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New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

dollar IN Moscow and for 2s5, ,oO0 to SIS 1000
an English pound sterling
The Russians realize. however. shat. should
free trade be permitted, and should any great
amount OF these paper roubles be offered III
payment for commodities, The prospective
sellers would simply laugh. So they have de-
cided to reconstitute banking system.
1t sounds grotesque enough. as one writes
that the new Bank Of Russia is to have q
capitalization of three trillion paper roubles:
and that it is TO fulfill all the ordinary func-
tons OF a state bank But the Bolsheviks ara
not going about rebuilding a civilization in
quite the same spirit as that in which thev
tore down the old one; and they have called
in former directors of the old Imperial BanE
and of the Russo-Asiatic Bank (such as Gins
burg and Chronsenev) aud former Czarist
Finance Ministers (sucl as Koutlere and Pok-
rowsky), to advise them
This bank is to attempt the stupendouz
TASK OF debating the Russian currencv: but
It's directors frankly admit that for several
years they do not eSpec, to have their none
tary system on anything but paper basis.
Neahzng however, that the present nominal
values Of their notes are simply absurd thev
plan al once to issue a new tenor Of paper
rubes, on the basis Of one new for 10000 Of
the present rubles
For the present, imitation viii undoubtedly
increase, said one official with whom
talked The gradual abolition of spvok'
tpaymenJ IN commodities) in government un-
dertaklngs necessitatcs the printing of fresh
ruoles, so that employees may be paid in
money. We hope however, that the spur Of
payment according to results nroducad ,r;],
stimulate energy on the workers part, and 50
produce larger output. With the revenue
from TINS; with the restriction Of imports and
ehe pfomotlon OF exports; and with whatever
proht accrues to the government from ths
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

By MARY ALDEN HOPKINS

Old broom handles usually form the tripod,
out one genius made his out of-guess No,
you cant. Out Of three cid scvthe handles,
But couldn't appreciate that ingcnousness,
Tor as family we were at that moment nego-
tlatlng the purchase of a snath at the cross
roads store. The weeds were growing high
all over our summer place and shrieked for
cutting but the price of snaths had gone up
during the war and whenever we got together
the necessary money the storekeeper would
discourage our buying by telling US that they
weren't worth so much and if we waited the
price would surely come down. Meanwhile,
the weeds went up. And all the time three
good snaths were holding a red threc-legged
kettle only twenty miles away!
Fishermen have disposed Of we'll loved and
leaky dories in the same manner. All along
the coast one secs dories drawn I'D on lawns
and filled with earth for flower beds. Some
times the mast is left in to form with ropes
vine trellis
But if you had twenty-five old canal boats,
what would you do with them?
Palisades Interstate Park has shown US No
longer need we throw away our cid canal
boats. We can use them-for waterfront.
The embankment just below Alpine is made
of old canal boats filed with sand and dirt
What a glorious old age to be the bulwark OF
the river bank
The domestic economy of Palisades Park in
such respects is marvellous. What would YOU
nave done with the stone out of the subway
excavations? Stone piers and filing up swamp
land IS the best could have suggested. The
massive Dyckman ferry roadway, swinging up
the mountain side in heavy curves, is the an
swcr. The lovely stretch Of green at it's base
is made of street sweepings-that fine dust
composed of worn-out shoe soles, buildings
and everything else q citys made Of The old
forum IN Rome was covered with ten feet
Of this, but White Wings sweep up our dust
of-ages daily and we make our dirt into parks.
The bathing beach above Fort Lee. living
like white crescent against the blue water.
IS made Of the stone screenings from rock
crusher further up the Hudson. DO not throw
away your stone screenings, You can use them
for bathing beach
The bathhouse itself and all the park build
ings are made Of chestnuts killed by the blight
a number Of years ago. The icehouses up at
Bear Mountain are built low and round and
squat and their tops are used for dancing pa-
vilons. Can you beat that? Turn your ice
house roof into dancing floor Cool on the
hottest days.
In domestic life house furnishings offer &
vide range for ingenuity. When guest saws:
What a charming something or other that
js' one loves to reply casually: "Whati WHY.
that IS nothing but an ole something else
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

