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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
A Slogan TO Remember.

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\ striking slogan adopted BY the
Northern Vermont Timberland associa
One tree will make a million
matches; one match may destroy a mil
lion trees"
The application of the slogan, is, of
course, apparent. 1t is intended TO serve
as n warning to all those who fire.
Iquent the woods during the summer
months to be extremely careful about
permitting flames, however small, to
come IN contact with the inhammable
material to be found in fields and for
'ests IN the dry season. n lighted
match. the stump OF a clgar~Or cigarette.
the hot ashes from a pipe, the flaming
torch, the embers of a camp fire and
many other agencies may be the causes
OF destruction of property of great
value and thus absolutely waste an in
dlspensable product. Trees are one of
the greatest assets in the world today
and every tree wasted contributes TO
ward the Impoverished of the world.
Forest experts say that fire Is the chief
enemy OF forest development; and they
add, further, that in most Instances the
lire could have been prevented with the
exercise of ordinary p~recaution on the
part of the party directly involved in
the inception of the outbreak. Hunters
cause a great many fires through care
less disposal of smoking material and
failure to e~Xtinguish their camp fires,
while other persons and other agencies
also pile up The waste. If, therefore,
the general public will read the slogan
adopted by the Northern Vermont Tim
berland association and consider ii care
fully the efforts of the association viii
be in part successful. If each individual
frequenting the woods stops to consider
that the lighted match he is throwing
away may be the means of destroying
a million trees he will. of course. .extin
guish the flames before throwing the
match on the ground. The slogan de-
serves to be posted i'm every public bull
letin place and tackled to many trees in
every forest. Its purpose is good.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

consult. 4 French librarian reports that
more than 100000 books written on the
war are being stored in the French war
museum at Paris, and there are already
two and One-half miles of shelves to ac-
commOdate newspapers and periodicals
dealing with its various phases.
\ comparison with literature of the
Napoleonic wars is inevitable. Anyone
familiar with libraries knows the big
role played by that subject in existing
historical collections. But it seems GER
tain that already, before this war is
really over, more has been written about
it than about the NapoleOnic wars in
more than a century.
1t is too easy to write books and mag
azine articles now, and get them printed.
The reader is deluged with print. The
real history of the World war, the final,
authoritative Interpretation of it, as a
whole and in its various parts, remains
to be written. But the very wealth of
materials will embarrass the historians.
Even a Gibbon might lose his bearings
if he tried to wade through the accumu-
latiOn of documents at Paris, orsthe sim
iI~ar-though smaller collection in London,
or even the collection made by Herbert
Hoover for Leland Stanford university
in California.
The best historical writing, however.
for the average man or woman, is that
which avoids the l~aborious method of a
Gibbon or Macauley and, instead of try
ing to bring everything in the way of
fact within the readers ken, contents
itself with giving the real meaning of
events in a human and understandable
way. 1t viii be some future Carlyle or
Wells from whom generations hereafter
will get their ~clearest notions of the big
war and its meaning. And with such
good fortune, they may know more about
it, as a whole, than any of us can today
with all the printed matter ~clogging the
bookstores and libraries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Today's Anniversaries.

l7O6-Andrew Oliver. who as stamp dis
tributor in Boston became an OBJ
iect of popular hatred, born in
Boston. Died there March 3. liza.
lSOI-Sir Ralph Abercrombie, a brilliant
English general in the wars with
the French. died near Alexandria,
Egypt. Born in Scotland in I724.
American army of occupation
under Gen. Taylor took post on
the Rio Grande, opposite Matam-
oraS.
lS7I-The government of the Commune
was proclaimed at the Hotel de
Vile in Paris.
lSS5-Nicaragua. Costa Rica, and Saliva
dor formed an alliance to resist
the president of Guatemala.
lSS7-Mr. Balfour moved the Irish
crimes bill in the house of COM
mons.
lS96-The battleship Iowa was launched
at Philadelphia.
lgO7-Twenty-six persons killed in a
railroad wreck on the South Pa
ciic line. near Cotton, Calf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
BUSINESS. LABOR. PUBLIC.

