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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
CHANGING BANKS

A news item of considerable significance ap-
peared in Saturdays papers under Berlin date
line Ii said that bill to reorganize the Rechs-
bank was under consideration, and that the re-
modelled bank would be run as a private institu-
ton with the authority to issue currency on its
geld reserve only.
We had been looking for just such an item.
Long ago we predicted that Germany had no
notion of trying to restore the mark to its face
value, neither will it formally repudate it.
The whole tick, as we surnise, is to be accom-
plished by recognizing the bank of the nation.
Though this bank is now the source OF ISSUE it is
a national Institution. and its notes are national
obligations. for which the bank managers have no
personal liability. In making the bank privately
owned institution. the nation will of course assume
responsibility for the currency heretofore issued,
and the thing will start out with clean slate
IT. due time it will issue limited amount of cur
rency on geld basis.
But meanwhile the holders Of the marks will
have to look to the Berlin government for redemp-
tion and as chronic state of bankruptcy is al
most necessity to that government, the mark will
eventually come to be disregarded as money just
as were our continental bills and the revolutionary
currency CT France
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
WHY NOT CHANGE THE NAME?
(Kissimmee Gazette

Before the next session of the Florida legisla-
lure those having the matter in hand of what has
been known as the "nofence" law should see that
a change is made in the title of that measure-it
being taken for granted that the measure will be
pushed is the bi-annual custom.
AS the title now stands 1t is a misnomer-pure
and simple. Also pure and silly. 1t is misleading
in every way-and those who are at the head of
the desired legislation cannot commence too soon
to put out propaganda in this direction. For it tc
be known over all America that the people are
urging "nofence" law when the people of Flor
ida--the majority of them-desire fence law,
is a bit absurd.
Many in the state understand the matter-even
under its camoufaging cognomen. They realize
that if they desire stock fenced they must advo-
cate "no-fence law. On the other hand, there
are thousands who cannot understand why the
citzenry should advocate "no-fence" measure
when in actually, fences are desired.
To re-ttle the measure which has been fire.
quently considered by the people, would require
very little labor-and the change would be found
beneficial to ALL Those who own cattle would
prefer to having the matter Of fencing looked at
squarely and without any subterfuge; these who
are producing crops other than cattle would
choose the name that would indicate precisely
what was being sought.
BY all means change the title-and face mat.
ters in fair manner without subterfuge And
the stockmen are not going to fight proper and
conservative legislation as steadily and strongly
as they haYe in the, past. II conservative legisl
aton can help eradicate the blunders of the past,
there viii be a vast number of cattIemen who
will cooperate with the proposed measure--for
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
GETTING A DRINK

IF you are thirsty, follow me-" the bootleg
merchant said, said he, and down alley dark
he went, steaEthy and furtive gent. By refuse
heaps he led the way, through empty cellars, foul
and gray IF you are thirsty" whispered he,
look out for dicks and follow me-" The thirsty
patron followed on, with visions of demijohn,
through noxious news and noisesome slum, intent
upon slug of rum. And by the city dump they
stopped, and from jug the stopper popped. A
beaker of the booze he took; his vitals it began
to cook, and clouds of blush smoke arose, emery
ing from his ears and nose He cried, 1--WE had
my forty drops! Now watch we whip the village
cops! l feel like Samson when he slew lion
or a kangaroo" And when the sun rose, bright
and red two cops were sitting on his head And
others beat him on his soes with heavy lignum
vitae poles. Alas for poor deluded skates, on
whom such black disaster waits, who follow
through the shadows gray, where bootleg mer-
chants lead the way! oh, come with me to yon-
der rill, and drink, and drink and drink your
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
THE HIGH COST PROBE
(St. Petersburg Times.)

