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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
PUBI1c1TY FOR COAL FACTS.

The Calder bill which Is now under
consideration in the senate provides
for full publicity for all facts relating
to the coal trade. The coal producers,
through. their representative before
sthe senate committee has said that
III his people could be assured that
sthe disclosure of the facts relating to
their business would not be regarded
as the surrender of their constitution
sal rights the information would prob
ably be supplied without protest, but
fear is expressed that to yield in this
matter would be to let down the bars
afor a lot of unconstitutional and an
! noying practices.
! The desire of citizens to protect
their constitutional rights is to be re-
.spected. Btu no citizens v a con-
sstitutional right to take the people
! of the country by the throat and
make them deliver. And that is ex-
ssactly what somebody connected with
sthe coal trade has been doing.
Z Coal is a necessity. The very life
5of the people demands on it's produc-
sstion in adequate quantities Inc its
sprompt delivery. AS the case stands
sthe coal business is a substantial
! monopoly. All the coal producing
properties of the country with negligi-
4bie exceptions, have passed into pri-
ssvate hands. At certain times and I'M
ader certain conditions there is a GER
.foi in II claimant nf onron ntjti0r, IN tho
business but there are other condi-
sstions under which control of the bust
mess is decidedly monopolistic, and a
Sfew people have been able to force
sprices to dizzy heights, and the people
1have been helpless.
Rthe mine price of Pittsburgh steam
Icoal as follows:
November, 1919, Sass; May, 1920,
s$4.00; August 1920, $1,000; January
go, 1921, $3.50.
Prices on P~ocahontas are given for
ssthe corresponding months as follows:
s$2.35. $3.50. s14.oo and $4.6o.
4 To say that there was any logical
treason for that advance from Novem-
zber, 1919, to last August is to talk
s~foolishness. The thing was a straight
Gholdup, and is so understood every
where.
If the mine owners wish to clear
themselves of responsibility let them
Sshow the facts, and let them display
y willingness to keep on showing
them. Let the same test be applied
to everybody along the line until the
coal reaches the consumers bin. Then,
Eif extortionate practices are followed,
xlet the government do what every
government has a right to do, and
what it is bound to- do for the protec-
lion of its citizens-take charge of
whatever portion of the coa business
may be necessary to put the scoun-
drels out OF business and to insure
to the general public that which is es-
sential to its existence at a fair price.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24

lmpudence. The paper - the mouth
piece Of a little gang Of political shys-.
tiers who have for six years cultivated
the spirit Of class antagonism in this
state. Since passing into the control
Of its present managers its columns
have been filled day after day with
venomous articles in which the at
titude Of the business people of the
cities toward the agricultural popu-
-lation has deliberately and studious-
.ly been misrepresented. The business
Of the paper has cen to SOW the
seeds Of dissension, and its work and
that Of its associates has borne a gem
erous crop. Now comes the Courier
News and Gays 'let us all be friends"
Let the Courier News humble itself
In sackcloth and ashes and bring
forth fruits meet for repentance. :.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
THE HERALD Mail BAG
Powers Lake.. N. D.
January Is, 1921
Mr.. Editor:

NIL Lu4lUEs q .
Some good friends Of mine. sent to
me a copy Of your paper, the Dec.
10th isues, and In it Mound an article
written by John Scott of Gilby, with q
blue Ink marked evidently for me to
read, which of. course I did, and which
] appreciated very much rs there is
nothing l like better than, to study the
other mans opinion, as / am always
willing to learn something. OF course,
! do not agree with the other man ali
the time. and ~ you will kindly give
me space in your paper, I will try
and tell you and my readers, why I
do not agree with Mr.. Scott.
In the first place MI. Scott does not
agree with the farmers organizing, or
the grain growers combining, and
does no believe that the wheat price
can be controlled by them. Here I
disagree, for surely. Mr.: Editor. and
reader, II cooperation fails here, It
will be the only place it has ever fall
cd. for is not all other business or
ganized and does it not work splendid
" for all, but the farmer7 Now Mr..
Editor, there is no sane nan or pipe
dreamer, that car tell me 4glhatssthe
farmer got q fair deal III the recent
drop Of wheat prices for after paying
the enormous war prices s1or every
thing necessary to produce hisscrop,
and the ten dollar per day for his la
Dor the price of wheat drops down to
God only knows where, before giving
the farmer a chance to have it to
market. Why, It looks to me like be
Ing convicted without trial. Mr.. Scott
says that all other commodities have
dropped. Yes, I guess they have.
Well. go into the lumber yard and
what do you find7 "A drop OF 10R.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
CHAPTER yn.-Oontinued.

