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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
RAILROAD CONTTOL

In asking for a stronger Rail
road Labor Board, acting i'll con-
junction with, or as a part OF. the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
President Harding has given Off
cial sanction to a change suggested
by many disintereStcd observers
OF the railroad situation,
1t has always been recognized
as rather absurd that one federal
body should be charged with the
fixing OF railroad rates and an
other body, with no connection,
should be charged with authority
to fix wages. Rates and wages de
pend much on each other, and
should be kept in continual adjust
ment. That calls for the final
Judgment OF a single body. even il
separate bodies work ont prelimi-
nary details. The Interstate Com
MERGE Commission, because OF its
established authority and i'll
fluence, is the natural body to in
vest with this power.
Such a centralizing OF railroad
authority should help in itself to
prevent interruption Of operation.
1t may be, however, that an extern
sion OF authority to the extent OF
forbidding strikes, apparently fav-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
TO DARKEN HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its Natural
Color, Gloss and
At;ractiveness

Common Garden sage brewed into
a heavy tea with sulphur added, will
turn gray. st4'caked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luXuriant. Just
a few applications will prove a rey,e-
lation if your hair is fading, streak
ed or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea
and Sulphur recipe at home, though,
is troublesome. An easier way is to
get a bottle OF Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound at any drug store
all ready for use. This is the old-Jime
recipe improved by the addition OF
other ingredients.
While wispy,. gray, faded hair is
not sinful, we all desire to retain our
Youthful appearance and attractive
ness. BY darkening. your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and sulphur Compound,
no one can tell, because it does. 1t so
naturally. so evenly. You just damp
en- sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morn
ing all gray hairs have disappeared,
and, after another application or Two,
Hour hair becomes beautifully dark,
glossy, soft and luxuriait adv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
BE PATIENT WITH IRELAND

Americans keenly regret recent
developments in Ireland, Just as
thenew Irish Free State is formal
| " inaugurated, and an eminently
fitting Irish leader is chosen by
the British King as governor-gen-
eral. there are new outbreaks Of
/ Republican rebels, with repriSals
ard counter-reprisalS. Simultan-
eously there is the announcement
tof Ulster 5 secession from the Free
State. which was originally intend
ed to include all Ireland.
Vet it is a time for tolerant
understanding, in America as well
as in Ireland There is no need
to indulge in bitter filings at Ire
land for the apparent unwilling
ness Of the various sections OF the
Irish people to embrace immedi-
ately and unanimously the good
fortune within their grasp.
As far as Ulster is concerned,
its action aWakenS no surprise and
calls for 10 particular criticism.
The Irish settlement establishing
the Free State reserved for Ulster
the right to- secede from South
Ireland. The Ulster action is
therefore legal and, under the cir
cumstanceS, not unnatural. The
Ulsterites prefer, for the present
at least, to so their own way. If
they are to be won over to a union
with South Ireland, it will be
through a prolonged demonstra-
ton that South Ireland is capable
Ot efficient Selt-SONeriinetlt ana
and fair dealing with her north
ern neghbor.
The fighting is bad. Yet it
might be worse. And there arc
plenty OF precedents in other lands
now highly critical OF Ireland.
That is a delicate matter for Amer
leans. especially, to criticise.
Some Americans seem to forget
that there was a good deal of civil
warfare and guerrilla fighting i'll
this blessed land, before it was knit
into one firm Union
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

