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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
CONSTIS AND IMPORTS

New instructions have recently been
sent to American cOnsuls abroad. For
merly one of the chief duties of such
representatives has been to promote
American exports to the countries in
which they are located. The new order
requests them to give special attention
e the stimulating of expectation to the
United States from those countries, or
to speed up American importing. This
action is explained thus:
/. The balance of trade is so heavily
in favor of the United States that for
elgn exchange rates are demoralized, and
the volume of American exports is con-
sequently being seriously reduced;
:. Certain foreign governments owe
enormous sums to the United States.
interest on these sums is falling due and
can more easily be paid if paid in pro-
ducts exported to America;
3. A favorable trade balance is in
danger of becoming a distinct detriment,
and is already causing reduction of ex-
ports from the United States.
All these things being true. American
consuls are urged to make a study OF
their districts and to furnish the gov.
eminent with immediate information
which will show American business mer
the opportunities that exist for purchas.
ing raw materials or manufactured pro.
ducts at an attractive price, and for in.
vesting their capital with a prospect of q
good return.
This is no altruistic move to help OLD
World countries to get back into the
trade game. 1t is necessary as a means
Tor maintaining our own export trade
which has been falling off because for
eign nations have not had the price Il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
IF HAIR is TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Dent Look Old. Try GrandmOther's
Recipe to Darker and Beautify
Faded. Streaked Hair.

That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brewing a
mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur Your
hair is your charm. 1t makes or mars
the face When it fades, turns gray or
streaked, just an application or two of
Sage and Sulphur enhances its appear
ance hundredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mixture;
you can get this famous old recipe inn
proved by the addition of other ingredients
at a small cost, all ready for use. 1t is
called Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound. This can always be depended
upon to bring back the natural color and
luStre of your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it dark
ems 50 naturally and evenly that nobody
can tell it has been applied. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through the hair, taking
one small strand at time: by morning
the gray hair has disappeared, and after
another application it becomes beautifully
dark and appears glossy and lustrous.-
Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
THURSDAY March 81, 1921
SYMPATHY. NOT RECOGNITION.

Army and navy officers refused to al
low members of the regular forces or re-
serves to march in uniform in the Bos-
ton Evacuation day parade because the
flag of the Irish provisional republic
was to be carried in the same parade. \
society of ministers in Cleveland pro-
tested against the mayors action in in
viting the mayor of Cork to that city
and giving him an official welcome. These
actions. together with others of the same
character, offend many who are working
for the cause of Irish freedom. These
people refer to the Declaration of indie
pendence, recall the visit of Benjamin
Franklin to France asking for assist
ance at the time of the American Revo-
luton and consider their case proved.
There is an important distinction
which it is well for all Americans to keep
in mind For friends of Ireland to come
to America unoficially, asking for the
unofficial assistance of Americans is all
right. 1t is absolutely unobjectionable
from the American point of view, and
quite righteous from theirs, for them to
hire halls for the purpose of explaining
where they stand in the matter, to try
to win sympathy, to obtain, perhaps,
gifts of money from individuals or soci-
cites not connected with the government,
federal, state, or local.
For the official representatives of such
governments to give official sanction to
the Irish cause is a totally different
thing, incompatible with true American
ism. This country cannot, as matters
stand, give recognition to the provisional
Irish republic nor to any such movement
in any country. Officials who pretend to
do 50 exceed their prerogative. Amer
leans have always liked the Irish, and
have been warmly sympathetic toward
the cause of Irish freedom. They like
to know both sides of important ques-
tions and they are glad to have the Irish
explain theirs. Official recognition is an
other matter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
YOUR WAR TAN.

How much tax do you pay? Figure ii
out for yourself. Now that you have
made your income tax report, it should
be fairly easy Federal statisticians es-
innate that IS per cent of every dollar
paid into the United States treasury is
devoted to war purposes-used in defray
ing the cost of past wars and in prepar-
ing for future wars. Suppose, then.
you were obliged to pay Uncle Sam $500
tax on last years income. Your war
tax, according to this minimum estimate
is SIG.
That isn't all of it. either Uncle
Sam has other sources of revenue besides
the income tax. There are the duties on
imported goods. the tobacco tax, the
luxury tax, etc, to nearly all of which
you contribute your quota, in proportion
to your expenditure. But the income
tax demonstration is more impressive be.
cause it is definite and concrete.
If any citizen enjoys paying that wal
tax, very we'll! If he thinks that his
taxes ought to be lower. or that some OF
the So cents on each dollar he pays ought
to be devoted to more constructive pur
poses than those of war, he should make
his influence felt for the limitation OF
armament, for armament is the ont
realm of military expenditure in which
it is possible to lower the cost substan
tally and Immediately.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

