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SiamO inferml?

LIE polemiche serene, specie guam
do = in ballo un interesse vitale, c
non trascendono a competizioni per-
sonali, apportano luce, suggeriscono
n1ezzi adatti, aproso nuovi erizzontii
appassionaHo ttuttti danno agio q
Iettore di formarsi una coscenza, di
sentirsi parte integrante, di unirsi
BELLA lotta per il raggiungimento del
inc.
AL contrario, degenera in antago-
nisno, la massa 81 seinde, 81 suddivi-
Je, piu' coraggiosi affilano le ar
mi, gil amanti del viUer trdnq,tiUo
81 appartano, benpensanti ne resta-
no stamacati, i pessimisti prevedono
Ia catastrofe. eec. ecc., ed il fine
"a raggiungere va finire mel di-
nnenticatoio.
Mi sono indotto ad esprimere que
eti poveri miei pensieri al lettori de
sgJa Libera Parola", al component
Ii 20. f. d'I. per Pamore che por-
to a tutti gil italiani di America, per
i loro miglioramento per gil inse-
gnamenti della storia.
II maggior male che moi italiam
possa capitare e, che ne ineolpiamo
bio o il diavolo, 10 faeeiamo moi
stessi.
La causa principale va rieercata
nella psicologia latina, per cui ognl
persona vivente crede d'essere gia' u
na molecola, capace di agire da Sc,
al far da Sc, senza accorgersi di es-
sere invece un atomo che concorre
ala formazione della molecola. Mel
i lotta ratomo 81 trasforma per as
sorbimento perde la funzione pro-
pria.
Sc moi, italiani d'America, seguis-
eimc lie leggi di natura, eviteremmo
nortificazioni Sc moi facessimo get
TO di quel tanto di egoismo, per non
dire. invidiuzze, eonsegulremino
il nostro miglioramento con minor
aispendio di energia; in una parola,
Sc fossimo unit, imporremmo mag
=vior rispette moi stessi, sparirebbe
"A trascuranza, Sc non il disprezzo
che 81 ha dell'italiano, e, Sc non am
mirazione, otterremmo quella stlma
che meritano eoloro quail sanno
scriyere pagine di storia, compiero
sublimi sacrifici, santifieare il mar
tirio dell'IO con Pabnegazione la
i. -, o,,ae+olo
e invece. spesso incolpiamo del
nostri disagi, Cristo IA Nergine che
Il ha dimenticati; il Governo
suoi rappresentanti che ci hanno ira
scurati, e mai. moi stessi. Ci con
znn1iamo in lotte intestine. Triste
spettaeolo il mostrare panni spor-
chi da lavarsi in fsmiglial Invita-
mo a schernirci, invece di amarcl'
La guerra europea, aneora una vol
Ia ha confermato quanto asserisco
Avemmo Caporetto per la diseordla
Adegli animi. I minister ST succedet-
tero come films cinematografiche
ogni partito volle il trionfo del suol
principii accadde quel che tuttl
sappiamo.
Non dimentichero' mai gil avyeni.
menti di quel tempo. miei occhi s
riempiono ancora di lagrime la vi
stone di grandezza mi rende ebbr'
di gioia.
AlPappello della Patria ealpestat'
tutti risposero: Presentel La men
te 81 spoglio' di ogni teoria egoistl
ca, il sangue scosse fremente lie We
ne. un'onda di patriottismo 81 sprl
giono' dai cuori. Finance j diserto
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lll.mo Signor Direttore
de ia Libera Parola"
Cifv

