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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
FORGING AHEAD

Camden is one of the cities that is looking up these
days. For years this South Jersey metropolis seemed to be
sleeping the sleep of the departed. 1t was Perth Amboy
that was up and doing, striding ahead by leaps and bounds.
We would very much dislike to think that Perth Amboy and
Camden had changed places in this regard, but Camden
can no longer be said to be asleep.
We recently told of the opening of the first big munich
pal pier along Camden's waterfront and plans made for
more to follow by which Camden is making a strong play
Tor ocean shipping. Within the past few days the mayor of
Camden has appointed a commission to plan for the future
development of the city and to study the changes that Will
come with the building of the Delaware river bridge to
philadelphia. The mayors action was in compliance with a
resolution of the city council passed after a careful study OF
the benefits of the zoning had been made.
One of the aims of the commission just appointed in
lander is to establish zones to which certain characters OF
buildings will be restricted in order to prevent industries
from encroaching on residential sections. The idea is to
stabilize realty values.
East Orange and Paterson have recently had coming
commissions at work and much good is expected from what
las been accomplished. 1t is nothing new for the Evening
News to point out to the people of Perth Amboy the advan-
iages of a city plan and coming, but thus far little has been
accomplished here. We seem to be asleep with great projects
going ON all about us while other places are thoroughly
awake.
In regard to our harbor, it is interesting to note that the
fahigh Valley railroad is spending vast sums OF money on
a yard and pier layout on the Newark meadows. One OF the
objects is to facilitate the handling of vast quantities OF ore
used principally by the Bethlehem Steel Company in con-
nection with the movement of ore from steamers from Cuba
and the west coast of South America to the plant at Beth
lehem, Pa.
If Perth Amboy were really on the job it might have
been possible to have the Lehigh Valley handle this ore at
the port of Perth Amboy. Nobody seems to care whether
we get these things or not and so they go elsewhere. A
prominent person in this vicinity remarked recently that he
mad such confidence in the possibilities of harbor develop
ment here that if Perth Amboy were to issue a million dollars
worth of bonds to build piers to accommodate steamships
and warehouses to store the goods, he would gladly take
300, 900 worth of the bonds-and he was a man who
could make good, too.
When will Perth Amboy wake up?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
WHY HALLAHAN SHOULD BE ELECTED

Unless the taxpayers of this county want to go on record
as endorsing the record of the present Board of Freeholders
On the matter of patent pavements it will be necessary to
elect at least one of the Democratic candidates to the county
board this fall. The Republicans have seen fit to re-nominate
two of the present board who make no bones as to where
they stand on this paving issue. Their reelection would
mean an endorsement by the taxpayers of the policy Of the
past year, which means approval of extravaganza in laying
patent pavements.
1t is fortunate that those who desire to show their dis
approval of the methods Of the freeholders in this paving
matter have a good man on the opposing ticket for whom
han. of this city, is a man we'll experienced in business and
public affairs. He has served three terms as comptroller of
Perth Amboy. He is a native of this city and, in private life,
has held several responsible positions. He is a man who is
thoroughly satisfied with the salary paid the f~reeholders and,
if elected, will give the county his entire time-which is
more than some of the present freeholders are doing, al
though the law under which they were elected anticipated
such service.
Mr.. Hallahan would make a capable and conscientious
county official. He would be in the minority, of course, but
as long as we have party government an active minority is
highly desirable. The principal reason for desiring his cleo
tion. however, would be the protest that such an election
would be against a continuation of the present policy of the
county board in the matter of pavements.
Mr.. Hallahan is worthy Of any mans vote. AS a mem
Der of the Board of Freeholders he would give the taxpayers
excellent service. His election would be a formal notice to
the board that the preference that has been given to high
priced patent pavements must cease.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

