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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09

makes it possible for a farmer to pay
a ne-hundred-cent debt with thirty
three one-cent payments. And this is
made possible without the compound
ing of interest, without building and
loan association computations, without
actuarial figures of any kind, |but by
plain simple interest at per cent.
You, who are familiar with the amorti-
zation table, understand how the
farmer pays per cent interest on his
loan and pays a / per cent additional
each year for thirty-three years to
wipe out the principal.
Can Pay Principal Any Time.
"Under the farm loan act, the bor-
rover may pay off his loan before the
expiration of the 33 years, if he
chooses. He is permitted to pay off
any part Of his debt on any interest
payment date, after five years, without
previous notice.
81 want to get into the record this
plea from the farmers of the West. /
want to say that this law in its pres
ent effectiveness is necessary in order
to keep the farmer on the farm. In
the corn belt, which is the garden spot
of the nation, the population in 1910
was less than in 1880. AT the same
time the cities of that corn belt have
increased their population by 100 per
cent. You have got to do something
to keep the farmer on the farm. You
have got to give him some benefits. He
is the only man in this nation who
has had no particular benefit from
the government
"We are now in the most criticsl pc
riod of the worlds history, and ii this
law increases production-and it does
1t surely should not be interfered
with for the next three or four years"
Tells of High Rates in Montana.
When Senator Gronna asked Mr..
Ramsey if it was necessary for the
people of Montana to have joint
stock land bank in order to promote
agriculture, Mr.. Ramsey replied:
'It is absolutely necessary in order
to get money at 6 per cent. I want to
say to you that the mortgage COM
panies in our state have no rate less
than s per cent and that they are get
ting 8, 8 and 10 per cent. We have
filed exhibits with your committee
showing that the mortgage houses are
getting 10 per cent? and that some
times they are exercising usury above
10 per cent, getting a commission Of 10
per cent. This is the situation in Mon
tana and that is why am pleading for
per cent money to develop the state"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09

legislation for the disposal and opera
ton of the vast fleet of cargo carrying
ships that has come out under our flag
as a result of the shipbuilding program
upon which the country entered to
help win the war.
There are now afoat about 1,200 of
these ships, all of steel, with carrying
capacity of 100000 tons of wheat,
manufactured goods or other products
of the United States.
When the vessels to be completed
under the building program are in
commission, in the near future, there
will be available for sale a total fleet
of about 800 vessels, with a total car;
rying capacity of 10,500,000 tons at one
time.
Senators WrestIe With Problem.
Nineteen senators on the Commerce
Committee are wrestling with the prob
lem Of what to do with these ships In
Guided in the nineteen are five from
Middle Western states statesmen who
understand the needs both Of the pro-
ducers of the great grain and manu-
featuring states, and also the princi-
pies on which ships must be managed
if they are to show profit and keep
the seas in competition with the YES
sells of other nations
These midwest senators are Sher-
man of Illinois, Nelson of Minnesota,
Reed of Missouri, Harding of Ohio. and
Lenroot of Wisconsin.
The gravest question before these
senators is how to get the government
out of the business of managing these
ships into which it got during the war.
It is taken for granted by Congress
that the government should now get
out of the shipping business, just as
it is getting out of the railroad bust
ness, now that peace is here
The main business before the sena-
tors is to provide means for selling the
aforementioned tonnage of the vast
new merchant fleet to American bust
ness men, and to pass legislation un-
der which the ships can overcome the
competition of England and other Eu-
ropean nations that are straining every
nerve to drive the new American COM
merce fleets from the ocean.
CHOW Is the Accepted Time"
The view of the senators on the pro-
posal to sell the ships was very well
expressed the other day by Senator
Knute Nelson Of Minnesota, who at the
end of long session on the subject of
the sale remarked:
''In the language of holy writ, Now
is the accepted time'-to sell the
ships"
The witness then before the commit
tee, a shipping man from New York,
echoed the thought in somewhat more
modern language by replying
eco to it while the going is good
It being agreed in principle that the
ships shall be sold by the government
the House of Representatives has al
ready passed favorably on the PROPOSE
ton now before the senate by vote
of 240 to S-the main questions are the
price at which they shall be sold and
the conditions under which they can
be operated by their buyers
Views of Shipping Men.
The senators have heard the views
of wide variety of witnesses, includ-
ing bankers, farmers, manufacturers
lawyers, insurance men and others.
The substance of the testimony sub
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-09

