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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
MANAGING THE PUBLIC DALLAR.

There are three kinds of dollars, your dollar,
the 80 er fellows dollar. and the public dollar.
You manage your dollar. the other fellow
watches his pretty closely. too; but nobody, it
seems. pays much attention to the public
dollar.
Oh, yes: there are ohlceholders elected to
manage the public dollar. but a close examina
ton Of what taxpayers get for the public dol
lar shows it is more poorly managed than even
the spendthrift's dollar. Indeed. one is per-
suaded that the public dollar is the spendthrift's
dollar. But not so in every city!
Take, for example. Birmingham. Ala. which
aas just published reports of its third year I'M
kder the commission form of government. Be-
fore Birmingham entered upon the commissions
businesslike form of government its public dol
lars were poorly managed. They bought less
than other dollars. The city ran into debt, and
couldn't get out. Taxes were soaring and little
was gotten for them. Then came the commits
s;on experiment. With this was combined two
fine policies of municipal government. One was
taking the citizens into the confidence of public
officials. The other was businesslike manage
ment.
The 1929 figures are in. The city's debt (from
I'D form of government). S207, 900. was paid.
And there was a surplus Of s40,5ss.46 with
which to begin the new yearl Not bad. Ell?
This was done with the lowest tax rate of any
American city. Still better. Ell? The tax rate
was 81. of which 80 cents went to schools, 20
cents to a sinking fund. and only so cents for
general municipal purposes. How did they do
IL? The commission explains:
''By strict adherence to the policy of making
The public dollar go just as far as the skillfuliy
managed private dollars. Every unnecessary
expenditure was eliminated. and every resource
OF the city was placed where it would do the
most good. Expenditures for fire protection,
Of public health and safety and for educational
eurposes were increased generously while
appropriations for things not so essential were
held down to the minimum. The test applied
to every appropriation was this Is this invest
-sseatSesslutely necessary to the proper func-
tioning of the government? If the proposal
could not stand this test it was not made"
This test is suggested TO the officials of Perth
Amboy. 1t may help them to more skillfuily
manage the public dollars contributed by the
taxpayers of this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
THE n

In the old days when the Roman rulers had
nothing else to worry about, they did something
to the calendar.
And February, it appears, was a victim,
Originally this perfectly good month had 80
days in leap years and 2s in other years. Feb
ruary is from the Latin, meaning ito purify
1t was the custom of the Romans to celebrate
the festival of publication in February.
Julius Caesar named July in his own honor
he saw to it there were 81 days in it. Then
along came Augustus, and a month was named
for him. also. But August had only 80 days. SO
Augustus looked around and picked February,
which had no one particularly to defend it. He
Just took a day Off February and added it to his
own pet month.
That's why February ordinarily has but rs
days, and why August has 81. in keeping with
the dignity OF its imperious namesake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
TT sNT A

The Interstate Commission has
approved the merger. consolidating the Adams
Wells Fargo. Southern and American express
companies.
This ends, as far as private exptess COM
NAMES are concerned, competition In the car
rage Of packages over the railroads excepting
as freight or mail. For some years this has
Leen a fact: there has been no actual eompeti-
don between the four companies, and it is just
50 well to stop pretending that they are four
aercely contending opponents.
Commissioner McChord objects to SO con-
trmtng an existing monopoly.
He thinks the railroads should conduct the
express business going over their lines, Just as
now they forward freight. He fears an express
monopoly. His fears, though, seem groundless.
There can be no express monopoly as long as
the United States government continues in the
parcels post business. At one time the country
might have tremb1ed at a combination of all
private express companies. That was before the
cay of the parcels post.
A private express combine, competing fairly
and efficiently against parcels post promises a
better parcels post. The latter, without this
express competition, might not prove as able
to serve the public.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
KEEPING FAITH

