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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
/ BLESS THE DAY
SAYS MRS. BREAULT
Another Vermont Woman Is En-
thusiastic Over Tanlac---
Is Well and Happy

81 will always bless the day | decid-
ed totry Tanlac, for when began TAX
ing it was in a badly rundown con
dition but today am well and happy
AGAIN. said Mrs. Ida Breault, 2OS
Merrimac st, Manchester, N. H.
For the past year my appetite was
so poor had to just force down every
mouthful ate and my stomach was
in such bad condition even the little |
did manage to eat caused me to be In
misery for hours afterwards. ! suffer
ed terribly from gas after every meal
and at times | felt just like was
choking. My head ached nearly all
the time and sometimes the pain was
SO severe it felt like it was bursting
open. and often | would feel so dizzy
and faint had to lie down. My
nerves were in such bad shape the
least little noise completely upset me
and was so restless at night could
get but very little sleep. felt tired
and worn out all the time and was sc
weak could-barely get around.
AS heard SO many people prais
ing Eanlac. ] decided to try it, and II
began to help me right away. AS
continued taking il continued to i'm
provo unit l today the benefits have
recetged from it are simply remark
ab'eG have splendid appetite ant
can eat three hearty meals a day ant
enjoy every one of them. My stomach
never gives me particle OF trouble
although / eat just anything | want
The headaches and dizzy, fainty spells
have left me entirely, and my nerve!
are in such good condition | can sleel
all night long as peaceful as a child
am entirely rid of that tired, worl
out feeling, and have regained m,
strength so that can do my house
work with the greatest ease. Tanla'
has simply Helped me in every way
and am only too glad to say gooC
word for It,"
Tanlac is sold In Benn 'ngton by W
l.. Gokay, in Manchester Depot by W
w. rratt, in Arlington by G. G Gull
nan e Co.. and in East Arlington b,
Victor L. Smith and in East Dorset b.
G. H Brophy. -Advertisement
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
Unfortunate LouNaln

The city of Louvaln, Belgium, has
been called the oxford of the Low
Countries. 1t has been said that the
city's chief product once was theology
and that it had a tremendous effect
upon philosophic and religious
thought
The Louvaln library ence contained
some 10000 volumes and about 500
manuscripts, and was attached 10 the
University of Louvain, founded in
1926. Before the world war the uni
versity had 1000 students, but the en-
rollment exceeded G,000 In the six
teenth century, says bulletin of the
National Geographic society.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03

Billy. aged six, was unfortunate
enough to swallow a nickel and 8
penny given him for az Ice cream
cone. Mother, greatly exasperated
said !. whatever did you put money
in your mouth for?" when quiet lit
tie voice belonging to junior. the four
year-old remarked 81 think he think
ed he was slot machine III
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
NOl,ICEi
To the Taxpayers AZ tine Remington
Grnded Sch0ai District

rate bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows.
$l.95 on the dollar on the Grand List
OF 1920
| hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that will at
tend at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from o'clock a. m. until o'clock
D. m
There will be discount OF per
ner cent on above Tax II paid within
80 days.
c. Fl. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington VT, July Is. 1890
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
Comm fssl0ners' Notice
EaTAI,E NE II ATE HEALY

The undersigned, having been APP
poln,ed by the honorable Probate Court
for the District of Bennington, Com
missioners, to receive, examine, and ad-
Just the claims and demands of all
persons against the estate of Kate
Healy late of Bennington in said Dis
trct. deceased, and all claims exhib-
tied in offset thereto, hereby give no.
tice that we will meet for the purpose
aforesaid, at the Office of Collins NJ,
Graves in the town of Bennington in
said District, on the 18th day of Oct
ober, 1920 and 2Sth day of February
1921 next. from 2 o'clock p. m. until
4 o'clock p m on each of said days
and that six months from the 30th
day of August A. D., 1920. is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors
to present their claims to us for ex-
animation and allowance.
Dated at Bennington this 30th day
of August A. D.. 1920.
VIM, II. Wills
Thomas Lyons
Sept-5-10-l7. Commissioners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
WANTED A CHANCE.

