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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
ROAD SOILS DIFFER WIDELY
Just What Characteristics Are Which
Make Them Different Puzzles
Highway Engineers.

The federal highway engineers
point out that soils differ widely in
their ability to support loads, particu-
larly when they are wet. Just why
this is true and just what are the
characteristics which make them diff
ferent is little understood at present.
II is in this field Of Investigation, OF
increasing Importance because Of the
growing volume Of heavy traffic, that
the federal Investigators expect to Sc
cure important information.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
IMPROVED
ROADS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920
Distinct Shortage OF Labor and Higher
Cost Of Materials Among Diff
culties Encountered.

Every kind of road cost about twice
as much to build in 1920 as it did in
1917, according to the chief Of the
bureau of public roads, United States
Department of Agriculture, and high
way construction suffered more than
any other class Of work through rail-
road congestion, strikes, labor trOu-
bleS, and material shortages.
After the war there was a great
public demand for improved roads.
Many roads had been seriously dam
aged by war traffic, and it appeared
that the return of men from military
service would provide an abundance Of
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
ADVANTAGES or PAVED ROADS
Give Ever-Increasing Share Of Service
m Providing Safe Highways for
Motor Traffic.

Paved roads are giving an ever-in-
creasing share Of service in providing
safe. permanent, dependable highways
for heavy motOrtruck traffic, relieving
railroads Of much short haul, lessen
ing terminal congestion and in these
ways making tie handling aUd ship
ment Of supplies much easter.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
DEATH RELIEVES SUFFERER

Miss Josie Cook, who has been an
intense sufferer for several months,
died at the home of her mother on
Harper street, Saturday night. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. A. j.
Gearheard in the presence of the
family and friends Sunday afternoon
and she was buried in the Bogalusa
cemetery.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
Ship and sail under
the Stars and Stripes to
all parts of the world

THEREwas a long period when
1 it was not true, but today it
Is proudly true once more -
trade and passenger routes are
so established that you can ship
your goods, or you can sail, to
any part of the world under the
Stars and Stripes.
The program Of routes is being
carried out with an eye 70 the
future as we'll as present needs
of American exporters and i'm.
porters and all American pros
perity. See that the ships you
use are owned and operated by
American citizens or by the u S.
Shipping Board.
Operators of Passenger
Services
Admiral line, II State Street, New
York; ~. 7.
Matson Navigation Company, 70
So. Cay Street. Baltimore, Md.
Munson Steam Ship Line, 81 Beaver
Street, New York, N. T.
New York and Porto Rico S. S. Coz
II Broadway. New York, N. Z.
Pacific Mail S. S. Co, As Broadway,
New York, n. 7.
q. S. Mail S. S. Co. As Broadway.
New York. n. 7.
Ward Line, GIew York and Cuba Mail
s. S. Coz Foot Of Wall Street.
New York, N. Y.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30

-..,,s returned Tuesday
d sla. "a business visit to the
mt City
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
SHIPS FOR SALE

Ito american citizens OHLy)
Steel steamers, both oil and coal
burners. Also wood steamers, wood
hulIs and ocean koine tugs. Further
information obtained BY request
For sailings of passenger
and freight ships to all
parts Of the ICOrld and all
other Information, tCrite
any of the above lines or
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30

Vs SALE cheap, on small cot
punished or unfurnished, cor
On Avenue H. Apply by
g Mrs. obie Cowart, Colonial
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
NOTICE.

'sags Pass Book issued by the
s'ate Bank, December 80, 1920,
.g deposit of $500, issued in
y. ~ Of the undersigned, has been
- inc public is hereby warned
negotiate for same. Dupli-
being applet for.
MRS. A. ROUSSELLE.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
Operators of Passenger
Services
Free use Of
Shipping Board films

Use Of Shipping Board motion picture
films, four reels. free on reqGest Of any
navor. pastor. postmaster, or organi-
cation. A great educational picture
of Ships and the sea. Write for inform
alton TO n. Laue. Director Information
Bureau. Room oil, 1919 Street.
N. W, Washington, D. c.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30

T0R SALE CHEAP-One Holt 10
saterpillar, slightly used and in
elass condition. Apply wilkins
Hg Store, Columbia Street.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30

RANTED.-To purchase a direct
glsnt electric fan. Apply to j. B.
Enterprise.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
! DpCOratlOnS
/. Balloons
| fireworks,

nj most everything
IA goes with cele-
nations of this kind.
everything is new and
the new low prices.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-06-30
|. Gel Ready to
|. Celebrate
IuIy 4th

there will be big do
=. IN Bogalusa on
July 4th' anu .T a. Ct ~
store you "iil Ii ~
many Things -.
n n celebration a jolly
one.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Let's Go!

