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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22
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are on a piece MEASURE basis. so given
satisfactory conditions they will do
their part. as the farmers of America
have in every situation or crisis that
has faced the country. But this ques-
ton of satisfactory condition Is a big
one. 1t is not a satisfactory condition
for the farmers to receive reduced
prices for his pork, wheat, hides, while
the prices of his machinery. lumber
and shoes are raised. 1t does not con-
duce TO a pleasant frame of mind on
the part of the farmer, or spur him to
greater production. to be obliged 10
sell his products Cor half or less than
ne later sees them sold for at retail.
The dairy farmers of the country
wonder if they are treated fairly when
they receive 35 TO 40 cents for butter
and see it retail at So cents. The poul-
try men wonder why, when they re-
ceive 40 to so cents for eggs, they re-
tail as high as dollar per dozen.
The hog growers wonder II they are
not in a hazardous business when
they buy fencing and all other supplies
at greatly increased prices. and then
see their produce fall so per cent. and
sold by them at an actual loss, in an
swer TO a demand on the part of the
rest of the population for q reduced
cost of living.
1.-The farmers of America are williny
to assume their part of the response
bilities as American citizens in meet.
ing any problem threatening the well
fare and stability of our country, but
this high cost of living problem Is a
mutual one. and they ask that 1t be
approached by all the people as a
common problem.
THE farmers are willing and anxious
to meet the problem of reducing the
cost of living as a mutual one. They
seek the cooperation. support and
sympathy of the business world. and
receiving it they will do their part and
more"
1t does not look as II those who are
really studying the matter have de-
tected any serious Bolshevik symptoms
among the farm population of Amer
| lea.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22
Farmers Uniting for Mutual Support - Every Season
Means Gamble With Fate As To Crop Results
Sec. Meredith Discusses the Problem
Copyright 1920, The International syndicate.

lltrudtlOnul
committee has run across the country
like wildfire.
Facts concerning existing farm
problems, which were well-known to
Government agricultural experts and
TO the editors of the nations farm
publications, and which have been un-
der open discussion in the farm press
for months, came as a surprise, and a
shock to many in Washington, whose
attention had been focused on facts
other than farm matters. And they
were startled.
Coming not long after the misinter-
preted results of the postoffice depart
ment's farm QUESTIONABLE, which gavA
the casual and erroneous impression to
many people that the farmers of
America were on the verge of a vio-
lent upheaval, there was conference
at the Capital where a number of ma
tional farmers organizations were rep
resented.
Producers Dissatisfied
The sensational idea of "bloshe-
vik" farm population having been
given a start. this conference was re-
garded by some unthinking people as
indicating a massed action of radicals
who had assembled to make a show of
force and to threaten the Governm ent
into doing things that would not be in
the best interest of the nation. They
did announce frankly that they were
dissatisfied with conditions. And with
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

farm. They face a scale of costs that
is unprecedented. They cannot get the
hired labor that they need to maintain
their operations on IA big scale. And
the labor that they do manage to en-
ploy is so costly that they are COM
PEELED to operate to a conservative ex-
tent. They are, unquestionaby. taking
steps which aim at a betterment of
conditions.
They see the product of their farms
going through an intricate distribution
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

out inquring into the nature of the
or of the conditions, or
of the farmers themselves. some of the
country got rather frightened.
1t would be idle folly, as the presi-
dent of the National Farmers Union
said recently. to talk of contented agri-
culture with conditions as they con-
front the farmer today. There is no
denying that THE nations food produc-
ers are dissatisfied with the present
slim chances of making a living on the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

