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$3.50 Gold rIcces Hiring Premium.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.---A brisk de-
mand for $3.50 gold pieces for
Christmas gifts has put premium on
the coin. which is becoming scarccr
every year. Some banks sold them
today for $3.50 and 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-23
The Field of Holy Writ

Savo for my daily range
among tho pleasant rclds OF Holy
Writ
] might despair.
-Tennyson.
international Sunday School Les
SOM
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-23
Third Trial for Loss
of Mule; 1-Cent Award

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, Dec.
22.-W. Vaughan was awarded |
cent damages at King and Queen
Court last wcck against a Mr..
Bland. who killed the formers
mule in an automobile accident.
This was the third trial, eight
days having been consumed al
together in the case.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18

The Hoe Poem was printed first In
San Francisco newspaper. 1t start
led the literary world. the business
world, the labor world. 1t was trans
lated into all languages Thousands OF
newspapers reprinted 1t in all parts
of the planet Reprinted 1t, dis
cussed it, condemned it, glorified it,
For long year the conflict cracked
over the poem. 1t was the theme OF
thousands OF articles, interviews, edi'
torials, cartvons, sermons, debates, pa
radies, jocularitles. flying paragraphs
Two new words appeared in the Ian
guage. -. Hoeman and Hoemanry.
Edwin Markham sprang suddenly into
international fame.
The Literati lifted their voices in
praise Joaquin Miller said Mark
hams Man with the Hoe is the whole
Yosemite go. the thunder. the maj
esty, the might" Johns Burns, mem
b er of the English Cabinet, maintain
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
LABOR BOARD RESUMES
EFFORTS FOR PEACE
Members Meet with System Presidents
and Operating Ex.
ccutivcs.

Chicago, July 1S,--Peace negotia-
tions. halted over the weekend, were
resumed by members of the United
States railroad labor board yesterday
IN an effort to bring about an early
settlement of the Railway Shopmen
strike
|. w. H. Finley, president of the Chi
cago g. Northwestern, and w. g..
Bierd, president of the Chicago a. AL.
ton, were among the railway chiefs
who visited the labor boar1 during
the day for conferences iwth Ben
Hooper, chairman, while Walter l..
McNenimen, a labor board member
met several high operating exccu-
tive:
While none of those present would
make any statement regarding the
subjects discussed, it was intimatod
some basis for agreement on the five
demands presented by b. Nj. Jewell,
leader of the shopmen, to Hooper at
Coni,lei ce between the two last
week was sought as preliminary TO
the ca Ing of few formal bearings
of all parties before the labor board
| Tho five demands of the shopmen
we're announced as the restoration of
all seniority rights to strikers, inn
mediate establishment of national
adjustment board so that the men
may obtain quicker action on local
grievances than is possible through
the labor board the abolishment of
outside contracting by the roads, the
restoration of certain rules and work
ing agreements and return to the
scale of wages in effert before the
cut ordered by the labor board for
July became effective, simultane-
ously with the strike.
An indication of the result of the
negotiations on these issues was seen
In the statement of r. A. Henning
general chairman of the Federated
Shop Crafts of the Northwest, that
only the refusal of the eastern roads
to reinstate striking workers with
their full seniority rights was pre-
venting a settlement as far as the
roads of the Northwest were con
cerned.
Hopes for an early peace also were
based on the attitude of e. r
Cradle, president of the maintenance
of way employees. who arrived in Oh
cago last night for conferences will
members of the labor board to ge
support to prevent carriers from re
quiring maintenance men to do striR
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
SENATOR LENROOT
! CONTINUES FIGHT
|Uncuccessful in Efforts to
Have Rates Cut Down on
Proposed Tariff Bill

