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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
Judge Landis' Issues.

II is perhaps unfortunate that Judge
kenesaw Mountain lands was not
appointed TO the army rather than to
the federal bench. The militant mem
ories suggested by his preliminary
names seem 10 fit in with his tempera-
mept better than the more sober duties
OF a judicial officer. He has just unoili-
cislly condemned TO death all Social
lists. |. W. W. and others Of that kind,
and to perpetual infamy all profit
cers.5"
t-pon the whole. IL is better that
Judges Of the United States courts re
Train from utterances Of that kind.
They do not tend TO impiant and pro
mote in the public mind that respect
for wisdom and impartiality of the
courts of the land. which. upon the
whole. is the most powerful function OF
our national welfare.
One has as much right TO be a So
cialist or even an anarchist a. to be a
millionaire or cleTgymen. We do not
in this country prosecute myn for their
oninions or even for the public eXpres-
SION ~ them. We do demand that all
shall obey the laws So long a they
are laws. shall refrain from in any way
interfering in the business Of others.
from attempts to change the laws By
any instrtlmcntality except votes. and
from violence or inAamma;orN writing
o. speech leading TO the violation Of
law BY others.
As for 'prohteers, W. are tired Of
this denouncing Of anybody without
names or without proof Who = =
prafteerf What j. profiteeringg Will
not someone define the word and indi-
cate the persons whom IL titsl Il seems
10 be the fashion "a say that the meat
packers arc profiteers. - far as pub
iished. and thus far undispuied. sFi-
drnce goes those particular chaps make
something less than one cent on every
dollars worth which they sell. l. that
profiteerinrg II 50. those who make 10
per cent on their turnover and there
are lots Of them - should Be slowly
boiled in oil.
The fact j. that everybody i dong
ri. level best 60 get the very highest
uriee rossihIe for whatever be- has Ga
ell. regardless ~ What u cyst hIm.
And arnareutIv that y What D. com
monty meant by proiitesTiug And
! Il that h. trlfe Judge ilaHdis must hate
ererxsoiv. One wonders whether eteH
he does not faVoT the movement fe-
J raising the salaries II lnited st4tes
iuares.-Szn Francisco Chronicle-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
Burleson Still a Burden.

The newly reported controversy be
tween the White House and the SEN
ate over the appointment OF the Amer
lean delegat ION to the proposed inter-
national conference on wireless and ca
BILE communications may have serious
consequence. IF the conference il indeh-
niteiv DELAYED, because of Senate oppo-
sition To Postmaster Burleson and be
cause the president refuses 10 name
any one in his place. the deadlock may
work serious injury TO the business in.
terests OF the United States.
A result of the war. the seizure
Of cables and the development Of the
wireless. the matter of telegraphie
communication botween the nations Of
the world has assumed q new 'impor-
tance. Great Britain holds peculiar
lv favorable position with regard to
the ownership and control of cables.
Added 10 thi-. Z the fact that the VAT
ushered in what may be called an era
Of national propaganda aud that the
close Of hostilities and the resumption
Of competition for the markets Of the
world, has intensified rather than les
srned the organized efforts Of the I'm,
ropcan nations to advance their com
mcrciaI interests through the dissent
nation 81 favorable information.
The situation has been viewed with
lively apprehension by some ~ those
la.t pgsted a. tn what j. going on IN
-be far corners Of the world. Impor
iant questions present themselves a. 70
the poIicv to be adopted by the Unit
ed States. The experience during the
war and the extreme di-favor whlch
Mr.. Creel earned for the bureau 81 m
formation. do not argue the Probabiii-
" Of much present support for = pro
yram 81 competitive propaganda or
gauiEed and carried on BY the United
Ststes government. That would net
be in harmony with the usethods 81 cur
mast prnuresa II seems wiser 20 leave
sveb matters to the initiative q pr
vatr business
TIE part % Be played by ths Eur-
eminent g. 20 csthe- accurate lniur
nation through commr-eial and con-
suTz- agents and n make surr, u nes-
e.ssrr. tbs. private bns Dess has 81
esusf orro-tuniff for Telegraph c-n4-
u5uui~zfsar Izckiug sueh a. sgu-litE
Amsricaa merchants and msnussetzr-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
A Spendthrift People.

