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New Britain herald., 1922-03-28
You Need Not Have a Cold

If you will take Laxative PROMO QUININE Tablets when you feel the first symptoms of Cold coming on.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-28

Murder among the ancient Per Eians was not punishable at first of fense.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-28

Sun dial is supposed to have been invented about 556 B. c.
, 1922-08-19
Unchaperoned

THE last ten years have witnessed
the passing Of two great institutions
the fire-horse and the cheperon.'
notes the Buffalo Express. "Everyons
knows what showed the firehorss into
oblivion, but what happened to the
~chaperon7 And that brings to mind
another question much like that old
favorite about the hen and the egg,
namely: Did jazz arrive after tha
passing OF the chaperon or was Jazz
responsible for her Disappearance
Turn back a few leaves II time
and think what a swell chance you
lad of taking your best girl out for
a whole evening without dragging
mamma or aunty. whv. they ever
tagged along IL you dustsd off thu old
ore-seater Of an evening. They lined
the walls at dances. Blu. those days
arc gone forever. II mother or aunty
or an evening nowadays she gets
IN an evenh g nowadays she gets
such a flood oi flapper scnrn-which.
by tho way. is no mean scorn-that
1t Is many a day before she tries 5,
again. Do they hop IN tn, back e-at
OF the little old flivver? Not on your
life-that is. unless the young mar is
trying to make a serious hit with the
family.
Evidently the chaperon was a hu-
man appendix; nothing serious has
happened now that she has gone. II
1t should be asked where she has gone,
1t might be suggested thai she has
probably gone where they used to wish
h had always BEEN"
, 1922-08-19
What We Need

What this country needs Is not q
new birth OF freedom. but the old
fashioned So lower berth.
What this country needs isn't more
liberty. but less people who lake libcr.
ties with our liberty.
What this country needs In not n
trb for every man. but a real man
for every job.
What this country needs isn't 20
get more taxes from the people. but
for h people to get more from the
taxes.
What this country needs is not
miles of territory, but more
miles to the gallon.
What this country needs is more
tractors and less ~detractors.
What this country needs Isn't more
young men making speed. but more
young men planting spuds.
What this country needs is more
pair. on the old place and less paint
on the young face.
What this country needs isn't a low
ST rate OF interest on money. but a
higher interest in work.
What this country needs is to follow
the footsteps of the fathers instc-i
of the footsteps of the dancing mas
ter. st. Paul CMinnl Crescent.
, 1922-08-19
An Excellent Candidate

Earl C. Boyle is n Of the mos
careful business men in Casper. He
has made a perfect Gee of his WI
business and has been tried out in the
capacity of city councilman in Casper.
and found just as capable. conserva'
tive and economical as he has been
in his own private business.
It Is rarely that a man Of Earl
Boyle's capacity can be induced to run
for public office. His own private af
fairs engross his attention and prove
much more remunerative and besides
the bother and worry of public bust
ness is not al all times pleasant.
Earl Boyle was drafted to become
a candidate for the two year term a'
county commissioner. His many Re
publican party friends insisted. fol
the good of the county and for the in
terests of the taxpayers. His friends
are right in the view they take of MI
| BoyIe's fitness and qualifications TO
the office.
The voters Of the county should taxi
pride in putting him over next Tues
day.
, 1922-08-19

write to a mail order house In & west.
ern city calling attention TO state
ments that IL had cent n pistol TO a
boy living in Boston. the sale being
made without regard 10 the age or
purpose of the purchaser. The gov
ernor pointed out that state laws were
of little avail II n deadly weapon could
be obtained from n distant dealer
merely by reading a catalogue and
forwarding the purchase price. There
should certainly be means OF stopping
that sort OF transaction. IL might well
receive the attention of congress.
There is also urgent need OF uniform.
ity OF legislation among the several
states in dealing with the problem of
the pistol. There should be every
where stringent regulations govern
ing the sale of deaiy weapons. and the
unauthorized carrying of n pistol
should be made subject to such heavy
penalties that even the confirmed
criminal would hesitate to go ahead
with one in his possession. There
should be no longer federation of the
present state of affairs In which mur
der IL made easy.
what the committee has 10 say
about the pistal is only one chapter
in the comprehensive discussion of
crime, in America. There Is recog-
milton of the needs OF speedier and
surer administration OF Justice. and
iooaing to that end the committee
makes numerous recommendations
for changes In judicial procedure. 1t
urges the enlargement OF the federal
Judiciary in accordance with pending
legfslation 1t calls attention TO eTils
that have creptt into the use Of the
parole and probation systems. 1t thus
cmphaticeiiy places itself In line with
othere organizations. and with q great
body of ~unorganized citizens who are
demanding that this country shall not
cease to be a land of freedom for the
lsw.abiding to become a place NJ IL
cense unrestrained for he criminal"
, 1922-08-19
Welcome News

