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The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Now Comes June.

Corn and cotton, encouraged by timely
moisture and heat, are we'll advanced. Pea
nuts are we'll above the ground, and are re-
cevng their early cultivation. Hay crops are
carpeting the land Pasturage is abundant.
Beauty does not withhold itself from agri-
culture and now, with June time here, is at
its loveliest The beauty of field of ripened
wheat, blowing in the breeze, is equaled
only by the beauty of an expanse OF corn,
its banners huttering in the winds of July.
The wayside and the woods are frightened
and made lovely by wealth OF wild flow
ers of various colors now III blossom. Pink
and red roses enchant the eye and sWeeten
the air. Birds and other inhabitants of the
marsh and the woods are busy with their
broods. The wide open fields and the deep,
quiet recesses of the woods are made vocal
bv the songs and calls of a multitude of
birds come to live with us during the sum-
mer months. The stage is now fully set for
the coming of summer. The time has ap-
preached when, if ever, come perfect days
A glimpse of the country at this time OF
the year is an inspiration. The country and
the growing crops constitute something that
is concrete notwithstanding to anchor
to- A country landscape in late May or early
June is a specific for the most confirmed
case of pessmism, and to the nature lover its
delight is immeasurabe.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Cost Of Government.
From the Oglethorpe County Echo.

Talk about the high cost of living-it's the
| high cost of government that is hurting ABOUT
as badly as the cost of ekng out an exist
ence these days
Some weeks ago the Echo had something
to say on the subject and we would have
lot more to say if we had any hopes OF bring
ing about desired results, but it would seem
that the powers that be have gone daft on
piing the burden OF government on the
shoulders of those who have to stand the
expense and nothing that can be said can
cause them to deslst-or rather to realize
what they are doing.
Other editors are possibly more hopeful
than we in accomplishing some good by lay
ing this matter OF excessive cost OF govern
ment before the people and it is being ide-
y, and in many cases drasticaily' dlscnssees1;; q;
the Macon Telegraph recently had this to
say on the subject
"The cost for the ordinary family to be
governed is estimated as being from
5000 to 81 300 a year, and if the family
doesn't pay. it somebody else does. Our an n
cestors it is declared, were taxed about II
cents each, or little over so cents per family,
for the expense of the federal government
each twelve months, whereas that expense has
now arisen to $43 a person, or some $500
family. 1t was $1114 per capita in 1914
almost any of us would cheerfully divide
number of our dollars with Uncle Sam
once in twelve months, but when the state
of affairs has reached the point that aver
age of 5000 from every American family is
necessary to support the federal government
alone it verify seems the time has come for
a halt.
There now exists a million government
employes-federal, state county and NUM-
cipal If you live in New York city the cost
of having you and your family governed is
$500 year in addition to the $500 you pay
Uncle Sam-or that someone's else pays for
you. And if the public employees in the Unit
ed States were placed in city to themselves
that city would be over eighteen times as
large as Macon.
at is for this reason that it is so import
ant to institute federal budget system, and
important that departments that are useless
and those that overlap be eliminated, 1t is
with this in view that the Telegraph has op
posed the establishment Of a new United
States court in Georgia unless the necessity
for the additional tribunal is uncontroverti
bly, shown.
The Washington press dispatches advise
that the government is costing six times as
much today as it did in the year 1914, and
that the cost of running the government now
is $500000 an hour. Half million an hour!
How expensive has become the efficient and
economical management of public business!
And the United States government must en-
ploy 100000 persons to effect this economical
management
"Six times as expensive as in 1914-half
million an hour-and where is the end?"
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Passing the Buck.

The New York World, which is publish
ing the war departments Stacker list, has
been trying to find out whether army officials
intend to make any effort to apprehend the
alleged deserters, following the publication OF
their names. The most diligent inquiry failed
to uncover any such intention. When ques-
toned one officer after another passed the
buck to someone higher up or lower down.
The most definite statement as to the intent
of the war department was contained in the
words of an aide to the commander of the
Second corps area who is quoted as saying:
'Wel1, we've published the lists. That's all
we have to do. Now it's up 10 the public.
The war department. has curious con-
ception of its duty, if it considers that it is
the business of the public to hunt deserters
Like the army officers, the public will pass
the buck on that proposition.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
THE SOFT JOB.
Soft Jobs make soft people.

