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MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 3
TRIE ECONOMY
CITY Council Is to be commended
for the appointment of Dr.
George R. Moffitt as municipal
bacteriologist—not because any
of the several employes he replaces
are inefficient, for they are all good
men—but because the work under his
direction will be broader and more
comprehensive. Beside, the concen
tration of duties under the new ar
rangement will save the city a con
siderable sum of money for the year.
It is the duty of council to improve
the city service wherever possible, as
well as to conserve the public reve
nues, ana when both these are accom
plished by one act little more could be!
asked.
Dr. Douglas, who has resigned as j
city milk inspector, has done a spien- j
did pioneer work. When he took
charge milk inspection in Harrisburg
was little more than a joke. He has
done much to improve our supply and
to teach the dairymen the desirability
of clean barns, clean depots, clean bot
tles and clean, pure product. Dr.
Motfltt will find the milk inspector's
department well organized and on a
firm footing.
Dr. Moffitt is himself well fitted for
the place to which he Is to be ap
pointed. He is a bacteriologist of
acknowledged ability and experience
and it cannot be said that politics en
tered into his selection.
And almost on the anniversary of the
Taft flareback, too.
HOME GARDENING AND SCHOOLS
THERE is practical good in the
idea of home gardening directed
by the school as offered by Dr.
P. P. Claxton, United States
Commissioner of Education as a solu
tion for some of the most pressing
educational and economic problems
in city and suburban life. Dr. Clax
ton would have every vacant town lot
transformed into a garden, where boys
and girls would raise vegetables, ber
ries and fruit for pleasure and for
profit. He would have one teacher
In tho community employed twelve
jnonths in the year to teach elemen
tary science in school and direct the
home garden work after school, on
Saturdays and during the summer
Vacation.
"Of the 13,000,000 children be-j
tween the ages of G and 20 in the
cities, towns, manufacturing vil
lages and suburban communities of
the United States," says Dr. Claxton,
"not more than 15 per cent, are away
from home during the summfer vaca
tion or engaged in regular employ
ment. The remaining 85 per cent,
jemain at home without any useful,
healthful, productive occupation re
quiring any large part of their time.
On the other hand, there is much
valuable land in back yards and va
cant lots that is serving no useful
purpose. The problem is to bring
this land and these children to
gether."
Dr. Claxton believes that in every
school and community there should
be at least one teacher who knows
gardening, both theoretically and
practically. This teacher should teach
the elementary sciences in the schools
during the school hours and should,
out of school hours, direct the home
gardening of the children between the
ages of 7 or 8 and 14 or 15. If pos
sible the teacher should have the as
sistance of an expert gardener, so
that the work may be done in the
most practical and profitable way.
The teacher and the gardener should
help the children find the plots of
ground in back yards, front yards and
vacant lots near their homos best
suited for gardening work, aid them
toy some co-operative method to
have the lots properly plowed and
prepared for cultivation, help them
x select seeds, show them how to plant,
cultivate and harvest, so as to obtain
the best results.
Vegetables, berries and fruits
grown should be used first as food
'for th« children and their families,
says Dr. Claxton; then the surplus
should bo marketed to the best ad
vantage. Through the help of the
laacher this can be done in a co
operative way. Ten or fifteen cents'
MONDAY EVENING,
worth of vegetables each Jay from
the gardens of each of 200 children
would amount to S2O or S3O. In the
Summer and Fall, when the surplus is
large and can not be marketed to ad
vantage, tlio teacher should direct
and help the children in canning and
preserving for winter use or for sale.
The canning and tomato clubs of the
Southern States have already shown
what can be done in this way.
It is difficult to estimate the re
sults of this plan when it shall be in
full operation throughout the coun
try. For the children it will mean
health, strength, joy in work, habits
of Industry, an understanding of the
value of money, as measured in terms
of labor, and such knowledge of the
phenomena and forces of nature as
must be had for an understanding of
most of their school lessons.
Compared with the results, the cost
will be inconsiderable. No addition
to the number of teachers will be re
quired. It will only be necessary to
require different preparation for one
teacher in each school.
