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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
PUBLIC OPINION
AMERICANS AND rRELaNI

EDITOR EVENING NEWS
Will you please publish the fol-
lowing in your next edition of the
Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS.
In reference to a statement made in
the Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS
of Nov. 4, by ]. NJ. Greer. I wish
to make a little comment. Mr..
Gre refers to England as our ally|
WI plainly shows he knows very
little of what he is talking about
for America has no ally. He also
says Americans of Irish extraction
should have long since cast aside
their mother country in receiving
the privileges of American citizen
ship. I wish to inform him that
Americans of Irish extraction have
always placed America first, but Ire
land second.
| would like TO ask him his opin-
ion on the following: When a man
gets married, his wife comes first,
but does that mean that he must
turn his back completely on his
mother. l say no. His mother
comes second, but IL his wife and
mother had a scrap he would be
bound to help his wife. Now on
the other hand If some neighbor
went to his mothers house to rob IL
and lick her he would be a shrinking
coward IL he did not go Immediately
to her aid. l hardly think he would
say / have long since cast aside my
mother. Americans of Irish extrac-
tion are reading every day of such
occurrences happening in Ireland,
Notwithstanding some of the objects
the u. S. A. went to war for. name
ly: That no people should be COM
PEELED to live under a government
which the majority Of that people
do not wish to live under.
THOMAS BULF1N,
113 Washington street,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
HEALTH ADVICE

1t is exceedingly difficult to care
for members of ones own family or
to be cared for by them. Too much
or too little. is almost invariably ex-
pected by n person or the other,
and where great affection is involved
not only Is the strain increased on
both sides, but often harm results
from the great selfishness on either
side or both.
But sometimes the reverse is true,
and then one should remember that
normal behavior may be impossi-
BILE for the sick.
During weakness and plan. irrit-
ability and unreasonableness are as
and ii is as foolish to demand a
normal mental state from a sick
person as 1t would be to demand a
normal temperature.
For a cheerful, reasonable, and
unselfish patient-and there are
surprisingly many-one should he
devoutly thankful, but patience
and pity should be given no less TO
those whose tortured nerves cause
suffering to others as well as to
themselves.
Every woman who cares for the
sick should remember that she is
the patients chief if not his only
link with the normal world. and
that his plight is pitiful indeed if
she is complaining or irritable or I'M
willing.
T~ubcrcular Knee.
Q. What are the symptoms of 4
tubercular knee, and is there any
cure for one?
A. Among the important symp-
toms are limp. pain in the joint,
rightly, tenderness and swelling.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

The disease Is often cured, prolong-
ed immobilization of the joint be-
ing the commonest form of treat
ment. In all cases of this trouble
the patient should be under the a r
of q qualified physician; preferably
one who specializes in orthopedics.
Pumpernickel.
Q. Is pumpernickel bread better
for health than white flour?
A. SO far as 'pumpernickel' is
concerned, this is probably much
more healthful than white bread.
Coarse breads OF this kind are
not only complete foods, but are ex-
cellent to promote the development
OF sound teeth and to assist in prop
er regulation OF the bowels. In eat
ing pumpernickel the bread should
be cut very thin, the slice not being
more than one-eighth of an inch in
thickness.
A most tasty combination Is to
make a kind of sandwich by plac-
ing a piece of generously buttered
pumpernickel on a piece of white
bread.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
TRUTH OR DOUBT
(By DR.. James r. vance)

(By DR.. James I. Vance)
Where are you living-on the
mountain top of faith, or in the val
ley of doubt?
On the mountain top of faith.
things look easy. You are above
them. You are living in a bracing at
mosphere. Every muscle and nerve
cell is at its best and calls for action.
Courage kindles at the prospect OF
conflict, and victory climbs to kiss
your feet. The mountain top of faith
Is where w win.
In the valley Of doubt things look
hard. You are beneath them. You are
living where the fog gathers and the
sickening vapors settle. Your spirits
are drugged and hesitant. You see
things blurred and misshapen. Your
fears people the shadows with vague
alarms, and the prospect of conflict
fills you with trembling. The valley
of doubt is where we lose.
Where are you living-on top of
the world, or with the world on top
of you?
Some people have never learned
the secret of position. A 50-pound
shot lying on the ground is power
less: but lift 1t a hundred feet in the
air and turn it loose and it is resist
less.
There are people whose lives are
powerless because they are trying to
operate in a swamp.
What they need is not a bigger
equipment, but a better position-not
more brains and education and ma
tive ability, but more faith.
Believe something. Men out
on the basis of not what they know.
but of what they believe. The people
who achieve are the people who be-
lieve.
Doubt is a non-conductor. Faith Is
a live wire in contact with the ST.
preme dynamo. Faith taps omnipo-
tence. Faith is the position of power.
Climb out of the marshes Of doubt
to the heights of faith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
u. S. AND THE IL

