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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-18

There is a possibility that the federal
prohibition enforcement squad under
director Collins NJ. Graves may be in
creased by the appointment OF an adj
ditional man There are at present 10
persons employed in the department.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-21

ed out in The worsd, the open shop
movement may always be looked, for
when business is dull and unemploy-
.ment great 49, K. ..-.->s,.. : e.: )
= 1t Is, however, apparent that the
revival Of this movement. under the
name: of = the. American: plan,
launched with blazing; trnmpets in
the autumn of 1920. has been q dis
appointment to, its promoters: They
believed the postwar reaction and
unemployment would make progress
easy. The union leaders were fear
full it would cost them szheavvez5in
effort. money and membership. rzss
The promoters Of the open shop
sawsfit to linkxup,. the drive with
drives for lower. wages: 1 The TWO
becoming cynonymyus,p resistance in.
.eyttably. became greater. with the
support Of the workers newly tsor-.
Eanized under tho pressure OF war
conditions, :. rdinarily somewhat. or
a: doubtful factor, these new union.
lists were forced to stand by. their
organtEati s.., ! &. S. ].
} Generally speaking ]. It ! g. among
the. newly and moreloosely organized
that the open shop has made nsost
progress. S. The two: 81. table ex apis1ples
are. the seamen, WHOSE oreanixatlon
enjoyed tinpreced Tented growth dur.
'ingsthe var .and simms dtately 4thers-
after, and the mix ~ ial;o, Ion drivers
ofsNNsNlsY g Yorts nth HE. former .thsl
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TYPOS To.START
PRINTING. | ri SHOPS.
Payments In: Strike Funds
Would Support Shops and
elye Employment.