In the estimates submitted to Con
gress by the Commissioner of Educa
tion for the support of the bureau in
the next fiscal year ail item of $5,700
is included to enable the bureau to
begin the introduction of this kind of
work in the schools of the United
States. The commissioner believes
that it will only be necessary to work
out details of plans and to present
them to school officers, together with
full information in regard to results
of somewhat similar work already
done at various places.
After last night's experience some of
the new policemen no doubt feel that
there are worse things than being
turned down by Council.
TEACHING CHILDREN TO SAVE
THE spread of the School Savings
Bank System is an encouraging
sign of the times. Tho plan is
already working well in a num
ber of American cities and has the
indorsement of leading educators.
"This is not a money-making plan
|at all," says Louis Betz, St. Paul
banker. "It's an opportunity to spread
j the spirit of saving a'iid help in the
education of children."
The object of the School Savings
Bank System is to create habits of
thrift, industry and economy; to cul
tivate self-denial and self-control; and
to develop in boys and girls an under
standing of the value of the right use
of money.
In general, the plan is to give every
child an opportunity to deposit his
pennies and dimes in any local bank
through the medium of the organiza
tion formed for the purpose under the
supervision of the teachers and boardsj
of education.
The children leave their money at!
the school and are given a receipt
therefor. The school banker deposits
in one of the local banks tho amount
received from the children who have
their accounts with him. The accounts
are checked up at stated intervals
and the money is subject to the order
of the child depositor or the parent.
The spendthrift tendency of the
American people is one of the chief
causes of poverty and want. To over
come this tendency and make the fu
ture generation a thrifty and saving
one is the chief purpose of the school
savings idea. The inclination to save
is one that should be encouraged by
parents, teachers and friends of chil
dren generally, as it means much, not
only to their future, but to the future
of the nation.
Gift'ord Pincliot dates the letter an
nouncing his candidacy at Milford, Pa.
Must have made a special trip.
I)It. PAUL A. HARTMAN
THE death of Dr. Paul A. Hart
man removes from the official
life of the city a man long con
nected with it in various capaci
j ties, but who performed the duties
| assigned him so quietly and efficiently
; that his name seldom appeared in the
j newspapers.
As an expert in the diagnosis and |
treatment of smallpox he had few j
equals and made a splendid record for
himself in that connection during his
years of service with the sanitary com
mittee of Councils previous to the
creation of the Board of Health. In
recent years he has been actively en
gaged in the splendid work of the |
State tuberculosis dispensary here and j
became as efficient in that branch of j
his profession as he had been in the ]
prevention of the spread of contagious j
disease when employed by the mu
nicipal government.
Dr. Hartman was president of the
School Board during the peiiod of
important constructive work and until
his death took a big interest in edu
cation. He was a quiet, capable, lov
able man, who will be mourned sin
cerely by a wide circle of friends in
ali walks of life.
Washington is shivering under a
sixty-mile gale. Being so used to hot
air the city finds the cold hard to bear.
REDUCE THE MILL.AGE
COUNCIL should not hesitate to
reduce the city tax rate for the
remaining nine months of the
year after April 1, because it
will be necessary to restore the cut
next year. If eight and a half mills
will provide sufficient revenues for
the city expenses, let eight and a half
mills be the levy. The taxpayers will
readily understand that the reduction
is not permanently possible and will
be happy in the fortunate circum
stance that gives them an apparent
relief from the heavier rate of taxa
tion.
But no matter how low the rate
may be for the coming nine months,
in reality no saving is affected. We
shall have to pay taxes just the same.
The city must have money with which
to meet its expenses. The only thing
that Council can do in the matter is to
see that we do not have to pay a
twelve-month tax rate for a nine
month year.