The election of Harding and a Re-
publican senate does not mean the
death of the League of Nations.
AT the very worst 1t may mean the
refusal of the United States to ac-
cept the charter member" seat re-
served for Uncle Sam, and hat this
country will have 10 join the league
at a later period of its existance.
1t may mean the prefer of u
merous reservations other than those
already suggested in the senate.
But it does not mean the rams
forming Of a League Of Nations into
u Hague Peace TRIBUNAL!
This may have been the hope Of
some few Americans before and dur
ing the campaign which ended Nov
ember 2. 1t still may be their hope.
But Candidate Harding himself
dimmed that hope when he set forth
clearly and earnestly that. If elected
he would exert his energies and his
intelligence to bring about IAN as
ISOLATION of nations" to make future
wars impossible.
This country cannot reasonably
expected two-score nations of the
world who already are ~enleagued in
an association of nations. to throw
away the fruits of their toll and be-
gin all over again at the very foun-
dalton, merely because the United
States delayed its decision and
awaited a change in governmental
offices. 1t is too much to ask other
aations-the leading progressive,
democratic nations of the world, to
tear down the structure they have
erected so as to permit this country
20 have a hand in the matter.
But It is highly probable that these
other countries will welcome sug-
gestions from the United States, and
will permit of reservations. main
tanning likewise the right to make
reservations OF their own.
In time these reservations will be
more or less wiped out by unan
lmous agreement. For the present
they will do as fortresses in which
sovereign fears may hide.
Those who think that the election
last Tuesday has put an end to the
League of Nations as far as the
United States is concerned. have an
otter guess coming. President VIII
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

son, it is true, declared that the
election would be a solemn refer
'endum" on the matter. Thousands
of voters. however. who believe
thoroughly in the League of Nations,
voted the Republican ticket because
of other matters of national impor-
lance.
The tremendous sweep of Repub-
lican candidates everywhere had
nothing whatever to do with the in
relations of the United
States. Surely It is not because OF
the League of Nations that the DEM
.ocrats will have but one lone as
semblyman in the New Jersey legis-
lature this year. The state legisla-
ture has nothing to do with the
League OF Nations. The unprece-
dented majority given T. Frank
Appleby for congress in this district
has nothing to do with the League
of Nations because a congressman
cannot act on treaties that the Presi-
dent may submit. The election of a
Republican governor In Tennessee
cannot be explained by the League of
Nations issue because a governor of
a state has no voice in Americas
.ffa4rc ThA hfo paafarftp
rolled up by Alderman Wilson for
mayor Of this city was not on ac-
count of any opinion that the peo-
pie of Perth Amboy had on the issue
of the League of Nations. So it is
all over the country.
Some people were opposed to the
party because of its stand
the League of Nations. to be
sure, but there were many other
causes for people to be opposed to
the. continuation of the Democratic
party in power. Some voted against
the Democrats for n reason and
some for another. Everybody felt
that it was going to be a Republican
sweep whether they were willing to
admit II or not. No one cause a
be attributed as the reason for the
great landslide, Nearly everybody
has a different reason to offer.
The fact is. the great war we have
Just passed through will have been
In vain II some definite step
IS not taken to make war less likely
tho future. People everywhere
ire looking for this achievement. 1t
$ plain as a result of the election
hat the covenant of the present
eague cannot be accepted by the
United States as 1t now stands. but
hat the covenant will be accepted In
form before another ,ear
there can be hardly any
loubt. The League of Nations is DOT
neither is 1t deceased. All
t needs Is the great moral support
the United States to have it func-
properly and now that the
is over and the league is
AIKEN of of politics. this support is
assured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
sH2p
ENCOURAGING CIVIC PRIDE.