1t is amazing and highly lncon-
venient the way the first hint Of
spring permeates the air. Down in
the lowest depth of the Grand Cen
tral Station, amid the damp gloom
of the commuters catacombs, you
sniff it. Looking at the bleakest,
muddiest suburban prospect, you
know, by some extra sense, that it is
really not what it seems-that for
all it's outward look Of winter un-
adorned the whole thing is shoulder
ing and that in a jiffy it will be
ablaze with apple blossoms and all
the rest.
There are two courses open. One
is to shut the window and turn up
your collar and repeat rapidly con-
formations of the weather, its utter
depravity and insignificance. Why
was man granted will and steam
radiators and rubbers if not to defy
the seasons and ignore the elements?
This kind Of spring talk is moon
shine-a silly product of the imagi-
nation. Aren't tree trunks as black
as ever? And could there be more
treacherous day, of larger peril to
nose and throat? We'll! Take your
spring away and don't bring it back
until it is ripe.
For those who can be thus mex
orably stern and resolute this plan is
doubtless admirable. But it is
within the command of few to be
impervious to spring. Most crusts
are too thin, the boiling point Of emo
tion too low. And for such, the ordi-
nary human, there is only one advice
to give: Don't try to pretend or to
struggle. When spring comes up
your way wave your hand and 90
along. Instead of gritting your teeth
and keeping your eyes on the desk.
slump down in your chair and take a
few long breaths and let your mind
slide off to Bermuda or the South
Seas, or where it will. For a while,
at any rate.
Demoralizing advice, this, if it
were not that spring will get you,
anyway, sooner or later, and the
ruder you are to her the more ex-
travagant your slump. Few of us
are footloose enough to go wander
ing off over the horizon when the
spring fever sets in. But any of US
can say Lets go!" and look long
ingly at the ships in the river and
count the days to vacation and take
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
An Expression Of Feeling

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t would be gratifying to me If
l might express through the columns
of The Tribune my feeling in regard
to the use Of the German language in
the concert halls.
Since November various singers have
sung groups of German songs in Ger
man. The very sound of the language
causes in me a distinct irritation and
sense of rebellion, destroying all
pleasure which the music would give
me sung in any other language.
We go to concert to enjoy the
music, the words being merely a
secondary medium Of expression, there
fore see no reason why singers should
object to this slight reservation in
the rendition of their art, which would
be of minor Importance to them but
of great Importance to those who are
not yet attuned to the German language
and who wish to enjoy the music re-
gardless Of nationality.
A MUSIC LOVER.
New York, March ., 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Slippery John

The ruling Of the Department. of
Justice that neither the constitu-
tional amendment nor the Volstead
act limits or forbids the manufacture
Of alcoholic liquors for non-beverage
uses makes exceedingly difficult, If
not impossible, the successful en-
forcement Of prohibition.
The experience of many states has
shown that II Intoxicating beverages
exist their consumption as bev-
erages cannot practically be pre-
vented. AS long as the stuff was
there the thirsty could and did get
it. The belief that national prohi-
bition would succeed, whereas state
prohibition had failed, was based on
the expectation that supplies would
be cut off and that smuggled i'm
ports would be negligible.
And now comes a ruling which I'M
plies no interference with manufac-
ture. Mere distillation or fermenta-
tion is not an offence. The distiller
and the brewer, when attacked, may
set up the defense that his product
is for non-beverage purposes. How
can he be controverted? And how
can his buyer be proceeded against
until he sells for beverage uses?
How will it be possible to stop up
this gaping hole in the Volstead act?
How can the creation of vast sup
ply of alcoholics be stopped? If the
ruling stands it would seem there is
no way unless makers are licensed
and have prescribed for them the
quantity they may individually pro-
duce, or unless the government es-
tablishes liquor-making monopoly
and limits its output to the estimated
need of the country for medicinal
and sacramental consumption. John
Barleycorn is a slippery creature
and has way Of unloosening bonds
that tie him.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
What's the Idea?

