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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
A Valuable Characteristic

Pueblo has quality that is of great value to her in
the present moment.
1t has been remarked many times that the people of
Pueblo not easily excited, swept off their feet by
passing of popular emotion They not greatly
exharated by good fortune, they unreasonably
depressed when the current to be setting
against them.
Many times in the past the people of Pueblo have
shown this characteristic and particularly notice
able times when the people went about their bust
in business-ike way, and did successfully and
creditably the things that needed be done without
making very much fnss over them
The prediction that Pueblo's recovery from the flood
disaster will be surprisingly rapid is based upon the
knowledge of the spirit that has animsted the men and
women of Pueblo in the past, and knowledge of the
character of the community whole.
1t will not be like Pueblo to give much time to
mourning the losses that have been sustained and
what splendid the city will pursue in the future.
1t will be very much like Pueblo to take up the
work of restoration and of rehabilitation in simple
quiet and materoffact way, and achieve astonishing
results even before more temperamental community
might have ceased to bewail its misfortunes.
It is true that Pueblo could not have thru these
terrible days without help from outside but it also
that in these days the quality of the ctys character
has been abundanty manifested and that character
the city's greatest asset, undminshed by the flood.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

hahblc OF Eibscr,nr crowds. No, only
arc mob outbreaks and riots increasing
In number. but every interest. patri-
otic. religious. ethical, political. eco
romic easily dcrcncratce into a con-
fusion OF propagandist tongues. into
oStratsrsnt partisanship and intcm-
rcrnncc.''
None OF the social scientists who
have studied the masses believe that
tho crowd can he eliminated MS n
feature OF human existence. But they
believe that dangerous tendency
could BE- somewhat offset II the aver
age citizen would awaken TO the fact
that he Is .a Individual with n certain
amount OF native independence.
Our Difference toward convention
leads us to tho extreme OF distrustinE
anything out Of tho ordinary. 4 man
who has opinions not closely conform
Ing TO tho opinion OF everyone else in
his office. club. or home is regarded
as freak OF nature. Sometimes. IL is
true. he is-whcn his opinions arc not
backed by intelligent thought. The
t~o fac,ors-thouEhtfuin and Htron;
individuality-ro together. Ono pre-.
supposoS the other
Martin sum. Il M by saying:
what tho social situation demands
most is n different kind of thing, n
now education. an incrrasinE number
OF people who understand themselves
and are intellectually and morally in
dependent OF the tyranny of crowd
ideas"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
Possible Pirate

Stranger things have happened, in recent
years, than that there should be real pirate lurking in
mid-Atantic waters, and sending ships to mysterious
fate There appears to be doubt that several ships
have disappeared without trace while another one
to shore unharmed but without any clew the dis
appearance of its crew.
The unknown peril might he a German naval officer
continuing the for the kaiser spite of the treaty
of Versailles perhaps pioneer of the hitherto legend
ary Irish navy striking against British sympathzers or
perhaps true high rover red black, owing al
leeance to flag and striking whenever and wherever
inclination might prompt
One guess is good another in such case, and
any suggested theory will find reasonable objections The
character of the missing vessels docs indicate the
choice of booty seeker. and if is engaged in
private why is it that there vctimsi
One thing is sure, the American government would
be glad to find the explanation of the mystery and
this is likely do There have been mysterious disaf
of ships the long annals of the sea- but
peated disappearance within limited and in a
short space of time be regarded as mystery be-
,ond solution.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
Why Does She Look So Old

This question has been asked about
many a woman under thirty. who has
married and taken upon herself tho
cares Of a house and young children.
when n woman is suffering from
female weakness. bearing down pains.
head and back ache and nervous irri-
taiion. IL Is well nigh impossible to
attend to her duties and retain tho
charm and freshness OF youth Must
she then struggle on toward tho in.v-
table nervous breakdown or prcma-
turc old age
Lydia r. rinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has saved many women from
such a fate. Thousands OF grateful let
tors from such women testify to the
merits of this wonderful root and herb
medicine for female ills.-Adv.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
nv Frcdoric J. Ha.km.y