Several species OF great saurians are
found in some of the rivers, including
crocodiles twenty-five feet in length.
1t is said that this kind OF crocodile.
when once it has tasted human flesh,
never fails thereafter to assail man.
even out of the water. In the dry
season it buries itself in the mud Of a
stream bottom, which hardens above
| it, and thus spends a few months
sleeping and waiting for the water TO
come back.
In many Of the streams in that part
OF the world one is apt TO come across
the electric eel-an unpleasant crea-
ture whose power to do mischief is
reckoned in ohms and volts. 1t is pro-
vided with very complex apparatus
which is actually a storage battery.
being composed OF q great number OF
cells that servo as miniature Leyden
Jars. In some of the rivers IL Is dan
gerous to battle. owing 10 the presence
of certain small and incredibly fero-
cious fishes. which. number OF them
together, will attack a man and LITERAL
~ bite him to pieces in few minutes
if he is so situated as to be unable TO
escape hom them promptly. To ride
horse through bit OF water infested
by them Is a perilous experiment. Al
sight of a wound caused by the prick
of a spur, the fish will rush at 1t and
quickly disappear into the very bowels
of the animal.
1t goes without saying that insect
life in the great forest is wonderfully
profuse and varied. There is a gigan-
tic. species OF beetle, measuring six
inches in length and weighing quar-
ter of a pound, which Kisses when
caught like cat splitting. Hunting
ants travel In armies. which can only
be stopped by scattering corrosive sub
Innate in front of the advancing col
umn. whereupon the tiny creatures at
tack each other so furiously that the
military formation Is soon broken and
transformed into balls of struggling
soldiers and workers.
All in all 1t is a country which few e
North Americans would care to live In.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

states is to develop agriculture so
" that it will keep pace with the
development of industry, Herbert
Hoover said recently in Chicago. With
city industries constantly drawing
workers away from the farms, he said
that the agricultural industry must be
made economically attractive, and as
serted that if exports of industries de-
veloped in the next five years as rapid
ly as they have during the last five, 1t
would necessitate importing foodstuffs
Hoovcr's Remedy
His recommendation for bringing
farming back to a normal, stabilized
status are not in the direction of at
lacking the farmer for a state of af-
fairs that exists after the crops leave
the farms. They include, rather. such
constructive steps as the development
of waterways from the Great Lakes to
the Atlantic; replacement of special
control of refrigerating cars, elevators
and stockyards by public service; gov
eminent regulation TO provide free
competition in produce; cooperative
markets; reduction of imitation to re-
duce the number of people partaking
In food distribution; and so on.
"Bolshevik," word carelessly or
perhaps jokingly applied to the farm
ers by a member of Congress, not long
ago. when some agricultural COM
,laints were UP for consideration by a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

Prim tive Savage Tribes
That Dwell Along the Trib-
utaries of the Amazon -
Most of Them Wear No
Clothes; Some Are Canni-
balls, and Others Live Like
the Monkeys of Their Ma.
tive Forests.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

SYSTEM each handler getting his profit
from the transaction; each man, after
the foodstuffs have left the farmers
hands adding to the price, with
quick turnover. and thus ensuring that
he cannot lose. But the original pro-
Queer, the farmer. must take whatever
he can get for his product. Each crop
is gamble for the farmer. whose
yield depends so largely on the wealth
err, and whose return depends on mar
ket conditions. Prices prevailing many
months after he has made his invest
ment are the determining factor as to
whether the season shows a profit or a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22
Farmers Get Together

1t is this helplessness. this utter de-
pendance on others. this eternal TAX
ing u chance" season after season-with
the odds against him now as never be-
fore-while other people in other lines
of industry have definite assurance of
some net income, large or small. that
made the farm producers of America
look about them and see what steps
others were taking to make both ends
meet They have simply come to the
conclusion that they must get together
and work together. That is what they
are endeavoring TO do now.
Everything about farming makes 1t
a pursuit that leads TO constructive
rather than destructive thought. The
farmer IS property owner. He is the
head of a family. There Is nothing
about his motives, his mode of living
or his place in society that can be con-
strued as socalistic or anarchistic. He
loves his home, and is certain to sup
port government>that guarantees the
enjoyment of the domicile which is his
very own. Under these conditions
bolshevik propaganda, If it has been
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22
A Vast Sea or Trees

From the foothills of the Andes in
Peru and Ecuador extends this mighty
forest eastward across Brazil. 1t is
continuous sea Of tropical vegetation
"a mass of plapt-growth so dense as
to be well-nigh impenetrable. On this
account it is. indeed, that so much of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