you advocate the equal dis
tribution Of Wealth."
yes" replied the Socialist.
IF all the wealth were dis
tributed, don't you know that in
short while 1t would be back
in the hands Of a few"
"Sule. But | don't underes-
innate my intelligence, might
be one of the few."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03

Hiram" said Mrs. Corntossel.
"there's one thing l want to remind
you Of"
whats that?"
"Get out of that rocking chair an
come off the front porch. You're o
farmer; not politician
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03

DANK ON THESE FACTS and you can't go
I'D wrong Well dressed folks of this town
buy their clothes here, where the dollar
81 goes the farthest, where style, quality and
good values feature every garment that
& our customers buy.
Every and is entitled to our liberal
credit system. Use this credit plan, viU en-
able you be weH dressed Without stralning
your purse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
State OF Ohio, City OF Toledo.
u. ~.

Lucas County. 49,
frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner Of the firm OF f. j..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
OF Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said arm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case II Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this sth day Of December,
A. d. 1886 A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood or
the Mucous Surfaces OF the System. Senc
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Famil~ Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-03
A. RUSKIN

pay the highest cash prices for
rags. n hhers. iron. bags, papers and
Junk OF All kinds.
Call at eottunfs store Tel. e.
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CENTRAL PURCHASING BUREAU
URGED ON SECRETARY PAYNE

Emphatic Endorsement of the pro-
posed Legislation to create central
purchasing bureau in the federal serv-
ice. - described at length in these
columns last Sunday, has been given
in a report to Secretary John Barton
Payne by E. J. Ayers, chief executive
officer and superintendent of build
Iings for the Department of the In
terror.
Me-. Ayers cites the economy
achieved by the government fuel
yards as striking illustration of the
desirabflity of the pending legisla-
tion on which Representative VIII
liam r. Wood of Indiana. who drafted
the bill, intends to have hearings as
soon as Congress reassembles.
Advocating a centralized purchas-
ing bureau for all the government
daaartments, Mr.. Ayers says: TIA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
BIG STRUGGLE AHEAD TO KEEP
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE GAIN
Young Men Are Advised to Seek Pan
American Opportunity While the
: Government Paves Way.