their facesl and heads altogether. ~
= ssBulIied and worried by mas women
folk, the Tuareg has no liberty at all.
All the goods, tents, camels, and
clothes are the women's property. The
stick ne cards agd the great wooden
box into which hcputs what his wife
suffers hinii to have, are all the man
possesses and all he retains II 1or
some reason his wife chooses to dl-
vorce him. 80
In Chat. when a man goes out al
ter sunset he gs usually followed by a
negro servant! sent by his wife to dog
his steps, and woe TO him il he Tor,
gets himself or comes home too late!
He viii find the door shut. :,
"The Young man who, in spite of all
this. wants to marry must pay q
heavy sum for the bride, to Obtain
which he is obliged to look for other
means than his usual work OF rearing
camels or carrying goods for the Arap
trader. Thus he is forced into taxing
nart in ore OF the annual rhazzias.,
! "The ladies decide when the right
moment has come, and the men sally
forth against some luckless caravan or
to the rich highlands Of Tibesti. ihe IS
raids have destroyed many a fertile
oasis. and have accelerated the mai
disappearance Of trans Saharah
trade"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

around the stars, while the pale
but laughing face OF the man in
the moon, with the pink flush OF
Joy upon his cheek, will be pleas
ingly visible at least to that por7
ton OF our population who ever
indulge in liquid nioonshine. The
only thing we are afraid we will
not be privileged to see equaled
during our day, will be the winter
of sixty-eight-that our champion
long bow rivermen, has been tell
ING lis. who were not there then,
constantly about ever Since-wfen
the Potomac was frozen to such 4
depth that forty loaded freight
cars drawn by two tremendous
steam engines crossed over on the
ice while the engineer and tire
man had to keep their naked feet
in the fire box in order TO prevent
their blood conjeSting. We may
have missed this? And may new
er see it equaled and yet we will
pass away convinced that it was
"Worth While" to have lived in
this marvellous age.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
THE PRICE OF EQUALITY

Under decision just rendered
by the Wisconsin Supreme Court,
a womans equality under the law
with her husband makes her
equally liable with him in her sep
arate business or property when
she endorses his note or assumes
other financial responsibility with
him.
The case involving the decision
concerned a note for $4,000 ten
dered by a Milwaukee man to one
Of the banks and endorsed by his
wife. He is unable to meet the
contract, and She is held.
This is a situation which must
be accepted by women il they de
mand absolute equality of right
and privilege under the law with
men Il should not nccessitate
any hardship ii women will take
pains TO inform themselves OF just
what responsibilities they assume
in assuming their rights. Other
wise many a woman counting ON
her sex as her protection in bust
ness or finance will be surprised
and cha orinned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

One good thing aLnut tn
days gittin' shol ter we
don't have t wait so long fer
important arrests before
nightfall."
Theirs plenty O good nick
el cigars, but they cost too
much. ->
Copyright National Newspaper Service
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
FINANCIAL SAFETY FIRST

Ii is true OF banking, as OF
other business enterprises, that the
prosperity of the institution de
ponds upon the satisfaction and
prosperity OF its patrons.
Promoters OF dubious financial
adventures charge the banks with
self-interest and greed They Tell
the umwary investor that the ban',
is working" him, giving him on
" 1 or ) per cent interest on his
money while it is turning the mon
ey over at much higher rate OF
profit to itself.
True enough, in a way. But
there is more to the story than
that. The bank isn't going to lose
Mr.. Depositor-lnvestors money,
while the promotion spectators is
as likely to do so as not.
There will soon be enough blocs
in Washington to build 4 political
platform.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

ored: BY the President. VIII be
found advisable eventually, If not
now, in such a vital public utility
as the railroads, however distaste-
ful the idea is al present to organ
lied labor. Ii is clearly impossible
TO control the railroads and insure
steady and efficient operation by
controlling railroad capital alone
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
Where Man Is
A Mere VasSal

Washington, D. c., Dec. 12.-Aprop-
es current discussions regarding the
comparative status Of women's rights
in the United States and cher ccun-
tries, the National Geographic Society
says:
amongst the Tuaregs, found in the
vilayet of Tripoli, it is man the brute
who by all the laws Of the country has
to obey the women. Descent is trac-
ed through the mother; woman shows
her proud face to all the world, while
the man goes yelled. In the presence
of woman of noble birth, men cover
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