it's all right to love your neighbor as
yourself, but for goodness sukc don't
extend the idea to your neighbor's
wlfs. •
evening eft at
Professor Marion U. Larned of the |
University of Pennsylvaunla, who is
well known in Harrisburg by reason
of'his lectures here and his studies of
the sturdy people of Germanic stock
who settled Pennsylvania und made it
blossom, has just delivered an inter
esting talk it: Philadelphia on a most
prosaic subject. Dr. Lamed talked on
nothing else than barns. He discussed
the barn that we can see on the hill
sides from almost any part of Harris
burg and said that the people who
built such barns were serving the agri
cultural resources of the nation. The
speaker cited the well-known saying
that the Pennsylvania farmer's barn
is better than his house and told how
the great barns that we know so well
are now to be found through the West
and how the spread of "laniilies
brought up on Keystone State farms is
making prosperous the agriculture of
adjoining States. The description of
barns given by the lecturer told of the
type common in Lancaster county and
in the Lebanon and Cumberland Val
leys. And when you come to think
about it, there are no barns to coin
pare with the strong, commodious
structures which we have come to
treat as a matter of course. A walk
along tile River Front or a visit to
Reservoir Hill, or even to one of the
upper stories of the Capitol will enable
any one to get a glimpse of a barn
such as is unknown in portions of the
United States which boast of agricul
tural progressiveriess. Somo of the
barns near this city represent larger
Jnvestments than the farmhouses, and
no Pennsylvania farmer thinks of buy
ing a farm or moving on one unless
the barn is big and in applie pie order.
The barns we know are mostly of the
German type, there being few of the
Dutch or English types which are
made subordinate to the house. The
German idea of getting a place to
store the crops and letting the house
adornment come along when the
profits are taken is what lias made
this State hold its agricultural place
when it was developing mines, build
ing furnaces and mills, expanding in
dustry and constructing railroads.
Harrisburg people will be Interested |
to know that Enoch Stanford, who!
was at the head of the balance & Gros
pean tin plate mills for several years
and later In charge of mills near Con
shohocken, has formed a companv to
operate the Hazleton rolling mill. The
new company is composed of promi
nent men and they intend to put the
mill to work next month.
Ice cutting on the ponds and dams
in the vicinity has been going ahead
the last few days in spite of the snows,
and it is stated that some splendid Ice
has been cut in the upper part of the
county and in the Pine Grove region.
The cold snap caused the ice to form
in great masses and some of the ponds
were frozen with ice a foot thick. The
storfhouse within thirty miles of the
city will be filled with ice in the next
few days as the icemen will not run
any chances with a thaw.
Ross Poulton, a native of this city
and who is making good in Savannah,
has written an entertaining story of
the snowfall in the Georgia seaport
on February 5. The snow was the
heaviest known in years, and while
Mr. Poulton did not think much of it,
the folks in Savannah had all kinds of
fun. old and young going out into the
streets and having snowball tights.
Some of the gray-haired men were
like boys with the snow and the city
enjoyed the snow to the limit while it
lasted. The snow was a surprise and j
people who had only heard of it had
a chance to see what it was like.
Hat-chasing was one of our most
popular sports to-day, and according
to accounts, was indulged in last night,
although it was Sunday. People who
wore- derbies were apt to find them
whirling from their heads when they
turned corners and some folks made
spectacles of themselves chasing their
headgear. Newsboys, with an eye to
nickels, kept a sharp lookout and aid
ed in retrieving. Incidentally, almost
I everyone who had a fur cap brought
j It out.
; The anti-swearing leagues being
i foi tried in some parts of the State sug
j gest a unique organization that has
! been in existence in one establishment
! here for years. Every time a man
, cusses lie has to pay a nickel. At the
end of the month the money is spent
for a "feed." Generally the "feed" is
worth while. Not long ago there was
an epidemic of clean words and few
fines were paid. Very little was in
hand and one man went out and,
j saying he would replenish it, started
.to swear. No one else followed his
! example and he paid two fines and
quit.
1 !
—City Solicitor Ryan, Congressman
| Palmer, Dr. Brumbaugh and Lieuten
|ant Governor Reynolds sat near each
other at the Five O'clock Club dinner
In Philadelphia.
—General Charles Miller is buying
large amounts of equipment for his
new railroad in the northwestern
counties.
—E. J. Cattell, the veteran city sta
tistician of Philadelphia, will be given
a dinner by friends.
! —Archibald Johnson, president of
| the Bethlehem Steel Company, has
| returned from China,
i —W. W. Long, the Coatesville edi
tor, is head of the new Chester county
game protective association.
—A. Merritt Taylor, the Philadel
phia transit director, favors a subway
loop in the shopping district.
—Joseph Slgman, the Nazareth
manufacturer, has recovered from a
serious operation and has gone to
Florida.
I news- oisPATCftes-
I -orcivil* war
[From the Telegraph of March 2. ISG-i.]
