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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
THE END OF A FOOLISH THEORY

Those credulous and unintelligent
citizens of America who have been
shrieking the praises Of Sovietism in
Russia and even calling for Sovietism
in the United States of America, are
certainly up against it now that events
have plainly proved that communism
is a total failure.
For years, the advocates of an i'm
possible, foolish theory have insisted
that the success of communism in
Russia was held back by the blockade.
Now publication of customs offices
and other official trade figures in
Great Britain show that in 1920 Brit
ish exports to Russia, direct or
through the Scandinavian neighbors
of Russia, were alone upwards of five
hundred millions of dollars and almost
as much in 1919. Great blockade,
wasn't it?
Then they said that but for the in
surrections fathered by the western
countries, communism would have
gone ahead successfully. There has
been no civil war for nearly a year
and no blockades, yet the state of af-
fairs in Russia today is far worse
than under those conditions. So bad,
indeed, that Lenin himself is inviting
capitalism back, promising property
rights and property protection and is
/ willing to do anything that will re-
/ yive Russia from the utter collapse
Unto which the communistig. insanity
hiss thrown it.
Incidentally, if civil war and block
ade were his handicaps. why should
Lenin throw up his hands now when
he has neither Of them?
/ 1t was a good thing for the world
| that we have had this experiment
nearly four years in Russia. Utopia
has been claimed for communism for
threesquarters Of century and there
was no experience to completely re-
flute the claims. Nobody of average
intelligence need ever be in dorbt
again that communism in practice Is
total, gruesome failure.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

Prince Albert ID
sold In toppy rod
bags, tidy red Tins,
handSoms pound
and haIf possnd tin
huEsidors and inthe
peuad crystal glass
d q M ID or WITH
sponge snStSfsneS
tep.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

scciations of nations, as an insurance
against war, has become a positive
necessity to the future existence OF
civilization. 1t is truly, as Lord Grey
said not long ago, "like an ultimation
to Christian civilization that men
should prevent war in future. Ii they
cannot prevent war their civilization
will perish" This is just as true OF
the richest and. most powerful nation
as of the weakest Once the forces OF
moral disintegration begin to work,
the great power will find itself fight
ing for it's life equally with the weak
nation. There is no question at all
hut that the moral force of Christian
Ity in the uncivilized world has been
noticeably Slapped by, the failure of
the Christian nations to apply their
precepts 10 themselves. Asia and At
RIGA have looked on, with grim irony,
while the countries which have flooded
them in the past with missionaries
have east aside every one of their pro-
testations in murderous struggle for
supremacy. AS consequence, Chris
tendon sees Africa and Asai on the
eve of demanding release from the
itutelage of a civilization which has
failed to digest it's own theories and
if the passions of these continents
should leap their barriers, humanity
may any day witness a condition OF
things in which the we'll of Cawnpore
is as much bagatelie of slaughter as
the lines of Torres Vedras are signiti
cant in comparison with the linden
berg line.
It is no mere disgust for the evil
doing that is causing statesmen al
around the world to warn mankind O
its danger, with such terrible earnest
ness, whenever the opportunity is of
fered them. They see world which
: has emerged from what was ono
T calledaArmageddon without having ap
parently learned it's lesson. They SCI
politicians everywhere engaged il
stirring up the passions of nations TO
, their own paltry ends. They see ma
lions consenting to the abrogation o.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
UNFORTUNATELY

Mrs, Blank could only find two
aisle seats--one behind the other.
Wishing to have her sister beside her,
she turned and cautiously surveyed
the man in the next seat, Finally she
Leaned over and timidly addressed him.
II beg your pardon; sir, but are you
alone ~
m The man, without turning his head
Lin the slightest, but twisting his
mouth to an alarming degree, and
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

Before you're a day older
YOU want to let the idea slip
under your hat that this
is the open season to start
something with a joy'us
Jimmy pipe - and some
Prince Albertl
Because, a pipe packed
with Prince Albert satisfies
a man as he was never salts
fed beforehand keeps him
satisfied! And, you can
prove it! Why ~ P. AS
flavor and fragrance and
coolness and its freedom
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

shielding it with his hand, muttered:
s'Cut it out, kid--cut it out! MY
wife's with me. "-Public Service Chat,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

There lot Of fun world II will only look Tor says
] Iac Quincy who is Massachusetts, Hospital school
Franklin Park happiness He went out and ptened Ms
cripple aust forget for yrse Tor awhile ana ge an
matter how bad everything SaSs
bctwc throwing strikes
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

666 quickly relieves Constipation.
Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and
Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
Me-o-my,
how you'll take to
d pipe and P. A.!

