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Trade Frontiers

THE w great mdeveloped sections of the
L world are Africa and South America. In those
continents will be found the next frontier. The
vast areas Of untrod wilderness, the unmeasured
Of feet Of merchantable timber, the untouched de
poSits of mineral wealth constitute latent resources
the development of which offers unexcelled oppor-
tunities for men of vision and enterprise.
Compared with what the United States can hope
TO gain in commerce with devastated Europe the
wealth Of trade offered by Africa and South Amer
lea are unreasonable. To the United States those
continents will look in chief degree for the capital,
for the engineering skill. for the managerial ability.
for the construction machinery, for the implements
and the equipment that are always necessary in the
period of Development of any new region. These
two continents are inviting American enterprise,
and whatever trade may be developed with those
continents will most easily ana naturally flow
through the ports of the southern states.
The center of production in the United States is
n short distance southwest of indianapolis, In
diana. BY drawing a circle with that point as the
center, il will be Immediately ascertained that
southern ports, on an average are nearer the center
Of production than ports in the northern states.
To this advantage of a shorter rail haul the south
crn ports add the advantage of closer proximity
by ocean route to Africa and South America.
This being true and the future development OF for
lcign trade depending so largely upon the control
of ocean transportation. it seems incredible that
sOut'i.r m statesmen woulI npp,s ans plan that
promises to place our carrying trade under the
Anr tsrn flag.
So far as possible, Great Britain with the ad.
vintage OF her mandates and Germany with the
advantage of cheap production, will endeavor to
secure for themselves the trade Of Africa and South
America. Only by going after business agrees
sively and bending every effort and resource t. the
attainment of the desired end, can the United
States hope to gain and keep her share of an in
ternational and mutually enriching commerce,
probably unsurpassed in the history of the world.
, 1922-06-26

whether hurled at him in English or
Spanish.
Recently, on account of the length
cning days and a desire to finish the
work in hand before hot weather.
Smith decided to Increase the pay OF
the men and W. them work an ex-
ira hour each evening. thus p~rolonging
the day TO nine hours. but the mules
would not stand for II. Promptly at
5 o'clock. as vas their wont. they be
gan to show a desire to quit work.
hung back in their harness in spite OF
strong urging and finally refused TO
go farther.
No amount OF punishment could
force h animals to make another
turn. The drivers whipped and shout
ed. put to no effect: the mules re-
manned obdurate. After several run
Always and smash-ups. Smith ordered n
return to the old schedule and peace
and contentment were restored in
camp.
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Delinquent Taxes