A shrinksge of buying in luxury
lines is reported by the largest depart
ment stores in Boston. Boston Is not
New York. Judging New York City
by the reports from the collector of
internal revenue in that federal district
luxury is still holding its own. Lux
ury taxes collected in Manhattan alone,
it is estimated, indicate an expendi-
ture of $l50,000000 month for goods,
services and amusements classed by
the revenue laws as not essential to a
fair standard of living. OF the $3.50
100000 a month thus spent, from
S8000,000 to sl0,c00000 is spent on
amusements exclusively. These hg-
ures apply only to a part OF one city
in the United States.
The figures are staggering. Prob
ably they include what is spent on to-
bacco But New York City is an eX-
ceptional place because it attracts
people with wealth to spend on 'dxu-
rious living from all parts OF the Unit
ed States and other. countries Of this
hemisphere. Rich people from Latin
America who before the war went to
Paris now go to New York. An influx
of wealthy Cubans who have made mil.
lions on sugar in recent years has been
recently observed in fashionable Man
haitian hotels The general demand
for luxuries in New York City is con.
ecntration of individual demands gath
cred together from two continents.
Yet in every city and town in the
land the demand for luxuries of one
sort or another has been running so
strong this spring that the leading
financial authorities of the country
have recently been reported disturbed
by the situation. During the war the
so-called unessential industries were
put on short rations in raw materials
or put entirely out of business. II that
could be done again, ii might have the
effect in curtailAg the output OF the
luxury lines of goods. 1t is suggested,
for example, that il fewer pleasure
automobiles were being manufactured,
farmers would not find it so hard to
buy nails.
What the country needs more than
the curtailment OF the nonessentlsl in
dustries is a change in the spirit of the
people who spend 100 freely and eN-
travagantly. The country sorely needs
economy and thrift wherever there is
now lavish or wastcful expenditure.
II the people in question could Volm-
tarilv will this desirable change in their
~node Of life, they would display moral
strength Of character But probably
u i the very absence of this moral
strength that makes them spendthritts.
s, is superfiuous to say that every lane,
however long. has its turning and that
the spendthrifts are headed for a rough
experience eycntually.-Springiicld Re
publican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
GRANITEVILLE

Mrs. George Wood and Mrs. Ralph
Neale returned to Worcester, Mass,
Saturday morning after spending few
days with Mrs. Jennie Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clark and chill
dren motored to Port Henry, y. y, Sat
urday, where they will visit at Mrs
Clark's former home.
John Macdonald Mr., and Mrs. Will
liam Alexander and little son, Maxwell,
spent Sunday in Brattleboro with Mr.
and Mrs. Roswell Miles.
Regular meeting of branch No. II, 2.
W. |. L. of \. A.. viii be held in Miles
hall on Wednesday, May 20, at 1880
o'clock. H.. CoXon, Sec
There will be social at the Web
sterville Baptist church Tuesday even
ing. MAY %. at o'clock. Refresh
ments served Games for everyone,
young and old Admission, Zoe and l5e
adv.
Special meeting of local 423, engi-
neers union, will be held at Gilbert :
hall. upper Graniteville, Tuesday eve
ming. NAV 25. at Z O'Clock. Business. to
hear report Of conference committee
An members requested to attend and
bring due cards. Allan MCPHERSON
president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
TALK or THE TOWN