for ton, approaching that of shipown-
ers under other flags.
The unit of value in ship is the
lightweight ton; that Is, ship is worth
so much for every ton it will carry.
The average war cost Of the merchant
fleet is believed to be less than 5000
ton, but the United States Shipping
Board, which has charge of the vessels,
has been trying to get more than that
for them, with very few sales.
Mr. Raymond told the senators fair
price was 500 a ton, and the differ
ence should be charged off as part of
our expense in winning the war and
making the continuance of American
prosperity possible.
Competing With the English.
1t is only by putting some such valu-
alton on the ships that they can be
operated at profit against the Eng
lish merchant marine, the representa-
tive of the shipowners said. To at
tempt competition on trade routes of
the world with England's formula
BILE fleet, said Mr.. Raymond, on war
cost basis for American ships, would
prove disastrous To prove his point
the witness submitted figures covering
the charges against capital invested in
two ships of10,000 tons capacity each,
one under the English flag, valued at
500 ton, the other under the Ameri-
can flag, for sale by the Shipping Board
at 1920 ton. These figures showed:
Annual interest charges at per cert
on capital invested, English $4,000,
American $4,000; annual deprecia-
ton, at 5 per cent, English $4,000,
American $4,000; insurance, English
$4,000, American $4,000; totals, Eng
lish annual charges $130 900, American
1886, OO0;. difference in favor of the
English vessel, $4,000.
To Keep Up American Wages.
Wages on an American ship of the
size noted, said the witness, amount to
between $4,000 and $4,000 a year
more than on the British ship. There
is no disposition to scale down Ameri-
can wages; but to meet the added
charge the shipowners believe they
should be allowed to charge off 10 per
cent annually as depreciation on their
ships before paying their income tax.
To encourage continuance of ship
building in American yards, the ship
owners proposed this plan to the SEN
ators: That ships bought from the
government and kept under the Ameri-
can flag in foreign commerce be ex-
empted from federal excess profit
taxes, on condition that an amount
equivalent to such exemption be In
vested by the owner of the ships in
additional vessels to be built in Amer
lean yards.
In response to question from a
senator if this was government aid to
shipping, Mr.. Raymond made :his
reply:
"Of'all our great national industries,
American shipowning and shipbuilding
for overseas commerce have been left
without aid and encouragement from
the government-other industries, as
we all know, having long been protect
ed in some degree by our national tariff
laws. We submit that it must be &C
knowledged that ocean shipbuilding
and navigation are as>much entitled as
any other industries to some form of
national aid against foreign competi-
ton"
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Sale OF SHIPS
7UP TO CONGRESS
Business Men VIII Take Over
Farmers Delivery Wagons"
of Merchant Fleet.
TO SCALE DOWN WAR COST.
Senators Told How English competi-
tion Can Be Overcome and Our
Flag Kept on the
Sea-
By WINFIELD M. THOMPSON,

BY WINFIELD M. THOMPSON,
Editor The Marine Journal, New York.
Washington, D. C.-"Ships are the
farmers delivery wagons.
"We must interest the whole people
in ships.
"The inland states are as much in
terested in the merchant marine as
those on the seaboard.
"In these times our manufacturers
cannot proftably do business with the
rest of the world without ships under
the American flag to carry their goods
to the worlds markets"
These are a few of the expressions
heard at the hearings on a merchant
marine policy for the country, now be-
ing conducted before the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce, which is shaping
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
CONGRATULATIONS.

The EVENING NEWS offers its
congratulations to Eagle patrol of
Troop 6, Boy Scouts upon its success
in the cocoon gathering contest. We
also congratulate Pine Tree patrol OF
Troop 5 for the excellent showing
made. particularly Kenneth Lind and
William Ford Of Pine Tree patrol, who
hold the individual record for gather
ing
The EVENING NEWS has offered
a prize to the members Of h winning
Datrol. but we are sure that the
scouts hold the prize secondary to the
service they have rendered their city
in freeing the trees of so many of the
~cocoons. which shortly would have
produced the tussock moth that IS SO
destructive.
OF course. it is not expected that
trees in this vicinity will Immediately
stop dying as a result of this Boy
Scout campaign. but we know that the
! work Of destruction can MOI go on as
lravenously as it otherwise would.
As FOR the scouts, they have once
more demonstrated their usefulness IN
being ready to tackle n job tnss u
for the betterment of their city ene
the preservation of nature IN
lcidentalIy, attention has been drawn
Ito one Of the causes OF shade tree de-
struction and people generally nave
lbeen led to AXE more of an interest IN
the matter. Altogether. a good wors
has been done toward making PERTH
Amboy a better and more attractive
ln,ace 70 live in. We thank the scouts
flor their important part in VIA ma
been accomplished
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

