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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20
State College Ready
For Far Convention

With the final program completed
and all the necessary details ar
ranged everything is in readiness for
the conclave Of 1000 farmers and
their wives who are expected to
journey to Lexington for the Ninth
Annual Farm and Home Convention
which will be held at the College of
Agriculture, University of Kentucky,
February IA, according to an an
nouncement made last week by N.
r. Elliott, leader Of specialists at
the college.
Special care has been taken in the
arrangement of the 1921 program
and those in charge Of it are re-
sponsible for the statement that it
is superior to any that has been out
lined for a similar meeting of farm
men and women in Kentucky. More
than 20 out-of-state speakers, to-
gether with the entire staff Of the
agriculture college will take part in
giving the convention men and
women lectures and demonstrations
on practically every phase Of agri-
culture and home life.
Special care viii be given to the
women who attend, special pro-
gram having been arranged for
them. In addition to this feature
there viii be a four day tractor
school and meetings of seven i'm
portant agricultural organizations of
the state. Topics of interest to all
farmers and their wives, whether
they raise poultry or dairy cattle,
are included in the list of subjects,
so that it may truthfully be said
that the 1921 convention will have
universal appeal for all farm men
and women Of the state.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

We stand at the dawn Of a crucial
day in politics and craftsmanship.
Decisions, lasting decisions, are
about to be made which will deter
mine, not for one decade or one gen.
GRAFTON, but for ten decades and for
all generations the future and the
power of the American nation.
There is springing into being in
Washington a magnificently fl
nanced movement that, il successful,
will be disastrous to this nation.
'Magnificently financed" we mean
not in the mere money sense, but fl
nanced intellectually by adroit and
probably sincere men, whose genius
for argument and talent for debate
make it possible that their views,
though erroneous, may catch the
passing fancy and be translated into
policy. The forerunner of this school
is Senator Boies Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Finance, and stronger
i'll than are most senators when well.
It is stated that the economic bag
riers we are to erect through the
fnstrumentaitH of the customs
houses must be low barriers, easily
overleaped, because, forsooth, Eu-
rope owes us billions in money, and
she can repay only if permitted to
pour her goods in ponderous masses
into our markets. That is the first
argument. The voice of the second
is not yet articulate, but its pur-
poses can be deducted. It favors
and will fight for the lowest possible
prices conceivably to be got for all
foodstuffs; that is, for all products
of the soil. 1t contemplates driving
down the cost of living in America
to such a point that wages can ike
wise be brought to the status where
our great manufacturers may COM
pete on even terms with the products
of any other nation on earth.
This is a reversal of policy on the
part of the manufacturing industry.
Some sections of that industry have
not yet ever heard of the new
thought. They will hear enough to
suit them later on.
This nation is where England was
in 1915. In that year the British
harvest was spoiled and the Irish
potato crop was diseased. Peel de-
termined to move for the total abol-
ition of the corn laws, the abroga-
ton of all duties. The people were
hungry; they lacked the means
wherewith to buy grain. What more
simple, what more popular than to !
abolish the duties and lower the
prices? That was the decision.
There are two ways in which to !
help a. starving man. You can give |
him something to eat or you can
provide him with the chance to earn |
something to eat The price for
wheat in Enbland was not too high, |
but they were too high for people
whose wages were scandalOusly low.
Obviously the solution was not to
give the people bread, but to provide
them with the means to get bread. |
But craftsmanship, always a cour-
Ter, seeks the easiest road, and the
easiest road in England in 1S45-46 |
was to avoid attacking the main |
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

