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by the way. Is the amount OF savings
| that the French people have invested In
| their own Government securities since
the war? One hundred billion francs.
Problem In InteraIIied Debts.
There is no concrete problem more
vital for us to study with clear and gem
erous vision than that of the so-called
| lnterallied indebtedness. From the
purely American view there are certain
points important for US to bear In
mind.
1T has been said many times In the
last twelvemonth that the one adjust
| ment essential to the settlement of
Europe Is the German reparations ques-
tion- I agree that this has been, and
is. a question of great Importance. but
| !. seems to me that It has now become
secondary to the general one OF Inter
allied debts. or course, in a way OF
speaking, 1t Is simply part of the lat
ter question. because Germany's indebt-
edness to the Allies is international In
character.
'In our discussions Of reparations over
here the American attitude has, on the
whole. been critical of the French for
apparently not realizing ..lore quickly
the. facts Of the situation and thus
drssticaily scaling down the repara-
tions payment. In fact. many critics
over here have been advising France
to forgive a good part OF the German
debt.
| Want America TO Forgive.
ITO these critics Frenchmen have not
unnaturally replied: 1T Is easy for Amer
| leans to advise us to forgive German
! debts due to us in repair of the frightful
| havoc caused by Germany on our homes
and industries but what about America,
In turn, doing little of the debt forgiv-
| ing business, especially as the debts that
were contracted with the American Gov
| ernment were made I'm order TO enable
| us In large measure to do Americas
| fighting before her own soldiers got into
the firing line
II am not going to argue this point
simply bring 1t up so as to ask you
to give 1t your further thought and
study--whether there may not be some
reason in the French attitude
THE reason why I say that repara-
lions has now reached stage secondary
to the larger question of interallied in.
| debtedness Is that. while no reparations
| adjustment has yet been reached, never
| theless public opinion on the other side
| has now advanced to a state where when
the reparations question comes up again
next November 1t ought not to be i'm
possible TO settle"
Little Room for Negotiations.
Mr.. Lamont here presented tabula-
ton of the international debts owing to
America, which aggregate s10,15OI5A-
1876. He then continued
| Now as to this Indebtedness, early
last spring Congress passed law un-
der which the President appointed a
| special commission to perotia+ -
the foreign nations the handIinr =, ,haIn
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indebtedness. The power or tbs COM
mission, however, was strictly limited
by law. 1t must require the borrowing
nations to pay off their entire indebted
ness within twenty five years, and
meantime to pay interest at an average
rate not below Az per cent. or course,
such provisions leave little room for
negotiations Under that bill about all
that the European nations can do Is to
sign on the dotted line or else TO de-
cline to sign on the ground that they
know that they will not be able to live
up to the specified obligations and
themselves to promise that they cam
not carry out.
Now, being all, hope, practical men,
think 1t behooves us to scrutinize this
situation and to look into the various
factors bearing upon 1t. Let us, by in
vestigation. determine what, if any, of
these debts are In any event uncollecti-
tle and so should be written off in or
der to quit fooling ourselves Let us
decide what others of these debtors are
good in part. but must be given ample
time to pay in-far longer perhaps than
twenty-five years. Emphatically, let us
figure to see whether the payment of
these debts (Which inevitably must
mean a great increase In our import
and a heavy decrease In our export
trade) is going to prove an asset or Q
liability for American business.
Half Lent In the First Year.
Then. aside from these phases of the
question, there is another one for us TO
study which has practicality In 1t and
also some sentiment. 1t is based on the
following fact. namely, that about one
half of the total Indebtedness was con-
tracted between April 4, 1917 (when
Congress declared war against Ger
many), and the date a year later when
the American army for the first time
got its soldiers into the trenches in any
considerable number. Can it not, with
much reason, be argued that whereas
during this period of one year we were
wholly unable to furnish soldiers to
fight our battles for US at least we
were able to furnish arms and muni-
tions? We did furnish these, but not
as a free contribution 10 the war for
during that period the Allies were lur-
chasing these commodities IN America
and were paying for them by contract
ing the debts just described
Ought therefore any part Of this
first half be Cancelled by the American
tahpdyers 40 not attempt 10 answer
that question, which Of course has been
raised many times heretofore. I simply
bring 1t up again and urge you to thiud
about il, and If, and when you reach
n conclusion express that conclusion out
loud. One thing is certain: If some one
on April 4, 1917. had been able to give
US our choice as to whether we should
rather give up freely and for all time
five billion dollars In money or give UP
the lives of several hundred THOUSAND
of our sons there would have been no
hesitation as TO our choice. Fate, how.
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ever. was the one that determined that
choice. 1t determined that Great Britain
and France should give up the lives
during That first year and that We should
furnish not our blood but our money.
taking In place of it the promises to pay
OF our Allies.
mo other policy at the time could
have been followed, / grant you. but
now that the war Is behind us and we
can take long rook back, is 1t wise for
us. is 1t just is it generous to make
some composition of this matter? What
Is your opinion?
What Does America First Meant
TN making UP our minds as to the
proper answer, let us recall phrase
that of late years has been much used
here. and sometimes musused-'America
first.' What does America first mean?
Does II mean tnat we shall strain every
nerve to make America first In wealth
and prosperity? II so, we have already
attained that ambition. Already we
hold two-fifths of the entire worlds
stock of gold. We produce 54 per cent.
OF it's cotton, As per cent. of its grains.
60 per cent. of its copper and more than
half of its iron and steel. Is there any
field of material accomplishment that
we are not pTeeUlincHl III
"As to science, no ambition could be
more exalted than to have America first
in that field. And we may we'll be glad
and proud that in so many lines OF
science. especially, perhaps. medicine
and pathology, this country is In the
van Its progress being manifestly due
not only to the zeal and skill of our
scientists, but also to the boundless gen.
erosty OF those men who have used
their wealth to relieve and to bless man.
kind.
'In education, too, America is In the
front rank, and even though In systems
for training the minds of our young we
may have much to learn. yet no one can
deny that in our scheme Of general
free schools for the youth of the land
we probably surpass any other country
in the world Likewise, In our charity,
Americas record is a noble one. Who
can forget the colossal sums for relief
that our people freely gave, during the
war and after? Mr.. Herbert Hoover es-
timates these sums TO have aggregated
s1.2O4,343,000 down to the summer OF
1921
.sHow About Our sacrifices."
yet with all this splendid record of
liherality and accomplishment / again
put the question Whether you ana ana
our fellow citizens generally are doing
our fun share to solve the weighty, the
tragic questions that are weighing on
the world? Are we giving to the solu-
tion of those questions the best that Is
in us-our constant study and thought,
the Willingness to sacrifice?
II make no appeal to you for the
immediate material aid of the world
that lies beyond the Atlantic and Pa
cific. I make appeal to you and to my
self for something far more rare-for
our assurance TO them tnat we are with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
COUNTY COMMITTEE
met ON MONDAY

