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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
GOOD BOOKS At
ALL CROSSROADS
American Library Association
Urges Adoption Of County
Library System.
IDEA PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
California, the Pioneer-0ther
States Adopting tho
Plan.
IDEA PROVES SUCCESSFUL.

The American Library Association,
in announcing its Books for Every
body movement, which IL to be nation
wide in its scope, advises and urges the
extension Of the county library system
as a solution Of the problem Of supply.
ing good literature 10 the rural dis
tricts. Its intention il to persist II
advocating the nationwide adoption
Of the idea as successfully applied In
California, Ohio and Maryland unh
every n of the 1894 counties In the
nation have adopted the system and
regular shipments Of good books are
being made from the central point In
the county to the designated outpostA
California stands out as the highpoint
in the successful application OF the
idea. OF the So counties In the state
AZ have adopted and are supporting the
system at a trifling cost. This It urges
as a part Of its enlarged program which
aims to promote a better ~citizsnShiD
and to combat the social and industrial
unrest through the teaching Of Ames1.
can ideals and traditions to the foreigA
born.
The book needs Of the sixty millien
or more Americans who live outside OF
the big cities will be called to the IT.
tention Of those In a position to serve
them.
County Libraries Urged.
The county library system provides
for establishing one central library at
the county seat OF in the largest tswn
in every county. This does not mean
necessarily the erecting Of q library
building and the stocking Of its shelves.
In many cases the tools already exist.
From this central station books win
be loaned to designated outpost sta
lions. The books will be delivered by
trucks, parcel post or whatever method
may be adopted in any given county to
the country stores, tollgates, post Of.
fees, schoolhouses and private homes.
When one shipment has been circulat.
ed and returned another will be sent
out. Also, in communities Of any size
in the county, branch libraries will b
maintained.
The American Library Association.
with Its 1000 active librarian mem.
bers and its 40 years Of practical func.
tioning, is in a position to know the
needs Of the country and in the fight
for wider knowledge is a force to be
reckOned with.
The Enlarged Program calls for an
expenditure Of 5 2,OOO,OO0. There will
be no drive OF intensive campaign.
The money will be raised by the libra.
rians, library trustees and friends Of
libraries. The movement for better
citizens and a well read population Il
on and the slogan Is Books for Every.
body"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11

for ton, approaching that Of shipown.
ers under other flags.
The unit of value in a ship is the
lightweight ton that is, a ship Is worth
SO much for every ton it will carry.
The average war cost Of the merchant
fleet is believed to be less than 5000 a
ton, but the United States Shipping
Board, which has charge Of the vessels,
has been trying to get more than that
for them, with very few sales.
MI. Raymond told the senators a fair
price a 500 a ton, and the differ
ence should be charged off as part Of
our expense in winning the war and
making the continuance Of American
prosperity possible.
Competing With the English.
1t is only by putting some such valu-
alton on the ships that they can be
operated at a profit against the Eng
lish merchant marine, the representa-
tive Of the shipowners said. To at
tempt competition on trade routes Of
the world with England's formida-
BILE feet, said MI. Raymond, on a war;
cost basis for American ships, would
prove disastrous. To prove his point
the witness submitted figures covering
the charges against capital invested in
two ships Of 10000 tons capacity each,
one under the English flag, valued at
500 a ton, the other under the Ameri-
can flag, for sale by the Shipping Board
| ok coon n $o~ Thoc0 Q~,,eoe oIo,x,oI.
Annual interest charges at s per cent
on capital invested, English $4,000,
American $4,000; annual deprecla-
ton, at s per cent, English $4,000,
American $4,000; insurance, English
$4,000, American $4,000; totals, Eng.
lish annual charges $50, 900, American
$286.000; difference in favor of the
English vessel. $158,00O.
To Keep Up American Wages.
Wages on an American ship Of the
size noted, said the witness, amount to
between $4,000 and $4,000 a year
more than on the British ship. There
is no disposition to scale down Ameri-
can wages; but to meet the added
charge the shipowners believe they
should be allowed to charge off 10 per
cent annually as depreciation on their
ships before paying their income tax.
To encourage a continuance Of ship
building in American yards, the ship
owners proposed this plan to the SEN
ators: That ships bought from the
government and kept under the Ameri-
can nag in foreign commerce be ex-
empted from federal excess profit
taxes, on condition that an amount
equivalent to such exemption he in.
vested by the owner Of the ships in
additional vessels, to be built in Amer
lean yards.
In response to a question from a
senator II this was government aid to
shipping, Mr.. Raymond made this
reply:
"Of all u great national Industries.
American %shipowning and shipbuilding
for overseas commerce have been left
without aid and encouragement from
the government-other Industries, as
we all know, having long been protect
ed In some degree by our national tariff
laws. We submit that 1t must be &C.
k%nowledged that ocean shipbuilding
and navigation are as much entitled as
any other industries to some form of
national aid against foreign competi-
ton"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
JOIN
FIGHT ON UNREST
American Library Association In
augurates Nationwide Books
for Everybody" Movement.
WILL AID FOREIGN BORN.
Social Problems Can Be Solved
by Teaching American Ideals
and Traditions.
WILL AID FOREIGN BORN.

