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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

T ROHIBITION in America is the sub
 T ject of considerable railIery abroad. and even the medical journals are being hoaXed with false statistics and gen oral transformation or are inventing these things for the edifcation of their readers Under the heading "A Terrestrial Paradise" Tie 1f6dicdle of Paris prints the following:
 We all know that the virtUous Aueri- cans, having suppressed the consumption of alcohol in their country, have been filling heads with the wonderful results that this radical measure has accomplished. No more crime, no more anity-prisons and asylums closing their doors-it was enough to make wish that, following their ample, the whole world might be made dry However, recent statistics are of such . least to modify it., If the reported extraordi- cur good friends the Yankees it is certainly ascribed.
 The statistics in question inform us that during the year 1920 the people of the United States consumed, in spite of all in terdictions. approximately 20000O,O0O liters of alcoholic beverages. We are informed that about 140O0 secret distiueries are in operation in the country, and that the traffic in various forms of spirituous bevera ges- whiskey at the head-is increasing day by day. We are also able to gather from thesa statistics that our country has not the monopoly of laws hastily passed without sufficient preliminary investiga tion-laws that are inapplicable and remain inapplic-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

bodice,'' says the Journal of the AnteTjcdr1 Medical Association, reporting this scientific dissertation for the edifcation and education of American rnedicos, lone string of pearls is altogether insufficient, and a triple row, or even a dog collar, is requisite, thus giv ing my lady the appearance of the most famous aviators Hberally bedecked with fourTagiers.'
 With all this science at their beck and call, however, these doctors and editors sum the matter up with this quotation from Nietzsche: ''No woman who felt herself w9- dressed has ever caught cold, even when she had next to nothing on, costume de JdI."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

promote a man unless he has demonstrated his ability to lay away some money.
 Samuel Crowther. writing in Factory says:
 The average man does not savs be- cause it is commonly" represented to him that the process of saving is purely one of self-denial He fails to have driven into him that saving is not negative, but surely positive, that it has any other than the immediate effect of accommodating nest egg. The second reason why men do not save is that only the man of strong de- termination save, for the means of say ing that are now afforded to the average worker are so awkward and inconvenient that only the hardy saver will continuously overcome them.
 "The savings bank does not help a man to save. It is an institution for husband ing money that already has been saved. The only general saving is that which be- comes automatic the moment that the res olution to save is made.
 "It is not to be expected, and experience conc1usiveIy shows, that the urge to save is not normally continuous, and that un- less the single initial impulse may be taken advantage of continuous savings will not take place.
 "The saving has to be automatic, and thus has to take place before the saver gets his hands on the money, for otherwise the exercise of the will to save must pre- cede each deposit. This makes it neces- sary to deduct an amount from the pay envelope the standing order of the wage earner and that is a nuisance.
 Few employers care to undertake the management of a. savings fund, for excel lent reasons. The first is that they are manufacturers and not bankers. The sec ond objection the executive makes is that there is a degree of paternalism in with holding money for the mans good. This is objectionable to most employers and to nearly all workmen."
 Here lies the secret of the lack of syste- matic saving in America. Not only has there been no general economic teaching, of an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
Fast Slipping Back Into
 The Old ShiftTesS Ways

Alas! that we are slipping back irto the old happy-go-lucky ways! Our great host of savers marshalled by a supreme effort of wartime thrift, is disbanding. T. is if they had lived on a sort of a glorifed budget system to help win the war and then plunged into orgy of spending. One almost wishes for genuine money trust, as that presum- ably would devise ways and means effect 6 right about face.
 It might be expected that the lessons of thrift. so painfully acquired during the war; would be praCtised by for all time. But it has been shown that year ago we spent for luxuries alone sum equal to more than a billion of dollars in excess Of UT total wartime savings. Alongside of this our savings in 1920 are pitiful. Indeed. they signify more than that-they a!Arrningly small. One need not be calamity shouter to discern that there is very intimate rela- ton between them and our present unsatis- factory economic condition.
 All that the mutual savings banks in the United States received ior 5afeke-ping in the last twelve months an increase of s474.760,sS4.s over 1919. Think or 4 Less than per cent. of what we scattered for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