Five thousand modern printing
establishments, scattered throughout
the United States and Canada, could
be started with the funds Of the In
ternational Typographical union, ac-
,cording to plans being urged by the
Industrialist, monthly journal 'rlb-
lished by the Printers League for
Industrial Independence.
-: That John Mcfarland, president
Of the international, is in favor, OF
such an undertaking, is shown by his
recent statement to Toronto before
the board Of governors of the allied
printing trades, when he; said: /.
I'VE have made up our minds to
parallel employers who, are. fighting
us. We will be able to underbid
them and carry our losses through
the vast sums at our disposal. In
Toronto the lockout is costing us
$4,000 a month. With this. sum we
could: set up plant and: obtain the
maximum of output" E.5-.s.r.I ) :.
=. The Industrialist suggests that
'''once this movement is. started, the
employers, realizing that they are in
competition with men skilled II the
industry who are in position to do
business at q loss. IL necessary, will
hasten to make terms with the union
In order to. save: their equipment
from the junk dealer and their bank
balances from complete extinction -
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American :steamship owners have
been successful in setting up the
open shop largely because OF the
vast slump in shipping ard unprece-
.dented Unemployment. In; the case
Of the. latter tack Of aiscipline, It
NOT Qtssworse-led3 to 4 strike against
economic conditions n ther than en- :
ployers. There &s small roo;.. for
doubt the powers that be. in. the
American Steamship Qwners' .ksso-
:ciattoh wished aSstrike. ..,::: =: 81 81 s::s
To : lesser extent the clothing
.nantfaoture rers ~ Of 4 New York f.suc-
;ceed4d in their .struggle with ath1e
Amalkamated Clothing +. Workers.
iUnioh, which waxed tat and pow
erful making army informs, and.
IN. thu tpost-wars boom. civilian cloth
Ing. u 70 = great extent the Spe1
shop HfevatIs. III the men's Tclothtag
factories :xof { the city,, with Z indicA.
;ti0ns d. another reorsanixat ion .of
those employed. g = -. ). -.
=. On the other hand, nave II .Bos.
Stons, sin: Francascos ana rPhiladel
whore the bull lding trt1lild des hav6 been
on strike, 3attstnt 20 ~ S61t {.
open shop haYe not been Iysty
:eessf,il. Hero ..annad1 thsfS DE,ist
shop fightlng the shorter work kSN1ok.
has been success 61ul. tom Soiafil
ss.3 Becansssof .,ttll,ts aonI1 10
now directing their sne eilsSdss stola
tho seftinfs ulf 81 -
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under various names and plans. all.
efEkich emphasize independence OF
ne-elabors unions and all .of which
Are. projected. and. financed by the
employers. d; A. notable example .3is
afforded In packing. plants In Chi.
scasos whose employees are now on
strike against the efforts OF the COM
spH0y union imp posed; upon them. ;t:: ::
,zsFhe. packing houses are favored
5bysthe fact that the organization
/ therss is .; war baby by the un-
sempIoymentssi situation: the strong IL
tnancial position Of i tho companies
sena4the large amounts Of fresh meats
sans storage. II + .@ssa ~ 2.s!;;.E X
s. In the months Immediately ahead
ftt 70 probable the open shop cry.
/! Etll. be raised most vigorously when,
Rkss now seems likely. the expiration
,.of wage scales in hard and soft
kcoal fields on March 81 Is followed
by strikes. For that matter the Is.
ssus .isa now being raised by the op-
sSrAtoFs In sones coal fields. but, only
ass window dresstns'' sprelimiuary,
stos ths-dfscussions of wages. s..
|: 5 In sBostpn, where the open shop
slsassp put Into effect last spring in
t1s building tra der. after 8 most
expenayss strike, inegoti lions look
sSth stowards the q dclosed shop are.
g 4lrs9dy lnd e., way. n In the more.
KILLED trades.S som 81 # ths nunions.
4fesInfofcan1 10 seiosedE .ahops rule
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: Reflecting :unemploym ent ~condi-
tons in Duluth there were 800 men
on "a. jobilast;:Mo onday: mospinE look
ing, for work and5only fiyeEwere EN-
ployed:> a Bentley 8 Son, Of Toledo
sub-eontractors for the Brown Hoist
Machinery, company Of Toledo are
preparing to: erect a new. unload ding
bridge for the Boston Coal & Dock
company at Oneota. . -.
! This firm :: recently. completed. . 4
similar. bridge for the Northwestern
Fuel colnpany off Garfield avenue.
:WoEk was actually begun on the Bos--
ton dock bridge last Friday. The
company 10 awaiting the arrival Of
steel and It is> believed work we'll be
given g 50 iron WORKERS through the
winter. - ".,
With more than 500 men seeking
work as iron workers and only 80 to
be employed one may form some idea
OF tho, extent OF. unemployment IN
this city. Everywhere shout the
docks of the Boston company may be
seen posters, set up by: the erecting
firm reading: This Company is a
Member" of:sthe National Ersctbrs'
Association which indicates to
union .;;:men that it will not be a
union Job, r':':::'. ...r> ,~A
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BY John, J. Leary,. Jr:, II Ney York
World. .s :.

BY John, J. Leary, Jr:, II Ney York
World. = -,
Advocates Of the open shop op-
Grating under. the, most, favorable
conditions in d generation. made
small progress i'm 1914, with per
haps: the greatest disappointment in
the closing days Of the year by the
general understanding Msthe build
ing trades Of New York, that wage
agreements will be renewed in the
next few weeks old"a agreements
meantime remaining operative. -,,s
: Because Of local conditions, it was
expected that 1921 wopM See & gem
eral building strike or lockout in
New York, with an accompanying
open shop declaration. ,sIn: all: prob
ability it will. not develop, rs. con.
tractors and buildeEsaaS, q rule: pre-
fer to: do business NTH the unions,
and. there is an, unprecedented
amount OF work % trestle boards
Of the architects. ~; IL, 4 H.,
j: With. SO 1000, !, 900 in contracts on
It's books Of sdns process Of negotia.
'tion-understood to Ne the position
Of one OF the llar16r construction
companies-and, Will 3 the. smaller
ones having splendid prospects, the
cry OF open shop has little scharm.
For that mst teri. 4epeatedlyss point
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CALLS0N EAST
TO FIGHT BLOC
Wall Street Banking Firm Calls
on Big Business to Break
up Farm Compact.

NEW YORK. Jan. ia we'll
known banking firm in Broadway
calls on the east to fight the sem
ate farm bloc. whose Influence is
declared to be growing.
The bloc demands the creation of
a rural credit situation to permit
loans on commodities. This PRO
found ignorance Of common ccono-
mic. principles" appal these bank
ers, who remain silent when ship
owners are demanding not q loan
but an outright gift Of 100000, 900
Of the peoples money.
The farm bloc is also charged
with forcing the retention Of high
surtaXes in the revenue bill, con-
,trary to the advice of the president
and senate finance committee. Ar
other offense is the friendliness Of
members. of the bloc. to organized
labor.
''The situation has thus become
acute" moan the bankers. ."It is
inconceivable that the great east
ern business and banking interests
will endure for long the neddle-
some experimental Determinations
of politics dominated by the middle
west. Rather will relief be sought
at the polls. where, during the year
of 1892, .one-third. Of the member
ship Of the senate and the entire
membership Of the house are to be
....44444vbgk qcmfw mcmcm &C
elected.
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|! !ll''.! a VIZ. !
At / M||'P|T'Ilxik.
:WAGES0(Fl: 5 iboR
Meet in Minneapolis: I and Re.
solve; Workers MlII Have
Something to'Say About Il

The autocrats Of: the Minnesota
building. industry met IN 2Minneap-
oils this week and announced the
wage scale for building workers for
the year., The Citizens Alliances
Of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
were represented at the meeting and
they were on hand to see that, the
building employers did not return
to their first love.
While the employers fixed the
wage scale Of workers they made no
attempt to fix the prices they. will
pay for building material. They
have nothing" to say about SUCH an
important matter. Another combi-
nation takes care Of that. "a,
However, they assume the riiAt
to tell the workers in the .buildbg
industry what they will pay:in wages:
They have not given those workers
a. word to say. about it, which al!
sounds very well in resolutions or
on paper.
To agree upon a wage. scale lis
one thing. To put it into effect. Is
another: So far as Duluth is con-
cerned the autocrats' of the building
industry and the: Citizens Alliance
have failed miserably in their at
tempt to- compel the workers gen.
orally to. accept their terms. The
Carpenters union is about the only
building trades union to. agree to
the 20 per cent reduction Of the
employers. The other unions arc
still standing on the revised ware
scales they proposed last year..
Duluth suffered tremendously
from the "open shop: fight. The
building industry was para1yzed in
1921. This city is the only city in
the northwestern group which had
less building in 1921 than. in. 1920,
fact ,chargeable to the Citizens AL
lance and the "open shop move
ment. There was some small build
Ing, but It was done, largely by un-
lon men employed under union shop
? conditions. \, = =, s 5,
Now that, the unions have organ
lied a building and loan association
and a construction company Is BE-
ing formed; union labor will soon he
In a position to do its own building
and at a price tar below that CHARGED
by the non-union contractors. Du-
luth will be, saved by union, labor.
The big ."interlocxing directorate, )"
which has thus far bossed the busf-
ness of this city. has had its day.
1t was failure. The workers ex-
pect to permit all people*to share in
the benefits Of cooperative effort
and fair dealing.
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bUzz|N';
SETF0R REVOLT
Once More Nation is be Owe. 4.
thrown; First Step to Wreck
the A.F. oil, g.