Yes. yes, well do the best we can
to keen our New Year pledges, and
look with scorn on any man who
loses nerve and hedges. Temptations
every hour assail, and say, your
pledges hurt you,' but up to date
our vows prevail, and we are strong
for virtue. We made our vows with
main and might, ~eschewing habits
cheesey, and IL our friends would
treat us right, our triumph would
be easy. Ii men would say to us.
Gee whizl You brave ~repentant
sinners, we know how hard the
struggle is. but surely you'll be VIM
ners," we'd be inspired to carry on.
to press the moral battle; alas. the
words of James and John are prone
our souls to rattle. Too cynical are
John and James; they take 1t all for
granted that we've gone back to
those cheap games from which we
g~allivanted. They laugh at all the
sacred vows DER which we brood and
ponder; il is a shame the law allows
such guys at large to wander. For
they discourage soulful jays who
would old sins abandon, and when
they've guyed US. ferty ways, we
have no vows to stand on. oh,
reader, as you travel by the high
ways and the hedges. don't josh or
jeer the n guy who's made a
string of pledges. II may be vows
all suffer blight, but why should you
remind. him? Just help him strug-
gle to the light and leave his sins
behind him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

England.
O. How did Death Valley get its
name1-H. p. G.
A.The valley received its sinister
name from the fact that in 1850 a
party of gold seekers with their
families made a one-day camp in
the Valley, less than half OF them
survived, the remainder being over
come by heat and thirst. A few es-
capped over the Panamints to the
bountiful Californian plains; the
others returned to the East. Ten
years later a party of prospectors
came across the camp with its wag-
ems and chains, yokes. camp equip
ments and children's toys: even the
tracks made in the sand by the little
ones could still be traced.
O. Can you mix kerosene and
nal oil?-D. v. S.
A. The Bureau of Mines states
that it is not possible to make a sat
isfactory signal oil by mixing kero-
sene and grease. The government
specifications for signal oil + from
22 to 80 per cent prime winter
! strained lard oil or sperm oil with
800 degree mineral seal oil,
Q. Is the Lambs Club composed
( entirely of professional men ?-T. NJ.
A. This club is composed chiefly
of actors, dramatists and artists. AL
though non-professional members
are admitted, the constitution of the
club limits their number to one-third
of its membership.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

1 heard Roger Babson today in a
a year ago. Then he was a pessi-
mist; today he talked like an optim-
list. A year G he said, I'VE are in
the last stages of a period of tnia-
ton; do not buy if you can help it.
Things are going to drop" Today
he said, I'VE have two or three
stern years ahead of is, and there
is no value in cutting off the dogs
tail an inch at a time; but the fund
amental conditions of American
business are sound; the zeal wealth
of the country is increasing: we
have not more idleness than a year
ago; we are paying for less idleness.
Now is the time TO practice homely
virtues of prudence and righteous
ness. AS soon as fifty-one per cent.
of the people of America do that.
the tide will turn. Meantime, the
underlying conditions r hopeful"
He said. The real basis of BUSH
ness is not cash o coal. but char
acter. II you have q man on your
books who is finding it hard to pay,
don't Judge him alone by Dunn and
Bradstreet; find how he stands in
Gods rating: and if he is honest, do
not crowd him nor let him fail. Stop
~canceling orders. Be honest and
square. There is a good, solid bot
tom under business; the sooner We
strike it, the sooner we shall begin
to build up. But as I told you a
year ago to stop building on the
sand, I tell you now, pay less atten-
ton to the upper stories of your
structure and build oil the solid
foundation of character"
The old prophets used to do ii IN
much the same fashion. When
Jerusalem got gay, the prophets
were always around taking the joy
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
IA WRONG WITH BUSINESS
BY DR.. W. L. BARTON

out of life, telling people that they
were spending their money for that
which was not bread and their labor
for that which did not satisfy. They
when the squeeze came. as 1t CAM
every few years. and has coYh
every few years through all the az
since, those old prophets became OPT
timists, and said: ~ I
you have two or three nara
years ahead, but the fundamental
conditions are sound. Trust God, be
square, and make your permanent
investments both financial n spir-
itual."
When people expressed doubt or
despair, the prophets said, Y shall
| eat this year that which groweth OF
itself, and in the second year that
which springeth of the same. but in
the third year. sow We and reap.
| Meantime, be honest and faithful;
for the fundamental conditions ff
business are sound" n
Babson says, II am not a preaeh$
er. but a coid-blooded statistician.'
But l notice some similarities IN
the messages today and in the lon
ago.
The basis of business then and
now is character; the sooner we all
learn it. the better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

