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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-01

in the shape In which 1t now is.
This Is subject, however to an i'm
portant inception. There can be little
doubt that the Republicans this year
will pass some form OF soldiers bonus
bill, and it is certain that no effective
bonus measure can he passed without
entail!ng some degree Of additional
taxation. However, the Republican
leaders may feel about the merits of
adjusted compensation as the SOL
diers call IT, or about the desirability
of adopting such a iIeasure now as
compared with some future time. the
factor of political expediency will be
likely to lead the Republicans to try
to satisfy the soldier vote. 1t is true
that as late as last July. President
Harding personally took upon himself
the onus of opposing the bonus bill
and by that opposition prevented its
adoption by the senate.
But those same Republican senators
who persuaded Harding to take this
burden in order to save themselves
from embarrassment, probably think
today in terms of politicians who are
six months closer to the shadow of an
impending election. Also, 1t Is fact.
that in several cases. notably the cleo
ton in Ohio, there have been local
manifestations of a strong public SEN
timent in favor of adjusted compensa-
ton for the soldiers. 1t is believed that
Secretary Mellon still feels an he felt
last summer, that the state of the ma
tional treasury is such that 1t cannot
stand the strain of u bonus bill involv-
ing billions. If Mr.. Mellon could have
his way--if he could be what he would
undoubtedly prefer to be, business
man free from the necessity Of consid-
ering political eXpendiency. he would
say that the soldiers bonus should wait
until the interest rates on borrowed
money have gone to normal, time
which may come within six months or
may not come for a year or more. But
the political necessities and the en-
phatlc popular wish that calls for
bonus legislation promptly Will prob
ably receive an answer from the pres
ent session of congress.
In this connection, there has been
talk that the money for the bonus
might be raised by modifying the Vol
stead act SO as to permit the sale of
light wines and beer, and taxing those
commidities not only enough to pay
the bonus. but to meet considerable
portion of tho other government eN-
penses as well. l know that the most
minute and thoro computations have
been laid before the administration
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-01

showing the enormous sums we could
raise by licensing and taxing liquors
of one variety or another. But there
is little evidence that among the public
generally there has been any wide
spread change in the sentiment that
has so far kept prohibition water tight.
In individual congressional and sena-
torial elections, the wet" versus dry"
issue will figure. but there is no con-
vircing sign that either the Republi
- party or the Democratic party will
make a party policy o; TTiodificati tions
of the prohibition laws as they now
stand. The thing is possible but not
likely.
For the rest, most Of the legislation
likely to be taken up by the present
session will not be of a kind out of
which political issues in the elections
are likely to arise. Some of the COM
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-01

therefore to point toward a tradition
ally high protective tariff, what the
commercial and political results of;
such a policy will be in the present
state OF the country and of the world
affords one of the most interesting
speculations within the scope of the
coming year, and OF the presidential
situation that will be upon us within
two years more. There can be no pos
sfble doubt that the economic changes
brought to America by the war have
made the policy of a protective tariff
different from what 1t was in the days
OF Aldrich. Payne and Mckinley. But
1t Is equally certain that neither the
Republican nor the Democratic leaders
are able to see as yet the political re-
suits of those changes. Before the
next presidential election comes, IL not
indeed before the end of the present
year. the Democrats of the South are
apt to find among their ranks some
mysterious strangers in the persons of
high -hatted businessmen from the
East and North, whose interests in re-
lation to foreign trade. have reversed
by the economic changes which the
war brought to us.
few weeks ago it would have been
possible to predict with confidence that
the Republicans would not go to the
country In the elections of the present
year with their record on taxation as
1t now stands. When the present bill
was being finished, in November and
October, the Republican leaders used
to say, in the course of private CONVEX
sations. that it was merely a tempor-
airy measure, to serve for. the emer-
gency of the year. and that new and
more complete revision. of the income
tax and of other aspects of the tax
bill would be made in 1922 Just now
however, the Republican leaders seem
to have ceased to talk that way. They
say now that perhaps it is better to
let the new bill stand as 1t is indefi-
nitely. They admit that the public
expectation OF what the party would
do has not been met But they add
that the principal thing that business
men and other neavy tax payers COM
planned of was uncertainty. And un-
certainty they say has at least been
eliminated and would only be brought
back by talk of a new revision in the
immediate future. Moreover while
many OF the changes that business
men wanted have not been made. other
changes that they wanted have been
granted. All in all the proba ability Is
that the taxation issue will go before
the country in the elections this year
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-01
SUNDAY, JAN. l, 1s2z-PAGE ls

ing acts of congress will be of q sort
on which the parties do not divide as
parties. One example of this is immi-
grafton. The present immigration
measure. which was adopted for ono
year only will come to any end in the
spring. There Is no doubt either it
will be renewed as 1t is or 1t will be
made more drastic. and both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans will support 1t
generally and strongly
Copyright 1921 by the New York
Evening Post)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
GOOD RADIO STTFF.