good times up to the end of December 1919, was laid away for reserve. A dollar frittered away for each two cents savedt This is a record of extravaganza unequailed in the worlds history.
 Added to what the savings banks of the country possessed from the peoples savings in previous years we have a total Of $5,535.- 3S9 904.1S as a. reserve fund. The United States postal savings system has deposits of S157,276322. Say five and two-thir6s billions after hundred years of effort our total available reserve. And yet Dur annual wage fund is estimated at fifty Billions.
 It is high time for the American people to look at the situation frankly. We shall have to pay our share of the ~ar's cost. In a recent address William Mather Lewis, di- rector of the savings division of the United States Treasury, said among other things:
 ''The wheels in Europe will not move, starvation will continue, industry will be out of joint. until the capital destroyed by the war is recreated- And on America comes the burden of that restoration. The creation of such capital in the only way that is democratic, namely, by every citi- zen becoming @ capitalist; by every worker putting. some of his savings to work in sound investments, should not be difficult in a nation which last year spent $500, ,OOO. 900 for cigarettes and S1.OOOOOO,- OG0 for candy.
 If America is to save the world. we must change from wastefuI habits to habits of conservation. The situation is critical. The days of reconstruction will not soon be over- It was fifteen years after the civil war before conditions be- came normal, and seventeen. years after the Napoleonic wars before Europe fully recovered.
 The situation would look pretty bad for the world if it were not for America. Great, young and inestimably rich in power and resources our nation with the right economic habits and the proper leadership will make the war a great mile of advancement, tragedy
 If eXtrava gance is the principal result of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
S12,35O,O0O,OOO

Here are total estimated expenditures of S22, 700 ,0OO,O 900 for objects that give but momentary pleasure. Not that I would pro- pose taking all the joy out of life. Far from it! A reasonable outlay for many of the articles could not be regarded as ex- travagant wasteful. There is bound to be difference of opinion as to whether some of these things should not be classified as essentials. But the laying out of such quantity of money any of them. and the huge total, must be regarded ''unreason- able and extravagant, in the light of our existing economic conditions" to quote Secretary of the Treasury D. F. Houston.
 At the present rate our expenditures for luxurtes In nine years will amount to more than the total direct outlay of $19S,0O0,- 0Oo.ooO for destructive purposes in the world war. This is not all, as the indirect costs of the war add another 50,0OO, 00O,- 900 to the gigantic aggregate. How long can continue thriftless drifting?
 ''The American is a dollar waster" says that distinguished British visitor, W. L. George, who has been among taking notes the past five months. Writing in the April Rorper's, he adds that the aver age American saves only when he needs capital to start in business. When he makes money he wants the fulness of life. accord ing to his particular lights" A frank and fair appraisal. as all know. When our minds are made up we can save almost as successfully the French, and they the thriftiest people in the world
 It proud boast during the two years and half following the entrance of the United States into the that night became nation of savers. Not less than O,00O, 900 American families sub scribed to the various Liberty Loan issues. In a space of about thirty months We paid down S21,432. 95O.9OO for these bonds. This means that we managed to save approxi- mately s700,000,OO0 monthly and invested il in the safest security in existence. Like Allies in the war, became thrifty and achieved one of the greatest financial successes the world has ever known.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

able. There is some consolation in the fact . that we do not stand alone in the matter of hastv legislation"
 The Paris editor does not give the source of his information, and the correspondent of the Journal of the AneFicGn Medical AsSo- cidti0R suggests that it is the same that provided the story of a floating island built off the coast of Cuba, where thirsty Amer jeans could become inebriated in all privacy
 The correspondent then calls attention to three French laws, the suppression of the sale of absinthe, limitation of the number of liquor retailers, and a third to suppress drunkenness, and says:
 lowing to the influence of these three laws the number of alcoholics admitted annually to the Infirmerie Speciale has diminished more than one-half."
 The correspondent cites statistics further to show that during the war the number of cases of insanity of alcoholic origin de creased 75 per cent. in Germany. He adds that in 1906 in Bavaria 23 per cent. of the insane were alcoholics, while in 1917 only 3 per cent. of the insane owed their con ditfon to alcohol
 ~ CIENCE has taken up the subject of
 womens dress. but so far as the N/ records show science has got ro fur ther than ordinary male humanity Dr. G. Milan of Paris has made a study of the elan, and has printed his observations in the Parls Medical. However, at the end he seems to be as much in the dark as to how to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
S1O.35O.OOO,OOO

