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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
PRESIDENT GETS
. LETTER FROM HEAD
OF ARMENIAN CHURCH

washington Arelblxh.y khpren
whose nrchepsrrpaI rre Er4Ap, DAP
ltai Of the Armenian Republic, Jour
Deysd seven thousand miles TO present
President Wilson one OF the auaIniest
and most touching documents In he
archives Of The State Department II
Il Illuminated BY the monks Of Fitch.
psiadzin, the seat OF the Armenian
church since ITS separation from the
Greek church. after the Council Of
chaicedon In the year S5l
The Encyclicai letter, which the
Archbishop presented to the President.
reads
"GEORGE, Servant OF Jesus Christ
and by the omnlscient win OF God
Arch.prlest and CATH0LIcOs OF
ALL THE ARMENIANs, Supreme
Patriarch Of the highest Armenian See
OF Ararat and Of the Apostolic Mother
Chhrch III EtchmsIzIn the Holy
",To the NOBLE CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES or. AMERICA.
"AFFECTIoNATE GREETINGS
AND BLESSINGS from the CATH
0LICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS and
Apostolic Chief OF the Holy Church Of
Armenia.
with placid, profound feelings OF
devotion. we desire. through this En-,
:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
MAJOR GENERAL HARTFORD
SUPPORTS ARMENIA

New York. --At q mass meeting re.
Gently held here 70 consider the need
q Armenia in the appalling disaster
that has overtaken that unhappy land
the following telegram was received
from the commander Of the Second
Division:
'frue TO their religion language aud
race through thousand years Of per.
secution, the Armenians must not be
permitted TO perish. Americans should
aid them with moral. financial and pc
litical support. :.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
rlREs FOR SMALL
CARS Ar MATLoCkS

IL you have Ford, Chevrolet, bort
Overland Maxwell, or any other ear
rising Clincher tires. Won win id inter
ested IN our stock OF Goodyears,
We have them In the ALI Weather
or Anti-Skld Tread IN sizes aOxs. so
N3l ~ and 3tN4 MATL0CK BROS
Garage, on State HIGHWAY. Meridian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
BRING IN YOUR SHOES

ana get them fixed at greatly redu's
prices. 10 to 20 per cent off on
We nave 3 few pair of mems v
% Soss work shoes we will sell at 81
Come in and see them.
BRING IN your harness and ge'
right. - -"
.nn.h.hiDlAN HARNESS & SHOE y
- door east OF Blacksmith SHOP
", H' LElNINGER, on Broada'
MERIDIAN, IDAHO.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

WE START YOU in the candy bust
ness al home, or anywhere. every
thing furnished, earn $4,000 weekly
upl men. Women; experience unneees-
sary; advertise candy Send self adj
dressed envelope. for for free partic.
ulars
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
1-I.lmlherIaIn,. oangI Remed.

ltWttII1lk - N'l0U Tor q OuEh Of tOIN
everyone Who has used Chamber
laln's Tough Remedy speaks well III
Il writes Edward & Miller. Ahhotts.
tp@n, Pa Peanle Who once ase this
tfspafatlon are eld1m satisfied with
anf other u IS excellent 20 allay Il
cough 81 break III cola
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

lsScelient Remedy for Constipation
= would Ne hard 70 lind i better
remedy for constipation than Cham
beriasa's Tablets. They are easy 10
take aud mild aud gentle in aifect
GiFe them a trial when YOU have
need
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
TIE OK SHOE SHOP
GLOBE OPTICAL co.
sos MAIN STREET, BOISE

4. s2aaest and Largest Optical Hons.
: !, boise We have all the latest pI 10
az az a a1leeints TOR making scientific ar-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

hey are talking about the great
aiei peWer az Nlagafa. Int The
sFfases' water power known ii a
WOMAN tears
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

AssctiseT reason we should iump
on our street car systems and other
corporations ls that they are getting
50 greedy that tleg vail not carry
children free any. longer than four
"a Eve years after they have passed
the fFep age limit, says a Boise waller
patron.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

This Is the tine 0t year when tie
hiring Of teachers Tor another schoal
Seaf b being considered One patrio
&c Idaho organization makes o plea
thar one of the principal qualiliea
lions be absolute aud uuquestioned
Loyalty 10 America and American in.
situations. even though some Other
country may have something Just as
good Nest 20 teaching the English
language IS Inspiring the youne
mind WITH patriotic sentiment nj tn
time When Impressions are most last
Ing The organization especially
points 60 tie deplorable efeet on the
Young mind insl nov 81 words from
z truAttal teacher III oxcusing a Ger
tain nation Tor actions during the
late onpleasantneas This Is iii effec
saving that the United states Was IN
error in taking the stand Il did,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
On, J r. NUMBERS. JR.

