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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-21
WAITSFIELD
Josiah A. Smith Died in Burlington
Hospital--Funeral Wednesday.

Josiah A. Smith, one of the best
known men in Waitsfeld, passed away
Sunday night at the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington. His wife, son
and daughter were with him, also his
brother, Henry, when the end came.
The remains were brought to his late
home Monday forenoon. The funeral
will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock in
the Congregational church.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-21
The Universal
Daily Habit!

EVERY man, woman or child in this city
Lwho can read, reads some daily news
paper every day.
1t is as much habit with them as eating,
or talking, or walking.
The newspaper is their point of contact
with the outside world and with each other
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-21

$500 SHOES and OXFORDS. .......... $1,000
$3.50 SHOES and OXFORDS. .......... 900
$1,000 SHOES and OXFORDS. ..........,.. $50
81 90 SHOES and OXFORDS. .... 500
$1,000 SHOES and OXFORDS. ....... 100
$50 SHOES and OXFORDS. ............. 6.75
900 SHOES and OXFORDS. zimmerman. $50
$50 SHOES and OXFORDS. ............ 800
800 SHOES and OXFORDS. ............. SIS
7.5O SHOES and OXFORDS. ............ $50
700 SHOES and OXFORDS. ............. SIS
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
collect here in the paper money .

collect here In the paper money Of
this country. Whether you are deaf
ing with tobacco or sugar or what
not. you collect in marks. who
wants them? He would bring here
shiploads of German paper and he
would report that there were M
liquid assets to distribute. Whvs
becanse they are not converted.
Wnen Mr. Lloyd George says, We
Rave to do the best for the countrv
out OF what Is essentially a bad Job.
as every war is he expresses the
best American view on the subject.
except that We want to do what IS
best for the world. believing thai
cnly ir such course can future
wars be prevented.
The belief expressed In Eurone
that Germany may pay in gold
mark bonds which may In turn be
handed to the United states in iiouI-
dation OF the sums advanced by this
country during and since the war.
the total Of which probably approx
imates 315.ooo. 900, 900. Those who
put forward this proposal have iittIe
knowledge of the temper or the psy-
eholosy Of the American peoplel
Armies and navies have been used
for collection agencies in the pas;,
but not the army and navy OF thu
United States and the day when
ours VIII be so used Is not yet in
sight. Public opinion here il in "a
vor OF the indennity settlement that
Is the best to be had within the
sounds pr reason and the possibility
Il full mtnf-s -. $ r. d = - =
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
HIGH Raj ROAD RATES
FAIL UNEXPECTED RETURN
Impossible to Give Roads Further Increase
Only Solution Il q Reduction
In Expenses.
tB, The w..Al.s,.. H.r.la,. E.....,.s.,

1t was believed that the decision
Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission last July increasing rail-
road freight and passenger rates
would enable the roads once more
to get on q sound financial footing.
II has been with great deal of
disappointment that the country
has received the reports on earn
ings which have shown each month
a big deficit below the expected re-
turns. In December. 1920, the net
operating income of 2o2 roads was
only s17.o37,000. or at the rate of
less than LIZ per cent per annum on
their property investment as fixed
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. This is nearly $4,000
600 or 80 per cent below the amount
which IL was estimated would be
earned under the new rates. -
The year 1880 has been the most
extraordinary ever experienced in
the history of railroading in this
country. With far the largest gross
revenue ever collected the net op-
Grating income is the smallest for
more than a generation. In recent
months the general business de-
preston has resulted in smaller
business for the carriers and hence
contributes to the very poor re-
turns for November and December.
The following table shows the
monthly gross operating revenue OF
the roads for the last two years.
The eject OF the increased rates is
evident In the returns for Septem-
Der and October. The gross revenue
for the latter month was $4,000
goo. compared with $50, ,oo0, 900 in
the corresponding month of 1919.
Gross Operating Revenue.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

