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While we talk and hope for reduction of ornaments
and would pray for the abolition Of war we are not
so unwise as to deceive ourselves as to the date of the
arrival of the millennium; and that we are still doing
business with nations which do not take our view of
affairs and which do not regard US any too kindly.
Therefore when the naval air forces have been equal
ly divided between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, il
is approved as a matter Of precaution.
Heretofore they have been concentrated on the At.
lantic seaboard due to the world war, but 1t win be
the policy of the department in peace times to main
tain practically equal forces on each coast. The bat
tleship fleet already has been divided, the oil burner
being sent to the Pacific and the coal burners being
kept on the Atlantic, both classes Of vessels being
nearer their sources of fuel supply. While the inter.
national situation in the Pacific is not responsible for
the ALLEGATION of the air and water forces, neverthe.
less in case Of trouble in the Orient the best ships OF
the navy and a substantial part of its air forces would
be Immediately available for service.
, 1921-10-27
ARE THE WOMEN sLAcKERs7

Much has been said on this and kindred subjects of
late since women were made the equal of men in
privileges heretofore denied them. The Detroit Free
Press adds this view: "The ~emancipated' women of
America are on trial. It is more than an open ques-
tion whether, in INDUCING what some Of them are
pleased to call an escape from slavery, they are not
bringing into question their capability and disposition
to distinguish in a practical way between liberty and
license. We think that at least most people will con-
cede that growth of Juvenile delinquency and the new
sophistication Of youth began coincidentally with the
emergence of women from the home into business and
professional and finally into political life. We believe
IL is a fair charge that in their pursuit of outside in
terests, in their desire for pleasure and excitement,
ing their legitimate Jobs and acting the role Of slack
es In the warfare of life. Sometimes-though not
who talk most about the duty of wom-
en- to society and the country are the ones guilty of
the most fragrant neglect"
, 1921-10-27
THINGS THAT GOVERN.

If two million of the best paid men in the country
feel that they ought TO strike, there is no way to pre-
vent them doing SO. They have the right to quit their
jobs. That will not be disputed. Whatever happens
as a result of the strike it will not stop the dehation of
wages, that is not governed by federal law but by the
economic law of supply and demand. Organizations
and unions will not be effective in this case because
they are not strong enough to halt the operation of
this law, and because of the hundred and eight mil
lion of other people directly affected by the readjust-
ment in matters of supply and demand. The ratio will
be as 1os to 2 including sympathy and support in like
proportion.
, 1921-10-27
UNION PACIFIC MEN GET
RAILROAD Strike ORDER

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Oct. 2T.-Em-
pioyes OF the operating department Of
here who are affiliated with the big
Two" brotherhoods have received IN
structions from their district chair
men relative TO their procedure in the
went Of a walk-out, but the majority
appear stiii hopeful that a strike will
be avoided.
, 1921-10-27
What Mr.. Goldberg Thinks

let the same as he demanded from the
paving contractors on the street at his
residence which he made .nem tear
out and rebuild. I also know the b
men on h ticket and 1 recommend
their support
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wool products is not included in the tariff bill, the
American market will be flooded with the entire prod
uct Of Ss German mills. The result Of such q wooden
flood would be that 80 American mills would 20 out
of business, and all their employees would be forced TO
seek work elsewhere. That is one concrete ilustra-
dustry.
, 1921-10-27
~cHEYENNE GETS RAIN.

CHEYENNE. Wyo-, OCT .is-Ihe
first precipitation OF note In the chey-
snne region Tuesday, IN the form OF
snow and rain, was not sufficient to
relieve the situation on the dry farms
OF the section where the ground
throughout the fan has been too dry
for successful piowing.
, 1921-10-27

place; and right away have the Mourn
ing Typographical Error declare thai
l am a candidate for chief OF police. /
submit Is enough excitement for any
man for one day. But those who
know me personally know that neither
Of these statements are true.
j. b. GRIFFITH.
, 1921-10-27

depend upon getting our uo,.~..
worth on all city contracts. Hs -.
reliable and capable men on his tlrL-.
and as taxpayers we should suppo,-
LEWIS BAHxEr
, 1921-10-27
BONDS ARE UP.