The Audubon Society is an organ
i2ation formed for the protection OF
birds The society has done much to
prevent the hunting of birds for their
plumagc and for sport: and to create
n ser timent against the wearing OF
birds and feathers on millinery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
, WORTH WHILE

sE5'i -{}:. 'i-
Have you ever stopped TO real
lie what privilege it has been to
have lived in this day and age and
Observed the, wonderful things
that. lave occurred within our Vi
sion, that only a short period ago
{ were listed among the things ISL
possible and junwritten OF and
about by fiction writers. who
frankly confessed that they had
drawn upon their imagination for
thetpes impossible When Jules
Verne wrote his famous stories
and had human beings floating
around beneath the water ming
ling with the fish and strangely
MAS Inspired to talk OF human be-
iBgs flying around with the birds
and the fiction fancier insisted
that human beings would be able
ITO talk Through the air without
the aid of wires and tl1dt-tRs-Iasl-
man voice could I've carried beheath
the seas by sound waves and that
Everybody would ride around Ill
shas own PULLMAN car without
steam and without rails. Yet, all
these things have come to pass
in our day, We have lived to
see the submarine pass up and
down the Potomac in front OF our
doors and dive down with It's hui
man cargo and whistle to our
own little Potomac Herring. We
saw the first successful flight of
the flying machine from Fort
Mver to Shutters Hill made by
the Wright Brothers and we can
look out OF orr window any morn
ing and see the great wireless APP
paratuS near Arlington and know
chat they, are receiving and send
ing messages across our own
house tops to far away California.
We know that Graham Bell sent
messages under the water OF the
-;iAtlantic without the use OF wires
and tn al they were re-
.ceived at the Eiiel Tower in Paris
and heard in Honolulu six thou
- Sand miles away and every minute
OF everyddywe see our own fellow
citizens riding around in their own
private cars up and down and
across our thoroughiareS. We
->-Hentiop only these few things,
-s=sertain that YOU viii agree. that it
has been worth while to have lived
in this day. Those who were here
during the war between the states
have for half century told
us of the wonders OF that
great military conflict and vet
the recent war through which we
have Just passed has made that
war look like side show, COM
pared with an eight-ring circus
and we do rot seem amazed when
Clemenceau tells Us that France
alone had more mon killed in that
war. than there were Soldiers liv-
ing and dead in the conflict h.
tween the states
We have no doubt that il Mars
is really inhabited that some day
soon we will be talking to the pop
ulation OF that planet and teaching
them to dance to our latest Jazz.
which will be whirled to them
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12

SoREIGN kEPREsENTATIyRx
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7as Fifth iTenue. New York
Peoples Gas Bldg ChieaEs.
xsi DeToas'A,re ST., 8osf0s
,ScsY Grant BidE.. AtisEt-. On.
%. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
Payable In Advance
Deliver by CARRIER In Alexandria and
.. 80 .',VArinity
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23

in the experience of every generation
his primal law OF one man for one
woman. 1t has been in every land
and in every century. In the United
States the excess of male births over
female before the war, was four in
every hundred. In Roumania the ex.
cess of male births over female. was
nine to the hundred. All these facts
show clearly that the law Of God
takes cognizance of the greater haz-
ard of male life and provides for the
maintenance of the equilibrium.
Poor France! If she adopts poly
gamy to restore her shattered male
population, she might as well have
persisted under the shells of the Huns
fer it Is better to die in a noble
cause than to sink under the slime
of national immortality.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
HOW TARIFF CUTS BOTH WAYS