problem-pauper wages--by reduo.
ing the cost of bread to the point
where the average family might Be
able to get enough to keep body and
soul together.
It was a fatally bad decision, even
| under the peculiar conditions exist
ing. Half a century Of that policy
in operation produced the England
of 1914, where skilled labor often,
even when steadily employed, did not
earn enough TO buy sufficient "free
bread" Men slept in open fields in
summer weather because they could
not afford to hire roofs for covering
and the industrial wage condition In
England was a disgrace. Agricul-
ture, too, was a memory. The gran
aries Of England were in the fields
of British Columbia, Of Minnesota,
of Australia and New Zealand. The
nation ate as its ships sailed, and
the terror inspired by the Hun sub
marines was the terror Of a people
who knew that between them and
starvation there was only the thin
sides Of their ships. To keep Eng
land fed became a supreme task of
the Allies. Nor does England doubt
now the error of her policy. She is
doing all that is humanity possible
to revive agriculture at home.
What England faced, Rome had
faced before her. There, too, the
easy-going statesmen had first con-
soled themselves with reductions in
food costs, securing the world for
cheap food, until at last the popu-
lace would not pay for it at all. It
demanded free bread supply. And
it got it. But while the ships poured
their wheat into the Eternal City
the farms that had created the glory
and the might of Rome became de-
serted. They could not be titled
profitably even with slave labor.
The grumbling greed of the city
jewellers had been momentarily sat
isfied, but at what a cost? The
echo of the footstep of the incom-
ing barbarian was heard by the
economic prophets years and years
before the Vandal pitched his tents
on the Campus Martius.
Mr.. Roosevelt, before he died,
used to say that he believed the
downfall of nations in historic DAYS
had been caused not by battles and |
campaigns, the march of armies and
the sweep of navies, but by loss of
soil fertility. The lands of Italv
were still fertile in the DAYS of the
empire, and the lands of England
today are fertile, but they were fer
tile only in the production of crops.
They had no profit fertility. They
might groan under the burden of
heavy yields, but they could not earn
a profit in the face of a foreign
competition which government en-
eouraged and subsidized.
We do not want food prices in
America that will discourage and
destroy American agriculture. The
big problem, the supreme problem,
IS not cheap food, but such an equal
ization of return from factory and
farm that the employee in the former
can afford to pay enough for the
products of the latter to keep it 90
ing. 1t is not good thing, but
ruinous thing, for America if a
staple fod can be produced for half
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

A man will return the money he
borrows from you, but he never re-
turns the book or the umbrella he
borrows.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Mistress: ~ saw the milkman kiss
you this morning. In the future / viii
take the milk myself"
Jane: '1t would be no use mum.
He's promises never to kiss anybody
but me-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Our idea of a scientific nut is the
fellow who tried to graft a straw
berry plant to a milkweed to get
Strawberries and cream.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Some Of us can't stand prosperity,
but most of us never get a chance
to discover whether we can or not.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Letting your wife have her own
way in everything may not be much
fun, but it saves you heap Of at
torney's fees and alimony.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Music is the great minds morn
ing meditation and philosophy is its !
evening conclusions.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Keep the furrow straight and the
fields will fulfill their promise to
give you your daily bread.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

Life is just long enough to holler
"Hooray" and Goodnight"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20

1t is argued that Europe cannot
pay unless she sells. Must we buy
those things of which we have a
surplus of our own? The thought is
monstrous. Yes, we can buy of her.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
BUcKING UP THE DEFENSE.

Administration be congratulated the reforms III our
schemes of national defense putting into effect Baes
of one type consumption be located each coast
burners in the Atlantic fleet and oil burners the Pacific The
advantages having both types separate units are obvious with
the additional economy of having each nearer its source OF rue
supply The between anes and vessels now beng con-
Quoted off the Virginia Capes to bring greater economy and
efficiency defense systems The former administration
lacked the initiative conduct such experiments although their
apparent for years There has been general
ngment of officers Navy with special regard the
atty and qualifications of EACH which cannot but work the good
the service the Army Secretary Weeks has been successful IN
smoothing misunderstanding his subordnae
and the morale service has been noceaby improved
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
TALKING IT OVER.

