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The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
THE EXCESS PROFITS TAX.

1t has been asserted that the excess
profits tax has the effect of adding some
% per cent to the retail price of goods.
each man through whose hands the goods
pass trying to add his excess profits tax
to his costs of production, and each of
them puts on all he can in order to be
sure to get on enough. One fault of tn e
excess profits tax is that no one can tell
Just what the rate is upon each taxpayer,
and the business man cannot tell in adj
vance Just what his tax will be at the
end of the year. One advantage of
sales tax is that it is definite and certain,
and, if at the rate of one per cent. the
dealer cannot possibly justify adding
more than one cent on the dollar to the
price of any commodity. 1t is estimated
that on an average sales tax would add
about three and half per cent to the re-
tail price of goods, which would be quite
"a saving as compared with % per cent
The assertion that the excess profits adds
% per cent to the price of goods is cor
roboraJed by the statistics which show
that retail prices have not come down in
proportion to the decline in the price of
raw materials or in proportion to the de-
cline in wholesale prices. 1t seems pref
ty clear that the consumer would get off
easier with sales tax than he does with
an excess profits tax.-Kennebec Jour-
nal.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
News From the Mills Family

A recent issue of the Bennington, VT,
Banner has the following of special in
terest to former Belfast boy, and sum-
mer resident of the Battery for several
years:
Charles S. Mills, son of Rev. and Mrs
q. 5. Mills, who is finishing his second
year as an instructor in Robert college,
Constantinople, has been appointed for
next year assistant registrar of the COL
lege. This arrangement is made with a
view to his bee oming full registrar in the
following year, position that may carry
with it the title of secretary of the fac
ulty.
In recent letter Mr.. Mills has written:
THE registrar here is man of consider
able Importance. He is not merely clerk;
the routine work (which is what I'll do
next year, is done by paid assistant or
by students. He decides on the admission
of students, makes out schedules, ap-
proves courses of study, etc. For the
sake of prestige he teaches one or two
classes, for that puts him in better light
with the students. According to the way
l have been thinking for the past year
such Job rather appeals to me because
In 1T can be of service, because have a
summer vacation, because | would be in
the academic world, and because the d.
rection and handling of young men is a
great experience"
In personal note Rev. George S. Mills
of Bennington and The Battery, says:
81 suppose Charles advancement means
his staying on permanently at Robert
College, or at least for some years. But,
doubtless, he will be home for his vaca-
ton year from this summer, and 1 hope
we may show up as united family at the
Battery. This summer, am sorry to say
we are not coming to Belfast. | could not
get cottage after delaying my decision
SO long. But am going to the National
Congregational Council at Los Angeles,
Calf, the last of June. | wrote Bill How
ard the other day in lamentations over
the fact that we had lost our chance for
BeIfast-which drew from him in his best
humorous vein letter more sarcastic
than consoling. / am sorry Mrs Mills
will be Unable to 60 with me, but she
will take in the Mortified Missionary
Conference and perhaps chaperone a
party of girls from our church here"
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
THE CARELESS SMOKER
apologies to kiplingJ

apologies TO hlpllng)
A fool there was and his pipe he lit
Gwen as you and ID
On forest trail where the leaves were
fit
To become ablaze from the smallest bit
OF spark-and the fool he furnished it
The day was windy and dry.
The forest was burned to its very roots,
Even beneath the ground.
With the flowers, the birds and the poor
dumb brutes,
Old hoary oaks, and the tender shoots
Which might have made logs but for
such galoots
Allowed to wander round.
The lumber jack has now passed on
His payday comes no more
And the screech-oWis haunt the camp at
dawn
Where the cooks tin pan woke The men
of Drawn
But the mill is silent, the trees are gone,
The soil and the forest floor.
A deadly sight are those hills of rocks
Which once were beds of green.
No hope for the human, no food for the
flocks
The floods must be held by expensive
locks
And the harbor is silted to the docks
The ships no more are seen.
But the fool smokes on in the forest
still
Leaves the camp fires burning too
While the patient public pays the bill
And the nations wealth is destroyed for
If the law doesn't get him, Old Satan
will
When his smoking days are through.
BY Harris A. Reynolds in ''The Open
Road.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
HOME OWNERS