VlHE DAYS spent by JoKS HAY In Ma
= trona county this week have afforded an opportu-
nifty for many of the people to see him and talk to
him. We feel certain the impression made was a
good one and Mr.. HATS suggestions with refer
cnce to reduction of state expenses and taxes were
we'll received. These things are vital to most peo-
pie who have experienced some difficulty gathering
together enough ready money for meeting their last
tax payments.
formance, if there were times when relief came,
payer might not grow so weary of the load; but
there is no tax vacation and the total never dimin-
fishes and always grows larger.
There is a wide difference between the "tax re-
former who seeks to gain Office through pure dema-
gogy, and an important business man like JOHN
HAY, who, alarmed at conditions asks TO be made
governor in order 10 save the taxpayers Of the
state from bankruptcy.
1t was in answer to the urgent appeals of friends
and the press, all over the state, that JOHN HAY
reluctantly consented to become a candidate. He
took many months TO consider the matter and to
thoroughly satisfy himself of the sincerity of people
TO have real reform and retrenchment in state fiscal
affairs. Once convinced that people were in earnest
,IoHN HAY entered the race.
During his tour of the state he came in contact
with many people. He has received assurances
from many he did not meet. Everywhere he has
been greeted by tax-ridden people seeking for relief.
They have accepted JOHN HAYS word that he will
reduce their taxes and make state expense less. he
believes that oneIhalf the state commissions can
safely be dispensed with and a money saving of a
third of present cost effected.
This should be welcome news to people who have
had their shoulder under tax burdens for the past
several years.
, 1922-08-19
Lost Its Popularity

The chief charge against the pri-
mary system of making nominations
for office. as that system pertains
In this state and many others is not
merely that It is cumbersome, expen.
sive to candidates M state and in
capable of awakening interest on the
part of the voter" This is the view
taken by the st. Louis Times. Contin-
uing 1t says.
For these conditions are really but
insignificant compared TO the larger
allegation lodged against the system
now IN vogue. Tha- sin IL Its in ib-
liity 20 serve the public welfare.
II IL too often a means of an un.
known man riding into political power.
It makes wise choice of candidates
difficult and sometimes impossible.
1t demands that the aspirant to Off
cisl honors neglect his business and
at great Inconvenience and expense
to himself and his friends enter upon
a hos outcome cannot be-
accurately forecasted. While his lat
ter requirement Is an embarrassment
to tho office seeker rather than the
people on its face 1t actually harms
tn public in a greater degree because
IL deters many good men from enter
ing official life.
."rhen. too. the primary plan as now
generally employed does not accom-.
plish the end which It was chiefly de-
signed to erve. 1t is no safeguard
against trIckery.
THE early proponents of a Straight
primary election TO determine the
choice of candidates for public office
aour ta thefr rnf-la eli ,tNEt 80,
sinking from such a contest. It was
believed that no opportunity for cor
ruption at the polls could exist. The
dream Of the pioneer pleaders for the
present primary system was that it
would make the good citizen a power
for honest political rule. and that he
could W be o~verthrown.
NO such results have come in Mis-
souri, from h use of the primary
nominating system. Aside from bring
Ing prosperity to printers and pub
fishers and sign painters and multi
plying the number of paid workers
in a campaign, there has been little
actual benefit TO the cause of good
government. On the other hand. much
harm has been suffered by true In
terests of the people In their political
life.
1.-THE reform of tho primary system
must come. Its sensible development
is now seen to be neoessary-its need
ed changing from a machine suppos.
eddy selfoperating to a system in
which the brains IND experience of
party leaders Will be called upon to
serve the public. The primary sys-
tenn as now employed does not do this.
1t is too easily captured. moreover. by
those skilled in political cunning"
, 1922-08-19
Can He Reconcile VieWsP