I'm grido di angoscia mi ha indot-
to a scrivere Ia chiaccherata che Sc
que, per la polemica sulPOrfanotro-
flo del Figli d'Italia. Avrei voluto
dar sfogo anche ALA mia collera ed
esprimere il mio sentimento di COM
passione per coloro che combattano
Questa santa istituzione, con softer
fugi mesehini ed ignobili. Ho pa'ra
pero' 'insudiciarmi In ogni modo,
mi annoyeri fra suoi ammiratori
sccnoseiuti ed accolga miei ossequi
di stima, con Paugurio di yedec pre-
sto compiuta un'opera tanto umana
per la quale ha fatto tacere Fin-
nato sentimento della conservazione;
con l'augurio ancora di veder pre-
sto detrattori ed oppositori. rinsa-
wire plaudire
Mi creda devmo
Michele FiOriiio
Phila., Pa. 20 Febbraio, 1921
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Per POrfanOtrOfiO del FiqIi d'|taIi2

tardi, roiarc oggi c yiamo iiefi a
notificare a code>t0 Graade coFci-
10 che Ia Loggia Libcrta Coaeor-
dia No. 769, con / 53 soci mterre-
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XIV
InteTmezzO

PubbHchiamo qti appyeSso una
letteriaa ala quale ia segHito an ar
ticoio sulFOTanotrofio, del maestro
elementare sigHor Michele Fiorilt3,
ua ferrente apostolic deli3 uosire ri
Uendi6aziOni in America.
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.hila., Pa, 20 Febb. 1921.
MICHELE FIoRILLo

Sebebne in ritardo, da non potere
essere piu' considerate mel compute
finale, attire due logge hanno risposto
fayorevoImente al Referendum sui
POrfanotrofio: la Liberia Coneor-
dia No. 769 di Mount Carmel con
voti So la femminile Monte Crap
pa, di Greensburg, con 21 yoti, en-
trambe ad unaninita'.
Abbiamo COST, fino ad oggi, un
numero di 163 logge favorevoli.
CT place riportare Ia lettera della
loggia Liberia Concordia che ac-
compagna Ia risposta al Referendum,
che dice COST:
Mount Carmel, Pa, 14-2-1921
CarisSimo frateUo Perfiia, =.
Essendo state impossible al uotd-
re prima di oggi sulta questione DEL
.POTdnotrofio, per Pillegdle numerc
del soci present. ale precedent ria
nioni, aJbiamo doUuto, per guantc
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Lo GNoRRI

Let rs hare faith that right makes
might aud in that faith Ict ,ts. to
the ead dare TO do our duty as zee
ur4sysfo,,8 II
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08

Yes wonderingly. but that's only
part of II. Ny name is Carlyle VIII
burton Dale-Bil Dale. What's the
natter"
Did you come from West vir-
rinnyy' sharply.
Dale gave the name Of his home
town snd state.
That's dif'rent." The mountain
GERS countenance became lighter.
This man I'm a-thinkin' about, he
WAS from West \Irginny. hope you
won't hold nothln' ag'in me TO actin
up that away. | couldn't hep II, shore,
IL seems. lou'll know how felt when
| tell We shout II, Mr.. Dale. owe II
10 We 10 explain. Jest minute"
lie stepped into the cabin and
brought out another chair sat down
heavily snd crossed his legs, Dale
too sat down.
''rhe mouutsln you had To come
over 10 come here, Mr.. Dale" More
land began, his bigvolce Tiled with
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08
CHAPTER 10
In the Cup.