1t is generally admitted that the
rates now are as high. perhaps
higher. than the trafiic will bear.
These high rates are undoubtedly
one of the chief causes of the de-
clining prices on farm products. For
the great majority of commodities
prices are determined by the WORLDS
market. This Is strikingly true Of
wheat, but also Of other cereals,
beef. mutton, butter, etc. The
worlds market price does not re-
spond to our increase in production
cost nor to our increase In market
ing cost as represented by higher
freight rates. Therefore, IL our
farm products. are to be sold for ex-
port the increase in cost Of trans.
portation will IN the end be deduct
ed from the price the farmer re-
ceives for his product. Congress
has attempted to remedy this con-
dition through an emergency tariff
which it is admitted will not ac-
complish what Is expected and may
work serious hardships on our bus
mess and foreign trade.
Under present freight rates the
cost Of Transporting such products as
mutton from Utah to- Eastern mar
kets Is almost prohibitive and ac-
counts to a large extent for the i'm
crease Of more than 1900 per cent in
the imports Of this product last year
compared with 1919. Obviously the
railroads cannot obtain relief by
another increase in rates without
doing serious damage to business.
The only other means of increas-
ing the net income is to reduce ex-
pensss. Operating expenses for
last December amounted to just un,
der s5oo,ooo.ooo. compared to $780,
100000 the year before. November
operating expenses amounted to
s511,ooo,ooo. agat6st s3so.ooo.ooo in
1919. The following table gives a
summary Of the annual revenue. ex-
penses and income of the roads
since 1918: o.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
1920 FRENCH TAX E
RETURNS DENOTE
MATERIAL GAINS
Increase of Billion and
Half Francs Over = = :
Budget Noted. -
TRADE TAX FACTOR
Income on Business Turnove1
Falls Short of Budget :
Estimate.

Provisional figures Of French TAI
returns in 1890. compared vfth
those Of 1913 and budget estimstea
have been issued by the ministry
of finance. Returns for the twelve
months of 1890 show q total amount
Of z.oss.2e4.ooo francs. which is an
increase Of I.s74.Is5.ooo francs over
the budget estimate and Of t.i4i.-
7ts,oee francs over the returns from
the same taxes in 1913. The 1890
returns from each kind OF TAXATION
shows an increase over the -
returns. The increase over a.
budget estimates would have b<<r
nearly twice ss great a. they 49,
II the tar on business turnorsr r@6
not shown q deficit OF 1.1fz.1t6e<<
francs below the budget estinzt<
Finance Minister Cs.sesfx- =
In commenting on this matte ~
French minister Of finance stat<4
The tax on business turnoE@&
which was nrst applied throuEh -
law Of the z5th of-June. is1H ~
fects all business transactions Nur<
the LIST Of July. 1890. The refeIpI|
for each month are based o. O.
turnover of the preceding one 20
general public has found the -
difhcult TO understand. In ma1T
cases where there has been ne Az
tempt whatever to defrauo N
state. business men have psA -
turnover tax. thinking that O. 90
not apply to their particular 0dsi-
ness. In other cases the tax was
being paid on sales instead Of on
turnover; in some cases, Il has even
been paid on the volume OF pur-
chsses- Payments are still being
received by the treasury Of sums
due IL since August and September.
The returns from the tax since "
went into effect has been as fol-
lows.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

Since 1915 the gross operating
revenue has increased from ,S3,ssI,- :
100000 to ss.225, 600. 900, or a total
Of s2.534.ooO.ooo. During the same
period operating expenses have
jumped from s2.42s. .o00, 900. toS S5,-
sze.eoo.0oo. In the latter case there
has been an increase of $4,000, ,ooo,-
600. Operating expenses have in
creased Ss6s,ooo. 900 more than gross
revenue During these four years
taxes. rents. etc, have also increas-
ed. so that the net operating in
come OF the carriers has declined
from s1.es3.ooo.o0o in 1916 to ,s2.-
ooo,eoo in 1920. The ratio of op-
Grating expenses to gross revenue
was ss.13 per cent in 1916. In 1920
1t was 1888 per cent.
There is only one solution to the
railroad problem, that is, to reduce
expenses OF the total operating
expenses of s4.420. .o00, 900 in 1915
s2'I44,ooo.ooo. or So per cent, repre-
sented wages paid to employees. The
decision of the Railroad Labor
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
FUTURE" DEALING
DECLARED LEGAL
Cincinnati Jury After Pro.
tracted Hearing, Decides
Against Farmers.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. March H.
Dealing in contracts for the future
delivery of grain Is legal. A jury
SO decided after q protracted hear
ing in the Common Pleas Court.
The decision has created wide in
terests among agricultural econo-
mists. as 1t comes on the heels Of
criticism by farmers organizers
who have contended that the grain
exchanges have a tendency to de-
press prices.
Decision Similar to Others.
The decision is similar to and
substantiates opinions of other
courts which have been called upon
to decide the issue. Such opinions
have held that q deal in a commod-
ity to be delivered at q future da,e
IS binding. and that even though
a second contract is entered into,
which makes unnecessary actual
delivery or receipt of the. grain by
the two parties to, the nrst contract.
the transaction cannot in any way
be construed as gambling.
In the. present case Henry A.
Marks sued Hutton and Company to
recover $500 which he had invest
ed and lost in wheat trades five
years ago. He based his claim on
the contention that the transaction
could be construed as gambling.
The tury's verdict showed that no
such condition existed and that the
transaction was logically and hon.
estly carried out.
Without the futures market
counsel pointed out. there would be
no facilities for hedging grain and
,,armers IN CONSEQUENCES. would
have to pay q greater toll for hav-
ing their grain marketed. The hear
ing lasted Eight days.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
COTTON WEAKENS
Attend OF SESSION
Firm in Morning, Market
Spurts, Becomes Active
Then Cracks.

