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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
seIqians Teach Farming.

The Belgian government has hit
upon novel scheme of teaching the
farmers of the country better methods
Of farming, says Motor. The idea of
a school for farmers Is not new, but
the idea Of taking the school to the
farmer by means Of motor caravan
Is certainly novel. The school build
ing consists Of three units, one pow
cred with gasoline motor; in short
q building section on a motor truck.
With this powered unit go two trail
ers and the three rolled into position
ana Joined together makes the COM
modious and convenient classroom.
Madonna and Child on Stamps.
Religious subjects are not commonly
used as the basis Of stamp designs, al
though figures of the Madonna are
known on the early stamps Of the vr-
gin islands and more recently on the
high values of Bavaria. A set Of three
special postage stamps newly issued In
the small principality Of Llchtensteln.
in honor of the eightieth birthday of
the reigning prince, Johann II, repre-
sent the vision of the Virgin and the
Holy Child appearing In the heavens
above the capital town of Vaduz. The
stamps are autographed in large for
mat and comprise the denominations
30 heller green, so heller carmine and
2 kronen blue.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
Methodist Episcopal Church

WethodIst EplscopaI Church
Morning Worship t II A n
Sunday School at II P
Evening orship at Up n
Prayer Meeting Thursday al
1880 P N
Arthur Anderson Mandigo,
Pastor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
WANTED, LOST, FOR SALE

SECOND HAND GOODS
FOR SALE organ, Glenwood
stove, couch. Call and see
same at the home of I l. Robin,
over E A Bemis', Island Pond,
Vt
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

Thursday, February "a, 1921
Entered at the Post Office at
Island Pond, Vermont, as second
ass mail matter.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18

experience and common sense OF the
British public. LLOYD GEORGE, get
ting his for Britain exactly where and
as he wanted It on two continents,
could be neither so ungracious nor so
small minded as to challenge the aim
of NJ. BRAND In the undertaking TO
try TO get his.
AS for the natural adherence or
British morality against trafficlking
with Bolsheyism for plundered rubles
and blood stained loot. or of British
sentiment against crowning with the
victor's laurels the Turks who butch
cred the flower of the manhood of
Canada, of Australia, Of New Yea
land, Of Britain itself, lying now In
the unmarked bitches OF Gallipoli-
we'll, the dead are dead for all time.
For them there Is nothing left In
this material world. The living must
always work and trade and manage
and contrlve and control.
England, the dispassionate. that can
embrace Red Terrorism without a
qualm and remember Gallipoli with
out pang! England, the inscrutable,
the marvellous, the magnificent!
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
In a Hundred Mile Zone.

There Is Il vast appeal to the i'm
agination in any proposition involv-
ing the hundred mile zone about New
York. This time 1t comes In the form
Of police alliance for mutual aid
and cooperation. The idea Is good
one for obvious reasons, but the fas-
cination from a contemplative point
of view Is in the immensity Of the
human interests condensed into this
relatively small space.
The circle Is not complete; at least
n quarter of It Is in the Atlantic
Ocean. sbut it takes In the greater
part Of Connecticut, including nearly
all the large cities : corner Of Mas
sachusetts. all the great Hudson
river towns TO beyond Poughkeepsie.
and the southeast portion of the
State to point almost twice as far
distant as Port JervIs. nearly the
whole State of New Jersey and fat
slice of Pennsylvania along the Della
ware and including Philadelphia.
In this area, the projectors of the
alliance say. there are a hundred
cities. The population must be In ex-
cess of thirteen millions of people,
and the only region In the world that
could be thought Of as in the same
class with respect to wealth would
be similar circle having the London
Mansion House for its centre The
| assessment for taxes in this city alone
is $10.fS6.207 ,279 for the next fiscal
year. That amount Is far from in
cluding all the wealth of the resi-
dents Of New York; perhaps almost
as much more should he added. Then
there Is the rich committing district.
and Philadelphia Is not centre of
poverty.
For such vast interests both per-
sonal and material no system OF pro-
lection can be too complete or elab-
crate. Colonel ARTHUR WooDs pointed
out the value In perfectly harmonious
police operation when he was Police
Commissioner, but no practical heed
was taken. II Is strange that SO OBJ
vious an advantage should have been
overlooked so long. 1t cannot now he
too rapidly organized and put into
effect.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Wool Wanted, Not Shoddy.
The Head Of an Interesting Family
Would Raise More Sheep.

