Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1921, Page 4

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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING FEB. 19%h, 1921 11,064 THE TIME I8 RIPE. i H Before and after the opening of the|ths early training they will be mere present session of congress there was a|eager to continue their activities in that demand for the early passige of a law|direction and in all probability make a that would deal with the emergency Sit-|greater suceesg at it. uation concerning immigration. The ®house was speedy in its response. Thed that the idea has been advanced of get- senate was not expected to be so speedy |ting the Boy Scouls interested in the but it hasn't seemed to attach the im-|subject of forestry and througn their ef- portance to such legislation . that the house did. It threw cold water on the "~ plan supported by the house of excluding immigrants for a year and the matter has dragged along until there aré but nine days mor~ & which to reach an un- - derstanding between senate and house. Inasmuch as this was one of the things heading the list of work to be put through at thig session the senate seems to have responded to the demand for ac- tion. Word even went forth from Wash- - ngton to the effect that efforts will be nade to get some emergency bill through. Vew pressure may have been brought be- cause of the situation which has devel- .- oped through immigrants bringing typhus here but even without that the session’s “* programme stili shows that the situation .. has not been met. There was plenty of evidence that the - senate was not going to stand by the ac- tion taken in the house, The senate’s im- migration commitiee was against it and it seems likely that inasmuch as the sen- ate hag fivorably acted on the Dillingham bill so some such measure will be adopt- ed if congress can find time to attend to it during the rush of other business. As an emergency medsure perhaps t6o much . cannot be expected from any bill passed —at this time beyond the matter of fur- . nishing the restriction sought. The Dil- I'ngham bill will permit the entrance of aliens each year to a certain per cent. of those of the various nationalities in the country. It restricts but it does not stop immigration, and It is claimed ¢ it that it will mean a better class of immi- grants, \ The house bill and the Dillingham bill are not the only measures which have heen_presented carrying -good features. There are others which from the stand- point of permanent legislation ought to get careful attention. Such will hardly be permitted at this time in view of the business that still remains to be done, and the limited period for action, and the necessity of the two houses confer- ring after the indicated vote on the mat- - ter comes in the senate. It i well, how- ever, that there ig pressure for action at this session. FEDERAL OR STATE AUTHORITY. Not a majority but somewhere near a half of the states have joined with Wis- consin in taking an appeal from the de- cision of the interstate commerce com- mission to the United States supreme court for an interpretation of the trans- sortation act. Under that legislation the commission has held that it has been ziven the authority to fix the rates for terstate traffic both as to passenger and freight and for that reason its au- thority is greater than that of the util- ty commissiens of the different states. Decisions have been made by the fed- *ral commission giving railroads author- ty to increase their rates only to have it maintained by state commissions that such rates are entirely within the control of the state body and it does not approve the increase. There is a conflict over the jurisdiction which makes it important that the highest court in the land should setile the matter which is that age old one of state rights. Under the transportation act the en- deavor has been made to get the railroads of the country under the control of one commission rather than of 48. The sit- uation would be far different if every railroad was entirély within a state. There are few instances of thie kind and with the large railroad systems operat- ing in many states the difficulties in- volved in trying to abide by the rulings in the different ones, no two of which _may be alike, can be readily appreciated. Having convinced the interstate com- merce commission by the presentation of facts that they were not getting enough . revenue to meet justified requirements - the reads were authorized {o raise their ' rates only to be interrupted-in such a { proceeding by the action of gertain states end claim that while the federa] com- mission may have control over inter- state rates it has none over intrastate rates. It ig a conflict that knocks in the head the benefit which it was hoped had been obtained in the transportation act of rélieving the railroads. of the serious handicap af trying to satisfy the con- flicting demands of each stale commis- sion, and it rests with the United States tourt to say which side is right. WHERE THE WEALTH