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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

France, connecting the Rhine with
the sea was opened.
1918 For the first time women sat as
members of the Tammany Hall
executive committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

A chemist of Pittsburgh announces
that he has discovered a process 10y
which he can extract sugar from saw.
dust at cost of but three cents q
pound To many this man will be
rival of Columbus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
All Stirred Up.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript.
Trying to keep step with both daylight
saving and eastern standard time. the
cows of New Hampshire are now giving
butter, already churned instead of milk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

We can at least be glad for the reo-
pie of Rutland that the price of ice
has dropped ID cents a hundred pounds
in that city
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

Tombstone cutters at Nsw Haven
Conn. have struck for dollar an hour
Well, tombstone is something we arc
all willing to try to do without.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
One Year Ago Today.

President Wilson called special ses-
sion of congress TO consider the peace
treaty.
The allies announced the peace terms
to Germany, including indemnity, repara
tion, and standardization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
despatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
Published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

Lemon extract seems to have been
eontributory cause to an automobile
accident in Burlington this week. The
secretary of state may have an inter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Lacking.
Manchester Union }

Manchester Union.)
Well, a 2.75 bin lacking a governors
signature seems appropriate enough,
That 2.75 stuff, the best authorities
agree, always seems to lack something.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

IF the county clerk IS Office is actually
to be moved from Crosby block, where
it has been for the lord knows how
long: The Meddler believes it would be
a serious mistake to locate it anywhere
except in the town building Not only
does that location commend itself on
the ground of accessibility but there
would be the additional advantage OF
having county and town offices ad-
joining. Furthermore, the town build
ing is the only place where a really fire
proof vault for the county records coult
be constructed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Headaches from Slight Colds.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab
let's relieve the Headache by curing
the Cold. A tonic laxative and germ
destroyer. Look for signature Z. w.
GROVE on box. zoe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

esting column of "causes before the
season is over
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
The Meddler
"U the coat fits you, put il on.

Recent proceedings in the local NUM-
cipal court bear out the truth of the
old saying that Satan finds some mis-
chief still for idle hands to do. While
The Meddler has no thought of con-
doning the offenses for which a number
of boys and young men have been
brought to book he cannot help feel
ing that in sense they are victims of
circumstances over which the community
might and should, but does not, exercise
control. Traced back to its fuuda
mental causes, the situation doubtless
would be found to be due to the town $
failure to provide suitable place for
boys in their teens to spend their spare
| hours. With no one to influence them
in the right direction, no place where
their excess energy can be guided along
wholesome lines. it is small wonder that
some of Brattleboro 8 youth acquire
habits of thought and action which
eventually bring them up against the
law. Indeed, the surprising feature is
that so many of them stick as closely
as they do to the paths leading toward
good citizenship.
|
Here we are in a town with clul
facilities enough to meet the needs o.
a place twice as large and yet with alb
solutely no provision made for the wei
fare of boys during the years when the,
are in greatest need of companionshil
of sort that will give them the RICH
attitude toward life. From the tim
they leave school until they become o
age (unless parental recommendation
gains them earlier access to some organ
ization) they may spend their leisur
hours at the moving pictures, in tn
pool rooms or on the street corners
The Meddler has nothing against tn
movies, or the pool rooms either unde
proper restrictions, but he contends tina
these institutions are not the ones whc
should be saddled with the whole of til
n towns juvenile welfare work.
a
e What Brattleboro needs, as has bee
: said in this column on numerous pre-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertisng-Run Of paper SO cents
an inch for first insertion, Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application
Classified advertisements-Five cents a line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change Of
COPY. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
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insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices published at foot of local
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

