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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-02-04
Domestic Economy


The old timers had their period of
high prices are the civil war. Some of
tho old folks of Denison will tell of
prices that would look fairly high even
in these ballooning times. But family
life was built on a different system at
that time. ~
1 The old fashioned family carried
thrift to small details. Many old house
holds never used many matches. They
twisted strips Of paper to make lamp
lighters. They never bought soap. de.
pending on the grease kettle and anpu-
al soap boiling spree. Their conscien.
tious little economies built fortunes.
Time would now be considered too
valuable to fuss with these antiquated
frugalities. But the present women
movement to cut down high costs does
well to emphasize such points as the
making over Of clothes, and more eco
nomical use Of inexpensive foods. II
scientific efficiency is applied to the
home many needless costs can be cut
out.
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peculiarly personal and it would seem
that candidate seeking that high
office upon the first suggestion from
the public would be glad to tell who
his contributors are and the amount
of their contribution.
Will Consult Backers.
If candidate is expending large
sums of money from those who have
special interests to look after and
whose special interests may be af-
fected by the incoming administra-
tion, naturally he will seek to con-
suit them But on the other hand, if
they are contributions such as may
be legitimately made and in amounts
not the slightest objection to reveal
ing them.
To refuse to reveal them is in my
Judgment the most conclusive evil
dence that the situation when reveal
ed would not be tolerated by the
public.
We have had expenditures of
money in this country upon a large
scale. But we have never had any
thing like the expenditures of money
that is being made in this pre-con-
vention campaign Any citizen in
any state where the campaign is go
ing on could be a witness to this
fact. He might not be able to know
Just how much or where it is coming
from, but he can see upon every hand
the evidence of perfect riot in
newspaper ads, bill
boards from one end of the state to.
the other, headquarters and paid
workers even on as large a scale as
the closing days of the election it.
self
haven't any doubt that the
amount of money expended prior to
the Republican convention will easily
amount all told to five million dol
lars. This does not include the
shameless effort in some of the south
ern states to control the situation
through the promise of patronage.
If a dozen men of vast wealth can
finance a nomination for the presi-
dency and make a success of it, the
same thing can be done with refer
enee to senators and representatives,
and republican institutions have brok-
en- down utterly.
Can Control Government.
BY such processes, that is, by the
sheer use of money, few men can
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through the influence of money, he
afll be controlled by his environ
ments, either consciously or uncons-
eiously.
If men having vast oil possessions
u Mexico should contribute vast
ans of monev for the nomination
or election of p"rticular individual,
they would lave vast amount to say
when it came to shaping the policy
toward Mexico.
If contributors were engaged in the
making of powder or steel or in the
development of oil in this country.
and the question of fixing prices for
their product or controlling their
monopolistic combines should arise,
they would have a vast amount to say
IN regard to how measures should be
shaped and what policies should be
pursued
They would not have simple pres
tige which belongs to citizens as such
and to which they are entitled as ev-
en- other citizen, but they would have
all the prestige and advantage which
arises out of having placed yourself
under obligation to them. That is
what DESTROYS legislation and keeps
down and kills constructive pro-
grams.
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control the government, shape its
laws, its institutions and finally domi-
nate its course.
Indeed, that is the very object of
putting such unconscionable amounts
into che campaign for particular cam
/ didates. 1t is to enable themselves
10 sit in council and either directly or
| indirectly control the affairs of the
nation Men do not put up hun
dreds of thousands of dollars and
even millions in an aimless way and
for no purpose.
They have their plan and the plan
is either that certain laws are not to
pass, certain administrative policies
are not to be pursued or that certain
others are. There is no use of apol-
ogizing or sidestepping the real ques-
ton involved, and that real question
is, who is going to control the gov
ernment, few men Of great wealth
or the people of the United States.
The profteers have made too much
money out of this war to be willing
to separate themselves from govern
ment protection for the next few
years.
uO iAOt NeAlS Wiielb q AA1t%'As7 %AAeNA
acter and standing maybe in6a per-
sonal way, if he yields himself to the
system the SYSTEM viii have its way
when matters of vital concern to the
system come up for consideration.
Legislative and administrative poll
cies are not controlled as is some
times thought by open purchase of
some ones influence, nor are legis-
lative or administrative policies Of
ten controlled by. conscious yielding
to sinister influence. They are more
often controlled indirectly and by
unconscious yielding. Those who
have contributed great fortunes to
the success of particular individuals
will necessarily have an influence out
Of all proportion to the influence that
they should have.
Character Put Forward.
When the question of using money
for a particular individual is raised
the friends of this party come for
ward and say he is man of charac-
ter and standing and they assume that
is a complete answer.
No man rises wholly above his en-
vironments, and if he places himself
in the midst of a system organized
for the purpose Of controlling cleo
tions and dominating conventions
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Millions Being Spent
In PrecOnventiOn Race
So Declares Senator Borah, Calling For Publicit,
Of All Campaign Contributions
Before Conventions.
AY, APRIL Is, 1920
BY SENATOR WILL lame BORAH
written Exclusively For The N E a Ne,r.nan

