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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

Attlo thought was 8Iveu " tnS
inhabitants Of this country to the
second crop Of timber in the days
when clearing the land for cultivation
was Q prime necessity. Conservation
OF forests would have met only ridi-
Guile under the conditions then exist
ing. Times have changed and It be-
hooyes US to change with them, not
only In forestry but in most lines
Of endeavor. in the matter Of intelii-
gent and far-seeing management.
Commissioner Stewart Of the Ia
Dor Department has compiled some
interesting information from the dry
statistics Of his work and presents
It impressively. He sees and makes
W to see with him that there II
wastags of men along with wastags
Of material going on in this country.
has been going on for many years.
that II We are to get along without
immigrants to waste we must make
the best possible use Of the material
we have.
We waste In various ways. For in
stance, three and q half million men
change jobs once year. He hnds
that In some shoe factories workmen
average two pairs Of shoes per day
and In others the average is twelve
pairs: that in some sawmills the
average output per man per hour Is
fifteen board feet while in some
others It runs as high as 323 board
feet: that II all brickyards were as
efficient as one in Chicago 30 per
cent of those employed at this
work could be released for other in
dustries.
In agriculture he finds the wastage
still worse, though It Is possible he
attributes to waste what may be at
tributable to conditions Of soil. For
instance he finds that in Illinois the
number Of acres harvested per per-
son to be Asa. in Iowa 57.06 and IN
n other states an average Of 1914
acres per person. II those 1914 acres
harvested per person be from the
rocky hillsides where machinery
cannot be probably utilized the
wastage in man power would be
found partly due to the conditions
rather than to the management.
statisticians do not always take all
these things into consideration.
though Mr.. Stewart does. admitting
there are differences in crops and
soil but adhering to the conclusion
that the figures show q great vast
age.
There Is no manner of doubt but
there Is q large amount OF wastage
due to poor management and which
It would be very difficult to reach
with remedies. Managers are some
times obstinate folks and It would
not be strange II some Of them had
grounds for assuming they knew
more about their business than any
bureau sharp" at Washington
possibly could know.
The stress Of competition may re-
veal otherwise but It cannot be de-
pended upon to supply the remedy.
II we ever are able to secure the SER
vices OF real experts who understand
conditions as well as theories we may
be able to inspire in some degree the
confidence Of the managers and 30
lead them to accept helpful conclu-
atoms. Recent experiences with
efiiciency experts have not been in
spring In all respects. Isn't there
some way by which wastage Of con-
fidencs In experts may be reducedT
II that may be done We will have
possible remedy for some OF this
wastage Of man power: business
managers will be more ready to lis.
ten to the advice Of experts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

The assessors have committed the
1924 taxes to Collector ]. Willis
Crosby and he has two girls en-
ployed at present making out tax
bills and mailing them. This years
commitment is $122.324.38 and the
rate of taxation is 46 mills on the
dollar. The heaviest tax payers are
Fay a. Scott. with a tax Of $11.S15.10;
the Amos Abbott Co., $7.311.7o: Dun
barton Wooden Co., $4,000. and the
Wassookeag Wooden. Co., $3,148.20.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

find any sound reason for getting ex-
cited about it. That this is a matter
which should be treated dispassion-
ately ought to go without the saying.
Only mischief can come from treat
ing It otherwise,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
No Cause for Alarm

A lady gave her check for eighteen
dollars to her grocer. A few days
later the grocer called her on the
telephone and told her that \ her
check had been returned because of
insufficient funds.
Lady Customer (excitedly): Good
Heavens! Do you mean to tell me
that the bank hasn't eighteen dol
lars?"
Grocer (soothingly): Eyes, they
have, but You haven't"
J. Stevenson
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Great Gulf Fixed
[Dv,hf4@

That a great gulf is fixed between
the Bolshevist creed and the mental
attitude Of Britain's Government is
strikingly shown in the contrast be-
tween Trotzky's two-hour speech at
Moscow and the thoughtful, careful
May Day message of Ramsay Mac
Donald Trotzky breathes vindictiye
fury and Indictment to the spread
OF the Red rule over Europe by force
OF arms. MacDonald's counsel all
points to the milder dominion of
ideals that conduce to peace and
amtty. pleads for world friendship,
an embracing parliament of
peoples" that shall bury ancient
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

feuds forever. The two points of
view cannot be reconciled. That
of Macdonald, founded on clear
principles of equity, must win
against the philosophy Of the mail
ed fist, whose futility the World
War demonstrated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Editorial Comment
The Real Article