 If we add to this the following outlays for which both the rich and poor have a responsibility, the total is enlarged by an- other SIP, 1000, 900 900: Ice cakes and confec-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

Candy. y........... S1,0OO0O0,OOO Cigarettes. s....... SOOOOO, 900 Tobacco and snuff. ... SOOOOO, 900 Theatres and movies... SOO.OOO, 900 Ferfumery and cosmetics. 750,OOO,OOO Cigars. s............ 51O,O0O, 900 JeweIry .....-... 5O0.OOO,O0O Soft drinks. ks...... 35O,OOO, 900 Cereal beverages. .-..... 23O,OOO,OOO Chewing gum. ....-...... 50,O0O,OOO Firearms and sheIIs... 5O,OOO.OOO Sporting goods. 25,OOO,OOO Carpets, rugs and wearing
 apparel (excesses over
 stated prices) ......... 1.5OO,OOO,OO 900 F-urs. ..--........ 3OO0O0,OOO Hunting and shooting gar
 ments. s......... 1000, 900 Cigar and cigarette holders. 100000 Yachts. s.-..... 100000 Automobiles and parts. 2,0OO.OOO,OOO Toilet soaps. 4OO,O0O,OOO Pianos. organs, Victrolas.. 25O,OOO,OOO Art works. s......... 15,OOO,OOO Electric fans. ............. S,OOO,OOO Liveries. s............. 3.0OOOO0
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

HOPE for the future, both for individ- 4 uals and for the nation, rests in the growth of national thrift. Reckless ex- travagance engendered by the war, has been the subject of repeated warnings from leaders in every department of en- deavor. The last election told plainly what the people at large thought of Gov reckIessnesS in spending means is graph icalIy portrayed in the accompanying ticIe by Major Sherman ". Craiger-and he tells also how individual thrift may be encouraged-a valuable preachuuent on this vital subject.
 By SHERMAN M. CHARGER, Major of Finance, Reserve Corps, U. s. A.
 SURPRISE is in store for those who A have entertained a vague belief in the existence of a money trust. If there were one is it likely that the financial geniuses in control would sit down calmly fand watch the American people make a bonfire of S22, ,OOO. 900 of their ings? Perhaps it is necessary simply to cite the enormous total of our national lux ury bill to illustrate the point. We spend approximately fl per cent of whole income for non-essentials. If this isn't fd- ding while Rome burns, will not some draw an appropriate cartoon and convince of the contrary?
 The experts of Uncle Sam's Treasury last week announced that over s1O,000, 000, 900 were laid out in 1919 for luXuries. Chief among these is our candy bill, then soft drinks, tobacco, perfunery, jewelry, theatres and movies automobiles and musical instru- ments. Glance this table, based the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

Thrift leading industrial plants in the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27
WHY THAT LAME BACK?

That morning lamencss-those sharp
pains when bending or lifting. make
work a burden and rest impossible.
Don't be handicapped by a bad back
look to your kidneys. You viii make no
mistake by following this Brattleboro
residents example.
Mrs. $. G. Graves. as S. Main St,
Brattleboro, says: Il have used Doan's
Kidney Pills for several years and have
always found them to be just as good as
they are claimed to be. When / first
used Doan's my back and kidneys were
in very bad condition due to heavy
Homework. My back was lame and
sore and when / stopped or lifted any
thing, sharp pains in the small of nv
back We're unbearable. My kidneys we're
weak and irregular. heard of Doan's
Kidney Pills and got a half dozen boxes
and in short time they cured the
trouble. Since then I have used Doan's
with excellent results and / am glad
TO recnmmend them.f
Price G0c- at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-gct Doan's
Kidney pills-the Same that Mrs. Graves
had, Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfrs. Buff
falo. n. ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27

road executives should help the United
States railway board solve the trouble
some question of working rules. The
railroad has been ordered
to have new election among its employees
50 that their representation may be de-
termined in their own way. This is one
of the cardinal points in dispute
whether each railroad shah have the right
to deal with their own employees and the
right to refuse to deal with labor lead
Qrs not in their employ but claiming to
represent the men.
The feeling here Is that the crisis has
been postponed. if not averted. and that
both sides now know that the government
stands squarely behind the L. :. Railway
labor board and that its decisions must
hereafter be respected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27
MEDAL MEN AT NORWICH.
AwiWd by Lieutenant Governor FO0te,
For National Championship