LIES, While much interest is being manifest- *d throughout the country at this time in the making out of income tax reports | there cannot fail to be a certain amount | H income tax returns| P in the tabulated © which have just been made public for 1918. While income taxes paid then were | . differently distributed than trey would; ! be today and conditions show & marked | contrast there are interesting facts to : be gleaned from what might be otherwise | : regarded ag dry statistics. © For the year 1918 there were 4,425,114 persons who paid an income tax, or less han five per cent. of the «(ntire popula- tion. There were. of course many ex- © emptions but that might seem to indi- . cate that the wealth of the covntry is in * the hands of a small part of the people. : From the tabulated repert, however, it s shown that there are but eleven per who have an icreation of interest in things that can be cent. of those who paid an income tax |ber and every step taken income exceeding $5,000. | building than & 35000 income. Considering the millior's Whose incomes were not included in the revénue figures along with those with ah ineome of less than $5000 yearly and it is shown ‘that the few with the big -incomes do not centrel the wealth of the country, and in fact these whe gét bet- ter than §100 a Week ificome possess but a small part of the wealth of the nation. By the revemue figures it can be seén about how the wealth is distributed and that the distributien is widespread. While 1918 reflected tie resuit of the prosperous 'péried of war contracts. it is plain that 1t cannet be used as a basis for a nor- mal period and it will be interesting to note in sueceeding reporis how the fig- ures fluctuate as conditions change. e SERVING A DOUBLE PURPOSE. Great things heve been aceomplished either ' through organized or ° unorgam- ized efforts teward interesting boys and girls i various lines of endeavor that their desire to do something may be sat- isfied and that their ifiterest may be de- veloped in Ways that will be beneficial to in latér years. If it were possible to measure the Benefit of such efforts the country would be surprised at the state- ment, But it is just such teaching and the done by the boys and:girls that makes them better equipded to handle the bigger ‘problems as they develep and which gives better assurance that as the result of It is in keeping with such a policy forts bring abeut the reforestation of large sections which have been cutever and which are best fitted for woodland. Oncg the boys undertook such a jeb they would net only do it quickly, but well, and they weuld be interested not only in setting out the trees but in waiching ‘heir development. They would grow up together and have a keen interest in such tracts because of what they had had to do with it. i In the siate of Leuisiana such a plan is about to be put inte effect. That state has about four millien acres from which 1ke trées have been eut. It is proposed to reforest these acrés- through the assist- ance of 20,000 boys enrolled In reforesta- tion clubs among whom prizes will be distributed for their work. There will be a doubls benefit in this undertaking. Not only will the large acreage be set out with trees which will add to the timber supply and bring in a profitahle return in later years, but there will be awakened in the boys an intersst in this sort of work Which shouid resvlt in w still great- €r benefit to them and thé state in the futu: Such reforestation might well be attempted by many other states. RATLROAD RATES, How different the situation is that is facei by the raiizeads today from that a few months is plainly told in the sit- uation surrounding ine freight cars. It Was not so long 23> that it was impos- sible to gat enough to meet the demand and wnen it was next to imwpessible to get coal in sufiicies amount te meet r. Quifements because ca”s were not avail- abie. Ih a <hert rerhg oo time we have gine from a stortage ta & surplus, and in visw of the etrcitions it is not sur- prising that the railrosds recognize the fact that there is need for a reductien: in the rates Railroad rates were inileased because the roads were not able to get an ade- quate return from the business that was being done at a time when business was brisk. About the time relief was recos- nized as necessary and granted condi- tions underwent a change. There was not the demand for the movement of goods and because of higher rates these who were not obliged to get more goeds, or those who didn’t have to ship pro- ceeded to make less demands on the iransportation facilities. The:eurtailment of production naturally meant less trans- portation both for the raw and finithed product and the result is that today we have more than a third of a millien idle freight cars in the country and the slack- ened business means of course that the higher freight rates have not given the roads the relief they need and, hoped to get. The increased rates have also prob- ably .caused a certain amount of busi- ness to be forced into other channels. It