The Tribune has been and is in
favor of an investigation Of the city
administration. 1t does not care how
or by whom that investigation is
made provided it insures, first, an
efficient and complete ascertainment
of the facts, and, second, the formu-
lation of constructive recommended
tions based thereon.
The Burlingame bill passed yes
terday by the Senate provides for an
investigation, in terms complete, of
the city administration. So far so
good. The large size Of the commit
tee seems to threaten some confusion
and is probably unwise. But that
is relatively minor point. The
question which is chiefly raised by
the bill as passed is as to the Mayors
presence upon the committee. Why
should Mr.. Hylan investigate him
self?
We appreciate the purpose of the
bill to provide for a constructive
reformation Of the city's charter.
This is admirable. But such a re-
casting must be based on the facts,
primarily on the blunders and follies
and wastes Of the Hylan administra-
ton. The constructive problem
amounts to about this: How can the
city charter be revised so as to pre-
vent recurrence of Hylan ineffi-
Ciency in the future? We can be sure
that entire prevention is impossible
Mr.. Hylan in a second term, or an
other Hylan, or another Hearst or
Tammany Mayor Of any stamp, will
cost the city largely in dollars, lost
education, lost health and lives. But
so far as legal machinery, govern
mental organization can protect the
city from the blundcrs of its majori-
ties, it / to be hoped that revision Of
the charter will provide for such re-
organization.
Now, how is it conceivable that the
Mayor is a proper party to such an
Investigation? By all means let him
be heard-in defense of his regime,
in the proposal of Hylanesque rene
dies. That is his privilege. But is
there any possible foundation in pro-
priety or justice for letting the
Mayor of disorganized administra-
tion investigate his own blunders?
We should be glad of an answer
from the legislators at Albany or
from any one else.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Railroads and Canals

Railroad lines were destroyed to the
extent of 5,587 kilometers, which
equals about the entire railway sys-
TEN of Switzerland; ESQ stations were
completely demolished, without count
ing a large number of other stations
damaged by bombardment. The de-
struction consisted not only in the re-
roval of the rails-for which work the
Germans had invented a special v
shaped plow-but in the razing of
bridges, tunnels, engine houses, sig
mails, switches, etc. At the end of
1919 France was short 41,000 railway
cars, taken by the Germans, manv of
which had been retained Intentionally
in Germany before the declaration of
war. AS to the roads, 53,210 kilo-
meters must undergo repairs and 1928
bridges were destroyed. Eight sys-
TENS of canals were very badly
damaged. and, to show how important
these canals were to France, it should
be stated that the ST. Quentin canal
alone had a merchandising traffic of
100000 tons per year.
should not close this article with
out stating that very able book en-
titled The Just Peace. by Raphael
Levy, Senator and member of the
French Institute, has been published
lately on the subject Of reparation. An
English edition is in preparation by a
New York publisher.
EMILE UTARD,
New York, March 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10

has the world paid for 1t, and dearly
1t is likely to pay. The intelligent
opinion Of the world, as It sees tho
wreck Of its hopes, must devote Itself
to the hard task of making condi-
tions at least as good as they were In
November, 1918, when those entitled
to trust to somc degree trusted ono
another and had an opportunity to
set up with this center pcace-main-
tanning machinery to which all ma
tions could be assimilated as fast as
they showed by conduct that faith
could be felt In them.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Roosevelt Pictures

Some human likenesses are en-
graved in the heart. Who Of us
could forget, if he would, the features
of the greatest American Of our time,
the plain, strong, manly face and fg-
ure Of Theodore Roosevelt7 Tho
memory Of his person and presence
needs little quickening so far as the
present generation is concerned.
But boys and girls will be growing
up who must be taught to know
Roosevelt face to face, as they will
know Washington and Lincoln. AL
ready the patriotic duty is being car
ried out. Theodore Roosevelt's por-
trait, bearing his last message to the
American people, is being distributed
to the public schools Of the country
by the American Defense Society.
The only condition which the society
makes in giving the picture to the
schools is that it be framed by gen.
eral contribution Of the pupils and
hung with appropriate ceremonies.
Any public or high school may
thus obtain a portrait by writing to
the American Defense Society, 116
East Twenty-fourth Street. Among
the fine American activities of this
society, which is supported by volun-
tary contributions, not the least
laudable, surely, Is the carrying on
of the Roosevelt tradition.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Admission Fees