AUNT Milly, what was the Leavitt
trouble? 2"
Aunt Milly looked distressed. "Then
You don't know? I shouldn't have
spoken of it! I promised Sabrina I
wouldn't speak to you-about it,"
But, Aunt Milly, I have "a right
to know, haven't I? Even Webb hint
ed about it, and it makes me feel as
though I was-well, on the outside Of
Miss Milly regarded her for a mo-
ment. Il told Sabr:na that you
wouldn't know! But may be you
ought to. Somehow, telling things,
too, makes them seem SO dreadful!
l believe. we Leavitts lock troubles
away too much-don't air them
enough, maybe. Sabrina thinks it's as
dreadful now as it was the day it
happened. 1t was about our brother.
He was a year older than Sabrina, He
wasn't at all like her, though, nor like
some. and high-spirited and dreadful
~ extravagant. When Il was very
small I used to be frightened at the
quarrels between him and my father
and they were always over money.
One night-he had come. home
Just before supper after being away
for 9 week, no n knew where, and
my father was very angry about that
they had a quarrel that seemed
more bitterthan any other. Besides,
there was a thunderstorm that made
bed. but the lightning had frightened
me, and I had crept downstairs to the
stting-room. I opened the door.
They were all three-for Sabrina al
ways sided with my father-talkiug
so loudly they did not hear me. MY
fathers face frightened me, more than
the lightning and my brothers. had
turned dead white. I think my father
had just offered him some money, for
his wallet was in hts hand and on the
floor lay a bill, as though my brother
had thrown it back. I began to cry
and ran back to my room, more
frightened by them than by the storm.
And I lay there in my bed for hours,
waiting for something to happen!"
About midnight one dreadful bolt of
lightning struck, the house. It shat
tered the chimney air to pieces on the
outside and inside. filled the sittingb
room withsdust and pieces OF mortar.
cracked the mantel and moved it an
one thought much Of all that, Because
something more dreadful had hap.
pened! My brother was gone and
my fathers wallet, the one / had seen
in his hand, was missing. He Te-
membered laying 1t on the mantel
and my brother and Sabr.na had seer
him do It. II had contained over q
thousand dollars IN bank notes. The
next day my father found out that
my brother had taken the early train
out Of North Hero. I was too young to
understand much about II, but I used
to pray, first, that my brother would
come back and tell them he didn't
take the wallet and thsn I'd pray that
he'd never, never come back, so that
they couldn't nut him IA prison"
That must have been Anre'a
tee MiM lilly vent . s"pnd there
was scene much worse than tie
night Of the storm. They, forgot ! was
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
TRADING AND GAMBLING