The spirit Of unrest that has been
sweeping the country indicates that
the foreign born, who have hocked to
the United States from every corner Of
the globe have not been given the
proper help and encouragement, In the
opinion Of the 1000 librarians who
make up the American Library Associ-
alton and who are now enlisted in q
Books for Everybody" movement.
The effort is a concerted movement
to carry out the Enlarged Program
which the association has adopted.
There are approximately fifteen mil.
lions Of foreign born in the United
States and Of this number six millions
do not read or speak the English Ian
guage. One phase Of the Enlarged
Program will be to bring the publisher
and translator together with the view
Of furnishing the proper books in SUI
hcient numbers to carry the message
Of American ideals and traditions to
this vast army Of uniformed peo-
pie. They have been largely dependent
upon the foreign press for their writ
ten messages. Many men who live
with their fingers on the pulse Of cur.
rent events are firmly convinced that
a sound foundation in Americanism
can be easily built among the foreign
born II the proper literature Is placed
within their reach in a language they
can understand.
No Drive to Be Held.
In order to carry out the Enlarged
Program two million dollars will be
required. This money will not be
sought through the medium Of a cam
paign or an intensive drive, but will
be obtained through the individual ef-
forts Of the Librarians, library trustees
and friends Of libraries. The Amer
lean Library Association will bend
every effort to bring about the ma
tion-wide adoption Of each Of the
cardinal points in the Program, which
includes the extension of tho county Ii.
brary sytem and the establishment Of
more industrial and business Libraries.
1t 10Y has in operation book service
to the United States Merchant Marine,
Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service and
hospitals Of the United States Public
Health Service. The needs Of the
$4,000 blind persons in the United
States will be cared for. At present
the number Of books available Is woe
fully inadequate. This will be rene.
died and the Joys Of good literature
will be brought into lives that are
darkened by a veil which will never
BE- raised by any other method.
Not all the work Of characterization
lies in the great centers Of population.
Great sections Of the country where In.
dustry is carried on BY foreign work.
ers do not know public library service.
There are important mining states
where less than a score Of libraries
exist. One mining state has but two
public libraries.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
y. W. c. A. TRAINS N

Young women students from forty.
four states and nine countNes-China,
the Philippine Islands, France, Bulga.
ria, Holland, Russia, Armenia, Canads
and Mexico are registered In the
National Training School Of the Young
Women's Christian Association In New
York.
They ara studying methods Of 7. W.
G. A. work with q view to taking up
positions In 7. w. G. A. work either In
this country or in other Of the coun.
tries where the 7. W. @. A. 10 carryina
on. opening and sxpaading III work
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
Business Men WI Take Over
Farmers Delivery Wagons"
Of Merchant Fleet.
TO SCALE DOWN WAR COST
Senators Told How English Compel.
tlon Can Do Overcome and Our
FLAG Kept On the
oea.