N0RTHFIELD, oct. 27.-The mem
bers of the Norwich university indoor
rifle team, who have two consecutive sea
sons won the National Rifle Association
intercollegiate championship were pre-
sented the medals for the seasons 1920
and 1921 by Lieut. Gov A. w. Foote of
Vermont at an evening parade held on
the Norwich new athletic field, Sabine
field. yesterday afternoon.
Lieutenant Governor Footc was pres
emf. COL. Frank TompkinS. comniandant
OF tile university. read a communication
from Mai Gen. Holbroo5c, chief of cay
airy which commended the work of the
ride team.
Lieutenant Governor Footc then pre-
scented the medals. The following men
received medals: 4. 5. Kerr 4. V. Har-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27
Luxuries. of Yesterday
Are the Necessities of Today

Are the Necessities OF To-Day
no YOU REALIZE what it would mean If
- you were deprived of electricity? .t..-
Picture your home without lights, your streets
like Dickens London, no electric cars, no movies,
no clean productive electrically operated fac
tories.
Electricity plays an important part in your life
You cannot afford to ignore the source of supply.
1t has a claim on your pride as progressive cit
izen.
THE TWIN STATE GAS & ELECTRIC co. is
local enterprise, it is serving you7and hundreds
of others "a hours every day It must be ready; it
must give service instantly and fully; otherwise
commercial stagnationy ideness, discomfort and
disaster may follow.
We want you to think of the TWIN STATE GAS
& ELECTRIC co. not merely as a machine. 1t
is a group of your fellow-citizens giving their
best brains and their loyal efforts day in and day
out-not simply to live-but to make you more
comfortable and make this community a better
place to live in.
Your intelligent cooperation is vital factor in
making possible efficient public utility service.
TWIN STATE GAS AND ELECTRIC co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27

England has mill girl magistrate in
the person of Miss Mary Anne Dews. a
cloth-weaver in the town of Dewsbury,
and who has recently been appointed a
justice of the peace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27
LABOR BOARD
AVERTS STRIKE
POstpOnement of Second
Wage Cut Temporary
Victory for Labor
HARDING OPPOSES
IMAGINARY ISSUES

Wants No Strike Until Second Wage
Cut Actually Comes Reduction OF
Freight Rates May BE Postponed -
Roads Want to Destroy Unions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-27

rington J. W Joslyn. D. Y Anderson.
II. w Tyler and Il, w Scothon. These
men were not present. having graduated I:
Capt. J. f. Loughlin. T.. NJ Martin, 6.
c.. Zwart. II. X. Shaw and ". @. Smith.
Every one except Densmore and Scothon
received two medals. having fred on the
team the two championship years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22
ANNUAL DINNER
HELD TOMORROW
At MORGAN HOME

(special 70 1As Arn.)

Aledo, luna 32-Of ths nine SIR
wing nsmbers q Company 3.
Illinois volunteer infantry. Il Is
expected that only four VIM be
able 70 attend the annual dinner
and reunion of this company to b
held Tomorrow 1t the houls Of Les
ter Morgan near Burgess. The
event was to have been held =
week ago. but the death Of one Of
the members. James H. Lafferty.
caused the dinner to be postponed.
Everyone IL invited to attend the
reunion and 1t Is expected that
many people from the county will
be present. Each one IL requested
to bring . picnic lunch. The
speaker Of the afternoon will be
Oscar e. Carlstrom Of Aledo. Spe-
cial music has been arranged un-
der the direction Of N. r. McClel-
Ian Of Burgess. The morning
events will start At about 1880
O'Clock. It is planned to serve the
picnic dinner at IL O'Clock and to
have the address in the afternoon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22
.Aledo Personal
Especial to The Arzus.l