Realizing what a struggle the
Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce
has had to get along, It 10 possible
to appreciate the offer that the Cam
den Chamber Of Commerce has re-
Gently received in the way Of fnan-
ciaI assistance. The offer to the
Camden organization In made by =.
r. johnson, president of the Victor
Talking Machine Company. which
has an enormous plant in Camden.
He agrees to contribute 100000 to-
ward a fund to be used for the
betterment and beautifying of the
city, promising to give considerable
more IL 1t Is needed and a proper
civic organization Is formed and sup
ported by the public.
Imagine what the Perth Amboy
Chamber of Commerce could do II 1t
only had an angel like that. One
hundred thousand dollars and con
siderable more IL needed toward
tho betterment and identifying of
Perth Amboy could be used to a
wonderful advantage. 1t would, for
one thing. make possible a compre-
hensive city plan that would be the
very foundation of the city's great
ness. 1t would help to get the plan
started so that as the city grows II
would be In a systematic n and
with all phases of municipal develop
ment harmonizing.
Some cities are fortunate in the
way of gifts and memorials. Per-
haps some day Perth Amboy will be
remembered by some of those who
owe all that they are and have to
the advantages that this city has
offered. 1t is time some who are
merely taking everything out of the
city without putting anything back
into 1t In the way of civic improve
ment, acknowledged the debt they
Sv-s the city and spent some of the
money they have made here in help
ing to beautify and build VI Perth
Amboy along modern lines.
Mr.. Johnson. of the Victor Talking
Machine Company. has set a worthy
example for m~illionaires and cap
aims of Industries everywhere. They
tie something to the community in
ARCH their plants are located and
fere their employees live. There is
Nelettey way to show the apprecia-
~. Z that is due than to encourage
has npride mons the people them
ano m as this Camden manufacturer
Is doing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
GOSH

The newest danger to the Repub-
lie is the fact that people carry so
much pocket money nowadays that
the banks are shy of cash for BUSH
ness purposes. An authority named
Forbes tells us hat an employer
took a census OF 400 workingmen
and found that the average amount
OF money in their pockets was
twenty-eisht dollars. The complaint
is made that if half the people in
this country were to carry around
with them twenty eight dollars each.
the total would be $500. 900, 900.
and the banks would be broke. But,
thanks to the fact that newspaper
men. artists. poets and millionaires
never carry more than twenty-eight
cents each. the banks are saved from
a tottering calamity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
RIPPING RHYMES

By Walt Mason.


I'm the Ultimate Consumer, and
my eyes are full of tears, for I've
carried all the burdens of the world
a thousand years. and I'm doomed
to pack those burdens till this
planet is no more. so my eyes are
full of sorrow, and my heart Is sick
and sore. I've a right to groan and
grumble and deplore my many ills,
for I'm paying all the taxes, and I'm
footing all the bills; to defray the
worlds expenses I am always
sweating blood; I'm the Ultimate
Consumer, and my given name IS
Mud. oh, the farmer gets a rake
off when he sells a load of wheat,
and the miller, white and dusty, gets
a rake-off and repeat, and the lob
Der gets a rake-off when he sells a
sack of -four, n the dealer gets a
rake-off, or you'd see him looking
sour: and the Ultimate Consumer.
when he buys a dinky sack, has to
pay these divers rake-offs, while
pink pains run up his back. And
they a the woolens maker, who in
commerce cuts a swath, and he
hands along the taxes to the gent
witt buys his cloth, and this gent
Just hands the taxes to the fellow
lower down, till they reach the busy
tailor in u little country town.
And the Ultimate Consumer pays
the taxes In the end, when he buys
a suit of ratment with a stylish
Grecian Bend. I'm the Ultimate
Consumer, and / sound a plaintive
note; I'm the guy who pays the fid-
dler, I'm the universal goat.
Tit London firm of Ravenscroft,
robe makers. has worked for each
monarch since Queen Anne.
The idea of the Of salt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
Better Keep Under Cover.