n governmental hands, but in Moscow alone
some ninety permits for privately operated
factories have been issued to date All Of
these are small establishments most Of them
employing twenty men or less. The pro-
pletors, however, bargain for their labor.
plant and materials in the open market and
they dispose OF their products as they see fit.
This transitional period gives rise to some
queer contrasts. For instance, while accord
ing TO NJ. Kamenef, it is quite legal now for
some entcrprising person to open private
hotel in Moscow and to run if as Ike sees ft.
Two foreigners here who have been trying to
rent an apartment for themselves have faand
themselves enneshed il tangles Of red tape
and have actually had the whole matter placed
before the Moscow Soviet for decision This
IS somewhat omparable to placing the affair
before state legislature should one wish to
rent an apartment in an American city!
It one wishes to send q telegram he paws
for it just as ne did in the old days Whether
or not that telegram will ever reach it's aesti-
nation is another matter. Likewise, Il one
wants newspaper he pays cash Tor IT. but
he cannot buy a newspaper which is not GOV
ernmentally controlled Soviet officials insist
however, that they have no objection to an
independent press, providing only that ii does
not deplete the already short paper supplies
and that il is not subsidized by interests
aiming at TIE overthrow Of the government.
The last condition, naturally, is rather elastic
and, so far as I know, nobody has cared to
test it in order to find out what It really
means
Municipal housing also remains under sov
ernment control and the floor space allowed
TO each person in Moscow is 225 square feet.
This also means that all hotel and pension ac-
cornmodation is in the hands Of the govern
rnenS, which, by the way, now charges rent
where it used to provide free housing.
OF course the actual commercial and indus
trial life Of Russia to-day is a mere travesty
OF what it once was, or Of that Of other great
nations The rows of closed shops in Moscow
alone speak eloquently enough of that, and
almost as forcefuly speak those shops which
have been reopened, in the majority of cases
with stocks reminiscent of nothing so much as
the odds and ends which children playing
store" gather together. Nevertheless by dint
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Soviet Government Is NoEC Looking The Other
N0y When Capitalism Shows Its Head why
Shouldn't VVe Make Moneys" Communists ask
By HAROLD Z. SCARBOROUGH

q acute trading and bargaining, some Of these
places are clearing million rubles (S10) or
more day.
This can &C until the stocks which were
hoarded, when wholesale confscation began,
have all been exhausted, and then will come
the real demand for the dissolution of the
government monopoly on foreign trade. Ivan
lvanovitch knows perfectly we'll that when he
has sold off his sa.aovars and his secondhand
fur and 5 slightly used soft hats, the meagre
trickles II smuggled supplies that come in
through the Ukraine VIII not suffice TO keep
him going. And when government agents ap-
proach him and intimate that there is will
ingness TO consider allowing him to have the
whole plate glass and gilt sign establishment
which now stands boarded up on the Tver.
skaia something which happens every dav)
he viii reply that he must be allowed to i'm
port goods fcr himself
The government is preparing for this. and
garious officials have tod ne that export and
import licenses viii be granted in the near
future. But, just as the reversion to salaries
and profits means that 3 whole new scale Of
Saxation must be drawn up, 50 does this mean
that schedule Of customs duties must
Nv'le 4lito e!itc'. anu thOSe thlngS are puz-
zling problems for men who are finding thai
IN many ways it is great deal harder to gov
ern than to rebel against authority.
Then, there is the whole question Of finance
to be considered. In the outside world one re-
marks in a general way that Bolshevk money
is of no value whatever This is not quite
accurate. Although nobody (and least OF all
the Soviet government expects for moment
that the huge foods of paper rubles which the
printing presses have been turning out these
four years will ever be redeemabe at 1ithe
of their face value, it is q fact that for 10000
to 100000 ruhles one can buy an American
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
FVhot charming
reply ouos sNVhy,

made into this" Then the guest says:
Aren't you clever How did you ever think
of it?"
Everybody knows, of course, that elks' horns
make hat rack. 1t is lucky there is some
thing to do with them, for no one has the
courage to throw them away, though don't
know why. do know one woman who dis
posed Of a pair by leaving them in the base
inent exposed to theft. I wonder how the
thief's wife felt when she saw them coming
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