TO THE New York HERALD: My big
family Of six sons and twelve grand
children wear clothing The west side
OF their garments Is getting thin--I
mean the part the sun sits on. Can
you do anything for us? The need is
more wool and less shoddy.
The shoddy may be wool that has seen
better days: It may have come from
Lucys pet lamb but every time II has
been worn 1t has taken from the wearer
tho impurity of his body and some cash.
Warmed over wool gets lot Of misery
If you give 1t time. But it does not
make good clothing.
On a railroad near here there used to
be FIVE mills, four virgin wool mills. one
a shoddy mill the four are out Of busi-
ness; the shoddy remains and one Of
the pure wool mills now makes shoddy.
The woollen mills got at the people once
in two years. the shoddy every two
months. So we need relief.
Our great country has the land to
raise sheep. has the market to sell wool.
We should keep hundreds Of millions OF
sheep. we should have the golden hoof
that makes rich land.
I saw on a recent trip In three States
thousands of acres of sheep pastures
without a tenant.
Have we as a people abandoned the
soil? Must we wear shoddy and give
the sheep to the dogs?
DUrY CLARK KENYON.
CARBoNpALE, Pa. March is.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Keep Baseball Clean.

Under the Kavanaugh law, enacted
AT the present session of the Legisla-
ture, 1t becomes felony in New York
State for any person to offer bribe
10 a baseball player to throw" a
game, and felony for a baseball
player to accept such bribe. The
Chicago scandal of last year inspired
the new statute.
All corrlptors OF baseball players
and all crooked players deserve pun
ishment, and II such rascals can be
sent TO jail 1t will be a good thing;
but when baseball falls so low that Its
players must be watched by detectives
and its honest spectators leave the
diamond wondering whether the
match they have watched was sold to
gamblers, the sport will not be worth
much as national game.
If professional baseball is to be
made clean and kept clean, the club
owners must do the Job. If they are
wise they will act before criminal
prosecutions are needed, for the richly
paying business Of professional base
ball may be knocked into a cooked
hat by dishonesty long before that
dishonesty becomes so barefaced and
apparent as to justify calling in the
police.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Hunters Shot Fine Geese.
An Incident Showing Why Farmers
Want the Game Law Changed.

To THE NBw YORK HERALD: With re-
gard to the proposed amendments to the
game laws 1t might not be out of place
to relate q recent experience of mine
with hunters and sportsmen. 1t will ex-
plain the farmers sentiments on licensed
hunting and the ravaging Of their farms
by permission OF the State.
My farm lies on Shawangunk XIII, a
stream which ordinarily is placid and
well behaved but on Wednesday Of last
week we had heavy downpour and old
Shawangunk soon assumed the proper
tions of a river.
am and for years have been a
breeder OF pure bred geese, shipping
their eggs FOR Matching purposes over
the United States and Canada. II
would not be boasting to say the wealth
OF domestic fowl added to the country
each year from this source would equal
Is per cent. of the amount collected by
the State of New York on hunters
licenses.
Well. after many years OF good be-
havior, for some unaccountable reason
the geese lost their heads and twenty
one went sailing madly down the kill on
the high water. Some were descendants
of and others actual winners at Madi-
son Square Garden and the New York
State Fair. but these honors availed
them naught In their mad rush down
stream.
On Thursday I advertised the fact In
the local papers and personally spread
the news at the farms along the kill
Friday morning the geese had been 10
Gated and with the help of neighbore
and farm owners along the kill we COW
cred the kill on both sides down to
Bloomingburg. a distance of FIVE miles,
and succeeded in getting eleven, all shot
to pieces; two have since died from
their wounds.
In all that distance through forest and
dell we did not see a game bird. not
even squirrel or a cottontail rabbit.
Why should the State Issue licenses to
hunt game where none exists? Why
should the State issue license to a
stranger to roam over the property of
another upon which Il levies a tax. State.
county and township?
II II must issue licenses to hunters let
the State make II operative on State
lands only. make IL an offence to carry
a gun or another firearIn along the high
ways or on the property OF another with
out written permission. Put the burden
OF proving his innocence on the tres
passcr rather than compel the farmer to
prove him guilty.
What right has stranger TO any bird
or animal that feeds and exists on our
arms, anyway? GEORGE t. HOWELL.
HowELLs. March II.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Wagner Music Pleases Large Audience
Miss Florence Easton Sings With Symphony Society
Orchestra in Carnegie Hail.