@. Did Debs poll any electoral
votes IN. b.
A. Eugene v. Debs did not re-
ceive any electoral votes, these be-
ing divided between President-elect
Harding, who received 404. and ex-
Governor Cox, who received 1T
electoral votes.
O. Were the bodies of the Span
ish -Ameriean war dead left in other
countries ?-R. S. o.
A. All the Spanish-American SOL
dicrs who died out of the country,
were returned. .
O. Is the specific gravity of the
earth the same at the North Pole as
il is here An. M. M.
A. The Photographic Office says
that no official data is available. The
only authoritative records obtained
OF this region are the soundings
taken by the late Rear Admiral
Peary.
O. Who was the Expounder of
the Constitution Pr. NJ.
\, The title "Expounder OF the
Constitution" was given to Chief
Justice John Marshall, whose many
NdiudDlt dtSl0lOiin oh ~ NcAiSNtNe
ton have never been CONTESTED.
O. What should be done with a
tattered American flag when a new
one is being put in it's place?--L. X.
A. The War Department Says that
cid. worn out American flags should
be burned.
Q. What is regarded as The life Of
an automobile .--P. II. IL,
A.The average life of a a in this
country is estimated as being be-
tween four and five years.
Q. When was the leaning tower
of Pisa built and did it always have
this slant?-J. J. MEG.
A. The Campanile at Pisa. Italy.
was begun in the year liza. Its OBJ
liquity is IS feet in its height of 179
feet. The prevailing opinion of ar
chitects is that the slant of the
tower is Intentional.
Q. To settle an argument will you
tell me whether the red part of a
poinsettatis Is blossom or leaf?-M.
hJ. A.
A. The Department if Agriculture
says that the ~poinsetta has a red
leaf. 1t is due to the red color that
people often confuse the leaf with
the flower. The true flower ap-
pears to take the form of a group of
flowers and has no petals.
Q. Where are the oldest manu-
script copies of the Bible kept?-
w. II. NJ.
A.The manuscript copies of the
bible to which you have reference
and which are probably the Oldest
dated manuscripts are the Codex
Vaticanus. the Vatican, 4th Cent
ury; the Codex Sinaitieus, 4th Cent
ury, Imperial Library Petrograd,
Russia, and the Codex Alexandrinus.
5th Century. in the British Museum,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
For Itching Eczema
Old Sores and Piles

81 g~uaraatas my ointment" says Peter
son OF Buffalo. ITO eure eczema; to stop
the itching at once and any reliable drug
gist will cheerfully refund your money IL
PETERsoN,s OINTMENT doesn't do
everything l saw IL will do"
William A Carley of Franklin, N. Y. is
surely a wise man. He writes: II used
PErERSON'E OINTMENT on a little boy
work.
Then thsre is Ale- Louttei. a brave fires
man of Buffalo. who is glad co write as
follows: II had an old sore on my leg COR
many years. The best doctors failed.
PETERSoNS OINTMENT entirely healed
the sore quickly" And from over in Cam
ting: THE best thing / ever hit for Itch
Ing piles is PETERSONs OINTMENT" A
big box for IS cents. Mall ord ,rs filled bv
Peterson Ointment Co.. he. Buffalo. N. Y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
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to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

CUT THIS oUT-IT is WORTH MONEY
Cut out this slip, enclose with SC and
mail 1t to Foley & Co.. 1855 Sheffield Ave,
Chicago, Ill. writing your name and adj
dress clearly. You Will receive In return
a trial package containing Foiey's Honey
and Tar Compound for coughs, colds and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills for pains In
sides and back; rheumatism, backache.
cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing eathartie for eonsti-
patton, biliousness. headaches. and slug
gish bowels. Sold eyerywhere-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Luke McLuke Says
AS Income Tax payment time draws near do
not waste all of your sympathy on the Poor.
Save a little of it for the Rich.
Once Upon A Time there was a man who
didn't think he had a right to control the
Policy of a newspaper after he had taken a
years subscription. But he died. He was too
modest for this world.
You may have noticed that the man who has
a million dollars and the man who wishes he
had a million dollars never agree as to how it
should be spent.
A woman can stand other faults in a man.
But she finds it hard 10 forgive stinginess.
After a man has been over the jumps for
sixty years he quits looking for Boosts and de-
votes his time to lodging Knocks
When a young man is engaged to a kittenish
girl he forgets all about the fact that kittens
grow up.
And a homely girl doesn't get much consola-
ton out of the fact that Beauty is only Skin
Deep.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Huh!