WASHINGTON, APRIL 23.-The
thing which ! desire most to secure is
rublicity with reference to cam
Tsign expenditures. The mere ques-
Ian of technical punishment is Incl
dental, in my judgment. The great
wimal policy is that of publicity.
If the people are fully aware of
= p mans supporters are and how
they are subscribing, their
Judgment of approval or condemna-
tons as expressed in his election or
defeat will be a sufficient protection.
The Michigan election shows very
uIainly that we can trust the people
q deal effectively with those who
sccept vast sums of money for their
,ampaign and decline to make it
Inown who the contributors are. On
the other hand, it is equally clear
that if they are made known and are
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Objectionable by reason of their in
terest or the amount they contrib
ute the popular judgment will be a
sufficient method of correcting the
evil.
am going, therefore, to urge as
speedily as possible the bill to the ex-
tent at least of providing for abso-
lutte publicity upon the part of all
candidates of the amount expended
and hope to have that provided for by
the first of June so all who enter
the conventions will have made their
statements
Whether that can be done Or not
time will tell, but we will endeavor to
push it through by that time.
Indeed, it really ought not to be
necessary to have a law requiring
publicity for presidential pre-conven-
tion campaigns. Such campaigns are
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TUBERCULOSIS

It was when physicians
said it was impossible fo1
J. NJ. Miller Ohio Druggist,
to survive the ravages Of
Tuberculosis, he began ex.
perimenting on himself, and
discovered the Home Treat
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Thin Stufs such as


Oreandies, all prices; VoiIes, Crisp
Lawns, Silky Batiste, -Nainsooks, Long
Cloths, Crepes, MILDLY Twills, etc.
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FOR THE HOME.

New Curtain Nets, Madras, Draperies,
Terry Draperies, Curtain Rods, Win
dow Shades, etc.
All vour wants supplied at
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tubcur
directions Send
andad -.
239 Arcade Building. Soumnus Snlo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
TO FIND PROFIT SOURCES
Department of Agriculture Puts Ex
perts at Work.

Washington. d, c., Sept. 24.--To de-
velop neglected sources of public and
private profit through the application
Of new processes discovered by depart
ment OF agriculture experts, an Office
of development work has been created
by Secretary Mered tn on the bureau
OF chemistry. The staff will be made
up of engineers headed by David j.
Price, chief engineer in the dust-expio-
s on investigations conducted by the
department, who will furnish for the
convenience of manufacturers data up
on raw material supply, cost of produc-
tion and the uses to which the product
is adapted iad
DR., Carl L. Alsberg, chief of the bu-
Teau Of chemistry, sponsor of the new
plan, said such service was urgently
needed to translate the work of the bu-
reau into terms that could be under
stood and applied by the manufactur.
ers and investors" Every year. he
said, valuable discoveries are made con
corning utilization of manufacturing
waste; new food is found, or a new
dye, glue or preservative. 1t will be
the business of the new office to give
such discoveries practical application.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
STARTS SERMON SERIES
North Bennington Church Begins
with Tomorrow's Service.

