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New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Danish Workers Homes
Success Of Cooperative Housing Copen1agcn Building
Society That Has Over 5000 Members
BY Agnes Dyer Warbassc

{ RtfteW q! NcctcW!J
the money Was obtaine, from their CO.
operative bank. This 40 per cent which
is received from the public funds is a
tNcnty-ycar loan, which Will be can
ccled by the government at ;hc end of
that time if the cooperative housing
association has lived up to its prom
iscs and purposes of producing homes
not for speculation or private profit,
but only for the use Of it's members.
puzzled look came over the face
Of this mana hat worker when |
asked him the NcHt question: "How do
these cooperative apartments compare
with those being erected by private
bulldcrs?' He did not seem TO under
stand mo at all. When ! repeated thu
question he finally looked up and said ::
" ny, there arc no more buildings
being erected in Copenhagen By pri-
vatc builders. They arc either being
erected by co-opcrators or by the mu-
nicipaiity." "Thcn how do your CO.
operative buildings compare with the
municipal housing ." asked Uc
quickly replied: There are none SO
good as the 'co-ops.' Ours are better
built, the rooms arc bigger and airicr,
and lool; at the gardens! There is
nothing but cement in the courtyards
of the municipal houses. And then,
besides" he added. "thc rents across
the street in those apartments built
by the city arc 10 per cent higher than
ours for the same kind of an apart
mcnt.' "Why is this?" ! asked him.
He replied with a look Of pride: "Why,
VIC arc the owners Of our buildings
We take an interest in them. We are
here to stay. Tho others across the
street are only rcntcrs-'drlfters.
They are A different class of tenants.
They have not invested any money and
they have no interest in beautifying
their premises with flower boxes, gar
dcns or any honey touches. Just look
at their buildings Do they look like
nstitut ons? 2" "That may be true |
replied, "but why do they cost more to
rent if .hcy were built at the same
time and Of no better material?' at
is because Of the bureaucracy, all the
salaried officials which it takes to run
them
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05

so great vas tho need for homes II L,,
pcnhagen q little while ago that the
: empty prisons were used for lodgings
for the homclcss
"Ali 4hc workers would rather live
IN the cooperative houses he said, az
they all had ono years rent IN hand to
invest. It's good thing. guess. to
require every one to put up capital, but
the trouble is most Of the workers
haven't got it. It's the only thing that
stands in the way o. more cooperative
buiiding'
"How arc the cooperative socie.y's
buildings run and controlled >"
"Ihc Workers Coope rativc Building
Society is tho central organization in
which the members invest their ca pital
for home building. Each housing group
IS department Of the main society
and is run by the houscholdcrs. The
rent is collected. the repairs and up
keep arc made by local committee
who arc responsible to the main socictv
''A VIZ 'n'' anu NndnC1HG OF cacf
building Each indepc ndent group elects
It's local officers and also two members
TO the central board The contra,
board decides on all the problems Of
larger finance, such as the purchssin
OF ncD property, the erection Of new
buildings and the administration OF its
works and factories. The central hos I'd
has an elected executive committee.
with a fu)l-paid chairman and seen
officers, who are paid for their services.
Twice year there is a general mem
bers meeting of all the householders.
to whom the central board makes its
reports, which VIC discuss Thoroughly.
VIC had lots Of trouble before VIC we're
in control of our own supplies" he
said
This sounded natural, for | rcmcin-
bcrcd that some obstacles to adequate
housing in American cities were the
difficulties in obtaining materials
bricks. lumber, cement. glass, plumbing
supplies. etc. from which a heavy toll
WAS taken BY the "systcm.'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Where Beauty LODGES

|f'ror' The ''olc Ecr-crj
WHERE Beauty lodges there prc,sil,
E*uberance of life and bloom:
She is guest 0ho never fails
10 render payment for her room
In coin that many startled hos
Disparages as counterfeit.
Perceivlng least wherc there is -lost.
Or seeing, wanting none of it.
Impctuously she Journeys forth
Unvexed by property or fence.
Indifferent to south or north.
Regardless of convenience.
Yet with discerning eye to which
Her entertainment most onjovs:
She sets no ban on poor or rich.
But looks suspiciously on boys.
She reVels i'll luxurious space
Yet in fake can be confined
She hates the snug and commonplace
But loves the brave and humble mind
She 1aunts direct and simple things.
Distrusts the complex and the clever:
Birdikc to twigs of Dhim she clinss
To fit away next breath or never.
Mistress OF myriad homes is she,
But all are within alien gate:
Her sites she picks capriciously.
Inanimate or animate:
A gutter song, porcelain jar.
A tiger, rain. pheasant's quill.
A cobweb. a volutc 4 star,
A factory whistle piping shrii
WAYLAND WELLS WILLIAMS.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Women

