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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

cipes, aspirations, living conditions and problems are so much like The record of the busi' ness between the United States and Canada for 1920 shows that Canada is not only, next to the United Kingdom by far best customer, but the volume ot trade between the countries is growing at very rapid rate ~and the balance of trade in favor o this country continues grow by leaps and bounds She passed France, which second in the value Of her purchases the United States in 1919 last year
 In 1920 the trade between the United States and Canada reached the total of $1583 DOC, 900 as against s122S 900 900 for 1919, the balance of trade in 1920 was $36o poo 900 as against S24o eco 000 for 1919, a gain of 50 per cent. 1920 Canada Purchased goods from the United States to the value of s971, ,S54,00o. In 1919 her purchases in 1920 were s611 7SS, O00 and in 1919 they were s494,696,000
 Our trade with Canada was far greater than our a balance of trade in favor of $360 900 GOO whereas our trade with South America showed a balance of trade against of $137, ,O00, ,OOO
 In the total value of trade Cuba among all the countries ranks next to Canada showing a total oi $1,296,77 900 last year, with balance of trade O. $206 100000 in favor of Cuba. France is fourth with total trade of $841, 900 and balance or trade of SUI, 900 in favor. Japan is f tn among the countries with total trade of Si82 000 and balance against of $36, 900 900
 The United Kingdom still is best customer course The total value of trade for 1920 with tGt country amounted to $2338877, 900 with q balance of trade in favor of 31 10O0 OOO These fgures comparable with a total trade in 1919 of < 2,5S7,746,000 and a balance of in our favor of $1,969, 000, OOO
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Can It Be True?
Cincinnati Enquirer.


 The President of the United States Chamber of Commerce in declaring tha: much of the unrest in the nation today is due to the conditions in the public schools of the country paints somber picture
 It IS to be feared there is too much of truth Tn h;f deduetiors. As he estimates the cituation l5,000 class in the country stood idle last yea through lack of teachers COnservatively this would mean that 450,000 children either denied edu- cation altogether or crowded into other classrooms "aefe they were given such education as they could get from an overworked, underpaid undertrained teacher.
 Ominous and infinitely regretable if true It prot- aply IS quite true. And. being true it is evidence ol practically criminal shortsightedness on the part oi the authorities and the public generally To ta to recognize the importance and dignity of the teaching profession, remain indifferent to provi sIon o1 facilities for education of teacher and pup ahd neglect 10 provide adejuae compensation for all educated instructors means death to the tree ot popular knowledge, which means the moral political and spiritual decay of democracy
 flgures cited by this authority and vouched fol by him tell story which may will he reneta an, to believe. For instance of the 600 O0O taacbars 100000 are under 21 years of age 30 900 have nt 4S0,000, or four ffths the total have not had w years of special training, the maxi,aum recorrizef standard in other civilized countries ard 40 900 tenn porary teachers have not even filled our owr low educational requirements!
 And so he with his djsoujetny 6ouro and gloomy deductions. If he is right thera is n, f''i.y oi opportunity If he is right, education '3 sadly handicapped. Perhaps class conseoi,sne es and other abnormal social evils really are daveloninf Tn our most boasted institution Ii would ba wei to look into this matter " N
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
THE WAR PREPARATION QUESTION.