Because the Turkish Nationalist
rebelling at the Treaty of Sevres
which stripped the old Ottoman m
pire to the bone, and the Greeks who
profited heavily by the document,
are fighting it out in the Near East,
the Black Sea and its gates are again
a field of world events" says a bull
letin issued by the National Geo
graphic Society.
THE treaty which practically end
ed Turkish power IN Europe made
an entirely new entity known as h
Zone of the Straits out of the narrow
waters that separate Europe and
Asia Minor-the Dardanelles, the Sea
of Marmora ana the Bosphorus-and
their shores. over this was placed
an international commission. The
door which had so long been kept
closed by the Turks when they de-
sired, to the detriment of commerce,
was to fling wide open to permit
the passage of ships of trade or war
belonging to any nation. That this
nas.already been accomplished In a
measure is shown forcibly by recent
dispatches stating that Greek war
shipS-barred from the Black Sea
since the prosperous days of Byzan-
tium-are again sailing its waters
and have shelled towns held by the
rebellious Turks.
On Road to the Golden Fleece
For thousands Of years history
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

The day is not long past when
castor oil was administered on the
slightest pretext for every and all
ills. Grandmother used to reach for
the castor oil bottle every time one
of the children had a pain.
But things have changed some
what. There never was a boy who
demanded castor oil so that he could
stay home from school. The medi-
cines these days that are used in
stead of castor oil are so pleasant
hat many a boy fakes a stomach
ache so that he can play hooky from
school even though he knows that
ma will insist on his taking one
of these physics.
The chief merit of castor oil is its
antiquity. 1t is said to have been
used back in the days of Egypt's
glory as the remedy for all ills. 1t
produces nausea in most cases.; II
develops many of the most obstinate
cases of constipation in children; it
produces a feeling of hatred and dis
gust for medicine and doctors in
| general that lives in many cases for
long years.
Castor oil is binding. That is one
reason it is prescribed for diarrhea.
Most all cathartics have a secondary
binding effect, but castor oil in par
ticular.
In these days when medicines are
so we'll advanced it is altogether
unnecessary to make a child swal-
low castor oil when there are other
physics that produce the results be-
sides being pleasant to take. There
are plenty TO choose from. There
is no need to select the crudest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
BY FRANCIS H. SISSON
Vice President Guaranty Trust
COmDany of New York
nv QUICK

Business is suffering from multi
fariouS reactions and no n of them
can be held to be solely, or even
chiefly, responsible, unless it be uni
versal economic exhaustion follow
ing the most destructive of all wars.
There seems to be a widespread
misconception of that fact, however,
as is evidenced by the countless pro-
posed economic nostrums, each adj
vanced as a panacea, and by the mis-
guided attempts of certain economic
and political elements to legislate
for their own selfish interests in the
belief, honestly entertained doubt
less, that by solving their own spe-
cial problems, through obtaining
preferential treatment, usually at
the expense of other taxpayers, the
country will be restored to prosper
ity.
We should not forget hat more
than three hundred billion dollars
of the worlds wealth were spent in
wars activities between August 4,
1914, and November IL, 1918, for
the most part without economic or
replacement value. But more i'm
portant, and de~plorable, than that,
ten millions of the worlds most
| productive lives were laid down on
the fields of battle and the activities
of forty billions of people were de-
1ected from production to destruc-
ton.
Universal Problem
The worlds debts were increased
from forty billions of dollars to more
than two hundred and fifty billions.
The worlds trade, industry and
finance were thrown completely out
of balance and there was created
the need for a complete economic
reconstruction.
That is the situation we face to-
day. 1t presents a problem in which
we are involved in common with all
other nations, and, whether we will
or no, we must consider our rela-
| tons to other nations as an essen
tial feature of our own national life.
While before the war we were a
debtor nation to the amount of five
billions of dollars, We are today the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
Science Service
United States Battles Mammoti
Drifts TO Erect Peak Fire Station