A woman who claims to know
what she is talking about says the
only real bobbed-hair bandits are
those found in the beauty parlors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Give Him . Medal
Portland Eynroesl


go ahead! The road is as much
yours as NINE" shouted a visiting
automobilist to a lame man who
apologized for his slowness in get
ting across the street. We are not
sure but this item is worthy of a
headline.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
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TATTLE TALES
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Broken Blossoms


BY Samuel Rebarber
Sweet was the flower you gave me,
Sweeter than life's grim crown,
Sweet was the token Of friendship,
Sweet as You threw 1t down.
There from your window you cast 1t,
Straight was its path and fair,
Straight for my heart you aimed it,
Straight as / waited there.
Hardly had received 1t,
Hardly my arms had closed.
Straightway my brain went whirling,
Leaving me indisposed.
Now as I lie on my pillow,
Thoughts to my mind just trot
Much as ] longed for the flower,
You also threw me the pot!
The greatest disappointment a
woman can suffer is to look in her
husbands bureau drawer for letters
from other women and find the ones
she wrote him before marriage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

Reports We're in circulation in Saco
Friday that the local organization OF
the Ku klux Khan was considering
buying the Main Street Baptist
! church property on Main street, to be
used as klavern, and maintained as
the headquarters of the Invisible
Empire in York county, in case the
church united with the Cults Avenue
church and disposed of its possess
ions.
Included in the Second Series Of
Modern Essayists, selected and edited
by Christopher Morley. the eminent
critic and author is one of Arthur G..
Staples delightful essays. In the
forty years of his brilliant service on
the Lewiston Journal Mr.. Staples
has absorbed an inexhaustible fund
of material. selected with the eye of
a seer. His most happy manner of
serving 1t Is ever widening the circle
Of his readers.
Herb Tealling Of Houlton, who has
charge of the town team has Just
gone through an experience he does
not care to have repeated again. For
the past few weeks he has not been
feeling in the best of health and COM
planned of something in his stomach
which seemed to be crawling and
which he could not account for. He
has been losing his appetite and
hardly able to walk. Wednesday
morning he had coughing spell 1t is
claimed and a live lizard was
coughed up. For time Mr.. Tealling
was i'll at ease but he has begun to
recover and is a different man he
claims. The lizard Is said to have
been quite large and he thinks he
must have drank it while drinking
along side of the road at some time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Da0A Mr. RaHnlinA

Morgan: what did you realize
from your oil stocks, Bill?"
Bill: Il realized that there is one
born every minute"
Alfred E. Mann
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Maine GOSSIP
The Wise Woman

She must be rich who can forego
An hour SO jeweled with delight;
She must have treasures of joy
That she can draw on day and night
She must be sure Of heaven itself.
Or Is 1t only that she feels
How much more safe 1t is to lack
A thing that fate so often steals?
Sara Teasdale in the Century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

College honors have come to an
other Of Portland's sons in the cleo
ton Of Charles q. Niles of Al Paris
street to the presidency Of the senior
class of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, n.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

A. Passionate Desire
The light Of desire burned in his
eyes.
Just one" he pleaded.
"No!" she tossed her head.
"Please."
Johnny, don't ask me again. Tn
baking these cookies for company to-
morrow"
William c. Suntken
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

Cows have horns and sheep have
wool; /
Dentists have a lot of pull.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Jinoje.Janules

Any funny, nonsensical rhyme that
will make Fun Shop readers laugh is
a jingle jangle. 1t must be in two
lines. For example:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc,
xxPnEss, YAssHNoER Ann
H1EtoHT SERVICE 4
sosrox AND PoarrAHD xrx,

DosxoM AND PORTLAND xSxx
xA1H caro-. 9TATE1ookS OJnl
q. 8. GOVERNOR DINGHY
DAYLIGHT SAVING THE
Leave Portland. Franklin Wh,,s
Estate Pier) Tuesdays, Thursdays al
Saturdays at s p. NJ.
Return-Leave Boston Mond.ys
Wednesdays and Fridays at s p. ~
Al Boston connection Is made IN
the Metropolitan Line express, pass@.
ger and freight steamers for New Yusl
and points South and West.
1kA1HE ETEA11SHR LINE
PORTLAND, NEW YORK YRNY0xsl
- SERVICE
Direct freight service between Pos.,
land and New York is resumed fr,nt
the new state Pier, Portland, M
Sailings Tuesdays. Thursdays and ST..
urdays each way. Through rates Az,
direct track connections with Mahsi
Central and Grand Trunk Railroads.
II. A. CLAY, Supt.
Rrhnkl1n Wharf, Portland.
Il A. KA1ADEH, sss.
~ Bath. He.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Our Own
LOST AND FOUND
Dsnartment