There are 5000, 900 families in the
United States that own their own homes.
A most remarkable showing coming as it
does through a period of war, depression
and unemployment. No other country in
the world has more home owners. There
is even more than ownership in this show
ing. There is eImanency of settlement,
frugality and economy of living, loyalty
to neighborhoods, contentment of en-
ployment and confidence in the future.
Their aggregate investment is $50, 00O,-
600, 600, an average of $4,000 per home.
At per cent these owners pay about
81, 500, 600, 900 for the privileg of pos
sessing their titles and, estimating five to
a family, each one is getting shelter for
$50 a year plus repairs and taxes. What
an impressive lesson is here offered to the
$1,000, 900 of rent paying families who,
despite all the opportunities for owner
ship offered them by the cooperative
bank and loaning associations, still per.
sist in paying landlords while complain
ing of extortion and excessive charges.
Own your own home is more than a
sloRan-it stands for independence and
real citizenship. Boston Herald.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
DEFORESTATION

The ruthless destruction of their for
ests bv the Chinese is. according to for
eSters of the United States Department
of Agriculture, one of the reasons why
famine and plague today hold that ma
ton in their sinister grasp. Denudaton,
wherever practiced, leaves naked soil;
floods and erosion follow, and when the
soil is gone men must also go-and the
process does not take long. Forests, it is
pointed out, not only play an important
part in the distribution of mankind over
the earth's surface, but also deeply affect
his spiritual, physical and economic life.
A country that recklessly wastes it's
aatural resources faces ultimate poverty
and decao ence. History is full of such
examples.
Reforestation Not Practiced
In the provinces of Honan, Shensi and
Chlhll, China, over an area some 100, 900
square miles in extent, several million
people are starving. The immediate
floods followed by long periods of drought,
which resulted in the failure of three
successive crops.
The great plains of eastern China, &C.
cupied by the first Chinese of whom his
ed from fore t into agricultural land.
The mountain plateaus of central China
have also, within few hundred years,
been utterly devastated of tree growth,
and no attempt made at either natural or
artificial reforestatIon. AS a result, the
water rushes off the naked slopes in
verltable floods, outlying away the noun
tain sides, causing rivers to run muddy
with yellow soil, and carrying enormous
masses of fertile earth to the sea. "Be-
ware of the mountain water" read signs
in many canyons of China, posted as a
warning to travellers against the sudden
rise of torrents during storms.
This lack of forest cover has made
possible many of the factors that have
brought disaster to millions of people of
China this year. The tree-covered
mountains formerly absorbed consider
able portion of the annual rainfall and
let 1t escape by slow, regular seepage
during the dry season. Now that there
are no trees, shrubs, or even grass to
restrain the rainfall, the streams that
formerly were narrow and deep, and sup
Piled an abundance of clear water the
year round, have become broad and shall
low. with slender currents OF muddy
water, which, when 1t rains, swell TO
roaring torrents that bring disaster and
destruction everywhere.
Water courses have also changed
MYERS become uncomfortable, and the
water level of the country lowered per-
ceptibly. In consequence, the unfortu-
nate people see their crops wlther and
die for lack of water when it is most
needed. In many parts of China, 1t is
SAID, these factors, combined with IN
certain moisture conditions, make seven
Inc years.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
$500 Reward $1OO

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
catarrh. Catarrh beidg greatly influenced
by constitutional conditions requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Medicine is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of
the System thereby destroying the foun-
daton of the disease, giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have SO much faith in the
curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that ITS fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
FATHER FOUND TWO=YEAR=
OLD BOY VERY SICK
Was Thin, No Appetite, Had Swollen Lips, Stomach Palms.
Itching Nose.

A hardy woodsman and enthusiastic
fisherman, Joseph X. Lane of Lincoln,
Maine, has very interesting record to
report. He writes: "As boy, thirty
seven years ago. l began to take DR..
True's Elixir Once after six months
hauling logs, came out of the woods and
found my two year-old boy very sick
He was = hin, had no appetite, had swollen
lips, pal Us in stomach, an itching nose,
was suffering from constipation for
months.
II had not been in the house an hour
when an elderly lady-a good neighbor-
came in and told my wife to get bottle
of DR.. True's Elixir, saying she had seen
numbe1 s of similar cases which it had re-
lleved.
''My boy was given half dozen doses
of Elixir when he passed a lot of little
worms, and right away began to show
improvement; he began soon to eat with
a relish, play around and look healthy.
He did not have to take a full bottle, and
in later years, whenever he got off his
feed, few doses would straighten him
out quick.
"When l get constipated, couple of
teaspoons of DR.. True's Elixir fix me
o. X.
'My son is grown up now and has a
family of six children, and he has practi-
cally raised his family on DR.. True's
Elixir. The children go out and get hold
of something not good for them, and so
when they eat something and get sick,
the Elixir is given and the family is put |
in good shape again.
81 have read in the papers you have to
take a half dozen bottles of some reme-
dies, but you don't have to do this with
DR.. True's Elixir. Simply few doses
and then. quick relief. The three genera
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Notes from the Northern