NEW YORK, March 17.-onerinss
of cotton became more liberal TODAY
and following firmness in the morn
ing the market weakened in the
final hour Of the session. General
business was quiet. but there were
spurts Of activity.
First prices here were IL to Is
points higher. rejecting the upturn
at Liverpool. Local covering and a
demand from Wall street spot con-
esrns, among room traders a more
bullish feeling prevailed. but ther,.
was an absence of any confident
outside support. The market. how
ever. worked Up to 1905 for NAV
and to 1858 fo- July before the END
CT the first hour. or about 20 to Is
points above last nights close.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
FUEL on CONSUJMEDBY ROADS
INDICATES MATERIAL GAIN
Consumption for 1920 s,s47, 900 Barrels in Ex.
cess Of l91ss Figures.

by railroads. or 90 per cent Of the
total consumption Of the United
States. In addition 10 the consump-
tion OF roads making returns to the
American Petroleum Institute. the
California oil industry. &c fs esti-
mated. supplied about 100000 bar
reis TO small roads and about a.eoo,-
900 barrels to Canadian roads.
Reassns fer Increase.
The increase in railroad consump-
tion of fuel oil in 1920 over 1918 Ia
practically all accounted for by the
increased service OF locomotives
rather than q considerable conver-
sion Of coal locomotives into oil
burners. In the latter part Of 1918
several large railroad systems were
considering the conversion of loco
motives into oil burners because of
the then ready supply OF fuel oil,
and the low prices. The change in
conditions early in 1890 caused these
roads to discontinue their plans ana
the .1szo returns show virtually the
same railroads using fuel oil as In
former years
The following table gives the fuel
OIL consumption Of railroads Of the
United States from lses to 1890.
figures prior TO 1919 being those of
the U. s. Geological Survey
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
Van Raalte Co. Earnings.

The report of Van Rsslte Com
pany. Inc. for the year ended De-
cembsr 81. last. shows gross profits
on sales Of s2.s3l.o57, against f3.-
ssi.3Is in the previous year ana =
net profit after Federal income and
excess profits taxes OF ss3i.5ss, COM
pared with sl.75S,Ost. In 1890 sfteg
paymsnt Of dividends on the ar4
and second preferred stock tscrl
was a surplus OF se3t as
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
Cooperation in Trading
Problems Outlined

The mapping-out Of a comprehen-
sive program for furtherinx CO.
operation between the various State
and Federal authorities In dealing
with marketing problems il In
progress In series OF conferences
between representatives Of ten
states and oficials of the Bureau Of
Markets Of, the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture. Confer
ences Will be continued Throughout
the week. and problems such Is the
Standardization Of fruits, veeeta- :
bies. hay. and tobacco wilISbe, taken
up. The disseminafion Of market
Information. and the cooperative
orgauization Of warehouses;, win Al
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
FRENCH WATER
POWER DEVELOPS
Increase of Over 100000 HIP
Noted in Review of "White
Coal' Resources.

According to an authoritative re-
giew France. in 1919, had increased
her developed white coal" re-
sources by over 4eo, oo-horsepower
compared to her prewar use of
water-power.
The detailed statistics received by
the Bankers Trust Company, of
New York. show that out of about
100000 horsepower avsilsbl
France has hydraulic works czps-
BILE of utilizing 1,1e5.0o0-horse-
power. Before the war about $780,
0oo-horsepower was developed.
The review indicates that from
1915 until early in 1918 government
and, private enterprise utilized
water works representing only $685.
00o-horsepower.
1t is estimated that in two years
more than 5oo.ooo.ooo francs have
been spent in France on water
power installations. Those working
in 1919 were distributed as follows:
Fr$urh Wnter-POWer neyelon.eut
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
LiDe Stock Licenses
And Supervision Ends

Fsrnsl .ansssneepent ef the
terninstisn 81 the slleensip0 anA
sapervisiss Of stsekyards and
deslexs In livestock was nade
yesterday by the Bureau - Msr-
kefs 81 the Department - Agri-
cuiture. This results. the an
nesseenent said. fren the repeal
ef the Lever feed eeatrsl act.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
COTTONSEED OIL.

