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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
NO "GAS" SHORTAGE.

Excepting In some western states
there is no gasoline shortage. And
there, California, Oregon and Wash
:ngton. transportation difficulties are
responsible for the lack of gas"
The latest Bureau of Mines report
shows reserve stocks on hand in
March totaling over s2s. 900 gal
Ions. Production in 1919 exceeded
consumption by 14o,446.4Ss gallons.
The U. s. Geological Survey says
there's enough oil in American soil
to last 20 years at the present rate
of consumption; enough in the world
to last 16s years.
This gasoline scare" remarks the
Trade Commission. has
been largely psychological" But 1t
the large gasoline ncern as
a handy excuse for further price
boosting.
However, this satisfying gasoline
reserve should not encourage the
of gas" Motorists should
continue to save gasoline, since the
use of seven and a half million carr
in the country means that tho ac-
ton of the separate units may have
a great influence on the total con-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
THE PRICE.

The national debts of the world
now approximate sse5,0oo. 600. 900.
against $4,000 600. 900 at the be-
ginning of the great European War.
The interest charges on this grand
total of debt now exceed $1,000
900. 900 a year. as against about
s1.75O.O0O,00 In the year before the
war.
The debt per person per year for
the aggregate populations of the
countries for which figures r
available. is now about $3.50. against
s27 In 1913. The annual interest
charges per person per year now Is
about $500 against 81 per person
in 1913.
In the year 100 the debts of all
aggregated only about ST.
900. 600. 900. at the beginning of the
wars in 1898, the aggre-
gate world indebtedness was around
So. 500. 000, 900: and at its close in
1916 about $1,000 200. 900. At the
of the European War the
national debts stood at approximate
" $4,000 900. 600.
Could tho world stand another
world war as costly as the last? Is
not the price of war toe terrible ever
to allow another one to come upon
the world? Cannot the human race
levise some e to prevent another
catastrophe 20 terrible? It's cost In
can be reckoned, and 1t Ia an
burden: Its other costs
never be reckoned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

These addresses ere now recalled
by Mr.. Cummings in his keynote
speech and he asks:
'why close our eyes to actual
world conditions? A League Of Ma
.t.ons already exists. u IS rot = pro-
ject. il is a TACT. We must either
enter " or remain out of it."
II Is then shown hat the only
nations that stand outside the league
are Revolutionary Mexico. Boishe-
visit Russia. Cnspeakable Turkey
and-the United States of America"
All the arguments that have been
advanced against the league are sue
cessfully answered and the nation is
appealed to hat American leader
ship in such a momentuous move
m - rlay not be lost.
Here, indeed. is a keynote that
a. sails to real red-blooded Ameri-
canism. With a wonderful record of
achievement in review and a definite
and inspiring plan for the future the
Democrats. indeed have a keynote
worthy of the best that is in men.
Here Is a keynote that will become
one of the greatest campaign docu-
ments in the coming election. Let
the platform makers ut san Fran
cisco measure up to the STANDARD set
by Chairman Cummings and the
party assumes at the
very outset a commanding lead that
must appeal strongly to every think
an in the country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
II "REDs" OF 's1.

Next time you wake up with men
tai dyspepsia, and want to eradicate
the radicals by the shoot 'em at
sunrise formula, give a thought to
the Populists.
If you were old enough in 1891
(and being conservative-minded you
probably were) you either ridiculed
the Pops as long whiskered and
sock-less, or you shook in your boots
for fear they would send America
straight to the bowwows.
They didn't. Neither did they elect
a president. although at their peak
of popularity they had 81 electoral
votes. a popular vote of more than
a million, five senators at Washing
ton and As congressman looking
pretty.
But the main point is this:
They didn't capture the govern
ment, but they did start things.
Much OF their Platforms crimson
radical and "un-American" in 1891
has become the law of the land.
just think what devastating. un-
holy things the Pops advocated:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Luke McLuke Says.