vious occasions, is place where boys
can congregate under restrictions that
will give them a feeling of freedom
from restraint and vet where they will
mconsciouslv develop an interest in
community affairs, a realization of the
necessity of law and order and a belief
in the soundness of the principles on
which the government of this country
is founded. The need of such place is
so urgent, The Meddler believes, that
it should not be allowed to wait upon
any such slow moving agency as the
community house project. Pending the
consummation of that worthy scheme,
which of necessity requires time for
development. there might well be started
a community movement-whollv non
Sectarian of courSe-for the eonserya
ton of our boy resources. And it ought
not to be difficult to enlist for it the
support of parents, teachers and en-
ployers as. well as the boys themselves
4
A good many persons, ii develops, are
| inclined to the opinion that the select
| men of Brattleboro and Hinsdalc mad,
a mistake when they agreed to n 81 foot
roadway on the new Connecticut river
| bridge instead of one of Of feet like
| that on the old structure Admitting
| that the former bridge was built with ;
view to having room for a street rail
way across it and that the prospect o
| such a line docsn T exist now, it is sill
maintained that there were times whel
the old roadway was none too wide
Furthermore, it is pointed out that tn
steady increase in automobile trucl
traffic is sure to put new requirement
on highways and bridges, and that j
is mistake to undertake new construc
ftion without this prospect in mind. Tn
Meddler doesn't know what the addi
tional expense of 27foot roadway o.
the new bridge would be, but he believe
the town officials should be absolutel
sure they are not making a mistake be
fore they commit themselves to a naI
! rover one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Be Rid
OF
Painful
COrns
"Gets-It" Makes Them Loosen Up
So They Lift Off PainlessIy.

There's no more pain after few
drops OF ''Gets-It" lands upon corn or
cailus and instantly dries.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

lack of chairs, Miss Aida c. Bowler,
Just hack from Rumania after seven
months service in social work, told a
Seattle audience.
Miss Bowler declared that tons of
socks knitted in this country had to
be unraveled when they reached En-
rope and remade into clothing. Socks
were used in place of paper bags in
the distribution of sugar, she said.
Tons of pajamas intended for relief
were cut up and made into suits for
children
Miss Grace Harrington, back from
Siberia where she was acting chief
nurse of the American Red Cross, told
the audience that the Russians were
a kindly generous people rather than
the half mad destroyers the American
plute press would have them appear.
MOSCOW.-At the conference Of the
third international held in Moscow on
May 2, Bukharin, Radek and Zinovieff
were named as the committee to decide
the question Of admittance to the Com.
munist International. The conference
also decided in favor of Parliamentary
action in so far as it serves the propa.
cation Of the revolutionary spirit.
MOSCOW.--The Soviet election in
0msk resulted in a communist victory.
All elected delegates, 465, are members
Of the Communist party. Ga per cent Of
the qualified voters participated in
! elections.
At the last Congress Of Soviets in
Moscow, at which Kamenev presided,
the Peoples Commissar Of Education,
Lunacharsky, delivered report stating
that in Soviet Russia 1850 schools
were opened in 1919. Altogether there
are now IN Soviet Russia $4,000 schools
of the first grade and $1,000 schools
Of the second grade, he stated.
In 1919, 100000 pairs Of boots were
distributed to the needy school child
ren.
To stimulate higher education, the
Commissariat for Popular Instruction
appropriated sum Of 140,000,000
rublcs in its budget. The number Of
university students in Soviet Russia
is now $4,000 including auditors at
peoples and peasants universities, as
we'll as the participants in number
of other courses. The number Of prof.
essors is $500 In addition there are
in Pctrograd, Moscow, Voronezh, Kazan
and Saratob various schools for the
training Of artists, attended by more
than 1000 students
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