Soft Jobs make soft people.
We gain strength by overcoming forces
that resist US. Things that come easy never
add anything to our powers
Men find, as they look back, that it was IN
solving the hard problems that they develop
ed the ability to handle the big job that came
their way later.
It's the principle of the carpenters sarld-
paper.
If soft things took the roughness off the
board and transformed it into a smooth pol
ished desk top furniture makers would use
velvet instead of sandpaper.
If soft materials put a fine cutuIlg edge on
a dull knife the grinder would usLe rubber in
stead of an emery wheel.
Things come easy to the jI.llvfsh. All he
has to do is to float along tb/e current of the
ocean tides and absorb the 2cood around him.
But he never develops By .ckbone Before an
enemy he is helpless.
A rich mans may be given a lob in
his fathers establishment. but unless he real
ly knuckles down to work he will never de-
velop initiative, execr tive ability power of de-
ciSon.
There have bee thousands of English
the british effiT ,ire than Disraeli, Queen Vic
torla prlme, minister He was Jew, and to
attain tnat Office Disraei was obliged to COM
Da[ 6 diStrus1., ridicule, envy and prejudice.
OvereoT ning these handicaps gave him
scenst He was one OF the outstanding char
/ Al ELSliSH ulolOly'
w. w. Maxwell an associate of Thomas
I holS on, advises all young men to start their
Du9 5iness career by house to house soliciting
[ Meeting rebuffs and sharpening his wits
J. against arguments Of hundreds of persons will
produce moral fibre that will stand him in
good stead throughout life, Mr.. Maxwell says
The point is this:
The trying, disagreeable things that con-
front us every day are the sandpaper and
emery wheels of lie.
They wear the roughness off our inexperi-
= ence, sharpen our mental powers fit us to
cope with harder problems, and enable us to
handle bigger responsibilities.
To remember this will help us to see our
jobs in the right light.
We are all inclined to feel, at times, that
our job is the most exasperating in the world
1t has more difficult angles, more unpleasant
features than any we know of. We sigh for q
softer berth.
But if instead of seeking to avoid difficult
ties we met them boldly we would soon hno
ourselves growing in a way that would great
lly increase Our earning power.-Selected.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Greens at $500 a Ton.

If any one should tell you that greens"
are selling anywhere at $500 a ten you would
hardly believe it. And yet tie Lexington
Leader has something to say that throws
light on the discussion. It says:
In the spring our thoughts lightly turn
to greens Let them not turDl so lightly.
They are costly. We buy small quantity
without considering the price, and let it go
at that.
But the case is worth a. little study for
greens are representative
The other day farDIer in Texas, who
hadra field Of spinach, Shipped lot to Chi
cago, receiving $500 per ton. The freight
bill was $1,000, or more than six times as
much as the farmer received for his pro-
duce.
But we have onlI " reached the commission
merchant. A few steps more and we arrive
at the dinner tatJle or some banker in Evan
ston or some laborer on Halstead street,
where Spinach costs $500 a ton-rich fare,
indeed, II We do not forget the tar-aWay
Texas agrIculturist jngling his FIVE dol
lars IN hrs jeans and looking in the store
window Iat a $1,000 pair of shoes for Sun
day.
Thirty dollars freight is six times $500,
and $500 ton retail is sixty times $500.
~ is said that greens are especially rich
IN iron, which would account, perhaps, for
tle heavy freight bill But not even Mr..
Gary ever thought of charging $500 ton
Y for iron, even for steel.
how to bridge the gulf between the farmer
and the ultimate consumer, guaranteeing
the producer what he deserves and pro-
tecting the eater from the devourer, will
| deserve monument in every court house
| square in America
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Million a Year Lost.

