THE PAT RIOT Published Weekly By THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY, 9 Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue Marshall Building, INDIANA, PENNA Local Phone 250-Z FRANCESCO BIAMONTE, Publisher Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the postofflce at Lndiana, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR . . $1.50 | SIX MONTHS . $l.OO Tie Aim of the foreign Language Papers el America To HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRED TRAD ITIONS OF THIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY THEM; To STRIVE UNCEASING LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY; IN ALL WAYS TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT ER AND BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. t Voter's Catechism. D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Govern ment is this? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress con sist of? R. Senate and House of Rep resentatives. D. Who is our State Senator ? R. Wilbur P. Graff. D. Who is the chief executive x>f the United States? R. President. D. For how long is the Presi dent of the United States elect ed? R. Four years. D. Who takes the place of the President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the President Of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors chosen ? R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the State of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature Consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. Who is our Assembly man? R. Wilmer H. Wood. D. How many States in the union ? , R. Forty-eight. D. When was the Declaration of Independence signed ? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States? R. Two. Getting Around It. "What would happen if an irresistible force should meet an immovable body?" "It is not necessary for anything to liappen. I maintain that arbitration is always feasible."—Louisville Courier- Journal. i£ £l ::: KINDNESS. :; I When we consider the results iij :ii it brings I wonder why it Is we :are not all kinder than we are. !1 J:: How easily it is done! How In etantaneoualy it acts! How in fallibly it is remembered!— || : Drummono. ;s D. Who are our U. S. Sena tors ? R. Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver. D. By whom are they elect ed? R. By the people. D. For how long? R. Six years. D. How many representa tives are there? R. 435. According to the population one to every 211,000, (the ratio fixed by Congress af ter each decennial census.) D. For how long are they elected ? R. Two years. D. Who is our Congressman? R. Nathan L. Strong. D. How many electoral votes has the state of Pennsylvania? R. Thirty-eight. D. Who is the chief execu tive of the state of Pennsyl vania ? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elect ed? R. 4 years. D. Who'is the Governor? R. Martin G. Brumbaugh. D. Do you believe in organ ized government? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to or ganized government? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. Nc. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be lieve in organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poligamist? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or po lygamist ? R. One who believes in hav ing more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any se cret society who teaches to dis believe in organized govern ment? R. No.' D. Have you ever violated any laws of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City? R. The board of aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S.? R. Yes. Hugo's Slip. Victor Hugo puts Into the mouth of Charlemagne, in "Aymaillot," the words. "You dream like a scholar of Sorbonne." That famous institution was founded in 1254, 450 years after the days of Charlemagne. Things or the Past. Betty had been punished. Her aunt did not know that, and when she came into the room and found Betty sitting disconsolately before the window she said: "Why, look at our little Betty. She looks ready to cry. What is go ing to happen, I wonder?" Betty looked up and then said sol emnly, "It has happened."