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The Republican journal., 1920-12-23
The News of Belfast.

cusan Patterson presented Thom-
w. u.rshall Circle with fine picture
g. law Ross making the flag, at its
Icing last Tuesday
n S. team Will meet five of the
fnmeI pupils in basket bal
F' Tile Armory, this, Thursday,
Pp' Il will, of course, be good
~, n5r,hgrs of Thomas H. Marshall
.,,. are urged to be present at their
s' next Tuesday afternoon to finish
." ..tt which will later be sold.
rror Alliance of the First Parish
..-..u church, held successful
...-.Hl5f and candy sale last Friday
..,... ra The church parlor, netting
.., aIlg be used in various chari-
gs ulrs
49,. r,.s Holmes, who is now rapidly
-,clo health at the home of Mr..
py' W.. frank A, Riggs, where she has
" i,4 several weeks, will open her
VS.. ,s and hair dressing parlors on
- o.,.o, Row Monday, Jan. 3rd.
o.. travellers club will meet on
-r+ernonn at 2. 80 O'Clock with
~. w. Charlotte W. Colburn. Members
,s-,rIed that the business session
nn Fsgu promptly at 2.45. Program:
n..sona, Miss Hopkins; Ranch Life in
r.,.s Miss Field; San Antonio, Miss
Gutter
psnsa II Coombs, one of the lead
B.. s-. and fancy goods dealers in Bel
a, has sought the Charles F. Swift
.-.,.-. sr5re adjoining his place of bus
.,.,. IN Masonic Temple. Mr.. Swift re-
.,ss qf.e7 most honorable and life long
{.rr.s ,sreer and will continue, it is
s.,.5 fol- years to come to enjoy the
.assr sn5 friendship of many. Mr..
f,,rbs takes charge January 1st con-
tr.rg lh- grocery in addition to his
,-s..-r business and will advertise his
7.s.. f. .lr ncXt issue. Mr.. Swift will
have a. Dom in the grocery store for
nrs
ar.--s. he fve-year- old son of Mr..
rt Ma arthur E. Stantial, but better
suo. Is Billie" met with an accident
as. thursday when he fractured the
tm- as eft leg Just above the knee.
H t been to gather pine to make
llu5s wreath and meeting one OF
tie . gravel trucks wanted to show
hs Nhat he had and was climbing
ton banking to the street, when
ts saw the little fellows danger
31 l.r I'm to go back, but he in some
". ed under he wheel. Mr.. and
&s s-atisI eXonerate the driver from
3H 6sl u the accident.
t- winter issue of the B. H. S.
Asr las been issued under the fol-
@8 Uanagement: Editor in-chief,
Ba-s Whiting, '21; assistant edi-
@ heu S. Nickerson, '22; business
na a-eI carroll S. Parker, '21; assist
m .a>ress manager, j. Tolford Dur
.s1 ~ ierary editors, Ruth Leman,
Z. " Ted Black, 20; Pearl Decrow,
AIa1 Moody, '23; exchange editor,
1- aompson. Eleven of the fifty
st are devoted to advertising, in
"- a- racucally all of the stores, etc.
. 5#as The prize essays by Louise
-s.- 2 Bartlett Wadlin and original
d.gss r Helen Wescott, Katherine
Frost Ram Leman, Kermit S. Nicker-
9- Mildred Black, Agnes Blanchard,
FEAR ust-ow, Lenore Thompson, Ruth
5'ok Nnnifred Thompson, David
AyT Vienna c Greenlaw.
The Republican journal., 1920-12-23
HALLDALE.

Harold Cole has gone to East Machias,
Maynard and Dewey Hall are cutting
cedar for Newell White.
Charlie S. Flewelling of Easton visited
friends here last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Ladd OF Searsmont visited
at A. F. Raynes' last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Aubrey Drake of Albion
were at c. A. Halls last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Clarke visited in
Albion last Saturday night and Sunday,
C. W. Colby is in Lewiston this week
attending the State Grange as delegate.
Newell White and Leon Wiggin were
in Waterville last Saturday.
Henry Vose visited friends in Belfast
The Republican journal., 1920-12-23
KNOX

Mrs. Cora Vose is sick with the
measles.
Mrs. Betsey Ingraham is in Lewiston
attending the State Grange.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Mcneil of Belfast
visited at H. A. Shibles Sunday.
Miss Addie Cross is in Searsmont for
few days at Chas. Thompson's
The Republican journal., 1920-12-23