from bite and parch (cut
out by our exclusive pat
ented process) are a reve-5
lation to the man who never
could get acquainted with a
pipel p. A. has made a
pipe a thing of joy to four
men where one was smoked
before!
Ever roll UP a cigarette
with Prince Albert? Man,
man but you've got a
party coming your way!
Talk about a cigarette
smoke; we tell you it's a
peach!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

but the overeoat Of the average man lasts
him four or Eve years. An allowance OF
s166.96 is made for butter and milk, but
how many families actually spend that
amount or would spend it II they had the
money? As matter Of fact, they simply
do not do it. An allowance Of 81 a week
is made for amusemeuts-not enough to pay
for many theatre tickets, but the thrifty
man on a small income does not go to the
theatre. and be is not in the habit of taking
his family to the movies every week. Aud
so on through the whole schedule it appears
that allowances are made for expenditures
which IL would be pleasant for a man to
make, but which he has to refrain from
When the Labor Bureau says that n man
cannot support his family on less than
S23S5 a year, the tens Of thousands of me.
chanics and clergymeu aud school teachers
who are doing it know that some one with
out much knowledge Of life has been foolins
with figures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
IMPRESSIoNlSTIc STATEcRAFT

THE popularity of the present impres sion q.
L istic Interpretation of diplomacy Ia not
surprising.
In the old uninspirng days factors Of
logical growth and the sober processes Of
evolution entered into the comprehension Of
world roIty. private interview between
two statesmen of divergent views was not
invariably regarded as making the utter
conversion Of one spokesman by the other
II can be realized now how dull this all
was. Consider. for instance. NJ. Viviani and
his mission. Appraised in the outmoded
fashion. facts would have impertinentlv en- =
barrassed the diagnosticians. Chief among
these realities is the terse aud vigorous note
lately dispatched 10 Germany by Secre.
tary Hughes
This missive clearly expresses the disn.
clination Of the United States 10 play a
dog. in the manger role in the war settle
ment The Berlin Government is informed
Of American sympathy with the efforts of
the Allies to secure settlement of the
reparations problem. This government" ;"
declares Mr.. Hughes, stands with the gov
eminent of the Allies in holding Germany
responsible for the war and therefore NOR
ally bound. so far as may be possible"
Language more explicit than this could
not have emanated from Washington had
the United States ratified the treaty of Yer
sailles and indorsed the covenant of the
League of Nations. The note plainly serves
notice upon Germany that her program OF
driving a wedge between America and her
former associates in the world conflict is
fantastic.
The State Department particularly stresses
the fact that Mr.. Hughes communication
was dispatched before the arrival in this
country Of the French envoy This is hard
upon the impressionists, assuming for the
moment that they are susceptible TO the in
f1uence Of proved realities.
The favorite way of avoiding such handi.
caps just now is TO fancy Mr.. Harding and
Mr.. Hughes as instant converts to the
Nivianl principles and then to conceive the
French legate as completely overwhelmed BY
the logic of Senator Knox on behalf Of res.
oIution to establish a separate peace with
Germany. Under such circumstances life
cannot be called boresome. One must bc
stoical indeed TO reject the rich Kaleidoscope
harvest OF hypotheses.
In few circles where chill old fogey sm
persists there will be tendency to dwell on
the implications of Mr.. Hughes note and to
consider also the long and necessary processes
which stand in the way of anything like
a hair trigger settlement of the peace ques-
tion and the American foreign policy. In.
dulgence in reflections Of that character dis
qualities the participant for the game Of
dramatic theorizing
The outsiders can only nurse a few meaaer
facts-ofensive stains upon tho glittering
scenery Of speculation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
1T is TO LAUGH

TiE representatives OF the Job Combine in
l. Harrisburg are objecdng TO he 30 ca led
SprOuI dry bill because it empowers the
police department 10 enforce the liquor laws
They say that such q provision will enable
the Mayor and his police department to use
the saIoonkcepers as their political allies.
ment Of The liquor laws was under the d.
rection Of the police department until the
passage of me Nostead act?
And do they not know that II Mayor and
director Of public safely in sympathy with
them would have the same power which they
object 10 having reconferred upon the present
MAYOR and his director Of public safety?
Any power which the Mayor has can be
used 10 advance his political ambitions
Some Mayors in the past have used the
saloonkeeperS as part OF the politicaI
machines with which they affiliated and
other Mayors have made a conscientious Of
fort to enforce the liquor laws impartially.
The real source Of the objection Of the
Job Combine to the Sproul bill lies in it's
fear that II will enable the Mayor to inter.
fere with It's plans to use the saloonkeepcrs
for its own purposes. The Combine has
already sponsored two bills intended 10 pre- >
vent the Mayor from interfering with it's
system Of protecting vice by arraigning
suspected Iawbreakers before an impartial
magistrate
When IfS representatives say tnau they
tear the Mayor will use the law breaking
Snloonkeepers for political purposes they
really mean that they are afraid he will
put III" fear Of the law into their hearts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
AN ARCHITECTURAL CENTER

