The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-01-08
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
p. A. BLISS, rUH.
SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA

Tell the workers. Is becoming & $40
gan In England. Under that caption a
correspondent writes to the London Times;
The belief, is general among all work
men, that the less work a man does the
more work Will there be for the unem-
ployed. However, the result will be AN in
crease In the cost Of production and even
tually am increase of unemployment. To
get this belief out OF the minds OF the
workers Is the duty of the government,
and the solution lies in the three words
Tell the Workers"
There is more than one way of applying
democracy. evidently, for the local couu-
ell of Wealdstone. England, is complain
ing that DR.. Addison, minister of health,
with \ salary of $25, 900 a year, is sending
his daughters to a public school at Har-
row where the tuition is only SIC a term.
People with s25, 600 o year should not
moaopolize a school which vas intended
for the Masses 1t is said DR.. Addison
replies that he has as much right as any
other citizen to send his children to q
public school.
A Choctaw Indian who was with the
artillery force which fired the first Amerl-
can shots in the world war, and who, after
having engaged In the major operations
of Chateau Thierry, st. Mihiel and tho
Argonne. was stlll present and accounted
for when the last guns of the war were
fired. has been selected as a model by
the French artist Deverreaux for a por-
trait of n typical American soldier.
An authority on government bonds says:
The experience and history of social I'M
rest has shown that q pre%ponderance of
labor strikes occur at the close OF a
period OF good times rather than at the
beginning of q period of business pros
perity. Therefore the present harvest of
strikes may be regarded as the harbinger
of manufacturing retrenchment and In
dustrjal reaction"
Werwicq, one of the Flemish towns
which suffered most from the war and
German occupation, has the worlds cham
pion town pump. 1t is the sole source of
water supply for more than 5000 refugee
residents of the city. Before the war
Werwicq had a modern water plant. but
1t is now a mass OF ruins and shells have
%ploughed into the water mains in scores
OF places. h old system can never be
repaired. In the outskirts of the town
were once about 200 wells. They, too. are
gone.
DR.. Harry A. Garfield, former fuel adj
ministrator. used the highest estimate of
increased cost OF living ae the hasis for
his recommendation of a IA per cent aver
age increase to miners' wages, according
to Robert ". Norris, statistical expert for
the fuel administration
a1eTII1an newspapers are cXC1I1I
over the prohibition by the Prussian min
istry OF the interior, of the exhibition OF
films presenting the former emperor in a
favorable way. The ministry suppressed
the film on the ground that 1t was inartis-
tic. and showed lack of taste.
DR.. Nascher. of New York, specialist
in the subject of old age. has gone to
Greasy Creek, Ky, to study the diet,
habits and mode Of living of Jacob Shell.
1S2 YEA re nId Tho .dnrfpr'u fipdfnos will
be embodied in a book. Shell recovered re-
Gently from a severe attack of pneumonia,
and Is apparently as well as ever.
Abraham. Shiek-Ul-Islam, is sorely puz-
zled IN reaching Adhesion whether Mos
lem childr6n may pray to the American
Santa Claus" for Christmas presents. The
question was submitted by children who
asked the Shiek, In his capacity as SUI
preme interpreter of Moslem law, IL such
prayers would be impious.
China is the only place in the world
where the exchange rate is seriously
against the United States. 1t Is planned
to adjust the pay of American troops
there to meet the depreciation of Ameri-
can gold, which is accepted at the rate of
81 cents in Chinese silver on the dollar.
Siberian peasants have been given
credit to the extent of 5 100000 by the
United States war department for tho
purchasing of agricultural and dairy ma
chinery, and to aid In the general Develop
ment of that industry.
The value OF the railroads of the coun-
try are figured to be IL per cent of the
= oe asS industries OF the nation. a
large percentage of the property Of the
life insurance companies of the country is
Invested In these stocks.
The first German ship to arrive at a
canadian port since the war, came in on
December ! with torn sails and battered
Aulk. Although almost fondering at sea,
she could induce no passing ships to assist
her after her flag was known.
Alfred Anderson, secretary Of the
Kearney, n. j., board of health, has re-
fused an increase in his sa,ary, which is
now $500 a year, THE job isn't worth any
more money he said. Tho board holds
only y meetings a year. and 1t would be
an Injustice TO the towns people to accept
an Increase In pay"
a curious commentary upon dry,
America says the Liverpool Post. sis
contained in the following cable which
vas received from the states by a well
known British whisky firm: Gould dis
pose Of 10000 to q 1000 cases IL they arrive
by November
Labor unrest in America is said here to
have benefited Welsh manufacturers.
Thc factories cannot keep pace with the
orders flooding in. Iron, steel and tinplate
works are glutted with orders, and though
prices have bcSa forced upward through
competitive bi@ling by eager buyers.
a shipment OF 500 bolsheyists booklets.
printed in English have been stopped by
the consul at San Antonio. Tex. They
We're printed in California. for distrinu-
ton in Mexico, ana show a clawlike hand
reaching from the United States over
Mexico.
a movement has originated on the
isaciflc coast for q national symbol to be
used by blind persons when crossing con-
aestcd streets. The symbol proposed is q
liack and white flag. divided diagonaily
into halves
pr. Muck, who was informed by the
United States eve though leader Of the
i;oston orchestra, says he has not lost
many OF his friends In America. He saws
under no circumstances will he remain ia
Abe Rueff. once boss of San Francisco.
and recently released from prison, was
known as the most brilliant UNDERGRADUATE
the University Of California had in his
lny.
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assstate.s rights crisis very similar Is
That which marked an earlier stage 81 the
american republic. saysSss Y ieEIia cable.