One of the items in President Harding,s program
for the nation was the restoration of Liberty bonds
to par. OF course such an accomplishment could not
be attained in a day, or in a month, but as soon as the
Republicans had cut down government expenses and
adopted a more liberal policy in handling credits, there
was an upward swing in the market value of the
bonds. The less a government spends for running ex-
penses, the better its credit.
, 1921-10-27
MADE IN AMERICA.

Whatever may be the truth regarding British at
tempts to limit activity Of the American merchant ma
rine, the American people are determined that by some
means or other an adequate feet shall be kept in
operation. under the American flag and subject to call
in case Of war. Our merchant marine policy 10 to be
made in America.
, 1921-10-27
POLICE TURN -NArInAI.

CHEYENNE. Wye. oct. 2T.-After
the police raaded a crap" game here
Monday night the station biotter
showef I 'naturai"-eleven prisoners
were listed.
, 1921-10-27
REGISTER TODAY.

Today is the last day upon which eligible voters
may register for election on November 8. Places of
registration will be open until 0 o'clock tonight. Re-
member that all persons who did not vote at the gen.
eral election of 1920 must register. If you want to
participate in the approaching city election you posi-
lively must have your name on the registration list.
, 1921-10-27

Mr.. Blackmore told the American Legion boys the
other evening that he had never done much public
speaking, was not an adept in that particular line; but
if he was as fluent a talker as some men he had heard,
he would enter the ministry.
, 1921-10-27
GERMAN WooL. GOODS.

A dispatch from Berlin records the fact that IS
German wooden mills ere bound by an option to an
American corporation for their entire output. That
means that if a sufficiently high protective rate on
, 1921-10-27
Arrnisice Day

Amistce Day
Unknown Heroes, We kneei with uncovered heads today. u faces
toward the East;
Tho East where you fought. and suffered and died
That h message 4 The alag should be recognized by a the world.
That Edith aveIrs death should not be in vain.
That Enright and Hay. and Gresham should DO avenged.
That tho decorators Of Holy Piaccs, the butchers Of little children,
the vtolatus II women. the thieves and pirates OF the world should
be punished.
That civilization should be eleunsed and purified of the Cancer of
Prussianism
AS we kneei we ire made o know that your sacrifice "a no. in
vain:
That your soul. known and siorined. stands In the Great white
Light before His Cross. e. RICHARD sHPP.
, 1921-10-27

Holiday greeting cards. embossed
with your name. The Mills Co.. 1se
West Second street. 1o-22.1t
, 1921-10-27

The best way to find business is to 60 after it.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
AVERT STOCK YARDS STRIKE
Difficulties Between Packers ard Their
Employees compFOniised-Worsers
~. Accept Wage Reduction.

A successful. settlement was brought
about through mediation by Secretary
of Labor DaVls.of the dispute between
the big Five" packers and their union
employees, the first major labor con-
trOversy to cone up for adjustment
under the new administration.
Compromises by both the packers
and their employees made possible a
settlement Of the dispute. Representa-
ttves of the latter agreed to accept the
wage reduction of 8 cents an hour and
121a per cent for piece work, while the
packers met the demand of the work
ers for extension of the wartime arbi-
tratiOn agreement for six months, or
until next September Is. The other
major provision of the agreement was
the retention of the basic eight-hour
day and overtime rates as provided in
a previous arbitration ruling.
Redmond S. Brennan, one of the
workers representatives at the confer
ence, declared in a statement that the
agreement was "but a truce for us to
prepare for war;" and added if at the
expiration Of the arbitration period the
packers maintain the attitude they
have shown in the past" there would
be serious industrial strike
Representatives Of the packers de-
clared after signing the agreement that
its provision fixing a definite date for
termination of the wartime arbitration
agreement would "enable the packers
to complete the plans already an
nOunced to adjust between themselves
and their employees all matters of mu'
tual interest"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Granite Dust in the LUNGS.