II was an extraordinary programme, put
together apparently without the least
thought OF relationships. of clashing
styles or musical symmetry. Pierre
Monteux, conductor of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra, perhaps wished to play
Brahms and Rayel and had to add
something to make the customary two
hours OF music He succeeded In doing
just that and nothing else.
Mr.. Monteux finds himself entirely In
sympathy with the exotic music (exotic
10 q Frenchman) of Brahms, but 1t cam
not be said that he perfectly asslmilates
II. He has endeavored to do so, and he
conducts it with sincerity, with devotion.
Tut usually from without He Is far
happier. of course. in the music of Ravel.
which is Gallo. Partisan, urban. palpi-
tating with the vivaclty and intelligence
of the salon. The waltzes heard last
evening have moved numerous French
men to extended comment.
There is room for doubt that they will
stir the sluggish ina agination of Ameri-
can commentators, who are SO fBfgidly
matter of fact that a creative critic like
the late James Hunels/ ruffled the
waters of all the great lakes. or a GER
tainty he could have written much deli
cate and delicious prose about these
airy trifles, which are instinct with
grace and captivating in badinage. But
they do not seem to be worthy OF pro-
longed lyricism. They are pretty and
they are admirably scored.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has
played better In the latter part of the
season than it did in the early days
Possibly it will do still better things
next autumn. Meanwhile the note NAV
be made that tomorrow afternoon It's
final concert will take place.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Nine Million Motor Cars.

The Department of Agriculture.
which has made n motor car census,
reports that the number Of gas driven
vehicles, passenger and commercial.
registered In the continental United
States last year was 9.211 ,295. This
total Is amazing. 1t Is million more
than the estimate made last year by
the automobile trade. 1t Is seven times
as great as the number Of cars with
which this country was credited in
the first year Of the great war.
The investment III these more than
nine million cars must be eight billion
dollars. The annual interest on the
investment would be about half Il
billion; the depreciation, at 20 per
cent, 81 600 100000 q year. The cost
Of housing, operating and repairs must
be figured in billions. A few years
ago prophet made bold to say that
eventually the American people would
spend as much to run automobiles as
they spend TO have railroads. Even
tually" seems to be now.
In contemplating a growth like this
mere figures only numb. 1t is better
to use them as a guide TO the con-
temptation of country SO great that
1t can do such things and still live.
The amount of labor diverted to au-
tomobile building; the drafts that
lave been made on Nature for iron
and oil the making OF new highways
that have been needed since all Amer
lea started to motor-these are the
actual costs that have followed the
success of the internal combustion
engine
The business man viii wonder
when the motor car field will reach
the saturation point But that Is not
an alarming question. II 1t should
be assumed that saturation has about
arrived and that 10,0O0,OO0 cars are
the limit for this country, there would
still be a great future for the indus
Try. Replacing 10,0OO,o00 cars would
mean steady demand for 100000
ears annually, five years being the
generally accepted life Of motor
vehicle.
The pessimist will see waste in
having a car for every ten or eleven
Americans. He will talk of JOY rid
ing, Of unnecessary travel, Of wild
extravaganza. But the optimist will
think Of comfortable travel, of joy
Gus excursions 70 the country, of the
swift convenience which the automo-
bile has brought into the commercial
world. Everybody who has car
thinks he needs it and Americans
demand what they think they need.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
PLAYS Beethoven Sonatas.