WYOMING newspapers coming to the exchange
w desk at present contain the delinquent tax lists
of their respective counties. 1t is noted that the
lists Of delinquent properties are much longer and
larger in amounts than at almost any other period
in recent years. This situation means more than
the simple fact that the people lack the ready
money to pay their taxes when due 1t means also
that they are discouraged That they have lost
their pride in keeping their bills paid. That they
are dissatisfied with the increases in assessments
and distressed at the expense of government
They see no effort to cut the public costs by prac
tees of economy, but they witness denial of nothing
that contributes to the ease and comfort of trans
acting public business with the least possible eff
fort.
The times are such, and the. financial condition
of the people is such, that the demand is upon the
state and every county and municipality in it, TO
retrench. To reduce costs, to engage in no outlay OF
money beyond the strict needs of upkeep and give
the taxpayer a chance to recuperate. he is entitled
10 it lie has been a patient and willing producer,
but he has been driven to the limit
The next order of business in Wyoming, and
in her counties and cities is n real reduction iii
taxes upon the people, the securing of a dollars
worth of value for every public dollar expended,
and a drastic cut in the general outgo.
In other words there is a present use for a large
kennel of bulldogs in the treasury.
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"Tio ho-T laughed Uncle Bon as Ned
and Ted walked into his Ssrd-
you would II you could see your.
Solves chuckled Uncle Ben
Land zakes." exclaimed Aunt Mary
who had come out TO greet them. ITS
poison ivy. You poor dears. come
right in and IN fix you up
And Aunt Mary was right. Ned and
Ted had stumbled into some poison ivy
and knowing that their camp was only
a few miles fror5 tho home Of Uncle
Ben. wisely decfoed to go there for
treatment. II wasn't long before their
aunt had bafhed the burning, itching
spots with a solution of sugar Of lead
and they felt better.
Il thought it was woodbne." said
Ted. nlefuiiy.
'That's what almost everybody
pie would only remember that poison
ivy. which some people call mercury.
has only three leaves in a cluster while
woodbine always has 1--WE. then there'd
be much less itching. In the Western
states this poison ivy grows in a
shrub form and is called poison oak.
but the Itch is just the same"
"a Teller can't go round with a
botany book in one hand in order to
avoid all the poison weeds" com
planned Ted.
Don't need to- commented Uncle
Ben: there are only five really
poisonous weeds that folks are likely
10 stumble into. in all this country.
us that so?" exclaimed Ned in sur.
prise why. 1 thought there were
hundreds"
IF there are only 1--WE. we sure can
learn what they look like, and remem-
Der them" said the practical Ted.
That's the way to talk" Uncle Ben
said. land 1 can ind all of them right
here on my farm. Come on. I'll show
you
mot until after dinner" warned
Aunt Mary. Ind after n dinner that
tasted mighty good to the boys as a
change from three weeks of camp food.
they set out with their uncle TO learn
about poison weeds. on the way Uncle
Ben explained that tiny little insects
SO small that scientists call them
'organisms" live on tho poison ivy
and do all the damage. Sometimes
they blow off on people and poison
them, n people say they are poisoned
simply by looking Mt the weed. An
other popularity is that the weed will
poison some people one yea and will
not the next and win poison some
folks every year n others never.
After showing them the difference
between poison ivy. woodbine. and
Virginia creeper-a1 except the poison
ivy having groups of five leaves
Uncle Ben found a poison sumac.
TITS one of the worst varieties that
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Exemplifying Ingratitude

remarked a long while ago, How
~ sharper than the serpent's tooth to have q
thankless- child. The s~oundness of the doctrine has
never been d~isproved and seldom disputed. There
is a case in point
The Singer Sewing Machine company was built
up in this country under the policy of protection.
1t became so large and so prosperous that it began
to branch out into other countries, and today its
chief plants are in the United Kingdom, Russia and
records, are little more than assembling plants, and
the company is taking advantage of the cheaper
foreign labor to be found across the sea. But
there are smaller concerns in this country which
have not advantages, and which would prefer to
operate in the home of their birth, and they need
protection. Because of our position in the indus
try say the Singer officials, ave have not followed
our inclinations and fought the companies who de
sire protection, but, it is the feeling of this com
pany that the whole business is unwise and par
ticularly that sewing machines are in no need of
protection"
AS pointed out to the ways and means commit.
tee of the house by the secretary of the Sewing Ma
chine Manufacturers association:
"The Singer Sewing Machine company is recog-
nized as an American concern, but it should be
borne in mind that they have factories in Great
Britain, Canada, Germany and Russia The Singer
company controls approximately 95 per cent of the
power sewing machine business, as well as a very
substantial family sewing machine business. There
are certain types of power machines which, per
haps, they can manufacture as cheaply in the Unit
ed States as in their foreign factories, the same
being well covered by patents, but in the case of
family sewing machines they are well equipped to
manufacture abroad machines suitable for the
United States at a lower price than the same can
be made in this country, and it has been reported
that they do actually ship family sewing machines
into the United States from abroad"
The attitude of the Singer people is like that of
certain international bankers who have waxed so
strong and prosperous in the United States that
they have at length come to look upon this country
as one Of their chattels to be pawned with the
league of nations, or some other similar organiza-
ton, as security for anything they may do. Such
are examples of greed over reaching itself. The
Singer company cannot deny TO others that which
has done so much toward its own huge develop
ment.
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Character Comes First

when boys and girls were educated
at home by tutors and g~overnesses."
says Vogue. ct was intended that
they should keep the home atmosphere
and the home ways. which were gem
orally those Of pleasantness. But this
now applies to comparatively few
among the millions of families in the
country, many Of whom are trying to
educate their children away from the
home atmosphere because they con-
slider 1t less refined than that which
they car command for them in other
surroundings. So they send them to
school to be trained according to the
lights of schoolmasters and schoolmis-
tresses. And more and more does II
appear that for schoolmasters and
mistresses to develop n high order of
character among their pupils is more
important than to develop a high
amount of brain power particularly
that kind which turns too shrewdly to
busfness) or a high degree If out
ward polish Outward polish is good,
but the basis Of the real gentleman's
and gentiewoman's character Is hat
it has the right feeling. either ac-
qufred o. inherited, about things; and
the best that polish can do for a coarse
nature is to hide. at times. that it has
not the right feeling. Indeed, polish
is a mistaken word to use. since only
fine wood viii take IL. Stain and
varnish. or veneer. would be better
expressions, since such things are
used on common wood to cover the
real color mt grain"
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Disregard of Law