Miss Bernice McAllister of Washing
ton street passed Sunday with friends
! in Burlington.
Miss Margaret Wright of Philadel-
pha, Pa, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Wright, Of Short street
Frank Sassi, Jerome Veronesi, Joe
Livendale and John Carroll left by auto
this morning for Highgate Springs, to
spend week camping and fishing.
Wendell Drown, who passed the
week end at his home on Walnut
street, together with Robert Wslder of
Montpelier, returned to Dartmouth col
lege this morning by automobile.
John Mclean and James Greig this
morning started on a several days
business tour through Graniteville.
East Barre, Orange, Topsham and East
Montpelier, in the interest of the Tn
ion Clothing Go.
Harry A. Bianchi of the G. r. BIZ
anehi Granite Co. of Montpelier leaves
his home in Montpelier tonight, ac-
companied by his wife and two chill
dren, for New York City, where on
Thursday morning they sail for Milano,
Italy. This family intends to pass six
months touring their fatherland.
The baseball game which Goddard
seminary's team was to have played
with st. Michaels college varsity at
Winooski Saturday was postponed until
June 9, because of the inclement wealth
er at Winooski. To-day the team is
scheduled to meet the Fort Ethan Allen
team at the fort grounds. Next Satur-
day afternoon this seminary team will
have an opportunity to play the Dean
academy organization of Franklin,
Mass, the game which had to be can
celed in Massachusetts, on May s, be-
cause of rain. This Massachusetts prep
school team has played large number
of games this season and has not yet
been defeated Goddard's opportunity
to mar the clean slate comes Saturday
afternoon, as before stated, at Inter
city park.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24

ers may be placed at very serious
disadvantage in foreign competition
and the expansion OF our overseas
trade severely handicapped.
Walter 5. Rogers, president OF the
company publishing the Washington
Herald. is with little doubt the best
posted expert in this country on the
whole subject. He was formerly con.
necfed with the Associated Press and
has been familiar with the situation IN
the Orient in South America and else
where. He had charge of telegraphic
communication for the United States
during the peace conference in Paris.
His appointment a. a member OF the
delegation to the proposed conference
was fitting and il is reported that tnere
is no objection to confirming hlm or
Admiral Benson.
IL seems upon its face gratuitous
assumption on the part Of the Senate
10 oppose Mr.. Burleson. Yet II such
opposition existed the fact i TO be rec
ognized. also the fact that Mr.. Burie-
SON has fairly earned both for himself
and for the administration much OF the
hostility from which the administra-
+ion now suffers He has done more
than any other one member OF the
cabinet. unless II is Mr.. Palmer. 70
estrance the liberal sentiment OF the
country from the administration. From
his position as postmaster genera and
his experience with the wire systems
while under government control MI
Burleson ought TO he suitable sp-
pointee. The fact that he has multi
pIied difficulties in his present posi-.
ton and should have been relieved
from II months ago is the fundamental
trouble. Mr.. Burlcson thus continues
10 be a burden upon the president :
a, erburdened shoulders. But If IN this
instance the president stubbornly
sticks TO Mr.. Burleson and the senate
holds fast in It's opposition. the SUI
ferers from the whole situation viii
again be the American people. with
ar without Mr.. Burleson the American
delegation ought 20 be sent and the
conference held. Upon the report OF
the American representatives subse-
, ouet decisions 81 large Importance may
depcnd. Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
NOTICE

To the Democratic Voters of the City
Of Barre:
You are hereby notified TO appear 81
q caucus to be held in the opera house
al 5 O'Clock on the evening Of Nay 2
for the purpose Of electing - dele
gates. and Is alternates 10 attend the
state Democratic convention at Rut
land. Vt. June ,. 1920, for the purpO=e
Of electiug delegates and alteruates q
the national Democratic convention, 70
b. held a. san Francisco. Cal. June p.
1920. 10 vote for the Democratic car-
didatos for president and vice presi-
cent.
DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
Barre, VI, Nay - 1920.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
WEST BERLIN

There win be an evening service in
The church in this place next Sunday
at 1880 O'Clock.
Mrs. Morrill, from Mortified spent
last week with her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Davis.
The reading given in the parish
house last Friday evening by Miss
Comfy from Montpelier seminary was
much enjoyed by all DIR. and Mrs.
Hatch and Rev. l.. o. Sherburne and
daughter. from Montpelier, were here.
Miss Myra Libbey has been visiting
Air. and Mrs. Arthur Lawrence IN
Moretown the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Stockwell from
putnamsville were here short time
Sunday.
The West Berlin graded school, pri-
maryl and grammar rooms. observed
parents and patrons day last Friday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
Barre Town Democratic
Caucus