II is QulLe significant -LnaC IueIo
has been of late a material modifi-
cation in the form Of demand for leg
islation affecting trading in such COM
modities as r made the basis Of
deals on the great exchanges Of the
country. No long ago. when there
was given expression to a desire for
important changes in exchange meth
DDS, the demand was quite generally
for, the abolition Of the. exchanges and
with it the abolition of all trading
for future. delivery. This is not the
case today. Seldom is the demand
now made by large representative
bodies that there be a total abolition
Of exchanges or future trading. :,
There has been an evolution in pub
lie thought, first in the recognition
that there is a legitimate reason for
the existence of the exchanges, and
second. that trading in futures has
its legitimate place in the marketing
Of commodities. Where restrictive
measures are sought at all the pre-
sent demand is usually for changes
in the constitution and practices of
the exchanges which are believed to
be reformatory in character and for
the Limitation of future trades to
those which are to be followed by ac-
tual delivery of the property traded
in. The purpose behind all these res
olutions is to maintain exchanges as
agencies for the convent marketing
of products and to limit the transact
tons to those which involve the ac-
tual' delivery of tangible property.
Speculative" transactions are u.s.
ually condemned. In this there is a
tendency to overlook the fact that
most business transactions involve
the element of spe> 1lation. The mer-
chant who places an order for a bill
Of goods for his next seasons trade
is specializing on the market on gen.
eral business conditions and on o
number of factors. If all transactions
in wheat were limited to immediate
delivery for spot cash the speculative
element would remain. The farmer
would be specializing whether he held
his wheat or sold it. The miller would
be specializing whether he stocked up
now or waited for a few months.
There is no way to escape the specu-
lative element in transactions 'involv-
ing the handling Of products which
must be accumulated for months In
advance Of their actual use.
There is a point. however, where
speculation goes beyond the demands
of real business and becomes mere
gambling. Very many transactions
are Of this class. The problem for
producers, is first, what influence
gambling has on the price of their
products. and second, If this influence
is appreciate and injurious. how
gambling is to be stopped without al
so interfering with the ordinary and
necessary processes Of marketing.
If it is true that a gambling sale
tends to depress prices, it ought to be
true that a gambling purchase tends
to advance prices. And it will not
do to overlook the fact that for every
sale there must be a purchase. The
two equalize each other.
When we come down to methods,
there has not yet been produced a
plan which gives even fair promise
of putting an end to gambling with
out also putting an end to legitimate
trading.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
CHAPTER TX.
novyxss "rh :.

The next thing we do is to 4s'lute
the flag of our country. Now. ons,
two, Thereafter mel"
The shrill command floated up to
Nancy in her tree-top.
She had just snuggled back against
her seat with a long sigh of content
ment. The door of her treasure-box
sheets Of her. neglected manuscript.
She had stolen out for an hours unin-
terrupted work.
How heavenly quiet" she had
been saying to the rustling leaves.
Nov I am going to work and make
up for lost time" Everything at Hap
py House seemed to be back on what
Nancy called a "peace-bAsis.' II must
go down to the village and tell Webb
what a dear he was to make this seat"
she had thought. As she climbed into
Then. just as hex, inspired pencil
had written ACT 4" across the top of
a clean sheet. had come the strange
words, seemingly out Of nowhere.
well, never!" Nancy peeped all
around. The sound came apparently
from under the cliff. who is it?
And how could anyone get there"
in a succession. Of sharp commands.
Nancy crept toward the edge and
peeped over. There. to her amaze
ment, on a strip of sand beach in an
~indentatiop of the shore, marched
and counter-marched a small boy,
quite alone. He RAJ = funny. snub-
nosed. tousled headed boy in ragged
blouse and blue 5eans-and, clearly,
very much in earnest. for a deep scowl
wrinkled his freckled face.
"Ataten-shun! Shoulder arms
right face-forward, march," Three
feet length of bare-footed manlihess
stepped br.skly r the sand. "Step
up. you Dick Snead," and a domineer-
ing arm swept out toward an imagin-
airy lager in the rear.
CONTINUED I'm Tomorrow Evenings
Herald.( =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
TO HAVE AIR MAIL SERVICE.

New York, Jan. 24.-Nek zea1and
VIII soon inaugurate airpianess mali
servtce modelled after that IA use by
the United States p~ost0fice depart
meat, according to J.sB. Murphy OF
Itmarou. New Zealand, sWho came
mere e see administrations of vari-
QUE sircratt. The, company with
sn .,sa ne - connected has stgnSd.a
8 snNew Zealand, added. SMr.afST1mhv.
Sightseeing over Mount cook INIT
ptane5 is contemplated, ~. Murphy
skalo. Mount Cook 40 s mAiOsa Ckiec-
live Tor tourists IN thai cpUntry.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
the room. My father accused my
By JANE %. ABBOTT

