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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
POLITICAL ADDRESS

Following is in part the address OF
Karl Mathie, Democratic candidate fol
governor, at Milwaukee last Tuesday
evening:
suppose every candidate for Gov
ernor of Wisconsin today would like
to see the net cost of state government
reduced and the number of commits
sions and employees reduced, so that
our people might see some promise of
an economical administration of our
affairs
Not only are taxes increasing; but
what is much more serious, the rate of
| increase is mounting by leaps and
bounds. In 1901 our state government
cost us approximately $3.50 per tnhabi-
tant; in 1911 it was 1925; in 1921 it
was Sl2.0O; and for the fiscal year.
ending June, 1922, under a governor
who claims he did his best, it went to
Sl40O, or 5000 per family The
alarming feature of this increase is
that in one year the increase in our
state taxes, under tght-wad COVER
nor, is greater than the total tax in
1901
This is the result of 25 years of Re
publican control of our government
Should taxes increase at the same
alarming rate for another decade, then
in 1881 our state taxes will amount to
over SlOO,O0OO00. If our population
increases no faster than it has for the
last 20 years, then the state tax per
family will amount to $4,000.
Concurrent with the stupcndous in
crease in the cost of our state govern
ment is the stll more serious increase
of commissions and state employees. In
1901 we had 81 state departments,
commissions and boards; in 1911, 65,
and in 1921, 10.
do not believe that the nepuhli-
cans can do much to better conditions,
although | am willing to grant that
they start out hraycly enough, but the
bureaucracy seems firmly cntrcnched.
This horde of state employees, their
number still unknown, hut there must
be thousands, Judging by our state
taxes. How can we expect our oppon-
cnts to give them the AK where they
are of the same political faith? ! see
no relief except in the victory of the
Democratic party Should we fire
every unnecessary employc on the pay
roll there would he but little wailing
and gnashing of teeth among Demo-
Gratis.
Washington is taking away one pow
er after the other from Wisconsin,
while Madison is uSurping local func-
tions until government by the people is
gradually being superseded by govern
menl hy commission.
Only thorough going rcorganiza.
ton of our state government SO far as
the state constitution will permit, can
cure our ills My suggestion is that
we reduce the number of boards, com
missions, and departments into twelve
distinct departments, putting under
each department that part Of the bust
ness of the state properly belonging
to it. Give the governor the power to
appoint the heads of these departments,
much as the president appoints his cab
met. These department chiefs to serve
as long as the governor, unless rcplac-
Continued on page 8
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
No MaaIe in Prosperity.

Spring, may bubble over but buckets
have to ne dlled As much water can
be taken FROM bucket as IS put into
t. Likewise prosperity has to be ere
ated before mrn can become prosper
Gus. He Who refuses tC help create
prosperity deserves none.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

We understand that the 18th and
18th of September next is set apart for
the holding of the County Fair. This
is much earlier date than last year.
and our farmers would do well to
make their preparations at once. The
premium list is good one, and will
soon be published
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

On Monday last work commenced
on the Lake Shore Road, the graders
being visible across the river at Eighth
street. There are now l60 men at
work, and on the south end of the line
there is also large force. Soon men
will be at work in three different see
tions, and the work on the line between
Sheboygan and Two Rivers will be in a
fair way of completion before winter
sets in.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