Nine. Olga Samaroff gave the seventh
in a series Of eight recitals. at which
she is playing the thirty-two piano So
natas of Beethoven, yesterday after
noon in Aeolian Hall The works given
were the three sonatas, opus 80. in u
minor; opus 101, in A major, and opus
10, In A flat major. After the second
sonata the husband of the pianist, Leo
pold Stokowsti, conductor of the Phil
adelphia Orchestra, who at two pre-
vious recitals in the series has spoken
on the first and middle periods OF the
great master, addressed the audience
on his third and last period. In her
performance of the three sonatas. and
especially In the opus ITO. upon which
her husband had dwelt somewhat in his
remarks, Nine. Samaroff united appar-
ent devotion, fine technical power and
clear appreciation of the Beethoven
scores. The audience showed deep
interest.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18

Spain, and then, whatever the pro-
portion of such capital to the whole, a
similar proportion of the total profits
is deemed to arise in Spain and is
specially taxed. II. therefore, COM
pany uses one-third or one-half of It's
capital in Spain, but sustains deficit
in It's earnings in Spain, 1t is taxed
anyhow on one-third or one-half its
total profits earned elsewhere.
But in all cases banks or merchants
are arbitrarily deemed to be employ
Ing AT least onetenth their capital In
Spain and minimum tax on that
basis is fixed both for capital and for
profits.
American bankers and merchants
are not fully Informed on the motives
behind the new law, but its effect in
few weeks has been to demonstrate
that 1t will do more harm than good
as far as concerns helping the dcmes-
tic industries of Spain. The law Is
particularly irritating to our mer-
chants and bankers who established
branches in Spain In good faith dur
ing the war when that country was
exceedingly anxious to do business
with US TO make up for the loss of
European markets.
Among the concerns which have
been forced 70 close their Spanish
Offices the United States Steel Prod
ucts Corporation may be taken as
typical If 1t had maintained its sales
agency with native American man.
ager It would have had to pay taxes
or the entire capital of the United
States Steel Corporation, Of which 1t
Is subsidiary. Likewise it would
have been taxed on the basis that
one-tenth the total profits of the Steel
Corporation were earned in Spain.
Many other concerns OF foreign ma
tionalities have withdrawn from Spain
and are now doing what business they
can through commission agents.
IT is hardly likely that the law will
long survive. There seems to he q
worldwide hallucination, especially
among those nations whose position
has been improved In the last six
years, that they can now withdraw
into their own shells, like oysters, and
by so doing retain all the benefits of
the wor while avoiding itS economic
backwash. Spain has not escaped
the epidemic Of unsound legislation
inspired In many countries by this
false creed
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
The War Finance Loan.

Sceptics have begun already to
hoot ut EUGENE MEYER, Jr., appointed
rs head of the War Finance Corpora
tion by President HARDING. MIR.
MEYER was responsible for the re-
yivaI of the corporation by the last
Congress. His ability 10 make of it
IN instrumentallty to promote our
foreign trade. rs Congress intended,
is now called in question by certain
critics on the ground that our foreign
trade needs no help, as former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Houston so
often reiterated.
The first answer to his critics Is
the announcement by Mr.. METER Of a
loan 10 promote cotton exports. Last
year at the beginning of the present
trade depression the original call and
the primary need was for marking
down OF general values to prices at
which foreign customers would buy.
Cotton. among other staples, has been
deflated 70 the vanishing point and
still the customers evince no interest.
Recent months have revealed that
foreign buying power is no more
factor In our trade than foreign
selling power. Our shrinking i'm
ports testify TO the topheayy, non-ne-
gotlable trade balance we are erecting
because Of misplaced credits. There
are risks in Europe which no private
firm or group OF firms could possibly
assume. Nevertheless, they must be
assumed somehow If the normal flow
III commerce Is 10 be revived. II is
oniy few months since III. r. DAvI-
SON. speaking from his experience az
an International banker. urged the
Government to set aside a fund Of
sJo0,000,000 to overcome the difficult
ties involved In doing business with
countries where conditions we're un-
settled. These were. however, the
very countries where the greatest need
for credit and goods existed, and
where production could not be stlmu.
lated without them.
Our credits since the armistice have
gone largely 10 nations which we're
enabled hy them TO build up their
trade in the cash markets Of the
world ut our expense and while hold
ing our loans IN non-liquId state.
Nothing can be achieved by marking
down prices IN the hope Of vending
our goods abroad unless nj the same
time foreign buying power IS in
creased by building M foreign selling
power where, because OF shortage
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
Spain's Tax on Foreigners.