I.ogun Joins sin-mum
The Tribune's Washington corres
pondent states that General I.ogan's,
Cavalry, from Huntsville, Alabama,
joined General Sherman at Selma.
Retreat a Mystery
Cincinnati, March 1. The retreat of
the rebel, Longstreet's force, In East
Tennessee, Is a mystery. Accounts
from Knoxvllle express anxiety to
know whether he has gone towards Eee
or towprds Johnston. Reports say he
will join Eee.
l-irvbAßmaßUßfr-fMPTy-
y&ARs- Aa-oro-uAy
[From the Telegraph of March 2. 18G4.]
Trnderhrnrttd!
This morning our tenderhearted
friends demanded from 45 to 60 cents
per pound for butter; $1.25 to $1.50 per
pair for chickens, and other articles
were sold at equally extortionate prices.
Let tlit Mud Dry
Many of our street crossings have
"gone under"—the mud. Tiiat the mud
may soon, "dry up" is the desire of
everybody.
I EDITORIAL COMMENT!
Handsome IN an HandMome Uvea
[From the Rochester Post-Express.]
Almost any one, after a comparison
I of the pictures, would pronounce Cas
tillo the patriot and Villa the bandit.
Marknl Distinction
I From the Grand Kaplds Press.]
Maximo Castillo has been raptured
by American troops. Though he sounds
like a brand of soap, ho is a Mexican
bandit, and any one can readily distin
guish the Ciffercnce.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
STATE COMMITTEE
PLACESTALKED OF
Hoerner and Moyer May Be Can
didates For Re-election at
the Primaries
I .
BECHTEL FOR JUDGE NOW
Joe Guffey Quits the Reorganiza
tion County Committee
Chairmanship
State Committeemen Hoerner and
Moyer are being urged by Republicans
throughout the county to stand for
re-election to the Republican State
committee at the May primary. In
case they agree to run it is not prob
able that there will be any opposition.
The Washington party leaders will
shortly have a meeting to decide upon
a county chairman to succeed Dr. J. H.
Krelder, who has found that holding
down a nice job at the Capitol and
running for Congress does not give
enough time to run the county com
mittee. The Bull Moosers will also
name State committeemen.
L'p to date the Democrats who were
going to go after the scalps of Herr
Moesleln anil Mayor Royal, when they
announced their candidacy for the
Democratic State committee, have not
come to the front.
According to dispatches from Wash
ington, Judge H. O. Bechtel, of the
Schuylkill county courts, has been
brought to the front as
a candidate for the new
Jleelitel In United States Judgeship
" For in Philadelphia. He is
Judgeship backed by Congress
man K. E. Dee ana a
boom for him is work
ing hard. It is interesting in this con
nection to note the manner in which
the reorganization bosses, who went
about denouncing Webster Grim a
couple of years ago. are inclined to
smile on his aspirations. The Palmer
crowd is apparently not adverse to
having former foes line up. The
boom for W. A. Carr, of Philadelphia,
is also at work and the .lerseymen are
ii.sisting that Wescott be sent across
the river to administer Uncle Sam's
justice for Pennsylvanians.
People here who know Judge John
St. Carman declare that they do not
think that the Luzerne county judge
will enter the con
test for the Demo
cratic nomination Carman May
for Senator against Not Enter
Palmer. Garman tlic Battle
does not like Pal
mer and hates some
of the people associated with him, but
he is said to have his hands full to
maintain the control of the Luzerne
county committee, which he took away
from the reorganizes a short time
ago. Garman would like to be a can
didate, but hesitates at the stress of
' a campaign, and besides there is notli
! ing to prevent him from saying his
say in speeches.
The split in the Pittsburgh Demo
cracy had a funny incident on Satur
day night when the reorganization
wing met, Joseph F.
Guffey, the nephew of
the colonel who turn- Pittsburgh
ed against him in the Keorganizers
Democratic family Lose Gu(ley
fuss, tender ing his
resi gnat i on as the
county chairman. John A. Martin, a
noisy reorganize! - , was elected to suc-
Iceed him. Guffey says that he has
not time to devote to the party affairs
and the Brennen wingsters say that
it is because he sees the reorganizers
are going to get beaten in the pri
mary and Guffey does not want to bear
the burden. The Brennen wingsters
had their meeting Friday and organ
ized a full fledged county committee,
j Palmer and McCormick are due in
J Pittsburgh to meet the reorganization
j wingsters to-day and Judge Uinbel and
Bruce Sterling ,of Fayette, will go to
see them and discuss the warfare.