Something more than a year ago
the American charge for passport
vises was raised t. $40.
This matched we'll with the senti-
ments of folks who had to stay at
home. 1t seemed mild super-luxury
tax. Besides, the passport was being
published in new and more elegant
form, smaller than its old insurance
policy size, folded quarto, bound
stoutly in full cloth, and containing
advertisements, on inside covers, Of
the erudition Of American officials in
the translation into nineteen lam
guages Of this phrase example: "The
document herewith inclosed Is an
American passport"
AT any rate, the passports were
well received. They have worn vel!
during the eighteen months Of use
which is their limited life. Many,
many ten dollars were paid, and the
State Department became a revenue
source Tor the first time.
AS predicted, the tourable world
responded by generally raising it's
wise charges, for American citizens
only, to the equivalent of $40. or
near it. These foreign governments
decided that If it cost French, Ital-
ian or Swiss citizen $40 to get into
the United States 1t was fair to
charge an American $40 to get into
their countries, no matter what the
size OF their terrain. In some cases
Americans have had to pay 600 per
cent to other nationals 100 per cent.
Apart from the cost it has been
awkward to Americans abroad, not
all of whom are there to give their
stomachs imagination. Americans
are smilingly singled out from other
aliens at consulates and prefectures
Of police. 1t is a good joke on US,
for we are the most travelsome Of
people and our throngs bring in
enormous totals of fees.
The foreign musicians and lectur-
ers who are charging such high ad-
mission rates in this country, maybe.
have taken as their criterion this SO
'zise fee, arguing that if we consider
It is worth that sum to apply rub
9er stamp and scratch a vice-consul's
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
A Word for Hayti
Its People Not So Barbarous and
Backward as Denoted


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on Santo Do
mingo and Hayti in a recent issue con-
tanned the following remarks:
First: "The Haytians l.1 .aorc tb7n
century have been possessed Of ::
seemingly uncomfortable desire to post
haste back to barbarlsm. First thev
slaughtered the whites and then the
-boods."
Second: "They have reduced to a
waste region which 4he French had
made the richest area Of the West
Indies'
Third: "Yet when We went into
Hayti with good reason, about the
same time we jumped into Santo Do
mingo with no reason at ALL"
nice apology to your South Amer
lean critics! Permit me, however, to say
in the interest Of truth-Truth! the
motto of your newspaper-that YOUR
first statement is unjustified. I chal-
lenge any white American to show any
barbarous characteristic that cannot be
shown to exist in like proportion in the
United States Of America.
White men that had shown no mercy
for their black slaves met their fate.
Those that showed mercy received
mercy-as an example, Mrs. Bayou de
Llbertas, who emgrated to the United
States, shipped by Toussaint lOuver-
ture.
At no time were half bloods slaugh-
tered, although history reveals that
General Rochambeau, of the French
army, offered 500 louis 10000 francsl
to General Dessalines, our first Presi-
dent, to do SO. There was civil war
between certain elements on account
Of economic interests.
AS to your second assertion, statis-
tics show that exports in 1889 under
French rule amounted to 226,O46, 900
pounds OF various produce In 1894
'96, during the war, they fell to 9,172,-
4Ol pounds. In 1903-4, under Haytian
rule, 5S,964,240 pounds were exported;
in 1915, the year Of the occupation.
figures show retrogression If we have
not produced more and better it is
because the social forces at work in
other parts of the world have been a
barrier to our further progress; to
name one-prejudce Of color in the
United States.
Your third remark requires the opin-
ion of legally trained minds. I can,
however, safely say that the best minds
in this country and abroad do not
agree on the subject. The occupation
can be justified only as q precaution-
airy measure during the war. in the
event of German victory, for the pro-
lection of the Panama Canal.
Americans are unfortunately yery
little informed about affairs concern
ing both Santo Domingo and Hayti
The Tribune's editorial betrays igno-
rance or disregard of history. Let
me remind you that it took sixty-one
years for the United States to recog-
nize the Haytian Republic. The slave
oligarchy prevented it during those
years when help would have been most
welcomed. To profess such a desire
after 40 years should arouse sus-
picion.
Let the truth prevail, Mr.. Editor, and
great many problems in the world
could be solved to-day, and among
them the Haytian problem.
JEAN G. LAMOTHE.
New York, March Z. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
Free Speech for My Truth