in the door! Cow horns have different use.
Do you know it? They can be used-and have
been usec-to form the legs of a footstool,
The top is covered with plush and the horns
are elegantly polished.
The house that contains cowhorn foot
stool probably contains also an umbrella
stand made Of secllon of tile piping OF Of
stove piping. On the front piazza sits an as
tonishly uncomfortable seat made Of the head
and foot Of q wooden bed. The original bed
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

ribbon on the machine ar old spool cones ~
Such lovely little wheels would surely naks
good cartwheels FOR p chld's toy wagon b,.
no child is able 70 manage an axe A.
father hasn't timer IS It skill? Besides 4se
last time | gave bunch Of the spools IN .sa
little boy up the street his older brother loi,e4
him on the supposition that he had stole.
them.
Laundry collar studs! More Of them con.
from the wash than yoa can possibly sose.
broached the question at 3 dinner party ono
night. moan like the surge Of 2 wave rose
from the women.
"Crhey fall on the floor. You step On then
You almost break your neck said one IONA,
What you do with them?"
"They are no good. Throw them awa7.~ vas
the mems unsympathetic response
"Why don't they throw them away then-
selves?" ] asked, why don't We any Of u.
chuck on the dump our three legged zstt,e
our elk's horns and our tin boxes2 Hao bss
laid upon us the responsibility Of turning some
thing useless into something else we don
want, and Why do we stand for t?'
"If we only could find use for the things
I wouldn't mind SO much" replied ore Of s5s
women. "Now, there's my husbands trench
helmet! Only to-day the charwonlan and T
sympathized with each other on that matter.
She said:
'Youse got one dem tin hats, too. My hus-
band he done bring one home from France W.
him, and do know what gnine to do vi i
E'ery time t'rows il in de ashcan he fms j.
and lugs It back. do know what Us wonasn
folkses is g1vine to do bout dem tn aarsp"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

posed to Insist that they dispose Of their prod.
ucts within Russia.
The usual form Of contract which the s.
viets propose is one running for twenty-iys
years, with an option Of government purchase
at the end Of that time Prospective conces
slonaires demand longer terms. and some q
them have succeeded in getting the -overs-
Enent TO agree 30 seventv-five-ve2~ clauses II
their contracts. British interests which haVe
asked for ninety-nine-year agreements h2vs
not yet obtained them.
The success OF the policy Of concessions de-
pends on 50 many factors, and primarily so
much on the good faith of the Soviet govern
ment. that it would be rash to venture explici.
predictions concerning it. It is safe 20 say,
however, that there are 10 huge stocks Of ~
portable goods, manufactured or raw await
ing export. The potential wealth OF Russia IS
lncaIculable, and there seems every basis 70
predict that huge fortunes viii be made there
III the next decade, but those fortunes must bs
built from the ground up and based on the
fundamental factors Of labor and materials
And those factors are at present somewhat of
q puzzle.
How. for instance, will the work1nen be fed
How, with the railroads at very low cob os
efficiency, will machinery and spare PARTS be-
secured; how will raw materials Be assembled,
and how will the product be distributed? What
terms can be made with the workmen? What
taxes viii one have TO pay, and in what cos-
rency will he be paid for his goods? What
competition viii one meet?
These are few Of the hundreds Of problems
that stare the prospective concessionaire in
the face. Those who are attempting 10 solvo
them now are the pioneers, and they are play
ing for big stakes
This much it is safe to say: The nominal
policy OF the Soviet government is. or the
whole, one Of friendliness toward the intro
duction Of foreign enterprise Not only is this
manifested in the matter OF concessions, bas
also in the efforts of the Soviet :. induce tech
nlcal experts Especially German ones) to cOus
to Russia and take charge Of various ststs
undertakings
One may believe, as some foreigners here d.
that the whole matter Of the changed econoula
policy is merely maneuver to lure foreiga
capital IN the country against the time when
there will be another wholesale coniscation
Against this view one can only set the record
OF a conversation which had with yOulg
organizer "a the Com,e..:.,sr marty.
How are the rank and file of the COMMITS
nlsts taking this change Of front?" asked him
"Aren'f they inclined to feel little dis
gruntled?"
"They were at first" he replied "But nov
they see people opening up shops and res
tau~ants and making more money in day
than they themselves do as government en-
pl'yees IN month, and they say to them
selves:
Well. why shouldn't we Communists niaSa
some money, too?'"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
k6~E- r rs the biggest Joke in the world TO-
/ day said an American here recently,
Il tnat while tna parcr Bolsheviki Of