—Exchange. PINKNEY'S PUCE IN HISTORY His Fame as the Greatest Lawyer the United States Has Produced Is Secure. Even that tritest of truisms, the ephemerality of a lawyer's fame, offers no adequate explanation of the obscur ity In which sleeps the genius of Wil liam Plnkney. For Pinkney was not merely a great lawyer. According to testimony that lea res no room for doubt or controversy, he was the very greatest lawyer that this country has ever produced. Nor was this aIL He served his coun try with distinction aad success In the labyrinths of diplomacy, at the cabinet table. In the halls of congress and even cm the field of battle. Above all, at a most critical point of omr history, when the clamor of contending sections dis turbed the tranquillity of the Sage of Monti cello, "like a fire bell ringing In the night," to use Jefferson's own ex pressive phrase, it was Pinkney who pose to the occasion and recalled sena tors to a sense of their duty and pa triotism. ' Of him John Marshall said that he was the greatest man he had ever seen In a court of justice. Of him Taney wrote in 1854: "I have heard almost all the great advocates of the United States, both of the past and present generation, but I have seen none equal to him." Of him Story remarked: "His clear and forcible manner of put ting his cases before the court, his powerful and commanding eloquence, occasionally Illumined with sparkling lights, but always logical and appro priate and, above all, his accurate and discriminating law knowledge, which he pours out with wonderful precision, give him, in my opinion, a great su periority over every man whom I havS known." When such a court unanimously con curs in rendering judgment, bold in deed the man who claims an appeal.— H. H. Hagan in Case and Comment | Georgia Liquor Going Up Before It Goes Down j ;' . i | The Usual Ordinary Dollar Blind ■ ; Now Sella For $2.50 in : t Prohibition Georgia. ] I • \ i\ In May last Prohibition laws went into effect in * Georgia. How little that law is regarded may be 4 seen from an Atlanta dispatch under date of Janu- i ary 3, and published in a Philadelphia paper. Some ! extracts follow: "In some cities in Georgia liquor i may be bought at any time. It is true that it is not ' difficult to get a bottle of whisky in Atlanta, for in- ■ stance, but owing to the fact that blind tigers are taking considerably longer chances than formerly, 1 the price has materially advanced. Dollar liquor X sells for about $2.50 a bottle, while some of the bet- » 5 ter grades run as high as $4 for a short quart. An m || Atlanta man who was in Macon recently, and wanted If a bottle of whisky mentioned the fact to a friend. 4C • J He got it in a few minutes. Reports reach here 5 H from other cities in Georgia where whisky may be li obtained without material difficulty, all of which is j " * apparently indicative of the fact there has Jf if been a loosening of the reinr It is nat- j£ "8 ural that these conditions produced J 7* some further agitation, ... , increase in i •"? iiqucr shipments has 1 . ;vnat of the same 5 effect. Atlanta increased :me 7000 shipments g I Iff in May io more than 40,000 in October, and the hoii- z j? day record will probably pa:s 50,000." When mere- if t| ly one city in a Prohibition State shows by FACTS 9 that almost six times more liquor is shipped to it live months after it embraces Prohibition (May liquor shipments 7000 packages, October 40,000 j packages) isn't it a FALLACY to hold that Prohi- S bition prohibits ?—P ENNSYLVA NLA STATE f BREWERS' ASSOCIATION. 1 KING OF ITALY. Victor Emmanuel Returns to Front Aftor Fifteen Day*' Loave. B —I : |SB sip - F I : '■ . > $4- 4 ' .-J'* x King Victor Emmanuel, after bis sol dier's furlough of fifteen days, return ed to the front from Rome. On his journey the king was accompanied by a single aid-de-camp and traveled In an ordinary train compartment with other passengers. ( Best stores advertise in The Patriot. PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMBER Alba B. Johnson Explains Value of a State Body. WOULD BENEFIT FARMERS At & recent meeting held by the York Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Albs B. Johnson, President of the Pennsyl vania State Chamber of Commerce, delivered the following interesting ad dress: The Pennsylvania Stats Chamber of Csstmerce Is formed as a vehicle for the expresslea of public opinion, for correlating the werk of many diverse business organizations and for unit' ing the efforts of many individuals for promoting the welfare of the state. It has no political purposes whatever, as any affiliation with any political parties or interests, whether open or concealed would effectually defeat the purposes for which it is formed. It may be interesting to recount the rea sons which led to its formation. Sometime ago I happened to be lunching with Senator Philander C. Knox, when the conversation turned upon the condition of the Pennsylva nia farmer. When not engaged In the business of the nation at Washington, Mr. Knox seeks pleasure and profit by operating a-farm at Valley Forge. He entertained me by a graphic and some what humorous account of his farming experiences, showing how by reason of 3ack of any local market for his wheat and corn, he was compelled to sell it to a local miller at whatever price the latter chose to fix for It. Notwithstanding the quality of the grain, the price so fixed was always below the market