Over $4,000 will be available for per
manent highway work in Windham
county this year as a result of the spe-
cial appropriations made by the towns
of the county under provisions of act
No. 10 of the present legislature. This
is practically twice as much as the
county received last year, and its expen-
diture is matter of no little Importance
to the various towns which contributed
to the fund. In selecting a district SUI
pervisor the new state highway commits
sion should not be unmindful of the i'm
portance of choosing the most capable
man available for the position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

| can stand on my hands with my feet
agenst a wall ON account of having bin
practicing IL for about , weeks. and this
AFTERNOON Mary Watkins was standing
on her frunt steps looking exter CRATE.
me thinking, G, heers a good chance to
make a hit.
WITCH / went over and started to do.
standing on my hands with my feet
agenst Mary Weakness wall. her saying.
q izZent that perfeckly wonderful. aren't
YOU afraid all your blood will go 10 your
he'd?
Wat do / care if it does? | sed. And
| kepp on standing my hands as if
that was all ever stood on, Mary Wat
kins saying, My GOODNESS, its Jest like a
circus, you must be terrible strong.
WITCH l am, and | kepp on standing
on them and jest then Pubs Simkins
came up, me seeing him upside down and
saying, Hello Pubs, heers something
bet you cant do.
And l got off of my hands and stood
rite, Pubs saying. Aw, who wunts to do
that? l bet ! could if L wunted to, ony
who wunts to-
Pubs is too fat to do it, hee hee. sed
Mary Watkins, and Pubs sed, o | am.
heb. well do you wunt to see me do it?
Yes, sed me and Mary Watkins. and
Pubs sed. Well jest for that | wont. and
| sed, Watch me do it egen, everybody
WITCH | did. and Pubs took cents out of
his pockit and started to jiggle them.
saying. Hay Mary. come on GROUND TO
Mommy Simminses with me and you
can pick out cents werth of eny kind
of candy you wunt.
O how PERFECTLY luviv, | know jest
wat kind allreddy. sed Mary Watkins.
And she walked down the street with
Pubs Simkins. leeving me standing there
on NIX hands as il I-was jest somebody
not doing enything special.
Proving money counts more than
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
a Time-Saving Action.
lSt. Adams Messenger. J

The Messenger has an idea that kill
ing the primary repeal bill by the house
was a time-saving action. for the prob
abilities are that had it passed it would
have been vetoed by the governor and
would have gone back to the legislature
for further consideration to see whether
it could have been passed over the execu-
tive objection. Whatever one may think
Of the primary system. no one need feel
over-sorry that it was not repealed at
this time. 1t is on just proposition
that the women should have an Oppor-
tunity to orient themselves politically be-
fore any sweeping changes in procedure
are made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Jumps OF
INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" at once
fixes your Sour, Classy,
Acid Stomach
Lift Off with Fingers


Undigested food Jumps of pain;
belchiug gas. acids and sourneSs. When
your stomach is all upset, here is instant
relief-no waiting
The moment you eat tablet or two of
Pape's Diapepsin all the Indigestion pain
and dyspepsia distress caused by acidity
is relieved.
Your disordered stomach will feel fine
at once.
These pleasant. harmless tablets of
Pape's Diapepsin neutraliZe the harmful
acids in the stomach, and give almost in
slant relief; besides they cost so little at
drug stores.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
WONDERFUL CHANGE IS
ASURPRISE TO FRIENDS

person. But last March | went down
with influenza and pleurisy. and got in a
very low state. / was extremely nervous,
and my stomach was SO disordered [
couldn't even drink milk without suffer
ing from gas, which caused my heart to
palpitate frightfully and almost cut off
my breath. | had headaches and back
aches nearly all the time, and i could
scarcely sleep any, andsa times was so
nervous / could hardly keep from crying.
We'll, / was one of the most discour-
aged women in the world when | got Tan
lac, and actually thought / had asthma
but, whatever my troubles were, l haven't
a trace of any of them now, and am cat
ing just anything l want, even onions,
without a bit Of pain or distress In
fact, l feel well and strong. and am 50
grateful to Tanlac / Just can't say any
thing good enough for it..
Tanlac is sold in Brattleb0rO by the
Brattleboro Drug Co.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

The Reforner is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., C.. w.
Cleaveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockwell.
East DummerSton, VI. Z. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, \. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. B. Buffum.
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Today's Birthdays.