Mrs. Anna Zechel of this city died
at the home of her son in this city ON
Thursday last. Had she lived until the
18th of December next she would have
reached the extreme age of 80 years
She was born in Germany December
10, 1898, and came to Manitowoc 81
wears ago. In 1870 she celebrated her
golden wedding. The old lady had
lived through stirring periods of the
worlds history and her life is almost
concurrent with the constitutional
period of the United States.
4 little son of Theodore Madison of
Cato was seriously injured on Satur-
day last by a self binder. The little
fellow had gone into the standing
grain and his father who was driving
the binder did not see him until he
heard the child'S cries. The sickleS
mangled one of the childs arms quite
BADLY. Had not the horses been drawn
up suddenly the accident would have
resulted fatally,
]. f. Sims of Colby and A. +. FL
megreen of Schleswig secured five
wears state certificates at the exami.
nations recently held.
Edward w Mueller of this city sue.
cessfully passed his examination in
pharmacy at Green Bay, lie is a Sor
of Gustavc Mueller and prepared in
Henry Hinrch's store, He is close
student and a bright young fellow.
DIR. Fraser was around on Tuesday
| looking for the editor of The Pilot. He
wanted to swear eternal friendship, de
votion and several other things which
come spontaneously from a heart sur
charged with gratitude. The doctor
isn't usually emotional but on this oc
casion his ardor was fervent with the
spirit of intense congeniality to give
his feelings vent. A dog had bitter
him,--a country dog, brute, which hac
The as much sense as ayoirdupois
wouldn't have molested man seeking
to do his master good The teeth OF
the brute went through the clothing
the shoe and clear to the tendons OF
the heel Had he clung to the leg III,
consequences might have been serious
As il is the wound is painful Sucl
dogs are a menace to human life anC
are of no earthly use.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
Dream a sian OF Activity

TO dream of files is bad sign Of
activity; TO purchase them, you will
travel, not always riding. but going
from place 10 place with fortune smll.
ing and frowning upon you alternately.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

Mr.. +. c. Shove and Don A. Shove
left by boat this morning for visit
among their friends in Ohio for ten or
fifteen days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
Women Own london Paper.

Time and Tide is the mama OF
London newspaper which Is owned and
controlled entirely by women.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

DR.. James Burke of Cleveland has
disposed of his BUSINESS at that place
and will soon move to Appleton where
he will practice his profession.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
Spain a Begpar's Paradise.

Spain Is said 10 have nearly a quar-
ter of million professional beggars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

Mr.. Towle, of the well known law
firm of Leonard, Goodwin &Towle of
Chicago, arrived in our city on Sun
day morning last and will spend few
weeks of the heated season with his
family among MS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

Mr.. Guthier, the popular landlord
at Kaukauna, was in town on Tues
day last and attended Bach's concert in
the evening
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17

]. f. Sims of Colby and A. f. FL
megreen of Schleswig secured five
wears state certificates at the exami-
nations recently held.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
The Gases of Boldly and Cares.

1t is reported that the defense in
the case of LUTHER BoDDY, who killed
two policemen, will be insanity. 1t
strikes the public as strange that
BoDDY, who was in the hands Of the
law on previous occasions and was
confined in penal institutions, was
accepted as sane until the time came
when a plea of insanity would delay
the hand Of Justice and perhaps fatten
the pockets of some expert witnesses.
Every accused person is of course
entitled to his day in court. Due
process of law is basic right. But
in the matter Of speedy Justice New
York lags behind her neighbor New
Jersey. Over there, in New Bruins
wick, GEORGE CARES murdered child
on December %. He was arrested
on the oath, indicted on the 9th,
tried and found guilty on January 5
and sentenced to be electrocuted on
February 6.
There was due process of law but
not due process of delay!
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
Deaths in the Street.

Five persons were killed by auto
mobiles in this city on Wednesday.
The public took notice of it because
Of the unusually large number of per-
sons who fell victim to motor vehicles
in single day, and because of the
shocking fact that in one case the
body of woman killed by a truck
was dragged two miles, the driver
not even knowing what had oc.
CURED. The circumstances In each
case happened to be rather unusual
and the newspapers put the tragedies
on the first page.
Killings by automobiles In New
York city's streets average nearly
three day. Each year the streets
become more dangerous. In 1911 the
killings by motor cars were 12s; last
year they numbered nearly 900. Six
times as many persons are killed by
automobiles as are killed by horse
drawn vehicles and street cars.
The traffic experts have not solved
the problem or even come near it..
All the rules in the world will not
cure drivers and walkers of careless
ness. But sterner laws and more
drastic sentences for drivers con-
victed of criminal carelessness would
help good deal.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
Home Rule Limitations.
Supervision by the State Of City
Government Is Desirable.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Home
rule is undoubtedly the ideal form of
government for an enlightened commu-
nifty "in which as much as possible Is left
to the laws and as little as possible to
the will OF the Governor" Its ideality
Is mainly due to the fact that the MEM
bers of such community should know
better than outsiders what Is for their
best interests.
New York city should have its homo
rule. but recent events prove emphatf-
cally that great caution must be exer-
cised In its preparation or in the amend
ment of existing law SO that invesu-
cations of the city's conduct Of affairs
by State or Federal authority shall not
be prevented. This city is difficult to
govern properly. especially SO because
OF the very large citizen class having
leisure for politics, many of whom by
their selfish ends tend to produce the
worst type Of democracy.
The discovery of the Brindells and
Hettricks, the dock profiteers and nu-
merous other scandals by the aid of out
side authority was great boon to our
citizens, and in the appeal for home
rule special care should be taken to
provide for like future action when
needed. r.
NEW York, January 10.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20