Washington d. C. June Eff you
would serve your country and civil!-
z-ation in general. don't follow crowds.
This is tho advice OF psychologists
tc the modern man in general. and the
American In particular. They say that
America Is becoming n mob minded
country. and that its progress toward
"A higher degree OF civilization IS block
cd by this. perhaps moro than BY any
one other thing. Tho only uiirr that
can savc US. according to the scicn-
lists. i- an Increase In the number of
Individuals who refuse to follow the
crowd.
Recent outbreaks OF mob violence
have attracted widespread attention
and have resulted in much discussion.
Bills have been introduced into con-
Srcss and into stale legislatures 20
prevent them. And they illustrate tho
c~eonti.,i pcsuiiartty OF tho mob mind
-its inforiority. II Va well known tha,
in lyuchin- mob. acts of violence
and cruelty arc committed by individ-
usis who would not even contcrnplat.
them alone. The mob brings to tho
surface the lowest instincts which arc
shared by all Its members. 1t Is a re-
version to savaEcry.
Blu; the mob Of physical violence Is
only the most obvious mob. We ar.
rroh-mindcd as a people. the psycholo-
gists say. in ways less evident and
even more dangerous. We all read .hr
sSne thinEs. cat the same things. wear
the same things. hold the same opin-
Ions. Most of us arc following crowds
even when We arc alone. There is no
country in which people all act talk.
look and think 40 much alike. Indi-
viduality tE rare among Us. and VIC arc
art to pcrai,ze II. Tho man who docs
not follow the crowd is often called
queer and Is ostrsrised In no other
country. VIC arc told. Is there so little
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

that make the difference between psupers and sefre-
specng Americans
Here is the work that needs to be done in Pueblo.
work that will require all the help that be brought
to this city from the kind and the generous elsewhere
1t is not food and clothes and tents in refugee camps
that the Pueblo flood sufferers need much It is
roof that they may call their own, stove where they
may cook the food that they have earned. table from
which they may with implements and dishes that
their personal property, and bed that is not vagran
refuge
Pueblos flood sufferers need help. but they need
the help that will most quickly put them back where they
belong in the ranks of sefsupportng and sefrespect
ing American workers.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
T0DAYS ANNIVERSARIES

tasT-Psui Morphy. the greatest
chess expert the world has
known. born In New orioanS
Died thare. July 10. 1854.
ffsS-ConfcdcEpic advance column
entered Pennsylvania.
fsfs-Prcrad~nt Johneon'S message
to Congress adverse to prcrent-
ing the Fifteenth Amendment
To the States.
fsT+-Conrrczs appropriated money
to purch7Se and rcstorc to the
family of Lafayette the watch
presented him by Gen. wash
inGton
fte.-wiiiiarn L. Wilson war chosen
permanent chairman Of tho
Democratic national oonvcn-
ton in sesrion at Chicago.
fase-Openinr of the railway be-
tween Quebec. St John and
Halifax
fso<-Govcrnor Slaton Of Georgia
commuted tho sentrrco OF Leo
Frank TO life imprisonment
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
IN DAYS NEWS"

DR.. Arthur T. Hadlcy. who today
re:,ras from the presidency Of Yale
University. has been at the head of
tho New Haven institution for more
than twenty years. He has had An
exceptionally brilliant career as n
scholar. having been graduated with
the highest honors for his a b. from
Yalc when but 20 Year, OF age. and.
hter. sfrer specializing In history and
political science. having been accord
I'd tho LII D. dcgroe from Yale. Har-
ward. Columbia Johns Hopkins and
other unlvefsaucS- He served as
professor of political science and poll
unal economy for number of years
prior to assuming the presidency of
Yale In 1899. Aside from hts duties
in Association with university work.
DR.. Hadley has done much writing.
and has served as Commissioner of
Labor Statistics for Connecticut In
f31t he also served M lecturer at OK
ford University. in England.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
A Warning From Pueblo