Tucked away in an obscure corner is lit
tie item which in reality is million dollar
a-year idea for economy experts Quoting
federal reserve bank officials, it asserts that
the gold coins in circulation in the United
States lose ne-tifteenth-hundredth of their
weight each year by friction. Such a traction
seems small when applied to the individual
coin, but when it is considered that out of
every billion and half dollars worth of
gold coins put out by the nations mints each
year $1,000,000 is lost disappears into thin
air, through handling and usage, the item is
worthy of serious consideration. That is, if
it is worth while for the government to con-
slider such a trihe as the loss of million
dollars.
While this $1,000,000 year loss in gold
is not recorded in the face value of the coins
it represents heavy expense on the mints
themselves, for, while the coins are worth
just as much when they come back as when
they go out, when they are melted up for
new change pieces more metal has to be
added to make up for that lost in depreciation.
This comes out of the taxpayers pockets.
If less coin and more paper certificates were
circulated it might be possible to cut down
the loss by retaining the gold in banks and
only using it as actual tender where paper
currency would not suffice.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
Open the Pump.

Citizens of Dawson are wanting to know
if the weather is not about hot enough for
the deep we'll at the intersection of Lee and
Main streets to be opened, according to prom
ise made by the authorities some months ago.
A prominent business man on south Main
street was heard to say that members of his
firm actually suffer for water before
the ice wagon comes around, as the water
through pipes is not satisfying. People from
the country are put to great inconvenience
to get sufficient drinking water.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
NOW THE WOMAN BUTCHER.

From the New York Sun.
The feminine butcher is the latest develop
ment of modern age which will make
daughters of colonial days shudder. In shop
in the market district of New York girls
have taken the place Of men behind the
counters
Much better" said the owner of the place.
"They don't waste as much meat and keep
their chop blocks cleaner. l don't see any
thing radical about the idea lived on farm
when l was a boy Mother could do this
work good deal better than any of these
girls"
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

The assertion is going about that out of ev-
cry 100 cents in taxes we pay the govern
ment 81 cents go for war-past, present and
future. This should suit the navy league and
kindred organizations The principal fruits of
the navy league before the war was to ad-
vance the sale of armor plate. When the war
broke. out the league suddenly became a
super patriotic institution, and wrapped it.
self in the American flag. The flag has been
used to cover many a miserable old hulk.
Truly, the flag is too often the refuge of the
scoundrel
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

A story that will interest nature lovers
comes from Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, telling of
battle between black snake and rabbit
which the bunny won. The snake had attack
ed the rabbits nest in which were its young
and the mother bunny got home in time to
attack the reptile. The man who witnessed
the conflict went to get stick to help Mrs
Rabbit, but when he returned she had to; RI
the snake to pieces with her sharp teeth ane
claws One thing stands out in the stor,
with emphasis-mother love-
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

One serious trouble with reformers-as to
race conditions as we'll as other things-is
that they are liable to mistake perfectly
Jealous and successful agitator for a states
man. The two gifts" may not go together
1T all, and seldom are found as matter OF
fact, in combination
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
MIGHT TRY SPANKING.

From the Commerce Observer.
A writer in the Dalton Citizen opposes the
practice so common among boys of killing
harmless, sweet-voiced birds with sling-shots
Mothers of young Americans should take
hand in this matter What contributes more
to contentment and rest at ones home than
the singing of birds? Ruthless Staying of
these harmless creatures is akin to crime
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
LET'S GET RELIGION.
From the Lavonia Times.