is therefore quite natural that there should be an effort made: for a reduction in freight rates. The need of it cannet fail to be apparent to the railroads, and from the moves that are being- tnade they are struggling in that direction. The cutting down in the number of shop em- ployes and the recent effort to have the national agreements abrogated indicate such is aimed at through a reduction in expenditures. EDITORIAL NOTES. ‘Washington's birthday anniversary. Just enough of a blizzard te revive falk about whay happened back in '88. —_— Early spring! means a longer season lor the never welcome sulphur and mo- lasses. “He sees danger ahead,” says a head- line. Danger that is passed need werry no one. The man on the corner says: No mis- take would be made in deseribing the storm as enthusiastie. So far:as knewn that may have been home brew which the sailer wanted to get aboard the president’s yacht. Georgia has burned a negro at the stake. It ceuld possibly permit Arkansas o get ahead of it in this respect. Second only to that l't of questions presented by Mayor Lerou is the antici- pation of the answers from the gas and electrical commission, The combination ef conditien powders and spring weather is having its effect upon biddy in a way that increases the Interest in the egg market. People fall for such curious things that there’s no telling how many auio parties will be heading for the new eenter of population duting the coming seasen. Lieut. Farrell tells the naval board he cannot remember his- altercation . with Lieut, Hinton. From all accounts it is quite natural he should want to forget it. Now that the first of the baseball train- ing squads have left for the south win- ter has no more terrors, and the wild geese may as well set out on their north- ward flight, — Every drop taken in the price of lum- to decrease much nearer costs bring “-That means that those who did not pay | the opening of oonstructiom, aetivities an income tax and the 89 per cent of 'on a large scale. (Speeial to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, D. C.. Feb. 21.—The date for the extra sessiori of congress is ten- tatively fixed for April 4 unless some un- expected need arises for calling it ear- lier. To be sure Mr Harding has not made any official announcement of his intentions, but men of power in congress, like Fordney, who has just returned from Florida, Mondell, floor leader, Curtis, re- publican whip of the senate, and others ‘who are in a position to know, unhes: itatingly fix the date as April 4, unless an emergency calls for an.earlier one. Seme of the senators were anxious to press the president and cabinet into ac- tive service immediately after the inaugu- ration, but it is known Mr. Harding be- lieves both he and his official family should be given at least a month to con- sider and make the importan? appoint- ments of assistant secretaries, heads of commissions and bureaus, and take a very complete account of stock before they start out on the grave reconstruc- tion plans which they are called upon to face. Until after the democratic chiefs are actually out of the way, and the rec- | col ords of their offices open to the new Fec- rétaries, no genuine work can be accom- ! plished by the new administration. And i it is believed a month's time is none too much. This opinion is shared by house leaders who realize that committee as- signments, and other details of getting the house into working order, after the great landslide which puts into office a third or more new members cannot be accomplished, even with steady hard work, in much less time. Predictions are that Speaker Gillett and Floor Léader Mondell will be re- elected, although undoubtedly some radi- cals will rise in opposition and suzgest the mames of men more to their taste. It is also probable a return to the for- mer custom, of selecting for whip of the house a man of considerable power, in- stead of turning over that'office to some new comer who is delighted with the op- portunity_to “fly ’round” and rush mem- bers into line when a vote is called. The senate hds never departed from the cus- tom of giving the office of Whip to a man whose knowledge and experience wing for him the confidence of his col- leagues. Senator Curtis of Kansas, one of the most influential and hard working leaders of the Senate has held ;that office for some years—and this year he was also named assistant floor leader as well, and now is the right hand man of Sena- tor Lodge. Such a man is sure not to fall down on the jop when an emergen- cy arises, and some recent experience of house leaders has proved to them the wis- dom of following thé lead, of the senate, and return to the old time custom of the house. Who Will be the new whip is not determined, but it will be a man of power and influence, if the caucus to be held in the near future carries out the present intentions of house leaders. The near revolt over the committee of 35 who now make recommendations all appropriations seems to have been othered, but some change in methods of appointment