Successor 20 mr. Duttonl
r RsY Stefan and s uRGEo ii
Telephone 2i0 Meridian, Idaho
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The yoke VI maTimoHy Is the
strongast support gsman can have tu
keep him from drifting on the rocks
of disaster and becoming tramp. /"
SAYS Major Faulkner, Of the Saliva
ton army rescue home at spokane
single men seeking refuge here out,
number the married men ten Is one
Married men deYelep responsibility
and through family obligations deve,
Top fesourcefulness Usually moth.
ing has ever entered the single mans
life % develop hts, spark Of ambition
The best tribute to women Is the
iaet that the greater majority OF
mea g prison are single men. Give
wenlnIi half chance and she viii
build \ man up
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

A fellow over III Canyon county
vent 20 Caldwell lawyer 10 see
which ne was qaarreiing with his
neighbor The lawyer asked him a
lot of questions, and told him what
to 40. AZ the man went out the at
forney suggested a foe Pay you
what forg For my advice
Veil You're crazy I'm NOT going 10
sake Il.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Dr Alfred Horatio Upham. who
became tile president III the Uni
yerslty of Idaho the first OF last
December, will be formally inaugl,
rated Aarch z and 30. according to
an announcement today ~ II y. Par
tons executive secretary This Will
tie tie first tlnie HI the history oil
tlle Idaho Institution that d president
has anem honored lii inauguration
ceremonies Prominent educators
from an western colleges and unNer-
Astles ana representatives from
reading e3istern INSTITUTIONS VIII be
here to Witness President rpham's
installation ana 30 take part In the
ceremonies
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Most OF the sweetness or the
slring laden breezea IN the Boise val
ley tust now Il from Inc odor Of the
bidding violet. pansy and honeysuck-
Il but there ii also q husky young
csoD " onionh that Is beginning 20
Eel busy With Tie breath 81 some Of
cur citizens
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Boise Has municipal election
ARKil an A mayer and three com,
miasioaers #sll be elected Mayor
litn lzagleson who has given the city
a good administration win be can.
ditate Tor reelection +. T.. Folsom ii
q candidate for commissioner and
Viii Iloll 4 heavy vote He says he
taxorss making the commissioner
Office non-saiaried position. and Il
MIL insure better service. The three
commissioners now each receive 800
d month Il does not require all
their time. he says aud d man who
has the welfare 81 the city al heart
can giye the city HIS services free oil
chnrge. the same aa do The members
of tho board III cdHcMion.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

elt Every pair Of glasses guaranteed to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Or. 2, A. SIMMONS, optometrtst
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

N.aslPa ELEVATOR 60.
TOR GRINDING AND CLEANING
We are fitted for grinding and
cleaning seed OF all kinds We have
installed two large machhes. one
Tor wild oats and one for seeds.
MERIDIAN TRANSFER LINE
A. J MArcHAM. Proprietor.
A TO Trnck service
Light and Heavy Hauling. Prompt
Delivery, Office Phone 210.
r-s ~ - Inau
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
Exponr PRICES N isao ANp Ie2l.