From the Lavona Times.
If everybody had religion there would not
be any use for front door locks, nor police
men, nor jails, nor law and order leagues,
nor corn liquor, nor armies and navies, and
our taxes would be reduced about seventy
per cent. People who eternally kick about
high taxes ought to go to preaching. 1t is
sin that causes all these things to be neces-
SarV
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

The more one reads about the congressional
investigation of the escape from federal Gus
tody of Grover c. Bergdoll, Americas most
noted Stacker and draft dodger the more one
is convinced that there is something rotten
somewhere in the circumstances that made
his escape possible.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Trading in futures is mere bubble selling.
One man buys from another what the seller
does not have to sell, and the chain of pur-
not pound of cotton actually changes hands.
In fact, the cotton still may be in the field,
or not even planted, and those who buy and
sell it merely are gambling on the sweat of
the brow of the producer.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

The farmers of Southwest Georgia have
Just harvested one of the best wheat and oat
crops, both as to acreage and yield, ever
grown in this section, and despite unfavor-
able conditions corn, cotton and peanuts are
now promising. The situation is not so
gloomy as it once appeared to be.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

When the government of the United States
was trying to raise money to carry on the
war men who did not invest literally were
denounced as sackers. Now, lot OF those
who did invest, thus aiding the government
materially, are denounced as tax dodgers for
having invested in the tax exempt securities.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

The Georgia editors will meet at Washing
ton early in July, and Editors Barksdae and
Bruner, of the Reporter, and other good peo-
pie of that historic old town have already
begun to bestir themselves toward giving the
scribes one of the best times of their lives.
The annual week of play is always great
event for the boys.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Donward revision of the wages of 100000
railway men, effective July lst, has been an
nounced. Consistent with this action it would
seem there should be no delay in reduction
of freight and passenger tariffs.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

A conference of fnanciers is being held at
Washington to determine what can be done
to stabilize the purchasing power of the dol
lar According to statistics of the department
of labor the dollar today will purchase 27
per cent more than it did year ago This
is equivalent to Approximately Fl per cent
increase in wages, as the average reduction
in wages is but six per cent.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

At one time the only form of life nsur-
ance was that you had to die to ,eat it. Now.
there are many kinds of insurar ice that make
life more worth living. We Ought to be as
up-to-date with our religior j, This idea that
the only way to reap tbf reward of Chris
tianity is to die is out o. date A Christianity
that doesn't make eve ry day of life more
worth living is not rhe r;ob Kind A Chris
tianity that makes one banoier in life as well
as Sa1e IN deate is what the world needs.
Let little dnshine in"
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Mrs Bergdoll said her son, Grover Cleve-
land Bergdo had ''as much chance to be
president as any member of the house in
vestigating committee" She certainly does
not think much of these gentlemens chances.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
LET US HOPE NOT.

From the Macon News.
Another bunco man, wanted in Atlanta,
has been captured This time it is earnestly
hoped that when he has been tried and con-
victed he will not be sent to the prison farm
with letters from prominent citizens setting
forth the statement that he is most ex-
cellent gentleman and in every way worthy
of confidence.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

1t has been truthfuly said that the man
who thinks his best thoughts every day will
not become a burglar or a CRATER.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Everybody wants to know why money is
so scarce, anyhow. 1t will have to be &C
knowedged that those of US who are renew
ing notes and holding cotton and peanuts for
lower prices are not making money plentier.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

MANY man who doesn't believe in ad-
vertising feels like the whole world sees 1t
when his name is misspelled in the paper.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

PRESIDENT Wilson caused congress lot of
trouble nen he vetoed the farmers emer-
gency 4riff bill in the closing hours of the
last ongress. 1t is not apparent, however,
tna' he accomplished anything else.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07
A FAD OF THE TIMES.

From the Jackson Progress-Argus.
The fad just now is in finding new ways
of increasing property to tax and increasing
taxes on all property in sight. There should
be a revival of interest in saving the public
every dollar possible.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Under the curfew law that is being enacted
by certain towns and cities some of the short
skirted grandmothers are likely to get sent
home by nine o'clock.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

A contemporary very truthfully remarks
that we'll edited newspaper is known as
much for what it omits as for what it prints.
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

1t makes it hard to try booze case when
the bottle falls and the evidence runs away
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

Production costs for cotton in 1926 were es-
timated at thirty cents pound with the SELL
ing price now far below that figure
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