The ability of Germany to pay and the ability O. the Allies to collect the amount agreed upon by the Allies the to be paid by Germany repara tion for the ravages of the topics O international most generally discussed now throughout the world The amount agreed upon 226o0o 000 900 gold marks equivalent to about s56 50O000,000. Germany is given AZ years in Whic make the full payment. Among the provisions fo. collection of the money is that would require Germany to pay 1212 per cent. of the value of al her exports the exports occur. It is estimatee that if Germany pays $2o,ooo' oooooo now the ex port will take care of the of the payments within the specified AZ years,
 Germany protests that she cannot pay it, and Ter legislature has voted to resist the decision A far asl heard from all the various German State have endorsed the position of their National less lature. Many American and British experts agre with the contention of the Germans-that the burdel is too great Others contend that it is not prohibiy and he met.
 The French and British Governments seem to b bound that Germany shall pay the agreed upor amount, and methods of enforcing collection ar being discussed Among the suggested plans are th seizure of the German customs houses, the seizur of the Rhur Valley coal fields, etc
 While it is said that there is considerable opin ion at Washington that the burden is greater thal Germany bear. the matter will be considere officially until after inauguration of President Elect Harding. New York newspaper which can Nassed sentiment at Washington said the preyailins opinion there is that Germany could not pay ,mor' than s100o0. 100000 immediately y-one half of tn amount asked IL is conceded that the working ou of the proposed export is largely speculative at this time
 The charge is made in Germany that the Allie> arrived at the amodnt of the reparaon payments with the purpose in mind preventing Germany. recovery after the war On the other hand the Allied Governments contend that the will no; nearly make up for the damage Germany did in tho war, that she practically unravaged herself ana therefore must pay the agreed upon to tn, last farthing
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Luke McLuke Says

A man could have small foot too, if he had sense enough to move the heel of his shoe into the middle of his shoe.
 When a girl marries she feels superior to the other girls in the neighborhood But she doesn't feel that way long.
 After looking at some af the thinsa other girls marry. why do girls im- agine that il is such a terrible thing to be an old Maid?
 A wise wife can easily guess where her husband spent the night by the way he tries to prove that he wasn't there
 A man will spend eight hours a day day yolping that luck is againat him, And then he wonders why he hasn't any luck.
 As soon as a young thing discovers that man is married she quits yamping him and tries to offeni him.
 It has just about gotten 90 that d Princess can't go to the corner gro cery for her Mother Hnless she pnts on enough paint to change the color of an automobile.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

The Alaska Fish and Game Club will present 8 game law the Alaska Legislature and ask that i' be passed The Legislature should take the matter up co11sider it carefully pass law on the subject and submit it for the consideration of Congress. The Legislature would de we'll also to treat the fisheries question in the manner.
 In this way the people of the Territory tell the world what they think of sef-goyernment, and they demonstrate their ability to their own affairs. Alaska long has been the playthng of nonresident faddsts and of power-loyng bureaus.
 The only just and practical government of any country is government by those who live in the country Let other organizations in the North follow the lead Of the Alaska Fish and Game Club, and the people of the country will learn of the situation Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
OUR DELEGATE HAS BEEN FORTUNATE.

One of the leaders of the American Bison Society one of the New York organizations which are trying to make game law for Alaska, champion of the brown bear writing Gov. Riggs says Delegate Sutherland said at the luncheon where Delegate was the guest of honor and Dr. Hornaday was the toastmaster and where Alaska game matters were discussed, that he had walked over Alaska for 23 years and had brown bear. There are none in the Territory who are not glad of MT Suth- crland good fortune, but there scared and rnamed people in Southeastern Alaska and else where along the coastal region of the Territory who have not been lucky. They have seen brown bear much their sorrow, and their ghasty scars and crippled muscles and sinews will never permit them forget it.
 It is fair to MT, Sutherland to say that he under stands the situation if he has never had any practical. experience with brown bear, and that he is not in favor of continuing protection for them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Common Sense Saving.
(Atlanta Constitution l

tAtlanta Constitution
 saving and spending, with common sense is in teAl ol thrift article in The Minneapolis Journal It IS possible, even with the best intentions n, te part of the thrifty, to overdo the saving ana in NPchdlhg and this. by way of illllstration-
 To make business of saving q profession oI eeonomizing, trade of thrift is likely m develop narrow nature, even as reckless spending develops habitua improvidence
 To use good judgment in savtng and spending aike--that's the idea Ruskin nut 1t in another way: f
 Economy more means sayino roonay than It means spending money; if means od hlhlsfatlon of house; it's stewardsbir. spending or savings. whether money or tin,e or anything else to the best possible ad
 vantage" ~ There is where right saving counts for p,ost il SH-drouhd nome helpfulness To that is due i '"iEe measure the building of many a home and i makes the maintenance of it comparatiyeIy oasv .t haven't deprived myself or others of opy lnihs worth while on the thrift road is the tast Hohy or one who saves and spends wisely .Apd th eoser | got to the bank the easier was the travel Ing Had good time all the way"
 And that is the experience of all ,cb s.,, ., common sense saving plan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
The CockY Hun!