liar. institutions in every large manu-.
featuring city of the United States
They are to be run with the cooper
alton of the various chambers OF
commerce.
The United States Chamber Of Com
merce, with headquarters in Wash
ington. now has established branches
in practically every city Of impor-
lance in South America. These Amer
lean chambers Of commerce. govern
ment officials say. are doing excel
lent work in carrying out the pro-
gram of the United States govern
ment.
Clearing House for Trade.
The chambers of commerce were in
European countries already had seen
their advantage and had set about
establishing similar organizations
Composed of business men who are
constantly on the lookout for Amer
lean opportunities, they form a con-
Meeting link between the exporter
and the customer clearing house
AO1 SAAS 0iniSuiNiCo SiSOuhSCiCu III Lie
esta commerce on a large
scale.
AS tar as the representatives Of the
South American countries themselves
are concerned. members of the diplo-
matte group in Washington are work
ing to stimulate interest in their gov
ernments. They know that American
interest is to their advantage. They
welcome publicity-somethin new
for the southern diplomats. They
have seen into the future; they rea-
lie the close link which some day
will connect the North and South
Americas. They are doing all in their
power to bring this country to the
same realization. So far, their efforts
have been marked with success.
In line with the work the government
Is doing to help some of the South
American republics in their develop
ment. it is well here to mention the De-
partment of Agriculture. Many of the
republics of the south have the same
problems which have been solved by
scientists of our own Department OF
Agriculture, and knowledge gained here
is being used to advantage in the south.
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" w HAL, Wdo
once the advice to the
youth Of a land whose in
terests were spreading in
the direction Of the setting sun.
Go south. young man." is the bid
ding today. for in the south. the land
Of the Central and Southern Americas,
there is rich promise, golden oppor-
tunity for the man with a will and a
way. The government is doing every
thing in its power to show the open
road which leads to this opportunity
Official interest in South America
has been commensurate with the de-
velopment Of trade between the
United States and her neighbors in
the south. AS this trade has been in
creased during and since the war by
more than so per cent. it is safe to
say that Washington today pays twice
as much attention to the pan-Amer-
lean republics as she gave three years
ago.
Won During War.
During the war much Of the trade
established in South America by Ger
many and England. and to less extent
by France. was won by the United
States. But England. Germany and
France are coming back-coming
hack stronger than before the war.
The government is interested. With
in the last three years there have
been two distinct agencies created
by two great government depart
ments. Their common mission is to
hold what is won and win more.
The division of South American
affairs of the Department of Com
merce and the Department Of State
have SO developed in the last three
years that they are now looked upon
as permanent establishments (which
can never be dispensed with.
These divisions have scores Of field
agents working in South America.
reporting to Washington their discov-
cries Of opportunity for American ex-
porters. watching closely steps taken
by other governments and informing
the home folks on matters of policy
and procedure. Their reports are
printed in regular bulletins. distrib-
uted daily and read by thousands of
interested business men in the United
States. 1t is >enlightening to compare
the amount of space given in these
bulletins to the South Americas with
the space devoted to European coun-
tries.
Aided by Commercial Congress.
The Southern Commercial Congress-,
with headquarters in Washington, is
taking a large part in the develop
ment Of interest and the creation of
new trade with South America. The
congress tried an experiment this
summer in Washington, the success
Of which has been evidenced in more
ways than one. A school of pan
American commerce was inaugurated
e. the Pan-American Union under the
auspices of the Southern Commercial
Congress.~Its course was short, but
many of the pupils who attended the
lectures given daily by government
experts on South American trade and
by representatives Of the southern re-
publics, already have found positions
with commercial concerns eager to
obtain men and women trained in the
work of forwarding their interests
and the interests Of the United States
in Latin America.
So successful wa this school that
the Southern Commercial Congress
has begun the establishment Of SIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
Politics of Today Full of Puzzles,
With Woman Most Puzzling Factor

bit of the end of black cigar. wonder
II that gink had a tip on the coming of woman
suffrage in this country? Whether she rocks
the cradle or not, she sure is rocking the
boat this trip"
Speaking Of campaign contributions, an "Old
Hoosier' comes forward with some recoilec-
tions on contributions of the past out IN
Indiana, where pigs is pigs and poNtics Is
politics. as he said, He started out oy sug-
costing humorously that it may turn out that
the rumor of the republicans having an I'M
mense campaign fund will attract the hoat-
err" vote Here is his story:
1T remember back in the sos, when Ken
lucky was democratic by 100000 or more, a
Louisville paper. under large headlines ap-
pealed to Kentuckians to put up campaign
fund of 100000 to be used by the democrats
in the peighbor state of Indiana The ante
was raised in Indiana from So to $10 and the
democrats bought all the foaters. of whom
there was an average of 400 to the county.
few years later the democrats put up posters
announcing that the republicans were buying
the foaters in blocks of five. and that the
republicans had the money. The result was
that Of the floating vote the democrats ala
not get fifteen to county.
But the Australian ballot has altered that
now. Parties do not buy votes any more; it
is too risky because there is no knowing
whether the purchasee will deliver once he
gets in the booth. Politics is cleaner since
the advent of the Australian ballot and all
this talk about buying the electorate is slush
of the poorest kind
x X 4 4
What effect is the high cost of railroad
travelling going to have on the outsiders tenn
porarily residing in the District of Columbia?
MANY government employees are asking this
question with anxiety. 1t would make an
awful dent in the average clerks pay now to
go home to vote. Time was when the cam
paign committees used to fix that up and
many temporary residents are inquiring as
to what will be done this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05