BY WINFIELD N. THOMPSON,
Editor The Marine Journal, New York.
Washington, D. C.-"ships are the
farmers delivery wagons.
I'VE must interest the whole people
In ships.
"The inland states are as much In.
terested In the merchant marine as
those on the seaboard.
I'm these times our manufacturers
cannot probably do business with the
rest Of the world without ships under
the American nag to carry their goods
to the worlds markets."
These r a few Of the expressions
heard at the hearings on a merchant
marine policy for the country, now be-
Ing conducted before the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce, which is shaping
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
NATIONAL FRIENpehlPs
DEPEND UPON WoMANKlNo
japanese Diplomat says Men
Alone Cannot Create lntsrna.
tlonal FrlendIInesA

+ International friendship BE- I.
+ tween nations depends largely +
I. upon the friendly feeling between +
+ the women Of those nations, &C. +
+ cording to representatives Of the 4
+ japanese embassy Ia Washington. +
+ Their theory 10 that there can +
+ be no drm friendship between =
+ two nations unless the women Of 4
+ those two countries knew and +
+ like one another, a. cooperation +
+ between nations, % In the state !.
+ and In the family, 10 based on CO. !
f operation between mel and wo- 4
+ men. +
+ Therefore, II Japan and Amer1. I
+ ca r to have q real, lasting 4
+ friendship. to really know and i
+ understand one another. the NO I
+ men Of the two nations must I
+ learn to play together, to study +
+ together and to think together. +
+ The Z. W. O. A. 10 one Of the 4
+ best mediums for bringing about i
+ this friendship between the two 4
+ nations, according to diplomatic 4
r representatives Of Japan. % that 4
+ organization IL teaching japanese I
+ women recreation, showing then 4
+ how to enjoy out-of-door life and 4
+ sporta It 10 particularly nsces. Z
+ sary that japanese women learn Z
+ to enjoy and appreciate rscrsa- 4
+ tion, they say. since the great I
+ influx Of women into industry 4
+ and business, 40 japanese NO I
+ men, formerly 20 conservative, 4
+ are going into business and doing I
+ many things which they had I
+ never thought Of doing before the 4
4 war. 4
+ The 7. ". @. A. has been a. /
+ sured the fullest possible cooper I
+ alton Of the japanese embassy 4
+ and the japanese people in max 4
+ Ing its "World Service program" 4
+ for three million dollars to bs 4
f used for women and girls In the 4
+ United States India. China, j.. 1
+ pan, South America, Egypt, g. 1
+ IBERIA, the Near East and Mexico 1
+ q success. 4
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
PUTTING I Prettux.

A great big soldier boy had picked
a little bit of a girl. When a fellow
"joshed" him a bit, he said: "Yes,
Bill, she would have been taller, but
she's made Of stuff so choice an. ane
and scarce that the Lord just natural.
~ couldn't find enough Of It here 70
make her any bigger"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11

legislation for the disposal and opera
ton Of the vast feet Of ca%rgo-carrying
ships that has come out under our flag
as q result Of the shipbuilding program
upon which the country entered to
help win the war.
There r o afoat about 1900 of
these ships. all Of steel, with a carrying
capacity Of 100000 tons Of wheat,
manufactured goods or other products
Of the United States.
When the vessels to be completed
under the building program are in
commission, in the near future. there
will be available for sale a total feet
Of about 1900 vessels, with q total car.
rying capacity Of 10,5O0,000 tons at one
time.
Senators WrestIs With Problem.
Nineteen senators on the Commerce
Committee are wrestling with the prob
lem Of what to do with these ships. In
cluded In the nineteen are five from
Middle Western states-statesmen who
understand the needs both Of the pro-
ducers Of the great grain and manu-
featuring states, and also the princi-
pies on which ships must be managed
Il they are to show a profit and keep
the seas in competition with the YES.
sells Of other nations.
These midwest senator's are Sher-
q Of Illinois, Nelson Of Minnesota,
Reed Of Missouri, Harding Of Ohio, and
YnnNoot ~ Wisconsin
The gravest question before these
senator's IL how to get the government
out Of the business Of managing these
chips into which 1t got during the war.
It 10 taken for granted by Congress
that the government should now gel
out Of the shipping business, Just al
It 10 getting out Of the railroad bust.
ness, now that peace 10 here.
The main business before the sena.
tors 10 to provide means for selling the
Sovernmsnt-owned tonnage Of the vast
new merchant feet to American bust.
less men. and to pass legislation un'
der which the ships can overcome the
competition Of England and other Nu.
ropean nations that are straining every
nerve to drive the new American com,
nsrcs fleets from the ocean.
snow 10 the Accepted Time"
The view Of the senator's on the pro
vosal to sell the ships was very well
expressed tho other day BY Senator
Knute Nelson Of Minnesota, who at the
end Of q long session on the subject Of
he sale remarked:
"In the language Of holy writ, Nov
10 the accepted time-to sell thu
ships"
The witness then before the commit
tee. q shipping man from New York
echoed the thought in somewhat more
modern language by replying:
"Go to 1t while the going Is good"
It being agreed In principle that the
ships shall be sold by the government,
the House Of Representatives has al
ready passed favorably on the PROPOSE
ton now before the senate by a vote
Of 240 to e-the main questions are thu
price at which they shall be sold and
the conditions under which they car
b operated By their buyers.
Views Of chipping Men.
The senators have heard the view
Of q wide variety Of witnesses, includ
Ing bankers, farmers, manufacturers
lawyers, insurance men and others
The substance Of the testimony sub
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-11
MORE sooke FOR BLIND.
American Library Association Dehln,
Movement to Bring Good LItsra.
ture 20 Those Who Walk
In the Dark.