SUBSTANTIAL ARGUMENTS for protection are
- frequently found in the free trade press. A re-
cent illustration of this is in the editorial columns
of the Lynchburg Neios, owned and published by
Senator CARTER GLASS, of Virginia. Under the head
ing, ~Patronize Home Industries" il is asserted
"every dollar spent for goods in some other city,
leaves Lynchburg that much poorer and makes the
other city a dollar richer" The economic studies
of Mr.. GLASS enable him to grasp the soundness
of that declaration, but seem not great enough to
comprehend the application of the same doctrine to
international trade.
The truth of the statement quoted above is no
clearer, however, than the statement which might
as readily be made that "a dollar spent for goods
in some other nation leaves America that much
poorer and makes the other nation a dollar richer"
The American national policy can also be appro-
Ipriately applied to the further comment of the
|Lynchburg Necs when 1t says, "Wby people who
have the interest of the community at heart will
do that sort of thing is one of those strange aber-
rations of human nature that is hard to reconcile
with good citizenship"
Republicans have always been unable to recon
cile the Democratic free trade policy with good
American citizenship. Republicans have been I'M
able to understand how a man of the educational
attachments and business experience of Senator
GLASS can advocate a tariff policy which encour-
ages American people to buy the products OF cheap
labor in Europe and Asia to the neglect and sacri-
fee of American industry. 1t is, indeed, a strange
alteration of human nature that causes Democratic
leaders TO adhere to the theory that 1t is best TO buy
where you can buy the cheapest.
1t is a long recognized economic fact that a doi-
lar spent in trade changes hands some ten times
in a year. The man who receives it in trade, whether
for labor or for materials, does not keep 1t idle in
his pocket but hands it on to some other producer
of materials or to some other workman. The dollar
once started on its circuit does ten dollars worth of
business in a year. If that dollar be spent in Lynch
burg and kept in Lynchburg it means ten dollars
worth of business activity in the period of twelve
months.
In just exactly the anne manner, a dollar spent
in the United States for the purchase of American
products means ten dollars worth of business in the
United States in a year; whereas, IL that dollar be
sent TO England, or Germany, or China, or Japan,
or South America, or South Africa, that same dol
lar will do ten dollars worth Of business there,
multiplying by ten our business competition.
1t would be we'll for the business men of Lynch
burg to ask Mr.. GLASS to explain to them how he
can reconcile his plea for the patronizing of Lynch
burg industries with his tariff theories which en-
courage American citizens to patronize foreign
rather than American industries.
, 1922-08-19
Harvest of the Pistol

Through its committee on law en-
forcement, the American Bar ~associa-
ton has conducted an exhaustive
study on the couses of crime in the
United States" observes the Boston
Transcript. Hearings have been held
in many cities. The committee has
had the benefit of opinion expressed
and facts presented by Judges pros
ecuting officers and others in position
to speak with authority. It presented
lt5 report to the association at its
annual meeting in San FranAsco.
Concerning the conclusions of the
committee, It may be said that they
are generally In line with those of
others who have studied the situation.
AS TO tho prevalence of crime. It Is
found that ''the criminal situation in
the United States, so far as crimes
Of violence are concerned. is worse
than that Of any other civilized coun-
try" Tho committee estimates that
last yea there were more than $500
unlawful homicides in the United
states. In no year during the past dec
ade. it is stated. has the number fall
en- below $500.
This wholesale destruction OF hu.
man life is due IN large measure, in
the Judgment of the committee, to the
ease with which pistols may he OBJ.
tanned and the failure of laws designed
to prevent the carrying of concealed
weapons. Such conclusion Is IN line
with the general understanding OF the
situation, but 1t is nevertheless sur
prising to % told. on the authority
of the committee, that ninety per cent
of the murders in this country are
committed by the use of the pistol.
The committee suggests effort to rem
edy such deplorable condition through
government control OF the sale of pts
tolls and ammunition. 1t says that the
present state laws work to the bene.
fit of the criminal rather than the
law-abiding citisen.
THAT the problem ~ one eating for
at least some measure OF national CO.
operation with state authorities was
shown by the incident which prompt.
ed Governor Cox. some time ago, to
, 1922-08-19