of that committee is foreseen. There is much discontent evi- denced over the methods of selecting those 35 men and although the budget system will unquestionably be adopted and an appropriation committee perform the same functions as the one now exist- ing, the opinion here is that some new method of selecting its makeup Will be adopted during the next congress. Although the inauguration ceremonies will be_extremely simple, nevertheless there Will be some military disnlay as a mounted escort of cavalry, a big police force, both mounted and unmounted, and a considerable soldier force is deemed necessary to ensure the safety of the president-eléct and the general publie. The Marine band will play on the capitol plaza not far from the white stand al- ready erected for {he president-elect, on which he will take his oath and deliver his inaygural address to the people of the coun It is expected the address | will be unusually brief, as the entire company must stand during jts delivery and as Mr. Harding will soon address the country and congress through his first message to congress al the opening of the extra session. President Wilson has not yet determined whether or not he will attempt to be present at the capitol at the close of the session. Rumors, and informal White House talk, & vs that he will, but the president himself is silent on the question and much doubt is expressed here as to his physical ability to stand the strain and nervous excitement of the occasion. President Wilson will follow the cus- tom of all his predecessors and leave the ‘White House on March 4th at noon, with luncheon laid in the great state dining room, ready for the incoming president and his personal guests. Usually the in- o6ming president has for his luncheon | guests the members of-his cabinet and | their families, and a few personal friends | and political advisors. What Mr. Hard- ing will do along this line of entertain- ment has not been made known. With only eight more working days for congress left in this session, it's a pretty safe prediction that the reavpor- tionment bill will not be taken un by the senate and the whole matter will o over to the spring session. A big effort is being made to clear up all the appro- priatien bills, but whether or not the navy bill will weather the storm of the Borah onslaught against a navy bf “pre- paredness size” is still uncert Should appropriation bills fail to pass it may necessitate’ the calling of the extra ses- sion earlier than April 4th, the date now tentatively fixed on by Mr. Harding. Congressmen Merritt and Tilson were bitterly disappointed over the failure of the patent bill to zo through with the federal trade commission clause elimi- nated. They believe the salaries of pat- ent office employes should be raised and the force increased. They do mot believe in putting the power of regulation or sale of patents into other hands, and together with Senator Brandegee, worked untir- ingly to have the objectionable features of the bill eliminated. When the bill was before the house Mr. Merritt, a mem- ber of the interstate commerce commit- tee spoke forcefully against that feature of the bill, and denounced the proposed system of licensing by the federal trade commission, as unfair and detrimental to the best interests of the country. Said he in closing “In my judgment it will do more te injure xnd revolutionize the pat- ent system of the country than anything else could do.” Senator Brandegee was the one member of the patent committee in the senate who refused to sign a fa- voréble report on the bill. New England men have fought hard against the emefgency tariff bill in its present form, but have been beaten at every turn by the combined strength of west and some southern sections which benefit under the bill. - They condemn the bill as sectiona), unfair and not a tarift measure. Congressman Tilson of the ways and means committee summed it up and when he sald “You can’t have free trade in one part of the country and pro- tection in the other.” Tilson, Merritt and Glynn all werked hard to get either a better bill or defeat this one, but it looks at this moment as though the bill would pass under the special rule of the house which permits an early vote. ——— l Stories That Recall Others His Esteem Fell. After the manner of men in general, he was apt to take odd notions to do odd things at odd times. The family had lone since retired, when he had finished the serial he had sat up to read, and when he went out to put the dog in ti¢ basement and lock the door, he saw the new washing machine and remembered that his wife had been worrying some over the necessity of filling th: oil cups. “Dear me !" sighed Loretta. “Here I've always been expecting nfy ship to come in and I've made all sorts of plans and now that it's come knocking at my door, I've sunk it.” g B ‘Aren’'t you a bit mixed?’ asked her brother. “Ships have spankers, but no knockers. You sfiould say it sank in sight of port or something like that.” “If it had stayed out of sight it wouldn’t have been sunk,” laughed Loret- ta. “The sight of it nearly finished me. But it's too bad when you remember what I had planned to do for all my friends and relatives. “May I inquire what I was to receive?” asked her brother, in apparent eajerness. “I hope it was at least a new set of golf clubs.” “If T gave you a new set of golf cl you wouldn't ever got home to meals, said Loretta, severely. “It's bad enough now with the old ones. No, I had you on probation and hadn’t decided what I'd glve yor It depended entirely on your ndu “I think I've been really quite angelie,” sighed her brother. “Didn't I tuke you to the movie last week: “It doesm’t matter, anyhow,” retorted Loretta, “for I'm just as poor as ever. My ship has gone down and I can’t com- plain, because I did it myself.” “You yourself y enjoy withholding the tale,” said her brother, “but I'm suf- fering to know what has happened:’ “It was ‘at the dance that Jean gave when you were away,” Loretta began. “And there was such a crowd. It was more or less open to the publie on ac- count of being for charicy and the place was packed.” “Difficult navigating for a ship, 1 should think.” obsersed her brother. “No wonder it sank. MoJt persons know how to steer, however, 8o maybe its skipper was already half seas over.” “It was a very mice party,” said Loret- ta, stiffly. “Everybody there was as nice as could be. You're critical of the s’ory just because you were out of the city and didn't have a share. By the way, (hat little Miss Price asked If you weren't coming.” “Which one?” tin asized her brother, sit- g up in the Morris chair suddenly. e smaller one?” “They are both small and I never measured them,” sald Loretta, coolly. “Now 1 guess I'm even with you for making fun of my friend’s party.” “Oh, say, now,” begged her brother. -_——— well, so he hunted it up in the medicine chest and dutifully filled the cups. Next morning he could hardly wait to | tell his wife of his thoughtfulness. “What did you fill them With?" she asked with a dubious pucker between her brows, as she took up a little blue bottle | that stood on the cabinet. “Vaseline,” was the answer. His wife said nothing. She merely held the blue bottle well within his range of vision and hubby’s self esteem fell to the zero point. He had filled the cups with a salve that had been kept in the medicine chest. ‘Washington's Feat. A good story is told of the late Wil- liam M. Evarts, attorney general, secre- tary of state and United States senator for New York. While ticretary of state he took the English minister out for a drive on the banks of the Potomac. They stopped to look at Long bridge. The minister said banteringly: “It is said, Mr. Secretary, that General Washington threw a dollar across this river. Rather a long throw, don’t ybu think so?” “Well,” said Mr. Evarts. “Not for him. He threw a sovereign across the ocean once, you know. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Religion the Real Basis of Sunday Laws. Mr. Editor: The majority of those who maintain. that the state is warranted in enacting Sunday laws hold that physical rest is the paramount justification for such legislation. But this cannot be borne out by any portion of the history of Sunday legislation from the time that the first Sunday law was enaced in 321 to the present time. Religion is the actuating influence in the whole matter. This can be the only conclusion in the light of the following representative statements by the Sunday law advocates: “Give us good Sunday laws, well en- forced by men in local authority, and our churches will be full of worshippers, and our young men and women will be attracted to the divine service. A mighty combination of the churches of the United States could win from congress, the state legislatures and municipal councils all legislation essential to this splendid re- sult”—Rev. S. V. Leech, in Homiletic Review, November, 1892. “The experience of centuries shows that you will in vain endeavor to pre- serve Sunday as a day of 12st unless you preserve it as a day of worship.”—Dr. Joseph Cook, in Boston Monday Lectures, in 1887. “A weekly day of rest has never been permanently secured in any land except on the basis of religious obligation. Take the religion out, and you take the rest out”"—Rev. W. F. Crafts, “Hearing on Sunday Rest Bill,” Dec. 13, 1888, page 21. “During nearly all our American his- tory, the churches have influenced the states to make and improve Sabbath laws."