With all the misfortunes to which bust.
ness interests have been subjected lately.
and all the appeals for help that have
come from them, there is danger of los,
ing sight of other interests just as i'm
portant. Vice President Coolidge pointed
out in a recent speech in Boston that
labor and the consuming public have no
less a claim for consideration.
1T is necessary, under present condi-
%tions," he said, that American business
enterprises should deal with their en-
ployes in n way to commend themselves
TO their sense of justice, and at the same
time keep in mind the necessities of the
consumer. Failure in either respect will
embarrass industry and those who are
attempting to revive business, and great
ly delay their program" He declared
that just dealing with employees and with
consumers is really the great economic
need of the moment, and that this is no
time to press for undue advantage"
1t is sOund advice to employers who.
finding themselves now in an advan-
tageous position as regards labor, are
trying to destroy labor unions. Tt is
equally sound advice to those who are
trying to make wages lower, or keep
prices higher, than there is any occasion
for.
The warning has its application, also,
to law-making bodies, particularly con
gress. Any legislation which, in its de-
sire to promote the welfare of business.
loses sight either of the rights of labor
or the rights of the consumer, will be
shOrtsighted and destructive. If the
of n class is to be placed first,
it is that of the consumer, for he repre-
sents a fractional part of it. This |
should be considered especially in franz
ing taxation measures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Ne and Skinny Martin each had a
cent and there was a man with a push
cart selling frOOt down at the corner,
skinny saying, Lets ask him how mulch
those big red apples are. if they're , cents
apeece we can put together and buy One
and each nave half.
Wich / asked him and be said, 10
cents a pound.
q l don't meen h~olesale, I meen how
mulch apeece? l sed, and the man sed,
, cents.
Being a tuff looking man with a big
muShtash. and me and Skinny started
to Whisper. me whispering. | tell YOU lets
wat, lets one of Us pertend to trip and
bump into the pushcart and maybe one
CT the apples viii fall off and get a lit
tie squash on one side or something so
he'll sell it to us for > cents reduced.
Wich we. matched cents to see who
had to do the tripping and Skinny lost.
and he tried to trip about 3 times and
missed each time and ali of a suddin he
bumped rite i'm the push cart and a APP
pie started to fall off and the man
grabbed it jest in time, saying, Hay,
hay. watts going on 'heer? And he
grabbed a.hold of Skinny, and / sed. He
dident do it on perpiss, he's kind of
~nerviss and it makes him bump into
things, amt you skinny?
Sure, I'm nerviss as the dooce, sed
Skinny.
Well then take yourself a wawk and
sc SOmewareS CltS and be ~nerviss. sed the
man. And he gave Skinny a push MAX
ing him trip for reel, and he landed in a
setting position and got up agen' and me
and him wawked away, Skinny keeping
on pretending to trip every once i'm a
vile to prove he was nerviSs in case the
man was watching. and wen we got err
round the corner we stopped and tried
to think of some other way to get one
for . cents.
WITCH we confident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
MRS. FRANKS COULDN'T
CLIMB The STAIRSTEPS

of breath and palpitation of the heart,
and sometimes | was so dizzy | could
hardly stand up. At. times | became so
sick at the stomach | couldn't retain what
/ had eaten, and for days | kept myself
VI OF hardly anything but teal. | was
nervous and irritable. At night5I tried
every way | ever heard of to make myself
sleep, but would just lie awake noun after
hour. Finally | got SO weak and run
down that | was almost a wreck and was
in despair of ever being well.
But its altogether different with me
now, for i can go up and down tie stairs
with all ease. l sleep like a child. have
a fine appetite and never feel q touch of
Indigestion My friends all notice how
much better l am looking and / am 50
happy over my wonderful Improvement |
feel like p~raising Tanlac to the Skies
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro By the
BrattleboPo Drug Co.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
just Wouldn't Be Led.
lSpringfeld Renorter.l

The Rutland News, whose editor is a
nephew of the Hon. Frederick Babbitt
of Bellows Falls. complains that the leg
islature has looked to the governor for
leadership and received only a few neb-
ulous talks on how to get a toe-hold on
infinity." The News will probably al
low that there was nothing nebulous
about the strangle-hold Mr.. Hardness
got on the ~gubernatorial nomination. As
the legislatures looking to the gov
ernor for leadership, it has shown more
of a disposition to look the other way
ayerv time it has suspieioned anything
of the kind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

everyone obtain his next winters supply
at once. Great Britain is managed by
statesmen. They know when and where
to conserve. Fuel is one of the most
important products of the world
today, and the British are conserving
theirs. In this country craftsmanship
seems to nave no place in our scheme of
government-we simply drift along.
This may explain why our coal exports
to Argentina exceed those of the English.
Only last week the cables from the Phil
lippines informed us that twO-thirds of
the islands exports were being carried
in British bottoms. Uncle Sam was
given what was left-the broken meat of
the international charity basket, so to
speak. The Philippines and the Buenos
Aires incidents hardly need comment.
Isn't it time that the government at
Washington realized these facts?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Conclusion Too Hasty.

tSt. Adams Messenger1
A few days ago The Rutland News be-
gan an editorial as follows:
ut Is greatly to be feared that Gov
ernor Hartness has in effect uncondi-
.tionally surrendered to Stoddard b.
Bates through the medium of the alleged
compromise measure creating a highway
commissioner which in turn is empow-
cred to appoint the executive officer of
the department, 1t is understood that
there is a. 'gentleman's agreement that
Mr.. Bates is to be this executive Off
GER
"Thus the governor attempts to save
his face while sacrificing the state to
a political machine"
1t is jumping at conclusions that often
gets a man and a newspaper into a
sorry box. The unconditional surrender
to Bates-where is it now OF courseI
The News will make amends honorable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

Two news dispatches published else
where in today's Reformer are full of
significance. One tells that American
coal exports to Buenos Aires are many
times greater han those of Great Brit
ain. The other contains a statement
from the president of the mine workers
association, wherein he says that 1OO,-
600 miners in the United States have
been idle since January /, last, that coal
production in this country is way below
par, that another coal famine is immi-
and closes with the advice that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Today's Birthdays.