. NE of the greatest problems of
reconstruction facing the United
States is to develop agriculture so
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22

path or the Equator arouhu
" the earth. If you will pursue
that track with your finger on a geo.
graphical globe, you will find that 1t
passes through the basin of the Congo
in Central Africa, through the archi-
pelagoes of Oceania, and in South
America through the vast and little
known territory watered by the
Amazon and its tributaries. In all of
these regions human beings, generally
speaking. dispense with clothing ex-
cept for mere ornament. the line of
no latitude being likewise that of no
costume.
No people in the world. however.
attain such an extreme Of habitual
nudity as the savages of the great
basin of the Amazon, both men and
women of many tribes wearing literal
ly not one stitch. In all important re-
spects. they live as do the other wild
animals of that region, the habita-
tions of some of them being hardly
v,,ora permnnent
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-22
BY ROBERT TIGHE

HAT may be called the Naked
Belt of the world follows the
path of the Equator around
the earth. If you will pursue
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC
SWEEP IN INDIANA
E. G. Hoffman Says State Is
Sfron gfor League.

Edward G.. Hoffman of Terre Haute.
secretary of the Democratic National
Committee, on his return from his home
State yesterday said that Indiana was
certain TO cast It's electoral vote for
Cox and Roosevelt Furthermore, he
predicted the election of Tom Taggart
to the United States Senate. and OF
DR.. McCulloch, their nominee for
Governor.
I'VE have the best organization we
ever have had in the State" said Mr..
Hoffman. Organized labor is back of
us and every influential paper in the
State Is for the League of Nations"
Former Mayor George Il. Mcclellan
said he was for Gov Cox because of
the candidates liberal attitude on
social and economic questions.
Among the contributors to the Match
the President Fund yesterday. was
Robert S. Lovett. chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee Of the Union Pacific
Railroad
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06

TO have said to Premier Brarianu OF Ru-
mania as follows:
: You must not forget that il is force
that is the final guaranty OF the public
peace. II the world is again troubled
the United States will send TO this side
of the ocean their army and their fleet
The statement was made upon the
floor OF the Senate on February 2. 1920.
by Senator Reed and so far as | have
learned has never been denied until
now. 1t has been widely circulated over
the United States. II YOU did not make
that statement TO Premier Bratianu
should be much indebted If you will be
good enough to inform me-"
Senator Spencer's reply pointed out
that a. recent Issue of a national pub
LEGATION attributed the statement TO the
President.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
CUMMINGS IN NEW DEAL
Special Despatch TO THE HERALD.


WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-Democratio
leaders, alarmed because none of the
issues for which Gov. Cox has CROPPED
has amounted to anything, are fast
hocking to the support of the Admin
istration plan of putting the League
OF Nations above everything else and
trying to make the election an i'm
personal sort Of an affair except as it's
results will measure President Will
sons actions at the peace conference
and affect his League Of Nations.
Gov. Cox, selected by fate and the
bosses Of his party TO be the Demo
cratic standard bearer. apparently is
to be represented now, IL Il is DOS
sible, as merely the representative OF
the league idea, and as the one upon
whom the Wilson mantle has fallen.
Discussions here among Democratic
leaders to-day had much to do with
"vindicadng" Mr.. Wilson and his
plans. schemes and actions.
GOV. Cox and what he might have in
HiiHo W 40 occupied little OF their time
IT Is becoming increasingly evident that
Gov. Cox. having failed to arouse much
interest in his "slush fund" and sue
ceeding false alarms, is now to be
managed" for the remainder of the
campaign, with the hope that in this
way there may be some slim hope Of
victory to cherish, instead of nothing
at all.
Recalls Cox's Reply to Heckler.
Past performances of Mr.. Wilson and
Gov. Cox make this situation somewhat
amazing. Mr.. Wilson having failed to
state publicly that he considered he was
no longer the leader of his party, Is
supposed to have been sore spot with
Gov. Cox. who few days ago informed
a heckler positively that he and not
Woodrow Wilson was the nominee this
time.
However. the Wilson strategy In re.
fusing to say anything about who was
the party leader. has made 1t possible
for the President and his stanch hench-
men to take over the reins to a large
extent. II has been talked persistently
that Mr.. Wilson was not satisfied with
the Cox attitude toward the league
that Mr.. Cox did not sufficiently stress
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
POLL SHOWS HARDING
A S TO 3 FAVORITE
Mouing Picture CanUas Re-
Ueals Strong G. O. p. Trend.