A lot of women have an idea that
as long as You give your husband q
swell funeral when he dies, 1t does
mt matter how you treat him when
he Is alive.
If a girl a play the piano she
imagines that the best singer Is the
one who can yell the loudest.
Funny how q twenty-pound baby
can boss . woman when a 220-
pound man can't do 1t.
Any husband can tell you that the
only times his wife goes through his
pockets are the times when he has
something in them he doesn't want
her to see.
The June Grooms are feeling like
Birds right now. But a year from
now they will be feeling like Worms
1t must make a reformer sore
to know that a few other men in the
world imagine that they are as good
as he is.
When a man wants to be polite he
never thinks of practicing on his
own wife.
Any twenty-year-oid girl can tell
you that 1t is a sin to be 80 years
old.
1t is a mighty dumb old maid who
can't tell a married woman how a
husband should be handled.
A man and his wife may be One.
But just the same. it keeps him
busy digging up enough for Two.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
THE ROAD HOG

I wonder what the road hog
thinks. as he goes on his way, de-
tested by all mortal ginks, and
cussed by night and day. He surely
hates the human race. as down the
road he swings. and in his heart
there is no place for kindly. friend
ly things. We have our little pewter
carts. and we would sing and smile,
IL road hogs didn't break Jul hearts
each quarter of q mile. The ro4d
hog loafs along. alas. and when we
honk our horn, beseeching room
enough to pass. he grins with maud
lin scorn. Around the risky curves
he flies. and thinks he's In the swim:
the rules that govern decent guys
have little weight with him. Some
day the fool will break his neck,
but. ere that day arrives. a dozen
autos he may wreck. or spoil 4 doz-
en- lives. And as ] watch him drive
his barge. and weave and squirt and
turn. I wonder why he Is at large.
when there are Jails to burn. I
wonder why a man il fined ten dol
lars or ten days. for shooting road
hogs and their kind. along the pub
lie waya
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Teachers and Summer Schools.
Lrli.AA H-n

oO4
A New York newspaper states that
10000 students r enrolled at
Columbia University for summer
study work. How many of them are
teachers or those who are preparing
to teach Is not mentioned. 1t may
be believed. however. that a large
number of them are from the teach
ing profession. men and women who
are eager to better fit themselves for
the responsible tasks Of their pro-
fession.
No doubt there will be a heavy en-
rolment in the summer schools for
teachers throughout the country. In
spite of the small salaries paid teach
ers in spite of the lack Of profess
sional interest taken by 70 many
profession keep up study work as
fession. A heavier enrolment than
usual may be expected this summer.
as the trend is in the direction of
education and a better training for
life tasks.
A heavier enrolment of teachers in
summer schools would be indicative
of one thing, that the members of
that profession appreciate the agita-
ton and interest and effort that is
being had in their benalf-to obtain
for them better salaries and to ele-
waite the profession to a higher level.
Some practical folks, who r not
fully informed, have complained be-
u teachers are only required to
work forty weeks Of the ffty-two.
Certainly the salaries they have re-
ceived have not paid them for more
time than they have actually put In
AZ THAR nrofexxioua1 faSka The
really worthwhile teacher, however.
has found it necessary to devote her
vacation to self-improvement. What
is needed Is to elevate the profession
to the point where all teachers are
of the kind that puts vacation time
to constructive use. 1t can only be
done, however. when the salaries are
sufficient to allow teachers to pur-
sue summer study or research or
training work At less than . sacri-
nee. ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Daily Horoscope
"wednesday. JUNO 80, 1920

~cIHc&LAl. NuHC cts tS<V
(Copyright, 1870. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Mars dominates this day in ben
csc aspect. according to ast-ology.
Under the kindly sway OF this
planet all d~issensions may be more
easily dealt with than at other
times and the sway seems to fore
cast harmony in families as well as
in public meetings.
All the influences to be
bracing and stimulating. making for
the dominance of the positive and
constructive forces of the mind.
There is a planetary rule said to
be beneficial TO soldiers and military
men OF every class.
Engineers and men who deal in
iron or steel should make the o
of this configuration.
This should be a lucky day for
labor providing for workers advan-
tages and benefits that assure pros
perity.
Again women appear to be SUBJ
ordinate in the great scheme of
things. since Mars governs with au-
tocratic power.
Washington, ID. c., comes under
planetary conditions that seem to
forecast great civic Improvements
and changes that add much TO its
advantages as a place of perma-
nent residence.
Again many changes in the per-
sonnet of congress appear to be
presaged by the stars.
From this date there may be a
spell of extremely warm weather
which will be serious in its effect
upon the aged and the very young.
The new Moon of next month
threatens labor disputes and dam
ger of intestinal diseases for the
luminaries in conjunction with We
nus are in semi-Square to Saturn.
Great care in the choice and
preparation of foods is enjoined.
Cooperation still seems to be
foreshadowed so strongly that ma
tion-wide enterprises may be
brought into existence.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is may
expect a happy year. They have
no cause to worry and should not
seek a cause by engaging in specu-
lation of any sort.
Children born on this day will be
active and p~ersevering in nature.
These subjects of Cancer are usual
ly extremely talented and they
make an art of human relations.
They are lucky in marriage as we'll
as in other ventures in life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
The Ruined Roads