Lemuel Hollins.-My father used
to tell W. that truth crushed to earth
will rise again. Is there any poetry
that proves it?
Dear Lem: There certainly is,
Wouldn't you call this proof positive
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again: ,
A good thing to remember when
Some false, fair woman hints, my
son,
That two can live as cheap as one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

After winter comes the spring;
Tonsils hurt like everything.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

You will undoubtedly contribute
funnier Jingle-Jangles than these.
Address them separately to Jingle
Jangle Department, Fun Shop, Ken
nebec Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
If You Can't Get This, Get Hold Of
Someone Who Knows Latin

Professor: james. conjugate the
verb to jump"
James Co classmate behind him) {:
what is it?"
Classmate. "Darned II know"
James, with a triumphant look:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Darndi-
Observation-Disclosures"
John Feebach
Uneasy lies the herd that wears a
frown.
Copyright, 1924. Reproduction For
bidden)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26

Lily Bell Beale.-Can you quote for
me that lovely tribute of Words
worth's to Gentle Spring?
Dear Lily Bell: We're out Of gen.
tie springs just now, but here's
something just as good.
Sweet Spring the hills with verdure
clads, =
1t stirs the poets best emotions;
And dolls the billboards up with
OF freckle lotions.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
FLOCKING TO LA TOILETTE

Old party politicians profess to be
unable to understand why the farm
ers are flocking to the support of La
Toilette. Very likely most of the pol
iticians know that the farmer really
has grievances, but to those who
really don't understand why the
farmer is discontented, a study of a
report on farm income just completed
by the Department of Agriculture is
recommended.
The report discloses that the Amer
lean farm since 1920 has not yielded
a commercial return on its invested
capital or fair wage for the average
farm operator. Considered from the
standpoint of the return for the farm
er's own labor after deducting COM
mercial interest return on his capl
tai, the average farmer, says the Ag
ricultural Department, actually earn
ed less than was paid to common hired
hands.
Is it any wonder that the farmers
are strong for La Toilette? They
realize that something is radically
wrong and they see in La Toilette the
only candidate who offers a program
designed to help them make agricul-
ture profitable. Hence their GOODNESS
toward Coolidge and Davis and their
enthusiasm for Battling Bob"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
SLIDING OUT OF 1T

The government has failed in its
third attempt to connect criminality
with the leasing of naval oil reserve
fields by former Secretary of the In
terror Fall and others. A previous
attempt was blocked when the court
ruled that the government erred in
admitting a stenographer into the
grand jury room. Another federal
grand jury was called. but this body
failed to find anything criminal in
the oil leasing.
The government lawyers are free to
make another effort to secure indict-
ments, but this is problematical. The
governments interests were handled
by former United States Senator
Pomerene of Ohio and Owen J. Rob-
erts. When these were appointed the
oil leasing was discussed in the SEN
ate and wide publicity was given this
question. Friends of Fall and the
others insisted that the matter was
for the courts to decide. This course
was pursued, and the president ap-
pointed Messrs. Pomerene and Rob
erts, after public clamor resulted in
the withdrawal of attorneys who had
established oil connections.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
SHOULD COURTS BE CRITICISED

Ultra conservative folk, who be-
lieve that the courts are sacred, are
hopping mad over a slashing attack
on the United States Supreme Court,
made by Justice John Ford, of the
New York Supreme Court.
In letter to Senator La Toilette
pledging his hearty support to the
Senator's candidacy for President,
Justice Ford pays his respects to the
United States Supreme Court in no
uncertain language, denouncing it as
an absolute despotism, entirely be-
For thus plainly speaking his mind
on subject that he ought to know
somethign about, being in the court
business himself, Justice Ford is be-
ing roundly abused by the standpat-
ters. They are tearing their hair IN
their indignation and pretending to
believe that the Justice represents no
one but himself IN Showing up the
Supreme Court.
Of course the truth of the matter is
that Justice Ford was voicing the un-
spoken thoughts of great numbers Of
people, who long have looked on the
Federal judiciary as bulwarks of priv
ilege. This distrust of the courts is
based on the acts of the courts them
selves and will persist as long as they
tend to place the dollar above the
man. When the Federal courts show
themselves more in harmony with
modern thought, much of the popular
hostility to them will disappear, a
fact that the ultraconservatives WI
do we'll to heed and ponder over.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
GET OUT THE VOTE!

