The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-09-30
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at Springfield, Mass. is a big edu
cational affair. Here the pro
ducts of the various states are
exhibited and much data is given
to the public regarding the pro.
duction of the same. Of course,
in a way, it is all advertising
and it pays to advertise whether
it is done by printing, by ex-
hibitions, by word of mouth or
by excursions. 1t pays to let the
world know what you have,
But to get back to the Eastern
States Exposition, the display of
the Julian Dimock's farm at East
Corinth caused a great deal of
favorable comment, which will
be worth all the effort it cost.
The Dimock's took a Mcintosh
apple tree, roots and all, with
some two hundred apples on the
branches, on a big truck and
transported it to the exposition.
If they could have taken the
whole orchard and the view
thrown in, they would have been
over run another summer be-
cause there isn't a fairer sight in
the country than the Dimock
orchard in full bearing. But
just the glimpse of the orchard
represented by this one tree
made something of a sensation.
1t may be difficult to build up
a career but it is easy to wreck
it. Fatty Arbuckle finds that
one drinking party may be the
finish of his career. The courts
will decide whether he is guilty
or not of the death of the movie
actress, but whether guilty or
not, it will take him years to
give his fatuous smile anything
but sinister twist to the pub
lie. Like many another to whom
fortune came almost as an acct
dent, Fatty made poor use of
his wealth, having only one
notion to pander to his desires
1t takes something more than
the ability to gain money to
make good use of it. 1t takes
education, stability and soul
qualities of which the easy-come,
easy-go artists know nothing.
The worlds Methodist confer
ence has passed resolutions call
ing for international disarma-
ment and the complete abolish
ment of war. This is a large
order but it might be possible if
we could make the world law
abiding by legislation or change
human nature by fiat. 1t has
been argued that by making war
terrible, we would stop war but
we have the torpedo, the sub
marine, poison gas, thousand
pound shell destruction to the
nth degree-and still we have
war. Perhaps, in the evolution
of time and by education, the
world will one day be at the
place where war will cease.
We have been having some
spectacular phases to unemploy-
ment lately but those who were
by the slave" sales of
Boston, will take courage in the
knowledge that there is not as
much unemployment this year
as there was in 1914. 5,735,000l
are the figures of the unemploy-
ed this year, as given out at
Washington, while in 1914. there
were seven millions out of work.
The improvement has not been
rapid, but the experts tell us
that business is slowly emerging
from depression and that ought
to react on the unemployment
There is one bit of light in the
affair and that is the
prompt way in which the public
banned the Arbuckle films. 1t
used to be said that the public
wanted sensationalism and didn't
care much how it was furnished;
but the public shows that it has
good taste once in a while and
IS more discriminating than it
was given credit for. And fur
thermore what the public wants.
t is going to get in the long run.
The producers may succeed on /
forced feeding for a time, but
he public is bound to rebel and
% refuse to pay for what it
doesn't want.