IN tNc Oup.
Dale found the humble home Of his
mountaineer host home IN The fullest
sense OF the word.
At the MONDAY meal, lie met Mira
Morelnnd and the soma OF the house
hcld, and they we're exactly rs he had
pictured them. Mrs. Morelsnd was
quiet, nlotherly. always smiling, ss
straight and real as her husband. The
sons. Caleb and Luke. R<Fe -as much
alike as the fingers on your hands:
they we're tall and broad-sbooiderec.
Agrcyeyed and bpewnJssirsd.
Before sundowD Dale had become
acquainted with the rest of the More
lands. and he liked them. every one.
lie VAS at the cabin Of his hOsi's grsy
old father and mother for long time
When supper was over John More
land lighted the big glass limp IN the
hest room, and the family and their
guest gathered there to spend the eve
ming. Then the lanky moonsbiner and
his mother came IN.
Granny Heck had the sharp features
and the stopped, thin hgOre Of witch.
She wore a faded blue bandana about
Ier white head aud she carried a long
hickory stan; there was reed
stemmed clay pipe IN her month, and
her dark calico skirt had a tobacco
pocket IN 1t.
Her son preceded her into the room
He walked 10 the center table. faced
about and said with q low and airy
sweep Of his right hand:
"Bill, old boy, this here's nav. Nav,
she tells forcbuDes.
so this here" creaEed Granny
Heck, looking over the brass rims Of
her spectacles, 'is MIR Bill! Well
vel jest thought To myself st I'd
come up and see We Mr.. BIZ, aud tell
yore forchune
She dropped lnio the rocker that
Caleb had placed for her.
"Addie," she said TO The smiling Mrs
Moreland, will ye bring Inc cup half
full o coffee groahdsf"
When the cup came. the fortune
teller took II and shook IL and patted
u, all the while mUtterIng mysterious
words that she had learned from the
Did Indian. Cherokee ice which
served her purpose very well
81 see she mumbled more or less
sepulchrally, "A pow'ful good. lookin'
pyurl In caliker dress, with her hair
a-hangin nwsy down her hack. A bare
footed gyurl, with big, purity eyes
She's a'standln' on low cliff. a-peap-
Continued on page g.
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whats that. 70 goodness sake7'
Your home, you know" Dale Ell
plaIned with smile.
"Ob, my home. why DIDN'T ye say
%. them No. I won't" she declared
Dale put his has down and rested
ME hands on his lips.
"why, may inquirer
M "'Cause I won't. don't never
keep comp'ny with No strange men
folks. But ysnder comes BY. and he'll
how ye The way; he's n-goin' over TO
the settlement"
Dale faced to the right and saw,
!. eoming toward him with steps that
would have measured almost four
feet, the tallest aud iankiest individ-
nal he had ever seen outside circus.
. The newcomer had a smoothly shaver
4 chin, HE cosl-blsck hair was long and
his long mustacbe completely hid the
marrow slit that wss his mouth. In
one hand he carried y repeating ride.
who's thatT" Dale half whispered.
'-rhat's by Heck" answered the
girl. She continued In low voice,
His names Sam Heck but pap, he
called him BY Heck one day, and the
nickname suck to him like nolasses.
Everybody calls him that now, even
the re,enusrs. Nv, he's the biggest
eater, and the biggest liar, In the
world But his lyin' don't never do no
harm. and nobody keers So ef We
want 10 40 TO the settlement. mister.
BY. bell take We over. They mebbe
amt got whst you're used 10 70
eatin'. but ven b. welcome 10 what
the is"
She laughed little, turned, and
disappeared among he blooming iau-
rels
The man by Heck wore the poor
clothing Of poor hillmnn. His hat
which had once been black. Was all
brim and yet all crown: his suspend
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an old, Old sorrow. "is knowed ~ Dn-
,id Morcinpd's mountain mostly be-
cause David Moreland Is buried In tho
very highest place on top OF II. him
and his WIFE. lie was my brother, aud
was the best brother man ever had.
II was allus the talk o. the neighbor-
hood how much we liked each other.
went with him whar he went. aud he
went with me whar ! went. I'd hight
70 him. and he'd fight 70 me. It's
hard 10 tell, even after this long
time -.
David, he WAS strappln' big man,
like sll @ the Morelnnds. lie was
about yore size, and grey-eyed like
You, aud he had brown balr like you
When you walked up 10 the gate. IL
made me think o. him the day he was
mnrried; he was all dressed up in
dark blue like you. q. Then David
he went up here one summer aud
found this vein o. coal. lie got law
mi p'session % the mountain. and
""''' h'N WI" VIZ h'its Inc i'Nt VI
IA lived over In the Laurel Fork coun-
try then.
zone day got n letter from David.
which Maid lint a man named John X.
Carlyle was s.goin' 10 buy his noun,
tsin ssd the coal. aud said that his
wife was pow'ful sick. week later
she died, and left baby which died.
too, Accordin' 10 old lnJun by the
nam. o Cherokee Joe. who knowed
10Y pap and knowed David. And n
month later we was all dragged from
our beds by thls same Cherokee Joe,
tellin' Va that Carlyle had shot David
Carlyle, Cherokee Joe said. Jas
H-drlnkin hard. The Injun seed the
shootln' through window.
1T was might nigh TO three days
later when we got here and found
pore David s-layiH' whsr bed fell
We secured the mountains 70 miles
and miles around in s'arch 70 the
dswr who killed him. but We never
found him. &C.. The land up here
locked purity, and It belonged TO MS
by David's death; 30 We all moved up
here to live, aud built us cabins.
lor Bradley found out about the
end o my brother, and he wanted us
to put the ease in the hands o. The
Inv. But We wouldn't do II. More
land never goes 80 law about anything.
He pays his own debts, and he collects
what is mis- due"
John Moreland arose and paced he
porch floor, which creaked under his
weight. he stopped before Dale, and
went on sadly:
Now yen know why was so much
tore 40 when heered yore name the
Carlyle part John r. Carlyle killed
the best man AT ever lived. And meb.
be yen understand why We amt never
had the conscience TO sell the coat. !
which cost Brother David his life
Moreisnd't guest sat staring absent
~ toward brown-winged butterfly
that was Industriously slipping honey
from ;hc heart of hOneysuckle
bloom We gave no sign that he had
heard anything out OF The ordinary
but IN ~ odd, persistent way his mind |
seemed 10 connect his father John X. !
Daie. VIII l. story LEE had just heard. |
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I0hn X. DaIe Ind como