NEW YORK, March 17.-Cotton'
seed oil marke: was weak. Spot. S.9t
aH"t
lid; crude 100. Sales. =.
Futures-March. 5.75a6.5o: April
5.T5as.2S: May, e-3oas.3s: June, s-tos
$40: July. e.s2s6.st; August. 7.oes
7.Io: Sept. 7.2oa7.2l: Oct. 7.25a7.5G
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
Indirect Taxes

The indirect taxes. which SHOW
the greatest excess over budget es-
Inmates, were the registration tax
l.2oe. 100000 francs; the tax on te-
bacco. 473.50e.ooO francs; tax on
stocks and bonds. $4,000. 600 frsncs:
and the stamp tax, lss.ooo.0Oo.
As regards monopolies. the re-
turns which are given show that.
without being able TO draw nnat
conclusions as to what returns from
these sources will eventually aver
age. a great number OF them show
increases over budget estimates
for the year. They totsled, in 1890.
72e.oIs.20o francs. against 1855
500 francs in 1918. and against
budget estimates OF 37s.4el.Soo
frsncs
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
BEARS And EARLY
SPRING HIT GRAIN
April Weather on st. Patrick's
Day and Missing Green
Bug Fail Bulls.

CHICAGO. March IL. April
weather on the Nth of March. with
the green bugs not working strong
enough to help the bulls or wheat.
brought a collapse in all grain mar
kets after an early showing of
strength and carried prices down
sharply with a tame finish at near
ly the inside prices. Net losses on
wheat were 2 to az with May lead
ing. corn 1 to III, oats q to lc.
rye 1 q to lac and barley liic.
Provisions advanced and closed with
gains of 27ilc to soc on lard. 22xc
on ribs and 2oc on pork.
Wheat crop reports were favor
able and the Oklahoma report
showed no damage by green bugs.
This was emphasized by the trade
in general as also was the fact that
the weather is two or three weeks
ahead of recent years and thai .se
crop is showing better promise
than usual at this season. The top
figures were I to L &c over the nnish
of Wednesday with March at sl.eo%
and May at sl.S2h. A break of &c
followed with the finish z to isc
from the inside figures. Around the
top prices buying gave out and the
market appeared hlled with selling
orders.
Export business in wheat was
100000 bushels at the Gulf at . per
cent over Chicago May. the best
premium Of the season. but later II
France bought 100000 bushels du-
cargo or so and other countries
small lots.
March wheat was harder to buy
at s4 to SC over LAY with the
leading longs moderate sellers. Re-
ceipts have dropped of. being 4t5
cars at the six markets or nearly
100 short of a week ago. Export
clearances were 100000 bushels of
wheat and flour.
Corn broke lc to 6shc and closed
weak at ssh to 6sLc. Light coun-
try offerings with arrivals here Of
2I5 cars and only 49, cars at the
nve markets against 367 cars last
year had brought elevator interests
into the market, who bid up dis
counts 4 to isc nearer to May.
Fine weather and the weakness in
other grains with favorable reports
for the crop already seeding and
for field work in general. combined
with poor support and increased
selling pressure, carried oats of
1hc to 42hc for May. A fair busi-
ness was on in changing from May
to July. Seed oats were wanted
with fancy No. white sold at 45c
Domestic sales were 10000 bushels
with No. white &c over Monday
Cash prices advanced early apd
closed Nc lower. Receipts. So cars
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
Estimates Of Daily Average

The American Petroleum Institute
estimates that the daily average
gross crude oil production in the
United States for the week ended
March IL was 1.245.I2s barrels, as
compared with 1,253.ese barrels for
the week ended March 8.
Daily Average Gro~. pr~kuefIeu-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
Returns Estimates
aae1S7

Totai -.....-- sf-'ie' -"et-SSsA
The tax, which during these ffwe
months should have brought the
treasury over two billion francs has
actually brought IL less than one
billion. The deficit for this period ~
FIVE months was 1,l42.i45,soo
francs"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