New York. jan: 1s.-Once more
the nation is to be overthrown. The
usual preliminary will be to wreck
the A. F. Of L. -
The stage has been set. Blue
prints cover every detail. Pronun-
ctamentos have been issued. Organ
ization machinery is ready to start.
The one thing needed is dues ra:--
ing members. Then the high
to revolute will be- given by /.
leaders," ~
: All this wars arranged at a meet
ing in this city when q group Of
'.unions's dual to the "A. r. of L.
launched the general council of
united labor and indorsed the Rus
sian third International. The A. T..
Of L. organization system is used, ex-
cept, the control Of the new "union''
and power to remove subordinate Of
:ficialse is held by a small group. -
"A few OF the, members who are
denocratically inclined object to
this atltocracy, but they. are assured
that IT is necessary tor genuine revolt
l1tionists; to guard the movem ent
against exil-minded men who would
,sidetrack! the. great uprising.
No legitimate trade union would
dare apply this autocracy, but the
world savorss awe the multitude
for while. When the awakening
comes, another revolution. is started
on more scientific" lines and the
blue prints and pronounciamentos
are revised. -
The J, present. dualist movement
was Launched with the usual pleas
for unity Of labor and attacks On
''the Gompers ibureauc Gratis
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VESSEL OWNERS
ARE MONEY MAD
American Merchant Men Prof.
Iteer on Hunger at Expense
Of Starving Russians.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1e.-The
heartlessness of money-mad vessel
owners is again shown in their at
tempt to profiteer at the expense OF
starving Russians, for the relief Of
whom congress appropriated $780,
100000.
The act provides that American
ships shall transport the grain. and.
other supplies. Instead of meeting
this life-saving effort of the Ameri-
can people in the same spirit, the
ship owners jumped their freigh.
rates. which will decrease the amount
Of the appropriation that would act
ually reach Russians. 1t was stated
on the senate floor that. the rate
of % cents per 100 pounds to ports
on the Baltic sea has been increased
to ~ cents. Because of this greed,
the loss to starving Russians has
been estimated between ,$1,O0O,000
and $2.0O0,O00. with the resultant
death of thousands Of helpless peo-
pie. -:
1t is stated that government ships
will be used where possible, although
the repair Of idle ships will be .ex-
pensive. The government owns 400:
steel merchant vessels, and 3S2 az.
these are in operation on regular
| route. The remainder are idle and
are in need of repairs. it is stated.
This waste verines the position
taken by officers of the Internatior-
al Seamen's union, who have con-
tinuously urged the shipping board
to place sufficient men on the ships
to keep, them in repair. The union
lists have pointed out to the board
time and agin, that ship in opera
tion has a smaller repair bill than
one tied to a dock or is anchored
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-21
POSTMASTER GENERAL .
OPPOSES PRESS CENSOR

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Post-
master General Hays has: >announc-
cd his opposition to a. bill which
would prohibit newspapers from
making any reference to betting odds
on horse racing or any athletic: or
sporting event: ~ IA
The postal official stated that
while there are worthy. sections OF the
bill, the proposal should be defeat
ed to check the tendency Of press
control. " seS,
II am reminded" he said, ::"oe
Foltaire's, statement: Il wholly. dis.
approve what, you say and I win sde.
fend with my life your right to- say
tn =. :.
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mA|;SS"MEE'T|ne
! SATURDAY. 1 ] 4 Me|||||IT : [ ii !