In announcing that he had invited number OF Western bank
ers to meet him White House for conference President liar
ding took occasion to deny nsnuaons that previous conference
with New bankers indicated that Wall street is running t
There was no for denial for would
credit the nsnuaon Moreover the country will heartily approve
the policy bringing the capital and to the White House he
leading business the nation bankers otherwise We
had eight that kept aoof from the people
administration that sefsuent that conferences were
annantv held only with men would with the President
and echo his every word country expects Mr. Harding to keep
touch with the condition thought and desire and needs OF the
people all sections of all classes The country has very high
regard for Hardngs character and due appreciation OF his
ability but there is no deusion that he supeman His confer
0nce are an indication that he is deon either and
this in itself confidence of the country in his admins
tration.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
FEDERAL TAXES
BECOME DUE
FIRST OF JULY
Uncle Sans Tax Bill As Well As Many
Others Became Due With
First OF Month.

Forms for filing returns of special
taxes upon business and occupations
are now available at officer Of COL
lectors Of internal revenue and branch
Offices. These taxes are due July l.,
and are held by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue to be delinquent I'M
/ less pal don or before July 81. The list
includes the tax on brokers, pawn
brokers, museums, theaters, and con-
cert halls, circusses, bowling alleys,
shooting galleries riding academies
and automobiles operated for hire.
When the tax is paid stamp is is
sued by the Collector of Internal Rev.
enue, which the person engaged in the
business or occupation subject to the
tax is required to post conspicuously
in his place of business. Failure in
this respect renders the offender liable
to penalty equal to the special tax,
and the cost Of prosecution. In no case
is the penalty less than so.
The tax on brokers, whose business
1t is to negotiate for others purchases
or sales fstocks, bonds, exchange,
bullion, coined money, promissory
notes or other securities, and produce
or merchandise, is $50 year. If the
broker is member of stock eX-
change, produce exchange, board of
trade or similar organization which |
sells produce or merchandise and the |
average value during the preceding |
year ended June 80 of a seat or men,
bership in such organization was $2,-
900 and not more than $4,000 he is re-
quired to pay an additional tax of 800.
II such value was more than $4,000 he
Is required to pay an additional tax of
$3.50. Pawnbrokers are subject to a
special tax of 500 year.
The tax on ship brokers, whose bus
mess 1t is to negotiate freights and
other business for the owners of YES
sells or for consignors or consignees
of freight carried by vessels, is $50 a
year.
Customhouse brokers, whose bust
ness, as the agent of others, is TO ar
range entries and other custOmhOuSe
papers or to transact business at any
port of entral relating to the importa-
ton or exportaitno of goods and mer-
chandise. pay a special tax Of $50
year.
Theaters, museums and concert
halls are taxed according to their seat
ing capacity, and the population of the
city or town in which they are locat
ed. Those having seating capacity
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

OF not more than two hundred ant
fifty are taxed $50; seating capacity o.
more than two hundred and fifty and
not exceeding five hundred, 800; ex-
ceeding five hundred and not exceed
ing eight hundred, $3.50; in excess OF
eight hundred, 5000. The tax in cities
or towns of 5000 inhabitants or less is
one half of these amounts. This tax
is paid by the proprietor. The spe-
cial tax on circusses is 800.
The tax on bowling alleys and bill
lizard rooms is $40 for each alley or
table, Shooting galleries are subject
to a tax of 500. The tax on riding
academies is 500.
Persons carrying on the business of
renting or operating passenger auto
mobiles for hire are required to pay a
tax or $40 for each such automobile
having seating capacity of more
than two and not more than seven and
$40 for each such automobile having a
seating capacity of more than seven.
Special taxes on manufacturers of
tobacco products are due also in July,
and on manufacturers and wholesale
and retail dealers in oleomargarine,
adulterated and renovated butter, fill
ed cheese, and persons engaged in the
of mixed flour.
Returns of the capital stock tax also
are required on or before July 81 The
capital stock tax applies to every cor
poration carrying on or doing bust
ness in the United States. The tax on
domestic corporation is 81 for each
81 900 of so much of the fair average
value of its capital stock for the pre-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
HARD GUESS FOR JOHNNY.