North Bennington Church Begins
with Tomorrow's Service.
Commencing Sept. 26, there will
he one sermon "a month on The Great
Religions of the World, at the North
Bennington Congregational church. IN
connection with the Sunday morning
service.
Since religion Is one of the greatest
controlling factors of human conduct.
it concerns us to know something of
what more than billion people, class
iaed as non-Christian, think about
God and the duty OF Man.
The day of the Hermit Nation is
past. whether one regard the League
of Nations" as a sin ster menace to
America, or as an Angel OF Peace.
It Is said to be the policy of stand
ard Oil" to be interested in every
spot on earth where petroleum may
be brought from underground. The
leaven CT the Foreign Missionary or
the propaganda of the Bolshevik
know no national boundary
Most OF us are alive to the Red
menace, some observers see a whole
rainbow of perils--a peril from the
yellow race, and other perils from
the brown and the black.
Are these fears reasonable? One
way to answer the question, is to try
to understand something Of the re-
igious beliefs of the thousand mil
lion non'Christian people on our
planet. ...so .. .4
Come to church next Sunday, when
the subject will be: is Mankind In
curably Religious" The service
commences at eleven a. m, and IS fol
lowed by the Sunday school
The Young Peoples society holds
its meeting at $3.50 p, m. The topic
will be Inspiring Stories from For
eign Mission Fields"
At a business meeting last Sunday
evening the following officers of the
Young Peoples society were elected.
President Nelson Payne. vice-presi-
dent. Miss Marion Elmer; secretary,
Miss Marjorie White; treasurer Miss
Abilene Gibbons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
WAR TAXES MAY
CONTINUE -FOUR
YEARS LONGER
People of U. S. Are Faced with
Inevitable Situation
RELIEF COMES IN 1924
Nothing But Revolution in Financing
Will Reduce Present
Rate.

Washington, Sept 24.--Unless
changed mtnistration brings de-
clded change in ideas and methods in
national financing there will be no
reduction in the aggregate of the war
taxes the American people are paying
for at least three and probably four
years more.
Treasury officials are OF the opinion
that major portion Of the Victory
notes which mature in 1924 will have
to be retired, that the remainder OF the
issue may be refunded without diff.
Guilty or disturbance or undue effect
on the Liberty bond issues, which are
now we'll below par,
All hope for the funding of the float
ing debt of the nation within the inn
mediate future has been abandoned by
the Treasury. Present plans. though
they are not mature, contemplate car
rying the floating debt through GER
tif cate issues for at least two years
more. Such a course Is regarded as
necessary because of the high rate of
Government expenditures. These ex.
pendtures are running at rate that
precludes on the present income basis
any immediate ability permanently to
retire the large aggregate outstanding
certificates of indebtness. AS a re-
suit, even should disbursements sharp
ly decline, the excess tax moneys will
be needed 10 create the necessary fund
for retiremnt of billion dollars or
more OF the Victory notes
Secretary of the Treasury Houston
states that he Is not prepared yet to
venture a forecast Of Government
fiscal operations even for the immedl-
ate future. He believes, however, that
the floating debt will be in effect for at
least two years and that II will be de.
sirab q, II not necessary, to retire
major portion OF the Victory notes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
IN
BALL CANES IS
FOUND BY JURY
Will Be Made TO Wipe
Out Gambling Ring
INVESTIGATION GOES ON
Chicago Probers Will Continue Their
Work in Special
Sc 1son.

Chicago, Sept. 24.--The Cook Coun
ty Grand Jury investigating alleged
fixing" of games in last years
worlds series and charges OF gamb-
ling by major league players has
found such convincing evidence Of
crooked work that it will not disband
when its term expires September 80,
but VIII continue its investigation in
special session, it was announced
tonight after the jury had adjourned
until next Tuesday.
The ramitications of the alleged
gambling were so widespread that it
would be impossible to complete a
thorough investigation during the
regular session, Henry II. Brigham,
foreman, said.
The jury has received evidence
which indicates an attempt by ma.
t tonwide ring of gamblers to 'pollute
baseball and ruin the great national
game in the same way boxing was
killed and horse racing crucilied,' y
Mr.. Brigham said in statement sum
marizing the work of the jury thus
ia.
Comparatively few players are i'm
plicated, however, said Mr. Brigham,
only few weak moraled and weak
character men being preyed upon by
the professional gamblers.
simultaneously with Mr.. Brigham's
statement came one from Charles A.
Comiskey, president Of the Chicago
American League club, saying he had
not had the full support of b. B. John
son, president Of the American Lea.
que, in his attempt to run down
charges OF crooked work by some
players on his team After seeing
this statement August Hermann,
president OF the Cincinnati club, Chi.
cagos opponents in the worlds ser.
les, said 'he knew positively John
son made an eager investigation.
Johnson, when he test fed before
the Grand Jury Wednesday, told re
porters he had given the jury evi-
dence which he believed proved that
star players had attempted TO throw
games last year, but had no evidence
of such actions this year"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER
IN BENNINGTON
Advises Local Officials on
No. Bennington Road Plan
STATE ENGINEER HERE
Road Contracts Are Difficult to Let
May Land One in Novem
ber.