The May issue of ''The Northern" a
monthly magazine of contact between
the management and the men, published
by the Spruce Wood Department, Socia
Service Division of the Great Northern
Paper Company, is bright sheet of eight
pages, printed on the best of paper. Mont
ford S. Hill, at one time pastor of the
Belfast Methodist church, is the Super
intendent of the Social Service Division.
Mr.. Hill says:
perhaps it becomes the Supt. to Sc
lect understanding that somewhat
breathes the spirit of the Social Service
DIVISION. In making this selection we
believe we can do no better than to phrase
IN the words of another. Nothing better
was ever put into the English language or
any other language than the following
words by sam Walter Foss which we
adopt for this motto. Previously we used
these verses on our desk in public office
and headed them thus 1.-The Greed of this
Desk" There came into this office one
day one OF the most prominent men of
the State for friendly call. He read
"Our Creed' and remarked, "There
feel better having read that" May every
reader of 'The Northern" so catch the
meaning and see the beauty of our adopt
ed slogan as to sense feeling like our
friend 1t is offered in this hope"
There are hermit souls that live with
drawn
In the place of their self content;
There are souls, like the stars, that dwell
apart,
In 1ellowless armament;
There are pioneer soul that blaze their
paths
Where the highways never ram
This is only the second number of vol
ume one of The Northern but the news
writer, Harrie B. Coe, felt called upon
to use the following
Getting out newspaper or monthly
publication is no picnic. If we print
Jokes, folks say we are silly-if we don't t.,
they say we are too serious If we pub
lish original matter they say we lack
varlety-if we publish things from other
papers they say we are too lazy to write.
If We don't go to church we are hea thens
if we go we are hypocrites! If we stay
in the office we ought to be out hustling
for news-if we hustle for news we are
not attending to business at the office.
If we wear old clothes we are slovens-if
we wear new clothes they are not paid
for. What in thunderation is a poor
editor to do anyhow? Like as not some
one will say we swiped this from an ex-
change We didP
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
SuUTH FREEDOM

R. N. Jameson of Portland has been in
town calling on friends
Mrs. Perley Thurston has returned
home from her recent visit in Philadelphia
|. Quigg has closed his mills for two
weeks to give his help a chance to do
their planting.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Adams have re-
turned home after few days visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Sprowl
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thompson and Mrs.
j. P. Downer motored to Belfast May
18th, to visit their sister and family
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Overlook of Quincy
Mass, who were called here to attend
the funeral of his father, has returned
home.
Mr.. Weber of Winslow has returned
home after a recent visit with his
daughter, Mrs. w. F.. Overlook and
family.
Artell Overlook passed away very
suddenly May ii with heart trouble. His
family has the sympathy of neighbors
and friends.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Potato Acreage in
Aroostook County,
(Houlton Times,)

(llouitOu 11u4eS,)
Notwithstanding the fact that the mar
ket price OF potatoes from the crop of
1920 sold in 1920 81 reached a very low
price in the market of the United States.
probably never in the history of the po-
tato industry did the farmers lose as
much money on account of the extreme
cost 81 production, as on this crop.
FROM the sales of fertilizer and general
information the advice given in these
columns has been needed and the farmers
VIII plant larger acreage than for many
years; there are several reasons for this,
as T. l.. Cleveland than whom no man is
IN better position to know, says that
low priced seed in most cases produces
high priced stock and high priced seed
produces low priced stock. Of course,
the experience of former years has much
to do with this as anything, and the ex-
perIence of the industry in this county,
with the exception of the crop of 1917
and 1913 has been that the price is up
one year and down the next and this is a
pretty good basis to 60 on. Of course it
is more or less of a guess, but it seldom
happens out what a farmer can get his
money back if he does not take too many
chances In the selling of the product; and
yet the Government report is the safest
guide to go by and what the production
IN other potato raising states has been.
With fertilizer lower than it has been
Tor number of years, and the seed the
lowest, Indications do surely point to a
large acreage for 1921, and with the best
soil for raising potatoes in the United
States the Aroostook farmer has many
things in his favor, with farm help low
er than for number of years, machinery
available for doing much of the work, in
secticides, bordeaux for late blight,
Aroostook will be on the map as usual
When tn crop for 1921 is harvested
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Maine Items