Senator Harding win be a ) to 3
favorite over Gov. Cox in the November
election. according TO indications 50 far
received from a nation wide straw vote
being taken in motion picture theatres
throughout the country by the Associ-
ated First National Pictures. Inc.
Returns are not yet complete. but the
key cities of the country. are all in. There
is a definite trend indicated In every
State in the Union except Ohio, where
both candidates live. and Indiana.
In Indiana every poll taken was very
close with the exception of the city OF
Bicknell which went for Harding by
SCI to 282 In Ohio the total vote was
s,909 for Cox to 1906 for Harding, the
Cox advantage being due to a heavy
vote in his own county
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06

the league as the big issue. and that
he might wabbfe and perhaps permit
the Senate to work its wicked will on
the covenant without much opposition 10
the event of his election.
There Is not much doubt now about
what is going to be the paramount Is
sue IL Mr.. Wilson can make II so. He
took the bit In his teeth to-day follow
ing his unannounced statement on the
league. issued Sunday night, 4 and took
actions which were kept dark from even
his secretary until the decisions had
been made.
Favors solemn Referendum.
One of the most interesting develop
ments OF the day was conference be-
tween the President and Homer S. Cum
mings. Having been abruptly relieved
as chairman OF the Democratic National
Committee by Gov. Cox. Mr.. Cummings
is not believed to feel very kindly toward
Cox. And Mr.. Cummings is one OF the
leaders who want to make the election
an impersonal sort Of affair as far as
Gov. Cox Is concerned. a solemn refer
endum concerned chiefly with vindicat-
ing the actions and views OF Mr.. Wilson
at the Peace Conference
Mr. Cummings went to the White
House evidently In answer TO personal
command from the President himself
Before his advent Secretary Tumulty
said the two would not meet. 1t was
evident that no one was taken into the
Presidents confidence prior to the con-
fereSce.
The conference recalled one with the
same personnel involved which took
place just before the San Francisco con-
vention. At that time Mr.. Wilson re-
viewed and approved Mr. Cummings
keynote speech. AS Mr.. Cummings is
scheduled to speak In Cincinnati on
Thursday his words will be watched
with interest. as they may be expected
to disclose some new Presidential slant
Of opinion in the campaign.
Mr. Cummings was silent about what
took place at the conference. lie con-
fined himself to acting the role OF
highly hopeful politician with underlined
faith that an overwhelming majority o.
the American people will vote to subor-
dinate the Government Of the United
States to the vision Of world super
government, with America in the role
OF the corner cop.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
DEMOCRATS CLAIM
OHIO, IND, w. VA, N. j..
All Border States and Many
in West Also, Says White.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct 5.-George White.
Democratic national chairman, who
stopped off here to-day after a confer
ence with Gov. Cox at Dayton. said:
II confidently predict that we will
carry a great number OF Western States.
the border States without exception, and
Ohio Indiana, West Virginia and New
Jersey Further, we have more than an
equal chance in many OF the other
States
The Democratic party organization
was slow in getting under way. Mr..
White said, because OF lack of finances,
but 1t is going ahead full swing now"
There is q 'veritable ground swell" In
the East in favor of the League OF Ma
tons. he asserted. Mr. White added he
never was more pleased with the out
look in Ohio"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
SOCIALISTS OPPOSE LEAGUE.
Seymour Stedman Calls II ALI
ance to Collect Debts.

