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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-30

of the rules committee which passes
on all resolutions, endorsed this senti-
ment and recalled that ten years ago
he initiated a movement to have the
House membership restricted to 2z5.
Representative Simeon ID. Fess. oil
Ohio. chairman of h Republican
congressional campaign committee
also agreed with Mr.. Clark that tins
solution Is to fix the number in the
constitution, otherwise we VIII have
this matter argued every ten years.
Reduction in the number OF House
members with a constantly growing
population would mean that the MEM
beers Of congress would ave larger
i~stricts, with more constituents to care
for, and somewhat more patronage.
In discussing this matter OF con-
gressional reappointment, Champ
Clark brought this thought to the at
tentfon of his colleagues: This last
the membership was Increased
and one of the strangest facts in
history was that the great Agricultural
states of Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri.
Kansas and Nebraska never gained
population under hat census
get any of the now members. 1t
IL a fact well worth the thought OF
Congress as to how the very heart of
the continent is developing.
The prospective increase OF sixty
members as q result OF the pres
ent census Is calculated by states as
Alabama. two; Arkansas. 2;
four: Colorado. one; Con-
.ecticut, one; Florida. 1; Georgia. 2;
three; Indiana, one; ms
me: Louisiana, one: Maryland. one;
Massachusetts, two; Michigan, two;
Minnesota, one; Mississippi. two: New
Jersey, three; New Mexico, one; New
York, eight: North Carolina, Two;
North Dakota. one; Ohio, three: Okla
homa. four; Oregon, one; Pennsyl-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-30

Copyright 1920. by The Washing
ton Starr

Copyright. 1920. by The Washing
ton Starr
WASHINGTON, April 80. - Uncle
Sam IL proud OF the way his family
IS increasing In size, ever though he
is deeply concerned al tho way the
population Is falling TO show a pro-
portionate increase In the great agri-
cultural states that Champ Clark calls
the very heart Of the nation" But
the Increase in population to 10, 000,-
600 or more in the decennial census
now being made forces again upon
congress the problem that 1t has every
ten years since 1790-the member
ship of the national House of repre-
sentatives Is growing unwieldy and
cumbersome n to the detriment of
careful. economic and efficient legisla-
tive action.
Following every decennial census the
membership OF the House has been
Increased with tho single exception
OF 1910 when the senate held the House
membership down to 232, thus reduc-
ing II ten members. The present mem
bership Is 436. having gained forty
-FOUR now members in the last decen-
NAL consus. II now seems likely that
even by retaining the congregational
districts at approximately the same
figure as at present-211. 430-the new
census would add at least slxty-nine
members from thirty-three states,
making the new membership 504.
Already leaders in congress are dis
cusssng this problem. devising ways to
meet 1t. and contemplating structural
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-30

! would take several months to remodel
the chamber. As congress has been
In continuous session since h cleo
ton of Taft, except in 1915 when the
lmembers expected to be called PACK
any day on account of the war IN
| Europe, the work has been postponed.
Champ Clark favors the tearing out
OF the wall behind the Speakers desk
doing away with the speakers LOBBY
where the newspaper men interview
the congressmen and carrying the
House chamber through TO the outer
wall thus getting direct fresh air into
the hall of the House, which Is now
n room With ma room. The proposals
for architectural or structural changes
also include enlargement OF the gar
leries.
Sentiment has been repeatedly ex-
pressed in congress against the deceh-
NAL Increase in size of the House, buI
local Interests have always been sue
oessful in out-voting the better judg-
ment Of the leaders In both parties.
Ten years ago the fight was led by
Senators Elihu Root of New York and
Theodore Burton of Ohio, WHIT pro-
tested vigorously against the increase
S91. Senator Burton then as
serted hat "the larger the size OF
the House, the greater the disposition
to assert local interests and, 10 IN
crease the size of the port barrel.
Champ Clark now say Il 90 not
have any doubt about what ought 10
be done about the size of the House.
1t is too big. There ought to be a
constitutional amendment passed NIX
ing the number of members at COY
whereabouts, and keeping 1t there.
This sentiment vas vigorously ap-
plauded, showing that the members
a whole realize that the memDer-
ship Is altogether too large FOR Dust
ness-like procedure Representative
Campbell of Kansas, chairman
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-30
Valuable Spanish Products.