Workers in mineral industries
where the air is dusty with particles
Of rock are subject to a peculiar pull
mOnary disease known as miners
phthisis or stOne-cutters' consumption,
reports the United States bureau Of
mines.
In granite cutters the disease is spe-
officially designated as granite pneu-
mOnaCOniOsis. Very fine particles of
the harder rocks are especially injuri-
GUS when inhaled into the lungs. 1t is
estimated that particles about one
miCrOn (One-twenty-five thousandth
part of an inch) in diameter are most
injurious, because large particles are
more readily removed by the ella and
wet surfaces Of the respiratory pas
sages before reaching the lungs
Granite cutting with the high-pOwer
pneumatic tools in use today raises a
profuse dust in the air of shops.
Vacuum systems of considerable eff
cheney have been installed for remov-
ing the dust as it forms, but no def
mite information on just how effective
these are has previously been secured.
When the dust is scattered into the
air the heavier particles quickly fall
to the ground, but very fine particles
remain suspended for a long time.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
FAITHFUL TO OLD VEHICLE
ox-Cart Still Used as Method of Trans.
portation in Parts of the South
and in India.

TRACTORS are crawling over the
snow-covered fields of northern Green
land carrying the supplies Of the
Lange Koch expedition. This novel
use Of a newborn vehicle recalls that
some Of the Oldest transportation
methods still are employed in regions
whose civilization is older than that of
the Greenland Eskimo" says a bulle-
tin of the National Geographic so
ciety
"The ox-cart still serves the south
ern darby in North Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama, as we'll as in other pOr-
tions of the South, as his coach and
four for the Sunday 'go-to-meetin'.
During the week the stolid beast
plOws tobacco and cotton fields. In In
dia bullocks hitched to a wagon with
an ornate beehive-shaped or elongated
covering, not unlike the picturesque
tobacco schooner, convey the Burmese
man and his family along the road to
Mandalay. Nor does this animal cease
being means of transportation upon
his death. The natives blow up his
skin and use it as a float or raft on
which they cross the rivers"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Apprentices in New Zealand.

Trade unionists of New Zealand are
protesting against recent child-labOr
legislation that they say amounts to
virtual child slavery in that country.
Under this measure boy immigrants
from England between the ages of fif-
teen and nineteen may be indentured
to the occupation of farming. The
contracts may be drawn up in Great
Britain prior to emigration and need
not contain the name of the future
employer. When the boy arrives in
New Zealand he can be assigned by
the minister for immigration. It is
not necessary for a parent or guar
dian to sign or agree to the indenture.
The act is regarded as ali invitation
to boys to run away from their homes
and be smuggled to New Zealand.
They shall receive no wages for the
first u months. After - months the
wage shall be such as is usually paid
on farms to boys of the age and ca
pacity of the apprentice" AS there Is
no wage award in New Zealand cover
ing boy labor on farms the lads will
be at the mercy of the employer
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
FORGET PASSAGE OF TIME
Neither at Work or in the Hours Of
Play Does 1t Pay to Watch
the Clock.

At only one time does the average
human being measure time with eff,
fort and that is when he is goaded
by fear. Scare a man with impend.
ing disaster, with bodily danger OF
with death and he becomes really &C
tive. Time doesn't drag then. The
clock hands, if he took time to look
at them, would seem like racehorses
in their speed.
Don't be a clock watcher WORK
while you work with so much energy
so much interest that time doesn't
matter.
Play when you play with so much
abandon so much enthusiasm that the
day passes without your measurement
The man who measures time in
cycles or circles is wrong.
Time must be computed in a straight
line along which there is no backward
motion.
You can never have yesterday again
If you wasted it, try and make today
do double duty. But you can't do that
if you watch the clock.-F. A. Walker
in Chicago Daily News.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Mine Fatalities Reduced.

A fatality rate of $50 for every mil
lion tons of coal mined in 1920, as
compared with 424 in 1919, was an
nounced by the bureau of mines. This
was said to be the lowest rate in the
history of the industry in this country.
A total of 2,26O men were killed in
the coal mines last year, a decrease
of 81 over the preceding year, while
at the same time production Of coal in
creased 10 per cent over 1919.
Preliminary reports indicate that
production Of coal in 1920 amounted to
645,663,000 tons. The number of en-
ployees mining coal in 1920 was 49,
600, as compared with 765,000 the pre-
ceding year.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Mexico Bars Workers.

