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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18

of their fathers. They want to
minSlc with people and see people
with good roads and Wider use OF
the telephone and automobile they
can have these quite natural desires
gratlned.
These servants of modern ciyiliza-
tion-telephonc, highway and motor
car-promote community friendlincss
in rural sections. There is no doubt
OF this. The country's great welfare
organization. the Red Cross. has re-
coGnized tho need of rural community
organizations. and il now has field
specialists doing this work. II is
meeting with hearty response. II
there Is community friendiiness. there
will be greater degree of content
mcnf an the farms OF the State. The
telephone will add to Its laurels In
helping to bring about this condi-
ton.
BY means OF the telephone. the
farmer can get weather reports ns
soon as they are issued. These re-
ports reduce the hazard OF farming
by forccasting the approach OF
storms and sudden changes In the
temperature They make farming
proposition. The delivery OF these
reports at each farm house In short
space OF time can only he accom-
piishcd by the telephone.
With the building of good high
ways throughout the state and the
construction of connecting roads by
the counties. telephone extension into
the more sparscly settled districts
will be facilitated and telephone herv-
Ice made possible for the dwcllcrs In
these communities. Where IL Is now
necessary to go long distances to
summon medical aid aud to deal at
tho rural store, II Will be possible
with the coming of the good road.
telephone and automobile to save
time and reduce distances. TIL: COM
bination OF these three Will actually
aid in the conservation OF life In the
outlying sections.
There Is no necessity 10 hold n
brief for the telephone. highway ana
automobile. They are among the
great assets Of the present civiliza-
ton The service they perform is
their Justification and their claim to
greatness. Whatever turn affairs
may take they Will be the three out
standing factors in developing the
State during the next several gem
crations to the point where II will be
Il greater mark OF distinction than
ever before to say: Il am Vir-
Ginian.'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18
DIo.tinr snoy Erom uond

Some of the difficulties OF keeping
the roadways cleared OF snow at
Rainier National Park. Washington
are illustrated in photographs repro
duccd in the September Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. One of these
shows how charges OF T. y. T. were
resorted sto in clearing the road ia
Paradise Inn this spring after snow
plOws had proved ineffective. In
clearing this road. which Is twenty
six miles from the park entrance
thirty. five to nifty pounds OF T. N. It
were shot off every ten feet. In thi.
manner twenty-five tons of the cx-
piosive were used In clearing -four
miles OF road.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18
Rond Mnchinery Ontrnt.

a preliminary statement OF figures
obtained from the census OF 1920 on
manufactures. isercd by the Bureau
of Census Department OF Commerce,
shows that OF total contractors cuuip-
mcnt manufactured in 1919 valued at
$lSG.29f,0o0. machinery used to n
largo extent in highway construction
formed the major part, with n total
value of s105.149.000. Concrete mix
ers manufactured were valued at So
$4,000; excavating machinery. at So
$4,000: pumps. $G5.360.000: road
building machinery. S13,9l5,0O0, and
steam shovels. 39.G5i,000.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Shnmld Not be too friv ate.

General comm ndaticn las followed
Nv Hard,ne'a announcement of ha aen
r,hlc ard practical dce,rc for \ d'llct N
sur,lraticr. and the cancellation of ar
rpngements fer the inaugural hall and he
inaugural parade has re, ved approval
IN All warts az The country II - not 20
certain however, that tho change q the
place of inauguration from the porch at
tho cast front 10 the Capitol 20 n room IN
the Senate wing ~ tho building vii prove
entirely satisfactory That would deprive
the pcaple ot aa opportunity of witness
mo tho INDUCTION Of tho rres'dcnt
INTO his high oftce
There IS something appealing and in
sp,rlne IN the spoctacle u a President II
tho United States taking the oath Of
ofhcc and making his inaugural address
in tho propence If large sssemblaee of
his feilow-citiFens True. the date Of IN
aururation, March 4 IS not proPItous
time IN respect Of weather conditions,
hut occa-Ionally the day brings with 1t
the finest KIND Of weather Aud when
this happens it is most appropriate for
the President to appear on the porch at
the cast front of the Capitol and there,
IN the presence of admiring thousands,
take tho solemn cath Of Office and make
his nauGlrai address
All the other spectacular features, es-
pecally the ridiculous and tawdry in
augural ball. may well be dispensed with.
But with good weather prevailing It
would be a disappointment TO thousands
not to have the brief and simple, but high
w Impressive. inaugural ceremonies take
place IN public
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Delaware Voters Most Numerous.

