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The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-01-19
GOSSIP AND GLEANINGS

GOSSIP AND GLEANINGS
Around
Her neck
She wore yellow ribbon;
She wore it in the springtime
and the month Of May,
And when
They asked
Her why the h she wore it
She said
She wore it for her lover, who
was fur, fur away.
He had lowered about her all
evening, Notwithstanding her cf-
forts To repulse him At length,
stung by madness at her evident
desire to rid herself of his pre-
sence, he was about TO leave. Then
the huttering Of her fan disarrane
ed the lace at her throat, leaving
her white neck bare and cleaning
in the moonlight. With wild cry
of passionate longing. utterly oh
livious of the consequences of his
rash act, he flung himself upon
her. The next instant he lay crush
ed at her feet.
Alas! Poor little mosquito
While cocks Of the Chinese Phea-
SAINTS which have been planted in
the eastern part Of the state, arc
snowy birds, and attract attention
as they make themselves visible
along the railways Of the state,
the brief is being fled against
them that they are destroying the
eggs and nests of wild ducks, and
prairie chickens. as we'll as those
Of other ground birds. One man
says that they destroyed the nests
Of eight wild ducks ON his farm
driving the ducks away and eating
their eggs.
wheat straw gasoline! Ever
heard Of it? The United States De-
partment Of Agriculture says that
one ton Of wheat straw willfpro.
duce the equivalent Of 40 GALORE
Of gasoline. Kansas, in 1919. with
an acreage Of 1l.640.000 could have
produced the equivalent of 46,O00.-
600 gallons of gas" 1t may not
!. be many years before farmers
throw straw from their threshing
machines into stills. The present
bugbear is the cost Of production.
A wonderful singer was Mamie Nc
Gee.
She never was known to be on the
key;
She never was known to get off
aw, g'wan!
How could she get off when she
never got on?
Up in the Aberdeen country they
are hunting Jack rabbits with spot
lights Down. in this country about
all you need is sack or a truck
to carry the rabbits in accord
ing 10 the returns that hunters
give,
Last week during term Of the
court at Belle Fourche, the judge
learned fellow wanted for pay
ment Of fine had applied for a
license to we'd He had the intend
ed bridegroom brought into his.
presence and the fine was paid be-
fore the proceedings of marriage
progressed any farther.
A number Of fathers Of school
children living in the rural dis
tricts throughout Hutchinson coun
~ were made to appear before u
hearing held for failing to send
their children to school continues
III this fall They promised to keep
the children in school in the fut-1
ure.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-01-19

CARLSON & GOFF, Publishers
, 1922-05-22
america Not Hindering

THE PRoPAGANDISTS, who are attempting to
L involve the United States ia European affairs with
which we have no concern show lack of good faith
which is manifest when they say commercial relations
with Russia await the action of the United States
government. The United States is not at war with
Russia and never has been and If any american de-
sires to trade with Russia either as a buyer or a
seller he is at perfect liberty to do so.
The fact of the matter is that Russia has nothing
to sell which other nations wish to buy, and Russia
has no money with which to purchase goods that are
for sale in other countries. The title to property in
Russia is uncertain. in view Of the soviet policy of
confiscation. Because of the suspension of produc-
tion there is practically nothing in Russia for sale.
Because the soviet government plundered. the banks
and seized all the capital of men who had saved, and
has printed paper rubles to such an amount that the
currency is now of little value, there is no money in
Russia with which to buy. Neither has Russia any
Reputation and confiscation can never again enjoy
the confidence Of another nation or the men of other
nations until the policy of confiscation and repudia-
ton has been reversed.
That there were no legal restrictions upon COM
rerce between Russia and citizens of the United
States was stated by Secretary Hughes soon after his
letter declining to send representatives. to the Genoa
conference. He pointed out in his letter of declina-
ton that the conference was almost purely political.
In his subsequent statement he emphasized the fact
that whatever economic problems remained to be
solved need not wait upon the Genoa conference SO
far as this nation is concerned.
There is plenty of money in the United States seek
ing investment either in industry or in the securities
of other governments. Money of that sort has no
national prejudices. Safety of the investment and a
reasonable return are the sole considerations, and
whenever the Russian government or the industries
of Russia can hold out to the capitalists of the United
States or of any other nation a reasonable assurance
of repayment there will be little delay in securing all
the assistance that is reasonably needed in the restor-
alton of that harassed country, rich in resources but
neglected in development.
, 1922-05-22
Josephus' False Theories