will form a basis for a rational organ,
ization of the economic life of the
country"
Rykov discussed at great length the
problems connected with the exploita.
lion of the immense national wealth
of the country. Immense stores of slate
peat, coal and oil are now available.
Especially, there are great supplies Of
slate and peat in the VOlga valley, he
said.
"The utilization of slate is new
field, which received no attention in
Russia during the former regimes, but
which has been fully studied and
worked up by the Soviet Government, I"
Rykov declared. "Thc preliminary ex.
periments in this field have been CON-
pleted, and two big government plants
are now exclusively exploiting the
slate deposits, Deposits of slate and
peat are immense. They exist in north.
enn Russia as we'll rs in the Volga
valley. This kind of fuel is very bulky
and cannot be transported. Peat and
slate must b. utilized on the spot, AMI
electrical energy derived tberefrom
made 10 supply the needs Of the sur.
rounding territory. This condition led
tho Supreme Council Of National Econ.
Omy eighteen months ago to under.
take the building Of gigantic power
stations which would use on the spot
the available peat and slate supplies
Provincial cities and rural organiEat.
ions have also taken steps for tho
identification OF their territory. II is
necessary to consolidate these efforts
and TO create unified, centralized
system Of supplying electric power,
wcrcby the utmost attention must he
given TO supplying electricity to the
rural communities. The realization Of
these plans would greatly accelerate
The development Of relations between
the cities and rural communities.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

After outlining the success of the
soviet army on the various fronts
Trotsky emphasized the necessity fol-
the establishment of universal labor
service, which under n Socialist state
he stated, was a very different matter
from compulsory labor under conditions
Of private ownership. lie declared that
the enthusiasm Of the Red Army must
be borrowed by the workers, and that
The peasants particularly must be
educated in the role which they must
play for their own salvation.
"0ur most dangerous front at this
time is the economic 'front.'" he said.
"Our greatest problem at the present
moment Is the organization Of large
rcSerye Of supplies. There is no doubt
that we shall solve this problem as
we have solved all our problems,
th,rts to the heroism Of the working
class"
The inspiring Of the railroad work.
crs with full sense Of the necessity
for rebuilding Russia's transportation
was emphasized also by Krassin, poo
pies commissar Of Ways and Commu.
nications, who declared that trans.
portation crisis now prevails not only
in Russia, but in every other European
country. KrasSin stated that the Of
forts Of sections Of the Red Army di'
vcrted TO railroad service had within
one month increased the number Of supply
trains to Moscow by 20 per cent, and tho
services Of many thousands Of the
labor army would soou rebuild Tue
touptry's rail system.
! The commissar Of Supplies, Zurupa,
reported the existence Of supplies Of
grain 80 per cent greater than at the
corresponding period in 1919, but 'lc'
rlarcd thu, Il bad Mt It's disposal 1.9al,
cocoon pounds Of grain, 2Si,Ooo,OOo CT
near, s9s,ooo0oo Of potatoes, and .,
GOo,0OO Of dried vegetables. Zurupa
stated that the willingness of the
peasant population regularly to sup'
Ply fOoastuffs was rapidly increasing,
and that the spmmissariat was devcl'
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

was the resumption of full commercial
relations.
"Although available stores of raw
materials have been greatly depleted,
we are still able to exchange certain
amount of such materials for goods
needed by u.s." he stated. "We are
able Immediately to export not less
than two million pools of flax az,
100000 lbs) several million pieces Of
all kinds of furs, great quantity of
platinum, about 100000 pools $500,
900 lbs) of bristles. and great amounts
of lumber. In exchange for this, we
will accept only such goods as are
indispensable for the rehabilitation Of
the basic productive enterprises Of the
country.
"The naturalization of the means
Of production has developed rapidly in
all fields of industrial production. At
the present time we have in our hands
about 1000 nationalized factories, in
ether words, we have been able to
rationalize not only the big industries,
but also considerable number Of
smaller enterprises.
"During the past two years VIZ
ndve cndeavored to concentrate avail
able supplies Of raw material, fuel,
and labor in such factories as are best
organized and most up to date. This
process Of concentration has progress
ed very rapidly; 30 percent of all the
enterprises have been unified into a
socialistic trust. The number Of
workingmen in these factories Is "a
per cent We find that by concentrat'
ing "a per cent of the industrial labor
in 30 per cent Of our factories we have
boon able to economize on overhead
expenses to a great extont.
"our most important problem at
this time Is the reconstruction Of tho
means Of transportation, and thereafter
10 create large reserve funds Of food
supplies, fuel and raw materials, which
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