oatttENAtfs ANIth Il" 1V-V
Copyright, 1920, by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
All good auguries attend this day,
according to astrology. Uranus. Mars.
Saturn and Jupiter are in benefc as
rect.
1t is a day most favorable to big
business and should benefit com
.merce.
Clear vision on financial PROPOSE
lions should encourage large enter
prises. Great fortunes may accrue
from this days investments.
Men and women are likely to agree
in views on business n politics, dur
ing this government of the stars and
the sway should be a most suspicious
one for organization or plans.
Again there is a sign of promise
for soldiers who may obtain financial
benefits.
Engineers and scientists have the
best sort of q direction under this rule
of the planets. They will find many
novel of work hat brings
large returns
During the remainder of the month
land through part of next the aged
should benefit greatly. An old man
will be greatly honored, but 10 one
far past sixty is likely to achieve the
highest political leadership.
Many lines of trade will be ex-
lceedfnsly active during the next
month. but bankers may have grave
ianxieties and responsibilities.
Physicians and surgeons should be
livery fortunate today. They will be
much concerned, however, by a big
national problem.
Policemen come under a rule thai
is believed to make for exposures OF
graft and dereliction of duty. Reforms
in organization of the forces of more
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Luke McLulSc a Y

1tthC uCA[utN says
The world is growing better. We
can remember when a man was re-
garded as a Dude IL he had creases in
his pants.
Why is it hat the girls make their
skirts higher and tighter about the
time the Summer street cars are put
into opertion?
Funny how the Children will run a
mile for a strange woman when they
won't GO across the street for their
own Mother. And thei rFather has
the same bad habit.
What has become of the o. T. man
who used to order a pitcher OF Ice
water as soon as he woke up in the
morning?
Anyway, a married man never has
TO hire a detective to help him find
trouble.
The o. I. father who used to tip his
son off to What a Young Man Ought
To Know now has a son who can tip
the old man off to q few things.
Without fear of losing a cent we
would like to bet any married man
that he can't remember a word the
, Preacher said when he vas being
married.
No man was ever so absent-minded
that he couldn't remember the money
Iyou owe him.
The woman who married for a
! Home sometimes has six fights a week
with her husband because he Won't
take her out for her meals.
Never whip a small boy because his
ears are dirty. The only time some
men get their ears washed Is when
they go into a barber shop for a shave
We p the girls will throw u
monkey wrench into our plans for 9
lefty Beautiful by wearing short
sleeves hal Expose liver-colored ell
bows.
Let a busy man alone. He may
act polite when you are occupying his
time, u inwardly he Is giving you a
good cussing.
The girls have something on the
men. They do not have to Take 'em
of. They wore the Summer kind all
White.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Ripping Rhymes
WALT MASON.
In Germany

In Germany all things are mixed.
and nothing's settled, nothing's
fixed. One government has quite
a boom, and then it Journeys up
the fiume: another comes. and 1t
may bust, and leave behind a cloud
of dust. And old Elk Bill. he sits
and blinks. and many kinds of
thoughts he thinks. They can't
cut ice without a throne" he signs.
as he sits there alone; they talk
republics and the like; republics,
For the love of Mike. That sort
of stuff is purely rot; they'll have to
send for Me und Gott." OF course
you'll say his thoughts are vain,
that he is neither safe nor sane.
that Germans wouldn't dare to
place this relic of a bughouse race
upon the throne we overset, but
wait a while, already yet. It's sure,
when all is said and done, We can
not trust the tricky Hun. He'd do
the thing we least expect, although
the universe be wrecked. If thereby
he could jar the foes who lately
led him by the lose. And Germans
want old things again. the throne.
the own and war lord men. And
| so the dreams OF old Elk Bill are mol
so wild. already still.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Phonocraph-AIarm Clock.

