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, 1922-12-29
Reasonable Punishment

HERMANY is rich in raw materials and the prise
" of labor in that country is low. Having beef
established in most peoples minds as the instiga-
tor of the war, she should certainly be made to
make good for the havoc she wrought. But to
think that she can pay in cash, in the brief period
of years stipulated in the Versailles treaty, an
amount of money equal tc half of her national
wealth is absurd. Therefore, it would not only be
just, but economical to put a requirement upon
her which she can meet.
1t would seem to be a Reputation of the Spirit
in which the war was fought If German territory
were invaded as punishment for failure to pay
which she has not. On the other hand,
building up of the devastated area by German
workmanship and materials under allied direction
would relieve the great mass of the peoples in these
countries from being bled IN taxes for this work, a
share of which is certain to go for graft.
If the war, was as we were told, one for human.
ity," should We forget that the great mass of the
German people arc human? Absolute world Justice
can not be melted out by Partially to any nation or
discrimination against any other. If the govern
ment of Germany was wrong, punish it and be sure
that it is sufficiently changed, so that a recurrence
of the trouble is not likely. Require the German
people to make good for the wrongs committed by
them by order of their government. But do not let
us allow a spirit of hatred to permeate our minds
which shall work toward a violation by force on
our part of a people as innocent on the whole as
was when she was invaded.
, 1922-12-29
volstead's Toast.

Sweet. beautiful water-brewec IA
he running brook the ripping foun-
tain and the Juggling ril,-in the lin
Did cascade. as it joyfully leaps down
the s-de o.! the mountain. Brewed
n yonder mountain top. whose gran.
Re peak glitters like gold bathed in
the morning sun-brewed in the
rested a of the ocean deeps.
iriven by the storm. breathing its
terrible anthem. TO the God of the
Faa-brewed in the fleecy foam and
he whitened spray as it hangs like a
speck over the distant cataract
hrewed in the clouds of heaven: sweet
beautiful wateri Al It sings In the
rain shower and dances in the hail
storm-as 1t comes sweeping down in
eathery flakes. clothing the earth IN
4 sDotless mantle of white. Distilled
n the golden tissues that paint the
western sky at the setting OF the sun,
and the silvery tissues that veil the
midnight moon-sweet. hea.th.giving.
beautiful waterl Distilled In the rain
bow Of promise, whose warc % the
raindrop Of the earth and whose woot
Is TIE sunbeam OF heaven, sweet,
beautiful water"
, 1922-12-29
Disparity in Prices.

CONTINUING obstacle to the profitable en-
a ployment Of all the eountry's productive equip
ment is an imperfect adjustment Of prices of farm
products to other prices. a year ago average prices
of farm products, as measured by the Labor Blu
reau index, were, relative to the 1913 levels. about
Ia per cent below the average for all commodi-
ties included in the index. The net effect of sub
sequent changes has heen to reduce the spread NJ
prices Of farm products below the ~all-commodities
average TO about s per cent. This maladjustment
of prices restricts the ability of the rural people
to buy the products of the industries.
Various measures intended to benefit the farm
ers have been proposed. Believing that the irksome
features OF the farmers economic position have
their origin to n considerable degree in the work
ings of the established mechanism of credit, some
students of the problem have suggested that it may
he advisable TO modify the administration OF the
Federal Reserve System.
Among the plans which have beea proposed 10
make credit available to tho farmers on terms
which will better serve their needs is one that IN
cludes the extension of the Fc6c-al Reserve redis-
count term on agricultural paper 10 nine months
and the establishing of intermediary loaning ma
chinery in the form of Farm Loan banks TO oper-
ate in conjunction with the Farm Land banks.
with a capitalization of $1,000, 900 each, and with
power TO loan funds up TO ten times the amount of
such capital. and with power 70 issue debentures.
This plan contemplntes the establishing of one such
Farm Loan bank in each of the twelve Federal
Reserve districts.
Other friends of the farmers would force sweep
ing reductions in freight rates, regardless of the
already inadequate earnings of the railroads. But
it should be borne in mind that the immediate iE-
terests of one element in the business community
cannot be served at the expense of the rest without
ultimately ~injuring all. Any essential disadvan-
tages under which the American farmer may be OPP
Grating, however, are remediable without resort to
extreme measures. He will fare better as his mar.
home he can benefit by improved marketing sys-
TENS.
, 1922-12-29
Brain Power of Pets.