Having in mind the Truth in Fabrics bill recently introduced
Congress- is interesting note that the bureau OF standards
has perfected device to test cloths which according the bureau
chief will tel beyond all doubt the thread count fiber strength
thread width and probable life of particular kind of cloth thai
may given also determines the of resistance
Of which piece of cloth be capable This being So
predicted it will not be long each family provided with
this Device and ma with the most pacific intentions in the world
will be applying to that portion of little Johnny panaooned
anatomy which bears the bnt of punishment and friction But
think of the anguish Johnny if he is not forewarned of the
pose of being bent the maternal knee
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

ceding year ended June 80 IN is In
excess Of $1,000. Foreign corporations
are required to pay a tax Of 81 for each
$1,000 Of the average amount of its
capital stock employed in the trans
action Of It's business In the United
States during the preceding year end
ed June 80, without the benefit OF the
$4,000 deduction.
Penalties ranging fro ma fine not
to exceed $1,000 for failure and not
to exceed $4,000, or one years i'm
prisonment, or both, for wilful refusal
to make return and pay the taxes are
prescribed by the revenue act
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
Canlp1leeting!
Rugg|es

Ruggles Campmeeting will be held
from July 2Sth to August 7th.
DR.. George Hugh Birney will be the
evangelist. DR.. Fort special Sunday
school methods man. T. B. Ashley
choir leader. Twenty-Five or more
Kentucky preachers will be heard
during the meeting.
Hotel, confectionery, barber and
baggage room, auto park and stable
privileges will be let on the Fourth.
Hotel will be refurnished, making 1t
very desirable privilege. Auto park
will be made better and safer. Send
all bids on privileges or applications
for rooms to, JOHN R. BRODT, R. D.
s, Maysville, Ky. T&F14Jun-tf
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
TRUE FOR FORM.

The Republican governor New York reports that $l8OO0OO
has been saved this running the state compared
with year. The principles of sound administration
be found only Washington but wherever representatives of the
proved policies of Republcanism guard.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05
GUNS FOR MAIL TRUCKS.

Lexington, Ky. With the arrival
here from Chicago Of consignment
Of Colt revolvers and ammunition, the
two government trucks which ply be-
tween the postofiice and the depots
carrying registered mail will hereaf-
ter be amply protected against any
attempt at hold-up.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

People who want lower freight and passenger rates and higher
possibly haven't heard that the day miracles passed
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

A bridge costing s25,OOO,OOO is pro-
posed to extend over San Francisco
Bay. The structure will be eight and
one-eighth miles long, 200 feet mide
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

We in exchange to the effect that
treating their wives better prohibition Maybe its because they
not treating their friends often.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

We've noticed that in almost every Maysvlle home the
breaches economy-and the wife practices it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

Two columns of about the Sesan trouble doesn't interest
the average Maysve reader half much foune recipe for
chigger bites
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

What has been boherng is What will take the place of those
great beer parties given the candidates the city and county
election campagn9
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

We heard genial Maysvi citizen declare yesterday that
thered be good deal fun fishing if the fish bit often
the mosquitoes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

1t is not the three rings which enjoy at the much
a sth Goth century novelty the "cown vamp."
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

An agricultural speech congress all right but couple
good soaking rains make of hit with the farmers
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

There's this much to be said in favor of your enemies-
not always trying to borrow money from you
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

and besides providing for traffic for all
kinds, will carry oil gas and water
pipes, and electric conduits for public
utility companies.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

Insanity at the most popular disease among murder
according to newspaper accounts
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-05

Secretary of Labor James j. Davis The way to get bacl
prosperity is to work back"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-11
CHAMBER OF N
SQUARElY AGAINST RECALL