Spain is an important producer Of
number Of essential oils, including
spike. rosemary, thyme. sage. penny
royal. and geranium. The plants grow
wild and distillatfon IL carried on by
large steam dlstilleries as well as by
many small direct-iru stills.-Ex.
change.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-30

c. c. HOMMANN,
Chairman
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
PLUMB PLAN WANTED

Railroad workers, nearly 100000
In number, have given the administra-
ton some worry during the past week.
Now officialdom is able to breathe cas-
lily again. 1t was afraid that a general
railroad strike would be called about
August ! to 10 and that there would
be a sudden food Of light on the rail
road mess. If there is anything this
Wilson regime don't want to discuss it
is the railroads. Wilson refused to
permit the roads to continue in public
control, and from the day that he be-
gan to unload them by announcing his
~ ytioa tie mDrska of the service has
gone down and difficulties Of transpor-
tatiOn have increased.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
ny A. F. Yeaoer, N. 3. Agricultural
coliege)

Since potatoes are now sold on the
Big markets under grades known as
q. s. No. / and u. s. No. 2, 1t is well
70 sort over the potatoes before stor-
Ing, grading them according to these.
standards in order to save storage
space. There are a number Of potato
graders on the market which will do
satisfactory sizing. The U. s. grades
follow:
Y. S. No. This grade shall con-
sist Of sound potatoes Of similar char
acteristics which are practically free
from dirt or other foreign matter,
frost injury, sunburn, second growth,
cuts, scab, blight, dry rot, and damage
caused by disease, insects or mechani-
cal means. The minimum diameter 81
the potatoes of the round varieties
shall be one and seven-eighth Inches,
and of potatoes Of the long varieties
one and t~hree-fourths inches. ii order
to allow for variations incident I
commercial grading and handling, :
Der cent by weight Of any lot may be
under ths prescribed size andsin asldik-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
PRESENT SYSTEM OF INDUSTRY
FACES FUNDAMENTAL CHANCES
Signing Of Armistce Followed BY Greatest Movement
of the Common People In History
Of the World.

where the words industrial democ-
racy'' were in the mouths of thousands
before the war, they are now in the
mouths Of millions.
This movement of the common peO-
pie toward a change in the industrial
system is manifested in America in
the sudden rise and growth sof the
National Nonpartisan League and
other progressive and reform farmer
organizations in the United States
the cooperative farm and labor move
ments Of America; the rise of the
American Labor Party, insistent on its
sweeping demands for public owner
ship; the new Endorsement by organ.
lied labor for a big program of demo
cratic control over industry and the
sudden rise and sweep of the Plumb
plan of public ownership, backed
already by six million workers and
The Changing World.
In England this movement Of the
masses is so great and sudden as to be
almost startling. Out of the ashes OF
the war a giant-labOr-has arisen
and boldly proclaimed a new c~iviliza'
tfon. The first steps of it's program
are the public ownership of the rail
roads, the mines and the shipping in
dustry. The next step is the further
extension of the democratic control OF
the people Ove the other industries
and the financial institutions. Student.
of the situation say that the rule o,
this element-the common people
a few years.
In France and Italy, in Australi;
and Canada, in the countries tina
were neutral during the war, in tn
conquered countries, in Russia, ever
In Japan, India and China, this sam
movement of the common people to
ward the democratic control of indus
try Is so marked since the armistic'
was signed that it constitutes tn
greatest epoch of change in the histor,
of the world. In Russia a government
controlled by workers and farmers
| AAAS ASLUALAy I0hCH ONCl duu Is OpcIul
ing publicly most of the railroads
mines and factories, practically all tn
banks, the bulk of the marketing o
farm products, all insurance, and
large percentage of the stores an,
other distributing agencies.
The big, worldwide fact since tn
signing Of the .armistice is that tn,
system is changing or is bein;
changed. Nothing is more importan
than that the people grasp this fact
Clear understanding, calm judgmen
and a knowledge of What to- do ar
needed Is never before in the histor,
of the world to guide us through thi
great epoch, so that out of the chang
ing order will come Il higher and bet
ter civilization.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