THE acknowledged eminencc Of France IN
~ the field OF architecture lends especial
point TO the honor paid Yesterday 10 one Of
the most hourshing and authoritative de-
partments Of the University OF Pennsylvania
The exercises marking the thirtieth ami
ysrsary of the school Of architecture appro-
priatey direct public attention to a branch
Of collegiate education in which Philadelphia
has made rapid strides. Within rom.
paratively brief period this city has attracted
students of the art Of building construction
and design from all parts Of the nation. The
University's architectural school IL Of ad
mitted distinction in standing, standard, and
activities.
The media presented yesterday 70 this IN
stitution by the French Society ~ Architects
was awarded in recognition of the worth Of
the schools work for the year 1919. 1920
In the opinion OF the foreign organrza ton
The quality Of performance was highpr
than that Of any similar INSTITUTION in tho
country.
Dean Laird md his associates and ,bc
whole community may 'aSe a deserved ~
isfscton in an honor thoughtfnly and dis
eriminatinsly bestowed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
THE MINIMUM WAGE FALLAcY

THE lnbor Bureau, r research agency for
l. labor organizations, mas announced thar
the minimum wage level for workingmans
family in this city is S23S5 The working.
man who receives less cannot give n hrs
family the necessities Of life according 70
the bureau.
1t would he delightful u every WORKING
man received as much. il would be for.
tunste IL the conditions OF industry made It
possible for employers to pay this sum
But every one knows that there are thou.
sands of workingmen in ths city whose an
nunl income ia much less And every one
knows, too. that these workngmen are SUP
porting their families and thai some of them,
have bought homes and paid for them out Of
a much smaller annual wage.
In the detailed statement Of rho objects
FOR which tho money is TO be spent there is
an item Of So 80 for insurance II might
he desirable that a workinEman should have
4>>5Niie insurance policy which cost him that
uch to carry. The insurance companies
would insist that h" ought to protet his
n family to that extent, But the insurance
Il companies know that there is not one man in
thousand, rich and poor alike, who pays
kS252. so a year in insurance premiums
r The mau is allowed 10 buy new winter
yercoat every two F"ars. There are many
Y sn ~ ;rgc income Who buy new over
hr"ry year aud perhaps two or three,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
MR.. 8ODINE'S PLAN

GO FAR as we can discover, the latest
- plan of the United Gas Improvement Co.
provides that the city shall 10 some way go
to the assistance of the gas company in rails
Ing SIG 900 900 needed for new equipment
during the remainder Of the life Of the lease.
The company cannot ais" the money az
present. II it does not get the money it
cannot meet the increasing demand for gas.
Mr.. Bodine the president, would also
hke a revision or the compauys contract
with the city. He says that mo principle
has been more widely recognized by the
courts than that contracts should not he
permitted to stand in the way OF adedu a te
and efficient service by public utility
IL Mr.. Bodipe's company we're making a
profit Of 25 per cent on it's invested capital
at the present time would he be insisting
that the contract with the city be revised
In the interest OF the consumers Of gas?
rule that works only one way is not a
very good one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
A DESERVED REBUKE

T,HE tale thar Young woman lately 90
i trial here for murder was contpmplat ng
an appearance on the Philadelphia stage
may have had no other origin than an ir-
responsible sensatonalism. But whatever
its source the idea was offensive and de-
serving of prompt rsbuke.
Mayor Moore's threat to revoke the license
Of any theatre sanctonins such sudscity
IN explicit. 1t is unfortunate that such cle-
mentary concepts Of dccency need to be ex-
planned at all. Mr.. Moore. however has
covered the case SO thoroughly that his
pronouncement may serve as a general warn
ing should subsequent cases Of this kind of
vulgar exploitation arise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

go along constantly swatting nothing but
flies. For years the British didn't swat their
profteers. their poseurs, their rogues, their
disturbers of the peace. their conspirators
and their politically unfit. Now, TO make up
for lost time in way that is wholly wrong.
they are going at these things with sledge
hammers All sorts Of contagious have been
permitted 10 spread. 1t would be hard to
say who should have been swatted-whcther
it should have been Lloyd George or Arthur
Henderson. the labor man. or the editors OF
the Morning Post or the leading members
Of the House Of Commons. Now all OF
them are in melee.
Men like Lord Morley and Lord Bryce.
Balfour and Cecil. Gilbert Murray and Ber-
nard Shaw and H. G. Wells tried TO swat
the flies in their various ways. but the job
was too much for few men. There has
ensucd crisis that from this distance
seems TO be the greatest that the British have
had TO face since the war ended
Tn. worst of it is that neither the Com
mons nor the Morning Post nor Mr.. Hender.
son nor even Lloyd George is truly repre-
sentative OF the rank and file Of the British
people. Even the Times is ashamed of the
Commons and says so loudly at regular
intervals because the Commons is over.
burdened with men who happen 70 be at
once rich. stupid and insular. IL is upon
the Commons rather than upon the prime
minister or the old line Tories that blame
must be put for an Irish policy that is
coming to an end in humiliation and con
fusion.
The British people. angry. bewildered.
misrepresented and misunderstood. were for
all the world like the people in the United
States. They were content to drift good
naturedy and they trusted almost any leader
who happened along and elected men who
could talk chsrmingly and make nice
promises. They didn't swat the flies Of poll
tics. They let them buzz around
They arc coming TO realize. as We shall
sooner or later. that the laws OF sanitation
must be consistently applied in public af-
fairs il free government is to continue and
II social evolution is to proceed in peace
rather than in violence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