John X. Dale Tad come ~
from West vlrglnln, aud he ha.
refused, time upon time, TO make
Investigation Of the Moreland co
property.
The hlllman interrupted young
pcle's thinking.
"Addie, she's s-goin' TO have dinner
ready purity soon. Would ye like 10
wash, Mr.. Dalei"
Yes" was The answer, and In the
tones Of Bill Dale's quiet voice there
was a shade Of meaning that More
land did not catch. yes, Id like TO
wash"
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rhe man from the city rose and prof.
fered his hand.
MY name" he began, old habit
strong upon him, us Carlyle"
Before he could get any farther with
II, John MoreIand flung the hand from
him as though II were thing OF UNI
speakable contamination. His bearded
face went deathly white with the
Wilderness OF an old and bitter hatred.
Ills great lists clenched, and every
muscle in his giant body trembled.
whats the matter, mnnr Dale
wanted TO know.
Carlyle" Morelnnd repeated In n
hoarse growl. "Yon say yore name 10
Carlyle"
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crs. which had heen bought with u
'coonhlde wer. rodler ,han FIRE. his
rundown covhide boots seemed ridden.
lousy shnrl because ~ The great
length Of his slender legs.
when he had rea,h he'd y point some
three yards from Dale. he halted.
placed The hurt o. his rifle carefully
between his Toes hnd leHned on It's
muzyle then he deliberately began 10
iske eye measurements of The new
conner.
- Date didn't like he .;are-;o him II
was lmpu'sni.
"weii. what's the ,er'l'ci7' he asked
sharply.
spoke like man" irawied ny
lheck. ~ reckon yon must Ne yp here
a-Iookir' To- coal
"Bo~ did sou resch such q eoneln.
siop rs Ihatf"
-Jest pisin hoss sense" The droop-
ing muBtnchs lntEfil.J The words some
what. "rhe' sin't hui three thlnss at
can bring sity man here. Wister." he
Arswlsd on. ard shem's moonshlns
stilis. bad health. snt coal yeu shore
ai'nt got bad health snJ roe amt got
the cut OF reveDusr Though q few
sainutes ago thcp. mi anebbe ye was"
"And you shot ~ mer' said Dale.
No" objected d.. ~. y shot NJ yere
J hat ailus hits nj what | shoots &C,
mister. vented We 10 turn yore face.
ss's I could see u. end 20 do. Az TO
that coal
"rhe Morelsbds, they ewne the coal
In David hio-elan6's mosntain, and
they won't seil e TO- NO mount o
money. They lives over In the settle
menr. them and The Littlefords.
They're every DANCED enc lflns folks.
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CHAPTER l.

