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have been held in esteem by every
good American since this country
was founded.
However, holding these gentlemen
in esteem and following in their
footsteps are two different things.
Their ideals, according to Father HUI
bert, Of the Passionist Monastery,
If adopted by the nation, would be .
panacea for all the seething turmoil
inside its borders.
Americas greatest DANGER"
Father Hubert says, comes not from
outside the country, but from within
our borders. People 60 about the
country offering cure-alls for our
troubles. We need no such cure Is
they offer. What America needs to-
day is to 60 back to the principles Of
that group Of men who gathered at
Philadelphia many years ago to
write the Constitution"
According to the Father, the prin-
ciples Of religious liberty, truth and
justice should commence in the
school and the teaching Of these
ideals should start at once.
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THE NATIONAL AND STATE TICKET

VeOPle s OplnlOn, lValIey CltyJ.)
With the closing Of the special League convention
held at jamestown Monday of this week the last Of
the state tickets have been brought out At the June
Primary the Republicans of the state nominated full
ticket part Of them of the League faith and part
them Of the v A. faith The Republicans Of the state
voted their choice and they present them the voters
for their approval At the November election The Demo-
Gratis OF the state asserted this year and they
have full Democratic ticket in the field The faction
OF the League Republicans Of the state who were not
satisfied with the result of the June Primary met at
jamestown on Monday of this week and they brought
out candidates to oppose the Governor Secretary of
Agriculture and Labor and Attorney General who were
nominated 1t the June Primary. This paper is of the
Republican faith and At the November Primary we are
going to support Herbert Hoover for President and
Senator Curtis for Vice President We are for Senator
Frazier for the United States Senate and Tom Hall for
Congress. We are for the straight Republican state
ticket as nominated at the June Primary We are
against the bond issue for refunding of money lost in
state banks can see no reason why the taxpayers
IN state banks, If they are entitled to refund how
about those who have lost money in national banks
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1926 over 1925, but was still down
at 1.8. Mississippi is lowest of all
with 9, but that's three times the
number for 1920.
California, home Of the grape, was
81 in 1910, only in 1920 and
worked itself back as far as SO by
1926. Indiana, with an exceptionally
strict state enforcement act, went
from 5 to 1.8, and dry Kansas from
z to 1.8. Kentucky's. rate is low,
only 1.5, but that's 375 per cent more
than in 1920. Maine, where the ma
tives show astonishing resistance to
rubbing alcohol cocktails, less than
doubled-1.3 for 1920 and rs for
1925.
Maryland Way Up
Maryland's increase was astonish-
ing, more than 1000 per cent. The
figures were z in 1920 and rs in
1925. Massachusetts,, with her Ga
showed 400 per cent increase in the
six years after 1920. Michigan went
from 1.6 to as and dry rural Mime
sofa from 8 to 4. Senator Jim
Reeds Missouri made Z grand leap
from 4 to 3.2.
Montana, in 1916, had the startling
ratio Of 24.6. But she was down to
1.8 in 1920 and only up to 3.9 in
1926. Wet New Jersey went from
g to as and New York's rate rose
even more rapidly, from LIZ to Z.
This was the highest for New York
since registration began in 1910, ex-
cept for 1913. Rhode Island rose
from 1.3 to IL and Pennsylvania
IL to 5.
The fact that, generally speaking,
the alcoholism death rate increased
most rapidly in wet areas probably
isn't surprising.
Figures for cirrhosis of the liver
remained nearly stationary. The
national rate per 100000 increased
only from IL to 7.2, 1920 to 1926.
For some reason or other, the CAL
ifornia rate is highest: 11.8 in 1926,
IS compared with 9.5 in 1920. Natur-
ally, the Department of Commerce
offers nothing to show that Cali
fornia liquor is worse on the liver
than any other. liquor and there is
probably no other way to prove it.
New York Rate Lower
The next five states, all above 9,
were Louisiana, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New York and Illinois.
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AVOID EYE TROUBLE