Washington, July 1S.-The Senate
moved slowly yesterday with the ad
ministration tariff bill, becoming in
volved in several lengthy controver-
sizes over rates in the cotton sched
.ule. Senator Lenroot, Republican,
of Wisconsin, continued his fight
against the duties this time in his
efforts to have the committee rates
cut down.
Discussing the added duty of Is
per cent. ad valorem on fancy woven
cloth, which finally was approved, "a
TO %, Senator Lenroot stated and
Senator Smoot, of Utah, in charge OF
the cotton schedule for the finance
committee majority conceded that
this amendment as originally report.
ed by the committee, was word for
word as proposed by former Senator
Henry f. Lippitt. cotton goods
manufacturer OF Providence, r. l.,
Later Senator Leonroot said the com
mittee had struck out the words "oi
more than one color and more than
one thread, and Senator Smoot re-
marked that If there was any Joker
in the Lippitt proposal 1t was in the
part stricken out.
Senator Lenroot moved to reduce
the IL per cent additional duty to
per cent but his amendment was re.
jected 33 to "a Besides Senator
Lenroot these Republicans support
ed the lower rate Borah, Capper,
Kellogg and Nelson.
Two Democrats, Broussal and
Kendrick, opposed the amendment.
Three Republicans, Borah. Capper
and Lenroot, voted against to 12
per cent duty and Brousard an Ken
drick supported II.
With the adoption Of a com mittee
proviso that the total duties on cot
ton cloths of any kind should not ex
ceed 40 per cent ad yalorem. the
Senate completed consideration &
amendments to the cloth sections OF
the cotton schedules. 1t then got in.
to sharp controversy over com
pensation duty OF 10 cents pound
proposed on long staple cotton in
yarns finer than number 10 and on
yarns of long staple cotton contained
in finished cloth, but this rate was
approved 80 to %. Senator Borah.
kellogg and Lenroot, Republicans. op
posed 1t and Senators Broussard and
Kendrick supported it.
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SOFT COAL OPERATORS
ACCEPT HARDING PLAN
President Invites Them 10
Resume Operations and
Majority Approves

Washington, July 1S.-President
Harding has invited btuminous mine
operators who notified him at the
White House of their acceptance Of
his offer of arbitration In the coal
strike to return to your mine prop
critics and resume operations"
The White House statement which
preceded a transcript of the Presi-
dents remarks to the operators fol-
lows:
"At o'clock this afternoon the
coal operators made an extended yer
bal and written report to the Presi-
dent. All of them subscribed broad
.ly to the proposals to arbritrate
The majority of the districts re-
presented in the conference accepted
the Presidents proposal uncondition.
ally
"A minority of the districts joined
In the conference in subscribing to
the general principles OF arbitration
and collective bargaining"
President Harding's statement to
the operators was as follows:
Il have your decision. | would not
be frank IL | did not confess a disap.
pointment at your lack of unanimity
To the large majority of you, who
have pledged readiness to resume ac-
tiyity under the governments pro-
posal, must express my own and
the publics gratitude
I'VE have now reached point
owing to the refusal of mine workers
and the minority Of your operators to
accept the proposed arbitration
where the good Offices of the govern
ment in seeking voluntary adjust
ment of the dispute between mine
operators and mine workers are with
out avail.
Il cannot permit you to depart
without reminding you that coal is a
national necessity the ample supply
of which is essential likewise to com
mon welfare and interstate com
merce.
THE freedom of action on the part
! OF workers and on the part of EN-
ployers does not measure in import
ance with that of public welfare ant
national security. | therefore invite
you to return to your mine proper
ties and resume operation"
Alfred NJ. Ogle, president of the
National Coal association and chair
man of the general operators groups
said that the employers would accept
the Presidents suggestions and thai
In each district they would attempt
the opening OF mines by such meth
DDS and means as seemed available
He predicted that some immediate
Eproduction would result from Pennsy
vania mines but declared that more
difficulty might be encountered IL
Illinois and Indiana
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ers' work.
While maintenance men we're re.
ported from various sections OF the
country mostly New York, as having
joined the strike, Cradle asserted
that such walkouts were entirely un-
authorized and that no strike orders
would be issued, at least until after
a meeting of the grand lodge OF his
organization in Detroit on Thursday
He will report there the result Of the
negotiations with members of the la,
Dor board.
Some additions to the ranks OF the
strikers in various sections were also
reported among the clerks, freight
handlers. fremen and oilers. but rail
way executives declared that the de
fections had been more than made up
by the number OF shopmen who re.
turned to work on the last day al
lowed them on many roads to protect
their seniority rights.
Meanwhile. strike disturbances
continued to spread, the forces OF
federal marshals protecting the move
ment OF the mails and interstate traf
fic was increased and more federal
injunctons against plcketing were
granted
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
TOY MANUFACI IURERS
MEET At MANCHESTER
Apout a Hundred Members oil
National Association Ex-
pected TO be Present