The Republican County Committee
Tor Vernon County met at the Court
House in the City of Viroqua and was
called to order by Chairman ID. o. Ma
25th.
The following precincts were repre-
sented either by delegates or by prox-
les as follows: Christiana, NJ Mise
stuen; Forest, c. j. Eastman; Jeffer-
son, ii. M. Hanson; Kickapoo, Swain
thompson; Stark, Ham Cowan; Ster-
ling, FL Davis; Union, George Graves;
NIroqua, Chris WEIGH; Coon Valley,
Edw. Olson; Hillsboro Village, w. G.
Auisebrook; LaFarge, Geo. E. Cham
Ders; Ontario, " A. Stoddard; Viro-
qua City, 1st Ward, /. S. Hamilton;
Westby City, End Ward, r. NJ. Grims-
rud; Liberty, c. A. Smith.
Inc following duly elected delegates
were not present nor represented by
proxies: Clinton, S. W. householder;
Genoa, Cras. OFT; Wheatland, w. r.
Haverly; Viroqua, End Ward, L. C.
Boyle; Viroqua City 3rd Ward, Dan
Beck; Westby 1st Ward. N. Nelson.
The chairman announced that quo
rum was present Mr.. Hamilton NOV
ed that the secretary cast the ballot
for d. o. Mahoney as chairman of the
committee for the ensuing two years.
Motion carried. The ballot was cast
and Mr.. Mahoney was declared elect
ed.
Mr.. Cowan moved that the chair
man cast the ballot of the committee
for Berlie Moore as secretary for the
ensuing two years. Motion carried.
the ballot was cast and Mr.. Moore de-
clared elected.
Mr.. Davis moved that the secretary
cast the ballot of the committee for
Amund Belland as treasurer. Motion
carried. The ballot was so cast and
Mr.. Belland was declared elected.
1t was duly moved and carried that
l: s. Hamilton and Edward Olson be
elected to represent Vernon county on
the Congressional committee.
The committee then proceeded to
fill vacancies in precincts where no
committeeman were elected as follows:
Bergen, Julius Bjorge; Coon, N. C..
Nerison; Franklin, Ole Traastad Green
wood, Wencil Novy; Hamburg, ]. F.
Zietlow; Harmony, Thos. Peterson;
Hillsboro, B. A. Waterman; Webster,
G. w. Wilson; DeSoto, H. L. johnson;
Readstown, Oscar Anderson; Stoddard.
A. q. Curry; Viola, j. H. Smith, West
by Bird Ward, Hans Brendum.
BERLIE MOORE, Secretary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
FIND NEW MERCURY
SYPHILIS REMEDY

