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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
INCONSISTENT.

Nothing could be more Inconsistent
than Union Labor's attacks on the
high cost Of living, when its very pol
icies, its whole program tends direct.
ly and inevitably to an increase In the
cost OF living. 1t Is always seeking to
use as much labor az possible in the
production Of any article. 1t would re-
Qlire the services Of as many men as
possible to do any service. This Is
wen Illustrated in the attitude OF
Union labor in Nashville on the one
man street cars. These cars have,
according to the testimony of the pa
irons, given general satisfaction.
They effect real economy, as they
reduce the payroll OF the company
operating the cars. BY doing this they
enable cars to run oftener without a
corresponding increase of expense.
Yet because the new street cars
threaten the membership Of the street
railway union labor objects, 3 Not
withstanding the fact that the whole
country is short on labor, the union
leaders would keep two men on every
street car in the country although the
public could get better or as good ser.
vice with one man. Yet they have
the brazen effrontery to talk about the
high cost Of living. They look at ev.
efything from narrow and wholly
selfish viewpoint.
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FoR SALE

EGGS FOR HATCHING-$2.50 per
Is, Ringlet Barred Rocks. won over
1,4OO prizes. Write us. FAlRylEW
POULTY YARDS, Mrs. ]. w. Gillem,
Cookeville, Tenn. Route 2, Box w.
14I21I wklyl4t
FOR SALE-IMPERIAL RINGLET
BARRED ROCK EGGS-lst pen is
made up of six pullets and cock from
E. B. Thompson. This pen won first
in County Fair, and should produce
cockerels that should win in any
show. End pen Is headed by cock
erel from Thompson's eggs and hens
that are grand In size and shape.
Range eggs are from fine laying, well
developed pullets and two year old
hens. with cock and cockerel from
best selected blood lines. LIST pen,
$3.50: End pen, $3.50; range eggs,
$3.50. Cockerels from $3.50 to $500.
MRS. ]. s. COvEY. Glendale. Tenn,
Bell phone s4O4: Citizens phone 1854.
wit
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been SO numerous as they are under
the assessment made by the state
board.
a Everyone should do whatever is pos
sible to aid Assessor Williams in rec
tifying the mistakes made by the
state assessors. Not only that, each
individual taxpayer should strive to
arrive at fair valuation OF his prop.
erty. 1t is mistake for men to at
tempt to "beat down" values. They
should not be inflated, but they should
be fair so that when the assessment
of the county is made 1t can be sus-
tanned before the state board. The
board has announced its intention Of
assessing property on fair yalua-
tion; any effort to, defeat that purpose
will react on the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
WHEN PORKERS ARE
READY FOR MARKET
WHETHER TO FEED FOR TOPS OR
SELL NOW Is THE PULLING
QUESTION.
(By Prof. McCorlnackl.

T.
Had | better feed my pigs until
they weigh enough to bring top prices,
or should l sell them now?"
That is the question that is puzzling
some of the boys in the department
of vocational agriculture at the Cen
trail High School, who own at home
a litter of late fall or winter shoats.
The present prices of hogs are SO low
compared with the cost of feeds that
gains in weight off pasture are being
made at loss. The boys who have
pasture are not worrying. But those
who could not get pasture are learin-
ing from hard experience as well as
from theory that feeding hogs on
grain alone is poor business,
The young farmers say that finding
the right answer to their question de-
ponds on how good they are in arith-
metic, and then on how well they can
guess the market.
Below are some of the sidelights
that figures have thrown ON this ques-
ton for the boys.
II may to feed at loss for awhile
to make top weight, since top prices
are paid for the total weight.
The heavier the shoats when feed
ing at a loss begins, the smaller need
be the difference between the present
price and the expected price, for
given profit.
The higher the present and expect
ed prices. the smaller need be the diff.
ference between them, for a given
profit.
The greater the cost per pound gain
beyond present weight. the larger
must be the difference between the
present price and the expected price,
for given profit.
After working out such facts as the
above. and deciding on the lowest ex-
poctcd top price they could feed for.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
MAJOR LAnOERS
JOINS RECRUITERS
WILL SUPERVISE INTENSIVE
DRIVE FOR RECRUITS IN CO.
LuMBIA THIS WEEK.