than Pontius PLATE did when he sem
Christ to the cross. Remember wha
Pontius didf He jumped into a Lake
and drowned himself. Wonder if there
are any lakes in Kansas. There is 6
far better man in Kansas than Hen
merry Allen,-I strained my eyes to SCI
him but he was not there,-the cour
agecus Alexander Howatt.
But boys if you want to see fire
works, just say "Labor, " in a lily finger
ed, paunchy bunch like this. You should
have heard George Post, pres. Of thj
New York Standard Coupler Co. ex
plode! And all about these damned
working people thinking of trying t.
elect persons favorable to their inter
ests,-a horrible crime! Remember tn,
"purposes". of this stall fed buncl
quoted from their own papers. il,
reminded one Of n nickle bunch oi
fire crackers going off. He urged tht
nation IS capitalists to plunge into tn,
campaign in defense Of any and al
candidates that labor opposes etc.
Do you see what you are up against
The corrupting millions of the Stee
trust and this present and most sinister
Of all organizations that seek the de
strution Of American laborl There i,
but one way to conquer, and that Il
in perfect and unbroken solidarity In
the ranks Of labor. To attempt to op
pose these colossal and corrupt comb
nations in little segregated groups,--
on the Gompcrs plan,-is piffle. Wher
the great army Of Labor combines a
unit, with a revolutionary purpose
and "All Power to the Workers., al
its slogan, then will we emerge into tn,
sunlight Of freedom.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25
The Development of Production
Under the Souiets

NEW YORK A minute and frank
description of internal conditions in
Russia is contained in the report of
the All-Russian Central Executive COM
mittee, held in Moscow February 9,
the full text of which has just been
obtained by the Soviet Russia bureau
here. In the reports of Nicolai Lenin,
Leon Trotzky, Of Rykov, president Of
the Supreme Council Of National Eco
nomy, and of other peoples commisars.
there are reflected the actual exigencies
against which the government is
struggling and the methods by which
il proposes to solve them.
Lenin's report dealt primarily with
Russia's foreign relations. The pre-.
mier declared that the victorious peace
with Esthonia was concluded in spite
of the powerful efforts Of the White
Guards, and that there was hope that
the laboring masses of Poland, Georgia
and Azerbaijan would force the same
action.
"ln the east the prestige of soviet
Russia is very high" Lenin asserted
"The colonies, who have themselves
experienced the oppression of greedy
imperialism, are more and more in
cIined to ally themselves with US. 0uT
task is a compact union of small ma
lions against Imperialism"
Lenin announced as the chief points
Of internal policy the abolition Of
capital punishment, the institution OF
labor inspection, the development and
unifieation Of all cooperatives under
the soviet state, the organization OF
the labor armies, and the electrifica'
tion Of the country's industrial cent
ers.
Rykov's report pointed DOT that the
disintegration Of the country's indu'
striul life was reflected in every Eu'
ropean country rs the result Of the
world war, and primo need Of all
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

opiug means of distributing game auJ
dairy products from the agricultural
districts to the cities.
Because of the criticism ancounter
ed by this department, the Executive
Committee appointed a committee Of
three TO reorganize its activities. The
committee consisted of one member
each from the Executive committee, the
Commissariat and the All.Russisn
Council of Trade Unions.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