The regular services will be held at the
Universalist church Sunday with SER
Vaughan. The choir will have a special
musical program. The Sunday school
will meet at noon. The Third Maine will
be special guests at this service.
The Republican journal., 1920-12-23

Mrs. Wescott, Mrs. Dickey, Mr.. Good
hue, Choir; Miss Davidson, Oraanist.
Mrs, Eugene L. Stevens will have
charge of the decorations.
The children of the church school will
have their Christmas party at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 25th, in the
church parlor.
The Republican journal., 1920-12-23

METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles w. Martin,
pastor; parsonage, No. Court St.; tele-
phone, 213.11. Sunday morning preach
ing, O.45; Sunday school, IL m. Evening
service at 7SO. Prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 73O.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Colombian Treaty

In the Senate yesterday Senator
King asked whether or not the treaty
which proposes to give S25 100000
to Colombia is to be taken up and
ratified at the present session "as an
act of justice to a friendly people" F"
Whereupon Senator Poindexter re-
Piled, Il can tell you it won't be rati-
ied at this session"
Senator Poindexter might we'll
nave added, nor at any other ses-
sion." The Colombian treaty nego-
5iation has been an enterprise to
throw discredit on Colonel Roosevelt
and to satisfy a prominent Admins
sration newspapers appetite for self
yindication. Colonel Roosevelt has
gone home. He is no longer in poll
Tics. No longer is there partisan
excuse for dishonoring his memory.
his grave should be protected from
nudslingers.
Colombia, against all right and es-
}ecially against the rights of the
people of Panama, sought to pre-
vent the construction of the Panama
Canal. Whereupon Panama, which
naturally did not want the great
work to go to Nicaragua, revolted
and the canal was dug, with due pay
ment to Panama as both de focto
and de j't''e owner of the site. The
Colombian claim for compensation
for property that did not belong to
ner has no just basis. 1t is time to
dismiss further consideration of it.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Hill People
Where Pure Stock Means Unskimeed
Labor in the South

To the Editor of The Tribune.
sls: 1t may be refreshing TO some
readers of The Tribune, surfeit.d AMI
sufocated with the details Of expo, u,o
galore IN the blildins trades .uouiu
to know that there are still some pl. ces
in these United States where 1t IL pos-
slbie to build building without ,sv.
ing exorbitant prices for materials or
extcrtionate rates tor labor.
At Sevierville. Tenn, county s.st %
Jefferson County, on the edge of tho
Great Smoky Mountains, there Is g.
small college, Murphy by name. This
schoo!, In common with great nun be~
OF schools chiefly supported By Moth.
ern churches, is doing a heroic niece o.
work in the education Of the white
l'ioiks Of the mountains. A littls over
year ago fire destroyed the boys'
dormitory and thrust thirty students
into a cold night and later upon the
hospitality OF the citizens of the tour.
1t was calamity Of huge proportions
for this small school, but the presi6ens
set about to find money to rebuild. Is
mas found it, not alone for thi. build.
ing, but his good friends, SONS ge,.er.
Gus New York and New England people,
have laid out, through the help Of
Philadelphia archite rs, a building tro.
gram which shall care for the increass
IN the school for me next fifty gears.
One building Is being CONSTRUCTED
now. 1t is the boys dormitory. Il Is
Of brick, two stories in height, I5s feet
long, with one wing 76 feet vide and
the other So feet wide. 1t will houss
ninety boys. Its cost is s3s, s,0oo A
similar building in the North, sm
tod, would cost 5000 Why the dlf-
ference? One reason is that the br ek~
layers. at s6 day, lay from 1900 to
1000 brick every eight-hour day. ftow
many 60 nasons lay in New York I
believe / am right when say 541. Are
the contractors skimping? No, they
are following specifications. which :slI
for the best Of material. One sub
stitution has been TO lay maple flooring
instead Of pine. because the contractor
had some left from another job. The
mason contractor, instead Of using brick
manufactured near ct hand for the fac
ing, went to Knoxville for better
kind.
The people of these Southern noun,
tains are the purest Of our Anglo-SaxoD
stock. They may be iliterate. but the!
still have q deep rooted sense Of hons
esty. They may not have kept pace
with some features of our civilizatiofa
but at any rate they haven't strsyed
far from the idea Of . square deal.
While We are returning to normalcys
let's get back to honesty as we'll.
G. r. THOMSON.
New York, Dec. t3, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
An Investigation Required