The recruiting force of the United
States army was reinforced Monda,
night by Major III. l.. Landers public
ity officer, main recruiting office,
Nashville; Lieut., w. II. Hazelrigg
10th Infantry First Division, Camr
Taylor, Ky; Lieut.. Allen B. Hicklin
Of the sOS men allotted to this recruit
ing district.
The Nashville district, OF which en-
lumbia is part, is leading many of
the districts with populations two and
three times as large. New York and
Chicago are probably the only two
big districts which have secured more
recruits than Nashville, and the re.
cruiters expect to exceed the quota
by several hundred.
Columbia went over the top in the
10Th Field Artillery and Lieut., r. W.
Patterson. 26th Infantry.
These officers will supervise the
drive for recruits in and around CO.
lumbia this week. With the assist.
ance of the enlisted personnel, the Of
ficers have made a successful drive
in several of the large towns and cit.
les OF the state, and the feel confident
that Columbia will furnish her share
many drives for cash during the war;
II went over the top when the call for
volunteers was issued. and It is going
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
TIE ASSESSMENT LAW.

There is no denying that there is q
great deal OF opposition in Maury
and other counties to the new state
tax assessment law. Much of this Op
position is unfounded, but there is
just ground for good deal of it. The
principle Of high assessment and a
low tax rate is good one, it is bet
ter and on the whole fairer than a
high rate ON low assessment. It Is
argued that 1t makes easier the sale
Of bonds and other public obligations
because Of the higher assessment.
This argument would not apply in
Maury county because its bonded debt
Is infnitesmal even compared with
the old assessment. A county with an
assessment Of fifteen milliops and a
debt Of less than 100000 would never
have any trouble in floating bonds.
Unfortunately the support of the
largest and most influential class of
voters in the state, the farmers, was
largely allenated in the tax machinery
provided for the enforcement of the
new law. Failure to give this great
class representation on the board Of
assessors has been very properly re-
scented. Particularly in view Of the
fact that members Of the legislature
active and influential in the enact
ment Of the law, were selected in
many cases to administer 1t, creating
the impression that the prime pur.
pose of this revolutionary legislation
was not the public good but private
gain.
TIE manner Of carrying out the pro-
visions Of a really good law also added
to its enemies. II instead of q hurried
and necessarily bungling attempt to
separately assess all the property of
Tennessee, the assessors had taken
proof in each county and then on the
facts ascertained raisd property on
percentage basis, the results would
have been more satisfactory. Unques.
tionably there would have been inc
qualities in assessments. but the basis
would have been just what it has been
In the past the people Of the counties
would have been directly responsible
for these inequalities because they
selected the machinery that made the
assessment. Judging from
the values ssecrtained in Maury coun-
Y The inequalities would not have!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
LEss sELr,sHNEss.

During the great war the Ameri
can people as q mass forgot past diff
fcrences. political. religious. social
and business, and they joined together
insa spirit Of sacrifice and helpfulness
that was the admiration Of the world
They gave to every good cause with
pyodlgal hberality; they observed the
mosa'res0lutfonary and vexatious reg.
ulatons and, they responded to every
call Of the nation and Of humanity
without consideration to their selfish
fpr special Interests. It was the finest
example Of loyal self abnegation and
good team work ever revealed. II
helped materially to shorten. the war.
It renewed ones faith In humanity.
This spirit was not confined to any
clsss OF I citizens, and while there
we're. selssh men, profiteers among all
classes. they were In the minority.
extraordinarily the. prediction that as
s.Tesult of this spirit there would be
less selfishnoss and less classism after
The war and more OF team work
among the people of America has fall
Cd and failed miserably Of realisa-
lion. No sooner WAS the armistice
signed than every class seemingly
forget It's obligations to the whole So
ci4f fabric and instead it devoted its
sole energies to struggle for selfish
or class Interests. People commenced
p spend with wasteful extravaganza
for their own pleasures and comforts
and 10 withhold their contributions for
the general good. Instead Of team
work for the upbuilding Of the nation,
10 remove the scars Of war and heal
its wounds, we find each segment OF
the population forgetting its obliga.
ton to the whole and devotlng its
whole energies to selfish exploitation.
This situation constitutes one of the
great tisappointments of the post war
days II Is not good for the republic.
II Is discreditsble to American citi-
zensbin Lesislatiou Is sought be-.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
WASTE N
LETTING WATER RUN