day said American here recently,
Ii that while tne parlor Bolsheviki OF
other nations are busily preaching
Communism the people who invented it have
scrapred it!''
As matter Of fact, Russia has not scrapped
Communism, but the process OF doing away
with it is approaching its peak 1he problem.
of putting Russia back or it's feet again has So
many sides that from whatever angle one ap-
proaches it one gets different perspective
This makes j. difficult to say what the high
water mark Of the reaction 10 Communism will
DC; ones personal opinion is that it will be
reached when the government stranglehold on
foreign trade is released
The actual prevalence Of Communism here
,!lTinishes from day to day, as new DEGREES are
published releasing from state control the
functions taken over By the Sovets three years
ago. The fundamental thing is that the right
20 private property has again been conceded
Although IN theory the government remains
the sole owner Of all land, in practice it admits
The claims of the peasants that their holdings
actually belong to them. Concerning Che legal
ity OF private ownership Of other property
there IS no question
Last spring saw the beginning Of the capitu-
lation of the Soviers to The nexorable forces Of
economic necessity. In passing, one must allow
the Soviet government at least had the acu-
to admit failure before utter collapse set
We 10 %-iy,, No-o- u
congress OF the Al-Russian Soviet that the
aew policy was thrashed out and finally de-
cided upon, and even yet there is disposition
~ some governmental quarters to refer lttle
shamefacedly to the switch, although that ten
dency seems to have been lessening even in the
month that have been here.
Last spring DEGREES restored the right .
private trading. Thick and fast during the
summer came others. For instance the GOV
-rnment abandoned it's efforts to provide state
rations for the population, other than for
Soviet employees and for children The
schemes of state-supplied clothing were stopped
and it was left to the people to buy their own
food and clothing, as they had done before the
revolution. The payment of fares on the rail-
roads was reinCroduced. Electric light, which
had formerly been provided free in TIE cities.
vas charged for, as were water supplies and
other municipal services
The irreducible minimum that the Soviet
government plans TO retain under it's own
control comprises the public utilities and the
textile, oil, coal and rnetanurgical industries.
Even in these concessions are to be granted
% foreigners. All other industries, we'll
IS the whole fabric Of retail trade, Il is
damned to restore to private management.
Just at present there is transitional stage
me majority Of the large factories remains
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

ola tomato cans you can them
Cor thousand things" my atten-
ZION is assured.
To make something into something else it
vas never intended to be after it is apparent
y used UPS it not triumph? Does it not
show one greater than the original creator Of
me article whose poor imagination saw but
limited sphere for his production? This in
stinct is, I have reason to believe, a national
characteristic. Perhaps it is universal, even
cosnic.
When the cooking fires were cxtinguished
on thousand hearths to be relghted in cook
stoves, thousand--or more. the numeral is
symbohc-three-legge kettles were thrown
out Of their jobs. Now, we may be careless
Of the disposition Of six million men out Of
Jobs, but we took care Of our kettles Every
me who has rnotored through districts settled
n the fireplace era knows how we met that
erisis. We painted our kettles red and hung
.hem on the lawn from tripods to hold mas
drtilm vines. That nasturtium flame is re
isiousy tended every spring by generation
atter generation. The kettles pass glorious
I'd decorative old age
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

w 7 HENEvER piece in magazine
w begins, "Do not throw away your
old tomato cans; you can use them
Cor thousand things" my atten-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08
WOMAN OUT
FOR CONGRESS

A special from Union, Miss, states
that another Richmond is in the field
in the person of Mrs. ]. E. Arnold
who is candidate for Congress from
the Fifth Congressional District.
Mrs. Arnold is said to be a highly
cultured lady, with broad experience
in state craft, having lived in Wash
ington, D. c., for many years as the
representative of Southern women in
procuring legislation favorable to her
sex. A good speaker, strong debater,
and many noble characteristics.
Ross Collins is the present Con-
gressman from that District. Ross is
no "slouch" as campaigner and
business will probably pick up in the
Fifth.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PLANNED AT HICKORY