—Rev. W. F. Crafts, in Christian Statesman, July 3, 1890. Civil laws compelling the observance of Sunday discriminate in favor of that religious sect which obser/es Sunday as a day of rest and of worship. - Regarding this point, it is well known that other sects in the United States observe the seventh day of the week as a day of rest and worship. It is also a well known fact that there is theological controversy over the question of Sabbath observance, one par- ty to the controversy holding that, in ac- cordance with the fourth commandment, the seventh day of the week should be observed as the Sabbath, while the other party to the eontroversy holds that Sun- day is the proper day to be observed. Those who are endeavoring to convince men by their teaching that Sunday is the proper day to observe seek aid from the state to make their teaching more ef- fective, and, when congress yields to the demands of that class, it aligns itself with one party to this religious contro- versy. The United States senate in 1829 held that “our government is a civil and not a religious institution. , Our constitution recognizes in every person the right to choose his own religion and to enjoy it freely, without molestation. Whatever may be the religious sentiment of citi- zens, and however variant, they are alike entitled to protection from the govern- ment so long as they do not invade the rights of others.” The house of representatives in 1830 decided on the matter of Sunday legisla- tion that “if congress shall, by the au- thority of law, sanction the measure reg- ommended, it would constitute a legisla- tive decisiorf of a religious controversy in which even Christians themselves are at issue. However suited such a decision may be to an ecclesiasdical council, it is incompatible with a republican legisla- tufe which is purely for political and not for religious purposes.” ¢ Congress shou!d maintain its policy of non-interference in religious controver- s and, by thus doing. it will be in ac- cord with the natizn's constitutional guaranties regarding religious legislation. Very respectfully yours, GILBERT P. COATES. Norwich, Conn., Feb. 21st, 1921. Sunday Observance. He felt wide awake. Why not attend to the matter and have it over with? There was no motor oil in the house but he reflected that vaseline would do just as . Mr. Editor: When the people wanted to “come and take Christ by force to make Him a king” He perceived it and departed into 2 mountain alone. John 6: 15. He refused to accept the proposition. 8 which one he was at\d I told her I was | ou aren't fair! How much will it/cost me to find out? A box of-chocolates Nothing at all yet,” relented Loretta. “T'll wait till I want you to do something for me. Meanwhile I'll inform you it was the smaller one, and she said, further- more, that she was sorry weren't there. Now calm down, for I'm telling you a thrilling tale about the sinking of a noble ship. “Fire away! TI'm listenig.” “It was toward the end of the evening,” laughed Loretta. “And I guess 1 was pretty tired.and did not care to meet any more people. In fact, T had about decided that the next time § danced with my es- cort I'd get him to take me home, when Jean's mother came up and asked me if T'd let her introduce 4 certain man to me. I didn’t catch his name, but she indicated too tired and I hoped she'd excuse me.” “In other words, you asked like a high and mighty princess i1 a high movie,” said her brotner. “Why d you say something like ‘Remove the let! or ‘Hence, villain, from my sight|" You ought to learn Now to get things like that. I'll k a real good movic to take you to so that you can cony the heroine’s manner. “To tell the truth, I got the impression | that Jean's mother had a sort of white elephant on her hands, and when I looked at him I decided I didn’t want to bother with him. You sece,‘he was one of the most unattractive men I ever taw and I certainly was tired.” “True belles are charming to all” de- clared her bréther, wisely. “That Mme. Whate-her-name of French revolu- tion, you remember- “Yes,” said Loretta calmly. “She lost i her head on the guillotine, didn’t she?" “Maybe,” said her brother. dubjousl “But anyway she because she never word for even the menia “Well,” said Lovetta, “the sad fact is that T refused to let this individual be i troduced and so spoiled my o didn’t know then that he had asked to be presefited.” “Aha said her brother. “The plot thickens.” “Yes, and it's thicker yet” sigheé Lorétta. “For now ' 's going t marry Jean's cousin T l¢ t he is an Italian nobleman w th in good Ameri- can moMy at least $5,000.000. Tereafter | I'm going to let anybody get introduced that wants to be, so there!"—Chicago News. At a recent mecting of the National tion of | Reform association their determ battling for Sunday States of America * {Jesus Christ and plac sovereignty at His feet” was One speaker said: “We must do o to bring the majority to right convief tions and after these conviction ave been | formed the right taken. | When this is done we can 1 the world |to Him whose right it is to rule.” In St. John's gospel, the chapter and 36th verse, w ad | swered, “My kingdom is not of th world. If My kingdom were of world then | would My servants fight t I shonld not | be delivered . . but nbw is ) s King- |dom not from hence' principle of establ by force to be un called reformers i | those who dissent from the Yet all. C if they follow Christ. The logical conclusion moral {people are accounted cri for not keeping a criminal anomaly in ethics. deceived on thi . the scripture, Matthew, 17th verse to fulfill,” is but fully to p: lavs, an am not come to destroy ce 1 al mean- | ing of word in