sold for from sS to $40 cost $50 in
the city shop. Before its plunge
into municipal trading Chicago got
her automobile tires at 25 per cent.
discount from list prices. Under the
operation of socialistic economics
tires cost the list price plus 20 per
cent. In the course of one year it
cost the city $5,113.97 to repair six
small automobiles in its own shops.
For this sum twelve brand new cars
of the same make could have been
bought in the open market. In
other words. for what 1t cost to re-
pair one car the city could have
bought two new cars right out of the
plant. The Aldermen
went through the whole record of or
ganized and systematic extravaganza
and decided to scrap the city repair
shop.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
Mobile Color Rhythm.
Thomas Wilfred's System Described
as n New Art Expression.

To THE New YORK HERALD: I was
much interested in the open minded and
sensitive review which you printed of
Thomas wilfred's Clavilux performance
at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I feel
sure that you can only find It OF inter-
est IL / undertake to correct one or two
errors OF statement which the review
contained. / have known Mr.. Wilfreds
work for some time and may be said to
speak with some authority about II.
The review said that the process Is
not exactly new. for Scriabinc has writ
ten such a color composition and Mrs.
Greenwalt claims to have been a pio-
ncer ten years ago in manipulating ligh.
and color as a fine art"
wilfred's process is absolutely and
entirely new and his own, not only his
process or method but his entire con-
ception of the art Of mobile color. Mo-
bile color as played by wilfred with
mis- Clavilux is an art of pure color and
pure light forms in rhythmic motion,
correlated into coherent compositions
which are set down by his own system
of color notation and which stand alone
as a new art expression. II has nothing
to do with music aside from the aesthetic
kinship Of the two arts.
Scriabine's system OF color was static
and without forms and played as an
amplihcation Of a musical composition.
Mrs. Creenwalt's instrument is on some
what the came principle as Scriabine's.
I believe, but certainly not at all on tho
same plane as Wilfrcd's. Mrs. Green
waits idea OF the color art still binds It
20 music wilfred has freed IT, And
Wilfred Is the only ono who has ever
united form with color In motion. His
experiments were begun rather more
than ten years ago.
The review also said "thorc seemed
20 be no scope for extemporizing" and
that the colors seemed much restricted.
you will be interested TO know that some
of the most wonderful and beautiful
effects that wiifred ever gets are
through free appropriations. As TO the
range OF color he commands every value
Of all the coiors that we know. Nat
ura,lv all these cannot be used in three
or four short compositions, but the fact
that they do not does not prove that ne
cannot command them ~ he Will.
VIRGINIA FARMER.
NEW YonK, January 10.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
Smoke Impurities in the Air.

The contamination of the air is the
subject of an investigation which in
terests physicians and meteorologists
throughout the United States and Eu-
rope. In cities, especially where soft
coal is used, smoke carbon, sulphur
compounds and carbon dioxide are
the chief factors of contamination.
The motor car furnishes a small but
important factor in carbon monoxide.
Even in the proportion of one part
of carbon monoxide to ten thousand
parts of air 1t is positive danger,
but the proportion Is rarely so great.
Smoke carbon exists in such quanti-
ties in some localities that more than
one thousand tons of it falls yearly
on each square mile.
In New York city and its vicinity,
where little soft coal Is consumed,
the amount of smoke carbon in the
air Is comparatively small, but the re-
naming chimney products constitute
a blanket which intercepts almost as
much heat as the smoke pail over
some Western cities.
The investigation under way ia to
determine the effects of the air con-
tamination on public health and
comfort. So far as the constituents OF
contamination are concerned they are
fairly well known. In addition to
the carbon compounds sulphur oxides
are always present in coal smoke, and
when the air is very moist they are
changed to acid droplets. Over locali
ties where soft coal is extensively
used as power fuel the proportion
Of these acids is notable; over New
York city the proportion practically
is negligible.
The density Of the smoke pail and
the haze over New York city has not
been a matter of daily determination,
nor has IL been determined In the
case Of the suburban localities. A
study of tho highest and the low
est daily temperature taken at the
Weather Bureau Of New York city
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
The Russian Famine Eliminating
the Tatars.

