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Evening journal., 1920-04-29
DENIES
HUGE PROFITS
Not More Than Is Cents a
Suit, President of Ameri-
can Concerns Says
ADMITS COMPANY
MADE FORTUNE

BoSTrON. April 29-Willlam NJ.
Mood. president OF thc American
Woolen Company. issued statement
here ionight in explanation Of the
company's annual financial statement
made public yesterday. showing a net
profit for 1919 OF si5.d3.ii5. less-re-
serves for taxes and contingencies.
"Therc is absolutely no just ground
for The suggestion that This company
has charged excessive prices Tor its
cloth or has gained an unreasonable
or excessive profit" he said.
Tile statement follows.
'rho high price Of clothing is due
IN no substantial degree 10 any profit
Which we, as manufacturers, have
made on our cloth doubt il the pub
he knows these facts. The profit OF
Ibis company on the cloth that goes
into an average suit of clothes selling
ai retail from $50 TO S61 does not eX-
cccd $50 a suit. our profit on clQth in
some cheaper grades will not exceed
thirty cents a suit. II you assume
that The entire per share profit was
solely manufacturing profit on our
cloth, The average profit on the mill
IINN0 OF NtIUN NHiiH We liNtAhAhiAhii
would not exceed 81 a suit.
"Bul the fact is that this profit Is
not entirely on cloth, but results. In
part, from the advance in the value
0f materials on hand and purchased
in anticipation, and is, In part profit
accruing from other products. lnclud-
ing hy-products II 'you deduct Tho
profit from these sources. the true
average manufacturing profit OF this
company on the cloth In a suit OF
clothes would not exceed sevonty-nve
cents suit How much would the
price OF a SOS suit of clothes, or any
other suit zoe that matter. be reduced
II The American WOolen Company
should charge no profit whatever for
its cloth
"0ur company could have made a
handsome profit ON It's stock OF mate
rals on hand and purchased during
The year without manufacturing at all.
The government sold some of It's wool
al public auction at a profit gilmore
than 100 per cent. and no one accused
the government OF pronlccring
There Is absolutely no Just ground
Tor The suggestion that this company
has charged excessive prices for us
cloth or has gained an unreasonable
or excessive proft The simple story
ie that we took our chances on a big
stock OF materials in anticipation Of
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
BEACON STUDENTS
SEE WASHINGTON

Misses Jessie Peoples. Nellie West
Gladys Hudson. students of The Bea
com Business Colleges. who won dis
tinctiOn In the recent typcwritiug con-
test az The Philadelphia Business !
show, aud Miss H. Eisenhart, their in
slrucior. Will go 10 Washington Tor
the weekend as guests OF The col
ice. and as a further mark Of apprc
ciatiUf FOR their success In The big
contest. Miss Peoples won FIRST
place. and two OF the other girls
medals. and "A fourth the highest rcc-
ord for accuracy against some u
competitors. The party which VIII
leave tomorrow. VIII he chaperOnco
by Mrs. ". II. Beacon
Evening journal., 1920-04-29

big business, and fortune turned our
way.
no person has suffered in The price
Of clothing by anything our company
has done. The public has been berlc-
illed by our enormous production OF
many millions OF yards Of cloth, with
an our flfiy-seyen mills running at top
speed Except for The efforts OF The
officials and cmloyes OF This company
to keep up its production, prices OF
clothing would certainly be much
higher Than they are now
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
INDICT MAN WHO
MADE $24 ON COAT

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 20
Immediate trial will be. asked by the
government in the case Of Otis L..
Clarke. local clothing dealer indicted
by The federal grand jury for proii-
teering II was charged in the in
dicimenl that Clarke sold an overc0at
which cost approximately $3.50 for
$3.50.
Others indicted were George X.
Brown, candy manufacturer, charged
with asking excessive profits on milk,
and Gus TOmbras, restaurant owner,
charged with selling for 30 cents a
club sandwich costing him only %
cents
Evening journal., 1920-04-29

T. W. Wells. as choir leader Mrs.
Carter has not only proved a valua-
bic acquisition as competent dircc-
tor. but is possessed with charm
ing voice.
A new pipe organ costing several
thousand dollars Will soon be install
ed and The choir viii be enlarged and
an orchestra Will be formed
William Raynr, president OF the
choir. extends an invitation TO the
public. A special invitation is rN-
tended 10 members OF the Comnu-
nifty Chorus and TO the Orpheus
Club
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
JERSEY sTRAwBERRIEs BY WAY 10.