A three-sded investigation of the high cost of
living is to be started by the departments of JUS
ice, commerce and labor under the direction OF
Attorney General Daugherty.
That there is entirely too much disparity be-
tween primary prices of many commodities and
the ultimate prices charged to the consumer, is
generally admitted; but there has appeared to
be some difficulty in locating just where the
abuses are. 1t has heretofore been a case of
passing the buck" from one set of dealers to
another With the three government aeeHc.a
working at the problem from different aasns
some definite results may be reached.
The probability is investigation will show thai
there is an abuse all along the line, from the
produce" to the consumer. Each dealer that han
dies the commodities adds more to his costs than
was charged to him. thus dividing the extra prices
UP between all the dealers who handle the ar
ticles
The process is doubtless something like that
Of adding more water to the stock of public SER
vice corporations every time they change hands
or they make additional Improvements. Such
changes are often used as a cloak behind which
the assets and liabilities of corporate combina.
ton are artilcially swelled with the result that
the value" OF the assets" are increased much
more than the actual cost of the improvements;
and the consuming public is called on to pay the
fiddler" in the resulting higher rates demanded.
The disease is an old one, but it has been
caught by trade in general, instead of being con-
fined as formerly to big business"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
Daily Poem
MICHIGAN
(Mrs. Chas. Rogers.)

(Mrs. Chas. Rogers)
Michigan, think of thee
Michigan, my Michigan
The dear old state l long to see,
Michigan, my Michigan.
| long to see thy hills of green
And fertile hills that lie between
And flowery banks and silvery
streams,
Michigan, my Michigan.
To Michigan 1 will lie true
Michigan, my Michigan
For states like you are far and few,
Michigan, my Michigan.
Thy mountains high. thy rivers wide
Thy miles of forests side by side,
With the old stats | will abide,
Michigan, my Michigan.
When summer comes and skies are
blue
Michigan, my Michigan
Then we will all come back to YOU.
Michigan, my Michigan.
This Southern state we love you see
But Michigan's the state for me,
And We will all return to thee,
Michigan, my Michigan.
From 4 Tourist
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
JAMES BRYCE

One OF the books which everybody who wants to
get clear understanding Of cur government and the
spirit in which it is operated should read is James
Bryces American Commonwealth. Unlike dc
Ioqueves Democracy in America" which pre-
coded it by several years. it is intensely practical
and it substitutes the ha1d-hcadcd, ccmmcn sense
of the Brton for the abstract speculation Of the
Frenchman De ToquevilIe used America largely
as illustration of his thesis on democracy;
Bryce introduced the abstract idea of democracy
only to illustrate and explain the concrete phenom-
ena of the American government institutions and
people.
Until the day Of his death, which occurred last
Sunday. Vscount Bryce never permitted his in
terest in this country to flag. His last important
work. Democracy. 2-volume production, is
sued in his 83rd year. is devoted to a study of
American institutions and opinions.
His friendship was more than a fad. This
country appealed powerfully to his versatile magi-
naticn. He knew and liked most Of its public
men. He had unAagsing faith in the sentiment of
the people. He looked ahead to the time when
the United States of America would be the most
powerful political organization the world ever saw,
andfet that its growth contained no menace to his
own beloved England
We are indebted to him for clearer conception
of our own land. and for placing America before
The NeTld g jpst and fsyaEabls li0ht... =.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
THOSE NICE JAPS

japanese officials have pledged their country
to withdraw the troops from Siberia as soon as
they can do so with safety, to-vit. when they get
good and ready, and have agreed to vacate Chi
nese possessions and settle with the Cinnamon on
about the same basis.
These pledges, we are informed, are looked
upon as too sacred to poke in the ribs. The con-
ference must accept them at their face value.
They constitute the sum and substance of the
much-talked-of settlement of the eastern question.
In return for this unexampled generosity the con.
ference virtually agrees to keep hands off wherever
the Japs have a claim. Nothing is to be done to-
ward actually freeing Siberia No guarantees
are required for Japanese withdrawal from China.
Not only is the Mikado's government left in
virtually undisputed control of the east but the
conference is seriously considering a resolution,
introduced Ito the eternal shame of this country
by the American delegation, forbidding the i'm
portaton CT arms by the Chinese
There's disarmament for you. The one nation
that fights only in reluctant self-defense is to be
disarmed and put absolutely at the mercy of its
warlke neighbor.
They have set me naked before mine enemy"
is the complaint which China can make when the
conference adjourns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
STILL CELEBRATING BURNS