=
The process Of seeing requires ar
almost unbelievable amount Of en-.
ergy. i Is estimated that about
one-fifth Of our nervous energy is
spent in this manner. You car
readily understand that where there
Is definite defect in the vision, this
strain may be greatly increased.
The introduction Of scientifically
made glasses has added many years
to the life Of the average person
Man can now continue to enjoy life
through many additional years
where formerly he had to sit in his
armchair and wait for the end.
The enervation from eye strain is
such an important factor in causing
disease, that ] discuss this with
every patient who comes to me in
my private practice. No diagnosis
Of disease can be accurate if the
physician does. not inquire into the
amount OF energy that q patient
wastes through eye fatigue.
The eye Is q marvellous organ and
is necessarily very sensitive to con.
vey the delicate shadow impressions
from the outside world to the optic
nerve so that these impulses may be
impressed upon the center Of vision
in the brain.
One who possesses perfect eye.
sight is indeed fortunate, because
such an individual will usually live
longer, have better health and learn
more through observation than one
with imperfect sight. Where there
is . definite eye defect, it is a pos.
sible cause of headaches, wasted vi
tslity and even functional or organic
diseases. These defects are also
possible through straining of the
eyes from faulty light and bad read
ing habits, even when there is no
actual defect in the eye itself.
The optometrists of today are
nightly trained specialists who have
become educated through an inten-
sive training, and they are better
able to examine the eyes and dis.
cover the errors Of vision than is the
average physician.
Some of the defects of vision can
only be corrected through using the
right kind of glasses, but the ma
jority Of cases can undoubtedly be
benefited through developing good
habits of reading ana the additional
help of electrical treatments, diet
and eye exercises.
l have prepared series Of eye
exercises for strengthening the
muscles and improving the circula-
ton of the eye. If anyone desires
this article, he should send me a
large self-addressed, stamped en-.
velope and l will be glad to mail him
this article without charge.
If you wish to preserve your eye
sight, you should avoid the glare of
direct light into the eye, or a direct
reflection from shiny paper. The
best light comes over the left Shout
der onto the paper.
Do not try to read in a Pickering
light or in direct sunlight. The best
artificial light is from indirect
sources or from powerful frosted
globes. Learn to stop your reading
as soon as your eyes feel tired. It
is not good to continue reading a
book all night long simply because
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Editorial Comment
THE DOCTORS BILL

(Natl0nS Business MagaZine.)
A doctor once was asked ION what are your charges
based?"
He answered.: There are no economics in doctors
the operation, the difficulty Of the task its
failure the patients financial status-these and other
things play part"
But If doctors fees are not based on sound eco
nomics there tremendous economic factors in the
relations Of his profession to the community.
:, At recent session Of the Congress Of American
Physicians and Surgeons was declared that deaths
from heart disease cost the country 500 900
year, and that the of such cases cost another
$lOO,OOOOOO. How the learned doctors reached these
figures we do not know but accept them contentedy
pausng only to note that that totals more than the
wholesale value of electrical machinery made in 1926
according to the census of manufactures.
We pick out electrical machinery because Dr. Paul D.
White of the Massachusetts, General hospital blames
the automobile and the telephone like Of
modern life for the increase in heart disease and
crates alcohol tobacco, coffee and most athletics So
when the same newspaper tells that shall use
900 cigarettes in 1928 as against OOO
600 in 1927, we breathe easier
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EXPERIENCE

The world has ceased to laugh when Henry Ford
opens his mouth. 1t has forgotten his peace ship and
his brave pronouncement that History is bunk" The
automobile wizard is proof of the truth of his words
that if "you take all the experience and judgment of
SO out of the world there wouldn't be enough
left to run it."
His public statement the occasion of his 65th birth
day anniversary might the creed of American
business.
"The real profits of this any other successful COM
pany increased experience, better methods, more
skilled workmen, more highly developed engineering
brains. Those the best profits gained from the
100000 Model Fords-money is not the best
profit"
Many American business enterprises are living up to
that creed They are making money, but their greatest
satisfaction is derived from the public service they
render and their achievements in engineering and pro-
duction.
Henry Ford is one of innumerabe Americans who be-
lieve and prove by their lives that mans best
work may after he is fifty and after he is
sixty. There are many such men who can work longer
and accomplish more than the hustng youngsters of
business The Detroit manufacturer boasts that he will
do in the next five years than he did the last
twenty, and he probably will.
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AN OLD CANARD REVIVED