TTAMMONTON, n j. ApFlI IL
Strawberries OF the While House
variety are now in fun bloom, and
viii be picked from these plants
about May 10 This is the variety Of
strawberry which a few years ago
reached The White House table a
week or more ahead Of other Jersey
berries, and from that fact derived its
name
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
DELAWARE PEACHES

MILFORD, Del. April 2S.- Although
there was a frost 0n-Wednesday morn
ing and The fruit trees are in full
bloom not much apprehension Is felt
Tor the peach, pear and apple crop.
The buds on The trees We're dry and
sufficiently maiured TO Withstand the
killing frost
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
cATcurs 9OO pOIiND sTlRCEON

special 10 INe fW Nlng journal.
GEORGETOWN. Del, April %. "A
roe sturgeon was taken recently from
The waters of Assaleaguo Bay. by
CAPTAIN David Melvin. The meat was
sold for i0c per pound. netting 10 the
owner $50
Evening journal., 1920-04-29
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Become WELL strong, cheerful robust.
Here's plain talk. Read every word if you
seek true happiness
Are you nervous? Are you too slender?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17

seanlstresses would have died or suf-
fered in consequence, it being unlawful
for the trustees to expend more than
the income of the fund.
20. The trustees deny the allega-
tions contained in the twentieth par
agraph of the petition and on the con-
trary they say that they have given
all the direct aid necessary in Brattle-
boro, and they say that according to
and will and DEGREES of this court the
trustees are authorized to use their
discretion in applying the income of
the trust not needed for direct aid in
Brattleboro and in places other than
Boston for kindred charitable pur-
poses. The trustees further say that
without waving this latter defence
but insisting thereon, the full income
of the trust has been spent by them in
direct money aid or in'indirect aid in
Brattleboro or for the benefit of the
activities controlled by the trust il
the town of Brattleboro. The trustees
admit that the cost of necessaries OF
life have increased. The trustees deny
| however, that the applicants for aid re
quire greater degree of assistanc'
than has actually been furnished Il
those entitled under the will and de
crees of this court to such aid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
A FINE SPEAKER.
Continued from lst Page. J

ident Arthur F. Roberts presided and
expressed sense of qualification that
90 men were in attendance in spite of
much illness and bad travelling. An ex-
cellent dinner was served by the East
ern Star chapter, followed by three
minute talk by John A. Priest, chair
man of the publicity committee of the
Springfield, Mass, Chamber of Com
MERGE
Mr.. Priest said his special mission
here was to impress upon the men the
Importance of having large repre-
sentation at a conference in Hotel Kim
ball in Springfield Feb. %, when ways
and means will be discussed for ANAL
gamating the interests of the Connec-
ticut valley. He said this was in line
with what is being done in other parts
of the country and that this valley had
large and diversified interests which
made the movement decidedly worth
while.
Swapping Responsibility for Team
Work was the subject of Mr. Barstow's
talk, and it was handled in way that
met the hearty approval of every nearer.
He noted the apparent let-down among
employees in many places of business
large and small, due to Indifference and
| idle mind time, and he placed the respon-
sibility largely on the employers, showing
| by stories drawn from actual experience
that person can meet a situation if it is
put squarely up to him, whereas if the
employer after assigning a duty or plac.
ing an employee in charge of a depart
ment keeps butting in and telling him
how to do it the employee loses interest
says he is nothing but hired hand any
way and throws up his hands with tn,
remark, "All right, do it yourself"
Among the causes of indifference are &
subdivision of operations, Whereby an EN-
lploye is made to feel that he is only {
cog in a wheel; the isolation of employees
whereby they have little contact will
the employers; and the white collar
advertising, that is, the advertising tina
holds out to young men the impression
that they can become business manager
lover night Z
Among the remedies suggested MI
Barsttw urged that employers give EN-
ployes participation in the management
to larger extent than they are nov
giving. and that there be more congre
eating between employers and emplove.
, ms will create new attitude towar
work, which in itself is pleasure. Tn
employers needs training as we'll as tn
employees, Mr.. Barstow declared.
We have political democracy. NJ
Barstow said in closing; let's have an il
; dustrial and commercial democracy.
/ Prolonged applause marked the clos
, OF the talk, and it was felt by all tina
those not present missed something tina
they ought to hear. These midday luncI
ton talks ought to be heard by large
: proportion of the members of the oroa,
a ization
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
COAL FOR CONNECTICUT.
Railroads Ordered Not to Conhscate Any
More Soft Coal.