Don't holler about the fool-killer
not attending to his business. Be
thankful that you nave lodged him
as long as you have.
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

Was you husband cool when the
burglar pointed the revolver at
him?" asked Mrs. Naybor.
I'll say he was cool" sneered
Mrs. Gabb. why, his teeth chat
tered and his chilblains kept him
awake the rest of the night"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
Tumi

III you had 1t to do over again,
would you marry a beautiful girl or
n good cook?" asked the Young
Man.
"A good cook" sighed the Old
Timer. BY the time the beautiful
gil. learns how to cook you'll have
dyspepsia so bad that you won't be
able to eat"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

Don't let your head swell. 1 en-
treat,
When Fortune comes your lot to
bless;
Most any man can stand defeat,
But mighty few can stand success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

If the fool-killer had his way
You might not be on earth to-day;
Be thankful. man when you com
plain
That he in your ease does refrain.
Canton (Ohio) News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

1T worries me-" said Mr.. Tupp,
1T causes me to frown:
. footpad, when he holds you up.
Is apt to knock you down."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

A whole lot Of things r kept out
of newspapers. But what W. started
to tell you was that VIII o. Mitt lives
in Topeka. Kan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
Lucky Hubby.

A married mans in luck, bless Pat!
When stolen sweets he sips,
His wife can't read the kisses that
He prints on a girls lips.
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
BITS OF BY-PlAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920. by The Cincinnati
Enquirer.)

Advice.
Although a mans jokes are real
stale.
Cheer up and laugh like fury;
FOR some day when you are in Jail,
He may serve on your jury.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
NOTICE,

II you have any porkers you want
to move. you'll find the Hogg Trans
fer Company in Anaconda, mont.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
Cheer I'M!

Things may be bad. but don't be
blind,
Don't curse!
You may be sick. but never mind,
Folks are not walking slow behind
Your hearse!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

A married mans in luck, bless Pink,
He is, you bet your life,
For when he buys q dress. they
think
He buys 1t for his wife.
Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08
Little TraQeIics,

Il wonder If / picked any toad
stools by mistake when l gather
ed this mess of mushrooms?" unused
Mr.. Citycuss, as he sat down to eat.
He did.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-08

The London firm of Ravenscroft,
robe makers. has worked for each
monarch since Queen Anne.
The idea of the sacredness Of salt
Is very ancient.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-12-02
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS

1
An open competitive examination
under the rules Of the u. S. Civil
| Service Commission for the position
! of Clerk (male and female) and Viii
lage Carrier, in the post office, Au-
] dubon, Iowa, will be held on Satur-
day, December 18th, 1920, COM
I mencing at o'clock a. m.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary instruc-
tions, may be obtained from the
Miss Wayne e. Michael, Secretary
Civil Service Board, at the Audubon,
Iowa, post office, or from the un-
dersigned.
All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks
and file their applications with the
undersigned at once in order to al
low time for any necessary correc-
tions and to arrange for the exam
nation.
AS a result of this examination it
is expected to fill two vacancies in
the position of village carrier upon
the establishment of village delivery
Dec. l, 1920, and any future vacan-
cies as they may occur during the
year or two of eligibility in the po-
sition of clerk or carrier.
Each applicant will be required
to submit to the examiner on the
day of examination a photograph OF
himself taken within two years.
MR.. ]. M. SHOEMAKER,
Sec. Civil Service Board,
st. Paul, MINI.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-12-02

should have financed Europe, help
ed to put her on her feet, but in
stead, our government has permit
ted our trade interests to go unpro-
tected and our people are now suf-
fering because Of this neglect and
short-sig
OF course, there are given other
reasons for depressed markets. in
general, such as Europe producing
more than at any time since the be-
ginning of the war, Australia ship
ping corn to this country and Can
ada shipping wheat, OF English man.
ufacturers having two years supply
Of wool, and needing none of ours,
and this in turn cheapening cotton,
because more wool and less cotton
is being used, and so on. The ques-
ton is a big one-even worldwide,
conditions of foreign countries more
or less affecting our own.
While the markets just at present
are no doubt unduly depressed, and
which are quite certain to improve
some after little while, yet high
prices are a thing, no doubt, of the
past. Farmers may be able to slim
ulate prices to some extent by with
holding their crops, PROVIDED the
banks are able to finance them long
enough to create a real shortage in
foods, yet farmers are bound to suf-
fer material losses because of the
high cost of production the past
year. There is evidently no way
out, even though prices improve
considerably.
Officers of the reserve banks are
urging farmers to sell their stuff
and thus relieve the tight money
situation, and of course the more
debts that can be paid the less tight
money will be, since "nimble six
pence" will do wonders-$10 turned
ten times in day will pay 500 in
debts, but selling corn at 35 cents,
and other produce also below cost,
is almost like giving them away,
and such prices will hardly pay the
interest on the Indebtedness of some
farmers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-12-02
SOME ASK WHY
MONEY is TIGHT
PRESENT CONDITIONS MAKE
STRINGENCY-ONL MATTER
OF SHORT DURATION.