Aledo. June 22.-Mrs. C. N. Yer
trees left this NOR ling 'for Cham
paign, where she will visit with
her dAughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Dexter. Mrs. Dex-
ter and son Robert expect to &C.
company Mrs. Vertrees home for
a visit
Judge Friend L. Church was an
Oquawka visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Braucht
and family Of Joy were in Aledo
yesterday to attend the LAWSON
Hebel wedding.
Miss Media Sanquist of Aledo
spent today in the tri-cties.
r. J. Meinicke Of Milwaukee
who attended the Lawson-Hebel
wedding yesterday, returned to his
home this morning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22

GsnsseO Personals
(ep,clal Correspondsncesl

fsaneseo. nj. June 34.-The Dor
ca society OF tho First SWeoisn
/ .ntheran church viii b entertAin-
"a 81 I'D homa Of lfrs. Oscar swan
1son Thursday afternoon. Member
viii sew ON fancy work After the
husiness session refreshments VIII
be served.
Mr. and Mn. Delbert Cherry. who
have been making their home with
m. Cherry's father. lawrence
Cherry. have moved into the w.
Glimm residence on East Orange
street.
Maurice williams and Russell
Huffty, patients at the st. Anthony
hospital, Rock Island, visited u the
home Of the latter's mother. ME-
John Durack. on East Orange
street, this city.
/ Mrs. Anna Cherry, Of Beloit, WIS
!, has arrived in Geneseo for an ex'
tended visit with her daughter. mrs
Oscar Cherry, and other relatives
here.
| Rev. A. +. Lormer, former pastel
Of the First Swedish Lutheran
church OF this city, now pastor 20
the Lutheran church ut Omaha
Neb., is visiting with Rev. Magnu
son and friends here. He was en-
tertained at the Outing ciu
grounds last evening by lafg
number of his friends.
| Miss Lillian Stahl, daughter Q
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stahl. who re
side on a farm southeast of Gen
eseo, and who is teaching shor;
hand at q grade school in Chicago
lis here to spend two weeks vaca
ition with her parents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22

Milan. III, Juns 21.-Ihe Old
lailan depct, destroyed By hro hve
years aeo, viii 10 replaced BY .,
new one before Jan. !, 1oz7.
The Illinois public utilities COM
mission today ordered the Chicago,
Rock Island 4 Pacific railroad 70
build . depot in Milan. 30 that the
structure will Be ready for business
BY Jan. /, next year. No plans Tor
the construction Of the depot have
been made a. yet but It u believed
that . building costing between
$1,000 and 5000, with all modern
accommodations, will be erected.
the order issued by the state
commission this morning Is the re-
suit Of several hearings held In the
last few years and especially the
one held last March. The entire
village board Of Milan at. that time
held . hearing with officials OF the
Rock Island road and q member o.
the utilities board In Rock Island
Petitions had been signed BY resi-
dent in de vicinity OF the depot do
claring that the coach now used q
| q depot was . nuisance
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22
STERLING WILL
INSTALL LIGHTS
fspecial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Sterling, Ill, June 22.-As re.
sult of the public consideration OF
the proposed installation OF curb
line boulevard lights, the city coun-
ell at a meeting this morning pass
ed a resolution ordering the city
attorney to draft an ordinance and
20 ahead with the preliminary de-
tails toward the advertising for
bids for the construction work.
Seventy-nine additional lights will
be installed in the business district
of the city.
Carnivals will not be allowed the
use OF the streets Of this city for a
parade nor their bands. play on the
streets, according to an ordinance
passed by the city council this
morning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-22
NCK1NGEmEM1C
Is IN VOGUE BY
HORSES SOCIETY
Especial Correspondence,)

Especial Correspondence.)
Sterling. H.. June 22.-Not to be
outdome by the many horses which
have kicked their owner or children,
breaking their legs, = COW owned
BY James Lee Of Coleta, Just north
Of this city, kicked Mr.. Lee IN the
leg fracturing the bone. This is the
NTH or sixth accident of this kind
10 b reported in the past three or
tour weeks.
Bernard BahFun& - 0svsR-year-
old son Of Mrs. B. Behrens. who re-
sides north Of this city, was kicked
By . horse this week and suffered
10 broken leg as the result. The
bone was broken Just above the
kneA.