When a lady walks up to a pet tom
cat. sitting on a chair looking bored.
ane says to him: Wei. him WINS n
poor old fellal Him was sitting there
begging Cor n rpool to play With
Look at him-look at him asking for
u spool TO play With hoes she really
think that cat has a spool in mind as
he sits there and is in a conscious ef-
fort to make somebody bring him
one?
The answer is yes. Yes. she does.
Women-and men. too-will coax
themselves int believing things
a dumb animal that are enough
to mako acquaintances despair of
their sanity II 1t We're not for the fact
that the friends cut up just as queer.
ly themselves and are therefore
numb against seeing anything wrong
in anybody else.
You see 1t everywhere. Probably
there isn't a man or woman IN Amer
lea who keeps 4 pet that e
not credit that pet with a supply of
brains which. II it really had them,
would give It such n headache it
would lie dow, and die.
The most learned people make the
same mistake as easily as people who
wouldn't be expected to know any
better anyway. We know a certain
wise woman She is so wise that she
is an old maid. She Is a teacher and
lives IN one room and she keeps a cat
that she calls Oofypoofy.
Oofypoofy Is q ~bonehead. He is a
bonehead even for n cat. He simply
hasn't n glimmer on any subject
Whatsoever. Yet this woman. She
will be sitting in her room reading n
book WHEN o%ofypoofy jumps up on a
chhir and gazes out of the window.
There will be nothing u of h win
dow to gas at except the sky. and
oofypoofy would not have brains
enough to gaze at It even If there
were. But this woman cries: Look
at himl The cunnin' rascal He sees
the snow is getting soft and he is
longing for the spring"
Or another time oofypoofy will be
sitting out on the fire escape. anc
Will presently take a look inside h
room and utter a fatuous yawp. Now
his mistress Will peer back out at
him and notice that 1t is raining and
that Oofypoofy is getting tolerabiy
damp.
Well. does It occur to her that IT
has been raining for probably an
hour and that her cat has thus estab-
ushed that he hasn't the brains to
come in when It rains? Or doe h
anaiyze the situation even further
and say to herself that I'm fact h
animal hasn't even the brains TO ap-
preciate when It is raining?
Not on your lifel She rushes TO II
window and grabs that sponge OF a
cat and brings IT in to put a mustard
master on Its chest. And when It has
gone to sleep in her bed and begins
10 look as though it would throw of
the pneumonia germs after all. h
whispers: HE is such a good boyi
Hs is so selrsacrifioing! Did you
notice it?-how he hates 10 disturb
me when I had company"
II does beat all.
, 1922-12-29

Congress. beware There moves with.
In the land
An Unrest that ye viii: not under.
stand:
But 1t is a potent grows with days
of stress
And never Will It low he lad unless
Thy tongue. in answer to the sum;
non clear.
Speaks out the WORD that mancind
holds most dear.
Now that the war is done and peace
declared,
Mankind insists 1t ever must be
spared
The untold agony of heart and brain.
And needless wars must never come
I count one soldier slain in needless
OF greater moment than the petty
laws
You Maggie with from dny to day
And show the people that the finer
clay
america was made of is run out
And Congress has become a speaking
bout.
The mold is yet of a heroic SIZE.
Yet soft has grown the texture, Gull
the eyes
with Wisdom banished from the
mighty clan.
Who erstwhilc moved for liberty and
man.
b, Frank Hays.
, 1922-12-29

then torn apart with difficulty and made again
into yarn and cloth.
we do not object to the use Of shoddy in making
clothes. As a matter Of foes it Is a goc[ thing
that IL is used But we do Of1s;t to the misleading
OF INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers that
lead the public TO believe that il is getting new.
virgin wool when il is told that n cloth is Of all
WOOL Any manufacturer will tell you that all
wool doesn't near vey much.
THE wool growers believe that the public is en-
titled TO know when it is buying shoddy and when
II Is buying virgin wool. Prices OF wool have been
such that there has been no profit in The raising Of
sheep for wool, and this has been partially due 10
the TACT that manufacturers have been able TO use
very large percentages Of shoddy or revoked wool.
and the public has not known the difference. II
they did not 10 this, we believe that the present con
ditions. which result in low prices TO the wool grow
er for his wool, would be Bothered and at the same
time the public would be benefited by n knowledge
of what II is getting. The French Capper bill, while
II is not perfect, win go a long way toward bring
Ing about a change in conditions"
, 1922-12-29
Piracy to Date.