fark fTeSS.1
The nation is only now beginning
to realize the deplorable condition of
its paved roads. Much has been said
and written about them, but convic-
ton comes only with personal ex-
|perience. As the summer automo-
bile season begins, and the highways
are thronged with tourists and city
folk out for an airing, people see for
themselves.
Even city streets, however, tell the
tale. City and country paving alike
has been worn and crushed by heavy
trucks until riding ever in the most
comfortable automobile becomes a
test. of endurance, and in many
places that were Arm and smooth a
few months ago the thorofares are
practically impossible. 1t Is worse
In and near big industrial centers.
where motor trucks have been called
on for a large share of the heavy
hauling formerly done altogether by
the railroads. but the situation is
bad everywhere. 1t is likely that
hundreds of millions of dollars of
damage have been done within a
year by these ponderous vehicles.
There is a tendency. therefore, on
the part of the ordinary automobilist
" COAoCAAlt bhS AAiOtOA b4aSh -
s%ervedly. This is unwise and unfair.
The trucks serve an admirable pur-
pose, and have come to stay. But
they do need regulation.
The secretary Of a big automobile
association says that the truck manu-
features and owners will welcome
such regulation. That Is sound bust
ness on their part as we'll as good
citizenship. for 1t is safe to say that
the public will not tolerate tracks
hereafter unless they r regulated.
There must be definite limits placed
on their weight and speed and the
loads they are permitted to carry,
and those limits must be enforced.
That 10 only half the remedy. The
other half is the quality Of the paw
ing. Obviously it will not do to
build any more light roads. An
engineer says that paving hereafter
must be at least 70 inches thick.
Two feet of solid masonry is better
still. Culverts and bridges must be
strong in proportion. And the road
way should be wider than it is or
dinarily at present. Only by such
construction can future road trafho
be taken care of and automobile
travel made safe and pleasant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

Postal savings bank I've h>vo
it):
Parcel post tfor years now):
3-Federal income tax Eyes. in
deed,);
l-cove-rment ownership % rail-
roads teiepraphs aid telephones
(not yeti:
5-Initiative and referendum Tin
many states):
popular election OF United
senator's (of counsel.
Despite all this. Gods still In his
heaven IND the government at Wash
continues to reign-morc or
less.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Fire Alarm Boxes


fg-smith Street and Central r. r.
and First Streets.
71-Aadison Avenue and Paterson St.
3e-Htgh and Lewis Streets
a5-Smith and High Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and New St.
31-Smith and State Streets.
l7-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
l1-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81.
and Front Streets-
and Washington Streets.
l7-Htgh and Washington Streets.
64-State and Buckingham Ave. =.
65-Parker 81. nd Pulaski Ave
Ave. and Charles st.
67-etate and Wayne Streets.
Ss-Near United Lead Works.
s2-washington and First Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and Elm street.
64-Smith Street and Watson Ave.
and State Streets.
73-Front and Smith Streets.
7a-Water and Gordon Streets
Ave. and Gordon Street.
and Hanson Avenues.
2z-smith and Herbert Streets.
a3-Amboy Ave. and Washington St
34-Lehigh Ave. and stanford Street.
s5-Nsar City Hospital.
s7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
Se-cleveland and Brace AvenueA
s2-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street.
and Francis Streets.
and tombstone Streets.
3s-Raritan Copper Works.
and Sheridan Streets-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
FOR AN "IDEAL" HIGHWAY.