New York City impatiently waits
for the converting of the 1921 Legis-
lature, so that the lawmakers may
appoint a special committee to in
vestigate the Hylan regime of cor
ruption and inetlciency.
There viii be cunning opposition to
such an investigation from grafters
and friends and protectors of graft
ers. But from few else. The whis-
pered suggestion that an investiga-
tion may hurt Republican chances
N the Mayoraity contest-that moth
ing should be done to prevent Tam
many remaining Mayor Hylan-is to
be ignored. Not by playing poll
vics" n this manner will the Re-
publican organization gain in repute.
The public, which has had some
experience with bipartisan politics,
will be quick to draw injurious con-
Illusions if there is joint effort to
screen Mayor Hylan and prevent an
uncovering Of the facts.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Farmers Liquidation

The Department of Agriculture re-
ports that the farm valuo of the
principal crops Of 1920 is approxi-
mately $5,000,O00 less than the
value Of the same crops in 1919. The
acreage was about the same as last
year and the production larger, but
there is 33 per cent decrease in
gross value.
Farm products were the first, ex-
cept few articles Of war use, to re-
spond to the upward swing of prices.
They have led the procession down.
ward. Both movements accord with
prior experience. Commodities of
prime necessity are most fluent in
price. This irremovable condition
their producers at all times have
faced and must continue to face.
The shock Of readjustment can be
softened. but no way has ever been
found to escape the operation Of this
natural law.
One business Of the country has
been liquidated--the overshadowing
one Of agriculture. It has hit the
bottom--has slid down to it since
July / with d;zzying velocity. There
have been no brakes or shock-absorb-
ing machinery.
And for the greater part those of
the rural regions who have seen
fading of the hopes Of last spring
have taken their great loss with ad-
mirable steadincss. When the re-
adjustment is complete all around
may it be found that other classes
have equaled the farmer in percep-
tion of the truth that when con-
ditions are dissatisfying there is no
profit In making them worse.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

growing: Of how tiny a fraction of
the wealth Of such typical Ameri-
can as Charles M. Schwab goes into
these items, and how completely the
bulk OF his gains equally with the
bulk Of his energy goes into the Gre
atlon OF cheaper products for the use
OF every one. Break up big bust
ness, level all incomes and there
would be about 500 q person to
divide. And that would be the end
AS Russia is discovering. For the
capitalistic system is the only system
yet devised which permits the ability
OF Schwab to have free play and
stimulates it to it's best endeavor. A
oeteer system may some day be de-
vlsed. AS yet one has not been re-
notely foreshadowed. The man with
the small income would have fewer
comforts and luxuries-not more-if
through envy and jealousy he sought
to level rewards and thereby denied
to the ADLER man the power to create
and save wealth for all.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Why Men Work

Men work to keep alive, to get
food and clothing, in the first place
But why does the rich man work?
Is it to get more food and more
clothing, more luxuries, more capital
and income? An Illuminating an
swer to the question appears In a
confession Of faith by Mr.. Charles
M. Schwab In Golfers. His an
alysis runs thus:
personal greed Is very transient
factor in large business. After one
has satisfied his own needs, money be-.
comes oaly means of doing greater
things; income becomes the score Of
success-not success itself. We have
had among us those who have worked
for money alone, but they have been
merely beachcombers who, when
wreckage was scarce, connived at or
brought about wrecks. They have
never headed large constructive en-
terprises. And they have been very
unhappy men. The satisfaction Of
creating something and seeing it grow
rs infinitely greater than any salts
faction that will ever come from hav-
ing made vast fortune out of it,"
Mr.. Schwab also makes clear just
what this ambition of the creative
mind is. AS stated above, it is not a
mere desire to make money. Nor is
It a mere thirst for power. 1t can
not be either of these things, for big
business can live only if it is eff
clent-which is to say, only if its
first and utmost effort is to produce
economically. Mr.. Schwab tells of
going to Mr.. Carnegie and reporting
with pride large profit for a month.
Mr.. Carnegie turned from the profits
to the costs, declaring that it was
moro interesting to know how
cheaply and how we'll a plant was
run than how much money 1t had
made; for the latter might be a tenn
porary result, due to special condi-
tions, whereas the former indicated
permanent increase in production.
by such improvements, inventions
and economies has the modern steel
business Of America been built to its
present Importance In the lives Of
every one--to a point at which we
are using thirty times as much steel
per capita as we did forty years ago.
1t is natural that the man with a
small income should be tempted to
think first of the larger comforts
and luxuries Of the rich man. 1t is
hopeful sign that appreciation Is
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Palisade, N. j., Dec. 13, 1920.
The Woman in the Case