why do the bankers tell US that
there is just as much money as ever
in the country and yet when asked
for loan say that they are loaned
up to the limit or overloaned. Looks
like contradiction, doesn't it?"
The contradiction is more seem
ing than real. No doubt the state.
ment that there is Just as much
money in the country as ever is cor
rect enough. There has been nc
holicust in the country by which the
money has been consumed by fire
nor has our money gone abroad
to satisfy trade balances since trade
balances have been in our favor
money coming to us from foreign
countries instead of going out from
us, and government reports show nc
actual deflation. So, evidently,
there is as much money in the coun-
try as ever. Another thing which
shows this to be true is that the
banks of Iowa and the midwest
have more money loaned now than
year ago, and most banks are &C
tually loaned to the limit Most
Iowa banks have borrowed heavily
from the reserve bank, which they
were not doing a year ago, until
they now have borrowed from the
reserve bank near a hundred mil
lions. 1t is thus seen that Iowa peo-
pie now have more money borrowed
before and yet there is a shortage
of money.
Why? Where has the money
gone? Various reasons are given
by financiers and economists for the
shortage. In some way the vast
sums borrowed by Iowa people, and
those of the midwest, has slipped
away-out of the hands of the
bankers, who have loaned to their
patrons, and then from the hands
of their patrons in turn, out OF the
state and the central west.
The shortage is generally assign
ed to the vast sums subscribed for
promotion schemes-the Midland
Packing company and various tire
companies, and other concerns, alb
sorbing additional millions, much OF
which money has gone east for ma
chinery, etc. Millions have been
sent to the automobile factories;
some has gone for stock in railways
Armour & Co. securities and also
| large SUMS lOT It IShCn uhu SbhS'
foreign country bonds, etc. In short
Iowa has thus been MIXED almost
dry of her money, and since little
money is coming in from agricul
tural products because their low
price is keeping them from the mar
ket, the financial COW is going dry
because she is not fed-the banks
not sufficiently replenished, though
the banks are doing remarkably
we'll under the circumstances.
But why the low prices? This Il
another question upon which sup
posed authorities disagree. SOM
of them charge it up to Speculation
bears, depressing the market, bu
others say that it is rather because
spectators, not being able to ge
money with which to protect thei
holdings-to pay the margins, tn
market has gone to pieces.
other authorities, like Geo. +
Roberts of the National City Bank
New York, say the falling prices ar
due largely to the poverty OF Eu
rope-inability to buy our stuff, al
though Europe needs much OF GU
surplus; that this government
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-12-02
FORMER ELK HORN LADY DEAD

FORMER ELK HORN LADY DEAD
Word reached Elk Horn from Su-
dan, Africa, of the death OF Mrs.
Lena Ahrildsen. formerly a student
in Elk Horn college. and for a time
a teacher in the public schools. She
had been engaged in mission work in
Africa for some time.
The death Of Mrs. Ahrildsen fol-
lows that of her husband two years.
Like her, he was engaged in mis-
sionary work in the Sudan. HIS
! health gave way under the strain OF
his labors and he passed away at the
mission.
Following the death OF her hus-
band, Mrs. Ahrildsen went to her
/ home at Cedar Falls to recuperate.
She remained in this country for
several months, returning to the SUI
4 dan some months ago. Her health,
however, was not fully restored and
she gave way under the labors OF the
| mission. At the time of her recent
visit to Cedar Falls, Mrs. Ahrildsen
! visited both Elk Horn and Kimball-
I ton, speaking in the churches, OF her
work.