Bnnding snow storms have been a
hindrance to the building or a U. ..
Forest Service signal station at the
TOP of Mount Adams, in the state OF
Washington. ~
This peak is IL, So7 feet high. Four
years ago material for building a
| station was lugged to the peak n
the frame work erected. Then d
snow storm finally drove h build
/ ers down the mountain sides n thS
station frame and all the material
was buried in a huge drift.
This summer il was
again and work was taken up. Tneh
another drift came and work mas
! now beer postponed until next sum
mer. The forest service mas teie-
| nbone wires already poled TO the
summit of the peak. a.
When the shack is finished nre
ookou will be on duty to report
outbreaks of flames in the u
nat can be seen for miles around.
Recently the cascadian
Climbing Club of Yakima, WASH,
made the trip to the peak and found
the partly-finished station nan
buried in snow.
Mount Adams offers plenty OF OPP
portunity for the adventuresoms
climber. The cascadians made theif
climb up the eastern slope. some
thing never before achieved.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
~BertonB raleyS
(K1\Ddily Poem


My last silk shirt Is ALI worn out
And so are my swell silk sox,
And it's back TO cotton for me, no
doubt,
For I'm stranded upon the rocks;
My wife's fur coat is in pawn, 1
CUES
And her shoes with the high
French heels
Has gone the way of her satin dress,
And we're scrimpin' upon our
meals.
"Well, you should have saved your
cash." says you?
"And maybe / should" says i;
But say, when some of your hopes
come true,
And your wages, for once, will buy
A few of the luxuries of earth.
You'll find they give you your
moneys worth,
You'll get them-and no mistake,
I've had to struggle through all my
life
Just making the two ends meet,
Just gettin' clothes for the kids and
wife,
And a place to sleep and eat;
So when my wages begun to climb
1 splurged-and / guess you would
IL you'd waited the chance for as
long a timei
1 splurged-and it sure was good!
I'm back to the old hard lines again
But I'm sore on the guys who say
silk shirts amt proper for workin
men,"
Saw, how do they get that way?
I'm a human bein' like you, / guess
And, when things picks up, you'll
see
My wife logged out in a new sill
dress
And a new silk shirt for me-
copyright, 1921. NEA Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
Learn One New Thing Every Day
Bulletins By
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Bulletins By

and tradition have been busy about
this chain of waters. from the mouth
of the Dardanelles at the tip of the
Gallipoli peninsula to the point near
ly 200 miles 10 the northeastward
where the narrower Bosphorus sucks
its mighty stream from the Blacksea.
Tradition mas it that Jason and his
fellow searchers for the golden fleece
passed through the straits; and later
hardy Greek s~eafarers and eolonists,
after them Romans and Genoese,
built great cities on their shores and
established over their waters the
world-important trade routes of their
days.
1.-THE Dardanelles, or the Helles-
pont as the Greeks called it. IL the
larger of the two great salt-wat r
rivers that separate Europe from
Asia Minor. 1t winds its way from
the Aegean Sea with two sharp turns
and numerous gentler curves. for
forty miles before it expands into
the Sea of MarInora, the Grecian
Propontis. The Strait varies in width
from a little yer three-fourths of a
mile to five miles. On the European
side rises the Steep ridge of Gallipoli
where large numbers of Australians
and New Zealanders persisted while
seeking to seize the Dardanelles. On
the Asiatic side lies the plain in
which stood old Troy.
THE Sea of Marmora, from which
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
PROBLEMS
FOR COMING CONFERENCE

the shan-tung province Of China,
though China was also in the war
on Japan's side.
People If other lands are free to
admit that japan Is quite right IN
extending her commerce and her
financial influence in the continent
of Asia.
She needs coal iron, copper, zinc,
and the other products of China and
Siberia; and she ought to have them
This is only just.
But the world thinks that she
should get them as we get iron from
Cuba, rubber from the East Indies,
coffee from Brazil, and oil from
Mexico-by production and trade,
instead of by the governmental
means she is enjoying.
Many See Peril
Many intelligent people In other
countries believe that japan is plan
ming and scheming to get control
not only of the great natural re.
sources of China and other nations
of the Far East, but of their peo-
pies also. Note that-their peoples
also.
Such Characterization though
they may be-look forward to q
Japan whose greatness will be
based on conquest They see the
half billion people of the Pacific
Coast of Asia organized, regimentet
militarized, and worked by Japar
for Japanese military aggrandize'
ment, and a power built up mightiel
than any ever seen in the world
and a peril to the peace and liberty
of all of us.
Now I do not believe that JapaI
could ever do these things. l believe
she would impoverish and destro!
herself If she set out to do it.
1 believe she would be more pros
porous and happy If she went abou
her business of building up he
economies on legitimate lines will
a real open door taking he,
chances with the rest of us.
But 1 do not know what imperial
istic plans the small group of mel
in control of Japan may hav'
formed. They may believe that the.
can do what Germany failed to do
Many think they do.
The Disarmament Conference will
give her a chance to lay her card
on the table.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
CASTOR OIL
BY DIR. r. III. BISHOP