Discussion Of Americas war loans has revived
charges that Colonial America obtained several foreign
loans which it forgot to repay Such statements are
unfounded, the only foreign debts the United States
government having refused to repay being those
contracted by the Confederate States during the Civil
for which the national government not liable.
The United States has not borrowed any money from
foreign since adoption Of the Constitution
Il has paid its way by taxing its people and
by duties on imports.
In the countrys early days Of struggle the CONT
hsnal congress obtained four separate loans from
oitn countries The first for $1S1,500 bearing
per cent interest Principal and interest both paid
a full Both principal and interest also paid on
second loan Of $3267000 drawing per cent interest
France RENTED the interest payments the third
9oon Of @1815Oo0 and the fourth loan Of 900.
Portions Of these loans remaining unpaid in 1895
eoverted into domestic stock bearing IL and liz
per cant interest. These converted loans were SUBJ
ooquantly paid with interest.
This country has always paid is bills and will con-
1890 - - and i sxpsets ether nations 70 do -
m
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time the people knew the truth about

time the people knew the truth about
beggars. Visitors Immediately no.
tice their number and endless va
riety, and talk about it. New York
ers get used to them. They stumble
over old women and old men, young
women and young men i. on street
corners, on subway platforms, on
stairways and at corners. Because
scores have been found to have
healthy bank accounts and healthy
incomes when arrested and hailed into
court, the legend has spread that
Manhattan boasts millionaire beg
gar"
There's the old fellow in Brook
lyn for instance, "Peg-leg Tom"
who keeps an automobile waiting
round the corner from his begging
post. He goes to work and leaves
work in his car, and is purported
to have $4,000 in the bank.
Boston Slim knows all about these.
But the point he makes is that there
are beggars, like himself, who aver
age $15 week and live in $3.50 back
rooms. Three major operations re-
duced him from q salesman to a
beggar hobbling about on crutches.
The last operation removed right
leg, but saved him from gangrene.
From Boston Slim, you gather that
there is strange assortment Of
mendicants in Manhattan-that one
is married to q telephone operator
and is 50 well known to q hundred
taxi drivers that he gets free lifts
wherever he goes; that another has
to work "down the Island" because
"of a run-in with the cops in the
theater belt"; that q certain fake is
really a lookout" for robbers and
another peddles hop on the side and
uses it, whereas deformed paralytic
spends his waking hours on a little
crate, at the mercy Of wind, rain and
snow. It isn't all gravy, then, in the
New York begging racket.
GILBERT SWAN.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 6.-"What you
writing fellows forget" the tired
voice was saying, rs that in this
begging racket you fight the ele-
ments every month of the year. It's
one thing to tell how the old fellow
who sits in the subway stairs makes
$40 a day-or whatever it is. And
it's another to think what he runs
up against. It's what we all run up
against, and we don't make any $40
day, either.
II mean this-if I'm on nv
corner today and the weather's bad,
l get soaked in rain. If / sit on q
wet pavement or a snowy street or
an icy sidewalk, I'm just adding up
more troubles. Maybe I'll come out
without pneumonia and maybe
won't. But at the end of the year,
if I've stayed at my pencil peddling,
I'll have gone through every kind of
weather a human being can stand.
And I'll have chopped my chances of
Ia long life into ten parts.
what / mean is that ten years is
the limit in this racket. Then it's
the hospital or the morgue slab. They
don't last more than that-and lot
of them don't last that long. I'll
probably last a little longer than
most because I don't take so many
chances"
That, if it interests you, is "Bos-
ton Sims" sermon for the day. Bos-
ton Slim is q subway beggar. He's
a beggar, he will tell you, by neces-
Sity rather than choice. He's a beg
gar, but not bum. He's one Of New
York's vast army of beggars. And
he'll tell you. as quick as the next
fellow, that the city's filled with
takers.
He'll tell you also that there's
many a man who's begging because
he begs or goes hungry. And, he'll
finally tell you, it's pretty hard to
discriminate between the false and
the true. There are signs known only
to the dyed-in-the-wool member of
the begging crew.
Boston Slim feels that it's about
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Wriferl