Seven centuries ago the Tatars
came into Europe a conquering
horde; they became masters of Rus
sia and the suzerain power to which
Muscovite princes paid tribute and
bowed in subsection. For our sins
this unknown nation overwhelms
u.s." said an old Russian chronicle.
Central and western Europe learned
Of their conquests and feared they
might be the next to battle with this
seemingly invincible power which
had come out of the mysterious East.
History presents few parallels to the
fate which to-day faces this once
strong and virile people in the final
tragedy of their national existence.
An American relief Investigator, J..
II. CHLDs, who has just finished a
tour Of the Tatar Republic, in east
ern Russia, where descendants of the
original conquerors live, reports that
OF a Tatar population of 10000 900 at
least 2,225,000 are doomed to perish
by starvation and want unless help
reaches them.
Although the Russians OF the time
of the Tatars' first appearance early
in the thirteenth century may have
considered them an unknown peo-
pie" the then civilized world was
not in such complete ignorance Of
their origin. IL knew them from the
achievements OF their great leader.
JEHGHrz Khan, who had found them
a small tribe OF Mongolia and made
them the nucleus OF an irresistible
body Of conquerors by which he Gre
ated an empire extending from Mon
gola to India and from the Pacific
Ocean to the Baltic Sea and the Dan
ube Valley. This vast territory over
which JENGmrz Khan had an ad-
minstrative sway was held together
principally by the display OF su.
perior military force.
The Tatars won their first impor-
ItaIit engagement with the Russians,
the battle of the Kalka River, so in
delibly fixed in the minds OF the peo-
pie OF the Russian Empire. soon after
they crossed the Urals. Instead of
following up the advantages gained
by this battle they retired and waited
The New York herald., 1922-01-20

thirteen years for their final con-
quest. When they returned in 1887
they came to stay; they built their
own capital in the valley Of the
Volga and from there extended their
rule westward TO the two Russian
capitals of Moscow and Noygorod.
For almost three centuries they re-
mained masters OF Russia.
The empire which JENGHIz Khan
founded existed scarcely more than
a half century after his death. Out
side of the Tatar regions of eastern
Russia and Caucasia 1t would be DIFF
ficult to say where the Tatars sur
vive as a race. The name is less
inclusive to-day than it was formerly,
when Turk, Esthonian, Lapp. Finn
and Bulgar were classed as peoples
of Tatar origin.
Somewhere in that vast Far East
from which the Tatars came
whether the steppes of Siberia or the
plateaus of north central Asia is not
definitely known--was the origin Of
the Huns and Turks who marched
into the west as conquerors. The
Huns under ArrILA reached the
Rhine Valley and the Italian plains,
and In less than a half century dis
appeared. Not clearly defined rem
nant Of the race survives in Europe.
The Turks conquered Constantinople
in the fifteenth century and in hun
dred years were at the gates OF vi
emma, but with the beginning Of the
twentieth century they were back
again to the shores of the Bosporus.
To-day the Tatars, the mightiest OF
these Eastern emigrants, led by one
of the greatest conquerors the world
has ever seen, are dependent for the
salvation of the last remnant of their
race in Europe upon the charity Of
the West, which centuries ago they
set out to subjugate.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
Whoop 'Er Up Stuff.