ORc,aI returns of the votes from MI
States except Tennessee shows that the
total number II ballots cast NJ the No
ver,her Presidential election was %
$50. .7OS. an incrcase - a.Oqi .SS1 over the
total roll of 1916. while 1Iardine's plu-
ralitv vas : 7,ool .763 the largest vote and
the largest plurality recorded in thus coun-
try
These figures show that one of every
four and quarter people in the eniue
country voted AZ this Presidential
contest, while in this State ono of every
two and q seventh persons cast thor hal
lots. II j. contendcd that about 5000 600
women voted for the first time in Novem-
her. or that Of the total votes recounted,
r.. 900, ,on0 of them were cast by women
IL would seem from Delawsre's large
percentage Of voters that slmost All o' her
eligible men and women went 20 tho polls,
and that her ballots were more than
twice ss numerous here as the average e
the country at large, population con
sdered. Certainly, after this showing n
one can accuse our women Of lacking in
terest in national public affairs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
aiother-in-Iaw's Plight.

Judge Hei.els decision that wife cannot
no compelled 10 live in tho same house as
her husbands mother, and that The
formers leaving the premises doeR not
constitute desertion, will bring cheer to
many despondent heart for probably
the puTpnrt Of tho law also rules the
mother ~ the wife out Of the family.
What to do with motheTs-in-law seems 80
he sp uusolvable problem, but i should
not be in THE dav ~ hoestrd adv anced
civilization. for We should he able tn live
in rerfeot harmony with one OF both
'inlswa. >. members ~ the family
In this question, 50 often turned into
witless humor. there is indeed pathetic
aide. when we cannot have about us ~
their declining years our very dea'est
friends on earth and one can hut lament
the plight of the elderly parent with per-
haps no other place cf abode, who, indeed,
must ha more uncomfortable over fhe
compIications that make hcr an enforced
guest 81 son or daughter than they can
possibly be The old Spanish ploverb
that "one cannot warm himech hv
anothers fire" ia eeemirrlv as true today
a. when IL was 6rat uttered. awav back
in the almost dark aece
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
IApAN's LABOR MOVEMENT.

There were s3s labor societies ~ this
country at the end Of last year. their tnom=
ber numbering 2B9 .532 hut most u those
societieH were intended - prusnote mutual
aid ard friendship Such bodies. aa lie
tlnot from real labot unions are rolled
soshiki humiai funeral unions, herausn
their most conspicuous husiueaa g to ct
tend the funeral ~ nenhers. displaying
tho hsrs ~ the sDciniies TIE rvaei mum
her Of rcnl labor unions included - the
above mentioned number ia not known.
but ~ Osaka il is not Over ane tenth q
the total Vet this means great develop
ment uf labor ~ the country, fpf until two
or three wears ago there vas rot aiogie
labor union beeide the lnaikai
The labor movement ~ tits country
since lsst vear hpa cnine 81 assume pniitl-
cal character. az is Indicated ~ the Uni
al suffrage movement III iulF last
1000 workers ~ the Fun { ofnPany
at1lck work. demanding the recognition
Of their union The fight ended N the lie
feat ~ the workers Int the bare feet siioh q
,lemard was male points q another stride
made hy the labor movements ~ this
country 2nme of the Japanese lahoFera
are trtinr 20 reaoh IN ten years ~ 81 Efei
which Europeans ard American lahorsrs
could only attain after csnitrY 1T str1ig
sla aud nam Osaka Nainirhi
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Firemen Oppose Change.

The City Council ordinance proposn'
a paid fire department for Wilmington Is
opposed by = large number of our volun-
toer fircanen, who put forth the claim that
il would be great additional burden on
tho local TAXPAYERS, but probably hs
arc really Interested in the retention OF
tho volunteer system, from the fact that
it supplies q diversion Of which thoy arc
exceedingly fond. II il diff cult to analvze
the condition of mind that can find ITS
chief enjoyment in the excitement Incl
dent to the more or less porilous work of
combating the flames, yet therc are
thousands of such persons in every com
munity: and il is the sport Of fire-hghsing
that some Of our fremen object TO riving
up. They seem to enjoy the engine
houses, where they gather ns in club,
and find delight in the ownership OF thoi'
engines and equipment IL is liking That
seems TO be hereditary 10 large extent,
for we find in the service today aons and
grandsons Of old-time fro-6Rhters, who
toe, are delighted 10 run with the ma
chine.
However, our city has long been IN a
position where it in wise 90 look to sell
trained men for hre protection and our
interests demand that we make gtting
fires the business. the vocation, OF trained
and skillod men, hot the diversion OF
avocation Of well-intcntioned men with
out the proper technical schooling or
direction for the work. Our recent
enormous losses by fire make II m
perat ive that we do not delay ore moment
longer than necessary tho establishment
Of paid department here. II will ooH'
considerably more. but Il is worth very
much more
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Example for Young Men.