ADO, Finland The White Terror
continues. Early in May the supreme
court Of Abo sentenced five workers
to the penitentiary for total Of
fourteen years Besides they lost their
citizenship rights. Their "crime" was
preparations for treason"
Rumanian children carry their own
seats to school because Of the general
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

winch ueCldIeS ltStiI lhe OlllCld
organ of the United Communist Par
ty," we reprint the following story
describing the unity convention of the
Communist Party and the Communist
Labor Party:
The Convention Of the
Revolutionists.
During the first week of September
1919 there were organized in the
United States two Communist parties
Within two months both parties to-
gether had completed an enrolment OF
more than 10000 dues-paying members
The prospects pointed to a quick in
crease to 10000, perhaps 7O,OO0;-
about three-fourths of the former So.
cialist Party membership.
Along came the Lusk Committee
raids and arrests in New York; also
sporadic arrests elsewhere in connec'
ton with the November 7th celebra-
tion. Organization of Communists was
checked. Came an ominous lull then the
avalanche of the New Year the
Palmer nation wide raids, arrests, bru-
talities.
At the end of January Secretary
of Labor Wilson held that alien mem
bers of the Communist Party were
subject to deportation. Communist
members of both parties were brand
ed as outlaws in the courts of New
York and New Jersey. Like results ap'
peared imminent in Massachusetts, IL
linois, Michigan, California, Ohio, In
diana, in many other states
No longer were there party head
quarters, neither national, state, nor
local. The active party officials were
in jail or were fugitives. No meetings
could be held without inviting arrests.
Very little money could be raised even
for defense and relief of prisoners.
BY February 1920 the two thriving
parties Of October 1919 had vanished
The Luskers and Palmerites had done
their work completely, perfectly. This
country was immunized from the
"red' terror the terror which
haunts the world.
Sometime recently, somewhere be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific, be-
tween the Gulf and the Great Lakes
two groups of elected delegates as
sembled as the Unity Conference of the
Communist Party and the Communist
Labor Party. Of the former, 32; OF
the latter, 25, and one fraternal del
egate; also a representative of the
Executive Committee Of the Communist
International. These SO delegate came
together from all parts of the United
states, held sessions for seven days
debated every issue with absolute
thoroughness, laid out the plan of worl
for the United Communist Party;-al
under the most perfect circumstances
conceivable for such convention.
One who holds in his hand tht
scroll upon which is inscribed The
record of this mysterious gathering il
amazed, for one thing, at the roll Of
delegates. Communist Party and Com
munist Labor Party-but all these
strange namesi Not one Of the 19l!
Communists PRESENT. Search the rol
again;-not one familiar name. Re
markable achievement of the Lusk
Palmer Inquisition-not one of th'
1919 Communists in the list!
In spite of the fact that thes'
delegates came together on a call fo
a "Unity Conference" in spite o.
all realized of the fearful blow i
would be to the Communist move
ment in this country if unity wer
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25
THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER
OF PRoFITEERS.

Continued from page 1.st.)
held in Atlantic city,-as mentioned.
They knocked the soldiers bonus with q
sledge hammer, and every se knows
why. They hissed Matt Woll, Gompers
right hand man off the stage when
he attempted to say something against
Aliens Kansas Slavery law. And whyf
OF course this is another law Of Moses
to them,-and bless you there was
Honnory Jay Allen-fat jowelcd, hook
nosed, shining like morsing sun
flower, one OF the honored guests Of
the occasion. Ho had his Industrial
Bull there, of course. Hnenery's Bull
must have been Of good service there
for right now the U. S. G. Of G.
Is taking n vote OF its club and little
emo too" organizations throughout
the country making the strike of en-
ployoes of public service corporations
a crime,-somewha as follows;-
"The recommendations drafted by
the chambers public utilities COM
mittcc were that strikes by employees
Of all public service corporations
should be explicitly prohibited and
that suitable tribunals should be
created to adjudicate differences be.
tween such employees and their en-
ployers. decisions TO be final and
binding on both parties"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

You know how the vote will be Of
course,--so do We. III bet that when
Hcnuery Jay notes how his good work
10 spreading that no win feel prouder
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-06-25

From a copy of the Communist y,
which declares itself the "Official
organ of the United Communist Par
ty," we reprint the following story
describing the unity convention of the
Communist Party and the Communist
Labor Party: