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Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

the pipes
a machinist unbolts and removes
the generator and applies a new
one
a sheet metal worker reconnects
the pipes
electrician reconnects the wires
each machine has helper.
This, operation required six meI
whose work prior to the advent of Mr.
McAdoo was usually performed by a
machinist and helper and in times
of emergency was performed by a
handy man.
Output in the shopcrafts was fur
ther diminished by changing men
from day work to piece work under
an order of Mr.. McAdoo that went in
to effect July, 1918. Under private
control 2096 of the men in passenger
car repair shops and $50 of the men
in freight car repair shops were on a
piece work basis. Several roads have
computed what the change has
amounted to them in decreased eff
cheney. Car repairers' efficiency went
down 41%o, air brake repairers' eff
cheney 1870, passenger car painters
efficiency 259o, brass foundry work.
ers' efficiency 11%o. Under Mr.. McAdoO
it took a painter two hours longer to
paint a locomotive and % hours long
er to paint a freight car. In one boiler
shop the average time on several
kinds of characteristic work increas-
ed 1920 and the output of the shop
diminished 24%o. In blacksmith shop
the time went up $3.50 and the output
went down 269o. In paint shop the
time went up 429o and the output di-
minished 300.
Output Limited to Nothing
While conditions have been bad in
the building trades, it remained for
Mr.. McAdoo to promulgate a rule
whereby a mans output, although he
remained on the payroll, could be
limited to nothing. Rule 27 of the So
called National Agreemen contains
this section: "In the restoration of
forces, senior laid off men will be Civ
en- preference of unemployment, if
available, within a reasonable time,
and shall be returned to their former
positions" A certain road had a car
repairer whose defective eyesight ex-
posed him and his fellow workers to
serious risk. The company offered
him employment if any competent
oculist passed" his vision. Otherwise
the foreman would not reinstate him.
Following hearing and under the
rules, he was ordered back to work,
awarded $1,000 in back wages and, in
addition, 1721a hours overtime at
$1.O2 an hour for extra compensation,
being the sum earned by his gang
during the time he was out Of ser
vice.
The whole phase of the trade union
situation is nicely epitomized in
song sung by Samuel Gompers at a
of the American Fedora
tion of Labor and printed on the in
side cover of the Federation's report
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
DID YOU
EVER STOP
TO THINK
DID YOU
EVER STOP
TO THINK

THAT the people who are proud Of
their own home city are the people
who believe that their city can be
made better and bigger city by the
BETTER BUSINESS route.
THAT when old age comes they
know their only security is what they
have saved and invested wisely.
THAT their margin Of safety would
be reduced if their city did not de-
velop and grow.
THAT better business and those
things that tend to make better bus1-
ness build city.
THAT success in business is often
a matter of courtesy and the right
kind of advertising.
THAT a careless, Indifferent, dis
courteous employee often drives much
business away.
THAT the merchant who is cour-
teous enough to advertise, has cour-
teous employees.
THAT it is best to buy advertised
THAT you can pay more but you
can't get more when you buy the other
kind.
THAT no matter what you want to
buy, you can save time and money by
reading the advertisements.
THAT IT is ABOUT AS HARD TO |
PUT PEP INTO SOME BUSINESS
MEN AS IT is TO PUT LIFE INTO |
A WOODEN INDIAN.
E. R. WAITE, Secretary.
Shawnee, Okla, Board of Commerce.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
DELAWARE ACRES SEED IN
WHEAT FOR 1928 CROP

"The area sown to winter wheat in
Delaware this fall is estimated at
100000 acres, which is 1000 acres less
than in the fall of 1921" says the
Crop Statistician in Baltimore for the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture.
Conditions on December l was rs
per cent against SO on December list
last year, and a 10-year average of 81
per cent. Farm price per bushel on
December is reported by the farm
ers at 108 cents, compared with SO
cents same day a year ago.
"The area soWn to rye this fall in
Delaware totaled abouc ALSO acres,
about 95 per cent Of that of last fall.
Condition on December 1 averaged SO
per cent, against 81 year ago, and
10-year average Of SO.
According to the statist, the de-
crease in acreages and low condition
due to the very dry fall, which him
dered preparation of the land and
termination. Some farmers say they
are discouraged over the low price
wheat fetches nowadays, and have
curtailed paintings accordingly.
The decrease in wheat acreage and
the low condition of both crops he
attributes to the very dry fall, which
hindered preparation of the land and
termination of grain planted. And in
some quarters farmers are plainly
discouraged about the price the cereal
is commanding nowadays, alleging it
does not pay.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
By Herbert Hoover