Few people realize the enormous
waste when they allow their hydrants
TO run small stream in order to pre-
vent freezing" said Superintendent J.
shelton Robinson, of the Columbia
Water & Light Companw, this morn
ing. For example a cock opened so
that 1t will permit an eighth of an
lnch stream to run will waste $50 gal
IONS OF water an hour. Surprising that
tnis runs for ten hours of all night and
we VIII have waste OF $500 gallons
NOW supposing that there are 500
homes in Columbia which indulge this
waste, instead of doing the obvious
" proper thing Of cutting off the wa.
Ter below the grond, and we have d,
waste during a single night of mil
lion and quarter gallons of water.
That is an enormous strain, it means
a tremendous addition to the load at
the power house. More than that it
would imperil our water pressure in
the event of fire.
But it is often worse than this for
many people open wide an inch pipe
ana allow 1t to run all night because
1t is little easier than going to the
cellar or out of doors to use the cut
on. An inch pipe running wide open
VIII waste 10000 gallons of water an
ilour and in the course of the night
through this one pipe alone 10000
gallons of water will run. In the
light OF these facts | am sure that the
people will appreciate fully the rea-
sons which compel the company to
deny water privileges to those guilty
OF such violation Of the rules and such
hagrant and unnecessary waste,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05

tne boys have then had to reckon with
tne future behavior of the five stock
market. But if any of them have
Iouhh out what the hog market is go.
ing = 40 in the next several weeks
theF are too modest to talk about it
for publication.
Most OF the boys favor holding the
heavy shoates on full feed, and sell.
ing the smaller ones, unless arrange
ments can be made for good spring
pasture.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05
THAT SOLDIER BONUS.

The Chattanooga News agrees with
The Herald's attitude on the propos.
ed Bonus to the ex-soldiers and ex-sail,
ors. 1t should be remarked in this
connection that the editor Of the News
had son who served in France and
who would be the beneficiary Of the
proposed legislation, For the benefit
of some of the thoughtless who have
criticised the position 81 The Herald
on the subject. they are reminded that
the enactment Of this Legislation
would bring To the taraily Of tie eli.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-03-05

cause of its effect upon an interest
not because Of It's results to tho peo-
pie as a whole. Reconstruction Iegis.
lation necessary in the interest Of the
general welfare is bitterly fought be-
cause It does not give al interest
some advantage, II only the AmerI
can people would for single year ap
proach the reconstruction problems ~
tho same fine, spirit that characterized
their conduct during the dark days o.
the war what wonderful result they
could achieve. e..g
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] Why NOT HoovERY

.pIfSfy utterduce that 11cTDeIt Iloo-
yers makes commends itself to the
sober thinking, conservative Amerl-
can citizen who desires that tho ma
lion should be restored as soon az
possible to Its ancient landmarks.
There are tens Of thousands OF nomi-
nal democrats and nominal republi.
cans men who have In the past pro-
i{essed allegiance to one or the other
d the. great political parties who are
much more concerned about the fu.
ltlfe welfare OF their country than
sthey.sares about the success OF any
pstty label, who see In Hoover the
Ideal presidential candidate. He ap.
peals powerfully to the indiyidualists
~ both of the old parties.
nit ~ perfectly plain, however, that
Tie politicians do not want Hoover.
That !is true Of the democrats and the
republicans. This is due, not to any
doubt tof his qualifications or fitness
Tor president, but solely because with
ira, average politician the chief end
III government IA tina distribution Of
patronage. According to the average
democratic politician what will 1t
profit him II the best qualified citizen
IL the nation should be elected TO the
axa,ted and powerful ONCE of presi.
.flent Il Ia Il 70 he denied 4 voice IN
49, disfrjbdtion ~ The of,ces2 This
q. IN Whole secret Of the opposition
iuppk TIA .bol,ticians to Hoover
mn there il no doubt about his
stfenSth WIN tne great masses Of the
3nsopIa ri M made more repnta.
Fan during the war FOR real unselAsh
a1vhtedF natri1tic service than any
sAmeyican II civil ,ife He did more
6,,,inr ma war to mitigate ;ta horrors
1, 4 s,,cc.sor tha n,aedv 70 ,seed tho bun.
s ID M, II kaep "a abundance ~ Am.
r MN So,nu fo,ruard ~ our allies than
anvi ,otharl ma, sin tba world FOR !, u
$500 davotea Nj aparg,ea J "A M
sa;rasf talents !, q tho sarvice 4, human.
40, Ana civi,,1atior w,tho,,t ono CENTS
1Ssrna,;,x.,,an 4, "a d,a 4 III ~ !, r,re
s1 IL 4 M seryica., -. u
4 sp,,sh !. rscord ,,ro ,h;s vim n,o,,.
49,. ,tsa u. n. \. l9..!' ., mi
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over the top now that the war depart.
ment has made Il call for 100000 men
to fill the ranks Of the standing army.
The next three weeks will tell wheth-
er or not Columbia and Maury county
favors preparedness through the me.
dunn of a. large standing army.
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Spring Dresses