Much poor music. feeble humor and
rambling conversation is given out by
radio because the public is still sufi-
GENTLY delighted with thes new toy to
listen to anything But once in awhile
real message goes over the air lines,
as, for instance. the following speech
by big banker who was asked by radio
officials to give good counsel to his
brethren ::
The time has come to remember the
promise we made last year. Then men
and women everywhere We're saying that
if good times ever came back they would
work harder, spend less, save more and
provide more effectively for the future.
Business recovery is here, unemploy-
ment has largely disappeared, wages are
higher and profits are being earned The
opportunities that we Ionged for are
now knocking at cur doors. 1t is the
time for thrift and saving"
The speech needs no elaboration. If
more of this sort of pungent, timely adj
vice went out through that mysterious
medium now so overwhelmed with tri-
vial stuff, it would be more in keeping
with its great possibilities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Device for Elevator Doors.

One constant danger of accident in
connection with elevators in buildings
can be eliminated by the use of an at
tachment, described and illustrated in
the October Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine. that makes it impossible to start
or operate the elevator when any of the
elevator doors are open. Above each of
the elevator doors is a dustproof electric
switch box which has a contact that
operates in connection with a contact
making unit on the sliding door of the
elevator, so that whenever the door is
open, there is no contact at that point.
This opens the elevator control circuit
the doors are closed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1922
For BETTER HOMES

The nation has wallowed in special
''weeks, days and drives in the past few
years until the average citizen is sick
Of the sound. But if we must have more
of these sporadic outbursts of enthusi-
asm, Better Homes week. scheduled
for Oct. 8 to II, deserves honorable men,
ton
1t is not necessary to go into details
as-to the aim of this particular week, but
it is to have some interesting features.
During the period model houses viii be
on view in 502 American cities located
in every state in the Union and even in
Alaska Aside from these homes, prop
erly designed, equipped and furnished,
there viii be moving pictures. radio
talks by federal officials and economic
authorities, and all sorts of sideshows
of furniture, labor-saving devices, archi-
lecture and landscaping, with health
and home-inancine propaganda.
The general subject and all it's rami-
fications are important to people of all
classes, incomes and occupations. The
week should prove both interesting and
effective. Those who follow it actively
or merely through news accounts should
find fund of new ideas to incorporate
into the new home or to make the old
home better.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Benefits of Road Drag.
(Barre Times-)


correspondent of the st. Johnsbury
CALIFORNIAN writes on the subject of
"washboard" roads and declares that
the remedy for such roads is not the re-
dUction of the speed of automobiles but
rather the better upkeep of the roads.
There probably is no dispute of the as
sertion that automobiles have been the
reason for the development of wash
boards" in our Vermont highways. for
it was not till the advent of the motor
vehicle that Vermont became seriously
troubled with the ''washboard" effect,
albeit the roads before the advent of the
motor vehicles were little better than
succession of jolts and jOunces. The
common use of the automobiles devel
Oped into a demand that these holes and
hillocks in the highways be leveled off /;
and smooth roads We're the reSult-for
a time. 1t was not long, however, before
the constant wear and tear of the motor
vehicles with their rubber tires devel
oped an entirely new situation. the
"washboard' surface. This made a new
problem. The automobiles have come to
stay and it is virtually an impossibility
to reduce the speed of motor vehicles to
the point at which they will not pick up
the soft surface road Everyone knows
that. 4 mOtorist cannot be kept down
to, say, 10 miles an hour; and when a
machine travels faster than that it be-
gins to pick up the surface of the road
in surprising fashion. Hence our prob
lem is not one of reducing the speed of
motor vehicles but one of proper main
tenance of the highways, and we quite
agree with the correspondent of the st.
Johnsbury paper that reasonable patrol
will eliminate a great deal of the wash
board effect.
1t was the experience of the writer re-
Gently to note the effects of good upkeep
as compared with no upkeep. While
travelling along well-known and much
used highway in eastern Vermont he
came upon particularly bad pieice of
''washboard," the road being serrated
deeply and the highway in general show
ing signs of going to pieces. Travel
over that road was miserable. At length
the motor vehicle came to a town line.
Immediately there was a change in the
surface of the road. &
The conditions were identical as to
road material used and as to protection
Of the road surface from the sun; yet
the highway in the second town was al
most as good as boulevard while the
highway in the first town was wretched.
Town No. had put on road drag and
had ironed out the ''washboard" so to
speak The bumps had been reduced
and the depressipns filled up. For a
considerable time that highway in town
No. , would maintain smooth surface.
Then when the 'washboard" appeared
again the road drag would go over it and
again smooth out the surface. Not only
was town No. . making a name and
reputation for itself as having smooth
roads but it actually was reducing the
cost of its highway department by pre-
venting the roads from going to pieces
absolutely. Town No. l was going to be
compelled sooner or later to rebuild it's
entire highway.
The moral of the comparison is that
we may build roads of eyer so good tex
ture but we cannot have them long IN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
The Hills Are Home.