The following article, pleading that
the trade union vote be gotten out, is
by John P. Frey, president of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor and
editor of the Molders' Journal.
"Some of the greatest fault finders
in the trade union movement are
found among those who do not attend
the meetings, and the same is true In
public affairs. Many of those who
are most bitter because of the failure
of public officials to do what they
should, are members of that enormous
army of voters who do not vote. At
the last national election more than
one-half of the voters did not go to
the polls; the total being about 49
per cent of the number of registered
voters.
"Other organizations are today act
lively at work to get out their vote.
On July 4th the National Association
of Manufacturers issued an appeal to
all of its members, and to the mem
bers of it's three hundred affiliated
organizations, urging upon them to
get out the employers votes on cleo
ton day. This organization, which
has from its beginning shown open
hostility to the trade union move
ment, has already issued six million
copies of its "get out the vote' pam
hlet.
"The election this November will
ave very great influence upon the
welfare of our movement. The trade
union vote in it's entirety should be
registered in the ballot box. 1t
would be a most advisable step for
the local unions of all organizations
to create a "get out the vote" com
mittee, so that the stigma Of finding
fault with public officials while fail
ing to vote, could not be made against
the trade unionists.
"Get out the trade union vote one
hundred per cent"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
WILL YOU THROW AWAY YOUR
VOTE?

The present greatest obstacle to
the election of La Toilette and Wheel
er is purely psychological-a mental
bugaboo. 1t is form of moral cow
ardice not fitting to men and women
of Independent thought
Nevertheless there exists through
out the country feeling among per-
sons who would like to vote for La
Toilette and Wheeler that if they do
so their vote will be cast away. This
notion is being assiduously cultivated
by the campaign managers of the
other candidates, who realize that if
every voter will vote his convictions
at the coming election the reactionary
tickets will be overwhelmingly de-
feated.
1t is important that this fear of
wasting votes be dissipated. After
all, the assumption that La Toilette
and Wheeler can not be elected is an
insult to the intelligence of the Amer
lean people. Faced with the records
of failure to meet the public needs
and of responsibility for the most
widespread and boldfaced corruption
in public office ever known, involving
officials in both parties, neither party
has much defense. 1t will be a dis
couraging reflection on American
self government if the thinking voters
of this country do not in November
emphatically register their condem-
nation of these things and confirm the
courageous stand of La Toilette as a
progressive Republican and Wheeler
as a progressive Democrat.
There is no surer way for a pro-
gressive thinker of any party to
"throw away his vote" than to cast it
for the bipartisan reactionary gang.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
UMPIRES NOT FOR LIFE

According to the Wall Street Jour
nal Ex-Governor Tener of Pennsyl-
vania, a former major league ball
player, "has given by far the best
illustration Of what popular revision
of supreme court decisions would
mean"
Mr.. Tener asks what would happen
to base ball if the umpire's decisions
"were subject to revision by the spec
tators ?"
Both Mr.. Tener and the Wall Street
Journal overlook the fact that an in
competent umpire, or one who is even
suspected of bias, does not hold his
position very long. He is not appoint
ed for life, and his Interpretation of
a rule can be appealed to the presi-
dent of that league.
The Wall Street Journal not only
exhibits an incapacity for reasoning
but it shows its unfairness when it
intimates that the opponents of court
usurpation favor popular revision OF
supreme court decisions"
The only time that has been seri-
ously urged was when Theodore
Roosevelt favored it in 1912.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
THE TALKING GIRL

She took my hand in sheltered hooks
She took my candy and my books,
She took that lustrous wrap of fur,
She took those gloves l bought fo1
her,
She took my words of love and care
She took my flowers, rich and rare,
She took my ring with tender smile,
She took my time for quite while,
She took my kisses, maid so shy
She took, | must confess, my eye,
She took whatever | would buy
And then she took the other guy!
University News.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
NOTICE OF REWARD

The Board of County Commission
ers of Licking County, Ohio, will pay
the sum of $4,000 for the apprehen-
sion and conviction of the party OF
parties who killed Dennis Lee Beatty
in the Market House on West Main
Street, Newark, Ohio, on October
18th, 1924.
By Order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
GEO. H. HAMILTON,
Clerk of the Board of County
16-23-30 Commissioners
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
SLICK WORK

"Nice work." observed the patron
contemplating his newly acquired
haircut. "Sorry this is a no-tip
place"
"Say, mister" whispered the bar
ber, hoarsely, "apples wasn't allow
ed in the Garden of Eden, neither"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-17
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital
(BY Peter Keeganl

Senator La Toilette has embarked
on the speaking tour that is expected
to take him all the way to the Pacific
Coast-if his health holds out, leaving
Mr. Coolidge the lone Candidate in
Washington. John Davis dropped in
for a series of conferences with Dem
ocratic leaders the other day en- route
to New York to open his campaign to
capture the Empire State.