American business interests have
entered n vigorous protest against
particularly drastic tax law recently
passed In Spain and aimed with as
tonishing frankness at all foreign
merchants and bankers doing business
In that country. The National For
eign Trade Council has laid some Of
the unusual provisions Of the law be-
fore the State Department at Wash
ington and has asked its assistance
70 have It's terms modified. The
State Department Is understood to
have made representations on the
matter TO Spain.
A fine hand Is displayed by the
Spanish lawmakers In their deter
mination to stop the penetration by
foreign interests. The tax law pro-
yldes. among other things, that any
company or bank doing business In
Spain, whether through IN estab-
lished branch or supply depot. shall
he taxed on its total profits from
business IN All parts of the world and
~ us total cnpital employed In all
countries IN computing the total
capital both surplus and reserve funds
arc 70 he included.
In addition to this tax on total
profits and capital, tax twice as
large In percentage Is levied upon
the capital employed exclusively in
The New York herald., 1921-03-18
European Credits.
Conditions Suggested by American
Purchases Of Cotton Abroad.

To TIE NEW YoRK HERALD: 1t is gen
orally reported that American manufac-
turers are buying cotton in Europe, as
they can do so for about $40 bale less
than they can buy 1t here. This con-
dition is really amusing In view OF the
fact that the major portion OF the cot
ton exported from this country to Eu-
rope has been on a credit basis, whereas
the cotton exported from Europe to this
country has been on a cash basis.
Tho practical effect of this Is thAt
whereas American producers establish
a credit in Europe. which is not very
valuable at the present time. Europeans
on the other hard arc depicting Ameri-
can capital through the export OF gold.
Not only through the export of gold to
pay for the imports. but the consump-
ton of capital 10 pay for the exports
through which the credits are estab-
lished.
Should the foreign trade corporations
established and to be established under
the Edge act be largely increased and
assuming the imports to decrease by
reason OF tariff restrictions. &c. the
time will ultimately arrive when the
United States will hold great unfunded
European credits and suffer from high
money rate through depletion of Its bus-
ness capital. which or course will be
practically In proportion to the Euro
pean credits created. A secondary ef-
feet may also be expected. as Europe
undoubtedly will endeavor to decrease
American credits by dumping European
commodities upon the United States
market at price which will destroy the
United States market for similar arti-
cies OF domestic production.
GEoRoE II. BENJAMIN.
New YORK. March II.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18

The historical cycle ~of the Symphony
Society OF New York had revolved as far
as Richard Wagner yesterday afternoon
and Carnegie Hall contained large.
comfortable looking and approving au-
dience. which received the gospel ac-
cording to Baireuth with moderate rap
lures. It was an entertaining afternoon.
First the guilds assembled in Nuremberg
and the masters of the song craft were
properly acclaimed.
Suddenly the scene shifted and the
bowling gales swept furiously around
the Cape of Good Hope while Wander
DICKENS ship vainly strovc to beat to
windward. Then Sefltd told the sorrow
ful tale and betrayed her mad infatua-
ton for the wanderer OF the seas. Again
the scene changed and the hammer Of
Donner was heard shifting the rock. The
thunder clouds foated away, the rain
low spanned the mystic Rhine. the gods
entered Walhalla, and from the depths
below the helpless Rhine maidens
pleaded for the return OF their gold
And now the storm ragged again and
all the Valkyrs went huftling through
the murlsy skies to assemble on their
rock where Woton kissed the divinity
from the eyes of Brnennhiide and left
her in firegtrt sIumDer. All that passed
between her and the highest hero of
worlds" was confided to the imagination,
for the next music was that which ac-
companied the lifeless body of Sie1fried
back to the stricken nome OF the Gioi-
chungs. And finally was heard the great
farewell Of Brttennhilde before they
threw Crane and herself upon the blaz-
Ing funeral pyre, which reached Wal
halla itself.
Nine. Florence Easton OF the Metro
politan sang the ballad and the Bruenn-
hide music. She had just as uncom-
Portable a time with the former as so
pranos usually do. For some reason
that song disturbs their vocal poise.
However. the audience applauded her
most cordially. She is known to be one
of the best singers now before the pub
lie. so of course what she did was right.
The orchestra played with great vigor.
frequently with too much Of It. But
1t was Wagner. and his music is to-day
the most popular that is heard in the
concert room.