their religion-just as sacred as our
Easter is to us. The whole celebration
lasts for 20 days. Part of 1t is the ter
ribie Snake dance. and part OF 1t is
given up to feasting and games The
Rattlesnakes are collected from miles
around-and there are hundreds of
them for deserts grow snakes almost
as well as u gardens grow pansies.
They are not harmed. for the celebra-
ton is a great prayer for rain and
kindness from mother nature, and
the snakes are supposed to carry that
prayer back into the wilderness where
mother nature lives. For a while they
are kept in the sacred places of the
Hopis, washed, and danced about.
Then they are sent back. It Is all
very strange and terrible. for these
same makes would kill any white man
who touched them, yet they do no,
, 1922-08-19
LiteraryTaste

"Professofs OF English literature
and serious-minded editors will no
doubt receive this qucstion impatient
ly." observes the Boston Transcript.
They have taste of course and they
would not be editors had not their
readers and pupils some taste as well.
Nevertheless. the casual observer has
n right to ask the question. especially
in the United States. where there is
so large a population hat reads what
ls no hard to read. A few years ago.
Richard Harding Davis and o. Henry
were read and greedily read and now
the clever young men in the literary
supplements imply or more than Inn
ply that such a performance argued
poor taste or more on the public's
part. From n example learn by
many. 1t is not carping nor envying
to say that the average best seller
justifies u question. for taste GER
tainly implies not the ability to re-
ceive certain Impressions, but the GA
pacity to make choice of them. The
books and this means novels, which
h public reads m monuments fire.
quently of poor work and a public
with taste ought to be able to tell
such work when It sees It. But this
public is not 80 able. Quite the same
thing is true of much of the fiction
narrative In our periodicals. 1t Is
poor work and patiently poor work,
yet the public does not see It and
eagerly consumes the printed sheets
that are dealt out to 1t In millions.
Some of the more serious work that
Is done by men who apparently have
no best seller aspiration Is none too
good. It is not such a long time ago
that solemn pronouncements were
seen in the press and elsewhere as
to the superlative qualities of Mr.. VII.
sons prose style. whereas there is
nothing remarkable about II. But to
Judge from these enthusiasms, Boiling
broke and Emerson had jointly seized
the pen to treat Of certain political
and historical matters. The public
never seemed to recognize the lack OF
essential dignity and strength so plain
IN this much lauded prose. yet had 81
possessed a literary taste. It would
have smiled at the praise SO wide
spread before It.
THAT a public can have a taste. Is
shown by FRANCE. where tho classical
system OF schooling Win not give the
cntire explanation of this character
istic. Naturally. the classical training
has a great deal to do with forming
standards and criteria, but here ir
the United States there Is little OF
none OF this now and less to he OK
pected IN tho future. It may be thai
we shall dispense with taste alto
gether IN a final literary democracy
whsre bad English shall lie down with
good. but at present II seems a.
though a little taste in reading matter
would help III public and in the END
be welcomed by tt"
, 1922-08-19
Might as We'll Cease