CAD INDEED is the lot of the bold adventur-
y ers that are devotiug themselves TO the altruis-
+3c work Of bringing up from the West Indies re
lief for Americans, who, judging from their hoarse
outcries, are suffering, if not dying OF thirst-a
death. which is we'll known, is the most terrible OF
all fortunes.
Not only are these philanthropists harassed by
unfeeling officials afloat in small but swift cratt.
They would not complain much ot that, 1t beng a
foreseen part of what might be called natural con
ditions, and no cause of either surprise or lLi"li:
Far worse Is it that now, as they lie peacefully off
shore at the covenanted distance that is supposed
TO give safety, they are assailed by other ana mercer
enemies-enemies who, without warrant OF law or
thought of equity, come sailing or steaming or gas
dining out from land, not to buy, not to arrest, not
to do anything explicable or justifiable, but as
mere pirates, armed and eager for treasure.
These villains do not fly the Jolly Roger, though
they should do so. AS they approach they pretend
TO be purchasers, but after they have boarded a
schooner, in what might be called the Fleet of Ale
Walton. they draw large impatient pistols OF the
automatic strain and proceed to help themselves.
If they only took samples of bahama wares Tor
immediate consumption it would be bad, but not
so had. They take and take and take, by the case,
instead of by the bottle, till their boats are loaded
deep. Then away they go, jeerlng and leering-
with never a cent paid and no possible chance OF
reprisal.
These pirates, indeed, may have their troubles
later with minions of the law, and their loot may
he taken away from them, but there is no salts
faction in that for the victims of their depreda-
tons. At any rate there is no compensation in 1t,
nothing to restore lost profits, for the gentlemen
from the Bahamas all suffer from a phobia for
nolicemen and courts and never appeals TO them
for aid.
Tins does crime go unpublished, though the law
pretends to have n remedy for every wrong!
, 1922-12-29
Matter of Diet.

DR.. L. V. Mccoilum. Jcsins Hop.
kins professor and leading nutrition
specialist Of the country, has found
what the ancieuts sought n valn-a
method OF keeping beautiful and
Young.
It's very simple. says Or. Mecollum
In the January number OF McCalTs
Magazine. Eat wisaly-and you'll
preserve your youth and good looks,
Everyone wants TO be young.
healuhy. attractive says DR.. SicCol-
lum. THE only question Is, how sin
cerely Ices everyone want it?
Foremost in Importance in main.
tanning these desirable personal quail.
,ties. are proper food. bodily cleanii.
ness-both internal and external
and proper est.
Beauty must come from the inside
ont. This means living according to
the rules of health, eating a proper
ly safeguarde6 diet, M always max
Ing sure that there is a condition of
internal cleanliness.
"What is wrong with the typical
American diet? Not SO much wha is
eaten, but what is not eaten. Meat,
bread. potatoes. sugar and desserts
consisting largely of starch and SUI
gar. all too often make up by far
the greater part of our meals. All of
these are good foods. put a diet com
posed wholly Of them does lot supply
enough of certain mineral elements.
such ,as the bones are made of; II
does not furnish enough bulk and
many times 1t utterly fails To provide
sufficient vitamines. which we must
, 1922-12-29

get in our food IN c-asr to be At our
best.
1t is Just rais SOFT OF diet which
may Be responsible fof premature old
age.
at f. easy to learn hon to keep the
diet on the safe SIDE II involves no
learning q long and Intricate 'eaiory'
tab-cs. no great amount Of work or
effort II consists merely. as we
have explained in previous articles. in
making sure that each person . the
family has every Gay;
IA Quart OF milk or Its equiva-
lent In such forms a. coitaes cheese.
cheese. custards. Coos. milk toast,
creamed vegetables. leo cream. jun
ket. etc
1.-TWO salads every day-Per-
haps one for lunch or supper. and
one for dinner-wh.ch VIII supply
fresh. uncsoked fruits or vegetables
such as cabbage las II is served in
coiesiaw or cabbage salad. water
cress. lettuce, tomatoes. or
other fruits and vegetables whiS can
be sr-red raw.
"3.-one liberal portion OF some
, 1922-12-29
Gradually Coming Back.