TOSEPHUS DANIELS newspaper, the Raleigh
q North Carolina) News and Observer, says: eff
the people could have a voice they would say raise
money for the government through the income tax
and not through the iniquitous tariff proposed by the
Republican leaders at Washington. The income tax
places the burden on wealth. The tariff taxes the
poor and the middle classes equally with the rich. 1t
is strictly a per capita tax"
If we are without a protective tariff industry we will
shut up shop. agriculture will be curtailed, purchases
will be ~fearfully decreased. men will be out of en-
ployment, and no one will have an income which can
be taxed. Income tax depends largely on the pros
perity of the country, and that depends more largely
on American dominance in the domestic market. Any
school boys knows that. If it is assumed that the
tariff is strictly a per capita tax it might be shown
that the per capita tax from tariff in Great Britain
is something like SIS while in this country it runs
about SO even under the protective policy. However,
people who insist on buying foreign goods are those
who pay the tariff, and since the importers, in order
to sell their goods, must sell them at prices which
will meet American prices, the tendency is to soften
the effect of this method of taxation. In addition,
the tariff is an indirect tax, while the income tax is
a direct tax which is paid by the man of taxable in
come and added by him to the cost of his output, be
it commodity or service.
, 1922-05-22

ness. the people revolted and put the Republican party
n power, and that party has cut expenditures reduced
taxes, dismissed needless employees, adopted a budget
system, consolidated buying agencies, and put the
government service on a business basis Nevertheless,
the party that formerly betrayed the people by ex-
travagance Is now trying TO betray them by misrep-
-s.ntation-deelaring that the Republicans have not
accomplished the reforms above rated They are
new as prolific in the spreading of false accusations
as they formerly were ~profligate in the spending of
public money. They were dishonest with the people
when in power-they are equally dishonest when out
of power. Ther proved themselves unworthy of trust
and now seek restoration to trust by demonstrating
more unworhiness. They misjudge the intelligence
and temper of the people now as they did during
eight years of riotous rule.
, 1922-05-22
Regulation and Democracu

"DUBLIC is designed to protect the
L people from the exactions and tyranny of great
corporations" obser, es the Portland Oregonian. 1t
should be carefully held within the bounds of the law,
designed to combat. We should recognize that there
is a limit to the amount of work which the govern
ment can do efficiently, and that the more work is
piled on it the less efficient it becomes. An example
is the huge bureaucracy of imperial Russia, which
broke down undo rthe strain of war. That danger
can best be avoided by keeping the government under
control by the people, that it may continue to serve
them and may not restrict their activities or little by
little steal away their liberty"
, 1922-05-22

ton. was filed with the Chilean and
Peruvian delegations here by Ado,fo
Ballivian. tho Bolivian minister. and
Alberto Gutierrez. former Bolivian
foreign minister and an unofficial OBJ
server here for his government
Neither Chilean nor Peruvian spokes
men would discuss the move pending
consultation with their governments
but it was apparent hat Bolivian
participation in the conference woula
not meet with a ready approval.
The only official declaration pub
licly on the part of any Of the three
governments was the following state
ment issued by the Bolivian ieFiton
"Messrs. Adolfo Ballivian and Al,
berto Gutierrez, duly authorized by
the government of Bolivia. have ad
dressed themselves to each of the
Presidents OF the DELEGATIONS of Chic
and Peru, asking to take part in the
discussions now proceeding and tc
contribute to the American cable so.
lutions which are sought. In an ex
tens,ve communication they express
the reasons which Justify hat move
, 1922-05-22
Hughes and american Interests

6. A PROPHET is not without honor, save in his own
n country and in his own house" is the somewhat
cynical saying of the New Testament. With respect
TO Mr.. Secretary Hughes the mot might well be
deleted. On March 8 when he declined the invitation
for the United States TO participate in the Genoa
conference he said to the European statesmen direct
ing that gathering:
ut is impossible to escape the conclusion that the
proposed conference is not primarily an economic con-
ference, as questions seem to have been excluded
from consideration without the satisfactory deter
mination of which the chief causes of economic dis
turbance must continue to operate, but is rather a
conference of a political character in which the gov
ernment of the United States could not ~helpfully par
ticipate.
"This government views with tie most
friendly and eager interest every step taken toward
the restoration of economic conditions that will per-
NIT Russia to regain her productive power, but these
conditions, in the view of this government, cannot be
secured until adequate action is taken on the part of
those chiefly responsible for Russias present economic
disorder"
So we stayed away from Genoa. And who is there
who can ~truthfully say that Secretary Hughes had
not correctly sized up the situation or had not cor
rectly determined in advance what the outcome
would be?
In his reaffirmation of March 81 he said there
could be no trade with a vacuum and that so long
as a system persisted in Russian which vetoed the
essential bases of production all consideration of eco
nomic revival was futile, When bolshevism is kicked
out of Russia perhaps the European powers can tall
business sense.
, 1922-05-22
Same Old Democracy