Hickory, Miss, June Especial -
Separate Road District No. 5, of
Newton County, will begin the con-
struction of a good road north and
south from Hickory, connecting the
county sites of Newton County and
Jasper County, for which bonds have
been voted for approximately two
years. Captain j. j. Hardy, state
highway engineer, has just complet-
ed the survey of six miles of the
road which will be constructed at
once. This work was upheld on ac-
count of not being able to obtain
federal aid, which was finally re-
fused by the federal department. The
balance of the road through Newton
County will be constructed as soon as
the survey can be made.
The Dixie Highway leading through
this district will hereafter be under
the direct control and supervision of
the state highway department, as the
highway commissions and board of
supervisors have turned this road
over to them, and compiled with their
demand to put the road in first class
condition.
The road will be maintained by
the automobile and gasoline tax coll
lected under the provisions the law
enacted by the state legislature just
closed, providing that one half the
funds collected under this law, to be
turned over and expended by the state
highway department and the other
one half to be turned over and ex-
pended by the boards of supervisors
of the respective counties.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08
AN EXHIBITION OF HAUMONT
ENGRAVINGS.

On Tuesday afternoon DR.. and Mrs,
Calvin S. Brown invited a few friends
to see some unusual engravings which
Mr.. Louis Haumont, of the French
deartment, has recently received from
his father. M. Haumont, ST., is a
we'll known artist living near Paris
and the guests were fortunate to be
able to see some of his work. All
the pictures have as their subjects
scenes in France, with the exception
of one depicting Corsican market
day. One of the best is a small land
scape, the foreground being wind
ing road between old fences and the
background extending into the depths
of the horizon. Another is the ruins
of the old tile factory near Neules-
la Vallie. The old building is brown
with age and seems to melt into its
surroundings. The only marine in
the collection is bit of the sea near
La Rochelle, with the picturesque
sailboats dotted here and there. Per-
haps the most interesting of the
group, from personal point of view,
were the two engravings of the Hau-
mont home, a typical French stone
cottage, covered with vines and sur
rounded by flowers.
An etching made in 1867, typical of
the older school of French artists,
was loaned by DR.. and Mrs. A. L..
Bondurant and it was very interest
ing to contrast its lines with the
tendencies of the present day school
as represented by NJ. Haumont.
Three of the etchings Of George
Ebert Burr of Denver were also on
exhibition and the subjects of these
the magnificent Longs Peak and
the wind blown trees of the Rocky
Mountains were in marked contrast
to the quiet rural scenes of France.
Later in the afternoon Prof. Louis
Haumont gave a short, though de-
tailed account of the method used by
his father, in his engravings.
The singing of Miss Juliet Pc
CUES added greatly to the guests
pleasure during the afternoon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08
GET FREE CHAUTAUQUA.
Amory Business Men Provide For
Next Years Features.

Amory, Miss, June 6.-In keeping
with their progressive policy the
business men of Amory to the num-
Der of 100 have purchased the Chau-
tauqua features for the regular five
day season during 1923. About ST.
$50 was subscribed for this purpose
and free Chautauqua will be held
next year, the contract having con-
cluded today. The Chautauqua pro-
gramme which has just closed here
was an excellent one, only a limited
number of people attending it. Realiz-
its worth to the community in the
way of wholesome entertainment the
doors will be thrown open next year
and wide publicity given to its fea-
lures.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08
LEAKE COUNTY WOMAN
FIRST FEMALE ]. OF P,

Jackson, Miss, June 8.-The dis
tinction of being the first woman JUS
tice of the peace in the state of Mis-
sissippi goes to Mrs. Pearl Kirksey
OF District No. 5, Leake County.
Mrs. Kirksey was appointed to
that position as successor to her de-
ceased father, w. H. Greer. The
appointment was made by Gov. Rus
sell who acted on a petition very
largely signed by citizens of Leake
county, who stated that Mrs. Kirk
sey was a widow and had aided her
father for number of years in
looking after duties of this office
and was well qualified to perform
the duties of the same.
The commission issued Mrs. Kirk
sey will only hold until her success
sor is chosen at an election to be or
dered by the board of supervisors.