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. According
to advices from Washington to the Manu-
facturers Association of Connecticut today
the director general of the railroad ad-
ministration has issued an order prohib-
iting railroads in New Jersey Pennsyl-
vania and New York from cOnfseating
cars Of bituminous coal consigned to Con-
necticut points.
The association was also advised from
Washington that since Feb. 10 LOO cars
of coal have been delivered to New Eng
land railroads by way of the Hudson river
gateway and that in the last three days
more than 10000 tons of bituminous coal
had been cleared from Hampton Roads
Er Boston and Providence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
JAMAICA.

Men have been busy filling their ice
houses the past week.
Mrs. Ebert Lackey is helping Mrs. Wal
ter living in Pixies Falls.
Wallace Crowninshield was in Brattle-
Poro the last of the week.
Mrs. Rose Benson, a nurse, of Weston
IS caring for Mrs. Leon Cheney.
There were no services Sunday and no
school Monday because of the impossible
roads
A. B. Stark and Ed Stark attended the
funeral of their brother-in-law in Ludlow
last week
Avery Park went to Grafton Saturday
by team and was stalled there because OF
the storm.
Ten or twelve men from Jamaica have
been shoveling snow in Brattleboro the
past week for the railroad
Mrs. Edna Wright, who has sold her
place to John Clark, will live in Mrs
Lucy Kellogg's house this winter.
Much sympathy is felt for Otis Cum
mings of South Londonderry in the loss Of
his wife from pneumonia this week
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen were il
Brattleboro Saturday Mr.. Allen moved
Mrs. Kelloggs goods to her new home
The missionary meeting and tea which
was to have been held at Mrs l. H
Spragues this week, is postponed unit
next week Wednesday.
Mrs Lucy Kellogg, one of Jamaica
best beloved citizens, has left her hom
here or a three months trial stay in tn
Home or the Aged in Brattleboro. Sh
will be missed greatly by her many friend
! here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
LANSING A VICTIM.
Continued from lst Page)

knew only that he needed rest and free
dom from worry. If they could only give
the appearance of uninterrupted govern
ment, they felt they would be doing him
service So the first cabinet meeting was
held. 1t is true DIR. Grayson came there as
the emissary of the President and made it
clear that Mr. Wilson was curious and
therefore not altogether pleased with what
was happening He wanted it understood
that no action could be legally taken on
question which the President is authorized
to act upon by law, unless the President
himself approved. The cabinet took that
as a natural limitation upon them and UNI
derstood perfectly well what they could
and could not do. But it was decided for
the sake of appearances as well as for the
good that might come out of inter-depart-
mental conference and consultation to con-
tinue the meetings. Several of them were
held, White House officials pointed to
them as proof that the government was
| functioning and that all was well with the
affairs of the republic
| Suddenly out of a clear sky comes let
ter from President Wilson to Secretary
| Lansing asking him if it was true that cab
met meetings had been held. Nobody was
more surprised than the secretary of state
| He had had differences with the President
and had been intending to resign, but he
never dreamed that the basis of his retire
ment would be the calling of cabinet meet
ings which had been planned as a service
and not dis-service But Mr.. Lansing
didn't play the part of little man. he
took the rebuke politely and made his exit
He could have involved other men In the
Wilson administration who had urged hin
to keep the cabinet meetings going HI
could have involved nearly everybody III
the Presidents official family But since
he was made the goat, he accented his fatt
without a whimper, trusting that the pub
lie might someday understand Did thu
President really remain unaware until las
week of the fact that cabinet meeting
were being held in the executive offices
few wards from his own sick room? Cir
cumstantial evidence would seem to pom
to the absurdity of such a conclusion. Tn
newspapers printed references to it again
and again. | remember clearly that Attor
ney General Palmer went to the Whit
House before a certain momentous cablne
meeting on the coal strike and. after
brief discussion with the President, toll
the correspondents later that the govern
mont was behind him and Mr.. Wilson az
proved of what had been done The COZ
respondents recall that Mr. Palmer san
something to them of having informed tn
j, President Of the cabinet situation. But h
may not have gone into detail concernin
meetings The President may have gotte
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
LITTLE DEMAND FOR SHIPS.
Only One Offer Today for Former Ger
man Liners.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Contrary to
expectations, only one bid for any of the
80 former German liners was received to-
day when the shipping board auction to
receive competitive offers was resumed
with the ship offered one at time. A
bid Of S55o0O0 for the Otsego by f. j.
Roberts, Acme Operating corporation Of
n. Y was the only one made for 10
steamers offered.
Tho largest ship of the fleet, including
the Leviathan, Agamenon and George
Washington were among those offered IN
dividually without attractive offers.
According to shipping board calculations
the best offers received yesterday repre-
sent total Of $2I,s50, 600, which includes
sl3, 100000 offered for six vessels by the
International Mercantile Marine and a to
tai Of IS, 10000 for nine ships individually
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