Very probably there some other cities in Colo.
RADIO that might profit by warning from the disaster
that has 10 this city. Only twice, in more than
fifty years, has there 10 the Arkansas valley a
flood comparable to that of June 3. of this year
Other towns cities, possibly, are resting
in the of security that permitted Pueblo to build in
the path of the flood believing that passing years had
brought immunity from the repetition of known event
If such there be- it would be well for them if they
would take warning from Pueblo and wait learn
in the bitter school of experience
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
FOR NEW YORK POSTMASTER

Washington. Juno c1.-Announosmcnt
was made today at tho postoificc do
partmcnt that Edward y. Morgan
would be nominated by President
Harding rs postmaster at New York
City.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
AMAIEAM THIEF SENTENCED

Denver. June :i.-Colin J. Sinclair of
Denver. who was arrested May 2s at
Dcadvood. $. D., on charges OF stealing
smsigam from tho Homestskc Mining
company. has been sentenced to serve
not less than hve nor more than ten
years In tho ponitcntiary at Sioux
Falls. s. D.. IL was learned hero today.
According TO tho Dcsdwood police SIN
clair confessed to the thcfts.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

Secretary Weeks is absolutely rieh. in saying that
under present conditions the United States safely
set the example of disarmament. Peace cannot he Sc
cured by leaving the richest nation in the world unpro-
cctcd among nations that not always guided by
and a sense of justice.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Of the King and Queen Of Spain. born
n Madrid. - years ago today.
Sir II. Rider HsRArd author of
King SoIomon's Mines and other
popular works Of fiction. born in
Norfolk. England. IS ycsfr ago today.
Sir Martin Harvey. a celebrated
actor Of the English stage. born in
ENex. England. 81 years ago today.
Major van Ssurtwcod Nerie-Sn,tth.
late Third Assistant Secretary Of
etais At Washington. born at Sea-
bright n. J. a. years ago today.
Porter Emerson Browne. we'll
known novelist and playwright. born at
Reverefy. Ma&-. ~ years ago today.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

One quarter of the total income tar
"a C1oAi Britain is collected in london.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

Te7ow fewer was reported at Vera
Cruz
Two shocks of earthquake felt in
Lon Angelica and vicinity.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

TIE CHIEFTAIN has the best
oSonty of circulation for advertisers
- any Dswspaper published in Colo
f&ao. It consistently supports the up
6Sfldln8 Of the stste with tust regard
ID every citizen. and It has the conh-
6aDes 8nd approval Of colorado's best
cfe9Sses Of every class and section.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-22

NNEAT DO roU WANT TO KNOW
1Ae CAieftatn Information Bureau At
Washington furnishes readers FREQ of
oSa3Ee. With accurate and authorftA-
~ ansWern to questions on any and
All subjects concerning which informa-
TN ear Be had from the unparalleled
r1D0afees of the various federnl gov
esnsBent departments. the great library
q ConGress and the many experts ard
eAenffDeH In tho government service
fNo cents in postage for reply must
a0eompany each inquiry. State clearly
- Information wanted and address,.
TIE rUEBLO CHIEpTAIN INFORMA-
TON BUREAU,
Srederse J. Haskfn. Director.
~ashfAEfaA. u. G..
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26

President, the Soldiers Bonus Bill
has just been shelved, because oul
National Treasury, according to Mr.
Harding, is depleted and there are
no funds available for such a pur
pose.
Yet the proposition to loan the
railroads $500,000,000 will undoubt
edly be forced through unless ar
aroused public sentiment indignant
ly forbids it,
The very nature of this propose
is in itself the best possible proof
that the Committee of 48 is abso.
lutely correct in stating that pri-
vate ownership failed, that the only
outlet is through the public owner
ship of our transportation system
and that this can only be brought
about through the advent of a new
political party. In the meantime
every effort should be made to pre-
vent the passage of any such bill
as the president has recommended,
and the Committee of 48 invites all
those who realize the seriousness
of the situation to join with them in
arousing a healthy understanding of
the situation and in organizing for
definite action towards demanding
an investigation of the railroad ac-
counts and the refusal to loan any
further money to the railroads un-
til the results of such an investiga-
tion are known to the public.
J. A. H. HOPKINS,
Executive Chairman Committee
of 48.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26
HUGE ARMAMENT BREEDS WAR
SAYS i. s. DIPLOMATIC CHIEF