interested is far higher and far
more precious a thing than all
these. It springs from something
infinitely more enduring; 1t springs
from the one source of human pro-
gress-that each individual shall be
given the chance and stimulation
for development of the best with
which he has been endowed in
heart and mind; it is the sole source
of progress; it is American individ-
ualism.
The rightfulness of our individ-
ualism can rest either on philoso-
phic, political, economic or spirit
ual grounds. It can rest on the
ground of being the only safe ave-
nue. to further human progress.
From the instincts of kindness,
pity, fealty to family and race; the
love Of liberty; the mystical yearn-
ings for spiritual things; the de-
sire for fuller expression Of the
creative faculties; the impulses of
to community and nation,
are moulded the ideals of our peo-
pie. And the most potent force
in society is its ideals. If one were
to attempt to delimit the potency of
instinct and ideals, it would be
found that while instinct dominates
in our preservation yet the great
force of progress is right
ideals. It is true we do not real
lie the ideal; not even a single per-
son personif1es that realization. It
Is therefore not surprising that Soc
lety, a collection Of persons, a necs
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
NEW PORT PLANNED FOR SOUTH
JERSEY
Three Large Piers for Cape May, With
Ferry Service in Addition.

Important terminal developments
are being planned for south New
Jersey port, probably Cape May, ac-
cording to an announcement by Chap
man C Fisher, Philadelphia architects
and engineers, says the Nautical Ga
zette.
They will construct a coaling pier
and two 700-foot covered piers for the
storage of grain, package freight and
bulk oil. Stockholders controlling the
operation will meet late this month
to decide on materials to be used. Bids
probably will be asked next February.
The same firm, the Gazette says, also
has been commissioned to construct
two ferryboats for service between
Delaware river ports in addition to
contracts for dredging and wharves.
About $4,000 is to be spent for jet
ties at Cold Spring Inlet leading into
the landlocked harbor of Cape May.
A contract has been awarded the
Star Construction Company Of New
York, to deliver $500 tons of stone for
the jetties, which will be surfaced
with concrete.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

essary maze Of compromises, can
not realize it. But that it has
ideals, that they revolve in a sys~
tenn that makes for steady advance
of them is the first thing.
With the growth Of ideals through
education, with the higher realiza-
tion Of freedom, Of Justice, of hu.
manity, of service, the selfish inn
pulses become less and less domin-
ant, and If we ever reach the mil
lennium, they will disappear in tina
aspirations and satisfactions of pure
altruism. But for the next several
generations we dare not abandon
self-ihterest as a motive force to
leadership and to production, lest
we die.
The will-o'-the-wisp of all breeds
Of socialism is that they contem-
plate a motivation OF human ami.
mails by altruism alone. It neces.
sitates a bureaucracy of the entire
population, In which, having oblit.
Grated the economic stimulation OF
each member, the fine gradations OF
character and ability are to be ar
ranged in relative authority by bal
lot or more likely by Tammany
Hall or Bolshevist party, or some
other form of tyranny. The proof
of the futility Of these ideas as a
to the development and
of the individual does not
lie alone in the ghastly failure OF
Russia, but it also lies in our own
failure in attempts at nationalized
Industry,
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
AND FARMER PAYS THE BILL

The burdens on the railroads and
hence on the public were further in
creased by creation of what came to
be known in ridicule as "McAdoo me-
chanics. Here is an illustration. A
New England railroad, employed a IT.
year-old boy in upholstery department
of it's shops. His duties had consist
ed wholly of stripping the plush from
the seats of passenger coaches, beat
ing out the dust, and turning it over
for replacement in the cars. The skill
ed upholsters in that shop had been
annoyed over condition of their glue
heated in pots placed over openings
in heaters much like ordinary stoves.
Pieces of chip glue were dropped in
to the pots on the range for melting,
and in order that the consistency of
the glue might be right, the uphols-
terers asked the boy, who had a great
deal of idle time on his hands, to give
some attention to the glue range. The
boys case finally came before board
of adjustment. On hearing, it develop
ed that only an up holsterer could give
any attention to the mixing and heat
ing of glue. The board, therefore, rul-
ed that the boy was first-class up
holsterer and awarded him $1,000 in
adjusted compensation.
This boy received his additional
compensation under Director General
McAdoo's notorious Supplement No. 4
to General Order No. 27, dated July 25,
1918, with nuemorus supplements and
interpretations which followed. An
other illustration under this order
will be given. The man who prepares
car for the repairmen-thati is, who
takes the screws out from the seats
and racks and removes the racks and
seats was formerly a handy man. No
mechanical skill was required of him,
but he was known among his fellows
as a "stripper." The order made any
man who worked "above the trucks"
of a car a skilled mechanic with cor
responding pay. Prior to federal con-
troll many thousand of these HANDY"
men were paid little more than wages
of common labor. But under Mr.. Nc
Adoo's order they received IS cents
an hour, with time and a half for
overtime.
Pres. Smith of New York Central
stated that because Of abolition of
piece work and adoption of the Ma
tional Agreements maintenance Of
equipment on this road in 1920 re-
quired a personnel 60.39o in excess of
1915, and invilved an increase in ex-
penditure of 1870 during a period
when mileage output increased only
go.
Six Men on One Mans Job
Under the rules suggested by the
unions and adopted by Director Cen
eral McAdoo the following men were
invilved in removing and replacing a
headlight generator on locomotive: |
electrician disconnects the wires
a sheet metal worker disconnects |
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
MUST USE SUBSTITUTES FOR AN
THRACITE, DELAWARE STATE
COAL COMMISSION WARNS

The people MUST USE SUB
STITUTES for anthracite coal
or 90 cold. The truth is that
sufficient anthracite cannot be
secured to meet the present de-
mands, and only by the use of
some substitute in one form or
another can the situation be re-
lieVed.
BITUMINOUS or BUCK
WHEAT Goals, or COKE will
burn in any form of steam or
hot water furnaces, hot air
heaters, stoves and kitchen
ranges ARGUMENT TO THE
CONTRARY NOTWITHSTAND-
ING. 1t is a case where CO.
OPERATION, NOT ARGUMENT
will enable you to keep warm.
No deliveries of egg, stove,
chestnut and pea sizes will be
permitted to stores, garages, Of
five buildings, etc.
Deliveries of these sizes will
only be made to hOusehOlders
for domestic purposes, and must
be accompanied in all cases,
with the exception of pea coal,
with 25 per cent of substitutes.
Refusal to accept such deliv-
cries with substitutes will pre-
vent further deliveries of an
thracite coal whatever.
FOR THE PUBLIC WELL
FARE LET ALL COOPERATE.
LEON WALKER,
Chairman,
Delaware Coal Commission.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

Herbert Hoover, Chairman Of the
A. R. A., inaugurated the clothing
package system, which is similar to
the food remittance that has saved
millions Of lives, after it had been
reported to him that thousands of
children were unable to face the
cold Russian winter with their
scanty garments and that many In
almost every community could not
come to the feeding kitchens to get
their daily ration.
The clothing material packages
may be bought from the American
Relief Administration, AZ Broadway,
New York City, in twenty dollar
unit& Purchasers may designate 70
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29


principles and spirit Of Old World
individualism and that which we
have developed in our own country.
We have, in fact, a special social
system Of our own. We have made
it ourselves from materials brought
in revolt from conditions in Europe
We have lived it; we constantly i'm
prove it; we have seldom tried to
define it. It abhors autocracy and
does not argue with 1t, but fights it.
1t is not capitalism, or socialism, or
syndicalism, nor a cross breed Of
them. Like most Americans, I re-
fuse to be damned by anybody's
rd-classification of it, such as
Capitalism, "plutocracy", PRO
letariat", or ''middle-class'', or any
other, or to any kind of compart-
ment that is based on the assump-
Aon of some group dominating
somebody else.
The social force in which I am
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

A shipload Of textile materials
provided by relatives and friends in
the United States for the ragged Of
Russia and the Ukraine through the
clothing remittance plan Of the AM
erican Relief Administration, has
sailed from New York.
Forty thousand Of these clothing
material packages were aboard.
American Relief Administration
workers will deliver them to the
shivering in every part Of Russia
and the Ukraine. They will reach
by fastest possible delivery the per-
sons for whom they have been de-
hgnated by the sympathetic rela-
Eives and friends In America. Other
Shipments win follow,
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
Could Do Without Her.