I Whether local option will figure in
their conversations is not stated this
morning.
ipoi iricAbsiDebiaf)T3i
—The reorganization wing of the j
Allegheny committee endorsed Palmer,
and McCormlek and the Blair County)
Woodrow Wilson League refused to)
do so. Thus honors are even.
—William Reed, a railroadman, Is
another candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the House in Carbon.
—representatives Burnett and
Burner will run again in Cumberland.
—Mr. Malone seems to have con
fined his remarks to Palmer and not
to have gone into the gubernatorial
field.
—Kven the blizzard can't stop poli
tics in this town.
—Mr. Pinchot is rapidly acquiring
knowledge of Pennsylvania geography
at first hand.
—Allegheny Democrats could al
ways produce a fight at short notice.
—Representative H. C. Snavely. of
Lebanon, says he will not run again
for the House. He has been in bad
health.
—Hazleton seems to be having a
strenuous time filling its council va
cancies.
—Representative S. J. Gans, of
Philadelphia, seems to have developed
a senatorial bee.
—Philadelphia Bull Moosers will try
ito straighten out their troubles at a
meeting to-night.
—Nominating petitions were filed
at the Capitol to-day by John S. Rein
hard, Allentown, candidate for Demo
cratic nomination for House in First
Lehigh district, and ,T. J. Marron, can
didate for Democratic State commit
teemen from Crawford county.
—"So thr as a schoolmaster for
Governor is concerned, the State can
stand a little discipline," says the
Philadelphia Ledger.
—Ryanites deluged Pittsburgh with
Ryan cards as a welcome to Palmer
and McCormick.
—Looks as though Joe GufTey was
getting into a cyclone cellar.
—Dewalt has again denied the
"Munson deal," and Palmer, tempor
ary chairman of the Allentown Con
vention, says he neer saw any evidence
that Dewalt knew of any deal.
—The Philadelphia Ledger heads
the Wilkes-Barre meeting: "Indorse
slated ticket."
S. L. Grlbbons, of Shamokin, has
been named as assistant district attor
ney of Northumberland.
—lt'sonly threeyears slnco Palmer
was demanding the decapitation of
Dewalt.
—Dr. P. C. Newbalter, of Danville,
will run for.the House again.
—Congressman Dershem is reported
as irritable when ho hears Allday's
name these days.
C. Tyson Kratz, the Roosevelt leader
in Montgomery, is circulating Brum
baugh petitions.
Dlmntick seems to be busy going
home to Scranton to get endorsed.
—Wonder if Palmer ts smiling on
Dewalt to got even with Rothcrmel for
li
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ni inr==inr==ini inr===ißi=g==ini inr=ii ini^^-int===ini-^— inc===irai -im
his fight against Kremp for Reading
post office.
—T. H. Atherton. of Wilkes-Barre,
has refused to be Washington candi
date for Congress in Luzerne because
he was not. sure of Republican en
dorsement.
—As the eighth Division of the
Democratic machine adopted resolu
tions of satisfaction with President
Wilson, he will doubtless sleep better.
—Captain T. S. Butler will run
again. Captain Isaac E. of
Media, will oppose him at the pri
mary. ,
—Roy K. Benner wants to run for j
member in Hazleton again.
—Sinking Spring will vote on a
$30,000 loan next month. Probably
for a water supply. j
—The rally of the "home folks" for
Brumbaugh affords a study in con
trasts with Democratic affairs this
year.
—Prospective officeholders of \\ est- |
ern Pennsylvania will meet in Pitts
burgh tonight and tomorrow.
—Enthusiasm over the Jersey slate,
must have been strong at AVilkes- |
Barre.
I
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She overheard her father talking
about a "hot fight for a seat In Con
gress," and she thought it disgraceful
when men came to blows over merely
a desired chair.
WHETHER OR WEATHER
By Wing Dinger
11 just don't know whether to sing of
the weather,
I Or whether the best thing would be
To weather the weather regardless of
whether
The weather we're having suits me.