PROPAGANDA designed to prevail upon the
l. United States to permit itself to be bled for the
benefit of Europe, or rather, sople countries OF Eu-
rope, is much in e, ,dence in this country. 1t is not
so open as was that whose purpose was to lure or
force this nation into the league OF nations, but all
persons perceive 1t.
In the time Of the campaign whose object was
to commit the United States to participation in
the adjustment of foreign complications that are
not its concern, false appeal was made to sentiment,
to sense of duty. Effort was concentrated upon at
tempt to create the belief that the American people
owed it to the world to take part In affairs con-
corning any and every part of the world. The prop
agandists seemed to hold the belief that they could
cajole us with word pictures of our greatness, our
power, our influence for good. They seemed to
imagine that through constant reiteration OF Hat
|tery and of assertions that it was our duty to help
in the adjustment of all International disputes, they
could prevail upon us to accept the view which they
presented and act in conformity with their selfish
desires.
Now they are SO shaping their appeal that they
expect 1t to reach our self-respect. They are tell
ing us, in varied phraseology, that if We do not be-
stir ourselves to help largely to rehabilitate and
rehnance-especially refnance Europe, then Europe
will go all to pieces and bury us under the debris.
We are told more or less directly, that we ought
to cancel" debts which foreign countries owe us.
That means, We should take those debts upon our
own shoulders, for they must be paid, and If they
that owe them are not required to pay, then we must
do the paying. One argument which Is persistently
advanced is that We might as we'll do the cancel
ing" because it will be impossible to collect the
debts.
Also we are told that we ought not to impose
protective duties upon imports because, If we dc
not open wide the doors to foreign products, then
the countries of Europe cannot sell enough Of theiI
goods to get the money that they need to restore
their economic health and strength. That, If the
United States were made a wideopen market for
foreign products, our own producers would be
ruined and ultimately our condition would become
worse than is that of Europe, we are expected to
forget or ignore.
This nation gave many thousands Of lives and
billions of its wealth for the winning of the war
because it was assailed by the power that had I'M
~dertaken conquest of Europe and ultimate world
conquest. 1t is suffering from the effects of Its par
ticipation, not SO keenly as the European countries
but perceptibly. What it can reasonably do to helI
Europe it will do, but it must not be asked to dc
more than it chooses to do, or to concede that it is
under obligation to comply with any and all de
mands that come from Europe, or to do anything
while the countries that may appeal plead utter
inability TO do anything to help themselves. Propa
ganda to make the United States what someone
called "a perpetual Christmas tree" must fail
The propagandists are wasting their breath
, 1922-08-19
Hitchcock and Hokun1

TN AN ADDRESS in New York Senator HrcH.
- COCK, of Nebraska, asserted that cold restric-
lions on imports can only lead to disaster; and that
every shipload of goods that we keep out by tariff
taxes means a shipload of American products which
cannot be sold abroad, and the goods must pile up
as surplus at home"
Was there ever one small paragraph so replete
with tariff buncombe as that?
Prior to the war, and under the protective policy,
the balance of trade was in our favor from year
to year. That meant that more shiploads of goods
were sold abroad than were imported. The Under
wood law, a tariff -less-than-revenu measure, was
in effect but seven months before the balance of
trade was turning against US from month to month.
That meant more s~hiploads of goods were coming
in than were going out. Just glance over the fol
lowing table, expressed in millions of dollars, bear
ing in mind that for the ten years cited we operated
, 1922-08-19

feet. playing strange instruments.
waving ~feathered sticks. To make a
ring of priests. take a long piece OF
heavy paper. Make an exact outline
of h Indian given and then fold the
paper man. times. being sure that
the folds come exactly at h points A
and B. Then cut through all the folds.
and when o open the paper your
string of priests Will be ready for
painting. Paint he bodies brown.
leaving the zigzag marks white. Make
the blankets and baskets very gay.
And be sure and don't shiver when
you look at the snakes for ] think
they're quite safe.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Trails: Light
ming"
Copyright 1922. by George Matthews
Adams.
, 1922-08-19
Ter the protective policy

lOFyears Sl3,S2o SlS,592
In other words, we imported s13,s2 ,O00yo 900 worth
of goods during that .ten-year period, exported s1s.-
592,000,000 worth, and recorded a favorable trade
balance of $4,767,000,000, or at the rate Of a little
under $500, 1000 annually. The lowest favorable
balances during those years were in 1909 ($351, 000,-
000) when commerce was awaiting the rates of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, and in 1910 $1ss,000,000
when the Democratic party secured control of con-
gress and began tinkering with the tariff with its
so-called "pop-gun" schedules.
To Offset these figures Senator HrcHoocK would
no doubt quote the figures from 1914 to 1918 when
we were exporting huge bills of goods to the allies
and the years 1921 when Europe was buying
heavily from US for reconstruction purposes, for the
Democrats are still trying to make political capital
out of the disaster of Europe.
Mr.. HrTcHcocK would have been much nearer the
truth if he had said that every ~shipload of goods
, 1922-08-19
With Us in Spirit

Frederick A Jack. a former wyo
ming railroad man, writing from Par
dee, Idaho notes with satisfaction the
stand The Tribune has taken for Hon
John W. Hay for governor, and ex
presses his regret that he cannot b
with the Wyoming railroad men te
vote for our old superintendent"