THE YEAR now closing has been marked by sub
L stantial %betterment in the c%ountry's general
business situation. The fact that this program is
a continuation of movements begun in the preced-
ing year, following the drastic reaction which pro
duced widespread depression, has contributed to
the increasing confidence with which the problems
of readjustment have been met. On the other
hand the continued increase in production and
trade has been in some instances SO rapid as to
suggest that gaps in the underlying bases for
sustained progress are being overlooked or ig-
nored, with a consequent possibility that import
ant reyersals may be encountered earlier than
seems TO be generally expected
The improvement in business conditions has not
been one-sided. a. fullsS utilization of productive
equipment and increased output of commodities
to meet growing demands has been accompanied by
retirement in the credit situation-a strengthened
condition of the banks as a whole, though liquida-
ton of loans and the accumulation of adequate re-
serves. AS is usual, however, in the early stages
of the upward swing Of the business cycle, indus
tries share unevenly in the benefits of reviving ac-
fivity.
, 1922-12-29
Truth in Fabric.

GPEAKING of the Frcnch, Capper truth-infabric
~ bill now before congress-, DIR. j. NJ. Wilson, of
Converse county and one of the best informed wool
growers of the country, has said:
"The term 'all-wool is a misleading one. There
is as much difference between woods as there is be-
tween wines. 'Shoddy' also is a misleading term.
BY that term L mean that 'shoddy' does not mean
the same thing when used by the cloth manufact-
urer and the public.
"Shoddy has come to mean something cheap,
unfit for use through the manner in which the term
has been applied. To the wool grower and the cloth
manufacturer it means something distinctly differ
emit. Shoddy is wool which has been used more than
once, and there is as much difference in shoddy as
there is in the various grades of wool. A fine grade
wool which has been loosely woven into cloth and
then torn apart before subjected to use is a much
better grade of shoddy than is the shoddy which
started out as a lower grade of virgin wool, was
woven tightly into cloth, worn a long time ant
, 1922-12-29

cooked green Ieafy vegetable such a.
spinach. kaie. cabhass. beet tops. fur.
nip . or Brussels sprouts
When these rules have been con-
Pile with. the appetite may WITH
reasonable safety lie allowed TO de.
tsfe the rest q b menu or. N
cther words. see that the SALADS. the
green Vegetables and the mix Or
dairy rroducts are supplied and eatea
without fail: then go ahead ut vii
With the breads. cereals. potatoes
and meat. One more warning is neeE
ed. w eat IN America entirely to-
much sweet food. Il Is best to leavs
our consumption OK sweets until the
very sst thing In the meal. when We
viii not be inclined 70 cat too much
, 1922-12-29
Possibilities of Motion Pictures.

THERE is practically no limit to the field of pos.
sibilities of motion pictures. Aside from the
purely amusement or recreational purposes in
theaters, cox template the uses of pictures for edu.
cational advancement TO audiences Ia communities
large or small.
BY education, is not meant formal education, but
the larger Interpretation of the word, which would
include pictures which would bring home a lesson
and at the same time fill a recreational need. How
one may spread sunshine in the lives of others
might be made the basic theme of a picture fitting
the larger educational need. But the motion
picture may be applied equally as well to formal
education. There is scarcely any branch of for
NAL education that can not be Yisualized.
You may run down the list of academic subjects
mathematics, history, language, or what not
and there is some picture that will visualize them
all.
There is also a use for the motion pictures in
politics and industry. Through good pictures a
better attempt can be made to put over a candi.
date than by use of the old and outworn platform
and spellbinding methods.
American products are being displayed effect.
ively in South America by motion pictures. A rep
resentative of a large electric firm went to South
America and sold an order amounting to many
thousands of dollars through a small projecting
apparatus he used. 1t showed usually what he
could not have even sketched.
, 1922-12-29
The Casper Tribune's Program

Irritation pro,ec, west Of Casper to be auth0r'1''
complete and scientific zoninE system for t'
city OF Casper. zu-..t,o,
A comprehensive municipal and sehooi ~ ehil
NARY system. includin. swimming pools Tor 10" SN'
dr9n OF Casper. Ao,,.
Completion Of the established Scenic Route o9 ~
yard as planned by te county
dea Creek Falls and return ht,t.
Better roads for Natrona county n ""'
More Equitable freight rates for shppes OF tbs
REX Mountain region. aas more frequent train serS'
zee for Casper.
, 1922-12-29
The Old Time Wristers