TN THOSE good old days" when the Democratic
L party was in power and the purse strings of the
national treasury hung loose, there was nothing too
good for a deserving Democrat. put him on the
payroll" was the easiest solution of the problem of
caring for a Democrat in search Of an easy way of
getting a living, and if the Democrat had such radical
theories as to identify him with the Socialistic pro
gram, so much the better. Anyone in the government
service who wanted something in his office either
went out and bought it and had the bill sent to the
government department, or he "put in a requisition"
which went through in due course and produced the
goods. The Democratic administration let contracts
on the "cost-pfus'' plan, which invited every man con-
nected directly or indirectly with the contract to make
his costs as high as possible. At the front door of
the treasury department the slogan was subscribe
until it hurts while at the side door, where the
money was paid out, they adopted the motto of st.
vitus, "on with the dance, let joy be unconfined."
After eight years of that sort of wanton wasteful-
, 1922-05-22
Encouraging Rate Litigation

DAHRoAD COMMISSIONS of the states are en-
III couraged by at least six bills now in congress to
cripple and weaken the federal transportation law
for the rehabilitation of railroads doing interstate
business.
Eighty-five per cent of the railroad business of our
country is interstate, and Is per cent is local or within
state limits, called in the language of transportation
parlance. interstate commerce.
A recent decision of the supreme court of the
United States, while not taking away the right Of
state regulation for purely interstate business. gives
the Interstate Commerce Commission control of all
interstate rates. This decision includes granting fed
eral authority within the states over interstate hauls
through that state.
The Taft decision sets aside state regulatory au-
thority that subjects railroads to different state reg
ulations in each state through which the interstate
haul passes, prevents endless conflict between state
and federal regulatory bodies and prevents confusion
and expensive litigation.
Some of the state commissions would make the
interstate long haul rates the basis of interstate short
haul rates, and favor the states rights legislation that
would result in continuous joint sessions and hearings
and hiring of state and federal rate experts and law
yers.
1t would seem as if there were enough legitimate
business for the state railroad commissions to attend
to without trying to make themselves dictators over
interstate business that is completely under federal
control
, 1922-05-22

evening newspaper. The two men
were to cross in the night from Key
West to Cuba oil a macherel shaped
speed boat of sheet iron and shallow
draft. Three times the boat put out
from Key West and three times turned
back. unable to stand the weather.
The last time eve the crew lest
hope of regaining port. Davis and
Remington were lying in the soup
pers n clinging to the shallow rail.
to keep from being washed overheard.
The Chinese cook. between Iurchcs.
was lashing together a door and some
, 1922-05-22

on the telephone and repeated the in
formation. His only thanks or COM
ment was to shout. Ring Off" In
the process of doing SO I heard him
calling the private telephone number
of his publishers in New York. In his
mind. his own campaign was already
actively under way.
Ono incident of that campaign Illus
trates h primitive man in Reming-
ton. He and Richard Harding Davis
were engaged to go to Cuba fy the
back way and send material 10 an
, 1922-05-22

boxes to serve as a raft. Davis sug.
gested to Remington the ~advisability
of trying something Of h kind for
themselves.
"Lie stilll' Remington commanded
"You and 1 don't know how to do that.
Let him make his raft. II wo cap
size III throttle him and axe it from
him"
Some months later. on leSrning of
the incident, 1 tried to discuss the
moral phase of Il with him.
But he brushed my hypocrisy aside
with the remark: ''why. Davis alone
was worth n dozen sea cooks don't
have TO talk of myself"
Augustus Thomas.
, 1922-05-22
European IdIers

IT is that the Genoa conference will
adjourn and all Europe take a vacation until the
United States comes in with its aid" Well, the
United States is not going to take a vacation. neither
is it coming in with aid" until Europe shows more
indications of doing something to help itself besides
quarrel The people of the United States are at work
most of them. They are starting up more factories,
retaining more arid land capable of use in agricul-
ture, developing new water powers, and restoring the
neglected railways. The working people of America
, 1922-05-22
ORANGE SHIPMENTS LARGE

WASHINGTON. May e2-ship-
mrsnts from the 1921 California. orange
crop will be about 1s,05o.0oo boxes. nc
cording to final estimates received TO
day by the department of agriculture
The loss due to the wind drmage Of
last December. was e.250.000 boxes
and to the freeze OF January 1905 900
boxes. These Losses OF 9.is0.eOo boxes
were estimated at A. per cent OF the
production.
, 1922-05-22
BOLIVIA SEEKS
VOICE IN MEET
At WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. May 22.-By the
Associated Press.AReasserting the
claim that questions involved in the
negotiations here are OF vital inter.
est to her, Bolivia formally re-
quested permission to participate in
the Chilean Peruvian conference here
regarding the treaty OF Ancon.
The request. embraced in a long
note setting forth the Bolivian posi-
, 1922-05-22
The Primitive in
Remington