Manchester VT, July 1S.--7James
B. Reynolds OF Boston will address,
the convention of the Toy Manufac-
turers of the United States of Ameri.
ca at their meeting here Thursday
evening of this week. About one
hundred members of the association
are coming to the Equinox House for
their annual meeting and outing.
A varied program Of recreation has
been arranged in conjunction with
the Manchester Board of Trade, a
novel feature of which will be tree
Telling, saving, and log riding con
tests near the plant of the n. d,
Cass company of Vermont, and follow
ing the contests there will be spec
ial woodsmen's dinner served at the
boarding house of the Cass company
The program includes further, goll
and tennis contests, a picnic expedi
tlon to an old marble quarry half way
up Mount Aeolus, swimming and fish
ing expedition to Bowen Pond on The
! summit of the Green Mountains.
Judge Frank l.. Fish Of Vergennes
will speak at the dinner Friday even
ing at the Equinox House and follow
ing the dinner there will be dancine
in the Equinox House ball room.
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AUTOBUS OVERTURNS ON
NORTH BENNINGTON ROAD
GERMAN INDEMNITY
MAY BE REDUCED
French and British Officials Also Dis
cuss Cancellation OF Frances
Debt to England.

Paris, July 18.-The reduction oil
the German indemnity to 5O,OOO,OOO.'
900 gold marks from the present
total of 10000 100000 and the can
celation OF the French debt to Eng
land Is the basis OF solution OF the
reparations question now being Sc
.riously discussed by Franch and
British officials.
Although the scheme has not yet
officially reached the reparations
commission, members Of the latter
have discussed the details. It is ex'
pected the proposed plan will be one
.of the chief subjects of discussion In
the forthcoming meeting of Premiers
,Poincare and Lloyd George.
J The suggested solution has the
hearty support Of British officials,
who have been urging its acceptance
upon the French officials, 1t is an
nounced. The latter, so the Associ-
ated Press has been reallabls In
| formed, is looking with more and
more favor upon the plan, provided II
| carries with 1t clean-cut pledge OF
assistance in time of attack and as
sures France the allotment, wholly
or in part OF England's 22 per cent.
share of the total indemnity. 1t is
believed that England is ready to
concede virtually all these demands
II full acceptance on the part o. the
French government is obtained.
The British decided to push the
plan when it was definitely deter
mined that the United States was not
in mood to discuss cancellation of
the allied debt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18

ed that "it is the greatest poem writ
ten by the hand of man" Another
spokesman hailed 1t as "the Battle
cry OF the next 1000 years. Again
and again the poet was acclaimed as
the prophet poet of Democracy, one
who was arousing the nation and the
world to a new sense OF social re-
sponsibility and coming judgment.
So Markham's Man with the Hoe"
initiated a new literary epoch. And
now the critics are calling attention
to the fact that "Ehwin Markham is
the leader OF the new poetic movement
in America" For his whole poem
sounded a new clear note in the early
dawn of the goth century. 1t was the
cry of labor, the cry of the ground.
the cry for a nobler civilization. The
poem drew attention to the poetic
beauty that lies hidden in the common
human life around us. This idea has
been caught up by the younger Ameri-
can poets and 1t Is now the dominant
note in the new poetry OF our era.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
HAVE MADE FORTUNES
OFF STRAWBERRIES
English Farm Laborers Buy Land and
Become Rich Raising
Small Fruits,