Mrs Roswell Miller, only child of the
late Andrew Carnegie, born in Pitts
burgh, "A years ago today.
Garrett P. Serviss, well-known scien-
fist and author, born at Sharon Springs,
\. Y, 20 years ago today
DIR. Aven Nelson, president of the I'm
iversity of Wyoming, born in Lee
county. Iowa, 81 years ago today.
Claude Kitchin. of North Carolina
Democratic leader in the housee, born at
Scotland Neck, n c., 81 years ago today
Roscoe c. (Fatty) Arbuckle, one of
the most popular of film comedians,
born at Smith Center, Kansas, 81 years
ago today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
10 THE SUBSCRIBERS.

It is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
"Slamming" as a Pastime.
(H. L. II. in Rutland Herald.l

Slamming Hartness, by the way. is
one of the principal indoor amusements
in Montpelier this spring, and some edi-
tors have taken up the sport without
knowing a great deal about it. l am not
obsessed by any wild decisions about the
present governors knowledge and expert
ence in astate-craft. but it certainly isn't
fair to begin drawing conclusions at the
climacteric of a feverish and fervid leg
islative session.
Give the man a chance to settle down
after the tumult and the shouting dies,
and certainly don't credit any allegations
Of bad faith in the highway muss until
the facts are known. l believe Hart
ness is as square as die. and l wouldn I
90 so far in characterizing the other
side
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Today's Events

Observance of Maundy Thursday.
Centenary of the birth of the great
actress Rachel.
The L. S. S. Milwaukee, one Of the
fast scout cruisers building for the [.
S. navy, is scheduled to be launched to-
day at Tacoma.
The seventeenth annual conference of
the classical association of the Middle
West and South will meet at st. Louis
today for a three-day session.
States attorneys of South Dakota
have been summoned BY the attorney
general to conference at Huron today
to consider plans for the enforcement
of Sunday laws.
The picturesque and historic ceremony
of distributing the kings Mauudy
money to the poor of the realm viii be
witnessed in Westminster Abbey today,
when fifty aged and penniless sub
jects. the number corresponding to the
kings age, will be gathered in to be the
benefciaries of His Alajesty's bounty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Today's ANNIVERSARIES.

l730-British parliament passed an act
prohibiting any subject from lend
ing money to a foreigner or other
nation.
lS2I-Rachel. the great actress whose
dramatic career came to an end in
the United States, born in Swift
zerland. Died near Toulon, France,
Jan. 8, 1853
IS41-First Washington temperance
meeting held in New York city
lS66-,John Adams Bass, who was the
first to manufacture mems silk
hats in America, died in Boston.
Born at Peterborough, \. H.,
March /. 1899.
lS69-Henry Jomini, the ablest historian
Of Napoleon's campaigns, died in
Paris. Born in Switzerland, March
6, l779.
lSS4-A hurricane in Kentucky killed
u people.
lS93-First ship of the American line
arrived at Southampton.
ls96-The German emperor and empress
arrived at Genoa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
In. The DAYS News.

Andrew J. Peters, who has emulated
the famous Caliph of Bagdad by dis
guising himself as a tramp and spending
night in a municipal; clearinghouse in
order to see for himself how the insti.
tuition was conducted, has been mayor
of Boston since 1918. Previous to com
ing to this Office he had become well
known in public life through service as
Il congressman and as assistant secretary
of the treasury Mr.. Peters is native
of Boston and was educated at Harvard
and the Harvard Law school. His first
political experiences were in the Massa-
chusetts legislature, first as represent
ative and then a senator. In 1905 he
was elected to congress on the Demo
cratic ticket and remained there 10
years, making a reputation for intelli-
gence, attention to business and ser
viceability, which led to his prompt pro-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
An Unsolved Problem.
bennington Banner.

If the Vermont senate does its ex-
pected duty the Stearns bill will be laid
away as tenderly as the house disposed
of the teachers college measure. 1t is
apparent to those far enough from Mont
pelier so that the legislative dust is not
blown in their eyes, that the present
session is not going to solve the normal
school problem of Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
New Hampshire Woman
Gains Thirty-one Pounds
by Taking Tanlac and
Health Is Splendid.