A service viii be held in St. Mi
chael's Episcopal parish house at 1890
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The Swedish Luther league win meet
Wednesday evening in the home of Miss
Olga Johnson on West street.
A joint meeting of the Canal street
and Main street Parent Teacher asso-
Citations will be held Thursday after
noon at 3.45 o clock in the Main street
building Miss Eleanor Black, super
intendent of the Mutual Aid associa-
ton, win tell of her work in France
Miss Black was member of the lIar-
ward unit which was one of the first
to 90 to France, and her experiences III
various hospitals, including the Ameri
can ambulance in Paris, are very in
teresting. Tea will be served by Miss
Bertha Piggott's classes at nominal
sum, the money to go toward the kit
chen equipment fund of the domestic
science class.
Between 40 and 80 women attended
the valentine party for the benefit OF
the relief fund for Serbian children
held in the Unitarian parish house
Yesterday afternoon. Aside from th'
garments. which were rendered as ad
mission TO the party, $l75 in money
was received, including a single gift o.
$100 There was general sociability
music YVES rendered and tea wa
served. Pho garments and money vii
not be sent to. headquarters until tn
end of the week and anyone who wa
unable to attend the party yesterda.
may send contributions of money o
clothing to Mrs. Louis d. Greene. TIL
committees is desirous of securing a
least $50 more in money in order tina
the fund from Brattleboro may
sufficient to feed and cloth three chi
dren for a. year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17

the impression that the attorney general
was consulting his colleagues in an infor-
NAL way
1t is within the range of possibility
that, while Mr.. Wilson did know about
these conferences, did read about them in
the newspapers and did regard them as
inter-departmental consultations he may
have fallen back on fine distinctions in the
use of words and failed to regard them as
cabinet meetings" Nor did he concern
himself about them probably until someone
told him they were not informal get-to-
gether functions but formal sessions and
that at one of these sessions the question
was seriously raised as to whether or not
the cabinet should ask the vice president
to come and take the place of the Pres
ident Maybe Mr.. Wilson didn't learn of
, the latter fact till last week. Gossip like
that doesn't always travel fast but, when
it did reach Mr. Wilson, he gave vent
to a pent-up dissatisfaction with Mr.. Ian
! sing views on the peace treaty and deep
resentment at what he considered de-
sire to depose the President of the United
States
( Personally, | prefer for the present to
/ believe that the President was, for the
Z
had been going on around him and that
i those of his friends who have endeavored
to create the impression that he did know
what was happening i'll the outside world
said so merely as political stratagem
one of those unfortunate phases of polit
ical life in America, which regards sin
cerity and frankness as secondary to the
michiavellian philosophy that in politics
the end justifes the means Every Presi
dent has an outer armor which protects
him from accusations and at the same time
safeguards him against. mistakes. The
tragedy of the Presidents fit of temper il
that this time nobody dared to say hin
nay, nobody let him in on the fact thai
the country has been accepting the cabine
!, meetings as of his sanction.
! Tomorrow article viii deal with TIN
personality Of the President and outburst
! of temper that be has upon occasion child
ed himself for exhibiting)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
TREE ARISTocRAcY
Forestry Association Hunting for Large
Old and Historical Trees