Washington, Aug. 2O.-In his in.
vitation to Great Britain, France
Italy and Japan to join with this
country in a disarmament confer
ence, next November, Secretary of
State Hughes said that avOidable OF
eXtravagant armament is mot only
without Justification but is con-
stant menace to the peace of the
world rather than an assurance of
its justification"
This is probably the hardest jolt
the iingies have received in their
campaign to militarize the country
under the cloak of preparedness. .
The statement is accepted, of
course, as the views of President
Harding. 1t is in line with the
views of Woodrow Wilson, when
president, although at that time the
theory was received with sneers by
the saber rattlers who shrieked
"pacifist" if a citizen ventured the
opinion that huge armament breeds
war.
Secretary Hughes revival of this
common sense theory brings dis
may to commercial patriots, flag
waving politicians and military
swash-bucklers and vindicates citi-
zens who have had their patriotism
questioned because they oppose huge
armament and drill sergeant rule
Secretary Hughes invitation makes
it clear that armament expenses
are too great for the world to
bear. Productive labor" he said,
"is staggering under an economic
burden too heavy to be borne un-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26

who believes in a merchant marine
ought to try to have the full situa-
tion go before the country, the ex-
tenuating circumstances as we'll as
the things which do not appeal to
the imagination and the purse of
the country" said Jones.
Investigation of Board Is Expected
Altho the attitude of the senate
appropriations committee was clear
ly unfriendly to the position taken
by Lasker, he calmly told them
that the $48, 100000 might do for
a short time, but that within three
months he would be back asking for
$100,000,000 more and that in an
other six months he would want
still more money.
The fact that Lasker publicly de-
clared that the wooden ships were
so worthless that he was going to
sink them, then went into the mar
ket and advertised the ships for
sale, does not help the situation in
the opinion of men like Senator
King of Utah, LaFollette of Wis
consin, Curtis of Kansas and Ken
yon of Iowa.
Added to this was the sale Au-
gust 16 of 2O5 of the wooden ships
for the 2O5 ships being less than
for the 200 ships being less than
the cost of one of them, while Las
ker is asking for money with which
to settle the claims of the builders
of these ships running into scores
of millions.
1t is almost certain that after the
recess agitation will be started in
congress for an investigation of the
shipping board
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26
Churchmen Defend
Industrial Policy

New York, Aug. 20.-In its La
Dor Sunday message for 1921, the
Federal Council Of the Churches
of Christ in America, vigorous an
Swer is made to critics of its in
dusUrial policy. The message says:
The message for this Labor Sun
day IS set againt a back ground of
suffering and confusion. The land
is filled with unemployment. Pos
sibly one-fourth of the population
are strained and anxious. Thou
sands Of employers are holding their
industries together merely from day
to day. Labor is fighting for its
fundamental right of collective ac-
ton and fighting at a serious dis
advantage. The freedom of the
ministry to proclaim a social gos-
pei and to apply it according to
their own honest convictions is
sharply challenged. Even the com
mon right of citizens to freedom
of speech and assembly in many
communities is at stake.
"The economic and industrial fac
tors that condition the lives Of men
and women and help to make
them what they become are as
much a concern of the church as
any other phase of their moral
environment. An industrial prac-
tice that cramps and devitalizes
human beings in body or in spirit
is as much a foe of religion as is
the liquor traffic The church can
not ignore the one any more than
it can ignore the other"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26
Why Farmers Are Uniting