Former Senator BEvERIDGE hit a
fallacy on the head the other night
in Indiana when he said 1T is non-
sense to tell people that If they will
just cheer UP everything will be all
right"
The whoop 'er up brethren won't
like Mr.. BEvERIDGE's stand, but he
was telling the cold truth. The pro-
fessional optimists have been preach
ing a gospel of deception. They mean
no harm, but they produce no good.
They talk the platitudes of the boom
town. They paper the dead walls
with messages of cheer. Everything
is all right, they say, If you will only
believe that it is all right and act
accordingly.
1t is enc thing for buyer and
seller, for capital and labor, to get
together and work together. That
goes a long way to make business
and prosperity. But trying to fill
the sails of business with the wind
of mere optimism is futile.
The professional optimist, as Mr..
BEvERIDGE said, is unwittingly an
agent of the forces of upheaval. "His
vain and impossible prophecies, un-
fulfilled, merely destroy confidence"
He leads people to expect immediate
prosperity, produced by some miracle,
when the fact is that prosperity will
come in on the slow but sure freight
train of work and economy.
The beaming smile of the whoop
'er up orator will not start goods
moving across the country so long as
the freight rates paralyze business.
Snug posters of good cheer will
not open the doors Of closed factories
so long as capital stays under cover,
knowing that the moment it shows
its head it will be hit with legis-
lative sandbag.
All the phrases of the professional
optimist will not cause a man to
build a house or a shop when he
knows that the price of labor will
make the building cost twice as much
as it will be worth in five or ten
years.
The devil of depression is not go
ing to be successfully exercised with
sweet words. 1t will take a hammer
to drive him out.
The New York herald., 1922-01-20
ny w. j. HENDERSON.

Rossinfs "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" was
given at the Metropolitan Opera House
last evening. The opera had been given
earlier In the season. but last nights
performance had special interest. Titta
Ruffo. the distinguished Italian bary-
tone. made his first appearance at tho
Metropolitan. singing the role OF Figaro.
He was to have made his Metropolitan
Opera House debut in "Ernani." on De-
cember s. but a severe cold prevented
HIS appearance and Don Carlos was I'M
personated by Mr.. Danise. Mr.. Ruffo's
cold proved to be something serious
and he was finally compelled to go to
Atlantic City and wait for a month for
complete recovery. Otherwise he
would have sung Figaro a month ago.
1t was a great delight to his admir-
ers to welcome him last evening. The
house was packed and when Mr.. Ruffo
made his appearance to sing Largo al
fattotum" in the first scene he was re-
ceived with tumultuous applause and
cheers. After the scene he and Mr..
Chamlee were called out dozen times
and he appeared twice alone to receive
acclamations. Miss Cora Chase made
her first appearance OF the season.
singing Rosi'G and was cordially well
coined. So altogether II was a joyful
evening.
Mr.. Ruffo's Figaro was undoubtedly
surprise to those who had heard him
only in tragic roles. 1t was many miles
away from his HGmlet and his Edipo
Re. For instance, the recitaivo secco.
as 1t Is technically called--the rapid
Italian dialogue patter--he sang with
great facility. with elasticity, with unc-
tion and with color. This recitativo
plays an important part In the comedy
OF Rossfnis opera and II was slgnifi-
cant element in Mr.. Ruffo's gay and
infectious inpersonation. He sang some
of the large vocal numbers we'll and
some more than well, though the tempta-
ton to use the full volume Of his great
voice in questionable places was irre-
sistible. The forid passages in the first
scene. too, were hardly in his line, but
be showed cunning in turning them to
humorous uses. On the whole, then,
It can be recorded that Mr.. Ruffo's
Figaro was pleasing in its glee. its VI
vacity. It's genuine humor and its touch
es of hitherto unrevealed skill.
Miss Chase is not unknown In the role
of Rosind. She has sung it quite often
at the Metropolitan, and while she is not
one OF the great impersonators of the
role OF Dr. Bartolo's ward, she Is able
to please operagoers and to aid in the
general effect of the performance. She
sang some parts of una voce POGO ia"
so brilliantly that Conductor Papi was
hard put to 1t to keep UP with her.
Mr.. Chamlee was again the AlnGvtDd.
His style of part Is quite new to this
young tenor. but after a somewhat un-
certain delivery of "Ecco il ridente" he
recovered himself and sang commend
ably throughout the evening. Mr.. Mar
dones is a competent. If not distinguished
Bdsilio, and last evening he made an
other success of the "Calumnia" air.
the theme of which Rossini uses as a
sor Of embryonic leading motive In the