Washington, August eff the
ratio of increase in deaths from alco-
holism in the first six years of pro-
hibition continues, alcoholism will be
the sole cause of death by 1870 and
no American citizen need worry
about any other ailment. In fact, al
coholism will have killed us all off.
Surprising? Well, let's figure II
out.
The government has listed 9OC
deaths from alcoholism in 1920 and
41O9 in 1926. Population also in
creased, SO the number of alcoholism
deaths per 100000 population rose
only from l to 3.9.
But the increase was one of 800
per cent and it will make our fig.
uring much easier if we say there
were four times as many deaths from
alcoholism in 1926 as in 1920.
If there are four times as many
alcoholism deaths in 1882 as in 1926,
that will be 16 per 100000 population.
And if the ratio continues through
1888 it will be Ga. And so on-266
in 1914, 1895 in 1856, 1886 in 1862,
66 ,535 in 1968-and in another year
or two therell be 100000 deaths
from alcoholism per 100000 popula-
ton. Result: No population.
But 1t Won't
One is justified in assuming, Of
course, that the ratio of increase will
not continue. The pre-war alcohol
ism death rate, running from ga to
So, may be as high as the prohibition
rate will 60.
Nevertheless, these figures on al
coholism and cirrhosis of the liver
recently published by Mr.. Hoover's
Department of Commerce certainly
do offer possibilities for analysis.
Wet states and dry states alike
have been affected by the increase
in deaths from alcoholism. Few
states haven't doubled their rate.
It's rather surprising to find Wy
oming leading all the rest, with SO
deaths per 100000 from alcoholism
in 1926. Maryland and New York
are wet states. They're next, with
7.6 and Z respectively. Then Flor
ida, which has rum-rpnners, with 6.8.
Massachusetts, is fifth with 81.
The good old dry state of Tom
Helm, Alabama, doubled its rate in
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FIRE HOUSE ETHICS