With Germany licked and 150,00( of our ex-doughboys begging for work and food and medical atten tion in this country, Herr Otto Au tcnrieth, of Germany, announces that the next war will result in the wip ing out of all other contendcrs and Germany and the United States will rule the world, but-"Germany vii be stronger than the United States by the superiority of her genius and intellect" Can you beat it?
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Fooeyl
Wilmington News-Journal

(Wilmington News-JOurnaI)
 The inquisitive Luke McLuke wants to know what has become of the old fashioned woman who used to eat raw onion every night to save doctor bills. We don't know exactly, but we have a suspicion, her huS- band who sat beside her at the picture show the other night, mad beat her to it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

The total American trade with Asia increased rom $1,742,608,916 in 1919 to $2,055,75 in 1920. The increase in both exports and imports h 1919 the exports $701, 1,164,7S7 and the imports $1,041.444l29 In 1920 the exports were $771,954,431 and the imports $1,2S3 sOO6e9 The balance of trade in flavor Asia in 1919 was s340- 2.9, AZ and in 1920 $511S46238
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
OUR GREAT CANADIAN TRADE.

The reports of the Department of Commerce GOV. ering last years business give a very practca
 reason why the United States should be very gen in all her commercial negotiations and deal ings with Canada, in addition the mpeiling sen timental and ethical for friendly neigh borly attitude toward kindred people whose prin-
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

The exhibition of a few sef-appointed conser- Ylors of the public good, mostly composed of people who have never been in Alaska, meeting in New York and deciding upon game law they will permit Congress to pass for this Territory is sad com mentary upon the government the people of the North have. What travesy it presents on AmericaniSmi
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
The lnteIiiuent Make-Up Man

tZanesViIIe Ohio SignaD
 Lancaster-Prosper Hummell, B is dead at his home from. drinking ! quantity of wood alcohol for bcy craze purposes.
 ITS IN TOWN, HAVE YOU TRIED TT?
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

Lenine and Trotsky apparently like their jobs Lenine he expects the dictatorship in Russia to continue for forty years, Further deponent sayeth not.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Then and Now

The old fashioned man who used to retire with few hundred dollars now has a son who spends a few hundred dollars each day before he retires.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Ho.oray!

Eileen Flote and Will Wade, both of lronton, Ohio have joined the Swimming Class in the Names Is Names Club.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
"Kick ln!"

A. Collector has been elected Treasurer of the Frolics Club, of Louisville. Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Flaw, Flaw!

My husband drank some yeast in mistake for buttermilk last night said Mrs. Gabb.
 What happened?" asked Mrs. Naybor.
 He rose three hours earlier than usual this morning." replied Mrs. Gabb.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

Some people think their ability to horrou, Goney makes them good business men. .' says con. temporary Well in these days it does-(Philadel- ~ I
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
-iRe

IS costing the Government millions to keep the nation dry and it is costing the nation more millions 10 Keep itself wet Columbia Record)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
BITS OF BY.PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Ouch {!

I'm gong to ask you. a question ' said the Cheerful Idiot. And Il bet that you cans reply Yes or No to my question
 "I'll bet I can reply Yes or No to any question you can ask nc, replied the Wise Guy. What S your question:" .
 Have you quit robbing pc9r bOxes?" asked the Cheerful Idiot.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Whoa, Fan!

Cincinnati people do not have tt go away on sightseeing tours, They can C. Lots in Cincinnati
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Firms Is Firms Turnipseed x Stiffy,
 Clothing,
 Alliance, Ohio.
The Limit!