Where the hills of old New Hampshire
guard the destinies of men,
In the -nlitude and grandeur of the
wild.
| have wandered with elation in familiar
paths again.
With the long forgotten rapture of
child.
have tramped the fields and forests
with a most exquisite joy.
/ have mingled with the silent and
sublime
With the sweet exhilaration and aban-
don of boy
In the happy, strange forgetfulness of
time.
l have fraternized with mountains in
magnificent array
In their secrecy inanimate and still:
l have visited with places for a brief.
delightful day
In the berry tinted pastures of the
hill
have gazed upon Monadnock with his
dignity profound.
And exulted at his majesty and
might;
Through the vistas in the valley | be-
held enchanted ground,
Where Connecticut was sparkling
with delight.
There was radiance of vision which
enamored in the dale,
In the variegated images of green.
Where Lake Spofford bears reflection of
the loneliness of vale
In the concentrated beauty of the
scene.
| beheld little cottage and a pleasant
village street
In the panoramic picture inst below.
And / sighed in meditation, which was
sorrowful but sweet.
In remembrance of my childhood long
ago.
There is potent inspiration in embellish-
ments of EARTH
Significant of mysteries diyine;
There are sweet associations in locality
of BIRTH
And the pride which love and fealty
combine.
So I tarried on the summit and /
loitered on the slope,
And | listened to the carnival of
streams,
While felt the keen allurement born of
happiness and hope
In the reminiscent ecstasy of dreams
| am growing inattentive to the eager
ness that thrills,
I am fretful at the turmoil of the
day;
I am weary of the burden and I hunger
for the hills
They are reckoning and calling me
away.
AL RING.
Greenfield. Mass
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
The Harvester.

The Harvester Is now abroad
As clearly eye perceiyes,
And gathers in the groves of God
The Harvest of the Leaves
Limb after limb-bough after bough
He strips and leaves them bare,
And piles the yellow yield below
With most exceeding care.
In the wide spaces of the wood
We hear hip all day long,
And as his tireless task he plies
He sings a harvest song.
From dawn to dusk his way he takes
By valley, hill and plain
And though he tarrieS not for long
He goes to come again.
The tokens of his patient toll
We find iii many place.
Yet none has ever touched his hand
Or looked upon his face.
His lusty song / heard but now
Across the distance blown;
And hearty cheer was in the sound
But sad the undertonei
ARTHUR GOODENOUGH.
West Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Substantiate the Charges.
(St. Adams Messenger. J

Secretary Laing, of the Vermont
Anti-Saloon league, is represented as
having told officials of the Dominion al
lance that prohibition enforcement by
state authorities is weak because of 10
cal conditions and that we have to de-
pend mainly on federal enforcement to
maintain the law. The Messenger has
an idea that Vermont officials whose
duty it is TO look after such matters
would like bill of particulars from
Mr.. Laing. 1t would also be interest
ing to know precisely what are the local
conditions which bring about this al
legged unsatisfactory condition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
One Born Every Minute.
(Barre Times.l

Seizure of a satchel containing about
$250,00O in alleged spurious securities
which Albert W. Bartlett, accused slayer
of Frank Il. Small in Boston, possessed
up to the time of the major crime reveals
evidence enough that there are great
many dupes in the world who are will
ing to buy anything that may have a gilt
stamp attached TO it or that looks like
the true representation of money. Had
it not been for the ma ior crime, the pos
would have mulcted many peonle before
he could have been detected. Murder is,
of course, far worse than defrauding and
is much more to be regretted: but there
is some satisfaction in knowing that a
lot of widows and orphans were probably
spared being made victims of swindling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04

the village of Bennington came into the
possession of the municipal water sys-
TEN under a deed providing that after
Il sinking fund had been set aside for
necessary extensions and repairs the net
earnings should hp turned over semi-an-
nually to the Putnam Memorial hospi-
tai. During the nine years the hospital
association has received total of S154,-
1851, and yet water rates in Benning-
other places.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Today's Events
Festival of St Francis of Assist,
founder of the franciscan order.