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Indeed, the blue laws are COM
ing back. One is reminded of the era
that Hawthorne made famous, or In.
famous, as you choose, in his "Scarlet
Letter"
A minister of the gospel, husband
a father OF eight, runs off with q young
girl After a few days he returns re-
pentant to his flock and family. For
given by his family, who need his sup
port, there Is talk of reinstating him
But the womanl Her name is struck
from the list of membership in the
church records! Truly it Is to laugh!
Ii that is modern Christianity, / do
not wonder that the youth Of to-day
prefers the movies" Yours with In
dignation and amusement
GRACE LIE COMTE TAYLOR.
Brooklyn, Dec. 12, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
A Midshipman's Father
In Reply TO Secretary Daniels on
The Subject of Hazin2


10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT: Perhaps one should endure with
the best possible grace the few remain.
ing months Of Josephus Daniels's term
as Secretary of the Navy, bu. he makes
1t hard to endure when he lashes him
Sc" into rage over ha2ing st the
naval Academy and talks about send-
ing the boys to prison.
My son is a graduate Of thu Navo,
Academy and vouches for the correct
ness OF the following story. am
uountful as to whether Mr.. Daniels
could 'nJure my son in any way. and
that 's my only reason for not siening
my name to this letter.
Mr. Daniels had son st the Acad-
e!ny; entered him just before the draft
ana Kept him there until the armistice.
when he promptly resigned This res
'gnatlon created hard feeling at the
Academy, because it looked to the mid
shlpmen Us if the Secretary had used
the place to keep his son safe until tho
war was over. OF course, the son
should not be blamed for hia fathsr,o
action.
"hen it became known that your,-
Daniels had resigned. the midshipmen
accused young Daniels of having
screened himself from danger and h;s
nccuser fought and whipped him at the
academy. The Associated Press was
imposed on to send ont repor. that
Dan'els's son had been hazed; that
when he resigned he called one Of his
tormentors to account ard gave him s
SOUND beating-a story as far from the
facts az anything ever put over on q
reliable news agency.
The Tribune's editorial about the
hazing and The frcth and fum;ne thereat
was the most sensible judgment that
mas oeen pronounced The boys are
full Of life and they are young. Cen
orally, any youngster with good nature
can easily stand the few impcsitions
that custom has allowed the upper
classmen to make.
knowing the sting that must rankle
IN Mr.. Daniels's heart over the attitude
OF the midshipmen toward his son and
the charge that he appeared to be seek
ing a safe place for him rather than n
naval career, it looks as if the Score
t@Iy is now venting personal spite in
his severity just at the close Of his
unlamented reign.
The man who wanted to save ou~ feet
tor postwar eventualities" instead of
sending it boldly against the enemy
VIII cut sorry figure in the history
of secretaries of the navy.
Hurry up, March 4thl
A MIDSH1PMAN's FATHER
New York, Nov. %, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

declined in efficiency and prestige
as 1t has become more and more
bulky.
The House of Commons and the
French Chamber Of Deputies are
larger bodies. The former has
about 700 members, the latter about
600. But different conditions pre-
vail in Great Britain and France.
There the lower legislative branch
not only legislates but governs
through a ministry selected from its
ranks and responsible to it. Under
such system the ruling legislative
body ought to be widely representa-
tive in character, reaching down to
many relatively small constituent
cies. But when the lower branch is
occupied, as our House is, exclu-
sively with lawmaking its size
should be determined chiefly by its
capacity to do its work freely and
easily. There is no guaranty Of
competency in mere numbers
rather the reverse.
Mr.. Siegel's bill carries to al ex-
treme the theory of progressive ex-
pansion in representation Since
1870 the district ratio has been ill.,
creased, on the average, 10000 each
decade. An increase is now sug-
gested Of only 1000. The purpose
of this limitation, undoubtedly, is to
prevent any loss of representation
by states which have made slight
gains in population since 1910. The
same policy was followed in the last
two apportionment acts. Courtesy
to delegations from states which are
not keeping up with the procession
stands in the way Of a rational
readjustment Of representation. 1t
is time to call halt on such per-
sonal or purely political amenities.
The country's increase in popula-
tion in the last decade was below
normal. A favorable opportunity is
therefore offered to hold down the
size Of the House. The least the
Census Committee ought to do is to
raise the ratio from 21l, ,877 to about
100000. 1t would be better still to
select ratio little higher, which
will keep the membership at 435.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Double Standard
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: The action OF the Church in the
Densel- -Hannenberg episode is not only
a tragedy but downright shame on
the part of any community and more
so for any Christian church to admit
OF double standard. In addition, the
church is decidedly unfair and ur-
Christian in placing the responsibility
for the act solely upon the girl.
BY its action against the girl the
church has practically put damper on
her social, intellectual and moral pros
poets. 1t has ostracized socially not
only her, but her parentsi It is not the
Christian principle to give a helping
hand rather than to cast one to the
gutter?
Miss Hannenberg is q girl Of about
twenty-five. The pastor IL a man over
fifty and father OF eight children. He is
man Of conside rabIe education; the
girl is not. He has been her religious
adviser, therefore she looked up TO him.
He had psychological hold on the girl.
Whatever he said was all right. Ger
tainly. under these conditions, if any
one had TO be ostracized, it should be
he, not she.
JOSEPH G. MESSINA.
Pallsade, N. j., Dec. 13, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Pharaohism in Germany