NOTWITHSTANDING frequent assertions that
I the American people are showing "A tendency to
look with leniency upon lawlessness, the fact re-
mains that they are the most law-abiding of any ~
the world. They recognize as the fundamental prin.
ciple of American institutions, that this is a govern
ment by law and not by men and that liberty de-
ponds absolutely upon the maintenance and en-
forcement of law. This being true there can be
no hope for ultimate success of n railroad strike
in defiance of the decision of the Railroad Labor
Board in the matter of railroad wages.
1t may be readily admitted that perhaps the
railroad labor board in its decision did not reach
exact justice, for exact Justice is impossible SO
long as human infirmities continue. But IT NAV
be safely asserted that the decision of that board,
after due consideration of all the facts and circum-
stances, is a far nearer approach to justice than
can be attained by any other means or through any
other agency. In the reductions of wages, which
have been ordered, there is just as much probability
that the cuts were too small as that they were too
great. Undoubtedly members of the board did what
they thought was right in an effort to award the
railroad workers just compensation, with due re-
gard to the cost of living, compensation paid in
other lines of industry, the character of the work.
and the ability of the industry to pay.
However that may be, the fact remains that the
Railroad Labor board is a lawfully established
tribunal of adjudication; it proceeds with its work
in a lawful Manner; it reached its decision which
stands as the expression of the will of the Amer
lean people and that decision is entitled to the
same respect as any other decision by any other
government tribunal.
In an effort to substitute lawful procedure for
the force and violence of a strike or a lockout, and
in an endeavor to protect the interests of all the
people from the conflicting interests of employers
and employees, congress passed the law which pro-
vided for the adjudication of railroad disputes.
That the law is not perfect or its administration
perfect is quite likely, but it is the best that has
ever been accomplished for the general welfare. II
substitutes legal decisions based upon evidence in
place of agreements forced by arbitrary power ON
the one hand or exacted under the threat of dis
tress and devastation on the other. The country is
presented, therefore, with the question whether
it will be governed by lawful procedure or by mob
rule. There can be no question whatever as to the
position the great body of American people will
take.
A railroad strike may be called, but, if called it
will mark the beginning of the end Of the organ
~izations responsible for defiance of law and dis
regard of the public welfare.
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Air Taxicabs

THE taxicab on land has INDICATED
itself by its convenience, cheapness
and service" notes the New York Her.
aid, "a somewhat similar system has
already been started for air travel
abroad. AT the Croydon air station,
near London. an airplane taxi, seating
three passengers, is maintained ready
for immediate flight, the rate being
a nat charge of less than 50 cents a
mile. A traveller on an eastbound
ocean steamship nearing England can
call one OF these air taxis By wireless
and find it waiting his arrival.
I'VE in America + tagging behind
Europe in aerial passenger traffic, but
when we get Jul pace the returning
American will find a plane cab or his
private air car waiting for him on
his arrival to whisk him through to
his home in New England or wherever
else 1t may be.
"The ~helicopter. now said to be
nearly perfected. will make possible
slow landing within a very small
space"
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Is infringed u court may be p~etitioned for redress
and II IT is a case that falls within the jurisdiction
OF the supreme court il may eventually be carried
to that high tribunal
II requires only a fair comparison Of the condi-
tion of labor in the United States and in any other
country TO reveal how immeasurably better off
wage earners are in America Whenever labor has
a real grievance that can be corrected by federal
statute, congress promptly passes a law to cover
the point The interstate commerce laws, for in
stance, are filled with provisions drawn solely in
the interest of the safety and comfort of railroad
workers. Occasionally a well-meant act OF congress
is found to conflict with the constitution, as in the
child labor act which interefered with the police
power of the states. But even that does not mean
that the intended benefits of that act are TO be
lost, for most of the states already have statutes
in force that contain practically the same restric.
tons as embodied in the federal law.
, 1922-06-26
The Regalia Rose