While Damariscotta man was stand
ing watching the fish run through the
locks at the Mills last week he was startl-
ed to see little boy swept by him in the
rushing water. He didn't stop to think
it over, but just jumped in and grabbed
the child in time to save his being dashed
onto the rocks in the next lock. The
water PUSHES through the locks at this
place with an almost irresistible cur
rent and the rescuer had to use all his
strength to resist the force and hold his
own while holding the boy until assist
ance could reach him.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
IN AIR FLIGHT

wy Dc people fly?
r 'y14 !}4 care for a spin in the air so
~ aa W. spend SIS for a 20 minutes
' s N So, what is your motive?
~ ~ ewing half dozen commercial
'"S along Miami's water front on
N. Sv'.-., brought the following facts
1'o'. 0' per cent of all passengers car
NJ S' We short 20 minutes sightseeing
'ls be women.
N, rs'-1Ag To aviators the types to
N @'apDg the clouds appeals are:
wealthy man-the business man
b 'au'S 10 see what flying is like. He
1' lltuTe of commercial aviation.
f,, suo. night offers also novel method
N S''I 'ainng friends.
h, spyrA He flies for the excite
M ~ We l1lng. He usually insists on
.3lg Then, too, an occasional
IN t@o''des a way of demonstrating
n. NIsnas his sporting self.
tsa' Yeiage man. He finds in the
h,. rsN. d 4l5 for himself or $25 for
h. a1a a companion a method of
~ -le Thrill and pleasures of the
h If. Is resented with an opportu
ka leaHz.ng an overwhelming de-
III. "'h'mum expense.
s. ''l 4s percentage of women pas
\ " Considered something of a
/. ", ."oae reveling in the thought
|sar- |1H we're too timid to fly. Ac-
ban W. pilots, in most cases women
b. W. 'Ier Of an aerial spin on the
Er- are Of their masculine COM
Miami CFla.) Herald.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
-ransters in Real Estate

l.. allowing transfers of real estate
-se7r ed IN Waldo County Registry
n.s+s ror The week ending May 20,
f.. Suaetser, Searsport. to Frank
Flanders. DO; land and buildings in
[spor
|p,, E4ea Plaisted, Maiden, Mass, to
Lnt e nackard, Searsmont; land i'll
snnclt
|s.- at laws of William H. Carr, late
rv La pus B. Danforth, Troy; land
|,Art ga5ce, Frankfort, to Percy
Il Eaer9ort, land in Winterport.
T. WhTchouse, ct al, Unity, to
n. N Swnell, Oakland; land and
F5rts "a nifty.
|tn5 3. Coffin, Auburn, to Edith L
l5rs., lh5Tndlke; land and buildings
|I5utAs
|.sg,.sa Clark, Winterport, to Ernest
I'm, Fairfield; land and buildings in
f-e.o't
IT, { Hutchins, Freedom, to A.
II, al Lubec; land and buildings
IetoD
l. N u 0od, Swanville, to Leon R
H.. and and buildings in Swan
| gs49a ogg, Brooks, to Helene j.
d. '8rts9l; land in jackson.
| Hlrta DahIman, Omaha, Neb, ct
! uBIss.. 7. Hall, Winterport; land
Ele-g-..
BY + Reynolds, Burnham; to D. NJ.
/ 2"seio, and In Burnham.
F &Gsl5l, Burnham, to D. NJ. SUI
2s md in Burnham.
ha SWAMI Belfast, ct ais, to Fred
e9 and and buildings in Bel
N Mcfarland, Freedom, to Percy
15' IL al do land in Freedom
@e Ioung, ct ais, Lincolnville,
.a Jung, do. ; land in Lincoln
4 MeserFey, Lincolnville, to A.
bon lung, do; land and buildings in
mag /
-s W. Young, Somerville, Mass,
-4..-u ! oung, Lincolnville; land
u.cugs ia LincolnvilIe.
-to Holmes, Knox, to Dorothy
1a CIV and and buildings in knoxj
alg Il Curtis, Montville, to Waltel
ag2.4 DO land and buildings in
sas, W Stiles, Stockton S prings, til
al. stiles, do; land in Stockton
.aa S helIey, Unity, to Claude
ky --., snd and buildings in Unity.
l.s j tsTker, Belfast, to Harry A.
4asa leiesooro; land in Belfast,
sNs.a- e hnowlton, Belfast, to H.
a| and and buildings in North
1-s T brown, Belfast, to Frank E.
DIZZY esarsDort; land in Searsport.
y%salaa c. Varney, Freeport, to
Wall T. ilttle, Belfast; land and build
no Belfast.
%12a i F'ummer, Monroe, to Daniel
Ne.sF 10; land and buildings in
'as
42-oaso 3 Huff, Brooks, to Merton
WYE do End in crooks.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Eastern Steamship LlneS,lnC.
BANGOR LINE
STEAMSHIP CAMDEN