The proposal that Germany
should introduce universal compul-
sorry industrial service is made by a
German economist, DR.. Kleefeld.
He points out that the idea OF a
labor army Is incorporated in a bill
now before the Czecho-Slovak Ma
sional Assembly; another is pro-
posed in Spain; while in Bulgaria
the scheme has been actually in.
force for over year. He might
also have mentioned Lenine's forced
labor. DR.. kleefeld says that, figur-
ing on the basis Of postwar vital
statistics and a normal eight-hour
working day, the plan would net a
yearly Increase in producing power
Of 40 fewer than three billion work
ing hours, with a value of many
billion marks.
The writer realizes that the
strongest opposition to the proposal
Will come from trade unions. He
says their apprehension could be
quieted by the enactment Of the law
on compulsory arbitration now
pending, which would reduce the
strike necessity to the vanishing
point. Far from being an anti
democratic conception, he contends
mat labor army would symbolic
the highest ethical bond between
The individual and the peoples
republic.
DR.. Kleefeld touches briefly on
various details Of the scheme. such
~ honsing--he ia against the bar-
rack system-compensation, enroll
oent and control. He asserts that
only drastic step, such an the or.
ganization Of q labor army, can in
crease German production to a dc.
gree that would affect the standing
81 German currency.
II should not be surprising If the
plan were realized on a larVe scale
IN Germany, where the physical
need for it is probably the greatest
and where the peoples mentality IL
perhaps more favorable To il than IN
other countries. For whatever elze
me Germans may have lost In the
war they don't seem 10 have lost
shsar lovs Tor renmentation and
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Large Enough a. 1t Is

Mr.. Siegel, the chairman of the
House Census Committee, has intro
duced a reapportionment bill in
creasing the membership Of the
House from 435 to 483. The In
crease proposed Is excessive. The
present House has become unwieldy.
ir. the opinion OF most Of the leaders
who have sat In 1t and Of outsiders
who havs studied 1t the House has
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Brief Fame
(rrom The San Frenc4sco chro

tTrom The Son Frcncssco Chronicle
Not ten days have passed since the
campaign WAS finished. but how many
can tell now the names Of the defeated
candidates for the cc-Presidcncy ?
Some will still be able to call to mind
the cognomen Of Cox's running mate
for the sole reason that accident had
given him q singularly we'll known
name. But who ran with Farley Park
or Christensen? Who teamed with Debs
or who was hooked up with tho Rev.
Aaron Watson7 T. ese names are now
MS unknown as that by which Achilles
passed when he hid among women. or
tho song that tho Sirens sang.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
How TO Be a Santa Claus

10 the Editor o! The Tribune.
Sir: While reading the Novemher "a
ISSUE ] came across letter written to
you by f. T. G. with regard to the Santa
Claus Association.
made note Of the information
therein and took the matter IN with
several of my co-workers at the Office.
1t was such good cause that they in
sisted that call at the association head
quarters and get all particulars.
There | found the destination NJ o1,
the letters sent by the kddies to Santa
Claus. 1t is there that they investigate
all these letters and remail them TO
those on the association lists, asking
that they cooperate by granting the
wishes Of the kiddies. In many cases
there Is need for moro than toys.
games, etc. 1t is that Of food.
u had the good fortune to receive a
letter Of this sort from the association.
This came from the upper East Side.
There was family Of five fatherless
children, and the mother was unable TO
obtain work. They had had very little
food since December l. Tho people in the
olflce brought sufficient groceries the
following morning to relieve this case
for short while. They also gave a
cash donation to help such other emer-
gencics, also taking as many as three
letters each.
vouch that they will enjoy their
Christmas, because there Is nothing 40
satisfying as being good to those less
fortunate than youdself.
ALFRED G. PRATT.
New York, Dec. l3, 1890.