Capitalization of purchases and dis
tribution Of supplies have been urged
by this department for Q number Of
years. Senate bill No. 44S1. Sixty
sixth Congress. second session. now
pending. if enacted into law. would
accomplish this purpose and result In
a material saving in eliminating the
duplication of supplies: 1t would make
available for Office space storerooms
now being used in all the depart
ments and reduce the personnel of
the various purchasing offices from
25 to SO per cent"
One of the most interesting portions
of the statement is that on the main
tenance and operation of the govern
ment fuel yards. first authorised in
1918. This branch of the service fur
nishes all the fuel to the federal and
District government departments in
and about the District of Columbia
with the single exception of the navy
yard. During the year they deliv-
cred approximately 275,000 tons OF
cas. to 72s distributing Apints.
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BY BEN McKELwAY.

i[) o WEST. young man." was
once the advice to the
youth Of land whose in
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1920 ROAD BUILDING TO EXCEED
RECORDS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Capital of $437, 100000 Indicated for Fed
eral and State Work-Rail Con-
gestion Is Obstacle.

Department of Agriculture reports
that the rail strike had another bear
ing on the highway situation in the
trucks were called on to. carry the
goods that the railroads could not
move. This sent unusually heavy
loads over roads at the mosts inoppor-
tune time of the year-the spring
time-when alternate freeze and
thaw, in connection with rains, maker
thu surface Of roads especially vul-
nePable. The result was that many of
the roads around Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, New York and other large cities
needed very extensive repairs.
Labor Another Problem.
Labor is another problem that is
keeping the road builders awake at
night, and in this connection Samuel
knopf Of the Delaware state highway
department recently said:
Until the unofganized common la
borer on road work realizes that he
is no longer employed on war work.
and that no war profits and. war
wages exist in honest road building
he will always remain the same un-
reliable workman. Not until he has
spent his war savings will he become
more efficient Any increase in wages
does not seem to remedy the position.
During the past year increases to com
mon labor were given to help rush
the program. but the general effects
| Wi r6 80
the same. Contractors, to cope with
this condition, are turning favorably
to labor-saving Devices and wherever
men can be replaced by machinery
the chances are they will"
Nor are unskilled workers the only
ones that state highway departments
and other bodybuilding agencies are
finding it difficult to get Properly
trained highway engineers are not
always available, and reports sub
| mitted to p. st. J. Wilson, chief en-
gineer of the bureau of public roads,
show that fifteen states are looking
| for experts to direct the work of road
| construction. President A. r. Hirst
of the American Association of State
Liz h"dy oluCldlSs has QeScElDeQ the
very restricted output of young en-
gineers" as an acute problem. He
suggests that four-year-course is
| longer than is necessary for the prep
aration of much of the help that is
needed. and would provide winter
short courses in engineering.
! Hundreds of Trained Men Needed.
I'VE must have hundreds, yes. thou-
sands, of trained men at the earliest
possible ,date." he said recently. -Four
or five years hence will not do"
| When the first act providing for
| federal aid in road building was
passed in 1916. it was stipulated that
such money should be expended only
on post roads. but thit was amended
last year to include building of roads
| that probably would be used as post
roads in the future. State highway
authorities select the roads on which
state and federal funds will be Jointly
Expended. but the federal bureau
must approve this choice before any
money is taken from the national
Treasury for the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NNLY eight weeks more and it will be
all Early Tuesday morning.
November 2, a heavy countrywide
fall of ballots will set in. to continue
until poll-cosing hour which will snow I'M
der the ambitions of one of the two leading
presidential candidates and the hopes of his
party and followers. There is wide diversity OF
opinion to which party is to be the victim
of the avalanche. Gentlemen of sporting pro-
clivites experience difficulty in finding
others willing to back their opinion upon the
subject with cold cash-at reasonable odds.
Other people, lacking either the cash or the
temerity, will content themselves meanwhile
with opning and prophesyng.
Sad thing is that the following Wednes-
day morning we dead to have to
up against a chorus Of II told You sos" from
side or the other.
Old politicians tell the present writer that
this campaign is remarkable in at least one
notable Observation-Disclosures in getting under
way and absence of enthusiastic demonstra-
ton of profound political convictions or par
tisanship on issues The voters appear to be
lining up republicans and democrats, with
a drift to side by those who want
change from the democratic administration
and to the other side by those who like some
feature of the democratic platform better than
the republican doctrine.
The thing most feared by the democratic
managers is the element favoring a change
in administration, and by the republicans the
sentiment in their ranks for the league of
nations. Both are known to exist. but to an
extent at present impossible of computation.
# X X
5. But the biggest '.X' in the whole political
situation, presidential. state. senatorial. con-
gressional and down to- constable is the
woman vote. Just bring up the subject to
the average political leader and he will lay
down MS cigar. reach hastily for his hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
By LEONARD oRMERoD.