qnotatlons, the dim inution in figures being attributed to some alleged defect in the grain which the senator was helpless to combit. Valley Forge is within twenty mile' of City Hall, Philadelphia, and the com mon experience of farmers, even so close as this to the third commercial city of the nation, is that farming does not pay. Last October I made a motor trip over the Lincoln Highway from Phila delphia to Pittsburgh, for the purpose of enjoying the autumn foliage and the magnificeat mountain scenery of our state. Between Tsrk and Pittsburgh were orchards aggregating thousands of acres In extent. It happened to be a gsod apple year. Everywhere along the route we saw great apple orchards with piles of apples rotting en the ground, because it did not pay to ship the* te saarket, sad yet in Philadel phia we were paying at retail $3.75 per barrel for apples, no better in quaility. The traveler could not help being impressed with the stupendous eco nomic waste which this represented. Had I not seen it, but had I been told of the facts by ethers, it would have been difficult if not lmpossibls to credit it, and yet here was a loss amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars caused by the impossibility of marketing a crop which thousands of consumers would eagerly have util ized, not to mention the use which might have been made of it in the arts by conversion into alcohol. Dr. Sparks, the President of the Penn sylvania State College, told me that his students conceived the idea of gathering and shipping some of these rotting apples to the Y. M. C. A. In Philadelphia for distribution amengst tke poor but It was found to be im practicable on account of the cost o f packing, freight and handling. The statistical year book gives the average value of farm land two years ago in Pennsylvania, at $33 per acre; in lowa at $B2 per acre; and in Illlno'g at sss per acre. These figures are the reported values of farm lands only and are aot affected by the amount or value of the waste land of the respec tive states. No part of Pennsylvania is mere than 500 miles from the «ev board. whilst its average distance may be 250 miles, that of Illinois 1000 miles and that of lowa 1250 miles. The crops of Illinois must therefore bp transported four times, and those of lowa five times the distance of those of Pennsylvania. Some years ago a large apple dealer in New York city told me that the fruit raised in certain parts of New York state brought a price unifonn'y one dollar per barrel ?ees than tha + from other eastern -localities and from the we«t because of ignorance of the best method of packing for the market. Many attempts have been made to improve the agricultural conditions n* the state and of the nation. Spl^nil' work has been done by the railroads and by agricultural newspaper* in dis seminating knowledge of better meth ods of farming, and in broadening the lives of the farming community. TVs work is of course necessarily Individu alistic. It aims to enlar?e the vis'o- 1 and increase the knowledge of the "n dividual farmer and his wife and of all of those who make up the farming community. Much has been done for the farming interests by the National D'pir'm n of Agriculture and by the technical schools and colleges, of which the Pennsylvania State Collie is an ex cellent example. Ev<"-ything wV h promotes intensive an' the utilization of hitherto unu«ed r< sources, tends not only to im^r^v 3 t-.e condition of the farmer b* f I so e economic prosperity of t v e te. Furthermore, the fa - - r - them selves have -h heir grange* and conventions, to overcome the unfavorable condition# to which I have made reference, but the fact that the conditions remain as I have described, is evidence that all of thee# influences combined have failed as yet to accomplish the re9tdts intended. In their efTort« to secure the legislat'on which they conceive to be necessary for promoting their interests, the farm ers have stood apart from the general business interests of the community, and have sought for such political al liances as might offer in order to ob tain the legislation which they deemed requisite for their prosperity. The business organizations of the great cities have pursued their own ahnt without reference to those of the farm er. They have overlooked the fact that agriculture is the largest and pri man- interest of the state, that «21 prosperity has its origin in the abun dance of the crops and the prices ob tained for them, and that they should perceive that the larger are the earn ings of agriculture, the greater ia the purchasing ability ef the people; and that in promoting the welfare of the farming communities, they are creat ing new and larger buyers, so that the interests of all are one, and no in dustry can he neglected without injuri