To the Democratic Voters Of the Town
of Barre:
You are hereby notified to appear at
a caucus to he held in Miles hall
GranitevilIe. at 1880 O'Clock on the eve.
ming Of May p. for the purpose 81
electing FIVE delegates and five alter
mates to attend the state convention at
Rutland. Vt. June ,. 1920, for the pur
pose Of clecting delegates and alter
mates 10 the national Democratic con.
vention To be held at San Francisco
Cal. June =. 1920. to vote for the
Democratic candidates for president
and e-president.
DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
EAST BARRE

SpeciaI meeting OF local 423. eusi-
peer's union. will be held at Gilbert :
hall. upper Granitcville, Tuesday eve
ming. Nav p. at : o'clock Business. TO
hear report q conference committee.
an members requested 20 attend and
bring due cards Allan Mcpherson,
president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24

May 81, in the school building.
fine program was listened to and car
ried out in fine shape by the teacher
and scholars. consisting of songs ant
recitations. There was also nice dis
play of school work and the affair wa
much enjoyed by all who attended.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
Lux in Tenebris.

A tourist reports seeing the follow
ing police regulation posted up in Ire
land:
Until further notice every vehicle
must carry a light when darkness be
gins. Darkness begins when the lights
are Iii. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
Far Different.

PA, the words narrative and 'rela
ton mean the same thing. don't they =
Not always, my son. Listening to a
poor narrative is far different matter
from listening to a poor relation. -
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-24
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, MAY "a, 1920.
The Weather

Cloudy tonight and Tuesday; prob
ably occasional showers; light to mod
crate winds, mostly east.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27

Many lad Of good intentions falls
in with the wrong crowd and finds it
easier to go with it than to run the
risk of it's ridicule. There'saa~ fascina-
ton in numbers even when the whole
crowd IL headed wrong. In fact the
very numbers seem to argue they are
right. That accounts for the compla-
cent yielding in people we never ex-
pect to see going wrong. Evil seems
so easy to do even when we know 1.-THE
way Of the transgressor is hard"
When you don't pay the fiddler until
after you have had your fling you must
pay his demands even though they ex-
coed what you had counted in the cost.
And the more frequently you do it the
less are you likely to meet real issues
squarely and make them count. The
road that is easy is not always safe.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27
DEATH|NP0|S0N OLIVES
Food inspectors in Frantic e.
forts To Locate Stocks.
Warning Sent Broadcast To House.
wives to Return Unopened All
Bottles Of Suspected Brands.

Chicago.-Federal and state food in
spectors in So towns of eight states
are making frantic efforts to
locate dozens of bottles of ripe stuffed
olives containing the deadly bacillus
botulinus, because of deterioration.
A case Of olive poisoning near Kalis-
pell, Mont, led to discovery of the
danger Federal chemists are bending
every effort to confiscate the bottles,
and warning has been sent broad
cast advising housewives to return un-
opened all containers holding suspect
ed brands.
The olives, packed in 1918 by Cali
fornia company. were sold to the re-
tail trade through Sprague-Warnera and
company, Chicago wholesale grocery
house. Major A. A. Sprague, head of
the firm has furnished record Of all
sales to federal authorities and has
also instructed statesmen to call on
every customer and take up the olives.
Five dozen bottles Of the poison
fruit have been distributed to dealers
in IL Illinois towns. It is not known
how many dozen are in other states.
The brands involved are Batavia"
"Ferndell," and "Richelieu." Only
ripe olives, stuffed with pimentos and
sold in bottles, are affected.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27
4 AGED WOMEN SUFF0CATED