There are between $4,000 and 20, on
blind people in the United States. The
supply Of books In the recently adopted
uniform Bratlle type for their use 10 In
ADEQUATE. there bein : less than 100 titles
existing In that pint. The American
Library Association has Included in the
projects Of it, Enlarged Program the re-
solve to aid in prin ling and distributing
ceeded in inducing several well-known
authors to nance tie brailling q one OF
more Of their books In inauSurating ita
Books for Every odyl" movement q
fund Of 1900. 900 " IL be raised to car
~ gu the provisi' ns Of the Program,
the money to be OBJ lined not by q cam
paiSn or drive. but arough the efforts Of
the Librarians. library trustees and friends
II libraries.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-04-15

Tive guarl about Che White
House mas been increased Must
ho SOME republican congressman
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-04-15

seems io us that Carransa might
iry hftic League of Nations
among ihc states of Che Republic
nf Mexico.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-04-15

Tho new railroad labor board
lust appointed by the president
ha, fine chance 20 get some quick
81. f,.rIaf..Y
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-24
A PLEAsANT KITCHEN.

Dear Sisters of The Corner: How happy that housekeeper should be who has a bright. sunny kitchen in which to do her work. these wintry days! @@
 So much of the average housewife's time is spent in her kitchen that she is fortunate. if she has a cheerful. bright, airy roGen in which to work.
 We in the country can well afford to pity city women, so many of them with narrow, crowded, dingy kitch- enettes, in spite of the. fact that these city rooms have every imaginable sort of convenience for making work easy.
 But for me, give me big, roomy kitchen, where the windows look out on fields. or hills, or garden. maybe on the river, as was the case with a charming room in which 1 sat and chatted with a friend who was busy about her work, the other day. She had a kitchen cabinet, a fine sink with hot and cold water. there were bloom ing geraniums in the three sunny win dows, the range was shiny and mod ern; and what must be great com fort during summer day, one of the doors was a Dutch door, opening so that one could have a fine. view of the garden and the pond. That woman was happy, and do you wonder?
 ARABEIIlA
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-24
TABLE NIcETIEs.

Dear Sisters of The Corner: There was much sound sense in a letter which I read several weeks ago and which related to children being taught proper table manneds.
 It reminded me of the wise practice of a mother whom I know. who has very little to do with, but who is giv- ing her family training which will fit them, to apnear well, no matter where fortune may call them during their later life.
 know it is the practice of this mother to use worn table cloths from which to make common napkins, which do very well for everyday use. Each child has his or her particular nap kin and ring and each is trained from the first how to- use. a napkin and no matter how simple the meal, there is no careless let-up in good manners.
 As we all know a man may have millions; but let him eat with his knife, or drink with his spoon in his cup, or use his fork with his left hand and no matter how fine his broadcloth Or how glitteringe his diamonds. ob- servers will set him down as low bread. Mothers cannot begin too early to give their, children training in ta- ble niceties, in the opinion of
 FUSS AND FEATHERS.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-24