whats 70 goodness sake7
Your home know" Dale ex e"H''e"
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

value and represented a tremendous bar
gain for French capital, as have all OF
the sequestrations.
The potash mines of Aisace will repre-
sent another 400,000,000 francs invest.
ment These mines were capitalized by
the Germans before the war at 30,000,00O
marks This, however, was when their pro
duction was restricted to Is per cent. OF
the total German output. AS their produc
tion now has reached million tons a year
as compared with the 100000 tons allowed
in 1913 and can be rapidly increased if nee
essary, it will be seen what a rich prize
the French capitalist has offered TO him
At present all these mines are being op-
Grated by the sequestrator.
The Alsatians who have subscribed con.
siderable part Of the capital want the
mines taken over from the Germans
formed into single company to cheaper
production costs. A commission OF the
French Chamber has decided, however, to
split them into companies. Behind this
the Alsatians see French politics. This
has tied up for two years the disposition
Of one Of the richest prizes of the war and
has caused no end of complaint
Not only has much business changed
hands but naturally the higher places in
the posts and railways. But here it should
be said to the credit Of the French that
they have not initiated the Germans in
excluding Alsatians from the higher places.
Take the post office, for example, in Alsace
with 900 employees. OF these 1900 were
Germans who left with the armies. In
their places are 13O French and the rest
Alsatians Naturally the Alsatians hoped
for all the jobs and those who did not get
promoted are raising the cry of French
injustice. but the majority of the business
men do not indorse this.
On the economic side AlsaceL Lorraine is
perhaps the best example on large scale
OF the enormous dislocation produced by
the peace treaty. Economically, for the
moment, It is almost as bad as IL one Of
the New England States suddenly found
itself annexed to Canada with wages and
production costs in the United States
about one-third those across the line.
The great market for this great indus.
trial region had been across the Rhine
Over the bridges at Strasbourg poured
never ending stream Of goods both ways
To-day IL is only a trckle, and this despite
the fact that for five years the treaty pro
vides that all OF the products of these three
new French departments should enter Ger
many duty free II the French Government
so elected; as it has. The purpose of this
clause has been largely and most unex.
Continued on Fourth Pags.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
lovement in Alsace-Lorraine, Herr Koes

movement in Alsace-Lorraine, Herr Koes-
sler, said:
I'VE are disappointed at many things.
We see the cost of living here higher than
anywhere else in France, and when our
people protested with a general strike
against a reduction in wages made in the
face of this we saw the French Government
use troops for the first time in our country
against the strikers. Never once did the
Germans send troops against the working
men of this country. But the French Gov
ernment would have to do more than this
to change our people. They are for France.
1t is tradition; nothing will ever change
them"
The head of one of the largest industries
in Strasbourg whose family has lived for
generations in Alsace-Lorraine put it this
way:
1--WE have lost virtually all of our bust
ness with the Germans and now have our
back up against an economic rampant. We
know that that rampant will always be
there and we know that France cannot
begin herself to consume what we produce.
Therefore we must contract, at least for a
long while. We are no longer part OF the
German economic empire and we are dis
advantageously situated with respect to
France Orders have stopped from Ger
many and are not coming from France.
There is no unemployment across the
Rhine and there is here.
French capital is not like the German.
It does not go into industrials. and we are
a country of industries depending largely
on outside capital. Production now is
about 20 per cent. and getting worse, while
the Germans have all the orders they can
fill, and we would have been in the same
position. But we would not change back.
We would rather be French than German,
cost what it may, and while perhaps 20 per
cent. of our population Is disappointed and
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Many Business Houses
Have Changed Ownership