The heading of a trade report pub.
lished last February furnishes an OBJ
ject lesson to farmers which should
be most carefully studied. In the
midst of the emergency tariff regime,
in which farm produce was "pro.
tected" by heavy duties, in contrast
with their place on the free list under
the Underwood Act, prices Of grain
had dropped more than half!
The title referred to reads, I'm,
ports Lowest in Years" and refers
to the foreign trade of 1921. That
there is a close connection between
the market for our grain surplus
and the demand in this country for
commodities originating abroad will
not be denied by any economist,
whether a protectionist or free ira
DER Dut II must deVolVe upon the in
dividual to decide whether the nat.
ural law of barter an3 exchange
shall operate or restrictions prevail,
and whether such restrictions are of
advantage or disadvantage to his
own welfare.
Business will adjust Itself to any
conditions imposed on trade, but in
that adjustment it Will be found that
no exclusive advantage to one class
can be attained without disadvan-
tage to another. There must be
reciprocity in barter and exchange
Dearborn Independent
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
OUR TROUBLESOME TAXES

One of the most persistent errors
on the subject of pubic finance is
the belief that the state is responsible
for the present high taxes. When
the people back home complain of
their taxes, they are either directly
informed or implicitly led to believe
that heavy state taxes are the
cause of their distress, in the face of
the fact that the most cursory exami-
nation of the tax rolls would refute
the statement. This course may be
natural on the part of local officials.
but it can hardly be called frank or
courageous.
The only taxes paid by the average
citizen are the tax on his property
and the tax on his income. The
average general property tax levied
for all purposes Estate, county. local
and SCHOOL, in 1919 and collected in
1920 was $40, 1886, and the states
share of this amount was $7125, S65
or a little more than 10 per cent of
the total. The average income tax
collected in the same year was So
2lO,229 and the state received $6S1 ,O22
of this amount. It follows that the
aggregate collected from the people
of the state for all purposes for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. was
SIS 5O9,2O5, and that the state re-
ceived only $7,756,SS7 or 1O1 per
cent of the total. - From Bulletin
No. 6, Wisconsin Tax Commission.
June 1919
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
FEDERAL AID IN WISCONSIN

| IL will be necessary for the next
legislature which meets on January
l, 1923. to provide the sum OF $780,
900 to meet the federal al highway
: program in Wisconsin for the years
1923, 1924 and 1925. This will mean
the raising of s2,5OO,OOO a year
The present Congress in two sep
I arate appropriation measures has
made available federal aid in the total
amount of 1866 100000. Wisconsins
share of this amount is approximately
$6,7G0,OOO In order to get these fed
eral funds this state must make an
equal appropriation. AS a matter of
fact, it must make a larger appro-
priation, as the state must provide
more than the federal government
legislature must be made during the
next session. The money would be
appropriated for calendar years 1923,
1924 and 1925 and if the state does
not meet its share available during
that period the federal funds will be
allots it because the state must pay
all the costs Of right of way, engi-
neering work etc. i is estimated that
this will bring lie states share to ST.
100000. This appropriation BY the
withheld from Wisconsin and divert
ed to other states. There is available
under the appropriation made in the
year 1921 the sum of 81 5OO,O 900 which
must be met in 1923, or lost.
The situation is rather a serious
one and requires immediate and eff
fectiNe action. More and more there
is being brought home to the people
the seriousness of the blunder made
in the closing hours of the last legis-
iature when the highway appropria-
ton bill, which would have provided
funds to meet the federal aid was
killed. 1t is safe to say that if a vote
were taken among the members of
the county read and bridge commit
tees throughout the state it would be
practically unanimous in favor of the
provisions of this bill and almost an
equally high proportion of the mem
bers of the various county boards :
would vote the same way. These
men know the existing conditions
Good Roads Ma gaSdne.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
THE ROAD AND THE MCTCR

