail a letter in Chicago
and have it delivered in New YORK
! in about twenty-four hours, one may
he mailed now below Fourteenth
street and not be delivered in Har-
lem in three days. II is history also
that the letter which once upon a
time went from the Atlantic coast
| 10 the Pacific coast in the days now
required to go( from Fourteenth
street to 125th street may. now get
through it's transcontinental jour-
ney, including delivery, in several
weeks.
Nevertheless, the infallible test OF
relative .speed begins to prove Post
ster-General Burleson's progress
with the mail service. For 1t Is now
coming to pass that business men re-
ceive' letter ahead of telegram.
both despatched at the same time.
| A letter confirming wire message
and arriving before the telegram is
some letter, as nobody can deny. AS
vet this beating of the hamstrung
wire service by the spawned mali
service is manifested only OCCASION
ally. Under Burleson, however,
there is still an effort at rivalry. the
telegram winning the race one tinio.
the letter another.
But may not the Postmaster-G Gen.
eral hope that soon with his art of
supreme vindication by incompatible
contrast, we shall have every letter,
whatever the distance, beating every
telegram. day in and day out. to
the confusion of Postmaster-Gen-
eral Burleson's wire service but to
the triumph of Postmaster General
Burleson's mail service?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
THE COMMUNITY HOUSE

N OLUMBIA proposes to erect a
community house in honor of
her soldiers in the great war.
Nothing could be more appropriate.
he community house is a symbol of
ne democracy for which American
oldiers fought in France. In ef-
pct it is clubhouse where the
Pople residing nearby gather for
easure or to discuss their social
i'd political problems. The day is
It far distant when every city ward
IL have its building of this char
ter, and the sooner the better.
The time is at hand when we
must each think more concerning
our neighbor, his concerns, his well
fare and his pleasures. By SO doing
we shall help stabilize the govern
ment and improve social conditions.
The community house can be made
a tremendous force for good and a
great factor in the development of
democracy as we are coming to un-
derstand the term in America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
DR.. SUdII0U'S Anniversary
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Fifty-three years ago yesterday
swallow and robin began nesting
together. After a time no new bird
lings appeared and they borrowed
other birdlings from the worlds sur
plus.
One of them is in France singing
his Swallow-Rob song as he helps
to guard President Wilson, and the
American contingent of the peace
conference.
Because of age the Swallow claims
that his preacher song voice should
be confined to very limited efforts,
as to time and volume, and yet the
song goes on.
1t was for fifty years set to the
key of Prohibition, G sharp.
AS candidate for the presidency in
1904 he sang his song continent
wide. Now he has gone to the high
est note in the scale, and il sounds
to liquor dealers like
Mine eyes have seen the glory OF
the coming of the Lord,
He is fitting up his mansion
Where the wrath of wine was
poured.
Glory Hallelujah His truth is
marching on
Well, sing on, old brides of the
Swallow Robin combine.
The chorus is now world wide.
Sincerely,
A FRIEND OF DIR. AND MRS.
SWALLOW.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
Curling Iron a Weapon
(From the Chicago News J

(From the Chicago NewS.)
Every man knows what a curling
iron is, but does every man know
whether or not a curling iron is a
deadly weapon
The question was raised in Judge
Guerin's court in Chicago recently In
the Otto Mathis murder trial Otto
said he stabbed his brother Edward
when Edward attacked him with q
curling iron, which he thought a
dangerous weapon. The judge ruled
a description of the implement was
unnecessary as everybody knew what
it was .
whispered to another. "A curling
iron is one of those hot things that
burn your fingers when you are FUN
bling around among. the things on
your wife's dressing table"
"It looks like n pair of scissors
with wooden handles said another
"And it's deadly. too" woman
whispered. "Mazie, got hers too hot
the other night and the way 1t killed
a lot of hair was. caution"
Fortunately" another woman an
swered, "the curling iron hath, NO
miseries that peroxide cannot cure. -
Assistant States Attorney Daniel
Ramsay insisted. there might be sin.
gle men on the jury The Judge
glanced knowingly at the jurors
The youngest looked bewildered. Sc
Judge Guerins ordered a description
of the weapon supplied The youngest
Juror appeared relieved when he
heard what it was.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
As to Rehabilitation
(From the Philadelphia Ledger)

NfTom Ine Fnllauelpnla LeQSeTJ
american Medicine" quite right
ly, from the point of view of those
who wish to see sound and sane
communities the rule in the United
States, calls attention to the need of
conserving all those things which
proved of value to the citizen in
arms. The idea is a practical one
that demobilization should take on
the character of a rehabilitation.
AS the journal observes:
"The transition from factory to
trench was slowly accomplished.
The transference of activities from
trench to factories is to be a more
sudden type of undertaking. The
making of soldiers has built up a
new morale, established a higher
degree of physical fitness and pro-
NOTED the mental activities of the
citizen soldiery. These values are
too great to be sacrificed during a
period of rehabilitation. 1t is of
paramount Importance, therefore,
that in 'unmaking the soldier. there
be no tendency to unmake the man.
physical, mental and moral stand
ards upon which national eyes have
been centered must not be retard-
ed; there must be no let-up in the
efforts TO retain firm muscles,
strong nerves and high jubilant
spirits. The making of soldiers has
been a remarkablel1 lesson in CO.
operative effort inf strengthening
national character
There can be no questioning this
favorable view of what. the duties
and disciplines to which those under
arms submitted accomplished for
most men. For that matter, 1T must
not be forgotten that the voluntary
service of the women In the field
and at home represented an addi-
tional social and self discipline
which should prove of the highest
value. But the real lessons. must
not be lost nor the actual value of
the wartime training forgotten. That
this training has disproved the
claims of pessimists and pacifists
that men and women were being
turned into blood-thirsty animals
goes without saying. But unless
care be taken the rehabilitation
may not harvest all the accidental
and incidental benefits due to the
individual and the community sud
denly being put to the test as to
what were their personal and gen.
eral duties to society.