r. w. Woolworth, founder Of chain
Of iive-end-ten-ccnt stores throughout
tho country, left an estate Of moro than
s27, 900, ,00O according TO the New York
surrogate. His widow, who is an inmate
Of hospital for tho insane, but whose
estate is controlled by the courts Of Now
York through guardians, Is his chief
beneficiary Inssmuch as this multi
millionaire began lifo ~ poddler, little
moro than forty years before his fortune
had reachsd its peak, his success points
the why for other boys who have brains,
energy and initiative, but no money with
which 90 begin a business career.
Woolworth was tinsmith in early lifn,
and business being dull in his honc town,
Scranton, Pa, he made up lot OF kitchen
utensils TO be sold cheap, and packing
them on his back, carried them from
house To house. selling his stock SO rapidly
that no came to n realization Of the value
of cheap goods, nttrnctively showing them
in quantities, and then Of appealing to the
public with good, catchy trade name
like "fve-and-ten There frndamentals
established. the rest was epsy and Wool
worth business spread 90 almost all the
larger cities Of the cast and 90 many m tho
British Isles, while the money accumu-
lated with amazing rapidity. He soon
became buyer Of trainload lots or took
the output of many entire factories, and
people iocked in droves to he stores
wherever one was established
Mr.. Woolworth studied the ptustion
carefully; before opening a new store
he would. first of all, count The number ct
persons day passing point whereor hr
was considering establishing branch, and
il he found The passers represented
certain percentage of the population, he
located at that point He always anpre-
ciated the value ~ central business
location. and n few venrs ago gave New
York n surr,iHs hv renting and occupying
one Of the most expensive stores on Fifth
avenue. a brsiresH procedure he followed
in most other large cities to get The hest
which he found io he unfailirsle profit
able
Mr. Woolworth'H former partner VII"
shared the early success ~ his enterprises
also reared an enormous rtune on ~
the "6,a-ard- tens" and 70 stll living ~
Wilkes Barre. IN These twc mon ircm
small interior Pennsvlvhnia tovns- With
out other rceourcea than industry and the
occidental dieCovcry # the way 20 n''e'
a public need in q new way. presented -
manner f. appeal t. the women shop
rers accumulated fortunes that probably
exccllcd ain, 81 all other fortunes made
bv merchandising 10 America IN half
century
Doubtless there are other fortunes
waiting for tho ambitious yo'inr man ~
woman who nay come acrosa new
method of approach 70 tho American
pockethook
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT

The situation with regard to unem-
plovment becomes worse daily. There
are row we'll over million men ard
women out of work and many times this
number employed only for part Of their
time. Thus the Bishop of Coventry, in
his letter TO the Times, reports that in
the en- gineering trade there are : per cent
actually out of work, and 75 per cent get
ting only three days work or less in the
course of the week There is still 40 sign
that any adequate measures are in con-
temptation for dealing with the situation,
although il is obvious that, so far from
beirg a merely passing depression, it
is bound TO get worse before il can get
better. The Labor party has issued a
demand that the government shall imme-
diatelv bring into force, as All emergency
measure, q guarantee cf maintenance 10
every unemployed worker on the scale
Of at least two pounds week for men
al d % shillings for women, with extra
allowances for dependents.
This is not regarded by those who put
il forward AZ in any sense solution of the
problem, but only as temporary meas
ure which will afford breathing space
for the working out Of more satisfactory and
permanent schemes. Up TO the present,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Circulation Every 1ACO1
evening Yesterday i l4L0f
THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1921.
Rack Tn 'sThe Cat" Again