Beautiful Spring and Easter
Dresses, made of this seasons
mosr popular materials. Every
Dress at it's freshestan prettiest
now. You'll find the prices are
very reasonable.
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SPECIAL COLUMN


WANTED Settled white woman to
help with small children. A good
home and wages to right one. MRS.
j. DAVIS FRIERSON, r. r. Z. 5ISt
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RAILROAD CONTROL.

misrepresented than the Esch. Cum
minis railroad bill which became law
with the approval Of President viii
son. Either through malice Or ignor-
ance there have been more falsehoods
uttered about this measure than any
under discussion IN recent years,
The bill ID doubtless not perfect
piece OF legislation, but no one can
give It disinterested study and q fair
investigation without reaching The
conclusion that 1t Is really most re-
markable and most comprehensive
law. It is q wonderfully complete
scheme Of legislation. In its every
section there is manifest a desire to
be absolutely fair and just to the
three interests involved, the railroad
owners, the railroad employees and
the general public. H.
1t has been charged repeatedly and
by those who know better, that the
law guarantees a return Of five and
one-half per cent. on the value Of the
roads to their owners. There Is not
one word Of truth In this statement,
The government gives no guarantee
except for the coming six months, 2
provision necessary to save the roads
from immediate bankruptcy. All that
the act does Is to Fix five and one.
half per cent as reasonable basis
for a return on the value Of the rail-
road property. No one has suggested
that this was an excessive or extor-
Tomato return. On the contrary with
four and threequarter United States
bonds selling at discount 1t would
appear rather meagre return on the
capital invested.
But II the rates as fixed by the In
terstate commerce commission should
not yield a return Of five and 9 half
per cent on the. value ofAthe property
the owners will berthe losers. The
federal government VIM mt make up,
one cent Of the deficit. 1t does not
guarantee anything. The act ,meFelyl
provides that In fixing rates the,i inter-
state commerce. commission shall re-,
gard five and one.half per cent. as Al
.fair return on the money invested
In the railroads, 1t is altogether pro-
per that the congress-, which places
the railroads absolutely under the
control and direction Of government
agency, should fix the standard Of
return. 1t is not an unreasonable Or
excessive one. 1t viii not cost the
taxpayers OF the country a single dol
lar and 1t was essential that the roads
might have the credit necessary to
enable them to properly function.
While The Herald would have pre-.
ferred the labor, clause of the senate
bill it regards the provisions Of the
compromise measure as q great step
forward In Its wise and .comprehen.
siyo plans for the adjustment Of CON.
troyersies between the owners and
their employees. A fair, non-partisan
board, which shall be equally repre-
sentative Of the employees, the EN-.
ployers and the general public, is con.
uks AnI xx,f haa nvI Il ntN ,tVA oil
The Washington times., 1920-08-11
l,OOO,OOO LRS. OF SUGAR
RUINED IN EAST RIVER
Float Strikes Rock and Cars Slip OFF
Into Water-Valued at
&220,0O0.