The Albuquerque Chamber Of Commerce looks upon the city
commission as the board OF directors Of the biggest business cor
poration Of this state, in which every citizen Of Albuquerque Is a
stakeholder City management has been taken out Of politics and
put upon q business basis. The present commission is non-poltical,
non-sectional and nonscctarian, and the welfare, growth, develop
ment and best interests Of the city demand and require that IL so
remain
We look upon the present effort TO recall a majority Of the
city commissioners as an attempt ON the part of labor organizers to
lake the management OF the citys affairs out o. the hands OF men
who are giving the city the experience and ability which has en-
abled them TO make a success OF their private affairs, and to control
the management for the selfish interests Of these same organizers
In the election Of any candidate to office this organization can
take no part; but in the principle Of business management for the
city OF Albuquerque as opposed to class control we, as a chamber
Of commerce, are vitality interested;
THEREFORE,. BE 1T RESOLVED, That the board of dircc-
tors OF the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce is squarely against
the attempted recall Of q majority Of the city commissioners, and
against any amendment Of the city charter which deprives the city
management of the right to discharge an empoye for any reason
by il deemed sufficient.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-11
SANTA f REFUSES
TO ACCEPT TERMS
FOR CONTEST HERE


A. ,hs pute CIts ofass and the
SAINTS Fn Ia4fN1|f team E0'nT 70 set
Together on The diamond this season.
n : a question thar y eoffx|nH the
INHN and q which n mol helms M
ga proposal I'D neither riil aeetpt
u<l1 arr me iacst The santa ~
m4EakrfneNl has aatl1 that fhr Nrats
II1I n santa ~ on He1 49, and HaupA
- - AIbNqncvcoc On NAY = IN
each cas- Santa ~ wnrie lAe hDme
team 70 pay Iis ger ~trav.ilne skpsnsss
gsr s.ss o. sale sss-ips. IN each
W tsnnpie ueder Santa ms pro-
No41i santa ~ would pay ~ expenses
% and from Albuquerque and fAke
either 40 or 90 PEI cent ~ the Eats
,.s.'Ets hers .~ceer1.ns 70 wnetnsr =
apply 20 Alputuerqoe WHEN h Oraya
H&It 90 santa ~.
Dan radIIia Of IN 0ra,r has made
following prupk SIiiun 20 Santa Re
ard n one which he considers A.
More just. n provides also that tRch
team pay ~ NJ expenses On tto
hoerser ass thnf ssnfn " take ali
o. H. gate receipts when tho game
a played al Santa Fe y that the
orlIa iath an the gate recelpts when
tho game s. played IN Albuquerque.
Under santa Fa'a plan. fans
here nnim out that a. Aibg-
QueIoue l. a larHer town than Santa
~. fhe santa Pc team viii make
money even n A loves the rame here.
~ Albuquerque would win At Santa
n ne 90 per cent % the cato re-
c4Irlt would Be small fans here say.
Santa Re Il a. aid could not bring
out the crowd that Aibuquurouo does
~ = game.
Thus Manager rsaIila cor,ends that
under such IA arrangement a. n he
Ina put up ~ she Santa Ft angrera-
ton. AItuQuor1ue would be helping "a
support the Santa " team santa
~ ians have raised a large sum Of
money FOR q hall team and Alouquer-
que has rot raised = cent Manager
Ia11IIa does not think ha should take
tho fans money when he has not ask
"a q cent for the suppo Of his team
ana teir keep np the santa ~ nine.
Manager radiila n not able 70 fig.
urt OFT N Dan Ortiz assistant
nrfr Of ne santa ~ team and other,
af santa Fc really fhlnk their propoeal
q rood ono or whether Santa o. 4
Just tr11ne 20 dodge the ISSUE ana y
afraid o. TIE Ofnya. Manager Pasilla
eayr that santa ~ q not cried 10 ~.
cure a game With Albuquerque but
thnt each time there has been ans
cemmunicAting 4 has been brought
enrat through NE Initiative " -
0rgn
Pas however ars hoplns that III.
two teams can ett tqgefhcr.