The daily torture of the toiler's aurai
nerve by a strident alarm clock can
be avoided In several ways. He may
sleep all morning, or he may buy q
gentle awakener now on the market.
This new alarm clock rings no bell
at the rising hour; instead. it starts
a photograph! Think OF the delight
of being awakened by the strains OF
~ Don't Care II You Never Come
Back" or Everybody Wants the Key
to My Cellar."-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
With Malice aforetboueiu

Binks hadn't had a jag on since he
moved into his new house two months
ago. But the other night he was in
.vited to n tea parry in the wellstocked
cellar of q friend. Binks got home
about 2 a. m. and. had a terrible
time getting up TO his bedroom. He
banged into doors, slammed against
walls and tripped on the stairs.
What on earth is the matter with
your" asked Mrs. Binks. as the I'M
steady and very indignant Binks OPEN
ed the door of the bedroom.
"Nosshin matter wiz me-" replied
Binks. But I'll betscha one thing.
I'll betcha the architect that designed
thish housh was a prohibitionist."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Lake Wrote IL.

We find this in the Los Angeles
Times:
do right and fear no man. Don't
write. and fear no m Judge
Taft. in granting a divorce yesterday,
produced this aphorism applicable to
the divorce Court"
Judge Taft merely reproduced one
of Luke's aphorisms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
SURROUNDINGS Counted.

william had brought a little play
mate home from school. After ne ieft'
Williams mother thought TO improve
the chance and remarked: "He was a
very polite little boy. / think he was
more Of q gentleman than you are
sometimes" "Of course he was po-
lite.n was the answer. "He was in a
strange house. I am polite, too, when
l am away from home"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

one city seem to be indicated.
Mortality among children, writers
and artists is foretold for the summer
by a London astrologer. =.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is should
safeguard the health during the COM
ing months. An active and prosper
Gus year Is forecast.
Children born on this day are likely
to be quick of movement, keen-witted
and pe~rsevering. Girls should be pro-
tected from the chance Of marrying
.u~nhappily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Carson-Lidc.

All lovers are careless with the truth
when they are counting the objects of
their affections. But what we started
to say was that Wallace Carson and
Rhea Lide have just been married in
Decatur, Ala.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
TUT,

The Eagles disguised, he's mighty
near dead,
And under his wing he has hidden his
head;
He sits there in silence, his voice is
not heard,
Fol- they We made the Camel our
National Bird.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

Anything Better Than unbellef.
I would rather dwell IN the dim fog
Of superstition than in air rarefed to
nothing by the air pump Of unbelief.-
lean Paul kisster.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
"a. u. Az

Ball Crank tells us hat Aloysius
Patrick Ahearn was somewhat sur
prised at the attitude of the members
of the Robert Emmett Club when he
wrote his initials as Secretary of that
organization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Strange.

A careless old fellow named Black
Had but N pair of socks in his shack,
At the md of a year
He said: "Ain't it queer
How soon socks will get hard and
crack?"
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Bits of By-Play

Br LOnE saeLUKE
ICopyrlgnI lyzv. the CINCINNATI iA
Quirerb
Pests.
I'd like to swat Lhis
Oswald BAIT,
He cans Ms necktie
A craYat.
True.
is 1t true that every man is a hero
TO his wffe2'' asked the Bachelor.
"Ies.' replied the BenedIct, Tor
the nrst ten uays OIL MS married lie.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

A cash-saving fellow named Gore
Had one shirt to his back and nc more.
When six months had fled
1t came off Ger his head,
And he stood it upright on the floor.
Canton, Ohio, News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

Willie-Paw, how OLD would a per-
son be who was born IN 1898?
Paw-Ihat aepends on whether :he
person Is q man or a woman, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Doggone Iiimi

Just walt three montn and you will
meet
A man 1 late to see;
Hell tell yVu IL Is not the heat.
But tho humidity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Notice!

Stubb Penn, of Louisville. Ky, who
is travelling passenger agent or the
Louisville. Henderson n st. Louis
Railroad, has been elected Secretary of
the Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Daily Horoscope
Saturday, April 10. 1920.