. NEW YORK. Aug. 1lyCNesrly a
million pounds of refined sugar des-
tined to relieve a shortage In the
West mixed with the waters of the
East River yesterday off the piers of
the National Sugar Refining Company,
at Pidgeon and Front streets, Long
Isalnd City. The sugar, valued at
% cents a pound wholesale, was load
ed in thirteen freight cars on float
for transfer to Brooklyn shipping
point.
The float was being towed from the
sugar company piers when IT struck
a rock. the towing howser broke and
the float stuck its nose under the
water. Four of the cars slid off into
deep water. The, nine others started
to dive in. but did not go entirely un-
der the surface. Enough water was
shipped to ruin the cargo.
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''W|zARD" HAS
I. JAIL RECORD
Get Rich Quick Promoter Ad-
mits He Served Time But
(, Claims Innocence.
(continued from First Page)

Continued from First Page.)
one Charles Bianchi in August 1905
was convicted OF forgery in Montreal
and was sentenced to three years In
the -penitentiary. But what the rec
ords fail to show is that this same
man Bianchi has been sent to Can
ada by the Italian/government with
the object OF investigating there GER
tain conditions which necessitated
that he should assume an alias while
carrying on his investi e5ation-"
here Ponzi broke OF and refused to
continue.
He then declared that II the papers
published his admissions he would
deny having made them.
BLAMEs NEWSPAPERS.
Later Ponzi issued statement.
which he asked be published. reading:
If the statement printed by the
Herald and Post is true, Mr.. Ponzi
feels that he Is either one OF many
who have made some mistake and
rsid for 1t. or that he paid for mis-
takes or others, or that the appear
ance OF records might hide deeper
motive than 1t would be expedient to
establish at the present time.
; IF they are not true, he feels that
eventually the law covering libel will
fully vindicate him at the proper time.
In both cases, however, 1t is evident
that some Of the local papers are en-
deavoring to hurt him for purposes
which are as clear to him as they arJ
to the public"
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RAILROADS WILL FILE
new BLANKET TARIFFS

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, by special order, today granted
to carriers permission to file blanket
supplementary tariffs" to cover the
passenger, Pullman, chaircar, excess
baggage and milk rate increases to
go into effect August %. A similar
order was issued by the commission
last week affecting freight rates.
The commission ordered that specific
tariffs must be filed by the roads on
local fares before March I. 1921: on
inter division charges before June l.,
1921. and on interlire or joint rates
before October !, 1921.
The Washington times., 1920-08-11

were stolen or where they came from.
81 decided that IL ! redeemed the
stamps in the United States, the Fed
eral Government might decide that it
came within it's Jurisdiction, though
there was no Federal or State law
against It, But the exchange rate
was the same in Switzerland and Nor
way and some other countries. So
decided to redeem them there"
Some one asked why the postal au-
thorities had been unable to find any
evidence OF such large dealings in re-
ply coupons.
Ponzi replied that foreign govern
ments realized profit on the issue
of these postal certificates. land are
The Washington times., 1920-08-11
FOOLS HER CHUMS BY
WINNING VENUS PRIZE

GENEVA, Switzerland. Aug. IL
Mademoiselle Legarde. who 10 not
even termed pretty" by her girl
friends in Chambery, Savoy. France,
has received the annual prize of 5000
as being the nearest approach to the
Venus de Milo type Of physical
beauty.
The prize, paid from a fund left by
an eccentric French millionaire of
Chambery, M. Garrett, was not award
ed during the war because so many
of the Chambery girls were away on
war work. Mile Legarde is "a years
old.
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Term For Forgery i'm Canadian Penal Institution

from a slightly damaged stock. and
remembered his peculiar actions.
SALES SLIP IN HOUSE.
Perciysl ImbeT. clerk at another
counter In the same store. sold Pas
quale a spread and a blanket on July
80. when the State police searched
Pasquale's home. in New Gretna, N. j..
they found the sales slip. with Imber's
number on II. Imber said that Pas
qusle paid with a $40 bill. Both Miss
Mount and Imber declare he was alone.
and there was no sign of Joe or a
woman.
Pasqusle told Goodman Joe spent
Saturday with him at New Gretna. and
left on Saturday night. The next day
they met by appointment In Egg Har-
Dor, and Pasquale borrowed $500 from
Joe. and was TO pay him back out OF
his share OF the ransom money. which
he expected to get the next day. When
Pasqusle was captured. he declares.
Joe was waiting for him in Egg Har-
Dor.
Pasquale, according to Goodman.
cannot understand why no one has
been found who can identify Joe. He
says that be travelled around the Ten
derloin with Joe number OF times.