Author Of Moratorium Law.
1T is we'll known to the people OF
North Dakota by this time that I am
the author of the soldiers moratorium
law that was enacted by the farmer
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

The world war and the worldwide
tangle that has grown out Of It has
confronted the thinker and the citizen
of every country with a great, new
problem.
Thinking citizens have suddenly
become aware that the whole indus
trial system under which we live is
threatened. They have begun to feel
that our system of industry is going
to pieces-that it is changing despite
anything we can dO-that w will have
to take a hand in this change and give
1t intelligent direction, If we would
avoid a catastrophe. .r
This new realization is evident on
every hand. The demand in the
hearts Of the masses for a league Of
nations was a widespread human i'm
pulse to re-shape the world to a basis
of justice and-peace between nations.
However abortive that purpose has be-
come in the hands of diplomats and
tmperialists, the desire is still grow
ing in the hearts of the people.
Soldiers Fought for Better World.
Millions Of soldiers fought and died
in the war firmly believing that the
war was bringing Il great change in
the relationships Of men-bringing, in
fact, a better world-a higher civiliza-
ton. That this belief existed to a
surprising extent in the trenches has
been proved by the testimony of hun
dreds of writer's and by the millions
of soldiers who have returned to
their homes. If this hope has been
temporarily disappointed, if the world
has seemed to the returning soldiers
to have gone backward, instead OF
forward, it NEAR only that this long
ing will be stronger than ever.
In the face of this imminence OF
change, the mind of man has changed
and is thinking in new terms. The
thinkers of every land are basing ai1
their thoughts and conclusions on thu
assumption that the present system
cannot last. Where a few years age
the average thinking man secuted the
idea that there, could be any indus
trial system substantially different
from the present me-, now it is gen
: orally acknowledged that great
changes must come.
People Struggling for Change.
But the greatest change of all Il
found in the new attitude of the com
mon people of every country. 1t il
as though the producers-the tollers
on the farms and in the towns-hat
suddenly become adults in though
and action. They are. demandin.
democratic control of all things tina
affect their interests. The signiican
fact is that the particular things ovel
which they want democratic contro
are marketing, and industrial ant
financial institutions. They call thi.
control industrial democracy, ant
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
LEMkE MAKES
|. v. A. LIARS
(. APPEAR SILLY
Proves That He Has Always
Been Ex-soIdiers' Sim
,5@ cere Friend. a.

"Nailing down lies circulated for
campaign purposes by the paid edi-
torial and newspaper Serfs Of the Big
Biz who are seeking to defeat the
NOnpartisan League ticket in North
Dakota" was the unpleasant pastime
that William Lemke, Republican can
didate for attorney general, engaged in
yesterday.
Mr.. LeAke's statement is compre-
hensive, covering a wide range of
matters and exposing the motives that
prompt anti-farmer editors to indulge
in such wholesale and absurd lying.
Two falsehoods in particular are espe-
cially ridiculous; the first is to the
effect that he is m the state payroll,
and the second, that he is u~nfriendly
toward the ex-sOldier. Following is a
copy of his statement to the voters of
North Dakota: g"
"The anti-farmer press of this state
seems to be devoting much space to
me these days. One of the lies they
are printing about me is that l am on
the state payroll.
Il wish to state, and the records
bear me out, that l am not, and never
was, paid by the state of North Da-
kota for any of the work that I have
|, done or am doing for the people of
this state. l have been fighting for
the people for many years but during
all that time l have never been on the
states payroll.
II started this fight several years
back when the Equity society was
first attacked by the same newspapers
and the interests that are now con-
tinuing their nefariOus opposition
against the farmers movement. ]
have dedicated my life to this cause
and I do not propose to lay down on
the job no matter what the opposition
press sees fit to say about me.
Runs on His Record.
II feel confident that the people OF
this state will judge me by my record
and not by the lies and innuendos sc
industriously peddled by the prostitut.
ed press. It is this record that the
opposition to the farmers movement
want to befuddle in the minds of the
voters in the hope that they may de
feat mt in the fall.
"Just now these papers are doing
their utmost to put me in a bad light
with the former service men in this
state. The Fargo Forum is now rant
ing about my having insulted the ex
service men of, North Dakota. To any
unprecedented person this charge must
appear silly, unless the malice behind
it is recognized. Then it becomes the
worst kind Of dirty politics.
II challenge these lying sheets to
point to a single instance in which
I have offered an insult to a returned
soldier or said anything disparaging
about them or the American Legion
I am not afraid to place my record In
this connection alongside of that OF
the papers that are now posing as the
champions of the ex-service men In
their bitter and malicious attacks or
me.
Author Of Moratorium Law.
1T is we'll known to the people OF
North Dakota by this time that I an
the author of the soldiers moratorium
law that was enacted by the farmer
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
Potatoes Dug With Machine Ready Fer pec!Ing