The way Tanlac restored my health
and built me up has been a surprise to all
who know of my dreadful condition"
said Mrs. C. NJ. Bickford, 3 Lovewall
street, Nashua, n. III.
1--WE actually gained 81 pounds in
weight and feel just as well as / ever did
in my life. Nearly a year ago when |
began taking Tanlac it seemed that nearly
everything was the matter with me. For
IL years | had suffered from stomach
trouble. and think. about every kind of
pain and distress Indigestion can cause a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Unanimous for Good Roads.
Barre Times.)

Reports to the state headquarters at
Montpelier show that 239 towns out of
247 in Vermont voted money at the re-
cent town meeting for permanent high
way work, thus taking advantage of
state aid. 1t is probable. too. that sew
eral of the towns and cities not yet heard
from did likewise, making the movement
practically unanimous. The good roads
idea has taken hold of Vermont with a
firm grip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Legislative Advice.
(Barre Times.

The self-constituted guardian of the
Vermont legislature, NJ. J. Hapgood of
Peru, who is never happy when he is
away from the legislative halls, puts an
advertisement in the Montpelier Argus,
saying: Boys. be careful. Statute
book full of mush already. Don't put
any more there. When in doubt vote
no." The unconscious humorist will
add to the merriment of the somewhat
tedious stay in the states capital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

The dry" agents of the country are
getting their olfactory organs too well
trained for the comfort of the home brew
ers, certain odors waited on the breezes
helping them to trail to its lair many a
makeshift still. The man who can dis
cover a mash deodorant will be a
friend in time of need for the hooch
maker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

After travelling nearly two years, a
postcard mailed at Hartford, Conn, has
just arrived at its destination in Hard
wick, Vt. Doubtless Mr.. Burleson's
critics can almost visualize Mr.. Hayes,
the new postmaster general, giving his
as he was on the job.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

''If you want modeI or industry to
gaze on says the Holyoke Transcript,
take a look at the American hen" The
American hen is all right except when
she persists in acting like a union laborer
on a sympathetic strike.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
tCopyrghii

pay for our goods. 1t will necessitate
very wise handling of tariff problems. If
it succeeds it will mean also the begin
ming of real and lasting recovery from
the international economic chaos into
which the war plunged first Europe and
then, slowly but surely, the United
States
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

France is to make physical training
for both girls and boys. No
such legislation is needed in the United
States; our boys and girls seem to take
to such training like ducks to water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

The fad which has just "passed
through Brattleboro was thought by
some to be a good thing because the
youngsters couldn't talk so much with
a lolipop to manipulate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
VERMONT NEWS.

Wallace Wilbur, 90. of Barre. died
after a short illness. He was a
veteran of the Civil war and the oldest
citizen in the town. He is survived by
his wife and one son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

Representatives of unskilled labor on
the Rutland railroad yesterday told Off
cials of the road that they refused to ac-
cept proposed wage cut of about 20 per
cent The case will be taken to the rail
road labor board it was announced after
the meeting. Four hundred men are af-
fected
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Cigarettes and Our Forests.
, Rutland Herald. J

Stopping the sale of cigarettes to pre-
vent the destruction of Vermont for
ests is like stopping the use of water
and milk as a means of warding off ty-
phoid fever
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication OF all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

The lolly-pop invasion is headed north
ward These human fads move along
about the same as a grasshopper in
vasion and are about as beneficial
Rarre Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

Nelson J. Whitehall. superintendent of
schools in the Hartford district, has re-
signed Mr.. Whitehall is one of the vet
Grams of school work in Vermont, having
been connected with the work as teacher
and superintendent for 40 years. mostly
in Montpelier, Randolph and White River
Junction. Tt is understood that Mr..
Whitehall is to retire.
Fire destroyed the barn, shed and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
One Year Agn To-day.

United States income and excess
profits taxes for the first quarter OF
1920 reported as $90S, 500, l72.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24
TO ADVERTISERS.

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

blacksmith shop on the J. y Spaulding
farm in Bridport Sunday morning at loss
of about $4,000. All the cattle were
saved, and an auto truck valued at s., 800,
but quantity of hay, an engine, and milk
ing machine were lost. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

OF course you will observe Anti-to-
bacco Sunday which is set for April 10.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

Allen johnson of Rock Island was
brought before United States Commits
sioner Walter H. Cleary Monday night
and was bound over in $500 bail to ap-
pear at the next term of United States
court johnson was arrested at Orleans
by Arson c. Clark of the Newport Gus
toms force Sunday afternoon and was
carefully carrying a suitcase which upon
examination proved to contain nearly
20 Quarts of whiskey
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-24

March certainly has her ups and