in the room. My father accused my
|<brother Of stealing the wallet and re-
fused to let him say a word. I want
no lies added to your other SINS was
what he said can hear him now.
And my brother looked as Though
something had struck him. Then
my father told him that If he'd take
himself off and never. darkep the
doors of Happy House again, nor
communicate with his family In any
way, the matter would be dropped for
ever.-fort 1.-the. sake .;of the Leavttt
name. My brother stood there for a
moment; I remember, I wanted to
run to him! Oh. I've wished I had
so often! But I was afarid of Sa-
brother turned n walked out of the
room-and out of the door-and-
down the 'path-and-'
Poor Miss Millly, worn out by the
excitement Of the day. began to cry
! softly.
F. Nancy had to jerk herself to break
the spell Of the story. Her face
Wrin n i'm IN fsown' MINI "lt-is1
don't mean his spending money and
running debts and things, 1 mean
! your-your fathers horrid-mer-
cilessness! Why, the courts don't
treat the worst criminals like that!
And they call it Leavitt pride-and
honor! l call it injustice. I wish you
had just III up and kissed him, then.
It might have made everything so diff
%ferent!"
$50 that's why I can't speak of
Anne's father or grandfather" Nancy
was thinking back of her frown.
And that's why Anne knew so little
about her aunts!" Then aloud:. I'm
glad you told me, Aunt Milly.. It'll
help us-be pals. Well have. other
afternoons-like today-out in the
sunshine. But now you must rest.
And I'll get ready to face Aunt Sa-
brina!"
She'll be %dreadfully cross" sighed
! Miss Milly, with the glow all gone
I'm IN not a bit afraid !. a and Nancy
meant it, for within her breast
snouldered such righteous indigna-
ton at Miss .sabrina and her precious
ancestors that she welcomed tho chal-
lenge.
Dressing g. s ssnss' nc tor. ,et sg9Ds =;
Claire lying on her bureau. It SEEM
ed to her as though-hours and hours
had passed since she had so flippantly
babe Claire SpEay for mel"
She wanted to open the letter apd
dash of another page to tell Claire
Of all that had happened n how
the mystery was q mystery nc
longer. Then, with the envelope In
her hand, she remembered that II
concerned Aunt's grandfather. and
that, perhaps. she had no right tc
tell! But she did open the sheet and
scribhle across the top: "All sorts OF
things have happened since I wrote
this, and l may be back with you an,
moment. ! can't tell. you all about
1t. but I can say this, that ! hate
Happy House and I'm glad as can be
that I'm only a pretend Real-Leavitt!
Everybody isn't horrid, though, tina,
nice old Webb built the cosiest eat ul
in my tree and surprised me-"
In exactly twenty minutes, by the
hands Of her small watch, she must
meet Miss sabrina!s Anyway. she
/, cou.d tel her just. what she thought
about the whole thing. for, without
any doubt she'd be sent away! Blu
there was Aunt Milly-she had prom
Used Aunt Mtlly that there would be
more afternoons in the orchard. Some.
how she must fix that.
"I know" she waved her brush
~ mi6.air. t1ll g0t Belindai" ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
MORSE TO LEAVE
FOR HOME TODAY
Declares He Has No Reply
From Daugherty Asking
for Extension.
NOTORIETY ANNOYS HIM
Refuses to See Newspaper
Men or 10 Issue Any
Statement.
NOTORIETY ANNOYS HIM
LBy Associated prcss.l

HAYRE. Dec. 4-"well, that set
ties it; | will sail tomorrow for
home"
Thus spoke Charles W. Morse carly
this afternoon. when shown 4 dispatch
printed In the morning newspapers
under a Washington date line, saying
that United States Attorney-General
DauSherty desired the shipbuildcr to
take passage on the first boat out Of
Ilavrc.
No Hepiy From Dnusherty.
Mt Morse said he had received no
reply 10 his request to the Attorney
General for permission to remain IN
France until January ., either from
Ar. DauGherty himself or through the
American embassy in Paris. He add
ed that he had requested Police Com
missioner Chief Fabriani to call
at the Continental Hotel tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock and accom-
pany him to the French Line Offices
and book his passage. as he desired
TO board tho liner before luncheon
and prior TO the arrival of the boa,
trains at Havrc from Paris.
II should go back on that boat to-
morrow, even IL l were indicted for
iiu ucr' saiu MI. morse to the cor
respondent. "As matters stand now.
don't even know whether | am in
dictcd at ALL"
VIII Return To I;uropc.
The shipbuilder added that as soon
as matters were settled satisfactorily
in Washington he would return to
Europe. as he must see Professor
Machiafava. the Italian specialist. re-,
garding his illness.
The notoriety given him by his de-
tention and the presence of the swarm
OF French newspaper men and be-
lated American correspondence ar
riving in Havre today. made him
Continued on Page Q, Col. ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
CITY EXPERIENCES FIRST TOUCH OF WINTER;
MERCURY HOVERS AROUND FREEZING POINT