ton 3 per CEN by weight of any lot
may be below the remaining require
ments of this grade.
Y. S. No. 2-This grade shall con-
sist of potatoes of similar character
.istics, which are practically free from
frost injury and decay, and which are
free from serious damage caused by
dirt or other foreign matter, sunburn,
second growth, cuts, scab, blight, dry
rot, or other disease, insects or me-
chanical means. The minimum diam-
eter shall be one and one-half inches.
In order to allow for variations Incl.
dent to commercial grading anu hand.
ling, 8 per cent by weight may be
under the prescribed size, and in addi-
ton ; per cent by weight Of any such
lot may be below the remaining re-
quirements Qf this grade.
Il can be readily seen TINT careful
digging and handling is necessary to
prevent potatoes being culled ont be-
cause Of mechanical injury 81 dirt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

~ the people In the courts. It Is
going to take some tall lying by tfe
Fargo Forum and its lesser me toO's'
III deceive the voters In these mat.
tors"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

The Speed Fiend has the Fastest Lii
or Car in the u. s. A. He admits it
Himself and is willing to Tell All
about it any time. Didja never hear
how he went from Here to Whazzat,
~ miles in 7h minutes, and how he
Made the Whoozis hill on High? He
should have his Speedometer inspected.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

Behold the Tough Kid: He is a reg
ular Son Of a Gun and his folks Can't
Do A Thing With Him. He smokes
cigaroots, reads Nick Carter. and nerv-
Gus folk predict he will end his Days
in the Pen. But when he Grows Up,
u be q prominent Attorney or Banker.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12

Now IN the time TOR the farmers to
organixe. War prices and guarantees
Will soon be "a, markets will again ~
glotted and the farmers win be No.
q faceswith orsanizsd monopoly.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-16
An o. Henry Story
The Pimienta Pancakes

a mile out of Pimienta I. sinelefoots
up beside him on my bronze
Il said that snoozer was pink
eyed. but he wasn't. His seeing ar
rangement was gray enough, but
his eyelashes was pink and his hair
was sandy, and that gave you the
Idea. Sheep Inan?-he wasn't more
than lamb man. anyhow little
thing with his neck involved in a
yellow handkerchief and gloves tied
up in bowknots.
Afternoon says I to him. You
now ride with a equestrian who is
commonly called Dead -Moral-Cer
tainty Judson on account of the way
/ shoot. When / want a stranger
to know me / always introduce my
self before the draw, for never did
like to shake hands with ghosts
All, says he, just like that-.Ah,
I'm glad to know you, Mr.. Judson.
I'm jackson Bird. from over at
Mired Mule Ranch
Just then one of my eyes saw a
roadrunner skipping down tho hill
with a young tarantula in his bill,
and the other eye noticed a rabbit
hawk sitting on a dead limb in a
water elm. 1 popped over one after
the other with my forty-five, just
to show him. Two out of three
says 1. Birds just naturally seem
to draw my fire wherever I co.
Nice shooting says the sheep
man, without a nutter. But don't
you sometimes ever miss the third
shot? Elegant fine rain that was
last week for the young grass, Mr..
Judson? says he.
Willie says I, riding over close
to his palfrey, your infatuated par
ents may. have denounced you by
the name of Jackson, but you sure
molted into a twittering Willie-let
US slough off this here analysis of
rain and the elements and get down
TO talk that is outside the vocabu-
larry of parrots. That is a bad habit
you have got of riding with young
ladies over at Pimienta. I've known
birds. says /, to oe served on toast
for less than that. Miss Willella,'
says /, don't ever want any nest
made out of sleeps wool by a tom
tit of the Jachsonian branch of or
anthology. Now, are you going to
quit or do you wi III for to gallon up
against this Dead Moral Certainty
attachment to my. name. which is
good for two hyphens and at least
one set of funeral obsequies?'
jackson Bird flushed up some,
and then he laughed.
Why, Mr.. Judson,' says he.
you've got the wrong idea. I've
called on Miss Learight a few times.
but Eot for the purpose you imag-
inc. My object is purely a CASTRO
nomical one
Il reached for my gun.
Any coyote says /, that would
boast of dishonorable-
Wait 4 minute says this Bird.
till / explain. What would do
with wife? If you ever saw that
ranch of mine! l do my own cook
Ing and mending. Eating-that's
all the pleasure 1 get out of sheen
raising. Mr.. Judson, didyyou ever
taste the pancakes that Miss Lea
right makes?'
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-16
Good Morning,
Judge!
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS.
When 1. . Co.ee.ied we.pe.s