:. IS
:: E%,e. Hall" Of. Minneapolis: presi-
dent :ef the. Minqesota: State: Fed
Grafton of Labor, and John J.: Man
ming Of; Washington, secretary Of tie
Label Trades department. OF the A.
r. OIL. will be the principal speak
err 1t a n1sAs meeting Of working
men and women to be held: satur-
day' evening at woodmen hall,, Twen-
ty-first avenue West and First street.
An invitation is extended TO-. ali,
persons to attend the meeting. Mr..
slannlng will devoteshis time tea
discussion Of the Union Label AMI
Mr.. Hall will speak largely on. o.
ganization. They have been: cam:
.paisnink through northern tinneso.
ia and report good meetings At every
point .,..~..: 49,. !: = =, 80 :.
., Hall and Manning arrived in Du-
>luth Thursday afternoon and left
an hour later for -Hibbing where
they addressed an open meeting
Thursday evening They will return
to Duluth. Friday morning and ,.ex-
,pect to- work. in a..d out Of the city
for nearly a week. They will hold
a meeting It Two Harb6rs next
Wednesday evening. -, ''..
p Members :'of; unions are urged: to
conduct per:onal canvasses among
their friends in behalf Of this. mas
meeting. They should endeavor to
fill the big hall. Workingmen' out
OF employment : are. particularly
urged to-attend. - -...::.. G~.:.,
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managers. Harris; Hennett IL: to, con-
tinue for several; months: beyond his
term as Collector .of Customs. It is
said that his ei8ht-year;t term expired
last Sunday andrno mention, has yet
been made 1of his successor ..-.
= Then. there is*< Joseph Slartel: In
charge Of the Internal Revenue Of
flee at Duluth, a lifelong Democrat
who many Republtcans are: trying to
displace. but,Lee Wincuts insists thst
Shartel remain. HE ds reported TO
have said to leading Republicans here
who were after Shafters scalp that
the support Of Shartel and his friends
meaning Little Tammany," was
needed in the coming primary elec-
ton. and possibly in the general elec-
tion. = ,. E.: rs
=, They Knifed CAras:.
!. They knitted W. L.: Carts in the last
election and they: evidently are: pro-
pairing to sacrifice their: party again
this year in the interest Of their
.henchmen. :: There are, however. a
mum bers Of real Democrats on: guard
here and! throughout the: ststs who
propose to see to- It that!-the; party
Will notbe betrayed again by its sup:
posed friends \ The Duluth: Herald
has already announced its purpose to
support Kelioxg:: "a f' '+~: -
Howard Everett, ,chairraa m Of the
=, ,(Cohtinued~oh page ~ = ,'":..
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ATTEMPT
TO ExPEL Il TOILETTE

n WASHINGTON, Jan. ls.-Expul-
sion Of Senator Robert M. la Fol-
lette. Wisconsin. from the Republi-
can party ts being sought sby his
political and personal enemies. Il
I The Republican COMMITTEE on
committees recently decided expul-
sion could be accomplished aby drop
ping him from all senate commit
tees on which. he snow q member,
and excluding him from the Repub-
iican conference. that IS the secret
meetings. Of all senate Rknsfblicans
e & Determine part oiist1 81 leg-
siSlAt Ation.
The atjfnpt Tell sthranSh for the
time sbeipls hot BE
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MINNESOTA y | ! SETS
! PACE. IN NATION
:....oNc|oQ|P|ER /. 4 { i / RATION ]