Richmond
icy blasts OF old
nad by biting wind which
IN nhour.
through umbrellas
rev OF the
in
tances to their ions.
the OF
at
all day Not
e
conditions such
night temperature
in
yesterday issued the fol-
storm warnng
Advisory NJ
NOV
ably reaching gale force late or
tended by rains the Southern
The forecast wcat ther.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
EXPRESS COMPANY WAR
IN SOUTH is NOW ACUTE
State Corporation Commission
Repeats Warning Public
Must Not Suffer.
A"MIsrIcE SEEMS FAR AWAY
transportation of MIX by American
hallway md Southeastern Concerns
hcromeH Bone OF Contention.
Charges nnd CountercharEes nnd..

War between the rival exnress
companies operating throughout the
south has become acute. and il is
said that to all appearances il is be-
coming n war of attrition. Charges
and countercharges are constantly
being made. and however Indifferent
the public may be, the combatants
are becoming more and more excited.
Seven months ago the Southeast
| crn Express Company. operating over
the lines Of the Southern Railway
and the Mobile and Ohio. and dis
tinctly Southern Railway enter
prise. entered the lists against the
! American Railway Express Company.
! An armisticc seems further away to-
day than at any time since the con-
nict began.
Charge Unfair Trentmenf.
Unfair treatment by one company
of the other is being daily charged.
The latest accusation brought to the
attention OF the state Corporation
Commission is that in the daily
movement OF milk from IIarrisonburs
and TO Norfolk. which was begun as
war measure. the Southeastern
company is obliged TO haul the car
between llarrisonburg and Alexan-
dria without compensation. Tho
American Hallway Express Company,
which hauls the milk from Alexan-
dria TO Norfolk. assesses its full rate
between these points. which happens
to he the same as the IIarrisonburg-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
DALI E|REANN IS UNABLE TO
RECONCILE THE DIFFICULTIES
Salvation Army Prays
for Conference Success
{By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Dec. i.-While
Miss EvanEelinc Booth. head of the
Salvation Army. offered prayer
for the success of the armament
conference at a meeting here this
afternoon. Salvationists all over the
world knelt to echo that prayer.
Miss Booths petition was voiced
before meeting of distinguished
men and women, including dele
gates to the armament conference,
presided over by Assistant Sccre-
tary Theodore Roosevelt. She
said:
20 Heavenly Father. we be-
seech Thee to hear the petitions
that rise at this hour from mil
y lions of hearts around the world
grant to the representatives OF
the nations light and wisdom, so
that they may reach an under
standing> from which the human
family will profit. Gather the ma
tions of tho earth under Bethle-
hem's banner OF peace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
FITZGERALD FLOURNAY, OF w. & L., WINS
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FOR VIRGINIA
IBy Associated Press. ]

PHILADELPHIA
the 1.-TWO
1879 of
They
schol
The partial list OF scholars chosen,
the state and college university which
Ala
Arkansas; Charles w Ppkn Henderson
OF
kentuckE William Iexing
of
r. cgc,
YorkC
Texas: c. W. Thomas Texas ege, Station
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-05
Jury, OUT Al HOURS, FAILS TO
REACH AGREEMENT IN CASE
First Snow of Season
Falls in Washington
THy United News.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Thc first
snow OF the season has given the
capital an extra heavy coat OF
white. In four and half hours
as many inches OF snow fell AL
though the Weather Bureau does
not regard II az Il record for this
time OF year. nevertheless. the fall
was unusually heavy.
Philadelphia. also in the wake
Of the atorm. has from ELK to eight
inches Of snow.
The storm area covered South
crn New York. Pennsylvania.
Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia
through the Ohio Valley. In Vir-
ginia, heavy rains took the place
Of snow.
For the coming week. the fore
cast is fair and slightly warmer
throughout the area covered by
tine storm.