Returns received by the American
Petroleum institute from railroads
OF the United States show that a.
772,eooe barrels Of fuel oil were con-
sumed by oil burning locomotives IN
1890 as against sS.f25.eeo barrels In
1913, an Increase Of s.547oeo barrels.
? The geographical division Of fuel
oil consumption by. railroads is ap-
proximately as follows:
1890 1919
Barrels Barrels
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
l.Is5.ooo

Development OF French water
power resources forecasts the sub
stitution of white coal" to make up
for the lowered coal production re-
sulting from war devastation in the
mining districts-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

Board last July added approximate-
ly ss25,ooo,ooo Per year to the wage
bill. The following table gives the
yearly wages OF the more impor-
tant railroad employees under the
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

Total -. .41,772 35.2ts
OF the total fuel oil consumed In
1920 It is noted that 2o.e42,eoo bar
reis were used by Pacific Coast lines
in the Southwest and 4.46S,ooo bar
I els by railroads in the Northwest.
These roads are supplied by the
California oil industry and the fig
pres indicate a total Of 15,os5,oee
barrels of California oil consumed
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18

Cw. .. Hibbs 3 o., Msmssrs N. z. cotto,
Exchangs.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-18
lily Average Gres. PrsAuetIs..

totals ...Ist5.12S 1.2S3.sso
'Daily average gross production.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-10
ALPHA-GREENLEAF

Mr. and Mrs. w. b. Love and family
visited one evening last week with the
Rymer family.
The Current Event Club will meet
Thursday with Mrs. Chas. Moncur for
an all day meeting.
There is much moving this spring
and this community has several new
neighbors.
Mr.. Warren Locke and family NOV
ed from their old home to a new one
several miles west.
A sale took place at Campbelfs last
Friday. A large crowd attended and
the sale was pronounced a success.
Mart Davis has been suffering from
a broken rib. the accident occurring
last week, while riding horseback.
Virgil Allen has been moving imple-
ments to the Moncur place, where he
expects to farm this coming year.
Mrs. Mullaney and children return
ed home last week from Woonsocket,
where they made their horne last win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. e. Westmire called
on the Myers family one evening last
week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-10
S. D. Farmer Deyoured
By Drove Of Hogs

Mitchell, March 7.-P A. Ring, Min
neapolis, who has been operating a hog
farm nea Mitchell, was killed and. eat
en- by drove of hogs.
Ring left the house shortly after
eight o'clock to attend to his stock and
failed TO return by midnight.
His brother-in-law, +. l.. Ryan, who
had been in Mt. Vernon, returned to
the farm and Mrs. Ring told him of her
husbands absence.
Calling to a neighbor, Ryan started
a search for Ring. More than an hour
elapsed before the men looked in the
hog pen There Rings remains were
found
His clothing had been torn from his
body and his flesh almost entirely
stripped from his bones.
How the farmer got into the pen and
fell prey to the hogs probably will
never be known.
1t is thought possible that Ring, who
was 55 years old, may have suffered
an attack of heart trouble and fallen
fainting among the hogs, which i'm
mediately bounced upon him and de-
voured him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-10
Presbyterian Church

Rev. Thomas J. Simons, Minister.
Last Sunday was a day of marked
spiritual content The audience wor-
shipped with a fervor that bespoke the
presence of the only true God As to
attendance, that on the School was the
most noteworthy, being very nearly up
TO the normal high water mark That
on the preaching services was notably
good too. But that was to be expected
for we made the start in our Lenten
services. The appeal Of the day was
Service for Christ"
We are getting a good start in the
services of the week. The people are
showing themselves willing and thus
showing that this is the day of His
power Gods power. II is expected
that more and more OF our own people
will be present at the meetings from
night to night and we most cordially
invite all to Worship and adore God
with us.
The different preachers are giving
us good sermons, edifying us and in
spring us to more intense devotion to
our God. We are already reaping
grain from the effort we are making
as was witnessed last Sunday, and now
as there is evidence to those who are
exercising their privilege in the
fields
The pastor will preach both morn
ing and evening next Sunday. The
whole days services will have pro-
~nouncedly the evangelistic note We
must make the best possible prepara-
ton for the glorious Easter time when
we celebrate the climax of the gospel.
The different musical organizations
are doing good and pleasing work in
leading and singing, and the congre-
cations are enjoying that part of the
services. The music next Sunday will
be under the usual direction.
Again, a hearty invitation to all to
all our Lenten Services.