1t is just one hundred and sixty nine years today
since Robert Burns opened his infant eyes and
began his survey Of Scotland. What he thought
Of what he saw of it during the next thirty-nine
years. constitutes his claim en- The world for in
mortality.
He was not quite pleased with it Though he
loved the natural features and the rural life of
his native country, he rebeed against its social and
religious Institutions, and the motive of most of
his poetry protest and satire. Even in his ten
derest love songs and mcst exquisite pastoras these
motives often play delicate but important part.
Burns believed in the equality Of men. The
rank is but Ike guinea stamp, mans man for
a that, might serve as the motto of his life's
work. He was democrat in land where aris-
tocracy was almost universal, liberal among men
who locked at ali things human and divine through
the blnkers of Calyinism.
But he was a lover Ct his fellow men, genuine
poet with the power Of vision. and reformer
with the possibilities of maryrdom in his character
He had the divine faculty of seeing good in every
thing No other British poet except Shakespeare
could SO utterly eface himself from his work when
it suited him to do SO.
The result Is seen in such masterpieces as the
Jolly Beggars" and Tam O'Shanter" And,
despite the exquisite versihcation and fine senti-
ment Of the "Cot!er's Saturday Nigh" it IS his
description of The fantastic ride of T am from
the inn where he had become glorioualy df~L, and
the wild reves OF the bcggars enjoying their ''glor-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
HUGE CLAIMS AGAINST
MEX. GOVERNMENT FILED

Mexico City, Jan. 25-Eighteen hun
dred claims against the government,
aggregating 250,000,000 pesos for
damages alleged to have been suffered
during the revolutionary periods since
1910 have been presented by both
foreigners and Mexicans, according to
the newspaper Ell Universal.
The time limit for presenting such
claims, in accordance with an execu-
tive order issued several months ago,
expires Jan. 81.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
ARGENTINA NOT TO TAKE
PART IN LINE CONTROVERSY

Euencs Aires. Jan. 25-(By the AS
scciated Press) Argentina will take
70 action regarding Bolivia's petition
that she be admitted to the proposed
conference at Washington between
representatives of Chilli and Peru to
settle the controversy of unsettled
auses OF the treaty of Ancon, the
correspondent learns from an author
itative source.
A note from Bolivia asking Argen-
tina to support her plea was receive!
at thi foreign office yesterday. The
text of the note was MOI given out.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
KISSING AT PRINCETON

The Daily Princetonian has been collecting
data en- kissing at that institution In reply to its
QUESTIONABLE. l46 Freshmen admitted having
kissed girls. while 28 said they never had. That
does not mean. however. that there are any I'M
kissed girls around that institution. as the Fresh
men who pleaded guilty gave statistics showing
that each had kissed on an average, 4.3 girls.
Comparison with other institutions, co-educaton-
al and otherwise, is impracticable, if one should
desire to pursue the investigation but there is rea-
son to believe that business is no better at Prince
ton than elsewhere. Mol me tangere" is not
the college motto CT the present generation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
A. BARTON HEPBURN,
FiNANCIER, Is DEAD

New York, Jan. 25.-A. Barton Hep
burn, financier, author and economist,
died here this morning. On Friday
he was struck by bus. and suffered
q compound fracture OF his right leg,
but az the time attending physicians
did no. believe his injuries were of Il
dangerous character. Later, however,
Mr.. Hepburn's condition underwent a
change for the worse, becoming criti-
cal yesterday morning.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25

flushes the face of the sufferers like
unto commissions. Folsy's Honey and
Tar was wonderful emergency rem
edy." Cases like this give Foley's
Honey and Tar its reputation as the
best remedy for coughs and colds.
For sale at Henley's Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25