From The Measure
WTOMEN have no wilderness in tncm.
w They arc provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell OF their
hearts
To eat dusty bread
They do no. see cattle cropping rod
winter grass,
They do not hear
Snow water going down under cuverts
Shallow and clear
They wait. when they should turn TO
journeys,
They stiffcn, when they should bend
They use against themselves that benev-
olencc
To which no man is friend.
They cannot think OF so many crops to
a field
Or Of clean wood cleft by an AK.
Their love is an eager meaninglcssness
Too tense or too lax.
They hear in any whisper that spcaAs
to them
A shout and cry.
As like as not, when they take life over
their door-sill
They should let it go By.
LOUISE BOGAN.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
" orkers' Factories

hcn ! asked MN what trouble they
had aud how tho society had got
around its difficulties, he proudly said:
We have bought two brick factories,
which supply nearly five million bricks
year, although VIC need twice as many.
We buy all our cement from the CO.
ment workers cooperative factory in
Juland. and We run our own factory
in Copenhagen. where we make our &C
ment trimmings. castings. etc. We also
have a window and door frame factory,
and now we have paint department,
stantly employed. Before we got in
touch with the lumber workers Of
Sweden VIC had lots Of trouble getting
materials, but now we buy direct from
the Swedish Producers COOPERATIVE.
But this did not end our troubles, for
the private dealers in building mate
rials who had formerly supplied US.
finding that they we-a losing their
trade, attempted all kinds of tricks
They got the master painter to take
away the good paint that our society
had supplied and hide it, and use bad
paint instead When our board found
this out we discharged all our paint
crs working for private contractors and
organized our own paint departm cnt.
They even won't to our president and
to our vice pres ident and offered them
nribcs if they would continue buying
from the private supply companies. but
our officers, of course. wouldn't listen.'
How large is your building society o.
asked him. at has more than 5000
members. They obtain apartments or
houses as soon as they are built in the
order OF their application. We have
already built 1000 homes, or apart
ments. in fifteen dificrcn. groups OF
buildings. and have spent within the
last two wears 20.00O,0 900 CROWNS. We
still own fifteen acres Of city land. on
which are being built three more COM
plcxes Nhc general name used for
multi-family buildings in Denmark l..
Five more arc planned IL the near
future Cooperative apartments like
these are not the only kinds Of build
ings being put up by our society. You
should see the houses out at Priest
fields or at Green Valleys
When / motorcd out there with one
of the officials of the building society
found a most charming colony of
ninety eight stucco and brick cottages,
each one surrounded by a little garden.
These houses Of three rooms, kitchen
and bath, with electricity and running
water, were renting for t08 crowns a
year. The homemakers considered the
homes as their own, for their society
gives them a perpetual lease. The new
comers who occupy the houses built
during the last year have not had to
bear all the recent expenses of the ad-
ditional costs Of building materials and
labor. At meeting Of the members
of the colony the earlier settlers voted
voluntarily to raise their own rents
sufficiently to meet the high cost of tho
new buildings, so that the rents Of all
would be equal and the newcomers
would not be penalized. This is the
sort Of expression Of real brotherhood
that cooperation is capable of devel
oping.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
A Reader View Of Wilson
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When finished reading 81. :. -
letter on Wilson was rightcously in
d'gnant and rescntful. |, too, have been /,
constant reader Of The Tribune for
many years. | have failed to find any
nnwarrantcd attacks upon Wilson in
Your cditorials. Your attitude has
been more lenicnt .han he deserves.
His eight years Of administration
were dcmcralizng. His elegant phrases
aud talk. talk. talk soon did not have
any weight with those that followed his
acts. He seemed TO be first and last for
Woodrow Wilson-my way or none lie
gagged us all until VIC we're under ?
dcspotic government for the ilst time
the rule of one man with one tract.
mind.
Wilson went TO Europe to make Il
over and spoiled nearly cvcrything. If
he had stayed i'll Washington, where hr
belonged, what American docs not be-
licve that the Kaiser would have been
punished and the world would haze
been at peace long ago? There would
have been no rcccasity FOR the gathering
from all Of Europe that we now have
in Washington. But nearly everything
that Wilson did has to be undone. The
world lost confidence in our sincerity.
Wilson cannot be placed on any
standard OF comparison with men like
Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt. He
got - into a terrible mess We will
pay an awful price for wears for the
inheritance he left us
MYRA A. ELLlOET
New York, Feb 3. 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
A School Machine

