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The Republican Journal
Belfast, Thursday, July 7,1921
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
The Republican Journal Pub. Co.
A. 1. BROWN. Editor.
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QUOTATION
“From June until September
Barbers, preachers, and that sort
Of fellows should remember
To cut it very short.”
OUK FOREIGN LOANS
The United States government has
loaned about ten bullion dollars to the
Allies. Russia is destitute of money and
bankrupt in honor. The money loaned
to Russia will never be paid. Our other
European debtors intend to pay but it is
an accepted fact that the .payment of
their enormous war debts, principal and
interest will be the task of, at least, a
generation of workers. We have a prom
ise to pay but it is not definite nor nego
tiable. We have placed the amount due
from each nation in the debtor column of
its account and that iis, practically, all
that has been done.! The war ended
more than two years ago and it is now
time that a settlement should be made
and these loans should be refunded into
bonds of the several debtor nations. Mr
Mellen, Secretary of the Treasury, has
been giving close attention to this mat
ter and has asked for full authority to
deal with this important problem. He
has drafted a bill which, if it becomes a
law, will authorize him, with the approv
al of the President, to refund, to convert
or to extend the time of payment of the
principal or interest of any foreign gov
ernment’s indebte Iness owing to the
United States, into bonds and to secure
the same in substitution for the debts
due to the government of the United
States. The.grant of authority thus pro
posed also gives the Secretary the power
to arrange conditions of settlement, de
termine the dates of bond maturities,
the rate of interest and to obtain such
reasonable security therefor as may be
possible.
Mr. Mellen's official position as Secre
tary of the Treasury is such that he
should not be criticised for taking the in
itiative in this matter and presenting his
proposal to Congress which has the sole
right to decide what plans shall be
adopted for making an agreement with
our debtors and a funding of their in
debtedness into long term bonds at a
reasonably low rate of interest.
The proposed bill has been referred to
the Finance Committee of the Senate
and to the Ways and Means Committee
of the House. These committees will
doubtless summon Mr. Mellen before
them for conference, will discuss the
merits of the bill and each committee
will make report thereon. When the bill
and reports are placed beiore Congress
there will follow a full and perhaps a
somewhat prolonged discussion in both
houses. Congress can endorse, amend or
reject Mr. Mellen’s propaganda. Con
gress will decide what is to be done and
we have no doubt Mr. Mellen will be in
structed to attend to the details of the
work. For this his wide experience in
financial affairs has equipped him to do
his work well.
MANDATES
We have heard much about mandates
and, fortunately, there has been no con
fusion of tongues concerning it in our
highest executive offices. President Wil
son, through his able Secretary of State.
Mr. Colby, very plainly told the council
of the League of Nations that the United
States had an inseparable interest with
the other Allied powers, in the lands and
other possessions taKen from the Ger
mans, and had a right to expect that its
rights should be 'respected. After Mr.
Harding became President his Secretary
of State, Mr. Hughes, made a similar
clear and vigorous statement, and adding
that there could be no valid disposition of
the German possessions north of the
equator without the assent of the United
States. These two statements made the
Council sit up and take notice. At the
very lirst session of the Council which
met two weeks ago tomorrow, the chair
man announced that the Allied govern
ments should settle the points of differ
ence between them and the United States
so that the Council could settle the mat
ter properly. The Japanese member and
the English member approved of what
the chairman had done. It is gratifying
to know that the United States remains
on the map of the world notwithstanding
the fact that it is not a member of the
League of Nations.
WHERE LIES 1HE BLAME?
“The coal industry in America is today
organized and managed in such a way as
to put to shame a civilized country.
There are mines and miners enough to
A BELFAST MAN’S EX
PERIENCE
Can you doubt the evidence of this Bel
fast citizen?
You can verify Belfast endorsement.
Read this:
Donald Ellis, 4 Cedar Street, Belfast,
says: “About a year ago I had an attack
of kidney trouble and the misery in my
back almost put me past going. 1 felt
tired nearly all the time and my Sidneys
were too free in action. I knew these
organs required attention and in order to
check the complaint, I bought a box of
Doan’s Kidney Pills at the City Drug
Store. They cured me of the trouble.