Edward Scofeld. former governor Of
Wisconsin, born at Clearfield, Pa, 70
years ago today.
Frank Clark, representative in con.
gress of the second Florida district, born
at Eufaula, Ala, 81 years ago to-day.
Norman Hapgood. well-known author
and former L. s.. minister to Denmark,
born in Chicago, SO years ago today.
Mortimer F. Cooley. head of the engi-
neering college of the University of
Michigan, born at Canandaigua, n. y,
Sc years AGO TODAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
BRATTIEBoRo DAILY REFoRMER, MONDAY, MARCH, o. 1921. ""7'''
Concord Woman Says She
Was Almost Wreck When
She Began Taking Tan
lac-NOw Well and Happy

..Tanlac is the only thing that ever
helped me- said Mrs. G. +. Franks, II
South State street. Concord, y. H., al
though for two years | tried every imag-
Unable kind of medicine.
"Some said / had inf1amed nerves, some
said sciatica, but whatever il was my
suffering was terrible and | couldn't get
anything to help me-. | was almost help
less, couldn't walk up the stairs, and at
one time ] fell and hurt myself severely.
The little that l forced myself to eat fer
mented and formed gas, causing shortness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
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cleveland, S. l.. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. P%ollica, 297 South Main St
Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, C., II. Grout.
South Londonderry, g II. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. B. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter
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Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
MONDAY, MARCH Is, 1921.
WHAT NJ NEEDS.

Up ~ ~. Adams IaSL 1ueSudN eNeU-
ing some sensational statements per-
tanning to the State of Vermont We're
made by w. S. Rossiter. Mr.. Rossiter
halls from Concord, \. H, and IS widely
known as an expert statistician. He
was addressing the st. Adams City club
on the occasion. Among a variety of al
legations, Mr.. Rossiter's chief indict-
ment of the state was hat Vermont IS
losing her m~an-power. In other words,
ke-IeeEared the population of the state
is decreasing. Two of his statistical eS-
Inmates viii suffice, and they follow e:
In 1910" said he, there were 157, 410
Vermonters living outside the state
This represented IS per cent of the ma
tive Vermonters then living. For every
1000 persons leaving the state,' he pro-
iceeded, 300 come in"
Economists maintain that every able
1000 to that commonwealth. If this
be true, it would be a simple problem to
figure out the enormous loss Vermont is
sustaining by the wholesale emigration
of her sons and daughters. In Mr.. Ros-
%siter's opinion, this emigration has al
ready cost ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in dol
lars and cents-the enormous sum of
1892, 500, 900.
Ordinary criticism is cheap. 1t is no
task to point out the flaws in an organ
%ization of any description. But Mr.. Ros-
siter's is 10 ordinary criticism. His
fault-finding discourse was constructive.
He sees a disorder in the body polite,
and he proffers a remedy. In the prog
ress of his st. Adams remarks he threw
out various corrective suggestions. and
The Reformer believes they are worth
while-that they should arrest the at
tention of thoughtful men everywhere in
Vermont. Briefly summarized, Mr.. Ros-
sitter would
Have the governor name a commits
sion, made up of men of judgment, vision
and energy, to survey present conditions
and formulate a constructive program.
involving an appraisal of what each
township can most profitably produce.
The commission should study trans
portation so that markets can be reached
Ia IMPLY anu VIII certainty.
The commission should devise a defn-
lite, clear plan for the disposition of
Vermont commodities.
Lake Champlain should be converted
a tourist ornament into a practi-
cal produce outlet.
The commission should bring about
cooperation with leading men in each
town to meet the claim of the young
people, namely, that there are no open-l
ings in Vermont for young men and
Young women, by Systematically attempt
.ng to provide opportunities for the youth
both sexes at home or somewhere in
Vermont.
The commission should establish a bu-
eau to individually advise farmers along
he lines which have made Denmark the
larry center of Europe.
1t should show the way to take adj
of the immense urban market at
Termont's borders.
1t should formulate policies of associ-
.tion, to the end that Vermont products
an be laid down in Boston and New
-ork at a fair profit.
1t should help in improving homes and
arm equipment with modern conven- I
ences, encourage a revival of marketable :
industries and make a system f
tic appeal to Vermonters everywhere q
0 return to their native state. ID
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
no THE