Leave Belfast Tuesdays, THURSDAYS aud
Saturdays at Z Is a. m. for Bucksport, Winter
port and Bangor.
Levve Bangor p. M, Winterport 45 p: M,
Bucksport 8 80 p. m, Belfast p m for Cam.
den Rockland and Boston.
Return-Leave Boston On Mondays, Wednes.
DAYS and Fridays at D m -, Rockland Tues.
DAYS, Thursdays and Saturdays at M for
Camden, Belfast, Bucksport, Winterport and
Bangor.
At Boston, connection is made with the
Metropolitan Line passenger and freight
steamers for New York via Cape Cod Canal.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

'oltS was getting dinner ready
m lalle little Fred with happy
n, 4dS mammy's darling been do
B., u,oInlng?" asked his mother.
Hrlss oeen playing postman," re-
h ra' 'l exclaimed his mother.
tter0 Suiu you do that when you had
~. l had" replied Fred. II
I @'s In your trunk in your room
viii pu packet of letters tied
eys., d ribbon, and l posted one
'sly door in the street.
Exchange.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

The Maine Central Railroad, after
conference with representatives of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, has is
sued notice of reduction of the clerical
force in the Portland general offices of
about one sixth in numbers, effective
May 18th. The other plan considered
was the five days week plan, by which
the entire clerical force would have been
retained, each man working but five days
per week.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

it."
Symptoms of worms: Offensive breath.
swollen upper lip, deranged stomach. oc.
casional pains about the navel, pale face
eyes heavy and dull, twitchinr evelids'.
itching of the nose and rectum. short dry
cough, grinding of the teeth, red noints,
on the tongue, starting during sleep, slow
fever, constipation.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Summer Schedule Effective June 7

Leave Belfast daily except Sunday at p. m.
for Boston and way landings. RETURN: Leave
Boston daily exc pit Sunday at p. m (Day'
light Saving Time) for Rockland, Belfast, Ban
gor and way landings. Landing will be made
at Northport commencing June 81. Commenc.
ing July 8, service will be daily. including
Sunday. in each direction.
GEO. E. DUN"ON. Agent,
Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

! The busiest woman of Newburg, Me-,
is Mrs. Myra j. Severance. In addition
10 attending to her household duties, Mrs.
Severance serves as chairman OF the
Board of Selectmen, fulfills the, duties OF
the town agent and attends to the busl-
ness that falls to her lot as chairman of
the Boards of Overseers, Road Commis-
sioners and Assessors.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

Teacher: Willie, how old is the United
States2
Willie: It was Hundred and won in
l918.-Cartoons Magazine.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

Over 1000 barrels of the best Aroostook
potatoes have been contributed by the
farmers of that county to the Near East
Relief. The Bangor & Aroostook Rail-
road will furnish free transportation to
ihe seaboard. While the cash amount in
folved is not as great as it would have
Heen last year, the Aroostook people
you'd have Just as willingly made the
Donation, had the value of the potatoes
been twice as much as in 1920. Potatoes
then brought from $40 up, per barrel and
are now moving slowly for so cents for
the same package.
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02
Warming Him Up

/ tqsh. Tow do you keep the fires of
Igaes; ~ nus affections burning7"
Y oco, IN, by hunting up an old
'sionally. Cartoons Maya
The Republican journal., 1921-06-02

Nearly every grown up and every hild
needs Laxative. The fond parents afe-
guard the health of their children by
keeping their bowels in condition. In Dr.
True's Elixir only pure herbs are used.
No harmful drugs. Keep the bowels 'regu--
lar by using DR.. True's Elixir At all deal
ers; sizes. Buy the larger size.-Adv