Import prices OF American goods show remarkable
T. slump when June 1921 is compared with June 1870
degree for the decrease in value OF
our export trade from 100000 in 1920 10 S66O000
IN 1921.
Export prices Of farm products exhibit the most marked
decreases indicating that the American farmer found no
compensatng factors trade time when he has
been so harried in other particulars. Barley slid from
ri bushel to rs cents; from si96 to u cents
rice nearly ~ cents TO cents pound wheat from
50 92 to 81 5s busel lour si2 TO s7i5 barrel
onions from s22 to s32 and potatoes from $3.50 10 $40
a bushe All OF the dried fruit exports with the excep-
ton Of rasns show in price, fresh apples fell
from sii5O to s65i barrel peanuts from 1914 cents to
I6 $40 cents pound
or the southern agricultural staples, cotton declined
from 10 to i2 cents pound rosin from 1853 to $5iO
barrel urpentne from sis5 to under 80 cents gallon
cottonseed oil cake meal from az cents 10 6iO cents
pound cottonseed oil nearly % cents to under
cents pound and leaf tobacco from 81 to 30 cents
pound.
There were pronounced declines in steel and iron
prices pig iron from 1910 to $1,000 per tom bilets in
go and blooms from s5 IS to si76O rails from s62dO to
s5ipO tin plate to 6h cents pound while struc
tural steel Increased from 5000 TO sg7.7O ton.
Canned held up pretty well, while fresh beef in
creased from II to 20 cents oeo oil declined from nearly
% to not quite 10 cents pound lard from % 10 II cents
pound butter SO to 36 cents pound cheese from
20 to 2O cents pound smoked meats recorded large
decrease export price Salmon dropped from over 10
cents TO 10 cents pound
In the textile field marked decreases recorded silk
dress goods from Ss7 to siO6 yard; wool goods from
1927 about q cents cotton duck from under 6S 10 %
cents yard while cotton cloths which ranged from p
cents to 50 cents yard in June 1920 ranged from under
cents to IS cents june 1921. Leather goods Sole
leather from 53h cents 10 80 cents pound calf uppers
from 50 cents 10 under H cents square yard KID from
6s cents 10 under 81 cents mems shoes from s. TO S30
womens shoes from si3O 10 s2.4s pair.
Refined copper shows drop from under 20 cents TO
about i3 cents pound bituminous coal from s79s 10
$3.50 ton; mineral oil and It's products show large de-
creases In lumber nr boards dropped from sl0sO to
se2i7 oak from si2R5 to $1,000 pine s66sO $3 70
per thousand feet.
Competition, lessening demand exchange difficulties,
falling credits, bad collections, and many factors
played part causing these decreased prices which
show cumulative effect the grand total OF our export
trade
When everything is considered the United States held
its pretty WELL for the trade depression during 1921
was general throughout the world.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
RestdrHng Work
(From the New York rribune).

Versatile Judge Lands, whose
ambition seems to be TO play the
role OF universal umpire while not
surrendering his salary as judicial
servant OF Uncle Sam. has INDUCED
his ruling passion by deciding what
wages shall be paid In Chicago's
building trades.
The finding OF the arbitrator,
whose judgment employers and en-
ployes agreed to accept is that the
facts justify a reduction OF from 10
to 33 per cent. Masons are to get
s1.1O, instead Of SIPS, an hour;
eight skilled crafts are assigned less
than S5 cents an hour, and ten
crafts in the laboring class 20 cents
Even more important in the way
OF restoring work and abating un-
employment is the cancellation OF
working rules designed to establish
monopoly, to diminish production
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
GOODNESS OF IFS CAUSE.

COMMENTING on question raised by the New York
~ Times the Republican Publicity Association,
through its president the Hon Jonathan Bourne Jr is
sues statement in which it says:
Has the time arrived when II Is safe for railway to
rely upon the goodness OF its the forum OF public
opinon7 asks the New York Times which is Democratic
in its politics but not democratic in its ideals The
to the question easy The time has not merely
srryedit has long been here 1t and long has been
perhaps always has beensafe for railway any other
concern to rely upon the goodness OF its cause the
forum Of public opinion"
The American people believe in a square deal and al
ways have the associations adds Where there is lack
OF full Information the people may act unwsely but that
is fault Of theirs.
The wisest who lived would make mistakes II
compelled to act without full knowledge OF facts.
But give the people Of the United States fairly good
understanding Of the issues involved and the facts
both sides and they will conclusion sound
fair would be reached by commission composed Of
selected men, Who very likely would be influenced by
prejudices which do not actuate the average citizen
The assertion that the people trusted TO decide
fairly question submitted the forum OF public opin-
ion is not mere pse dxit attempt to atier the
average citizen There has been demonstration which
iustines the confidence have expressed.
few years ago there was enacted in Missouri what
the full crew" laNvan act supposed TO be
the interest OF railway workmen and against the inter-
est OF railway owners
It provided for the employment OF not less than Ger
lain number OF men railway train the number vary
ing with the length and character Of train.
The railway asserted that the number required
by the law unnecessary.
The spokesmen Of the railway workers got the law
through, nevertheless, and It was submitted to vote
the people under the referendum.
The railway managers were scared They thought tn
people would look at the issue this way
The enactment Of this law viii give employment q
more people it will give better service and the ran
VIII have to pay the bill
But he people did not look at it that way.
just What their line OF reasoning was no tell
but the full crew" bill overwhelmingly defeated b.
popular vote.
Probably some voters opposed it because they though
It unfair to the railroads.
Others opposed ii because they figured that ultmate
the increased cost OF operating the roads would passe
on 10 the shippers TO which class they belonged.
But whatever the line Of reasoning the BILL general,
agreed BY wel-sniormed to be unwse was defeate
by the people. Which shows that then. some eight o
ten the voters Missouri could be trusted
and ne census reports do not indicate that Missouri
any more Intelligent than the average American STATE
All that is necessary for the railroads or any other cas
10 do is 10 get their facts fairly before The people, an
nerc can be doubt the verdict OF public opinion
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
Judge Lands s Wage Cuts
From the New York Herald.