Flumerin, mercurial compound
has been found to be drug which fur
nishes an Improvement in the treat
ment of syphilis by injection into the
veins. Drs. Edwin G. White, Justina
Fl. Hill, Joseph Earl Moore, and Hugh
H. Young of Baltimore describe the
new discovery nj the current issue OF
the Journal fthe American Medical
Association.
The advantageous features of fun
erin are its low toxicity and remark
ably non-irritating character when in
jected into the veins. Doses contain
ing from eight to twenty times the
amount OF mercury present in other
mercury compounds commonly used
have been given with impunity, it is
stated, and the maximum dose which
may be given serially has not yet been
determined.
In ninety-six human cases, definite
proof of its value as an antisypilitic
drug has been given, while it has been
effective in Graduating the disease in
rabbits
The rdug is not available for gener-
al distribution, and, for the present at
least, permission will not be granted
for its commercial manufacture. The
chemical name fthe drug is disodium
salt ofhydroxymercurifiuore from
which the short name of the compound
has been obtained. 1t is different from
compounds of German origin, such as
salversan an dthe arsphenamins, now
used in the treatment of veneral dis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
AROUND THECOUNTY
WHEATLAND

Victory, October 2-Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Henry of Viroqua are visiting
at the Jacob Podawitz home.
DR.. Andrew was called to the home
of Fred Jacobus to see Miss Gertie
who is sick.
Bonnie Henderson was under the
doctors care the last week but is much
improved at present.
Harry Angel made business TRIP
to Lacrosse last Saturday.
Will Wetterland and family of Pres
ton, Mimi, visited a few days at the
Alva Wetterland home.
The Burt Brust family have moved
into the C.. A. Wakefield house.
Audry Gundolf spent Sunday al
home.
Mrs. Will Sutherland has rented
some rooms at Viroqua and expects
to move there to be with her husband
who is patrolman at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack McTyre, who /!
employed at the West Salem asylum
spent Sunday with home folks.
Quite number from here attended
the fairs both of Lacrosse and Viro.
qua.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. E. Pullman spent q
week at Viroqua and attended the fair
Mrs. Delbert Simpson visited few
days with Mrs. ID. +. Pulham.
r. ]. Helgeson, our new candidate
for sheriff, has been out in the east.
ern part Of the county electioneering
William Helgeson, who has beer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
KILLED in PLANE WRECK