state Highway Commissioner
Stoddard b, Bates and State Engineer
H. NJ. Mcintosh have been in Ben.
nington and vicinity yesterday and to-
day look ng over the state road work
in this and other towns Of the county.
Thursday evening Commissioner
Bates was in consultation with the
selectmen and other local citizens
relative to the North Bennington road
for which the selectmen were unable
to get bids within the appropriation.
Mr. Bates said that this is bad time
of year to get bids and advised wait,
ing until November and then again
advertise the job BY that time this
years contracts will he largely COM
pleted and contractors will be plann'
ing for next year.
He thought that by so doing 1t would
be possible to let the contract at a
better figure as the contractor would
have time to make his plans and be
ready to beg work as soon as the
ground settles in the spring. In the
meantime Engineer Mcintosh will
look over the project again and see If
any notifications can be made to ad-
vantage in the specifications.
Commissioner Bates stated that joint
state and federal contracts to the
amount Of over million dollar have
been let for next year and that one of
these is in Dorset where S144,0OO of
federal money is to be expended next
year on the road from Bennington to
Rutland. He believes that the federal
roads department will eventually take
charge Of the main trunk line roads.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
PRocToRs GIVE s5o,ooo
Also Lot Of Land For Site of Pitts.
M ford prevenhorium,

fSlN FlSFNHA|t '1ti'f
Burlington, Sept 24-T. II, Mag.
ner OF this city who is at the head
of the Vermont Anti-Tuberculosis so
ciety today received two checks OF
$4,000 each one from Redfeld
Proctor and one from his sister, to.
gether with the deed to 40 acres of
land at Pittsford which is to be used
as a site for preyentorium in con.
nection with anti-tubercular work in
this state.
Some time ago Mr., and Miss Proc.
tor made the suggestion that they
would give $4,000 and lot of land
at Pittsford providing the state as.
sociation would match the monetary
gift. Mr. Magner at once get busy
and as a result one of the most sue
cessful drives handled in Vermont re
suited the association going over the
top with several thousand dollars to
spare.
feature of the drive was that
while the cost of drives Is usually
placed at about 10 per cent of the re
turns only $40 was expended in get
ting the results mentioned above.
The Proctor family has been deep.
ly interested in antttuberculosis
work in Vermont and this latest mag
niticent gift is tribute to the well
known philanthrophy of the family
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
Obituary.

The funeral of the late Mrs Michael
Costello of North Adams was held
from St Francis church of that place
on Monday morning and was largely
attended. Many were present from
out OF town, including relatives and
friends from Bennington, Hartford.
New Haven and Bristol, Conn.
Mrs Costello was woman of ster.
ling qualities and had many friends
in Bennington who regretted to hear
of her sudden death
She was married to Michael Costello
of this village in 1889 and the couple
took up their residence in North
Adams and have since resided there.
She is survived by her husband and
six children, Mrs. Thomas Kenney,
James, Anna and Mary of North
Adams, Mrs. Edward Whean OF New
Haven Conn, William OF Burlington
and four grandchildren
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
NOMINEES MEET
f, COUNTY C. D. P.
ORGANIZATION
Senator Dillingham; and James
Hartness in Bennington
DINNER AT PUTNAM HOUSE
Visitors Also Guests at Informal
Gathering Held at 5ennlna-
ton Club Rooms.