utation. a city Of homes? Many new houses
are needed, large building projects must be
undertaken. various economic problems
solved, sanitary measures must be enforced
and much rehabilitation accomplished |
know nothing more fascinating than the con
version of unfit properties into decent homes
But the essential element iu all this must
be an awakened and enlightened public
spirit, and this can only come by a knowl-
edge of conditions. The comfortable half
Of this world must know how the other half
lives, and when it does its intelligence
viii condemn our stupid waste of life and
property, its 'rlghtmindcdness resent the
glaring inequalities and unfairnesscs Of pres
ent conditions and its moral sense will
seek and find the way out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
THE AGE OF REVELATION

DEAR ADMIRAL CARY 7. GRAY
~ son. it Is said. contemplates the pro-
duction of a book TO Offset the criticisms Of
former President Wilson made by Robert
Lansing. The stcnographers and clerks. the
stewards on the George Washington, the
concierge al the Hotel Crillon and the head
porter at the Palais d'Orsay have vet 70 be
heard from in print.
The Peace Conference, shrek its dcnur.
ciators, faiied TO Pxtinguish secret diplomacy.
This may be true. But let it never be said
that that unprecedented congregation of
ENJOYS, scientific experts. statisticans. 9th
nologists and interpreters abolished nothing
Of the past. The day Of secret memoirs is
definitely ended Retrospection is now com.
mitted in public and between covers selling
for rather more than their weight in gold
1t 10 all a glorious revclation-it that's the
way you feel about it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
Lodges Handicap

from the ono Sale journal.
There are SO few Democrats loft in posi
honS OF great trust and responsibility that
we hardly know how that great scholar in
politics. Fl. Cabot Lodge, is going to get
along for hating material.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
TARL DE sCHwEINITZ informs me
~ that the Society for Organizing Charity
Wall REPRESENTED

Tror, the Chicago Evening Post
With the home town editor. the home town
doctor and, probably, the home town lawyer
serving the nation in Washington, Marion.
Ohio will need ice on its head
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
A STRIKING Invitation

From IN" Horrell. :. Y. Tribune
IL the contemplate liar who started the
false report that ! had q stroke Yesterday
viii call on me ! will pndeavor 10 convince
him that am in vigorous working order
CHARLES ADSIT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
SELF. E2pl

from the Wlchua n B'Rcon.
Strange manuscript found by a Wichita
teacher on her desk Please excuse Jennie.
Shc was sick and had to stay home to do the
Washing and ironing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
A Carnival Of Taxes

From H." Seattle Post-TntnllEcncnr
They ve taxed everything wc own, and now
thcF u tax our memories in the effort 70
remember all the things for which wo're
being taxed. &c
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
Open Diplomacy

FROM iho De'roit News
secret treaties. Wv"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
The SovIet'a Way

From ths Warrington Po"
When 105 Russian lahorer> asked for
more pay last week they were promptly
hauged-the Soviet's humorous way OF
giving labor raise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

Ex Emperor Charles. who sneaked back
into Hungary. is sick II il good 10 know
thai somebody reacts naturally to the sit q.
cation i'm eastern Europe,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
The eiaaer Bill

from IN" Dallas Mornus News
Another thing that makes the ,,crmons
moros" is the size Of the Allies bill in conn
pariSOn with their William
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

Twenty five Pennsylvania counties
SAYS dispatch from Harrisburg may go wet
under the Sproul dry bill, English is some
time. a hard language TO understand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

Railway men are still thinking Of the
Plumb plan. For n good many of them the
Plumb plan. il it ever were adopted, would
nv. 10 be written without the b
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

The American soldiers who pursued
Bcrgdoll into Germany are back with their
army our money is still on them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05

Tho NOUS that John y, Rockefeller has
contributed S'UOu to aid the enforcement Of
the Nolstcad law suggests . way IL whcn
tho richest man in the country may d" poor
If ne ua, anl -, Il Ur'irv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS

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