People are getting ove the idea
that to do any good medicine must
be unpleasant to take.
Good substitutes for castor oil
are aromatic syrup of rhubarb GU.
s. P.) in the same doses for the
same purposes; children call this
the candy medicine). Milk of mag
nesia, liquid petrolatum, aromatic
fluid extract of cascara, liquid cit
rate of magnesia sena leaves chopped
up with figs or boiled with prunes,
and phenolphthalein tablets or
lozenges.
Unless parents wish to have end
less difficulty with indigestion and
c~ostiveness in the case of the baby
they should ponder long and well
before giving the baby castor oil
except where ordered by a physi-
clan. 1t means lots of trouble later
on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH US, ANYWAY?

worlds creditor to the sum-of more
than fifteen billions, and our entire
relationships to the worlds business
and the worlds interests generally
are completely altered-a change we
are tardily recognizing and the full
significance of which, apparently,
we have not yet begun to compre-
bend.
In brief, the betterment of bust
ness in this country is not merely
a domestic problem, it is a world
wide problem.
Situation Improving
We are paying the bills of mans
folly, ambition. greed, selfshness
and hatred, nation against nation,
class against class, interest against
interest, and as long as these fac
tors in human nature are dominant,
all of xhe relations of men are dis
turbed by them and economic recov
cry is halted.
When will this recovery be mani
tested? No man can foretell. 1t can
only be stated that fundamental fac
tors in the situation are improving.
There are concrete evidences OF
gradual improvement abroad, and
there is reason to believe that we
have passed through the worst OF
our defation period in the United
States and will soon experience a
slow but material betterment.
This would undoubtedly be imme.
diately accelerated by the funding OF
the railroads indebtedness to the
government on account of capital
expenditures made by the govern
ment while the roads were under its
3ntrol. That settlement, which
would provide half a billion dollars
for the immediate use of the rail-
roads, should result in a stronger
financial position for the carriers
and hasten the time when they ear
make additional expenditures fol-
maintenance and equipment.
The stimulus to the steel and
other industries resulting from any
large scale expenditures by the rail
roads would assist more than any
other single factor at this particular
time, perhaps, in overcoming the
present business dullness and ir
providing employment for thousands
of men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

Not so long ago 1 was taken in the
automobile of a friend who carried
me through a heavily timbered re-
gion hat had been swept a week be-
fore by a forest fire. A wide area
was devastated. Glorious trees stood
brown and dead. The damage mount
ed into the millions.
A passing motorist had thrown
away his cigar stub. and it had
lodged in dry leaves at the roadside.
The daily papers last summer con-
tanned an item concerning a dis
astrous forest fire ear st. Johns,
New Brunswick, which left in the
heart of the burned district a tele-
graph pole beside the road. bearing
conspicuous and unhar,Ied. a notice
requesting people to be careful to
avoid fire.
1t seemed the irony of fate that
this pole with it's placard should
have escaped. The fre-fiends must
have grinned a warm and rather
good-natured grin when they made
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

SIMS
Dull folks don't cut much ice.