The wage cuts by Judge Lands. as
arbitrator in the Chicago building
trades dispute, are not themselves
Of so much importance as the prin-
ciples he followed in regulating the
scales. His decision, for one exam
pie. that ablebodied. competent
workers who insist on restricting
their output below their easy capac-
ity to produce more must expect to
have their daily pay corresponding
y restricted is as admirable in
morals as it is sound in economies
Again, the organized workers who
will not permit ordinary labor TO
perform the simplest and crudest
work on Jobs that ''belong To
them,' but compel the employer To
pay them the wages of highly skill
ed workers for moving rubbish or
carrying dead weight. must, by
Judge Landis's opinion, expect to be
treated more as common labor than
as skilled labor. Since they degrade
themselves from the higher TO the
lower function Of labor. their eco
nomic. rank and their pay must be
similarly degraded.
Nothing is truer and nothing is
more melancholy about the economic
calamity which befel this country
after the war than the fact that the
exorbitant labor costs. which locked
the Industrial wheels and threw,
millions OF wage earners out ~ or,
pioyment' were due not merely TO
nisn wage scales but to the low
proouctivity Of workers getting their
inflated wages. There we're millions
OF men in this country who we're not
doing as much work and not doing It
so well for S. and So a day as they
had done 1t before for SO and SO a
day There were thousands Of men
In the skilled classi1cations who
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

to private operation In July. 1920,
the operating gross was s51s. 900.
This year it is only $4,000, 600.
But a year ago, when the railroads
should have still been benehtng
from the war expansion, the wage
bill alone was s503, 900, and
goods and passengers were being
carried at a loss. This year the
wage bill is s14s,000,00 less and
there is a moderate balance left in
the carriers treasures.
The economies forced on the
roads have had a good deal to do
with current unemployment. Tens
OF thousands Of railway employees
have been discharged since last jan
uary, and sldmping on repairs, build
ing and the replacement of rolling
stock has pinched many Of the in
dustries furnishing railroad mater
ials. The passage Of the railroad
funding bill would permit the car
riers to take up deferred main
tenance and to order new cars and
locomitives. 1t would also allow
them to enlarge their working forces.
BY reviving business in many lines
it would help materially to reduce
unemployment.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

were taking IS, 50 and $40 a day but
not actually earning by the meas
uring stick OF quantity and quality
of output, as much as the SO man
had earned before the war. They
killed American business.
A labor union leadership that in
cites its members to loaf on their
Jobs or protects them from dis
charge when they do is its own worst
enemy. II cannot survive. Work.
ers, organized or unorganized. whose
product becomes less the higher
their pay goes are bringing about
their own ruin with a sureness
which is as sure as death.
No other man in this country ever
did labor unionism so much harm
as Sam Gompers and his associates
have done It in the last year by re-
sisting the restoration OF labor's
economic. efficiency and blatting all
over the land that union members
wages must not be reduced whether
they earn them or do not earn them.
The American people are going to
get back to original principles in the
matter OF fair days work for a
fair days pay which gave this coun-
try the economic supremacy Of the
world. They are going to get back
to II II they have to steam roller
every Sam Gompers in the United
States as fiat as a pancake. Judge
Lands, whose interest in American
labor. whatever his shortcomings
is genuine and deep seated, knows
this. So when he enforces, among
those for whom he has arbitrated
the disputed points, the very funda-
mental which is under every wage
every cost and every price he is NOV
ing. in fact. 10 save organized labor
itself from the rocks upon which its
own wreckers have been madly
driving II.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
TEAM WORK THE THING NEEDED.