All foreign labOrers, and particular
ly American labOrers, have been
barred from Mexico by a decree is
sued by President ObregOn. The rea-
son assigned was that an influx of
foreigners would prevent full employ
ment of native labor during scarcity
of work.
The decree, 1t is understood, was
aimed more directly at the situation
in the oil fields, where there has been
an increasing use of American work
men, but no specific reference to this
was made in the document. Excep-
ton was provided in the decree for
those who could show that they had
Sufficient sustenance and imple-
ments" for colonization or agriculture.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Interest the Boy in Better Stock.

the most advanced races Of the Old
World W re on the border line between
savagery and barbarism. 1t far ante
dates any but the simplest mechanical
arts. Yet, while our knowledge Of the
laws Of nature as they apply to ma
chimes has reached great magnitude
and completely, it has been compare
lively a few years since the principles
Of breeding have'been more than a col
lection of unrelated traditional beliefs
The same superstitions on which the
shepherds of Asia based their practices
at least 80 centuries ago are still wide
ly current, while the one sound princi-
pie known to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
the best for breeding stock-is still
much neglected.
The principles of successful animal
breeding, as they have been learned by
States and older countries, and by care
full scientific study along definite lines,
are outlined in Bulletin 905, recently
issued by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
This bulletin goes into the first prin-
ciples Of reproduction and follows with
the means by which certain character
istics of one or the other parent are
transmitted to the offspring the meth
DDS of selection best suited to intensity
the desirable characteristics and weed
out the undesirable, the Characters
ties which can with certainty be ex-
pected to continue from one generation
to another, those which are uncertain
and those which cannot be inherited.
Aside from mete increase in num-
bers, the purposes which the breeder is
likely to have in mind fall under two
more or less distinct heads. namely,
production of uniform product, and
Improvement. A uniform product de
ponds on such control over the heredity
Of the stock that matings can be made
with the assurance that the offspring
will be of a certain definite type for
which there Is a demand Improvement
is, Of course, closely related to control
over heredity, but the methods which
give the greatest control are not neces-
sarily those which lead to the most
rapid improvement.
In broad sense the whole subject
Of practical breeding comes under the
head Of selection. The most obvious
basis for such selection Is the perform
ance of the animals themselves. I'm
fortunately, the merits of most kinds
of live stock cannot be measured direct
ly. The study Of conformation as an
index Of useful qualities has according
ly held high place as a basis for Sc
lection of breeding stock. Live stock
judging has this for its purpose. An
animal of good breeding is better one
to breed than one of equal individual
merit but of mixed or common breed
ing. Pedigree, though often misused,
is a valuable aid to selection, apart
from following a general policy of mat
ing. The sOundest basis of all for Sc
lection Of breeding stock is the record
Of past performance as a breeder. pro-
vided the record is sufficiently extern
sive to give fair test.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Mine Workers Can't Dictate.

Recognition of the United Mine
Workers of America is not obligatory
on the coal operators of Alabama, and
the day wage scale and subcOntract
system remain unchanged under the
award announced by Gov, Thomas E.
Kilby, sole arbiter in the strike.
The governor also declares in his
award that the existing methods of ad-
justing grievances are found to be fair
and equitable. 1t also is declared that
the operators are under no obligation
to re-employ the striking miners, but
the recommendation is made to the OPP
orators that they re-emplOy the unem-
plOyed men who struck as fast as
places may be found iOr them without
displacing men who are now at work,
as means to promote peace and har-
mOny.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
LABOR DISCORD
MADE PUBLIC
Officers of Railroad Organization
Take Their Troubles into
Court.
SUIT FOR ALLEGED LIBEL
Leo |. Kennedy, Chairman of the Penn
syIVania System of the Union, Re-
sists notwithstanding Of Funds
of the Brotherhood Sought.