Baltimore, Aug. 20.-"When a
man pays $50 for an all-wool suit
of clothes and the farmer gets less
than 50 for the wool that went
into it, somewhere in between lies
a deep and dark mystery" says the
MARYLAND Farmer.
when a farmer sells a bushel
of wheat for $1.10 and pays Is
cents for a four-ounce box of pre-
pared wheat breakfast food, MAX
ing the cost $50 for 60 pounds, or
one bushel, there is something
wrong, and if farmers marketing
organizations can overcome this,
then they will be rendering a dis
tinct service to humanity"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26
GOVERNOR FOR
GOVERNMENT
COAL CONTROL
Wisconsin Executive Says 1t Is
Impossible to Reform
Private Owners

ut seems to be favOrite
indoor sport for many persons
to charge miners with being
the real cause of the high cost
of anthracite coal to the con-
the United Mine Workers
Journal, but the bald fact is
he gets only small part of
the SIS or more which the con-
sumner is required to pay per
ton"
The average labor cost of a
ton of anthracite that sells for
$15.9S is $3.3S, or about 20 per
cent. The remainder repre-
sents profit almost entirely,
for the royalty charges are
nominal and the overhead
costs less than the labor charge.
charge.
The increase in the price of
coal during the years 1914
1920 was more than two and
half times the increase in
labor cost.
81 have come to the conclusion
after two years of experience de-
rived from my official position
that coal, which is the very basis
of our life, should be under the
complete control of the Federal
government, and perhaps a more
efficient way of handling it would
be for the United States to control
and operate the mines" So wrote
Governor j. j. Blaine, of Wiscon-
e,,,, IA++ - ,f
Superior, Wis, who had petitioned
the governor to call a conference
of executives of Western States to
consider the fuel situation, with
the hope that a pending famine
may be averted.
Gov. Blaine stated that he did
not object to the proposed meeting,
but doubted "if anything can be
accomplished by it if it were held,
because there will be no basis up
on which the conference may act,
unless the conference is called for
the purpose of arousing sentiment
in favor of the Federal government
taking control of the situation"
mere talk fest" Gov. Blaine
pointed out, II WOulu ulSdppOlnI
the hopes that would be aroused
by it.
Four agencies are declared to
control practically the entire coal
deposits, the Governor charged,
and he had no reason to hope that
they would now or in the future
deal generously with the public.
Rather, he expected, they would
take advantage of conditions to
further harass and exploit the pub
lie, and anything that Wisconsin or
any other state might attempt
would be of no avail in checking
profiteering.
"Some legislation is now pending
in Congress" the Governor con-
tinued, "but those who control coal
are even opposing the mildest regu-
lation and control, and if that at
titude is to continue very long l
see no escape from government
ownership and operation"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-08-26
POWERFUL RING
AT WORK TO RUIN
GOVT. SHIPPING

After all the scandal and charges
of mismanagement of the United
States Shipping Corporation and,
more recently, the sale of Uncle
Sans wooden ships (205 of them)
for $2,100 a ship, and the order OF
the shipping board to its agents to
book no more lumber cargoes for
trans-Pacific shipment, comes the
following story from Frederick
Richardson, formerly special inves-
tigator of the congressional select
committee on shipping board oper-
ations and an expert on marine af-
fairs:
Washington, Aug. 23.-Placed on
the defensive by senators who be-
lieve his dramatic statements about
losses, inefficiency, graft and pad
ding of claims, are working in with
carefully laid plans of propagandists
and enemies of the country and who
desire to drive the United States
out of the ship operating business,
A. d. Lasker admits there is q
very powerful propaganda at work
within the shipping board to drive
America from the seas.
IellS OF SuDtle ITOpdSdHud
81 have personally been here long
enough to know this, that somehow,
somewhere, there is very subtle
and powerful propaganda to drive
the government out of the shipping
business. l cannot put my finger
on it, but it certainly is there" he
told the senate appropriations COM
mittee.
The fear of the senators that Las
ker's statements are being used by
these propagandists was clearly
shown in the vehement reioinder
made by Senator A. A. Jones, of
New Mexico, to a statement made
by Lasker before the senate appro-
priations committee that the ship
ping board lost $131 100000 in ship
operation alone last year. and that
he, Lasker, might lose a lot more
before he is through with the job.
Senator Jones declared that sit is
being used to drive the government
out of the shipping business, and un-
less something is said or done to
prevent false impression going out
to the country, | think the people
will conclude it is better to sink the
whole fleet rather than to bother
with it any longer"
at seems to me that the time has
come when every American citizen