All OF the nominees of the republi-
can county ticket, most of the nomi-
nees for town representative and near
ly every chairman of town commit
tees was present at the dinner at the
Putnam House Friday where United
States Senator William p Dillingham;
OF Montpelier and James Hartness Of
Springfield, the nominee for governor,
were guests of honor
Collins M. Graves of Bennington
secretary of the state republican com
mittee, presided and there were but
two speakers, Senator Dillingham; and
Mr.. Hartness.
Senator II bingham spoke at con-
siderable length, devoting his remarks
almost exclusively to national issues
and the present condition Of the gov
crnment under the Wilson admins
trstion. He made particular point
of the policy whereby the expenditure
of public funds had been diverted into
the southern states in every poss BILE
instance, regardless of the establish
cd fact that 80 per cent of the money
was raised from taxation of the north.
Mr.. Hartness spoke upon state is
sues and devoted considerable portion
OF his remarks to the recent primary.
He expressed confidence in united
party and his purpose to assist in the
rolling up of big majority in Novem.
ber.
Following the dinner and the speech
making there was an informal discuss
ion at which tentative plans for rallies
were discussed for, the holding of
rallies and other campaign activities.
Friday evening Senator Dillingham;
and Mr.. Hartness we're guests of the
Bennington club which held open
house in order that the citizens of
Remington might be, given an oppor-
tunity to meet the distinguished visi
tors. The senator and Mr.. Hartness
again spoke but did not attempt to
cover the ground developed in their
addresses at the Putnam House A
buffet lunch was served.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
STRIKE THREATENED IF
FEDERAL TROOPS STAY
Would Involve 10000 Workers in
West Virsina--U. S. Guards
At Plant

Charleston. w. Va, Sept. PA
general strike, involving 10000 or
gan zed workers OF West Virginia.
Will be called IF Federal troops are to
be used as strike breaking agency
instead of for the protection Of the
constitutional rights of citizens of
State and nation, said c. F. Keeney,
president of District No. II. United
Mine Workers of America, in a state
ment issued here ton ght.
kenney added that before this
drastic action is taken, however. the
associations of coal miners in North,
ern and Southwestern Virginia will
be requested to use their Influence to
nave Federal soldiers removed from
thc state In order that tranquility
may prevail" 7
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
ALL CANDIDATES
ARE REQUIRED TO
FILE PETITIONS
Ruling Made by Attorney Cen
eral Archibald
CASE IN THIS COUNTY
Votes Cast for Candidates Whose
Names Did Not Appear on
Primary Ballots.
CASE IN THIS COUNTY

An important ruling has been made
by Attorney General Frank c. Archi-
bald in the cases of two Bennington
county citizens who did not comply
with the provisions Of the law requir-
ing that candidates for nominations
should file petitions.
When the vote at the recent primary
offices was officially canvassed by
County Clerk j. j. Stakeholder early
in the week it was found that there
were number of scattering votes
cast for two candidates whose names
were not on the ballots.
When the two party tickets were
prepared the democrats named no
candidate for states attorney and the
republicans named no candidate for
high bailiff When the vote was can
vassed 1t was found that there were
scattering votes for states attorney
in the democratic column, Of which
Ernest Barber received three, the
largest number. In the republican
column scattering votes were cast for
high bailiff of which Leroy Woodland
OF Landgrove received seven. the
largest number.
Under ordinary circumstances, Mr..
Barber you'd have been declared the
democratic nominee for states attor-
ney and Leroy Woodard would have
been the rpnubliran nominee for hiqh
baliff. The problem was submitted
to the attorney general who ruled that
inasmuch as neither had filed a petit
tion that their names should not be-
printed on the ballots to be used at
the November election.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
APPEAL TO CATHOLICS
For Permanent Endowment of Nation
a Catholic Welfare Council.

Washington d. c., Sept 24.-Plans
for a nationwide appeal to the Cath
olic clergy and laity to cooperate in
raising a permanent endowment for
the work of the National Catholic Well
fare council were made yesterday at
the annual meeting here of archbish.
ops and bishops, Cardinal Gibbons pre-
sided at the meeting
The work of the council, according
to statement issued by the bishops
has for its object not only the pro-
mot on of purely Catholic activities,
but also civic betterment, the foster
ing of good citizenship, the care of
and the solution of social
problems.
Pending the outcome of the endow-
ment campaign the bishops authorized
the council to continue its work with
funds to be provided by the bishops.