A California scientist has discovered that clocks
run faster in the night than in the day. Funny
how these scientific fellows are always announcing
something that everybody knew before
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25

With earthquakes and cold waves every other
day cut where the movies grow, you can not be
surprised if the shimmy is regarded as the most
natural pose of the actress
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25

Sim Flinders was out today circu-
lating a petition to raise a posse to
rescue Yam Sims from the old els
tern, into which he fell accidentally
this morning. Yam has sent word
that he wants to get out as soon as it
is convenient
The two prisoners broke Jail at
Tickville night before last and are
still at liberty. The jailer has sent
them word that thsy just as we'll to
come en- back and eat those beans.
Christmas passed off quietly in this
community with the exception of Sid
ney Hooks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
SEEK FRIENDS IN HOUR OF NEED

I'm the hour OF need we quickly
seek our best friends" writes Chas.
Schridd Ward de Wet, 957 73rd Ave,
Oakland, Cal, "our little boy and girl
had severe dry, rasping cough with
out phlegm, a cough that chokes and
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23
floor Plan OF DAIRY DARN

than the low producers, but the differ
ence in cost, especially at the present
prices of feed Is more than offset.
Any COW to produce her greatest pos
sible quantity of milk must be well
housed. Animals, in common with hui
mans, must eat TO keep up the body
heat in winter. If the COW is cold,
larger part o. her food goes to supply
heat than when she is warm; she must
have fresh air, but must not be in
draft; she must have plenty of water
that is not ice cold. And greatest of
all, she must be housed IN building
where she will be undlsturbed and
comfortable, for COW Is d nervous ami
NAL, easily excited, and when excited
does not give the maximum quantity
of milk.
Successful dairymen know these
facts and build the stables and barns
that shelter the animal with them in
mind. Planning dairy stable has
been brought to pretty exact science,
farm building architects having made
close study of the requirements that
go to make such a building g profit
able investment.
1t is customary, especially on farms
where not great number of dairy
cows are kept. to build the dairy
stable under the barn, or in the first
floor. However, where large number
of cows are maintained, special stables,
such as is shown in the accompanying
illustration, are used. This one-story,
especially designed dairy stable is
planned for a herd of so cows. The
building is equipped with ventila-
ton system that keeps the air fresh,
the walls of the building dry and takes
out the foul air that the animals ex-
hale.
This building is of frame construc-
ton, set on concrete foundation and
has a concrete floor. The floor plan
shows that the two rows of stalls are
arranged so that the cows face a feed
ing alley through the center of the
building. The two rows are each d.
ence in doing the work. Thus there
are two sections of stalls that care for
10 cows each and two sections for IL
cows each.
The building is SO feet wide and 100
feet long. The stalls, divided by steel
stall partitions, face a concrete manager
that has no dividing partitions, SO that
1t may be flushed out with hose when
desired. At each stall head there is an
individual drinking cup, where there
always is fresh water for the COW.
In the sides Of the building are fresh
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23
ESTIMATE OF HORSE POWER
Scottish Chemist Has Made Probably
the Best Definition Dealing
With the Subject.

The point Of man power and horse
power was thus dealt with by Sir
William Ramsay (1S52-1916), the dis
tinguished Scottish chemist, in his adj
dress as president of the British as
ISOLATION at Portsmouth, August 80
1911: 1.-THE population of the British
isles is in round numbers 45,000000;
there are consumed in our factories
at least 100000 tons of coal annual
ly, and it is generally agreed that the
consumption of coal per indicated
horse power per hour is on an average
about five pounds. This gives u.
100000 horse power per year. How
many man power are equal to a
horse power? / have arrived at an
estimate thus: A Bhutanese can carry
230 pounds, plus his own weight, in
all 400 pounds, up hill 1000 feet
high in eight hours; this is equivalent
to about 1-25th of horse power; l.
100000 horse power are therefore
about 175,OO0OOO man power"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23
ANALYZE MISTAKES