The stars incline but do not compel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

Keep woman's gentle touch in
mind!"
So sang some foolish single bloke;
II you'll get married you will find
She touches you till you are broke.
Milwaukee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Names Is Names

Names Is NAMES
Penny Angelus Is q truckman in
Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09
Firms Is Firms


Cook & Heaton sell furnaces and
in Bowling Green. Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

Keep woman's gentle touch In
mind"
So sang some foolish single bard:
Stay out all night, and you will find
Her gentle touch Is mighty hard.
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-09

Our Daily Special
There's No Fool Like A Wise Guy.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

took place yesterday afternoon In the
home Of the brides father on Lamont
street, THE ceremony WAS performed
b. the Rev. hsHry AAsn 1uSSef "a
the presence OF relatives and Intimate
friends only. Their only attendants
was William Elliott Cathcart, or
Philadelphia, bfother OF the bride
groom, who was the best man. The
bride wore her travelling suit OF dark
blue, with a hat OF black satin. and
dark furs. The bride and bridegroom
left Immediately afterward for their
wedding trip, 10 end In their new
home In Detroit. The out-of-town
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
sndeT Cathcart. parents OF the bride;
groom; Mr.. and Mrs. william Elliott
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

Seymour. Mrs. Thomas l. Ruboy. Mrs..
Fred Du Bois. and Mrs Fred Den,
nett.
Ma 1asuna q nsVeyrss ~yifs ~ tn
resident commissioner OF the Phnip-
pines, will give an illustrated talk ON
her own country.
Sir George Paish has returned 10
washington. and is staying al the
New willard.
The Seventh Exhibition OF Contem-
porary American oil Paintings and a
special exhibition OF sculptures. by
paul Manship, will be shown a.
CONTINUED on Page FifteenD
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
$4,000 ASKED TO FEED
YELLOWSTONE PARK ELK

Six thousand elk in the Yellow
stone National Park are going TO die
OF hunger this winter unless Con-
gress makes an appropriation OF
$4,000 20 feed them. Secretary OF the
Interior Lane wrote Speaker Gillett
yesterday.
The department Is asking for an
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

Cathcart. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Jermain, OF PhilAdelphiA; Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Warren. OF Germantown.
"a. EN1 ytsA<sE Garter. - WSita
Plains.
Count and Countess ostrowski and
Captain Burharalt, OF Poland. have
arrived at the New willard.
Those who have been asked 10 as
sist at the weekly tea at the Con
gressional Club today are Mrs. VIII
lard salisbury. Mrs. s. Wallace
Dempsey. Mrs. Thomas y. Dunn. Mrs
Charles X. Davis, Mrs. James B. Scott,
Mrs. Lenore Sherwood, Mrs H. w.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

emergency appropriation 10 be i'm
mediately available. for the care OF
tha flk
Secretary Lane reports that the
worst winter since 1887 is being ex-
perienced in Yellowstone Park.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
Nyue. Bnkhmetef Receives.

Nine. Boris Bakhmeteff. wife of the
ambassador from Russia, will receive
this afternoon at 3l09 Highland place.
The Misses dc Cana nieccs of the
Chilean Ambassador and Mime. Ma
thieu. with whom they are>spending
the winter. entertained company of
about nifty young people at dance
at the embassy last evening in honor
Of the Misses Claro. daughters of a
member of the Chilean delegation to
the financial conference to open here
at the end of this week. 4 seated sup
per was served at midnight.
The Argentine ambassador, DR..
Tomas A. LeBreton, will return to
town this evening from New York,
where he has been for the last few
days He has been staying at the
RitZ-Carlton.
Nine LeBreton will be at home this
afternoon, her niece, Miss Manuela
Lloveras, receiving with her.
The Secretary OF war and Mrs. Ba-
ker were the guests of Mrs. Thomas
i. Walsh, who gave a dinner party
last evening, taking her guests later
to see Mammals Affairs" at the
Shubert-Garrick Theater.
The Minister of Ecuador and Nine.
Elizalde will give reception at the
legation tomorrow in honor of the
delegation from Ecduador TO the Pan
American financial conference.
Nine. Grouitch, wife of the Minister
OF the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, will
be at home this afternoon and will
havo receiving with her her guests,
Mrs. George b. Matthews and Lady
Campbell.
Major Reginald owen. of General
Allenby's staff, and Mrs. Owen are
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Jennings Bryan, at villa Sc
reno. Miami. They have purchased n
house Mt Cocoa1ut Grove, near by, and
will pass their winters there. Yes
terday Mrs. owen gave a tea In aid
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
MINERS BACK RED CROSS.

Peace time efforts OF the Red Cross
found almost unanimous support in
the coal producing county OF Logan.
w. Va. hguTes In the Third Roll Call,
showing an enrolment OF b.lll.
against Lass last year.