He is a simp, 1 will agree,
He is a funny coot;
For, though he has a hare lip, he
Totes round q rabbit foot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

ut says here that there are four lucky days
in the year on which to get married." said Mrs.
Gabb,-a as she looked up from the womans mag
azine she was reading.
"IIuh!' sneered Mr., Gabb. They must be
the thirty-second of January, the thirty-tnird
OF October, the thIrtieth of February and the
thirty-hrst OF june"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Poor Old Ananias.

This awful liar, Oswald Brown
(You'd think that he would blush from
shame),
Says when his wife was out of town
He never had a poker game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
OUGHT

well, Emma" said the Mistress. in a patron
izing way, I'm sorry you are leaving us to get
married. l hope that you had sense enough 10
select a good husband"
"Huh!' replied the Hired Girl. If he amt
any better than the one you've got, l won't
keep him long"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Useless Coal.
Charley Naughton says that an old negro
named Washington who works In Bedford, Va,
was asked by his employer last Christmas
whether he would have a ton of coal or a quart
of whiskey for a Christmas present.
"Well, sir, boss, I'll tell you," replied WASH
ington after a moments thought, that stove
my old woman has amt partial to coal at all.
an she gets a heap more heat out of burnin'
wood in it,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright. 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer
Fact.

Fact.
when you let your head get swelled," said Pos
Your lot won't be increased:
lust when YOU think you know the most,
You're apt to know the least"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

AT any rate. Harding isn't going to have his
inauguration mistaken for an Ohio village
street fair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Screaming.

'You say you have fourteen children" said
the Man in the Chair. How do you manage to
get by?"
''Oh," replied the Gabby Barber, as he rub
bed in the lather, Tn a barber in the day time
and / play the fiddle in a dance hall band at
night, and between the two l manage to scrape
up a living"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Wun!

n l dvn't spring this rhyme I'll bust.
There is some truth to it:
Some men who have a lot of dust,
Have hardly any grit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

The ct in soviet doesn't appeal to Emma
Goldman as strongly as the ct in get back to U.
S. a.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Nnficct

Charles Ashburner, City Manager of Norfolk,
Va, has been appointed Chairman of the Fuel
Conservation mmitt of the Names is
Names Club,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Church dodgers welcome the news of the Hill
nois preacher who robbed the mail as a fresh
alibi.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Mrs. Vanderbilt has sold her Fifth avenue
palace; maybe to avoid the inroads of the
climbing profteers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
GosIli


Some women can't keep one, but Iva Secret
Of Warsaw, KY, won't tell what it is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Selling a $40 ton of coal for $40 is profteer-
ing and you go free but selling it for $40 and
delivering 1900 pounds is fraud and you so to
5ail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
GETS TT.