Last Saturday, at the military fly
ing field near Baltimore, in the pres
ence of 10000 Mortified spectators, one
of the planes engaged in balloon bomb
ing practice crashed to earth and both
of the aviators were instantly killed
Reports of this kind come to us
every few days, and we become some
what Indifferent to them, but this ac-
cident comes close home to Vernon
people, for one of the men who lost
his life was Lieutenant Herbert Han
son, nephew of Merchant G. w. Nor
terud of Bloomingdale, son of his sis
ter, Mrs. HI. G. Hanson of Churches
Ferry, North Dakota.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04

working for r. J. Helgeson has re.
turned to his home at Lacrosse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gonkee of Spar
ia came down to visit few days al
l.. A. Wakefield's.
Kenneth Lawson and Dave Pullman
did business in DeSoto Sunday.
Mrs. Max Griffin, who with her hus.
band, are visiting at the later's home
underwent an operation at the st
Francis hospital at Lacrosse.
Geo. Woodhouse, who is working az
fireman at Madison, spent couple oil
days at home. We understand his
wife will accompany him back there
where she also has employment.
Dennis Ames of Tomah visited al
l.. A. Wakefield's and also Frank Hick.
ock home at DeSoto.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Podawitz and
Mr.and Mrs. Chris Henry visited at the
Dave Adams home at DeSoto Sunday,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
GENERALELECTION NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN


Department Of State
Notice is hereby given that al an eiestlon
70 be held in the several towns. wards, Vhlagez
ana election districts of the state Of WISCONSIN,
on the FIRST Tuesday Of November, A. y. 1879
being the seventh day of said month"; tne toi-
lowing officers are TO be elected
A governor in place Of John J. Blaine whose
term Of Office viii expire on the rrst MONDAY
Of January, A. d. 1923.
A lieutenant governor in place Of george r.
Cornings, whose term Of Office VIII expire on
the first Monday Of January, 1928.
a secretary of State in place OF Elmer D
HAL, whose term of Office will expire on tne
hrst Monday Of January. 1928.
a state treasurer in place Of Henry Johnsen
whose term Of Office viii expire on the hrst
Monday of January 1923
An attorney general in place OF William ).
MorKan, whose term of office viii expire on
the first Monday of January, 1928.
A United states senator in place Of Robert
M LaFollette, whose term Of office viii ex-
pire March e. 1928.
A representative in congress for the It'll con-
gresslonal district, comprised Of the counties
OF Clark, Adams. Lacrosse, Monroe, Sauk.
jackson, Juneau, and Vernon in place OF Jo-
seph d. Beck whose term Of Office expires on
the 4th day of March, 1923
member Of assembly for the assembly dis
trict comprised of the county Of Vernon in
place Of Luther NJ. Roseland whose term Of
Office viii expire the first Monday Of Janu-
airy, 1923.
Given under my hand and official seal. at the
Capitol. in the city of Madison. this 10th day
Of September, 1922.
ELMER S. HALL. Secretary Of State.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
Stats
Diary

Friday-Went to the ,opry house to
lissen to lecsure on Ekonomy and
Afishiency. The speaker tawked for
hr. and " and amidst other things
he sed that Order was the main thing
for to have in Institution of emmy
kind. All | got to say is this Wether
are house is Institution or not we
have got plenty of orders. Ma attends
to giveing them to l and pa and etc.
Saturday-Blisterses ma and / of
her Sisters cum up to are house to
mite and beet us out of going to swell
pitcher show. They was a tawking
about Love and other commoditys and
the strange woman sed she was disap-
pointed in love. Pa up and maniged
to get in a word sideways and sed
Why thot you was married and sch
replyed and answered yes ! am.
.Sunday-Enny time / don't no how
to get in good with the Ladys and
Jane and etc. She told me she had to
read paper before the Campfire girls
Untitled Modern Beauty. | sed to her
all she wood half to do is to stand
up an diet them take a good look at
her. That made me solid as chunk
of lead.
Monday-School begun. | went and
made up good pome on it.
The slsaol bell il has rung agen.
We get our pencil, book & pen.
Vacation time has went so quick.
We got to study insted of go swim
ming in the crick.
Tuesday-Pa says he has got to
borry sum money before he can fin
ish are new house. He sed he was a
going to ask Mr.. Benson. l diddent
think they hardly new each another
but ma says they sleep in adjoining
Pews at Chirch.
Wednesday-The preecher was here
for dinner and was jokeing pa and ma
about being married Ia yrs. And he
sed to pa Do you love her still Pa
looked out in the kitchen and let his
voice down and sed. l believe l cud
love her better that way than any
other way. Ma TUX it good natured.
AS she diddent hear it.
Thursday-Teacher asst Jake for /
reason why he was glad to be hveing
in the u. States and he sed Because
the muskitoes and fys do not work
all on the same Shift.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04