The Red is not much on humor Of
the Intentional variety, but every
now and then he commits an acci-
dental jest precious beyond pearls
as, for instance, in the current Lib
orator.
1t seems that this organ Of free
dom Tin the Russian style) has re-
fused to publish an advertisement
of the Dictatorship Of the Pro-
letariat, by one Karl Kautsky, the
same being a volume not wholly
laudatory Of Bolshevism. Where
upon MIR. Upton Sinclair, who spe-
cializes in damning the illiberality
of the "capitalistic press" very
naturally and logically protested.
Freedom Of controversy" he
wrote, fought to be the breath Of
life to a radical magazine" an
obvious enough proposition in logic,
but unfortunately wholly unrelated
to the facts, as The Liberator pro-
ceeded to make clear. John Spargo's
book had been similarly excluded
from The Liberator's advertising COL
umns. And The Liberator hastens
to justify both exclusions with this
magnificent show Of virtue and re-
bukc to the low-m minded Mr.. Sinclair: ::
"But If he thinks that we have built
up this magazine through eight long
years of labor for the publication and
sincere discussion Of the truth only
in order to sell space in It for the
publication of what we consider to be
lies he is far from understanding
our character. And If his idea Of
freedom involves the indiscriminate
public sale Of the opportunity to
propagate false statements I would
suggest that he can find q close
parallel to it in a house of prostitu-
tion-or, for that matter, in the daily
press"
Could there be a more delicious
statement of the Reds fanatic de-
mand for free speech-for himself
and his particular brand Of truth !
Lies" alas! has been the oldest
name in the book for what the other
fellow believes-from the days of
the Inquisition on. Propagating false
statements is what the cars always
think the enemy is doing; and the
answer of the czar in all times,
whether his name is Nicholas II or
Nicholas Lenine. is suppression.
We said that the humor Of Mr..
Eastman's stand was accidental. 1t
was; but the fact Of his taking such
a stand was not. He has sat at the
feet of the Red terrorists SO long that
suppression has become to him a
routine practice in the line Of re-
ligious duty. We suggest that Mr..
Boardman Robinson draw a cartoon
exhibiting Mr.. Eastman piously
locking Truth in his private office,
red room, hermetically sealed
against any prying rays of light
from without. But we don't suppose
Mr.. Eastman would print it., at that.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-10
The Damage Done in France
4 Summary Showing It To Be Greatly in Excess of Mr.
Keyncss Estmate-IMoral Damage Also

ings and points out that the estimate
OF the proper amount of indemnity
should be based on the present replace
ment value of such buildings, the num-
ber Of which is 304,191 entirely de-
stroyed and 290,425 partially destroyed.
Not only the buildings, but, of course.
the streets, sewers, gas pipes, electric
WIRING, etc, have to be put in shape,
and all this cannot be done before the
entire ground has been cleared Of
debris and leveled. Indeed, to start
any reconstruction work, over 41,oOO,-
600 cubic yards of ruins had to be re-
moved. According to authoritative
statements made by eminent men in
the building line, it will take at least
sixteen years to repair the damage.
if the labor can be obtained as before
the war,
AS regards damage caused to agri-
culture Mr.. Brenier questions Mr..
Keynes's right to declare that an in
demnity Of 100000, 900 francs would
be "extravagant." Indeed, subsequent
valuation, carefully determined, has
placed the right figure at q 900 900 900
francs, and ridiculous minimum Of
s,S76,0 100000 francs.
Then again Mr.. Keynes punches to-
gether such big items as "the trans
portation system, furniture, machin-
cry, coal mines and several less i'm
portant particulars" to concIuGe that
"these losses" no matter, how serious
they may have been, could not attain
III value several million pounds
sterling. since they occurred in such a
small portion of France. Mr.. Brenjer
takes exception to such preposterous
statements, and, describing only the
loss suffered by the transportation
system, shows in his third article in
the following manner that the loss
far exceeds several million pounds
sterling.