Returns for: the 1920 census Of
recently released by the
Burean OF Census, give Minnesota
first place in the number Of CO.
operatives societies. rank it second
in the value Of cooperative prod
ucts sold. and among the first four
in the volume and values of coop
'erative purchaScs.v According to the
census 1914 farms, comprising
43.S per cent ''of ALL farms in the
state, last year: marketed, co-opera-
tlve1y +3s2,76o;0o0 worth OF products.
I'm the Minnesota wheat belt, $50
farmers cooperative elevators sold
in 1920 47,427;551 l. bushels Of grain,
besides:purchasing .co.operatively for
their ntsmbers coal, lumber, cement,
farm machinery fence posts, salt
and ot;ler..supphes. ~,
The rich dairy industry of Mime
sofa 10 almost completely controlled
by the co-operators., Out Of $50
creameries In the state; e42, are
owned by. the farmers, which pro-
duced hast year e1;716,2S1 pounds
Of butter: valued at over .$52, 2,00Q, :
900. Sxty-ntnesco-operative cheese
factories, comprising four-fifths Of
the total >numbeR:in the: state, man
ufactnred:: over $l,5oo,oo6 worth; Of
cheese, = besides large. quantities OF
ica. cream. and other- dairy products.
One. dairynen's 'sSco-operative alone,
tho Twin Cities Milk Association, in
cludes $500 -faxWers, whose coop
eratlve milk :satas hast year. reached
$780, 1900. ~: :fff.<ss,,! ff.:ss e.. ;;.< =
!: Closely related! %: dairyine isr the
livestock industry. The 654 coop
erattve livestock shipping associa-
tions in Minnesotashaarketed> in: 1919
$50 cars. Of: stock klworth $S3,OO0,-
900. About half: OF Fthose ce-opera-
tives are united :. in tho Minnesota
Central Livestock Marketing .Asso-
caation, which is doing a business
Of over ~ .ooe,o 900. = month at the
South st. Paul stock yards. ..s..,s
Vt y : :1he sMi1neeota ,Pot&tns: Growers
Exchange sis,:A Au4:stl tion,
yet:itsalready handles S.c0-operatively
ESQ cars out Of : the ]; ii, 900, cars
produced IN the 'state,aa and last year
united with the North Dakota potato
srowers to secure T. ,tair: price for
their product. !. >. ,S:,<> =: - =
! The co: cooperative wool associations
marketed three -f6urths: OF all the
wool produced i'm The state in 1920,
and will handle :. an, even greater
amount this year. 49,
:. :. Besides. these enterprises, Mime
n0fA fArnnora nvtrn T"fNf. noooa~a %i,,o
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No one expected Senator Kellogg
to vote against Newberry., Heacouid
not vote against him and be consis-
tent. His campaign for the senate
six years ago cost a pretty. sum OF
money. The billboard advertising
alone ran into thousands Of dollars.
Then there was extensive and costly.
newspaper publicity to which may be
added the cost Ola. vast amount Of
literature that fairly deluged the;
state. 80, : -. X So =
+! Kellogg had q hot fight in the pri-
mary and ...generals elections. :. Until
now it was thought he would be en-
dorsed by the Republican convention.
in March,. nominated at tho pri-
maries and elected in. November
without very much trouble, and with
little cost in money. - =,
!. His Newberry vote, however, has
destroyed all this. confidence over,
night. > The;Republican machine h AL
a .nunaber Of well known Democratic
lined up for kellogg: and. 1t. dependa
upon them to- come. to Kellogg's: res
.oile+ They are to assist in electing
CELEBRATES to the" Republican conyen-
tom and to- get votes out for Kellogg
atxthe primary election .isE ,:.-.., >.
T. II Count on "DeznOcrats.n ::
:tItyis said that Little Tam many
the active: Duluth = organization 20:
Democrats, IS counted. on by Kellozg's
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G. w. LAWSON WAS HERE.

George W. Lawson Of st. Paul,
secretary-treasurer Of the Minnesota
State Federation Of. Labor, made a
hurried trip to Duluth Monday after.
noon and attended a big meeting Of
the Brewery Workers union that
evening. He returned to St., Paul
on the late train and was due, to
leave there for Mankato to address
a mass meeting at Mankato Tuesday
evening. ; :. - .
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SENATOR llOD SEEKS ..:.=
+: T. mllAh0uMI|. GRAIN PRICE

: wAsH1NaroM, JAM 1s.-A bill
to, establish :: nainimum prices on
wheat snelled corn, rawscotton and
raw wool for the years 1922: to 1925,
inclusive. has been introduced in the
senatefby Senator Ladd, Republican,
Of North Dakota. :. .:.-
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HARRIS LAYS DOWN ONDULlJTH
BUSINESS men FOR open SHOP
President Local Citizens Alliance Cites Minneapolis and st
Paul asExamp!es for Duluth to Pattern AtleI Hehakes
Open Shop Appear as Radiant as Rainbow; Deceptive

The Duluth Citizens alliance compares Duluth with Mnnea-
number workers Of employment there are no
bread-nes there in Minneapolis Trade unions not
permit their members to hungry not if they it. The
more union men the less charity
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SCHOOLING COSTS JUMP.

The: cost per scholar per: year In
the common schools of North Dako-
ia has jumped from }2s:es in 1890
to- $los.si in: 1920, according to the
state !. superintendent. of public in.
Struction. ;.s2;~ q -. -fs:.: e. :,