1t Is a rather flimsy reason given
by the Lincoln Highway Association
for refusing to build that proposed
ideal section" of highway on the
main route between Metuchen and
New Brunswick. 1t seems that the
United States Rubber Company has
constructing some six miles of what
it terms an ideal highway. 1t has
been referred to the Lincoln High
way Association to select the location
for this ideal stretch. This means
that the experiment will be tried
somewhere on that great trans-con-
.ltinental route.
Naturally. Middlesex county is in
Iterested in anything the United
States Rubber Company proposes be-
cause the first factory ever construct
ed by this concern In this country
was built at New Brunswick. When
1t became known, therefore. that this
offer had been made by the United
States Rubber Company a movement
vas started In New Brunswick 20
have the ideal section" constructed
along that part of the Lincoln High
way between Metuchen and the
county seat, a distance of about six
When the suggestion was made TO
the Lincoln Highway Association.
however, the officials of hat organ
told the New Brunswick peo-
pie quite frankly that the Metuchen-
New Brunswick road did not meet
favor because, in their opinion,
1t was not conspicuous enough. The
favored by the Lincoln High
way Association seems to be some
in Illinois or Ohio.
There may be some reason why
The road between Metuchen and New
should not be chosen for
he ideal section" but surely it can
not be because it is not conspicuous.
Il there is any section of the Lin
,oln highway that is extensively
by people from ali parts of
the country it surely is between New
and Philadelphia. Southerners
going to the summer resorts in the
and northerners going to the
winter resorts in the South traverse
The Lincoln highway between
and New Brunswick. West
srners coming asst invariably head
FOR New York and fasteners going
vest will, in most cases, follow the
Lincoln highway across New Jersey
INTO Pennsylvania. Besides this
traffic, there is the nor
local travel back and forth
New Jersey between the two
great cities, not to mention the at
that Princeton University has
the autoists frSm all parts of the
at various times of the
rear.
All things considered. we cannot
imagine a more conspicuous section
Il the Lincoln highway than that
PARTICULAR stretch between Metuchen
md New Brunswick. If the Lincoln
Highway Association really wants a
borough test for the ideal section"
considered, the logical To-
alton is right here in New Jersey
cross Middlesex county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
HELPED MAN AMI WIFE

walter Farraud. 1893 Springkeld Ave,
Irvinston, n. j.. writes: My back ached
continuously as did my wife's." After
prised with the quick results. / recon-
mend Foley Kidney Pills to any one who
has kidney or bladder trouble" They
cause rheumatic pains. swollen. aching
and stiff Joints and muscles and other
symptoms of kidney trouble. Sold by
Barnekov & Petz.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

Though yo

Though you're in trouble, do not
sigh.
Do not look sad and don't fee glum.
Cheer up. the best Is yet to come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

Luke McLuke says 1t is just as
hard to lie to once wife over the
phone as to her face. Neither Is
hard. Luke: the hard thing Is to
make her believe the statement, no
matter how you make 1t. phone or
face to face with the afidavits
and the zeal of state
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

eff more than n mongoos you
see"
Explained Professor Mooses:
DO not term them 'mongeese.' dear
me,
The plural Is mongooses."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

girl?
Paw One who puts In her time
posing and exposing at a Summer
resort, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

TIC ftcIOfnnef.
So practice at ~perceiving wrong.
He'd fain reform an angel throng,
And pass q Heavenly ordinance
To regulate their joyous dance,
That all might pass the great White
Throne
With steps - chastened at his own
His thanks disturb the cherubim.
That he Is not like other men;
praises raise them up again.
That other men are not like him.
-Urbana-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

(COIdwater (Ohfo) ChronicIe.)
Luke. what of this ancient? The
o. I. man who. when he had a we'd
ding in his family. sen the editor a
bottle of wine?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

If people could not vote until the
age Of twenty-five. 1t would be a
waste of time to grant women the
privilege.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Cheerful Guya

An optimist l. Daniel Dee,
OF knockers he Is not afraid;
II you hand him a lemon. he
VIII turn Il into lemonade.
Luke McLuke.
An optimist is Silas Slick,
He really is. that's what I think:
II o land on him with a kick
He'll try to work 1t In a drink.
-Hastin9s (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
SUMMER RESORT. ULSTER COUNTY

Lakeview Hotel, Pine Hill, N. Y. Boz
p. N. Overlooking lake; modern Improve
ments; orchestral; dancing: bathing; Hun
garian cuisine. Booklet. Special rates
now. Mosaic laws observed. Joseph
Proprietor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