Those who travel the highwf vs.
:ealiz9 there is mammoth nroblen,
to keep them maintained. County
boards and the legislature in this
state devote serious thought to the
perplexing problem, The following
from the Springfield Republican deals
with the subject as follows:
1t is apparent to anybody who
goes out on to the highways. after
this season of unparalleled motor
traffic, that Western Massachusetts
and no doubt the country as a
whole-is confronted with a most
serious problem of road building and
maintenance. Almost everywhere re-.
construction is going on or roads are
encountered that ought to be rebuilt
In certain localities il seems as if
nearly all the roads. old or compara-
lively new, were going to pieces.
Traffic has reached such a volume
as to make any previous program of
highway construction inadequate. Ma.
terials lack durability to withstand
the wear and tear Experimental en-
gineering has Jagged behind the mar.
velous growth of the motor vehicle.
Day and night the highway surfaces
are being ground down by pleasure
cars, light trucks, heavy trucks.
enormous SLs never ending pro.
cession. How can the road builders
keep up with the processes of dis
indignation?
Apparently the engineers are reach
ing the conclusion that only an i'm.
perishable surface can serve for the
mos0 travelled highways and that
means concrete, reinforced with steel.
such as is now being laid through
Longmeadow and numerous other
places. Nothing else seems able long
to survive the winter cold, the sum-
mer heat and the Crushing thrust of
speeding car and mammoth truck.
But IL is going 10 cost a ,ot of
money. There are many automobiles
in Massachusetts, Tut the state is By
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23

respective automobiles recently on
the road between the Second City and
the equity farm. Both cars were dam
aged but the drivers were not serious
~ hurts
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
OHapodrida
A Dangerous and Unnecessary
Remedy

L. 3. Irish of Baraboo came upon
the following in The Christian State
man:
Scientific and political circles in
France are seriously contemplating
the legalizing of polygamy in order
that the ominous defamation of the
French race may cease
Even before the war the popula--
ton of France was almost at a stand
still-at some points it was declining.
Afer the loss of a million men or
more in the war, the birth rate in
recognized families is far below the
standard necessary to maintain the
numerical strength of population.
Just recently some of the societies
organized in France for the promo
ton of marriage and parenthood.
conducted rather spectacular pro-
jects among the young women. Each
manageable girl was TO wear a
ribbon indicating that she was single
and that she desired matrimony. And
this particular effort resulted in some
increase of marriage. But still the
great gap in the prospective popula-
ton remains untitled.
So the learned materialists of
France are turning to polygamy as
remedy.
1t is strange that students of his
tory and biology should assume that
such a remedy is essential. It will
only introduce a greater evil than
temporary decline of population. 1t
WI add the last evil element to the
relation between the sexes in France
which is quite unnecessary as anv
careful students of history will show.
If there were legitimate marriage
union between the remaining men of
France and an equal number of WON.
en- living Gods law for the family. in
one generation the male population
would be restored.
This has been proved over and over
again. An excess of male births al
ways follows a war which has re-
duced the number of men below the
point of equilibrium. Physicians in
many localities report that out of
five births now there are four male
children.
All through the ages the Lord has
had His own way of taking care of
this matter. II is as IL he were writing
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
REEDSBURC boy
STARS In GAME
AT MADISON

Lawrence Reuland, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Reuland of Reedsburg and
formerly of Baraboo. was easily out
standing star in the University of
Wisconsin football game between
Freshmen and Sophomores on Fri
day Afternoon resulting in a Z to 7
tie.
Mr.. Reuland distinguished himself
In football when a member of the
Reedsburg High school and is cap
tain and quarterback of the U. w.
freshmen team. He is an all around
player and can kick, run, and pass
with the best of players. Indications
are. that the Reedsburg lad will
prove good varsity material for next
year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23

no means at the top of the number
of achines per capita. Perhaps they
will keep on multiplying, making
more acute a situation that is bad
enough now. When on a 160 mile
trip out of Springfield one encounters
a costly reconstruction project at an
average of about every 10 miles, one
is impressed with the nigh cost OF
road making these days.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
Thursday November 3 1922
WIFE" WILL WE QUIT BUYING
AUTOMOBILES?

A statistical sharp in one OF the
motor magazines figures that the
saturatiOn point in automobile use
will not be reached in this country
until we are using 100000 cars
a fifty per cent increase over the pres
ent number says an exchange. This
would mean 100000 automobiles in
Wisconsin-or practically one car
for every four people.