Tn. return TO the whipping-rost 81 a
rnaan. of adding IN the punishment of
criminal. is undoubtedly wise action on
he part Of tho Judges of the Court OF
General Sessions. and we may predict 3
falling OF IN Tho activity Of the crooks IN
Delswars We have tried the opposite
course snd Il has failed go reduce thtevery,
hut We are confident there will be ma
t~rial decline IN OF me after bali dozen
cr.o ~ tho burglars or bandits have oeen
az the post
Th~re .v- veyy few croohs willing TO
s~s~ the .hsncs ~ being whipped, while
MANY n them AT. not 80 adverse TO going
10 Bail Ten lashes, well laid on, IN q
few s.s-s. would go far toward clearing
e~r cs,v os its lswle.s m.n We seem 10
have departed - far from our cid and
effective methods ~ punishment, and 20
h.y~ treated criminals with such con
s'd~r. ton and tenderness that the PUNISH
n.ot has lost rs value IN melting culprits
20 no, repeat their acts, and as . result
,h~rr :. moro thieveay and hsndltry pere
shsn ev-r before
We will find n difficult ~ inccuiate any
vAol~~uu1s respect for law and order 50
hing ss we are m an spoloFetic attitude
A,rsr,i. the offenders, and take from the
penalties Tor lsw-breskins slmost ell theii
sting Indeed. the bold derredstions 81
the crooks have become ~ frequent that
the police seem unable 10 keep M Win
the complaints of robbery, and We have
reached the point where il is scarcely safe
~ be ont after night in many parts q the
civ. Perhsr. Il thievery and robbery ot
~ kind. bad met with severe punishment
a inrri-nnment with an assurance thht
4 would carry lashee st the post, thiet
would not have entered well-hlled church
~ : SUNDAY morning, in a central raTt 81
thc CIV and stolen FIR coat almost from
under THO eves ~ scores ~ persons Or
that apefber crook would take slot sas
meter ~ r,ooes 10 rob Il of the small gum
II coniared thereby endanFe0ng the
lives ~ those On tho rreraiees lie doubt-
leus bellevei that Il by chance he Vas
arrested for the theft the sentence would
he hight, IN which, however, he was di--
appointed. for he is 10 have twenty lashes
N addition 70 long prison term.
Other communities have met with m
rreased activities Of crooks with maximum
penalties. and Delaware is warranted IN
similarly protecting her people,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Work Of Relief in Europe.

Herbert Hoover predicts that with the
harvesting 81 croDs in Europe. next season, ,
the people of the Old World will he able
~ support themselves without further
heip from the United States, and every
one viii hore this prophecy will he ful-
Sled In 1919 there were more than
1000. 600 children cared for by our people,
and :. SOC. .Oa0 are now dependent on this
country 70 ssve them from starvation.
Every person Will rejoice that the gsunt
shadow Of want and hunger that has so
long clouded the Old World IS breaking,
and that the suffering and hardsh ps Of
the-e unfortunate boys snd girls are
simost ended
II has indeed been q sad experience for
the little ones, for All of the people in fact,
n have been dependent upon charity for
su-tenaDce TO preserve life These Of US
who had never before known Of the evils
and terrors thst are set free to prey upon
the world by war have had q sad awaken
ms, for they have realized that war IS far
worse IN fact than are the visions we have
had Of the OF ithodox bell Possibly II will
require another decade, or even two,
before SCARE Of the World War are healed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
DRY EnICT ON HIGH SEAS

Attorney Genpral Palmer rules fhat
American laws npply to American slips,
no matter ~ what hnrhnt q the world
they arc At anchor
Tho Eighteenth Amendment means
strict prohibition aboard ~ American
vessel. even when II IS ainnFHiele the
bar nj Havana or at the wettrst pert
IN Spain
There can he no such thirF "a hoore
or a ship fyine the Nmeurnn liRg hat
il tho idea hut II alI American laws
arc to apply o. All American alaIa every..
where there ara lot 81 ya"hta ont 81
Newport ard New York thnt viii bo want
ing foreign registration
However tho enforcement Of those laws
when ships are III strhnge seas nhd cap
tain nnd crew arr nni tavnrahlv dlHp9sed
il quite another problem. Il Is Home task
10 police tho ocean Los Angeles Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Importance of Thinking.