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it ~solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

Easter display footwear had a tough
time of it yesterday-in Brattleboro.
True, Jupiter Pluvius must bear some of
the blame therefor. but official Brattle-
boro does not emerge from the mud
scandal with a clean conscience Many
of the walks at street and alley inter
sections were in a deplorable condition,
and this condition could have been re
lieved by the application of shovel or
broom. -.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

Orleans county court. in which Snay sued
for $4,000 damages, the jury returned a
verdict Thursday in favor of Snay. But
the jury placed a much lower value on
the loss of Mrs. Snay's affections and
awarded the sum of 500.
As part of a general campaign of econ
omy and Petrenchment in railroad opera
ton, an order was received Saturday from
Supt. JOIN Ahern of LyndOnville whereby
the locomotive house in the st. Johnsbury
railroad yards viii be closed for an indefi-
mite period on April 3. Twenty-three men
expect to be thrown out of employment
and more than 20 engineers and fremen
who now have their headquarters at st.
Johnsbury will probably move to, Lyndon
vile. st. JOhnsbury has been the ter
minal for handling the locomotives on this
road for many years and the closing Of the
round house marks q new era.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient ad~vertising-Run of paper, so cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents a line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Netices-Twenty cents per line first
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

\ Boston church in need of a minis
ter advertised for one in the want
columns of a Boston newspaper. \ new
idea, perhaps, but a good one. In no
other way could the church get its need
before the public so generally or so ex-
p~editiouSly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

The students of Wellesley college have
been informed by their professor of read
ing and speaking that the word been"
is pronounced bin not bean" She
says the bean is a vegetable not a verb.
Wellesley is near enough Boston so it
ought to have known that.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Today's Events

Aristide Briant, French statesman and
premier, is 90 years old today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks
MARY Pickford) celebrate their first
wedding anniversary today.
The California Fruit Growers asso-
cation has designated the week begin
ming today for IA countrywide celebra-
tion of Orange Week.
The annual Dixie ball, which for
nearly 20 years has been a leading fea
ture of the social season in Washington
takes place tonight at the New Willard
Instructors and graduates of the lead
ing American colleges. coeducational, or
for women. will gather in Washington
today for the biennial convention of the
National Association of Collegiate alum
nae.
Juvenile Washington, attended bv
their parents, friends and nurses, VIII
gather on the south lawn of the White
house today to be the guests of Mrs.
Harding at n revival of the annual Eas-
ter egg-rolling festival.
The Minnesota supreme court is to
hear arguments today on motions for
new trials in the eases of A.. c. Townky
and Joseph Gilbert, president and for
mer manager respectively, of the Ma
.tional Non-partisan league, who were
convicted on charges of conspiring to III
~terfere with enlistments during the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

Vice President Coolidge almost lost
another overcOat the other day, an alb
sentminded caller wearing it away by
mistake. Mrs. Coolidge, who pursued
the person and rescued the garment, will
be advocating overcoat insurance for
Calvin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
In the DAVIS News.

King Boris. who has made known his
intention to visit America next autumn.
came to the Bulgarian throne during the
World war, when his father. Car Fer
dinand. was compelled to abdicate be
cause of his u"npopularity with his peo-
pie. Boris was born in 1894 and was
first brought into prominence at the
early age OF two years, when an inter
national controversy arose over his bar
tism in the Greek church, to which his
father gave a reluctant consent IN or
der to gain the recognition of Russia
The Bulgarians never had any great love
for Ferdinand, but it is said that Boris
has met with Great favor in their eyes
As a youth he was described as a
model boy and a pattern prince-hiehly
educated, deXterous of address, skilled
DiouS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
Must Have Ket His Hat On.
CRutland Herald

1t must have come as a rather rude
awakening to Eugene V. Debs that he
could spend three hours in Washington,
and not be recognized by a single re-
porter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
How About This?
Barre Times.

The new Sunday bill in Vermont does
not say anything about the pay of cad
dies who chase the balls sent hurtling
by the golfers on a Sunday. So there
is doubt whether the caddies come under
the designation of congratulated sport
or not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
They May Try 1t Yet.
(Rarre Times.l

If Vermont could only set the hedge.
hogs and rattlesnakes to fighting each
other. the clash would save Vermont a
pretty penny in bounties and i'm time
spent by the Legislators in biennial dis
cuSSiouS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28

Ii physicians are to act as highway
commissioners they should receive the
honorary degree of ID. o. B. R.-Doctor
of Bad Roads.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-28
One Year Ago Today.

General election in Bulgaria resulted
in favor of the Agrarians.
More than 100 killed in tornadoes il
the south and middle west.