--Messrs. Mervin Rusk, Geo. White,
Ira Turner and Ward White with their
families went 10 Viola Sunday where
they met other relatives at the home
Of VIM. Turner, numbering thirty in
all.
Writing from Washington, D. c.
Robert Nixon, secretary to Congress
man Beck, says; II arrived here on
Tuesday a IN. in fine shape after sew
eral mishaps. Ran into a wreck out
side of Milwaukee where nineteen
freight cars were piled up, took the
Interurban to Milwaukee, had to stay
all night in Chicago and until the next
afternoon to catch a train for Wash
ington. Strike has affected train SER
vice very much"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04
DO YOU KNOW THAT.

The arctic tern is the worlds cham
pIon daylight saver. This bird has "a
hours of daylight eight months in the
year and considerably more daylight
than darkness the other four months.
Paper enough for the whole world
could be made from the bamboo and
savannah grasses of India much
cheaper than paper can be made from
wood pulp, chemists claim.
1t Is estimated that the demand for
petroleum is increasing in this coun-
try at the rate Of about o,00O, 900 bar
rels year.
Airplane service is being organized
to connect the French ports of Hayre
and Cherbourg with fast train leav-
ing southampton, England, for Lon
don, for the convenience of trans At
lantic passengers desiring to visit the
British capital.
Magnesium, the metal formerly used
in Photographic fash-light powders.
is now being used as the major con-
stituent o fan alloy in high speed mo-
tors and racing cars.
The first practical military smoke
less powder appears to have been de-
veloped by Vieilletin France in 1886.
1t is estimated that last year the
people OF this country consumed 1913
pounds of coffee per capita.
The energy value fthe avocado or
alligator pear is more than twice that
of most other fruits
Should nature, by the process of the
coal age, transform the densest Jungle
in the world today into coal seam it
probably would be only a few inches
thick.
Pliny says that the Romans, more
than two thousand years ago, import
ed Roquefort cheese from France to
add favor to their banquets.
A rush order of automobile Access
series were recently sent from Dayton,
Ohio, to Canada by airplane.
Deep sea fishes found in the stomach
of the swordfsh seem to indicate that
the swordfish descends to considerable
depth for its meals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-04

Gle x1 or the Constitution new section
to read: (Article XII Section Sb. Any
city. in addition to the Indebtedness OF
FIVE per centum authorized by section :
Of this article, may incur an indebted
ness not exceeding another five per Gen.
tum on the value of the taxable property
in such city for the purpose of Acquiring
or constructing street railway properties,
or properties for the production. trans
mission. delivery or furnishing OF light.
heat, water or power to the public
now. therefore, be Il
Resolved BY the Assembly, the Senate
ooncurrinp, That the foregoing amend
ment to the constitution Of the state Of
Wisconsin be and the same Is hereby
agreed to by this Legislature.
EOTE.-(Under the present provi-
sicns Of the constitution. cities and
ethsr municipalities are prohibited from
becoming indebted in any manner or
for any purpose to any amount in
ciuding existing Indebtedness, In the
aggregate exceeding ave per csntum on
the value Of taxable property therein.
to ee REcertained by the last assess
ussnt fer state and county taxes pre-
vfeeu 20 the mourning q such indebt-
ednees. II this proposed amendment is
ratified by the people cities viii be
authorized to incur an additional in
dentedness. not exceeding another Ave
per centum on such value. for the pur-
poee OF acquiring or constructing the
public utilities mentioned In thu amend
ment)