INABILITY to get sufficient rail-
road transportation and un-
pfecedented prices demanded for
labor and material are delaying
the largest bodybuilding program
ever attempted in this or any other
country, but even in the face of these
obstacles the money expended and
the work accomplished during 1920
will exceed all previous figures.
There is now available for road
building purposes $175,oOo.0oo in fed
eral money. and as this is usually
spent on roads at the rate of 60 per
cent of.state funds to 40 per cent of
federal funds, it indicates a capital
of $437, 100000. In addition there is
money to be expended in state and
county roads where federal aid is
not solicited. so that the last estimate
of the total available for highway
construction is ss33.0Oo.Ooo.
To spend this money wisely within
the present year would be impossible,
and it will be stretched out over a
period Of two years. The immensely
Of the project can be shown by COM
parison with the building of the PAN
anna canal. which called for an ex-
penditure of $373.000,00o during a
period of ten years.
Car Scarcity Handicap.
Even before the war the scarcity
Of open-top railroad cars and the fact
that those in service were in such
demand for hauling coal was a handi-
cap to big road-construction projects.
This condition was aggravated by the
coal strike which last winter sent so
many coal cars from the east to the
western states. and still later by the
railroad strike. SO that before any
state or private. contractor could figure
on new job, the supply of stone.
gravel. sand. cement. etc. and how it
could be moved had to be considered
The bureau Of public roads of the
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kerchief and mop the perspiration from his
brow, while from his face will depart the
look of confidence which it wore while ne
trying to ICON" you, to be replaced by
real perplexity-and anxiety He will admit
that touching this question of the woman vote
the political manager in either party surely
is up against it," For he must face the actu-
atty now. Before universal suffrage was as
sured he viewed with alarm its coming in
theory; suffrage is fact and his alarm
is poignant. based the certainty that woman
will vote in the coming elections.
K x + +
With the faculty for swift analysis of prac-
teal conditions whiche the political manager
must possess, the leaders in both parties real
ize that the vote. is likely to be
largely swayed by the decision of the women
on the relative merits of the league of ma
tions as presented by the two opposing parties.
Whose plan of league-President Wilson's
or the republican paralysis the most effective
to preserve peace earth. and especially to
keep this nation out Of foreign wars will be
the question which party leaders believe will
appeal first and foremost to woman voters,
and the determination in their minds Of which
will most influence their vote.
The republican orators assert that the Presi
dents plan contains the germs of certain war;
that some of the articles of the covenant
make it mandatory for the nation to go to
war. The democratic spellbinders claim that
the league perfected by the President is
the surest conservator of world peace and
that in no event can war come to this coun-
try except by the express command Of the
Congress of the United States in which every
voter will be represented. The women. it is
said will have to weigh these conflicting
claims, choose between them, and in So doing
may decide the election.
X
What was that which some poet said about
the hand that rocked the cradle being the
hand that swayed the world?' asked rough
neck political manager the other day as he