Lose Lives When Fire Practically
Destroys institution.
Lynn, Mass.-Four aged women were
suffocated when fire practically de-
stroyed the home for aged women
here. The dead are:
Mrs. Clara Walker, 80 years old;
Miss Lydia K. Wade, 81 years old;
Miss Martha Proctor, 80 years old;
Miss Ellen A. Gowdy, 20 years old.
Four of the inmates were removed to
a hospital. They were suffering from
exposure and the effects of smoke.
DR.. Anna Curtis, superintendent of
the Fall River hospital, who was Wis
iting at the home of Miss Bessie S.
Kell, nurse who discovered the blaze,
aroused the inmates and helped the
invalids from the building. In last
attempt to rescue one of the four wo-
men who were suffocated Mrs. Curtis
was cut off from escape and jumped
from second story window.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27

for the United States Steel corpora
ton, the largest and one of the most
efficient of industrial enterprises, he
makes those who adhere to this fallacy
look very foolish indeed.
The operating costs of the Glass l
railroads rose from $2,140,000,000 in
1914 to $4,324 ,00O, 900 in 1919, an in
crease of 102 per cent. "Dreadful! -
say those who hold that the failure of
government operation has forever con-
demned government operation in
America.
But between 1914 and 1913 the oper-
ating costs of the Steel corporation
increased from $494, 100000 to ST.
gao 100000 Exclusive Of government
taxes) an increase of ISL per cent. If
government operation was extravagant
and inefficient then the private opera
ton of the Steel corporation must have
been even more so.
It is true that the Steel corporation
increased it's tonnage Of finished pro-
duets fifty-fve per cent in this period.
But the railroads handled a traffic
twenty-six per cent greater in 1919 than
in 1914; so that while the steel in
crease in cost per net ton is sixty-one
per cent, the cost Of railroad operation
Der unit of service increased only sixty
per cent.
The comparison between railroad
figures for 1919 and steel figures for
1918, the latest available in each case,
is entirely fair to the steel industry;
because railroad figures for 1918 would
show larger traffic and smaller
cost, while steel figures for 1919 would
show a smaller traffic and still larger
increase in the cost per ton of output.
Why, in the face of these figures,
should anybody continue to embrace the
fallacy that government operation has
been proved to be fatally expensive,
when the only way it can be deduced IS
to assume that the increased cost OF
private industry is due to the
war and world conditions, while the
smaller increased cost of railroad oper-
alton is due to government ineHiclen-
cyg
Nor should anybody forget that the
Steel corporation figures reflect an IN,
dustry operated after twenty years OF
experience under the best brains money
can hire, while the railroad figures re.
late to an enterprise hurriedly devised
in a great emergency, and embarked
upon without any previous experience
whatever
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27
COST OF GOVERNMENT OPERA
TON OF RAILROADS

Duluth Herald:-If there is a fallacy
that is more widely accepted today
than another, it is that government
operation of railroads was so expen-
sive that the country's experience
with it leads logically to an emphatic
"Never again!'
But it IS fallacy, and since truth
is truth and right right, it ought to
be disposed of. Mr.. Hines, who though
a railroad man by training and exper-
fence is also truthful man, has dis
aposed"~of,~it very effectually in a re-
cent report
He points out the existence of this
confused notion. "That while the in
creased operating cost in private enter
prise is due to war conditions, the
corresponding increase in railroad oper-
atine costs is due to mistakes Of gov
eminent administration" 49,.
And then, by q comparison between
the figures for the railroads and those
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-27

The call for the democratic state con-
vention, pursuant to the resolution
adopted by the state executive com
mittee, has been issued by Chairman D.
d. Daley. The state convention will
be held in Minneapolis April 6, at
which time four delegates at large and
two district delegates from each cor
gressional district and alternates, who
are to attend the national convention
to be held at San Francisco, June %
will be selected. Twelve presidential
electors will also be nominated.
It is recommended that county con
ventions be held April 3, to select dele
gates to the state convention, and that
the women be invited to particle"
According to the apportionment Of del
egates Morrison county will be ell
titled to representation of 10 dele
gates at the state convention, whici
will number 1912 delegates.