Festival of st. Francis of Assist,
founder of the Franciscan order.
Centenary of Rutherford B. Hayes,
10th president of the United States.
The American Bible Revision commit
tee today celebrates its semi-centennial.
The first international exhibition of
liquid fuels will be inaugurated in Paris
today under the official auspices of the
French government.
RI Rev. Harry L. Moore, coadjuter
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Dal-
las. today celebrates his fifth anniver-
Sary in the episcopate.
The annual fall meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Cotton Nlanufac-
turerS will be opened at Atlantic City
today and continued over tomorrow.
Rt Rev. Bernard j. Mahoney, former
spiritual director at the North American
college, Rome, today will be installed rs
bishop of the Sioux Falls diocese.
Former Governor james NJ. Cox of
Ohio. Democratic nominee for president
in 1920, will deliver his first political
address since his return from Europe al
Democratic campaign meeting today in
Richmond, Ind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Today's Anniversaries.

1S02-Adolph Mel, marshal of France,
for whom the Marshal Mel rose
was named born. Died in Paris,
Aug h. 1869.
DISQUALIFICATION Il. Hayes, 10Th presi-
dent of the United States, born
at Delaware, O. Died at Ere
mont, O., Jan. Is, 1893.
1S30-The independence of Belgium was
proclaimed.
1S52-James Whitcomb, governor of In
diana and Z. S. senator, died in
New York city. Born at Wind
sor, Vt, Dee. 1, 1885
1S71-The University of Alabama was
reorganized and opened.
1S72-The American Bible Revision
committee held its first formal
meeting.
1S75-Great mass meeting in Detroit in
favor of closing saloons on Sun
day.
1904-Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the
sculptor designer of the Statue of
Liberty. died in Paris. Born in
Alsace in 1884.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Wants More Partridges.
(Rutland News.)

Partridge season in Vermont opened
last Sunday. and although plenty of birds
are reported this year hunters are bring
ing home but few on account of the thick
foliage As only month is allowed in
which to shoot cartridges, it seems as
though the season should be in November
instead of October when there is more
opportunity for good bird shooting.
About all hunter sees this month is
flash of brown through the leaves and
the bird is gone. while next month
enough of the leaves will have fallen to
permit a shot and still give the partridge
more than sporting chance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04

The Bennington Banner doesn't think
chance games at fairs are actually gam
bling; in its opinion they amount to
nothing more than paying small sums
for amusement. In past years, The
Banner says, some fairs have allowed
games where there actually was chance
to win money but most of the modern
devices merely aim to induce people to
have a little fun with no possible oppor-
tunity of getting anything of value
whether they are lucky or not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
Auto-CycIe Propelled Like Boat.

A four-wheeled propelled vehicle
that is driven with the same movements
as in rowing boat. has recently been
tested with success at Lyons, France,
according to the October Popular Me
chanics Magazine. where it is illustrated
The driver sits on sliding seat facing
in the direction of travel. and moves
two handles backward and forward in
exactly the same manner as a boatman
operates a pair of sculls. except that
there is not feathering movement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
In the DAYS News.

Edward ]. Pearson. who enters upon
his 60th year today. is a prominent rail
road executive who for the past five
years has filed the presidency of the
New York New Haven & Hartford sys-
TEN. A native of Indiana and the son
of railroad man. Mr.. Pearson entered
the employ of the Northern Pacific road
soon after completing his studies at
Cornell university. and within a few
years rose to the post of chief engineer.
Later he worked for the Chicago & Mil
waukee road. especially in building its
Puget Sound line which he did in way
that particularly satisfied investors, ad-
ministrators and the public, because of
the relatively low cost of construction in
region where quite the opposite result
was expected. Mr.. Parsons subsequent
career. before entering the service of
the New Haven system included a term
of employment with the Missouri Pa
cific and the successful terminal con-
construction at New Orleanss for the
Texas K Pacific road.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04

1t is now expected that might flying
for postal airplanes will be possible as
early as next spring. Beacon lights 70
feet high, placed on emergency landing
fields at intervals of % miles along the
route from Chicago TO San Francisco.
will guide the fiers after nightfall. There
will be distinguishing features Of some
sort enabling a pilot to know just where
he is ut all times. Heretofore the mail
planes have had to lose much of the time
they gained by their speed through in
ability to fly at night, while railroad
trains continue on their way. 1t has
been a sort of hare-and-tortoise race for
the, aviators. With night flying made
possible and safe, there should be great
jump forward in all use of aircraft. Pas
senger service, as well as postal and
freight service, viii increase to the bene-
fit of the whole country and of aviation
itself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
TotIay's Birthdays.

Charles B. Conklin, noted amateur
billiard player, born at East Troy. Wis,
SO years ago today
Arnold DAILY. celebrated as an actor
and manager. born in Brooklyn, n. Y,
AZ years ago today.
DIR. A. Ross Hill. former president of
the University of Missouri. born in
Nova Scotia 53 years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Harry Tunis Moore, coadju-
tor bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Dallas, born at Delayan, Wis, 40 years
ago today.
Representative Henry T. Osborne of
California, one of the last two Civil war
veterans in the house, born at New
Lebanon, n. T., 74 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
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