Early in the morning OF February
Is, 1898, James Waterbury, he agent
of the Western Union company at
New Rochelle, teIephoned me h n the
Maine had Been blown up and sunk
in the harbor of
KNOWN the interest the report
would have for my n~eighbor. Frederic
Remington, 1 Immediately called hin
, 1922-05-22
A PIANO FOR YOUR HOME
HrST N0W

Don't pu. 1t off another day. Just
n time. only once to start hi lit
tie daughter on the musical road thar
to happiness. position and an
added charm that nothing else can do.
Drop us a line today. The Chas. z.
Wells Music Co.. Denver. Colo.
, 1922-05-22

The first volumn of Mr.. Tumulty's series was titled
"Wilson As I Knew Him" The second will be evil
son As 1 Didn't Know Him."
, 1922-05-22
Tut! TufI

THE MALE EDITOR OF the Newcastle Newsletter
L tells the female editor of the Newcastle News
Journal that she hasn't a leg to stand upon.
The National leader., 1922-04-03

The Leader is able
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The National leader., 1922-04-03

IMI Cne war CnrOQgn Cne eS-
ia tablishment Of the Ca
madam wheat board,"
corresponding to the
government grain corporation on this
side of the line The wheat board
was continued by Canada for the 1919
crop and worked successfully, giving
the farmers better deal there during
that year than they had on this side
of the line. It is now very probable
that the Canadian government pool
will be revived for the 1922 crops.
The following news dispatch shows
what farmers are doing:
OTTAWA, CANADA Declaring that
farmers of western Canada face continued
to the Canadian council of agriculture to-
day asked the dominion government to re-
instate the Canadian wheat board.
The delegation, consisting of members
representing Calgary, Regina. Winnipeg
the boards reinstatement 'for the hand
ling of the 1922 wheat crop, and until
come normal, Farmers Of Alberta, sas-
katchewan, Manitoba and Ontario were
represented as favoring the petition.
One of the chief things the farmers
want is "twelve-months'- system" of
marketing. At present the grain is
practically all marketed, in both Cana
da and this side of the border, during
the three months after harvest. This
floods the market during a short
period and depresses the price, which
goes up after the farmers dispose of
their product. The Canadian farmers
propose that the government market
the grain gradually during the entire
year, thus helping to stabilize prices.
CONDITIONS MAKE =.
BOARD NECESSARY
One of the great evils of the present
system is the fact, being illustrated at
the present time, that the grain ex-
changes and middlemen's interests
manipulate a higher price for grain
at the tail-end of the crop year, after
practically all the crop is in the hands
of mills, elevators and other middle
men. The farmer does not benefit
from these higher prices (as at pres
ent, for instance), but the consumer
must pay more for the benefit of mid
dlemen. The revival of the grain cor
poration on this side of the line, or of
the war board in Canada, would elimi-
nate this evil and work to the great
benefit of farmers without injuring
consumers. .
In their petition for the revival of
the wheat board the Canadian farm
ers say: :.
Present indications are that such mar
keting agency the wheat board will be
" as urgently required this year it has
been since the discontinuance of the first
board two years ago. The burden of our
argument for the reinstatement of the
/ wheat board is that prevailing financial
conditions in Canada make it very neces-
sary. &ss ~. .l.
What is true in Canada is equally
true here, yet our congress still hest
tates to revive the grain corporation
and stabilize prices of farm products
The farmers, however, are keeping uI
their pressure on their representatives
and senators, as proved by the reports
from the field that continue to pile ir
upon the Leader. =. -
| We have heard from scores of new
communities which are circulating
petitions to send to their members o1
congress, asking the revival of thu
grain corporation and the stabilizatio1
Of prices through the passage Of thu
| Sinclair-Ladd bill.
The National leader., 1922-04-03
Canadian Federal Pool Is Likely
Shall u S. Farmers Be Put at Disadvantage by Refusal Of
- Our Congress to Act?

ANADA had a govern
ment grain pool during
the war through the es-
tablishment Of the Ca
madam wheat board,"
corresponding to the
The National leader., 1922-04-03

ten up petitions, and thousands Of
farmers have not yet written their
representatives. They should get busy
if we are to win the fight. r
From lack of space the Leader can
not reprint in this issue the suggested
petition which has been circulated in
localities where the farmers have got
ten back of the move. But the petition
can be cut out of back issues of the
Leader, or we will send copies to any
one desiring it: It is not necessary,
however, to use this particular petit
tion. Merely write or petition your
members of congress to get back of
and help pass the SINCLAIR-LADD
BILL for the revival Of the grain cor
poration and the stabilization of
prices. That covers everything.
The National leader., 1922-04-03

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