elsewhere and I'm a misfit! When God made a peacock he put fine feath- CTS on him: bat when he made hen he gave attention to capacity, rot external decoration,' said I.
 The one thing you have never learned said Mirandy, lis the lesson of adaptation. No one could get you into a dress suit any easier than they can get an eagle into overalls.p
 What is there so wonderful about dresssuits ?'' inquired. "Ain't seF- wants been wearing them for a hun- dred years. Do you remember that hotel dinner, where the walters in white vests and swallow tail coats al- ways paraded before we dined, and then served Us in tid-bits (you called them courses). and I never paid 50 much and got so little to eat in my life! When I dine want what I want You do, Joseph, says Mirandy, land you want it in astonishingIy large quantities. You are good home body, but as a public exhibit you are not in fayor!"
 q was born,' said I with Home, Sweet Home branded on my heart!"
 UNCLE JOE.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-24
SOUNDS LIKE MUSIC TO UNCLE
 JOE.

!
 Dear Social Corner Sisters: Mirandy says [ am too fond of airing myself in The Corner, but I just tell her it is not for my sake, but for hers, since she is so sensible; and I do not mind her sarkism- for it sounds like music Ito me.
 She looks over my shoulder and says: St.' Joseph If you could hand out ten. dollar bills as you can compli- ments should ride in an auto instead of sewing buttons on your 10-year- old overcoat, L should have servants and know we belonged to the IF. LIS! That's one reason, Joseph, why I do not want you to go to these club meet ings; and another is you are always in danger of enlarging your mouth with your knife, and hold. your fork in your right hand; and you insist on having half pie. This does well enough at home" says she, but it's intolerable in society,"
 Gosh, T wish society would get aer- sible and come to it's senses. don't like too much artifciality," says I, sthat's why I've never had false teethi''''
 E Joseph" says Mirandy. it is your heart not your manners, which makes you Iovable;; and your habits, of in dustry make you a good .provider, while your sobriety makes you, with your sauve ways, an agreeable com panion.''
 T am like q wire haired terrier, '' says I, "a business dog. Put me where at and I am it; and put me
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-24

them are true. They are like the pc lures, just to pass the time. It dont make any difference what they are. m
 And she was from a Christian home.
 made the same appeal to another girl and she said: T have noticed that and I think I will try an Amert- can author. Give me one of Miss Al cott's.'
 Well, we. are inferior. Our girls are not as refined as the English girls, and we are not their equals in any way. You know we have no real no- ble families in America!"
 I read an article in the Librarian Magazine from Q Canadian librarian, asking that all libraries in that coun- try give a preference to Canadian au- thors. as it would influence the boys, especially to be more loyal to their own country in these times when ev- cry land needs her own best citizens. Why not try it in the United States?
 Then the morality of books. You cannot judge by the author. or by the critics, or by what Mrs, So and So thinks of it; but if you know your boy or girl as you should, you can judge the effect on him or her after YOU have read it, and it is your duty to read it. If you find it of color" or too silly just read it aloud and let him see how it sounds, and talk it over with him Don't take it away unless you give him something better
 The trouble with the girl of today is not with the times. not with the moth CT. or the grandmother, but with the great-grandmoth In our grand mothers family there was the Bible,
 a, history of Indian wars and 3. few books of the good boy who died young and the bad boy who got killed. and girls likewise The boys read. the war
 stories and got a taste for history. and the girls mooned over the good little girls who were always ladylike. Tn fathers family the books. were history, Diamond Dick and Nick Car fer -T9G5;:s,- and real love stories: the
 mother of that day read not outdoor books, but read real love stories; and they read them yet.
 In our own home father reads de- tective stories not any more moral than Nick Garter, only better binding) and we (the mothers). read society pictorials that encourage. divorces, and
 men of just a little naughty tenden- ] cy. and girls who are sporty and never 1 dream that Diamond Dick and 1 Jesse James have turned into Boy | Scouts" of a cheap grade, Camp Fire Girls of the same class, and Girls ot l the Flying Squad, etc.
 ETTA BARBER.