MAYHEM you make a mistake, find
W out why you made it. Think 1t
over few minutes. Fix in your mind
the manner in which 1t happened. Be
ashamed Of 1t, if 1t is a bad mistake.
Scare yourself about 1t, IL it is a
dangerous one.
The child never forgets the mistake
he makes when he puts his finger in
the fire. That mistake he has to think
about for long time afterward. One
of the kind Is always enough for
him.
Admiral Peary's Eskimo dogs made
the mistake of eating all that was
given them when they were encamped
in the Arctic regions waiting for one
of his dashes to the pole. Apparently
they remembered that mistake when
the food ran out and some of their
number had to be eaten.
When the survivors OF the pack re-
turned to America they We're very
sparing of the food that was given
them, and buried the remainder. More
than that they secured the neighbour
hood for food to bury. They had had
time to think over their mistakes.
Most people have much the same
sort of work to do every working day.
Those who do not think over their
mistakes continue to make them and
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23

air intake fues, while foul air fiues
carry the foul air to the suction ven
tilators on the roof.
The interior arrangement of this
dairy stable. and the equipment speci-
fed on the floor plan, make this COM
Portable and healthful home for the
dairy herd. AT the same time the ar
rangement is such that the owner may
care for the animals with the least
amount of effort. An overhead carrier
track extends over the feeding alley
and over the litter alleys in the rear
Of the stalls. making it simple matter
to carry the feed to the hangers and
to remove the litter. The continuous
windows admit sunlight to the litter
alley, aiding in keeping the barn free
from disease germs.
Such dairy stable as this is not
expensive to build, but it viii be found
a profitable investment in. northern
states when the weather Is cold and
stormy. The cows will be kept healthy
and4productive and the work of caring
for She animals can be done easily and
at less cost for labor.
While no provision is made In this
stable for the storage of roughage
that the animals need. adjoining it one
or two silos should be erected. These
silos will hold all the ensilage herd
this size needs during the months the
animals are continually in the barn. A
hay storage shed nearby viii protect
the roughage from the weather.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23
Interesting Old Deal.

A penciled note, undated nameless
and cryptic of subject, was picked from
a floor of the Library of Congress the
other day. And as findings is keep
ings, here's to remind you how times
have changed since the words meant
anything:
-"All along by the west side of
Delaware river-as far as man can
ride in two days with a horse, for and
in consideration of these goods to us
in hand paid and secured-20 guns
40 tomahawks-1O0 knives-4O pairs
Of stockings barrel Of beer-30
glass botties-3O pewter spoons-30
combs-60 looking glasses-3O pounds
Of Sugar gallons of molasses-1OO
strings Of beads" and so on.
Deed giving Pennsylvania to William
Penn.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-03-23
Something to
Think Ab0ut
RESTRAIN YOUR SPEECH
By r. II. WALKER

WHEN inclined to speak of a
w persons faults, though he or
she may be unfriendly towards you,
restrain yourself, and think of your
own shortcomings.
Then, if you are charitable soul,
you will turn your conversation into
another channel where there are no
hidden dangers and go sailing under
clear skies in joyous sunshine.
One thoughtless, impulsive, slam
derous word spoken in the presence
of others, and particularly in the hear
ing of those given to gossip and dis
posed to magnify what they hear,
may ruin an innocent man or woman
for life.
Clean your own house before you
set about the task of cleaning the
house Of your neighbor.
Purge your own soul Of shortcom-
ings and you will find yourself so
busy In doing Ii that you will not have
time nor inclination to discuss the
defects Of others.
"Let him without SIM said the
Master OF Men, cast the frSt stone"
And the accusers Of hapless wcman
stole away, one by one.
Your faults and my faults have come
down to us through the ages.
So let us always curb our speech,
wherever we may be and think noble
thoughts instead Of the kind that de-
base others and ourselves as well.
Aside from the good policy Of speak
ing no evil, there comes to the man
or woman who may adopt it, divine
sense of serene happiness that cheers
our way like the stars Of night.
And another thing that accompanies
such a course is the ability to make
friends and hold them in all sorts Of
weather.