The Limit!
 That fellow Smith is the biggest boob I ever met" said Brown. Isn't he the dumbest man you ever ran into?"
 Yes" agreed Jones. Why, he doesn't know the difference between marshmallows and mothballs."
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21
Names Is Names

Whaddy we gonna do with Nellie Halfhcad, of Broadhead, Wis?
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

Names Is Names Harm Harms lives in Uplands, Neb.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

Our Daily Special EvCry Dispeptic Takes Pains With His Eating
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-21

Our Daily Special Worry Is The Undertakers Best Friend.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-25

market for the one crop fails is the
one most in the minds of the farm
ers today. 1t should be remembered
that similar distress is sure to come
when drouth or other circumstance
causes the n crop to fail.
These two counts alone, however,
are not enough for conviction. The
one-cash-crop farmer who considers
them the only drawbacks to his sys-
tenn is too likely to take a chance on
the weather, the insects, and the
market.
There are other counts against the
system-counts that are of vital i'm
portance to successful farming.
In the first place, too large an acre
age in one crop fails to provide for
the rotation of crops and the build
ing up of soil fertility. In spite of
its obviousness, and in spite of the
fact that it has been emphasized to
the limit for many years, the re
minder again seems pertinent that
cotton after cotton, corn after corn,
wheat after wheat-year after year
in the same Realistically decreases
the fertility of the soil. Over a per-
iod of years, this decrease will far
more than balance any extra profits
that may be made from the one-cash-
crop in years when both weather and
market conditions are especially ia
vorable.
Again, the one-cash-crop system
fails to produce sufficient food for
the family and feed for the live
stock. This is a point which often
gets too little consideration, but
which has been recently emphasized
by conditions in many sections.
Take, for instance, the experience
of cottongrowers in some sections of
the South. When the crop produc-
ton season began in the spring of
1920, they figured that with cotton
at from forty to fifty cents they
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-25
5uttnusine &atrh
In the Garden Spot of the Treasure State
Specialists in Diversified
Farming
John X. Farmer & Wife
Proprietors
Ruralville, Aug. "a, 1921.

RufalV1llo, Aug. "a, ISZl.
Dearest Evelyn:
It's all settled-Sid and | are going to start school
right at the beginning of the term this year instead of wait
ing until Dad and Mother get the fall work done and move
in. Pm so happy | can't keep from dancing even when
Pm working, and, believe me, kid, the little old bee has
nothing on me when it comes to being busy. Mothers
sent in for a lot of things she saw advertised in The Her.
aid, and we've got to get my sewing done in between
cooking for the stackers and the canning, not to mention
the regular work.
Dad really needs Sid to help with the fall work, but
he said that seeing the crop turned out even better than he
expected, and as long as it was Sids last year in high
school, he guessed he had better start right in. Thatll
mean football for him, and as you know, he's some husky.
Say, Eve, will you do something for me? I want you
to stop in at The Herald office and see if they've got an ex-
ira copy OF last weeks issue. [ started that new serial
Sisters" Saturday night but didn't get the installment
finished and then Sunday Sid and I went over to Marsh's.
And when | finally got around to want to read it, / couldn't
lind the Herald anywhere, and Mother said that Dad had
been SO tlckled with the crop report stories-and espec-
tally that one telling about the good yield our early wheat
made-that he wrapped it up and sent it to Uncle Pete in
Minnesota. You know crops in his part of MINI. aren't as
good this year, and he's always thought Dad was foolish
to come to Montana. But | guess the tables are turned
this year, Well, anyway, don't forget to get me that Her
aid and III do something for you sometime.
Lots of love,
Vera.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-25