ously affecting every other. An observation of these and other similar conditions, has led many to feel a keen interest In the agricultural conditions prevailing throughout Penn sylvania. ITpon the reorganization of the Philadelphia Chamber of Com merce two years ago, it was perceived that there was no more useful work to which it could devote Itself than to a study of agricultural conditions, with a view to improving the methods of growing shipping and marketing farm products of all kinds. A committee of the Philadelphia Chamber, under the chairmanship of Mr. Charles S. Cal well, President of the Corn Exchange Bank, has been diligently working up on these problems, and a number of agricultural conferences have been held, out of which valuable results must follow. The factß which I have stated should challenge the attention of every thouehtful business man In the state. What is the matter with TV>F> T* -MNPVIV«*R» W v y is it that the products of the Illinois, lowa j or Minnesota farmer can be sold at a profit in Philadelphia, whilst the Penn sylvania farmer, with land of unsur passed fertility, can not obtain the cost of producinc his crops? It seeim to me that the solution of the difflcu'ty l is better Wtween the business and agricultural interests a* , expressed In an article by Mr. Carl | Vrooman. Assistant Secretary of Agri culture, published in the November Century, from which I quote as follows: "Manifestly, one of the b?st ways tn develop this spirit of co-operation dur ing our pressnt transition period is for the business man snd ths farmer to get together la spirit and In purpose, to forget eld antagonisms, and, as fax as possible, infuse Into the present em something of the creative, beaeficissrt spirit of the future." How, then, Is this co-operation of business men with the agricultural in terests to be brought about? It ha* seemed to me that there should be a closer union of all the business Inter ests of the state, to the end that when the farmer perceive* the legislative er other measures which are neceesary to promote his Interests, he may confi dently count upon the interest and co operation of the great commercial or- . ganlsations in securing them. There should be co-operation between the farming organizations and every ether interest, whether it be commercial, or mining, or manufacturing, or labnr. There can be ao question aa to the potsacy of public opinion in our sys tem of government. Every public ser vant, whether a member of the legisla ture, an officer of the commonwealth or of any menielpellty, is eager to obey the papular vrMl if that will can be truly and accurately known. It hes seemed, therefore, that a valuable in strain entalKy fer co-ordinating and organising the forcee of the state. Is to be found la the creation of a State Chamber ef Commerce, its member ship te be made up, first, of Chambers ef Commerce, trade organisations of every kind, agricultural orgaalsatioM, granges, mlnsrs and every activity now seeking the promotion of the in terests of individual groups of busi ness men. Such an organisation should have a beneficial influence upon bus!- ness, and it could furthermore bring about such Improved methods of mar keting, co-operative selling and rail road facilities for getting products to the consumer, as can be achieved in no other way. The operation of this organization would follow closely the Chamber of Commerce o« the U. S. A., its policies being determined not by any small group controlling its board, but by referenda representing the ac tion of all of its constituent member ship. Such an organization was form ed in Harrisburg on the 6th of Decem ber last, and is now seeking to include in its membership the various Cham bers of Commerce throughout the state, as well as corporations, partner ships and individuals. I ask for it your most cordial support. If by these means we can improve the condition of one great branch of industry, they will prove to be equaflly effective in improving those of all. None stands alone. Tne miner, the lumber man, the miller, the retailer, the manu facturer, will find in this organ. a powerful means of producing that unity of action which is essential for promoting the genera? prosperity Ours *5 a g-eH state. Few of us fully realize as we should its resource®, Its industries, its innumerable com fortable homea, its favorable condi tions of living, its educational advan tages, its beautiful scenery, Its lovely mountains and valleys, its chaimlng rural resorts and all that makes it one of the most favored, spots in the world. I et us therefore be proud of our state and let us combine all our Influence, our resources and our efforts to keep it in advance of every othe* c mmon wealth and every other community.
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