If American shipping interests are enti-
tied to free passage through the Panama
canal, asks the New York World, why are
they not also entitled to free postal facili-
ties? The inquiry is pertinent. Why should
the people be taxed to pay the tolls for
American ship owners using the canal? If the
taxpayers are to pay these tolls why should
not similar subsidy be granted the trans
continental railroad owners?
The Dawson news., 1921-06-07

1t seems assured that President Harding
will appoint former president w. H. Taft
chief justice of the United States supreme
court, which place was made vacant by the
death of Chief Justice White. The former
president is a splendid American of judicial
poise and high order of legal ability, and
his appointment will give universal satisfac-
tion. Mr.. Taft is held in high esteem by the
American people irrespective of party.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-25
PLAN
To OCCUPY
HUN COAL.
FIELDS
This Action Is Agreed Upon
BY PremierS Lloyd George
and BRAND If Germany
Ignores Agreement.
SUPREME COUNCIL TO
CONVENE ON SATURDAY
U. S. Not Invited, But the
Presence of American
Delegates Would Be Wei
come, Ministers Say.

Lympne, Eng, April "a
(by The Associated Press) i.
The allied governments
will be invited to send rep
resentatives to a meeting of
the supreme council next
Saturday, to consider the
German proposals, if they
are received in the mean
time, and to determine upon
immediate collective action
should the German propos-
ais be unacceptable. This
was decided upon by Pre-
miers Lloyd George and Bri-
and today.
If the British coal strike is end
ed the supreme council will meet
in Paris; IL the strike is not ended
1t will meet in London.
The United States government
will not be invited to attend, as it
is not a signatory to the treaty of
Versailles under which the su-
preme council meets. but both
premiers would welcome the pres
ence of American delegates.
They consider it unfortunate
that the German government
should not have sent a copy Of It's
latest proposals to them, so that
they nigh have begun an exami-
nation at this meeting.
The conversations between the
premiers have turned upon the
French project of occupation and
economic control of more of the
Rhenish Westphalian region. Both
premiers are quite agreed that the
Ruhr coal fields must be occupied
If Germany continues to default In
payments already due May l and
in case of failure to accept with
satisfactory guarantees the terms
of the document signed at Paris
January 29 by the allied govern
ment9,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-25

Washington, April 24.-The Knox
peace resolution, tariff, immigra-
ton, agricultural relief and appro-
priation bills will be before con-
gress this week.
Tho peace resolution, according
to leaders plans, is to be reported
out tomorrow by the foreign reiat-
ions committee with the view OF
beginning debate Tuesday, Its
adoption within week or ten days
by the senate Is expected by re-
publican leaders. A similar meas
ure is to be introduced tomorrow
in the house. Leaders have plan
ned to hold up the house measure,
however, until the senate acts on
the Knox resolution.
The week in the senate also
promises to witness progress of the
emergency tariff and immigration
exclusion bills. The former is to
be reported out of the finance COM
mittee for debate after disposal of
the peace resolution.
The immigration bill, passed by
1.-THE house last week, is to be re-
ceived tomorrow by the senate and
taken up by the immigration COM
mittee. Leaders plan to have 1t
passed by the end of the week.
Disarmament is to be taken up
tomorrow by the house foreign af-
fairs committee in connection with
resolutions designed to bring about
an international disarmament con-
ference. Secretary Hughes and
other cabinet officials are to be
called during the committees hear.
ings.
The army and navy appropria
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-25
PROPOSALS WILL BE
ACCEPTED, BELIEVES

Berlin, April "a (by the Associ-
ated Press. THE German peoples S
party leader stated tonight that the
new reparations proposals Germany
IS making are such that the entente
cannot afford to ignore them; that
Germany, in view of the offer of
the United States, Is determined 10
make a reparations offer such as
will spare President Harding any
embarrassment and not make Ger
many appear ridiculous in her pres
ent action.
This party leader declared that
France would have the least of
reasons to reject the new propo-
sails, which he hinted as having
been designed to represent a lib
eral compromise by Germany.