Suit against grand officers Of the
Way Employees and Railway Shop La
bOrers to restrain removal from office
of Leo l. Kennedy, general chairman of
the Pennsylvania system of the union,
to bring about an accounting of the
brOtherhood's funds, and to compel
grand officers to set aside money for
the brotherhood provident fund, was
begun in Circuit court at Detroit.
The suit, filed by Kennedy and other
officers of the Pennsylvania system Of
the organization, names Edward F.
Cradle, Detroit, grand president Of the
brotherhood; Samuel ]. Pegg, Detroit,
grand secretary and treasurer; William
o. Roberts of Wilkesbarre, Pa, grand
vice president, and members of the
grand executive board of the Organiza-
ton, as defendants.
The court ordered the defendants to
appear and show cause why an ac-
counting of the brOtherhoOd's funds
should not be made A temporary in
junction also was issued restraining
the brotherhood officials from remov-
ing Kennedy from Office or interfering
with his work.
COincident with the filing of the suit
1t became known that Kennedy, a resi-
dent of Wilmington, Del, filed suit by
summons in the same court several
days ago against Cradle, Roberts and
the brotherhood, seeking 100000 for
alleged libel. He charges Grabel in
circular to the membership recently an
nOunced he had Cancelled Kennedy's
credentials, had accused the general
chairman of INSTRUMENTATION to grand
brotherhood officers and of spreading
dissensiOn in the ranks of the workers
Secretary Pegg of the brotherhood
said the union provident fund had been
set aside and was being maintained as
directed by the 1919 convention.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Urge Temporary slx.Hour Day.


A siX-hOur day as a means of re-
lieving the unemployment situation is
being agitated in San Francisco by
the Machinists union. 1t Is not the
intention to ask for a siX-hour day as
a permanent institution, but as
means for solving the problem, when
the employer finds it necessary to re-
duce his working force. By adopting
the siX-hour workday in times of
emergency, it is claimed, it will not be
necessary to lay off the men, and it
will give all employees sufficient work
to enable them to support themselves
and families. There is no demand for
an etght-hOur pay to be given for
siX-hOur work, but that the men be
paid for the actual number of hours
they are employed.
The opposition to this proposition
is that such an innovation would pave
the way for employers to reduce
wages. This is the belief of some
labor leaders. Others contend that
there is no serious unemployment sit
uatiOn in San Francisco requiring
remedial measures at this time.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Unfortunate knowIedne-

II thought sure Jack and Miss Flyr-
tie would make a match of it. What
caused the break?" said Smith.
ut was all due to Jacks unfortunate
knowledge of Shakespeare. You see,
when he proposed, Miss Flyrtie said {:
well. here's my hand and my heart
with it. Twas mine; it's yours"
"'And has been slave to thousands
quoted Jack without thinking it
was all off in the twinkling of an eye"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
DAIRY .
POINTS
RAISE STANDARD OF ANIMALS
Bringing Out Desirable Characters.
tics by SeIective Breeding Re.
ceiVes More Attention.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The task of raising the standard Of
farm animals and poultry and bringing
out certain desirable characteristics by
selective breeding is receiving more at
tentiOn as methods of farming for
profit become intensified.
The breeding of domestic animals
dates back to remote antiquity. when
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
The Dramatic Instinct.

There was a picture Of Daniel in the
lions den in the parlOr, and little
Betty had heard the story. She knew
the lions had been told not to hurt
Daniel because he was a good man,
but one day, in an excited tone to the
lions, she whispered:
"Bite him a little bit, anyway. Betty
wants to see."-Harper's Magazine.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
SALT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT
Cows When Deprived of 1t Become
Emaeiated and Finally Suffer
Complete Breakdown.

DR.. Babcock, of Wisconsin, found
that cows when deprived of salt be-
came emaciated and were of low vital
ity and finally suffered a complete
breakdown. He recommended that
they be fed three-fOurths of an ounce
per day with an additional six-tenths
of an ounce for each twenty pounds Of
milk produced.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
MANY cows NOT PROFITABLE
Ten Million "Boarders" in United
States Whose Yield Is Less
Than Cost of Feed.

Not over a third of the so-caIled
dairy COWS of the United States are
profitable to their owners. Ten mil
lion "bOarder" cows are MIXED whose
yield is worth less than their feed.
Their owners seem to keep them for
the sole purpose of milking them four
teen times a week, cleaning out after
them, and otherwise enjoying their
society.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21
Canada Extends $3.50 Rule.

The law requiring mechanics. arti-
sans and labOrers to possess $3.50 OF
landing in Canada, in addition to a
ticket to their destination, has been
extended indefinitely by an order in
council, because of unemployment.