The Joyous reign OF spring was DER.
She should have been away.
But fingered in 4 verdant nook
To weave a garland gay
or rosy blossoms clustering
Uion 3 slender spray.
While she was busy with her task
So swiftly flew tho hours
The green syringa suddenly
Grew white with waxen flowers.
The meadow sweet enticed the bees
To fairy banquet bowers.
10, / have overstayed my time"
She cried. land l suppose
That 1 must leave my wreath behind,
So in the garden close
Next morning all in bloom appeared
Tn pink regalia rose.
-MINNA IRVING.
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''rhe kind that Socrates drank"
asked Ted.
Yes sir. the very kind. And the
ancient Greeks used to execute con.
demned men with it. but II you don't
steep it and drink 1t. there's no dan.
ger"
And here" continued Uncle Ben as
he took them into a swampy spot, 'Is.
the water hemlock, not dangerous 10
the skin but deadly II taken internally.
The danger lies in crushing the roots.
Cattle sometimes crush them in
swnmpy places and drink the water
and It kills them. Always avoid drink.
ing any but running water"
The boys examined the branches and
roots carefully as Ted sketched. The
root looks and smells like h~orseradish.
another danger" warned Uncle Ben.
And here" he went on, sis the
pokcberry and inkberry. Not very
dangerous to handle. but better left
alone. 1t IS poison. taken internally.
either the dark purple berries or
leaves. while the root is deadly-al-
though. strange to say. 1t doesn't
poison birds"
Wen remember them ALL" prom.
ised Ned. And here ars the sketches
that Ted made. Wednesday-"A
Busy Rainy Day.'D
Tomorrow-Merry Markings.
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Pure Nsmogogu

ALMOST Every time Samuel Gompers opens his
u mouth he has something TO say about "the
enemies of labor" Every official or other individ-
ual whose views on labor do not coincide with those
of the federation chief are immedia Fly classed as
"labors enemies The most recent addition to the
prescribed list is the United States supreme court.
whose decisions to the effect that labor unions are
Fuable, and that the child labor law was uncon.
stitutional are characterized by Mr.. Gonpers as
part of a "boisterous and brazen movement to de-
merge human rights for the sake of profiteers and
industrial autocrats.r
Far from being an "enemy of labor" the supreme
court is really the bulwark that safeguards the
rights of labor. Labor organizations and their in
hividual members are entitled TO precisely the same
rights under the law as other organizations and
pther individuals. The moment one of those rights
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poison through the skin" he s,,s
and you can tell It from ordinarv
suman because Its leaves have snoo,h
DIS and the red blossoms hang dow,
Willie the non-poisonous sort stand mn
straight and have saw-tooth edre.
Count the clusters Of leaves. all odd
numbers. never in even numbers. and
from five TO -. on the poison kind
Ted made little sketches as Uncle
Ben talked 'Im going { be dead
sure about them an he explained.
This is ordinary poison henlook
with tiny. fernlike leaves" began
Uncle Ben
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A Mule Strike

The theory entertained by some PEG
pie that the lowiy, patient mule. who
has done so much TO subdue the waste
places of the West, is a brainless au-
tomaton, will have to be revised IL we
T to credit the statement of the
foreman of a ditch digging crew OPP
Grating in Imperial Valley. California.
This a who bears the unroman-
tic name Of Jim Smith, declares the
mule is the most intelligent of ami
mails He says that horses taken from
one class of work to another, often
have some difficulty in adjusting
themselves to new conditions and sur
~roundings. but not so the mule. He
readily falls into the new work, after
a few brief lessons. and obeys the
shoHtad -SRstrRstians ~ the aE4yeE,
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Il Splendid Exanple

ECONOMIC history in Great Britain ought to
- serve as an example to other European nations
in financial straits. Everybody is optimistic. Brit.
ish manufacturers are busily extending their activ-
tiles. provision is being made for payment of the
British foreign debt, and the exchange value of
the British pound has been steadily mounting for
months. There is apparently no reason why every
country in Europe cannot adopt the same sound
policies that are rapidly restoring economic nor
malcy in Great Britain.
, 1922-06-26

heat at the equator. but at places far
from 1t, southern California. the des.
ert OF Gobi- the vicinity OF the Arab.
ian sea and in central Australia.
Theoretically. that "a cool wave is
coming" nay be correct. hut lacking
the time element 1t is not good. exact
meteoroIogy.
A. tt ELMER
, 1922-06-26
Queer Questions With
Hidden Answers
II You Can't Answer Them, Look
Among the Want Ads.