London. July 1S.-"Many men who
10 years ago were farm laborers now
drive their own motor cars"
That sounds like an extract from a
story about California or some other
American state where farmers some
times make lot of money. But it isn't
II is taken from report of the big
profits made in Hampshire, Kent, Lin
colnshire and few other countries of
this old land by farmers who raise
fruits and particularly strawberries
Such tales are not often heard in
England. English farmers, as a rule
take more delight in telling tales OF
woe than of wellbeing.
Giving details Of this agricultural
prosperity, the report says: I'm one
case a man cut up field of Is acres
in acre lots and offered it to the lab
orers of the parish He had arranged
the payments to extend over 10 years
but nine of the Is purchasers paid for
1t on the spot Within four years all
the rest paid up, One of them during
the last three years has sold 1,000
pounds worth OF Strawberries from his
one acre lot.
1T is not to strawberries alone that
such men turn their attention. They
make profit out of plums. apples,
herrles, gooseberries and currants.
At the time of the agricultural de
preston Gladstone suggested that
farmers should grow fruit instead OF
corn. His suggestion was received with
scorn and derision by the old fashion
ed farmers. One man, however, thought
the experiment worth trying He has
retired with large fortune Hundreds
of others are now following his foot
steps"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18

The Man with the Ho.-EdwIn Markham

Written seeing Miets World Famous Painting
God made man image,
in the image of God made He hm-Geness. b.
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness OF ages In his face,
his the burden Of the world
Who made him dead to rapture and despair
thing that greves not and that never hopes
stunned brother to the OK?
this brutal Jaw!
hand that slanted back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within this DrahI
Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave
dominion and land;
the and search the heavens Tor power;
To feel the passion Of Eternity?
Is this the lie dreamed who shaped the Guns
And marked their the ancient deepY
Down all the stretch of He'll to It's last gulf
is shape terrible than this
tongued with of the worlds blind greed
More filled with signs and porents for the soul ~.
More aught with danger to the universe ,~--r
FTTl
What CULTS between him and the seraphml
o wheel of labor what to him
Are the swing of Pleiades?
What the long o the peaks OF
The rift OF the reddening of the roseY
Through this dread shape the suffering ages look;
Times tragedy is In that aching stoop
Through this dread shape humanity betrayed
Plundered, proaned and disnherited,
protest to the Judges of the World,
protest that is also prophecy
masters lords all lands
Is this the handiwork you give o God.
This thing distorted and soul quenched?
How will you straighen this shape;
again with immortality W
upward looking light;
Rebuild in It the music and the dream;
Make right the mmemoria names
Perfldious wrongs, immedicabe woes?
sg9 Va .a. ~ / -ya .4T=s@1 81 " Il
masters lords all LANDS.
will the Future reckon with this Man?
his brute question in that hour
whwinds of rebellion shake the world?
VIII be Kingdoms with kings
With those who shaped HIM to the thing he is
this dumb Terror shall reply to Cod
After the silence OF the centuries?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18

Yellow sulphur melts on heating, but
II the heating Is continued and the
temperature increased the molten mass
hardens and becomes solid, melts
again and is finally converted into a
gas. This peculiar behavior of sulphur
Is of the greatest significance from an
Industrial and technical standpoint.
1t has made II possible to mine 1t un-
der the most unusual circumstances, a
feat which would, under other condi'
tions, have been impossible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
$5,776.S52 26
Distribution Of Expenditures

An analysis Of the above statement
Is interesting and shows that the dis,
bursements for highway purposes fig.
ure thirty.nine and one-tenth per cent
OF the total. That highways and edu.
cation cost flfty-1ve and three-tenths
per cent OF the total That highways,
education institutions, administra.
tlon of justice, agriculture and eradi-
cation OF bovine tuberculosis and mill.
tary reach percentage OF nearly
Felghty-three per cent of the total. All
what has been disbursed for interest
and payment on bonded Indebtedness
and construction and repairs and the
disbursement reaches eighty-eight per
cent of the total. In other words, as
above listed. represent eighty.eight
per cent of the total of all disburse.
ments for the fiscal year.
} Appropriations amounting to $162,-
510,S2 were unexpended at the end Of
the year, and are terminated. This
means that the legislature appropria.
ted S162,510.S2 which was not and will
not be used
The expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1922. exceeded those
of the preceding fiscal var by $729,.
622.S3.
The total expenditure $5,776,S52.26
Is little over two per cent OF the
appraised valuation of the real and
personal property in the state as
shown by the tax returns for 1921
1858 9443,16. OF course this ad va,
lorum does not include the thousands
OF dollars that the listers did not find
it does not represent the fair cash
value of the property really apprals-
ed within thirty per cent, neither do
you find in the figures that tremen-
dous amount OF property that escapes
taxation lawfully by exemption pro-
cess.
In statement six months ago es.
timated that there would be a deficit
at the end of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1923-the fiscal year we are
now starting on, and am glad to say
that the figures of the last six months
strongly indicate that there will be a
cash balance at the end of that pc
rod, instead of deficit The dis
bursements for the last six months
were not quite as much as estimated,
and the receipts were InJJre than the
estimate given | have prepared an
other statement with the new figures
before me, and hope IL will be of
some assistance-at least as a basis
upon which others may figure.
Yearly Balano. Sheet.
Statement Of estimates of expendi-
lures and receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1928
Cash on hand July /, 1922 81 1886. 500 90
Receipts from general
revenue for fiscal year
ending June 80. 1923
ESTIMATED ...,........ 100000 90
Receipts from pledged
revenue for the same
period (estimated) 49,. 100000 90
Receipts from 40 cents di-
rect tax (estimated) =. 1,250.000 90
$6,5S6,5O9 90
Expenditures for fiscal
year ending June 30,
1923 (estimated) ...... $500. 900 90
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
Standing Of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results,