There are approximately twenty
ave thousand teachers and st.h>,i-
,utes in the public schools of New
York City. To combine them in,o
poitical uuit would he 10 create
powerful factor in municipal clcc-
TORS. Both men and women teach
.rs arc voters. Each teacncr pre-
sumably could influence rom FIVE To
ten other votes. this being the al
,otment TO the Tammany job holdcy.
It easily may be seen, therefore.
why the supporters Of MIR. Nylan,
the chief Of whom is William Ran
doph Hearst, are seeking to control
the schools. a block OF d hundred
and twenty-five thousand votes in
New York City could swing an cleo
tor. 1t might even pat Mr.. Hearst
into the United States Senate. 1t
would be Of inostimsbie assistance to
him on primary day.
OF course turning the school sys-
TEN into a political machine would
mean its rnlu as an educational in
stitutlon In the making over prcc-
ess honest and right minded and abb.
teachers or superintcnden.s would
be driven out To replace them with
men and Women II the character
desired by the poli. can it would
be necessary - loncv the require
mentS. Plenty Of teachers Who
would be politically aceep able could
be obtained, nut nonc 0. ,hcm would
be able to pass the present teachers
examination.
The creation Of a school machine
could be accomplished in few years.
The schools could be made a for
mldable political power by nest
autumn. 1t seems incredible that
even hearSt cr ly'an could be will
Ing to do such 4 thing, 70. it is clear
that they or somebody is attempt
ing 1t, and Attempting it deliberately
and Systematically.
AS The Trlbunc latc,,y pointed out,
Lhe schools Of New York, since the
advent Of Superintendent Maxwell.
nave been kept free from politics.
The standard OF efficiency for tire
teaching staff steadily ras increased.
The best men and women obtainable
nave been secured for The teaching
Na'f. The pupils have had the bene-
ut Of the most modern methods and
equipment.
The schools have suffered. i. is
true from 'ach Of adequate build
ihss' but this has been ;hc fault Of
the Board Of Estimate. not Of the
% 's0ard of Education. That body in
v s' pas' mas been actuated by the
u'S'fe 70 give the greatest city in the
"or'a the greatest school system that
Could be built Up.
IS all THIS work. which has re-
s''fed year 10 perform, TOW TO he
ues'royed simply because handful
- pollucians want to control A use
lul block g votes? Yet sucil thing
= possible IN New York. 1t never
w0uld ', have been possible in New
=. aOfN u"tiI fIears' and Hylan formed
'''''' sinister lolitical partnership.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Voices Of Silence

fFrom The Smart Set,
CTILL roads I follow,
~ Hill road and hollow,
Where silence leans
With the sky in her hands;
Bird calls, wood calls,
Wild rush of waterfalls
Sounds that the heart knows
And understands.
hear. not hearing
Down through the clearing,
The low roAu, i..lc high road,
T.oao up the hill,
Leaf sound, wind sound,
Twig swapping Oh the ground
These 60 with me.
Yet my way is still.
ABIGAIL. W. CRESS0N.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
A Financial Faith

fhro'n The Chicago Daily Nces]
Still. good many Communists swore
by that faith as long as it appeared
Noss'h'" to get thing out of it. They
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
A Possibility
r,.nD T,< nol.,,,,,,.. &

'froo, The Baltimore SanJ
There's always chance that the
world viii survive in spite of those
who wriHg their hands and wonder
Why SOMEBODY doesn't do something's
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Unreason