After November II $4,000 of these Ger.
mans will apply for French naturalization
under Article of the Alsace-Lorraine
chapter of the treaty giving this right to
those who were in the country before war
was declared.
The admission of this additional number
of Germans is to-day the theme of many
articles in the press. Once a German al
ways a German. is the contention.
Up to January 1 there had been a total
Of 1927 sequestratons, but the number of
business concerns which have changed
hands is not as large as might be supposed.
The Germans who had come to Alsace and
Lorraine we're not the small merchant
class: they were the professional class,
the large industrials, managers, function
aries and laborers. The businesses seized
have belonged for the most part TO the
large industrial class. In Lorraine 60 per
cent of the business in point Of capital
invested ia estimated to have changed
hands In Strasbourg, Colmar and Mul.
house it is probably less than 30 per cent,
because here the larger industries belonged
for the most part TO Alsatians save for the
potash mines, where all but one company
belonged to German capitalists.
The iron mines and mills in the Lor-
raine district, which were divided by the
an investment Of French capital alone
amounting to nearly 60O,000,000 francs.
Unquestionably this was far below their
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

Germans. Many married women of the
country and promptly took advantage of
the treaty clause A great many of them
have been permitted to remain on the po
lice force. The chief of the detectives in
Strasbourg, man named Scherf, belonged
to this class. Last month he was discov-
cred to have been carrying French police
and military secrets regularly across the
Rhine. He escaped before he could be
that Scherf though German, had actually
been employed to watch certain worthy
burghers of Strasbourg, real Alsatians,
whose loyalty he had reported as being
under suspicion. This scandal has reached
Alsace-Lorraine from end to end. 1t is
only one of many instances of the good
nature of the present French administra-
tion emphasizing the laiSsez fdire policy.
The French Government, to give it credit,
has tried to apply leniency, as far as pos
sible, to people who had had draconian
laws. Not only are there these 200 900 Ger
mans who are already French citizens
through their wives, but there are perhaps
100000 more Germans scattered through
the country to whom have been granted
permits de Sejour emitting them to remain.
The bulk of them are laborers workers in
the mines in Lorraine Not only nave they
been allowed to remain, but the French
Government unwilling to copy the severity
of the Germans, who threw every French
man out Of the country has restored their
property.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Restored Provinces Suffering Under Wide
spread Business Depression and Severe
Economic Handicaps After Three Years OF
Repossession. Yet People Never Waiver

turally it can produce enough to feed its
100000 people; industriously 1t can turn
out three times more than they need
Had there been a plebiscite Immediately
following the armistice, with the pure Ger
mans disqualified from voting, it probably
would have shown 9S per cent in favor of
French citizenship Enthusiasm for France
was then at it's height. A return to French
citizenship, to the democratic Government
Of France with it's loisSes tdire policy with
the citizen, as contrasted with the German
regime from which they had just escaped,
seemed like the dawn of the political mil
lennium.
If a plebiscite were held to-day undoubt-
edly the French vote would be found some
what diminished. No pot Of gold has been
found and the rainbow has faded before
hard realities. THE New YORK HERALD
correspondent travelling from end to end
of the two provinces, heard various esti-
mates given by representatives of all
classes as to what plebiscite might show.
In the region adjoining the Sarre the
miners are out-and-out Germans for the
most part. but taking Alsace and Lorraine
altogether perhaps rs or 80 per cent. of the
population is solidly French and would
vote for France even were conditions far
worse A small percentage might vote to
try the experiment of neutral State.
Most of the malcontents would abstain
from voting. The German vote to-day
would be almost negligible.
This was not only the testimony Of busi-
ness men in Mulhouse Strasbourg and Metz
but 1t was the estimate of representatives
of the workers themselves. of school teach
ers and those in touch with the trend of
public sentiment. The head Of the labor