CONGRESSMAN Fordney, the observant Repub-
licsu chairman of the House ways and means
COMMITTEES is worrying about what happens to
Mary's little lamb after it stops following Mary
to school.
"A western farmer shipped a carload of sheep
to the eastern market" says Fordney. THE
sheep were sold at $40 a head, but the far
mer, after he had paid freight and other ex-
penses of shipping and selling, had only SO
cents a head"
But what is worrying the congressman is why
he had to pay SIS cents for two lamb chops at a
Washington restaurant.
'"Twice as much as the farmer got for a
whole sheep!" Fordney exclaimed.
Probably the farmer is wondering what be-
came of that difference between $2.1O selling
price and the 50 cents he got.
Somebody gets it! Not the producer of NUT
ION and lamb chops.
Somebody else gets the difference between
$40 sheep and lamb chops at IS cents for
two.
CONGRESSMAN Fordney's committee easily
could learn who is getting it, and why, and how.
The committee might do this while framing the
new tariff bill. The knowledge would be inter-
esting, and might be turned to good accounts in
framing the bill. It might lower the cost of
breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
They carried Chinese coal to Newcastle dur
ing the war and now Iceland is crying for a
shipment of lee.
Beneath an assumed indifference, many men
are fattered to see their names posted on the
postofhce wall among the income taxpayers.
New York dudes are all het up because Chi
cagoans call a dinner jacket a tuxedo. I What
diff does it make what you call the thing?
They may cut out the dancing, scenery and
chorus, but Mr.. Harding will positively appear
as the star in the inaugural piece.
Selling a $40 ton of coal for $40 is profteer.
ing and you go free but selling it for $40 and
delivering 1900 pounds is fraud and you so to
5ail.
Mrs. Vanderbilt has sold her Fifth avenue
palace; maybe to avoid the inroads of the
climbing profteers.
Church dodgers welcome the news of the Illi-
nois preacher who robbed the mail as a fresh
alibi.
t any rate. Harding isn't going to have his
Inauguration mistaken for an Ohio village
street fair.
The ct in soviet doesn't appeal to Emma
Goldman as strongly as the ct in get back to U.
S. \.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Daisy Works, of Covington, Ky, will quit
now since she married William Mains, of New
port, Ky. this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

And some durn fool wants to know II yol
could call a fire horse a spark plug.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

They may cut out the dancing, scenery and
chorus, but Mr.. Harding will positively appear
as the star in the inaugural piece.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Aw, Gwanl

How do you feel" 1 heard him say
To the old shoe he'd thrown away
And the old shoe said, with a pout:
my goodness, L feel ali worn out!"
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Some Hard Towns.

Flint, Mich.
Granite City, Ill.
Boulder, Colo.
I~ronton, Ohio.
Fort Steele, Wyo.
Stone, Ind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

You Can Always Find Consolation In Tn
Dictionary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

New York dudes are all het up because Chi
cagoans call a dinner jacket a tuxedo, I What
diff does it make what you call the thing?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

What is it makes you feel so blue?"
L asked the old discarded shoe
why is il you are thrown aside?"
I'm on my uppers." it replied.
Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27
Our Daily Special.

Names Is Names.
Alice May Fly lives in Nashville, Tennessee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

Beneath an assumed indifference, many men
are fattered to see their names posted on the
postofhce wall among the income taxpayers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-27

They carried Chinese coal to Newcastle dur
ing the war and now Iceland is crying for a
shipment Of ice.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-06-29
AS MUCH SPENT
FOR TIRES AS
FOR IHE ROADS

Some idea of the growth and pres
ent size of the automobile tire indus
try may be gained by considering tbs
recent statement of Mr.. M o. Ed
redge, director of roads of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association.
After an examination of recent sta
tistics, Mr.. Eldredge announced that
the country's annual tire bill is ST.
000,000,000. This astounding sum is
paid for about 4O,000,O 900 tires and is
about as much as the sum annually
expended on the roads of the nation.
Last year witnessed the addition of
100000 cars to the nations total and
practically every one of these new
owners will buy tires this year to re-
place those with which his new car
was furnished. This means a marked
increase in the country's tire bill for
1921.
1t is well known that Michigan pro-
duces about 60 per cent of the auto
mobiles manufactured in the United
States but curiously enough, there are
only three tire factories in this state.
a little over a~year ago this situa-
tion was turned to account by an or
ganization formed to manufacture a
new cord tire with the first real adj
vance in tire design made in the last
ten years. A graduated series of cor
rugations, moulded on the side wall
The Belding banner-news., 1921-06-29

celery are secured by blanching,
which consists of growing the plants
in darkness so that the coloring mat
ter of the stem is destroyed. Blanch-
ing also makes the stalks more crisp
and tender and improves the quail
ty.
Early celery is most easily blanch.
ed by setting up boards about IL
inches wide against the plants each
side of the row. On a small scale
in the home garden each individual
plant may be carefully wrapped by
hand with good heavy paper. The
blanching operation usually requires
about 2 or 3 weeks. When blanched
in this manner a distance Of 2 IL
feet is sufficient.
Late celery is best when blanched
by banking with soil. Commonly the
plants are set inches apart in rows