Colossians, 1st chapter, th verse. Therefore this text in Matthew used in Mr. nd's letter to The Bulletin in f. militates undeniably approves the advoca ment of the Ten Co hearts of men by pr Of course society when they conflict r law. Quoting from letter where the laws thus, mo; emanation from | amount of popular su n m wrong right nor right swer that for the maoj keepers to force the mino keepers (seventh day observers) to bow down to an unmoral law is utterly sub- versive of truth. Mr. Troland in his peroration me with words to conclude my I Sunday laws are wrong. words: “There is no 3 from the obligation and it on to be seen on which s his stand for the righ —for no strer n error respectable. Any state or co; ty that disregards moral obl doomed.” I affirm that America is near her ena s in the t fore be enforced | ‘orementione writer endors furnt muni= wtion “ia when she enfor umAmerican un- Christian Sunday L Respectfully. MRS: G. H. STROUS Norwich. Feb. 21, 1921 l ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN §) HISTORY H ———— e —— FIRST EX-PRESIDENT THE WORLD The most rem: by the most em made by . U lowins hi the United gun a short t ed his offic TO adel- | the At-| erican- by lantic in a v owned line. He was Mrs. Grant and his you first stop wa utation of di Irishmen greet From Ireland Liverpool, and on started out for L greeted with grea station.” In the metropol guests of the American days after their arrival Wales called upon ther most striking of the aff: distinguished visitor v el of the A s —_————— Dr. Howard always recommended OXIDAZE FOR COUGHS, COLDS Bronchial Asibma -!'lcflhd(lml observation convinced m it would saf-ly, quickly and sprely bad coneh and give insiant rell Guchial Asthin, Guaraatecd armless, Here is absolute proof from users. Detroit. a8 Worcester, Mass.—1s worih tho Keene, N. H.—1speak in bizh Zenton, Mich.~1 got nearly Horwell, Mich.~FOr asthina. Cincinnati, 0.—It 1s & wonderful medicine, Smiths Bastn. N.Y.—Delizhtsd 3 Oxidaze. letters oo fije~ Money back if it fafls. AIl Dragjists. Lee & Osgood Co. can suoply you. | distinguished Ttalians. Just Send a Postcard to SALADA Tea Co., Stuart and Berkeley Sts., For a Free Sample of the Genuine "SALADA" Allin doubt shoukd send thel adress, and we will sall & semple of SALADA. Stats whother you s Bach, Groen & Mined, e fhe pice 70 50% oy Apsley hall at whch Grant was the guest of the Duke of Wellington; a din- net given by the Duke of Devonshire, at which he met fifty members . of the House of Lords and e the 15th of Juné he was presented w''a the freedom of the city of London, the first Preisdent of the American Republic upon whom such an honor had been conferred. On the 2th Gen. and Mra. Grant wers received by the Queen at Windsor Cas- tle, with whom they dined, and the f Jowing evening a state concert was give en in their honor at Buvkingham Park. On July 5 the Grants ocrossed the Channel, going first to Bruesels, the General visited by the King Belgium and later invited te dine st Palace. From this little Kinpdom %e passed through Switzerland to Italy, from which country he neturned to Edin- burgh, and later in October he again left London for Paris. During Grant's stay in Paris the most eminent men of France were among his rs. He was receiveq at the Eylsee by the President, Marshal McMahen, and later was invited to dine at the palace From Frapce Gen. Grant continued his tour, going to Naples by steamer, and from thence to Alexandria ,Egypt. The Khedive bestowed upon him all honors pssible, and the ruler of Egypt placed steam vesgel at his command for & surney along the Nile, which consumed a month. Returning to Cairo, the travellers pro- ceeded to Port Said, and from thence went to Jaffa, and made a trip through the Holy Land. After spending _three days in Jerusalem they returned to Rome, visiting on the way Damascus Beirvt, Smyrna, Constantinople, Ahens and Syr- acuse. In Rome Kinz Humbert gave a din- ner to the ex-President. which was at- tended by all his ministers and other After a tour of Italy the party returned to Paris, and from thence went to Holland and then to Germany. Prinee Bismarck ‘called twice upon Grant in person, and later entertained him at dinner. Denmark, Norway and Sweden were then visited, and from the latter eountry they went to St. Petersburgh. Grant was honored h an interview by the Czar of Russia Peterhoff being conveyed hither by the at tmperial_yacht, From Russia the General went to us- tria, Aand returned again to Paris, and then to San Sebastian, Spain, as the guest of the King. Portugal was the next A boat was taken ab country visited, Marseilles for Bombay. India, Suez Canal. via the At Caleutta the viceroy, Lord Lytton, gave a reception in Grant's honor. and from India the party pro- ceaded to of Malacca, stopping at Burmah and Si- am. < A state dinner, presided over by the King, was given at Siam, The next stop was Canton, China. All the leading coast cities of the country were visited |and from Peking the steamer Richmond was taken to Japan. While in that country the Emperor