In bygone days. the country round.
Both young and old. wherever found,
The fathers and mothers. bnothers
and sisters.
All wore their knitted. WOODEN
wrister5.
And many a little packet tied
At Christmas was a source OF pride,
For Miss and Mrs. knit for Misters
All sort of pretty wooden wristers.
Today a wrist watch takes their
place.
And marks the time upon its face;
It marks the time, but memory Wis
tas.
Tie days of knitted woolen wristersI
Gertrude Louise Small.
, 1922-12-29
Cockeyed Paterndlisis

lust as England is trying to get out of the mer.
~ chandising business on the demonstrated fact
that government business is done at a loss, an
American congressman comes forward with a pro
posal to have the United States operate stores for
its employees. Our own past experience is the same
as that of England, vet our paternalists will learn
by neither observation nor experience.
, 1922-12-29

Another step toward normaicy viii
be TO get I'd OF the word normally
and get Il back to normai.-Florlda
Tlmes-Union-
, 1922-12-29

Nan Marrie- After courtship Of
Forty Tears'-headline. Too feeble 20
hold out any longer.-Evansviie cour.
far
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-01-19
100000 Damage
In Fire At Douglas
Building Destroyed and One Man Is
Hurt During Conflagration

DOUGLAS, Ga, Jan. 15-Damage
estimated at 100000 and injury to
one man were caused here this morn
ing when fire ragged in the Vickers
building. J. ]. Pickren was slightly
hurt when he was thrown from his
office in the building to the ground
in an explosion which occurred while
he was attempting to save box of
currency in his office. The building
was virtually complete loss.
The fire which originated on the
second floor of the building, spread to
the Douglas Undertaking companys
establishment. Most OF the goods
were removed before they were dam
aged.
The Douglas Enterprise office was
damaged, but it was announced by the
editor that publication OF his weekly
paper will not be suspended.
Much damage was caused in the
store of the Watt Holmes Hardware
company.
A call was issued for the Fitzgerald
fire department, but the fire truck
had an accident near Ocilla. When
| another truck was obtained to carry
| chemicals to Douglas the fire was I'M
| der control.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-01-19
On The Mend Status
In Business Report
Firmness in Values Predicted This
Year That Was Absent In 1921;
Show Contrast

/ ATLANTA, January 1S-Declaring
that business is "on the men" bust
ness men here today point to the fact
that there will firmness in values
in 1922 that was absent in 1921.
They show, and it is not miss here
to put their picture into words, that
out of the chaos following the war
order is beginning to assert itself.
Here is the way they look at it:
1t looked a year ago as if we were
ruined in the South. The west was in
bad way, but the grain growers did
have the advantage of three years of
high prices.
The cattle growers were terribly
hit.
The automobile industry went to
the bad after breaking nearly all of
the retail dealers by forcing them to
take cars, pay cash for them and with
out orders from users Money became
tight.
Last Spring an Atlanta railroad man
went from New York to Chicago and
on the side tracks at terminals he saw
miles of dead engines. AS he passed
through factory towns he saw no
smoke from two thirds Of the chin
neys.
Last spring we in the south agreed
to starve through the summer and
see what the year would bring forth.
At the present time, with half the
month of new year already passed
conditions are better than we thought
they would be.
Last September the South moved
part of the old cotton at fair price
relatively. We sold some new cottor
at a fair price Then cotton went
off. But it is believed here that the
balance Of this seasons crop is going
to be sold somewhere around or {
little higher than present figures.
The lumber industry is improving
Slowly We have enormous food sup.
plies. We have no money for the mex
year, but we will surely not starve.
So, we of Georgia and the south are
going into this year in a much better
conition than we went into last year
There is way out for us. The roac
to better things is unobstructed, bu
we must be content to travel it slow
ly and patiently. We have got tc
work hard and work intelligent1y. w,
have got to be content with sma1le,
profits and less rewards for our labor
In other words we are doing yer,
well and we hope that the same goot
fortune will come to our neighbors il
the north and in the west