Thomas a Edison, IN an interview IN
the American Magazine saws the reason
so1many men never amount to anything
IN the world Is because they don't think.
A common saving IN America is Il
never think, it's too much IL e work =
And. as work was never 90 unpopular as
it is at the present time IT is likewise
natural that thinking should hc equally
unpopular, because cold, logical thinking
is the hardest sort Of hard work
writer once told Mark Twain that he
had halfway finished story. but could
not invent the rect Of IT. Have you tried
concentrated thinking asked Mark
That is the answer 10 many knotty
problems II is unpopular advice, but re
suits are certain If one follows it consistent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
WOMEN JURORS MORE STERN.

With cheeffulness which men will be
apt TO attribute to ignuraf re as 10 what
they are gett G into, wofnen ere accepting
the call for jury duty OF The more than
ote hundred women called for such duty
IN The courts of Philadelphia rext month
two have expressed their belief that
women on iuriea will serve tn lessen crime
The onirioh uf ibeee two women, one
pf them n prnrdmothef. IL interests 2, as
it eontradola the 80 crai oplnion that the
woman Juror viii be too soft and lenient
With offenders
both women expressed she conviction
thni women viii be more stern ard un-
biased IN lneii' q cut juatice than nen ore,
and ore Of thein said she believed that
women on jufins would result IN p decrease
Of crime because they toke = more per
soual interest in it's suppression Pitta-
burg Dispatch
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
Just Folks
~ Edgar A. Guest
nrv. ALEXANDER LENT.


The nev. Alexander Lent has lived
his little day,
And up IN pcelpkil. where he toiled.
they've put away his clay
For nine and twenty wears he preached
the word Of Cod % men,
Which ~ tself would rot nave brought
this tribute from my pen.
But day hY day and week by week he
ieiIcd 10 earn his bread,
And aa a molder faced the heat ~ metal
fiery red
St raul, that he might pay bis vay,
made many canvaa tent,
So fnany "A stove Vas fashioned by this
Alexander Lent
He asked no favorq from his flock. no
tack u life he ehirked
He earned he admiration of the men
with whpm he worked.
Stove Mnldere' Union 10 9 held him
II high regard
He understood The mon and krew wherin
their lives we're hard
The record If this modest aplil s one a
service trtie,
He did with rugged msnlineas whafe er
he found - 10.
SIX davs each week. with mold Ard core
and running metal bot.
lie served fellow Of his trade, and
hraveiY bore his lot
Ar admrs lie etixea 10 every way wsa he
Whn lived and died to vha' nc Thought
{ hristian ought ~ be
Tho little tn.n ~ Pealakill is rioher
town today
Because of Alexander lent. whom God
has oallei away
His memory shall long survive ln All NJ
peekekils : clan
There's none fut whHt IL better Just
for having known the man
And 50 this tribute small | psy ~ AleE-
ander Lent.
Who mnldrd stoves a. oheerfuliv ae ST.
Paul sewed 4 tent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
sENATE's GREATER GLORY.

Some dav bold man may rIse IN the
House OF Representatives 20 mike
motion. in imitation of a famous English
model. Resolved, That the power soi
tho Senate has increased - increasing
and ought To be diminished Ihe man
facts are unuueatlonCd For several Years
the Senate has been eheroachlrg upon the
preroPatives Of both the House ard the
executive. The House il now the over
alaurhesi branch Of { ongress Even its
control of money bills has been lnsldlous-
n eaten into and largely taken away
by the senate. And TODAY the intention
of Senators tu make themselves virtually
supreme IN the government of the coun-
trv betrays itself in many WAYS. There
was n slight attempt 10 deny or conceal
this purpose while the campaign WAS on,
acd while there was talk ol senatorial
olgarchy," but since the election there
has been no further need OF disguise The
Senate IS now proclalmn on every oc-
casion. fit or unfit. q etaf. est moi
That il means to be absolute dlcta-
tor of our foreign policy was fra xiv
avowed by Senator Penrose n few DAYS
ago. His scornful words. IT doasn t
make anv difference who IS appointed
secretary of State. struck chill 10 the
hearts of MANY old-fashioned Republi-
cans. But they should have seen the thing
coming When the Senate burked the Trea-
ty last year, despite the strongest APP
peals 10 ratify it from the strongest or
carnations in the country, there was
bitter partisanship IN its action, but there
WAS more. There was the growing arro-
gance of conscious power There was the
ambition TO be first in the State-to rule
it or to ruin it. And every day, every de
| velopment, bring new evidence Of the
determination bmrted out by Senator
| Penrose, to make the Senate the / itiator
and the arbitrator of our foreign policy q
| New York Times