Cincinnati 8. Boston 7.
New York 3, st. Louis 2.
Pittsburg s, Brooklyn 5.
Chicago 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.
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BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
Program to Be Rendered at North
Bennington by |. o. o. r.

The Odd Fellows Band of Bennlng-
ton will render a concert at North
Bennington tonight under the direc-
tion of Fred Theberge. The program:
March, World Wide Liberty Miller
Overture, The Bandmans Delight
|, Fox-tro, Fancier Spencer
Waltz, Old Timers Lake
March, Pico Miller
. Waltz, Valse Bluer Margio
A day in the CottonGed, piece char
! acteristic Smith Lubin
, March, Altogether Boys Waggoner
Star Spangled Banner
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Detroit 16, Boston Z.
Chicago 8. New York al innings)
Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 0.
st. Washington, rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
Total receipts for year . $5,09O,43O OS
Dsburseme for the Year.

Total receipts FOR year $o,090,43O 10
Disbursements for the Year.
Warrants issued during the fiscal
year show disbursements classified as
follows.
For highway purposes .$2,25l,25O IL
Education, including ap-
propriations to college
and universities ....... 946,OS9 93
State institutions, includ-
Ing Brattleboro Retreat.
benefciaries and T. B.
hospital wards ..... 775,672 AZ
Administration Of justice
and suit VT. v. N. H. =. 4O5,276 II
Agriculture, eradication
of bovine tuberculosis,
state fair, etc. ....... 255,591 81
Military, Including ap.
preparation for armory 1898 81
Interest and installment
payments on state
bonds ............. 156,625 IA
New construction and ad
ditions to state prop
erty ........ 1859 0S
State Board of Health =. 8O,S23 n
Fish and game (Support-
ed by income from H.
cense fees but included
in revenue statemenO 74,735 Z.
Charities and probation
(about $4,000 received
from sources other than
state funds, included in
receipts ...... 69,542 81
Vermont Sanatorium (sup-
ported by trust fund
and receipts of sanato-
rum included in re-
ceipts) .......... 65,131 81
Pensions veterans aid
and teachers retirement
fund ............... 33,SSO O.
Printing and stationery 1881 d
Libraries and Leg. Ref
Bureau .............. 33,476 4
Sergeantat-Arms . 3O,45S 8
InJurance sinking fund =. $4,000 0
Commissioner of taxes =. 1926 0
Refunds .......... 1857 8
Publicity ............ 1908 2
Executive ............. 1904 .
Public service commits
sion ,,.,..........L... 14,7O4 G
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Showers and thunderstorms this af-
ternoon or tonight. Somewhat cooler
tonight Wednesday fair with moder-
ate temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-18

Cash on hand June 80,
1923 (est'mated) ....$ 2S6,509 90
The statement is made on cash
basis with the expectation that all de-
mands on the treasurer will be taken
care OF whether current or long stand
ing liabilities. There is no attempt
at this time to show the financial con
dition of the state. taking into consid-
Grafton the assets both real and per-
sonal in nature, and the total indebt-
edness. will endeavor to do that in
my annual report.