James uncle was just married, and
he child's mother was attempting to
explain to her that Ruth, the young
bride, was no longer just Ruth, but
was now to be called "Auntie Ruth"
The child was perplexed and seemed
unable to grasp the change in family
relationship. After long pause she
sighed and said: "Never mind, moth
er, have enough aunties now. don't
need her"
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

whom they wish them sent and the
A. r. A., will deliver them. Each
twenty dollar package contains
nearly five yards of dark warm wool
cloth, sufficient for one suit for an
adult and two garments for a child;
yards Of lining; 16 yards of mus
lin sufficient for suits Of UNDER
wear; yards Of fiannelette sufic-
lent for two mems shirts or wom-
ems shirt waists and buttons and
thread to make up these garments.
Packages bought for forwarding to
Russia not marked for any desig-
mated individual will be given to
the most needy cases, and the
A. r. A. has asked for general res
uSf gifts through this medium.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
prettu So announcement.

-"SignOr Bambino bends
railway rails Of three yards long into
two right angles. If anyone present
has a railway line Of the requisite
length on him Signor Bambino win
perform the feat here and nowu
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

for 1920. Two lines of this ditty fol-
low:
Whether you work by the piece or
work by the day,
Decreasing the hours increases the
pay"
Boston News Bureau.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
Whatever m,

Whatever may
be the case with
regard to Old
World individ-
ualism (and we
have given more
back to Europe
than we received
from her) the
truth that is i'm
portant for us to
grasp to-day is
that there is a
world of differ
aOca hefWeen the
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
PENSION RISE AS CHRISTMAS GIFT
FOR VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR

A generous increase in Uncle Sans
pension allowance to Civil and Mexi-
can war survivors was a Government
Christmas present to the veterans and
their widows.
Legislative action was completed by
Congress on the Bursum bill to in
crease their pensions-the veterans
from $50 to $72 month and widows
from $50 to S50-and Senator Bursum,
Republican of New Mexico, rushed the
bill to the White House so that it
could be signed by President Harding
and become law by Christmas Day.
The Spanish War veterans should
be cared for next.
Highest Earthly Joy.
When the power of tmparting joy is
equal to the will, the human soul re
quires no other Shelley.
Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
IdeaEsn1 Is Bed Rock of Americas Progress; n.y."
u S. Has GiUen More Oft Than She Has Received
From Old World, Says Hoover, Defining Our Society
tl

the
Doubleday Page Co. from american IudyiduGs" book
Herbert HOOUer
humanity by americans Of all political beliefs
of american iisenshp pGndc UiHzah0n.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-10-03
NAV N0ljo|k&W6sterl
Schedule in Effee. April soth, 1922.

Schedule in Effect April 30th, 1922
Trsins Leave Charles Town. W. Va.
NO. 10. SOUTHBOUND
S.43 A. M, For Basic. Natural Bridge. Roa
noke. Bristol and intermediates
stations. Parlor (Broiler) to
Bristol and connected at Roa-
noke with Through Sleeper to
Columbus, Cincinnati &
Chicago.
NO 81
% p M For Shenandoah and all Inter-
mediate points.
K2,29 a. m Stop to let of from CONNECTING
lines at Hagerstown or Shen-
andoah Junction. or to take on
passengers for Basic or beyond
Sleeper to Williamson and
Winston-Salem, N. G. Dining
Car.
NO. 20. NoRTHBoUND.
Leave Charles Town.
q no IA For Hagerstown and interme
WV "a W. date stations. Connects at
Shenandoah Junction with B.
4 o. for Washington. Also
connects at Hagerstown with
Penn System for Harrisburg
and points north.
NO. IL.
6.VO +. M. FOR Hagerstown and intermed-
late stations. Parlor Car 70
Hagerstown and Sleeping Car
Hage-stown to Phiiadelphia
H11.64 q. mSSop to let OF from Basis o.
beyond or to take on passen-
gers for connecting lines at
Shenandoah Junction or Ha9-
Rates, schedules and additional information
FINISHED upon application to Agents Of the
Railway, or
". B. BEvILL, w. O. sArNnrps
Gent Pass Agent Pass Trsfic Ner.
Roanoke. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-10-03
THOMAS }. NORRIS.

BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
For sale, several building lots at
the old Allstadt Toll Gate, sizes and
Terms to suit purchasers. Prices
Reasonable. Apply to
w. H. Wiltshire,
mar. zS-u. MilIville, w. W..
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
MOTHER! OPEN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little one will love the "fruity"
taste Of California Fig Syrup" even IL
constipated, bilious. irritable, feverlsh.
or full of cold. A teaspoOnful never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels.
In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly 1t works all the
sour bile, and undigested food out of
the bowels and you have a we'll, play
full child again.
Millions Of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu.
Inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother
You must say y California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertise-
ment
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
No Society News There.