"Other people nav a right to
their opinions observed the Sage.
Yes" agreed the Fool. "If they
happen to be the same as ours"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Same Old Stu6f

We see by the papers that pan
demonium reigned" at the Chicago
convention. And We suppose the
well-known weikin also rang.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

We don't know how she would
like working with a train crew. But
Esther May Flaeg lives In Fl.
Wayne, Indiana.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

The Department of Justice is un-
able to locate Bergdoll. Doubtless he
s ma squerading as a pr~ofiteer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

The poor mans worried. goodness
knows.
He's angry. too. I'm told;
BY wearing a light suit of clothes
He caught a heavy cold.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

John Sergeant writes US from
Liverpool. England. to tell us that
now that he can get 1t without
cheating. he doesn't want 80 much
of IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

That fellow Smith Is an optimit.
isn't he?" said Brown.
Yes" replied Jones. III Is
thankful that he doesn't have to buy
ice In Winter and he Is thankful
that he doesn't have to buy coal In
Summer"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

he married a fat dame named Maud
She wasn't so tall. but was braud,
But now he's half dead.
And he's sorry he wed.
For from morning to night he is
jaud.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

History speaks of a Diet of Worms.
Doubtless there were food ~profteers
in those days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

The city takes what the farmer
This includes the farm help
he raises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

Some planks in a platform suggest
their usefulness II the making Of a
political cofin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
GOSH

Talking about windy newspapers.
how about the Hurricane Breeze. of
Hurricane, W. Va.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

The Season For Hunting Trouble
Is Always Open.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Bless Ills Heart!


Willie Waddle lives at Straw
berry, Kentucky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

Perth Amboy Window Cleaning
Company
WINDOWS CLEANED IN YOUR OFFICE
STORE OR PRIVATE RESIDENCE
102 BROAD ST.
PHONE 1904
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29
Bits ofBy-Piay

BY LUKE McLUKE.
Copyright. 1920. the Cincinnati
Induirer.)
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
German Workmen Slow.
Showing Strain of War
Frozen Beef Set on Shore in
Hamburg Cut Up With Hatch.
cts and Eaten Raw

A picture of life in Hamburg, show
ing how completely the stress of war
had drained the vitality of German
workmen, was sketched by Captain
Adrian Feeder, master Of the American
liner Manchura, in yesterday from the
famous old German port.
There is little energy left in the
time powerful German longshore-
man." said Captain Feeder. "The strain
of war and the lack of proper food have
made their mark upon him and he sim
ply cannot work as he did six years
ago. We had only 5000 tons Of cargo
to remove from our hold, but it took
the Germans eight days of twentyfour
hours each to put it ashore. In peace
times the same number of men would
have unloaded 5000 tons in forty-eight
hours. Five years of malnutrition was
apparent when we started unloading.
owe set out some frozen quarters of
beef to be used by the German laborers,
but they could not wait until it had
been cooked. AS soon as they saw it
they chopped it with hatchets and crow
bars and ate the frozen chunks raw as
greedily as a hungry lion would tear
meat that had been thrown to him"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Lodge to Call Up Treaty
On Senate Floor MOnday:
AidOfDemOcrats Pledged
Meredith Looms
As q Candidate
May BE Man Daniels Had
in Mind for President;
Bryan Has Ciuen o. K.

Edwin Thomas Meredith. the new
Secretary of Agriculture, is the dis
.inquished man believed to have been
IN the mind of Secretary of the NAVY
Daniels one day last week, when he
told an audience that ne could name
the next President of the United
States.
Private advices from Washington tc
people in the financial district yester-
day, gave the information that Presi-
GENT Wilson had sounded William J
bryan on the availability of Secretary
Meredith as Presidential candidate
and that Mr.. Bryan indorsed the sug-
gestion.
Secretary Meredith is publisher OF
farm papers with large circulation. a
director of the Chicago Federal Re.
serve Bank and stanch Democrat
IN 1914 he was a candidate for United
States Senator against Senator Ken.
yon, and ran well for a Democrat in q
strongly Republican state.
tie is Methodist and prohibition.
lst. 1t is understood he was "discov
cred" by w. D. Jameson, of Shenan
doah, Iowa, director of finance of the
Democratic National Committee.