could afford to buy most of thei
food and feed. So they neglected
their other crops, just as they haC
done in the previous year. During
their crop production season, they
had to buy seventy per cent Of theil
corn, oats and hay. For all of these
products, they paid 'sboom time
prices. They borrowed the money
to buy, feeling sure that the fifty
cent cotton they were raising would
enable them to pay easily when they
marketed their crop. Naturally, ii
was a severe jolt for these farmers
when the selling season found cot
ton at fifteen cents and big debts for
food and feed coming due at the
banks.
Another vital count against the
one-cash crop system is that, instead
of distributing the labor throughout
the year, it results in periods of
heavy work interpreted with periods
of light work. To produce the one
crop, a considerable investment in
hired labor, work horses and machin-
cry must be maintained. During six
or eight months of the year these
production aids have little or nothing
to do, yet the horses must be fed and
otherwise cared for; the wages of at
least some of the hired help must be
paid; and the interest on the invest
ment in the idle machinery con
tinues.
No manufacturer could hope to
succeed by operating his plant n
on only a half-time basis. No
merchant could make enough to live
on, if his store were practically
during six months of the year.
Or, to carry the comparison still fur
Their, a merchant might have a big
and profitable trade on rubber boots
during the wet season, yet he could
not afford to run out of stock" on
MS other goods and be busy only
when rubber boots were in demand.
Finally, the one-cash-crop system,
n good years and bad, produces a
cash income but once during the
year. Many farmers who follow the
system must pay high interest each
rear on money borrowed to tide them
,ver until the cash crop can be mar
Nothing in the foregoing is aim
ID to discourage the growing of cot
on, corn or wheat in the regions to
which these crops are suited. These
hree crops will always be the main
tags of the American farmer. No
armer, however, should forget the
fundamental principle that no one
ash-crop system of farming ever re-
ulted in continued prosperity.
The farmer who runs his business
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-25
DIVERSIFIED FARMING BEST
The Furrow)

Int QLIOWj
In a few of the recent years the
one-cash-crop system was favored by
abnormal war conditions.
Cotton sold at such a price that
growers seemed justified in forget
ting all about corn, molasses, pota-
toes, velvet beans, oats, cattle, hogs
and chickens, while they devoted
every to the ''big money
crop.
SO far as direct money returns
were concerned there was more profit
in selling corn-all of the corr pro-
duced on a farm-than in feeding
most of it to livestock. Compared
with corn, other farm products seem
ed insignificant. So the corn-belt
farmer neglected meat, dairy and
poultry products, got away from his
system of rotating crops, and prac-
tically converted his farm into a corr
factory.
In the big wheat sections the pre-
war trend toward diversified farm
ing was checked. 1t was easier to
raise wheat. The guaranteed price
assured safety plus good profits.
Wheat growers to a great extent for
sock the diversified system and devot-
ed their resources to cashing in on
wheat. :.
The temporary conditions that
gave allurement to the one-cash-crop
system have passed. Now, as before
the war, the case against that sys-
tenn is clean-cut and convincing. 1t
isn't a business-like system. Like
most other "get-rich-quick" schemes,
it is crammed full of hazards. 1t
simply won't do for the farmer who
expects to stay in business and enjoy
steady prosperity.
There are many definite counts
against the one-cash-crop system.
The distress that comes when the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-25
The Peoples Forum
INDIANS DO NOT KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE AT
Wolf Point, Montana,
August %, 1921.

Wolf Point, Montana,
August %, 1921.
Editor Herald:
Indians on this reservation feel
that they are Disseminated against in
the matter of school facilities for
their children. They pay taxes for
the maintenance of schools but feel
that their children should have blue
eyes before they can obtain the same
treatment as white children or citi-
zens. When they ask that a public
school be established in their neigh
borhood, where there are the requisite
number of children required by law
for attendance, they are told that
they are wards of the government
and that the government should look
out for their school buildings and
facilities.
This was the answer given by the
present School Superintendent when
Indians asked that a school be es-
tablished in their neighborhood. But
they are told that they MUST pay
taxes for the maintenance and sup
port of schools. Otherwise they were
told that Their property would be sold
for delinquent taxes.
When we go to the School Super
we are told: "You are In
dams, wards of the government" so
we would like to know where we are
at. Are we only good to pay taxes?
MARTIN MITCHELL.