For weeks we've had weather that's
made us all grumpy,
The groundhog has been cussed like
sin;
We've been wondering whether the
blooming March weather
Like lion or lamb would come in.
And now that we have it, there's no use
in kicking,
To lump it is all we can do;
So whether the weather is quite to our
liking
Or not, lei us weather it through.
For we know that the weather we're
having can't keep up
Forever —we'll shortly have Spring,
'Bout whose glorious weather, regard
less of whether
This weather we had, I'll AVing Ding.
"I would rather see my daughter
married to a poor man whom she really
loved than to the richest man in the
world if she didn't care for him.
"Well, you get your wish. 1 saw her
about ten minutes ago eloping with one
of your undeprald clerks.' ,
"Good heavens! Where? Speak, man!
Maybe I can head them ott before it Is
forever too late!" —Chicago Itecord-
Herald.
MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH
[From the Philadelphia Press.]
The Republican State primaries will
be free for all, and the more numerous
the candidates the freer the expression
of opinion, the heartier the campaign
ing, the heavier the voting at the pri
mary booths, the better will be the
outiook for a great Republican major
ity a: the polls next Fall.
For what Is desired, perhaps what
Is needed. Is a shaking up of Republi
cans the State over, a rousing up from
a condition of lethargy, a return of
vigor to the heart and mind of the
great party to whose energy and ca
pacity is due, under God, the achieve
ments that have made this nation the
marvel of the family of nations.
Among the names that have been
suggested to head the State ticket, it Ss
quite clear now that that of Martin G.
Brumbaugh has awakened the widest
favor and the deepest confidence. If
we have mistaken the situation, we
shall be corrected at the primaries, and
if so good a candidate for Governor as
the renowned educator be named, we
with all other good citizens shall have
cause for rejoicing. But at the moment
every sign of free choice and sincere
approval as we observe it marks out
L>r. Brumbaugh.
And who studied from every unglß
i-ould make a better candidate'.' A man
of sound physical health. In whom
every intellectual idea lias the support
of boundless energy; tho embodiment
MARCH 2, 1914.
of the classical axiom in life and move
ment. A man of the highest ideals in
private and public life, with the skill
and ability and training to put his ideas
into action and to gather from them
the best and richest results. A man
who, as a matter of fact, for many
years lias been putting ideals into ef
fect with splendid success in the great
wcjrld of public education. A man of
clear and wide vision. A man of the
day, scholarlj*, one of the people, feel
ing what the people feel, seeing what
the people see, dreaming what the peo
ple dream, and aspiring to those heights
which the people in resistless force is
scaling. No pretender is lie; no dealer
In empty rhetoric, no self-seeker
searching out his own ends in a inane
of pandering phrases. He is no man's
man, 110 politician. 110 server of bosses.
He is a robust, full-minded, dear-mind
ed, plain, free, brave American citizen.
lie Is a staunch Republican, imbued
with the spirit of his party's history,
a firm believer in the splendor of his
party's future, lie is in substance a
progressive, too; as progressive in real
things as Colonel Kooseveit: a pro
gressive who uses what has been done
to make a path for what is to be; a
progressive who passes from the past,
to the future by u bridge, not by tlie
way of revolution and destruction.
home say that thousands upon thou
sands of worthy men who left the
party, for reasons satisfactory to their
own free minds, would return to their
old love behind Dr. Brumbaugh, just
as they left it following Colonel Roose
velt. We believe it; for what finer
thing could they do than follow in
the way of this country-bred boy, now
a leader among his people, his name,
his character and his works known and
honored in every town and hamlet of
this his native State?
REVOLIi'TIOXARY IMtOPOSAIj
[From The Christian Herald.J
Consider, also, the multitudinous
dally hypocrisies of business life: the
false labels of goods, deceptive an
nouncements of clearance sales and
bargains; the misrepresentations in
which employers and employes sin to
gether. What a sensation it would
make if for just one day shopkeepers
and promoters would tell the truth! A
popular lecturer brought down the
house when he pictured the absurdity
of a Wall Street broker whipping his
boy for lying, that Is, for "setting
false rumors afloat." As politicians
have given up buying votes, once con
sidered a necessity, why may not
chambers of commerce get an agree
ment of business men to quit lying?
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