designated Prince Datl to attend the General as the ruler’s personal representative during his stay, Tate in Aurust, nearly two years and a half after they started. Gen. and Mra, Grant took a steamer from Tokio for home. They arrived in San Franciseo on Sept. 20, 1879, after having been the guest of more of the world's rulers than has probably any other man. The wel- come to General Grant at San Franeiseo was unparalleled Py anything of the kind that had ever before taken place along the Pacific coast. Drilliant and flattering as was the San ncisco reception, his progress through the country back to his starting point at *hiladelphia, in order to make an entire circle of the globe, was one continuous ovation. He reached Philadelphia on Dee. 15, 1 after a career of travel and tion ne accorded to any man in the story of the world. (Tomorrow—The Lewis an¢ Clark Expe- dition.) Gleaned from Foreign Ex- change The trade slump has aceomplished what state restrictions failed to do. The enthusiasm for private buflding has been Builders are no longer in uni- ereal request. Labor has been released. The price of materials Is Peginning to come down. As a result, the t-nders h are now being submitted are less extravagant, and Dr. Addison said that the prices receptly quoted nad already {come down nearly £100 a house, as com- pared with three months ago, and he ex- pected further reductions. With more la- bor available and lower: prices, we may look forward this year to real p-ogress, The Indemnity Not many EEet people could form any clear idea of the size of a gold “nugget” of the value of £11,300.000,000, the total of the indemnity which Germany is to pay over a period Chestnut Coal Stove Coal Egg Coal .. Pea Coal .. Boulet Coal THE BEST. China, through the Straits of 43 years. At the present price 8f goid, a cubic foet of the pure metal, weighing 1,200 peunds aveirdupols, weuld be worth about £85,000, so that the total indemnity would represent a nugget approximately of & eapacity of 133,000 cublc feet. This is rather more than one-third of the vol- ume of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, which, if it were of solid gold, would be ‘worth £32,300,000,000. To mine the amount of the indemnity from the sarth, present annual rate of gold pro- ‘would occupy more than & oen- tury and a half, and it probably repre- sents. barely one-fifth of the cost of the war te the various belligerent nations. or and will always seatter Jargesse, so (here a Further Reduction In COAL PRICES No Extra Charge If Carried In. GOUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST—OUR QUALITY WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION SHETUCKET COAL & WOOD CO. Telephone 1257 Gratuities—The plan per cent. to the bill in restauran hotels to replace “tips” stems to have been generally adepted on the contiment. That would be acceptable, we imagine, to patrons in this country If they eouid be sure that the truce would be observed by both sides. But just as there are some over-generous or auriferoug people Who o 15 attendants whe give servies grudwingly unless their palms are eiled. The enly practical alternatives seem to be te for- of “tips” on the pain things as they are now. Hustle and Mate—We scamper threugh life so madly that we have no time to cultivate the kindly virtues in ourseives. We must be for ever pushing and strug- gling, and the little benign shoots that raise shy heads in eur nature languish for want ef attentien. For these will grow only in tranquility and temperils Jeisure, and of such moments we have none te give them. 8o it is that the seeds of charity are whirled to the four cormers of the earth in our helter-skelter career. —Lenden Chronicle. —— Not What They Want. 1t is announced that the weorld's sava ings, it equally divided, would give every man, woman and child $13.58. But it isn't an equal divisien that the average advocate of equal division really wants. — New Orleans Times~ Picayune. PR The t Drury Lane theater in !Andon’l'l‘ll.u fourth to bear that mame, the three prévious structures having all Dbeen destroyed WASHINGTON'S ADVICE The mame “American” must always exait the pride of patriotism. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. Let your Aiscourse with men of business be short and comprehensive. Be not hasty to believe fiying reports to the disparagement others. 1never say anythingof aman I have the siightest scruple of sayiug w him. - * To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserviag peace. Labor to keep alive in your breast that Jittle spark of celestial fire—oen- sclous. ™ Observe good faith and justics to- ward all nations. Cultivate peace asne harmeny Wwith all Géed senise and honesty are quali- ties too rare and too precious not te hold in particular esteem. “Tis eur trué policy to steér clear of permanent Alliances with any portion of the foreign werld. 1 hope I shall always possess firm- ness and virtue to maintain what ) consider the most enviable of all t- tise—an honest man. 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