VVJILN1NGTONS public schools will open their doors
w to between 1900 and 1900 pupils on next Monday
and the fall term will open formally under conditions
which augur well for
We have Board Of Education, elected in reform
campaign and committed rrevocsbly to better educational
conditions
We have In the person OF Or. David A. Ward new
superintendent Of schools who has been made acquainted
fully with the boards program and clothed with power
70 carry 1t out in most essential particulars.
1t is UP to the small army OF school-chldrcn and their
parents and other relatives cooperate heartily with
the Board Of Education and Superintendent Ward in the
work OF putting the many beneficial changes into effect
Without such cooperation it will be impossible for
those who favor educational reform to realize the
things for which they have strven for years and which
nataanable until the school election placed
them within their grasp.
II those who have spoken and voted in favor OF educa
tiona reform viii get behind the board and The new
superintendent do the things they ought 10 do in
cooperative way, they need have doubt to the
ture OF the results attained during the year that
just is opening
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
With the Photographers

No ought 10 sleep sounder have sweeter dreams
than ne who owns his own farm and has his debts all
paid.-Farm Life.
Germans adopting The American plan OF vertical
drinking They'd better be warned that it's the first step
toward prohibition-CeVeland Plain Dealer
one OF John Cadwells old DryOVood farmer friends
knowing old John well II not better than any OF the
OF u.s. upon hearing that he is Minister 10 Persia
eiacuated We'll I'd like to hear OF John Cadwes
sermons r-Fort Scott Tribune.
A New Jersey woman has been arrested charge OF
mansaughter the alleged offence having been to leave
unguarded bonfire from which a childs garments ig-
nited, causing its death. The woman innocent Of
criminal intent but this will not bring the infant back
life and while her prosecution will unquestonably pro-
woke much adverse criticism is logical gross careless
ness is 10 be classified crlme.-NeN York Herald.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
Editorial Opinion
JuLYs RAILROAD SHOWING.
From The New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The net operating income OF the
railroads for July so far reported
shows gain of about $4,000, 900
over July, 1920.
1t is expected that full returns
for the Glass 1 carriers will show a
July return on tentative valuations
OF from AZ to s per cent. A year
ago these roads were operated at
a deficit Of more than s11,OOO,0OO.
paid out of the Federal Treasury.
The prospect for the carriers is
brighter although their gross in
come is steadily falling. 1t is a mis-
take, however. TO assume that the
Improvement in net earnings was
due entirely to the wage decrease
which went into effect on July 1
last. A considerable part OF il is at
tributable to sharp cuts in main
tenance, structural and repair work.
Expenditure on these accounts was
simply deferred. II will have to be
charged up TO operation later.
The July figures disclose clearly
what was the matter with the rail-
roads when they were turned back
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

per man and In various ways 10
multiply jobs wastefully. With great
vigor Judge Lands condemns all
throttling Of Individual effort the
effect OF which is necessarily to
keep wages down. He recognized
that once the unions realize that
they undermine the welfare Of their
membership by limiting production
most OF the objections Of employers
to labor unions will be removed.
The Impeachment Of Judge Ian
dis recently was asked for by the
American Bar Association because
ne Is the baseball. umpire. Will
there be a similar outcry against his
participation In another non-official
labor? The cases somehow seem
different, but different or similar,
there is reason to rejoice that man
reputed to be sympathetic to labor
unionism has had the courage to
tell it openly OF its great fault.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
OUR NATIONAL MELTING POT.

VNINE results are coming from the Americanzation
movement that has met with such favor here in VIII
mington.
Latest report shows 69sO27 foresn-born white males
OF voting age In country.
Out Of every 100 OF these fortyeight naturazed
and sixteen had taken out rst papers The percentage
Of naturazed citizens compared with those who haven't
been over, has gained twenty per cent since 1910.
The rest Of them should lose no time in joining Uncle
Sans family