Living life Of isolation on Palmyra
island, n lonely atOll more than 100
miles south of Honolulu, u family COM
posed Of two men and one woman
were discovered by the United States
eagle boat No. 4. which recently re-
turned from visit and an aerial sur
vey Of the island. They were trying
to start cOpra plantation. The wom-
an. who was III. returned to Honolulu
for medical treatment. The island 10
fur outside the regular steamer paths
and has no wireless or other regular
communication with the outside world.
Dearborn Independent.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
Compiled sy JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ETTER than all printed biographies
arc the renewals and combinations
Of the lives Of greater men In the
lives Of tho less. No other Ameri.
can. and very few men Of any nation
OF period have entered 10 intimately
into the personal experience Of mil.
lloas a. Abraham Lincoln. The
words OF him who never had year
In school are used In teaching col.
le0o stutipnts the hiRheNt DO00lblll.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
IN BUYING ASPIRIN
ALWAYS SAY "BAYERn
Look for the Name "eaysr" on Tab
lets, Then You Need
Never Worry.

"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" can he
taken safely for Colds, Headache.
Toothache. Earache. Neuralgia, Lum-
bago, rheumatism. Joint Pains, Neurj.
It's. and Pain generally.
To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package Of "Bayer Tablets IT
Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross. ;.
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
uine. world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-ope
observation-disclosures
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
rhr.. Mind. With but On. Though

Three Minds With but One Thought.
Sutton (anxiOus for chance to pro.
pOse)-Look here, Bobby. II you'll see
that no one comes into the cOnserva.
tory for half an hour I'll give you a
dollar.
Bobby-Gee! Three dollars! Easy
money!
Suitor-How's thatf
Bobby-Why. one from you. one
from sister and one from mother
Boston Transcript.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
GLAD SHE TOOK THE
DOCTORS ADVICE
u Yss As iEns, You Cannot Afford 70
Ovsrlosk Ons Wesd d This

Kerens, Texas-"Seventeen years ago
had woman's trouble. went to our
family physician and be told me to get
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that
it was q good a. anything be could Pve
me. l got one bottle and read directions
in pamphlet, and decided that needed
the Lotion Tablets and the Healing Sup
positories, too. A few bottles of Dr..
Pierce's Prescription and the use Of the
Lotion Tablets and Suppositories cured
me sound and well Of women's trouble"
Mrs. D. T. Faughn, Route l, Box 90.
What Fsvorite Prescription has done
for Mrs. Faughn and Thousands Of other
nervous, rundown, wornout women it
should do for you. Get it today from
your neighborhood druggist, in tablets
or LIQUID,
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
canada's Fish Industry.

Last year the fish products OF her
two coasts netted to Cana!u the sum
Of SIG, 1904. The industry gfres en-
plOyment to between $1,000 and l0O,-
600 workers. OF whom about 10000 IRE
engaged in the sea fisheries, about
10000 In the fresh water fisheries. and
the remainder in canning. curing and
otherwise preparing the product for
the market.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
GQDMEDAl.
~ ,'! o.

Ths worlds standard ssGsdy ses 6dnsys
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, the
snsn,iss Of hfs and Iooks. In ~ since
l6o& An druggists, three Gaxss.
- 6N H. aans Csld Ms4A - sVas1 80
~ eeeeoH - i0iaafiaa
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
Reason for His Preference.

Reason for His Preference.
Richard was fond OF n neighbOr and
liked to spend the greater part Of
every day At her home.
One day I said:
"Why. Richard, I believe you like
Mrs. Ford better than mother"
"Well." he replied. ''she isn't always
washing me up"
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
What Kind Of Importsr1

YES" said the prosperous-l looking
man In the smoking car. II have bust.
ness connections In Cuba"
"You'd better specify what they are"
said perfumery salesman. "NOwa-
days a man who makes statement
like that Is open to suspicion"
mingham Age-Herald.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09
1aetfut.

1aetfui.
"Why did he not accompany you to
the theater. instead Of sending tickets
for yourself and mOther1"
ut was not the kind OF show" an
swered Miss Cayenne. (which would
permit q gentleman to feel at ease In
the presence Of ladies'"