The firemen of a certain station in Worcester Mass
having terrible time because of their number
broke off an engagement to marry Worcester girl.
Not that the firemen are prone to worry about A.
fairs of the heart They have, one may assume, the
typical fire department airiness in that matter. But
the Tilted young lady is revengng herself on her ex-
sweetheart and doing it in way to disturb all of his
buddies as we'll.
Every night, during the small hours, she turns in
false fire alarm to disturb the onetime sweetes slu
ber Night after night the engines 90 rolling out with
sleepy firemen clingng on, futile errand. The
calls can't be traced and the young woman can't be
found but every fireman in the place Is convinced that
he knows what is wrong.
It is q fiendish scheme. One imagine that the
Worcester firemen are ardently praying for
ciliaton.
The first essential for becoming young intellectual
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The boy who used to take. his
watch apart to see why It worked
il the man who now takes his car
apart to see why it doesn't.
Just m argument in favor Of ce-
ment pavements: New York boy
fell five stories, landed on one, and
lived.
Federal radio commission re-
voked IS licenses, and extended till
September first, 126 others. They
al got the air.
Does the report that Tunney will
never fight again mean that he is
not going to get married?
Lancaster (O) farmer set hen
oh . batch Of turtle eggs. They
Matched, and the whole family
turned turtle.
\ An ostrich thinks he's out Of SIGHT
when he puts his head in the sand.
. silk hat.
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New York and New Jersey were
once grand old cirrhosis states,
with rates up to II or 10 some
years, but their respective 420-26
increases were only 8.3 to go and
7.8 to SO.
Other more or less substantial
increases were those of Louisiana,
Missouri, New Hampshire, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and District
of Columbia. Among the decreases:
illinois. Indiana, Maryland and
North Dakota.
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Reading on trains while objects are
being passed is enervating to the
eyes. as is sitting too close to q mo.
ton picture screen.
Do not wear improperly fitted
glasses. 1t is a poor economy to
pay Is to Is cents for your glasses
when they may ruin your vision.
There are often injurious effects
from glasses even though they seem
to fit. Only scientific examination
can determine the correct glasses.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. w. writes: my
skin is slowly turning q dead white
in patches. I have doctored faith.
fully, and used several medicines,
both internal and external, but to no
avail. ] want to get at the cause OF
the trouble, but ! am becoming dis
couraged and am going to give up
unless you can help me-"
Answer: A good fast for a week
or ten days will stop the acidosis
which is causing the destruction Of
the coloring matter in your skin.
Then, living on good diet will keep
you from having any more Of these
white spots form. Sometimes, If the
spots are not too large, they can be
successfully treated with radiations
from the ultraviolet light, and the
skin pigment will at least partially
return.
Question: Mrs. ]. D. writes:
"Please advise if oatmeal as It comes
from the package is bad for the di-
gestion or otherwise unhealthful. I
have friend who eats it this way,
and claims it is healthful."
Answer: The crushed oatmeal sold
in package form is a good cereal to
use if you do not spoil it by adding
sugar. Oatmeal should be cooked
for a long time by steaming, and
seasoning with only cream or butter.
Question: Mrs. K. L. writes:
"Six months ago I had a small birth
mark on my breast treated with
the electric needle. Now this plac.
is all healed up but stays tender and
sore. The doctor that treated it
says it is a keloid that caused the
trouble and wants to treat it with
x-ray or radium. Another doctor
told me the x-ray would only en-
large the keloid. What am / to do?
Answer: Find a doctor who has
the ultraviolet light apparatus and
he will know how to treat your
keloid. These keloids should not
form from the use of the electric
spark if it is properly used. Some
times, the further treatment with
the electric needle will assist in re-
moving the keloid, but be sure and
find competent physician who is
we'll trained in electro-thcrapy.
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much Not to pay debts 10 dishonorabs under the
American code Of ethics and to grant an unfortunate
debtor extension Of time in which to make settle
ment is no less dishonorable.
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DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed TO him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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AS A SLOGAN, LISA DUD

minneapolis JOurn0I)
George T. Moses is all right as United States Sem
cent Republican National Convention he showed marked
talent as permanent chairman
But as . slogan-maker George H. Moses is about as
helpless was the eminent Mr.. Thomas Heeney in the
eleventh round of his encounter with the efficient Mr.
Iunney II the specimen at hand is fair sample of
the New Hampshire Senator's handwork in the matter
Of fabricating rayng cries, then Mr. Moses would do
else.
We REFER OF course, to his production of the phrase
Hoover or Havoc" for e-getter in the pres
ent Presidential campaign. After perhaps much travail
Senator Moses has brought forth something. which
Int even the merit of originality and which in no
way flts the 1928 situation d most citizens see it.
Whether Senator Moses was consciously aware Of IL
or not, he was merely paraphrasing Colonel George
Harveys Coolidge or Chaos" Of the 1924 campaign.
Coolidge or Chaos" at least meant something as four
years with three tickets in the running there was
chance slight though it may have been-of deadlock
in the Electoral College,
No such situation exists this year Hoover OF Havoc
ton Of Governor Alfred E. Smith as President would
let the United States Of America in for four years Of
havoc
Now "havoc," AZ defined by the New Century Die
tionary. means general and relentless destruction
And nobody really believes that NM Smiths occupancy
OF the White House would bring Of general and
relentless destruction" Senator Moses does not be-
does not believe II. Tammany Halls severest critics
and btterest enemies do not believe It.
AZ campaign slogan, Senator Moses magnum opus
Is dud. As an effort 1t succinct statement it is
Hop AS IN example OF glib ALTERATION, It may have
its points But campaigns not by glib allitera-
tlon and especially when such ALTERATION is achieved It
palpable sacrifice Of accuracy.
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one becomes interested In the story,
Avoid doing work that requires q
close application, such as fine needle
work or reading very small type.
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WASHINGTONIAN IDEALS
CURE FOR COUNTRY'S ILLS

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 6LWash-
ington, Hamilton, Adams and Ham
cock. moulders Of the Constitution,