Dull folks don't cut much ice.
The tailor business isn't sew bad.
Opportunity is the only welcome
knocker.
Congress is having many waity
arguments.
Soup in Russia is better than Rus
STA in the soup.
Coal is better in the cellar than
cold in the chest.
Chicago policemen have an inter-
esting sideline-policing
Ireland is fighting for home-rule;
so are most husbands.
Who wants to see a girls ear II
she shows it on purpose?
When a man marries he goes into
the hands of a receiver.
Prosperity will have arrived when
a pie has only four pieces.
Caution is a great asset IN nshihs'
especially if you are the fish.
The ex-kaiser's book promises to
be among the six worst smeiiers.
The atom is broken up into $500
parts. but is too small to protest.
ANON winter sport news will be
the Stillman and Arbuckle trials.
Perhaps a football course comes
under astronomy. The see stars.
Climbers on the social ladder have
thrown off the handicap or clothes.
"Are Our Wives Healthy and Hap
| py ?" headlines the Digest. ours are
Perhaps a lightning calculator Is
one who calculates where 1t VIII MT
A circus is where a small boy
takes his dad to see him a sooo
time.
'France Outstripping ADerica'-
| headline. 1t will be a cofd winter
for the French.
The melancholy days are here, the
saddles of the year; the heavies are
too heavy, the light too light We
Modern Geography: America Il
bounded on the East, West ano
south by a three-mile limit.
Turkey is 1.-The Slick Man o
Europe" and Russia The SIGH
LADY," We are the sick country OF
Europe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

a little clearance around that pole.
They knew, however, that the lesson
would be mostly lost upon us.
Puck and all his associates are
still entitled to their merry quilp,
What fools these mortals bel"
Today is National Fire Prevention
Day.
Most of our fires are as needless
as they are destructive. They pro-
coed from carelessness which is
nothing short of criminal. The
memories of Chicago's frightful con
f%iagration in 1871 and OF Boston's in
1872 have not prevented other de-
structive city fires, nor do the warn
ings against forest fires prevent de-
structive experiences there.
Yet it would be a mistake to sup
pose that there is no value in these
warnings. If the ~placards on the
telegraph poles do not serve to pre-
vent all fires, it does not follow that
they do not make some people more
careful.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
SETTLING TRADE DISPUTES

Two Kansas farmers use shotguns against each other'
in a dispute over the location of a fence separating their
farms. A strip of valuable crop-bearing land is involved.
Each wants the profits from that strip. Each wants to retain
The title. It's a trade war.
You see the same thing duplicated when two nations
,,,arrel and war over a boundary line. In the last analysis,
nearly all wars, except those for Independence, are trade
war. Greed for trade and wealth sent Germans on the war
nath They wanted to move their fences.
A movement starts in Paris, to establish a world court
of ;ustice for the arbitration of international disputes. That
is eetting down to fundamentals in the campaign to end
wars. Nearly all problems are economic problems Trade
follows the flag-and the military flag follows trade
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10

This is II fOurtn OF u series
of articles on the problems and
perils of the disarmament con-
ference, written by Herberts
Quick, who has made a special
study Of this subject for the
Evening News.
BY HERBERT QUICK
WASHINGTON, Oct. love may
quite misunderstood the plans of
Japan in China. What these plans
are is one of the great questions for
the Disarmament Conference.
Japan has stated repeatedly that
her intentions are purely benevo-
lent; all she wants is the same
rights that other nations have in
the huge "FloweIy Kingdom"
And when this is generally believ-
ed, and understood by the rest of
the world and acted upon by japan,
one of our Pacific problems, which
Secretary Hughes insists must be
! settled before we can consent to dis
armament will be cleared away.
Japan ought to understand what
ether peoples, including Americans,
some of them. see in the future if
she goes on as she has begun.
1t will surprise many intelligent
Japanese to know that 1ntellgent
| Americans, Canadians, Australians,
New, Zealanders, South Africans
and Britishers not to mention peo-
| Piles of other lands and that millions
| of intelligent Chinese, really believe
that Japan has started on some
such grandiose scheme as that from
which Germany vas recently dis
suaded-nothing less than world
conquest.
Looks Absurd, but
On the face of it, it looks absurd,
| especially to a sensible japanese
But see the things that have led to
this Belief.
The world has seen Japan grow
with great rapfdity in military and
naval power. We have seer her de-
feat first China and then Russia.
We have seen her take from
China, first the great island of For.
mosa with nearly 100000 popula'
ton, and Korea with some 10000.
900, and an area as large as Great
Britain.
And when she went into the last
great war she took from Germany
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-10
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