Socialists in America are united in OPP
posing the League of Nations supported
by Wilson, Cox. Roosevelt, Harding and
Coolidge" declared statement issued
here yesterday by Seymour Stedman, So
cialist candidate for Vice-Presdent
1T is not a league for peace" Mr..
Stedman said. TT is. on the contrary. a
military alliance to enforce payment of
international debts and to preserve the
system of international capitalism
Mr.. Stedman announced he would
speak tonight In Plttsburg. and there
after in New Jersey. returning here for a
mass meeting on October TO-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
STATEMENT FALSE
WILSON TO SPENCER
President Denies Promising
American Military Aid to
Rumania.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.--President Will
son to-day wrote 70 Senator Spencer.
Republican (Mo.). that the statement
recently made by the Senator that the
president had promised American mill
lary aid to Rumania and Serbia in the
event of the invasion of those countries
was false"
Senator Spencer's address was de-
hvered in Missouri. and when it was
eailed to Secretary Tumulty's atten-
tion Mr.. Tumulty gave out a statement
10 correspondents OF ST. Louis news
paprs declaring that the Senator's state
ment was absolutely and unqualifiedly
raise. Senator Spencer In turn issued
a statement saying that he did not be-
heve the President had authorized such
a denial
The Presidents letter was in reply
to this statement II follows
Senator Selder Palmer Spencer,
ST Louis
have Just been shown your state
ment that my secretary's denial of
me previous sta tement by you that
had promised American military
AID to Rumanians and Serbs was
issued by him without my knowl-
edge and sanction, and that you did
not FOR a moment believe that had
made any such denial or that the
matter was ever called TO my atten-
ton by Mr.. Tumulty and that re-
quested him to issue the denial to
which you refer. reiterate the de-
NAL. The statement you made was
Wnnnpnv-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
Like an old Sweet Song

CHICKERING Like the memory of
an old sweet song the name CHECKER
ING fingers in the hearts of the passing
generation, and CLOVIS, like a star in an
opal evening sky, in the hearts of the
young It's tone is as peerless in the
pianoforte field as was Jenny Lind's in
the vocal field Jenny Lind's choice
was a natural one The association
of her voice with the music of the
CHICkERING was an ideal one.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
Jenny Linds own Chickering Piano will be show
in the Wanamaker Auditorium this Afternoon
At 2 and at 3 p. VI.

Hazel Lee Jenny Lind i'll mid nineteenth century
will sing songs that Jenny Lind seventy years ago.
panying herself the ICkERNG piano used by Jenny
Lind Afterwards will be shown the IICKEEING
with the ANPICOwhch occupies similarly proud position
the panoore field Of today that which Jenny Lind
pied in the vocal field at the height of her power.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
WOODROW WILSON.

ST.. Louis, Oct. Omitted States SEN
ator Selden p. Spencer late to-day re-
Piled to President Wilson'S denials that
he had promised American military as
sistance to Rumania and Serbia in event
OF invasion Of those countries. The
Presidents denial was provoked by q
recent address of Mr.. Spencer in which
the Senator. In effect, declared the Presl-
dent had made such promise. The
Senator's reply in part follows:
Il beg to acknowledge receipt of your
telegram of October ). in which you deny
that you promised American military
aid to Rumanians and Serbs and that
previous denial which Mr.. J. p. Tu,nulty
had made was at your request. The
statement OF yours to which l have
often referred in my addresses was the
statement In the stenographic notes of
the eighth plenary session of the peace
conference. in which you are reported
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-06-19

a PRETTY and conservative dress
4 u of net and net-top lace, to be
worn over a colored underSlip is an
American design that will commend it
self to the bridesmaid at June we'd
ding. This same dress with white I'M
derslip, will interest the bride who
does not want q conventional wedding
dress, but does wish to be married in
white, requiring only that her frock
be pretty and then practical enough to
DO her some good after the wedding.
There are many white dresses-of
georgette, wolfe, crepe-de-ch chine, net or
organdy that such bride may choose
and lace of some kind is nearly always
part of them. In making selection
for bride one must remember to look
for dignified designs, but for brides
maids this is not so important.
The dress shown above has an un-
derskirt of plain net with a wide hem.
Over this there is a tunic Of lace
founcing and over this again, set on
at the sides, pointed drapery of plain
net, with a narrow frill at the top.
The lace is used for the kimono bodice
SIZED in at front and back with "V"