In what e were the highest Gus.
toms receipts collected?
At what age may a girl marry with
out parental consent in Maryland and
New Hampshire?
Open accounts are outlawed in the
shortest time in what state?
How o the 1902 ratio of operating
expense to revenue compare with that
Of 1917 in electric railways?
How many telephones are there in
the United States7
What is the lifetime of a cat7
How many women are there in
General Federation Of women's clubs?
How many years of his life does the
average man spend working?
How many American soldiers of the
world war are now recorded as miss.
ing in action?
How many million square miles are
there in the United States?
Over eoo,o 900 wireless telephones arc
, 1922-06-26
Death of Poesy

4 painting bard
Was striving
To sing a song of June:
The day was hot,
He cursed his lot
And Ionged in some lagoon
TIC uuench the flams
Which burned his frame
While perspiration flowed.
His muse fell flat
No time was that
To hammer out an ode.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
, 1922-06-26

A CARVING + imported at s1.s6 was sold over
II the counters in this country for SIS by the i'm.
porters. says Senator McCumber. That is aprofit of
7O6 per cent, the importer taking the meat and
giving the consumer the bone.
, 1922-06-26

THE refuse to support a subsidy
L of thirty millions 4 year for a merchant marine
but if it were proposed to put up another four
billions as was done when they were in power. per.
haps they would be for its unanimously.
, 1922-06-26

Over 100000 wireless telephones are
IN usae
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-27
Officers of c. 0. T.
Have Installation

At a large meeting of the CathO-
lie Order of ForeSters, officers
were installed Wednesday evening.
The installation was conducted by
the deputy high chief ranger, Rev.
Fir. Marion, administrator Of Notre
Dame DIES Victories parish. 1t
was distinctly a Foresters' meeting
with much enthusiasm manifested
by the members present.
Very interesting remarks were
made by Rev. FIR Marion, DR.. J. y.
Bachand, past state chief ranger
and by Dr. j. A. Drouin, local
chief, and vice state chief ranger.
Others who spoke included some of
the officers present: Robert Stem
son, A. c. Leclerc, Abraham Du-
clos, Bert Lamontagne, Thomas
Legendre, and Reno Brunette.
The following officers we're duly
installed: DR.. J. A. Drouin, chief
ranger; r. F. Stenson, vice chief
ranger; Ferd. NeilleuX, past chief
ranger; Armand DetroiSmaiaons,
recording secretary; A. c. Leclerc
financial secretary Thomas lie
gendre, treasurer; Reno Brunette,
speaker; A. j. Dutile and Napoleon
st. Cyr, trustees; and Eugene
Bedard and Alfred Daniels, sonti-
nels.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-27
BOWLING GETS
UNDER WAY ON
NEXT MONDAY
League VIII Flourish at
Barquin's Bowling
Alleys

Beginning Monday, October 80,
the Barquin bowling alleys are to
to start their regular winter sche-
dule with six teams signed up to
start. The teams are from The
FIks, American Legion, Company
l., Standard Oil Company, and a
team composed entirely of French
speaking young men, the name Of
which has not yet been definitely
decided upon, but which will prob
ably be known as "The Chums' 3,
also Z team composed Of en-
ployees Of the f. and T. Fairbanks
Company, who also have not yet
chosen a name.
The knights of Columbus have
also expressed their intention of
entering a team but no definite
announcement can be made at this
time.
Mr.. Barquin is offering a silver
cup to the winning team and q
prize Of $40 to the man with the
highest average, SIS to the second
and $3.50 to the third
Nothing definite regarding the
comparative strength of the teams
can be said until they have been
in action but from the outcome
last year it may be expected that
The Elks and The Standard Oil
Company will make all contenders
90 for their places.