Prom The Smart SCI
XTHAT makes miracle
w But the mystery
Is it not So
Yet you want me to tel you
This and that
About our love-
". Z. SABEL
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Finance

was sauntcrng through the court
yard. asking the children questions
about their rames. when was hailed
by man from an upper window, who
called out TO me, skiing if | would not
he interested to come into his home
He had been listening to my interested
inquiries and was most eager, it ap
pcarcd later. to tell me all about his
coo Operative housing society. | went
up stairs and was taken into spot
lcssly clean three oOT and bath apart
mcnt "Whcrc did the association OBJ
tain it's money to build these apart
ments ," asked him. He told me that
each tenant must become a member OF
the society and pay as membership
fec tho equivalent Of one years rent,
for which he receives 4 per cent inter
est. That constitutcs his share capital.
The building that was IN cost 3,OUO,-
600 crowns. he said. and tho member
ship fee of The houscholdcrs was sup
plementcd by ? loan. without interest,
Of 20 per cent Of the valuation from
the city ana 20 per cent from tho
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05


One bright Sunday morning in CO.
pcNhasen. Denmark. started ou. to
SEQ some OF the workers. apartment
houses that had been built there since
the war. knew they were part of the
building enterprises Of the Workers
uo-opcra;ive building Society, which
had its hcaduuartcrs in tho beautiful
new Co operative Bank Building on the
leading boulevard Of the city The first
ono visited was built on the principle
OF a hollow square around Il garden
count, covering aoout 10000 square
lcct. 1t contained 2l5 arartmcnts
Each room looked out either on the
street or on the courtyard. 40 ugly
iire-cscapes dclaccd the walls iircproof
inside stairs gave access to all apart
mcnts. The size Of the apartments
varied from three rooms and bath,
which rent for 10 crowns a month, 10
SIT. rooms and bath, at 100 crowns Il
month. At the present value Of the
crown C37 cents in our money! this
would mean lhat they cost from $l4 to
$337 "A month, depending upon the size
OF Che apartment.
All the rooms were lighted by clcc-
t1icity. The Whtc-ticd kitchen had u
gas stove and modern plumbing. The
floors Of the rooms were Of hardwood.
The courtyard Of this nome colony was
a beautiful surprise. A high clock
tower with the clock < dials facing four
ways stood in the center of rose
garden laid out in tho form Of Greek
cross A the four corners wclc the
chidrcns pla. grounds with swings,
scesaws. athletic bars, sand boxes and
sheltered seats for mothers to use,
sewing and watching the little ones at
play. A cement walk encircled tho gar
den and playground. where boys and
girls can vide their bicycles, skate, or
play rougn. rompin" games.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
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,st-,hc Truth: Ncws--Edi-
toriai.-Ad'crtisements
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-05

50 great vas tho need for homes II, G,,-
pcnhagen little while ago that the
empty prisons were used for lodgings
for the homeless,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-16
Tuesday, May 16, 1922.

Investigation by a special senate
committee of trades in futures on cot
ton exchanges and boards of trade,
their relation to actual prices of the
commodities dealt in,. and of contracts
between such organizations and tele-
graph companies for distribution OF
quotations, is sought in resolution
introduced Friday night by Senator
Hefiin, Democrat), Alabama, and re-
ferred TO the Senate agriculture COM
mittee. Senator Heflin in his reSolu-
ton specifically named the New YORK
and New Orleans cotton exchanges ana
the Chicago board of trade for lnVesu-
CATION and charged that the volume OF
dealings in future contracts on such
markets totalled from ten to fourteen
times the amount of such commodities
actually for sale. He also declared
that the contracts between the eX-
changes and telegraph companies limit
and restrict the continuity of quota
tions sent out.
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AN ORDINANCE