When Is q Coneealed weapsnf
Whoever drew up the law dealing
with concealed weapons and the
traffic In them did a bum job.
Judge Hardison did not say that
In so many words, bat he intimated
1t very strongly.
The point involved was: rs a 90
calibre rife a dangerous weapon
And. could 1t be conce&ledy'
The case was that of Ignatius Ta-
moria, charged with selling such a
weapon to a 14-year-old boy.
1t stands to reason that if you
~ calibre rife you'll soon find out
whether or not 1t is dangerous
weapon.
But the law says nothing about
such guns. It mentions razors,
blackjacks, brass knueks, pistols.
daggers, etc. but nary a word
about shotguns and rifles
However. the word dangerous
weapon" in the law means some
thing and naturally the court had
TO take IL for granted that this lit
tie rifle came within that meaning.
III not, then a baby could buy a
shotgun IL IL had the money and
the dealer would not have to have
license, either.
The court wound up the proceed
ings by fining Tamoria $50 and
placing him on probation. thereby
taking rifles out of the reach OF
children.
Long Walk with . Rasor.
Imagine a hike from Boston to
Washington to get a job.
That is what Frank Sciarro did
and landed in the lookup charged
with carrying a razor.
Policeman Cheney picked him up
on Twelfth street at four o'clock in
the morning on suspicion.
"Dees Is da fwst time. Judge he
said, dat eveaire peench meself.
Ne nevaire peench meself before no
time at all. not once.
"Da razza i had to shava da
whiska. Eet is ALA da baggage 1
had. Walk ALA day way from Bos-
ton to dees city-en need shava
might bad"
81 believe you had that razor tc
shave yourself" said the court, but
we have got to look out for you
some way. 1 am going to turn you
over TO the probation officer to see
II he can help you any"
Mamie and Mieaie.
Mamie Farrf and Minnie Lancas-
ter both live IN Marion Court. They
are married-and have lived there
all their lives.
Minnie had Mamie arrested and
charged her with delivering a left
hook to the jaw and following 1t up
with a brick.
1t seems that the pair had been
The Washington herald., 1920-12-16
New Counterfeit
S. Bill on Market
Treasury Warns

Discovered. Something new un-
der the sun and the searching stare
of Treasury eyes.
There Is new counterfeit IS
Federal Reserve note "on the mar
ket"
Chief Moran. of the Treasury
secret service, issues the. following
description:
On the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago: check letter d." face
plate No. 143; w. G. McAdoo, Sec
retary of the Treasury; John Burke,
Treasurer of the United State; por-
trait of Lincoln.
This counterfeit is printed from
photo-mechanical plates of poor
workmanship. on fair quality of
paper without silk threads or imi-
tation Of them. The number of the
specimen at hand Is G3o61324A.
The figures of this number are
larger than the genuine and more
widely separated. The portrait of
Lincoln is much darker than the
genuine. The. seal is green instead
Of blue. Thes back of, the note is
more deceptive than the face.