The "Who s Who of Trees being
compiled by the American Forestry as
ISOLATION at Washington is rapidly be-
ing filled. with data and pictures of
trees with a history from all parts of
the country. One of the latest entries
is the English Oak Circle at Milford,
Va. These trees were planted in 1880.
Another tree is on the campus of ST.
John College at Annapolis and the entry
is made by the Peggy Stewart Tea
Party Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution The American
Forestry association wants to get all
data on trees of unusual size 1t wants
pictures for this !" Hall of Fame" as
we'll
The English oaks on the Baylor
Newmarket Plantation have seen a
great deal of the history of the colo
MES written. George Washington knew
them well. for they have been in the
same family for 1875 years. Under the
shadow of these trees was born and
reared Col. George Baylor Fiske, aid tc
General Washington at Valley Forge
and Trenton. Here also was born
Major George Armistead in command al
Fort McHenry when Key wrote oul
national anthem. J.B Baylor informs
the American Forestry, association
that near these oaks was built The
perhaps first racecourse in America
George Washington was a frequent
visitor to the estate.
The Dumont Kennedy Elm at Craw
louisville, Ind, makes bid for the
place long held as to size by the elm a
I H,,n IN L in
forms the association that its spread
/ is greater than the Huntington Elm
An acacia tree on the property of f. |
Gunckel at Dayton is another entry
The elm at Lisbon, Ohio, beneath
which Mckinley bargained for irol
ore with the Indians has been entered
in the Hall of Fame by o. Dali o
Fremont. Mrs. Viola Overman of ST
Petersburg, Fla, has submitted lis
of forty trees about which she has data
Walter Jennings of 26 Broadway
New York, has nominated large re,
oak at Lloyds Neck for place il
f"Who's Who The Weathersfield eln
with a circumference of twenty oh
feet and spread of 147 fet ha
been entered as has the white oak O.
the estate of Carl O. Hedstorm a
Portland, Conn.
''Trees with history is what til
American Forestry association i
after says Charles Lathrop Pack, tn
President. eve want big trees O
course, but in almost every conmunit
there is a tree that is identified wit
i the history of the community. Wher
are the oldest inhabitant and the his
torical society? Let us hear frol
them with their claims for the tree
place in the Hall of Fame. Me-
| York Evening Post
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
MILLIONS OF FOOD sTUFFs.
Tremendous Congestion of Supplies in
New Jersey Terminals

NEW YORK, Feb l7.-Perishable food
stuffs amounting to approximately
$lO,OOO,O00 are lying in New Jersey ter
minals awaiting transportation to New
York, Mayor Hylan was informed yes
terday by Edwin J. O'Malley, commits
sioner of public markets The commits
sioner asked the mayor to assign mum
cipal ferryboat to his department to aid
in bringing the food stuffs to the city
Traffic conditions, he said, are improved
but the ordinary lighterage facilities ar,
not sufficient to relieve congestion at til,
terminals across the river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
BIRTHS.

In Brattleboro, Feb Is, son, Leonard
Earl, to George j. aud Vivian Wood
Beauvais.
In West Brattleboro (Melrose hospi-
tall, Feb. Ia, daughter, Evelyn Grace
to Mr.. and Mrs. Noe Petite of Dummcf-
ston.
In West Brattleboro tAIelrose hospi-
tall, Feb, Is, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
John Donlon of Brattleboro.
In Jamaica, Feb. IA. daughter, Leora
FELTON,, to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Cheney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
HUGHES REFUSES
TO BE CANDIDATE
Asks Friend In Nebraska Not to Put
His Name On State Primary
Ballots

OMAHA, Feb. II. = Charles E.
Hughes has written a letter to County
Clerk Dewey asking him not to pro,
coed with plans to present Mr.
Hughes s name in the state primary
as candidate for the Republican nom.
nation for presidency. 81 cordially
appreciate your personal interest and
the friendly sentiment you express
Mr.. Hughes s letter reads. CT am ut
terly unwilling. however, to undertake
"a second candidacy. / am deeply in
terested in the Republicans success
and anxious that there should be Re
publican unity but there is no lack o.
available men and | do not recogniz,
any obligation to permit my name t
be used. =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT.
Pennsylvania Railroad Plans One at New
York City.

NEW YORK, Feb. l7.-Freight conges-
ton here as result of storm conditions
which have made many streets virtually
impossible to trucks led the Pennsyl-
vania railroad today to place an embargo
on all incoming freight except milk and
coal for hospitals and public utilities
The embargo will remain in effect until
the congestion is relieved