Providing for Holding of a Municipal
Election in the Town Of York for the
Election of Mayor and Aldermen
One Commissioner of Public Works
and Two School Trustees.
DE it ordained by the Mayor and
ID Aldermen, constituting the Town
Council of the Town Of York:
Section /: That an election be held
in the Town of York on WEDNES-
DAY, JUNE 7TH, 1922, for the purpose
of electing a Mayor and six Aldermen,
two School Trustees. and one Com
missioner of Public Works, to serve in
the respective offices to which such
person shall be elected, for a period of
two wears from the date of said cleo
ton.
Section 2: The ballot boxes will be
in the Town Hall, and the polls will
open at A. NJ, and close at 4 p. NJ,
during which hours all the qualified
electors of said Town are entitled to
vote. Every qualified elector may vote
for one person for Mayor, and shall
vote for one person as Alderman from
the Ward within which said elector
resides, for one Commissioner of Pub
lie Works, and for two School TrNstees.
Section 3: 3. r. 7. Bowen, w. r.
Erwin and J. NJ. Williford, are hereby
appointed Managers of Election.
Done and Ratified in Regular Council
assembled this Sth day of May, 1922.
Attest-(SEAL)
z. A.. HALL, Mayor.
]. H. CARROLL Clerk. of Council.
81 81.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.

APPLICATIONS for loans through
"A the Federal Land Bank will now
he received. a, definite amount has
been allotted for the use of his ASso-
citation for three months period, ana
i'm order 10 obtain the benefit OF this
allotment applications must be made
promptly. and must be in my hands
before aIune 1st.
OnlAl actual Farmers need apply
Long Win loans, 6 per cent interest.
JOHN A. MARION, Sec. and Treas,
Peoples National Farm Loan Associa-
ton
York, S. c.. ~ u
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CLERKS SALE. :,
The State of South Caroina-County
of York.

In the Court of Common Pleas.
J. Lee Owens, Plaintiff,
Against
Henry Leonard, e. J. Leonard and O. j.
Carpening, Defendants.
DURSUANT to the terms Of decree
in foreclosure in the above entitled
case, of his Honor, !. w. Bowman,
dated April 9th, 1922, l will expose to
sale at public auction to the highest
bidder between the legal hours of sale,
on Monday, the 5th day of June, 1922,
in front of the Court House door at
York, S. c., the following described
premises:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract
of land. lying in Fort Mill township,
York county, s. c.. containing
ONE HUNDRED FORTi-TElREE
AND ONE-HALF Gl3 1-2) ACRES.
and being the identical tract of land
conveyed to Henry Leonard by j. Lee
Owens on the - day of May, 1920.
with the courses and distances as
shown in said deed.
Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to
pay for all papers.
T. l.. McMACKIN, c. c. c. Pls.
York County, S. c.
~ Mt
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR coNeREss-FIFTH DISTRICT.

T HEREBY announce myself as n
candidate in the Democratic pri-
maries of South Carolina, for the NOM
ination for Representative of the Fifth
Congressional District for the 6Sth
Congress, and | take this opportunity
to thank the people of the District for
their loyal support in the past and to
say that | shall cndeavOr to deserve
their support and confidence in the fu-
ture. w. i. STEVENSON.
80 t. f. te
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FINAL DISCHARGE.

ALL concerned will please take no.
n ticc that we have made Final Set
tlcment with the Probate Court Tor
York county as Executors of the estate
of Mrs. NJ L. Armstrong. deceased,
and that we have received our dis
charge from further Liability in con-
nection with said estate.
s. A. BALES,
J. a. ARMSTRONG,
o. It6 Executors.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of York.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
BY J. L. Houston, Esquire. PROBATE
Judge of York County

u
Judge of York County.
WHEREAS HENRY JONES has ap-
W piled to me for Letters of Admin
istratiOn, on all and singular, the goods
and chattels. rights and crcdltS OF
MARY JONES, late of the County
aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased to be
,and appear before me ut our next
Probate Court for the said County, 10
be holden at York Court House on the
22ND DAY OF MAY, to shew cause,
if any, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this
Sth day of May in the year, of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
'and twenty-five, and in the 146th
year of American Independence.
(ScaD. s
Probate Judge Of York County.
a7 2t
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OBITUARY.

DIED-Friday, at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Price, at Clover
Mrs. DRJJCY CHILDERS, aged about
50 wears. Interment was in. Woodside
cemetery, Glover, Saturday
Friday, ISAAC, infant son OF MI.
and Mrs. James Brimer of Glover. IN
terment was in Woodside cemetery
Glover, on Saturday.