My kidneys became regular and the back
ache haB never bothered me s ince. I
know Doan’s Kidney Pills can be depend
ed upon for kidney disorder and that’s
why I am giving them my endorsement.”
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don’t simple
ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid
ney Pills—the same Mr. Ellis had,; Fob
ter-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
HE HOW BELIEVES
r Emits”
leather Of “New Thought”
Healed By Freit liver Tablets
Schenectady, N. Y.
“I am not in the habit of praising
any material medicine as I am an
advocate of ‘New Thought’; but some
time ago, I had such a bad attack of
Lioer and Stomach Trouble that I gave
up thinking I did not have it and took
‘Fruit-a-tives’ or Fruit Liver Tablets.
Most gratifying was the result. It
relieved my liver and stomach
trouble, cleaned up my yellowish
complexion and put new blood in
my body. ‘Fruit-a-tives’ is the highest
result of‘New Thought’ in medicine”.
A. A. YOUNG.
60c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
produce 750,000,000 tons a year and there
are 150,000 idle cars in which to carry
the product during the summer, yet coal
is now outrageously high both for indus
trial and domestic purposes, and, worst
of all, a “coal famine” is predicted for
next winter because many people will
not buy at prevailing prices.—Springfield
Republican.
Plenty of coal in the mines; miners
enough to dig 7 tons of coal, for every
man, woman and child in the United
States, every year; plenty of idle cars to
transport the coal; profiteering and graft;
slacking and extortion. Today, more
than two years and a half after the close
of the war, coal prices are near the peak.
Deflation has come in other industries and
the people do not believe there is any
good reason why they should not be able
to get an adequate supply of coal at a
greatly reduced price.
During the war 270,000,000 standard
silver dollars were taken from the Treas
ury and sold to Great Britain in order to
supply a silver shortage in India where
silver is the standard currency. These
standard silver dollars had been held in
the treasury as a fund for the purpose of
redeeming a like amount of the silver
certificates which were put into circula
tion instead of the silver dollars. In other
words they gave a specie value to the
paper certificates used, instead, for con
venience. Upon the withdrawal of the
silver, Federal Reserve notes and Treas
ury certificates were turned into the
Treasury as a reserve from which to pay
the outstanding silver certificates, if re
demption was demanded. In 1914 coin
age of silver dollars was discontinued.
About three months ago coinage was re
sumed and since then a little more than
20,0u0,000 have been minted. These have
been deposited in the treasury and a like
amount of Federal notes or Treasury cer
tificates have been released and retired.
The mint is now coining silver dollars at
the rate of about 9,000,000 dollars a month
and it is planned to continue the minting
of silver dollars until the total withdrawn
has been returned to the Treasury.
The national Budget bill has been en
acted, President Harding has approved it
and has appointed Charles G. Dawes of
Chicago as Director of the Budget. Mr.
Dawes was Controller of the Currency
when William McKinley was President,
and made an excellent record. After his
service in that capacity he became a
banker in Chicago. Thus it will be seen
that he is no novice in financial matters.
He has shown that he is a practical, hon
est and forceful linancier. He will need
all these qualifications and all his experi
ence when he attempts to check the am
bitions and put a stop to the greed of the
departmental service of the United States
government.
Very soon after Mr. Dawes was ap
pointed he began business by calling to
ether the executive and admintatrativg e
heada of all government department* fo
conference. At thia meeting he made it
plain that he would demand that the
t mount of the budget should be the max- I
imum of expenditures. Mr. Dawes has
begun work speedily and in the right
way. Budget hearings were started July
first
The book reviewers are lamenting a
lack of fiction. If they would read do
mestic propaganda and the news (?) from
Russia, Poland, Germany, England,, and
in fact from anywhere 'in the Eastern
Hemisphere, they would find a super
abundance of fiction and scarcity of fact.
Chautauqua Speakers Strike New
Note.
Sherman Rogers, Lumberjack Orator,
Strickland Gillilan, Humorist, and
Chief Tahan to be Heard.
A glance at the program of our coming
Community Chautauqua reveals the fact
that lecturers will sound a new note in
their messages. Each seems to have a
vital thought to discuss, and each talk
will differ widely from that of the others,
for indeed there are many big and varied
issues facing the American people today.
For example, on the second day Sher
man Rogers, known as the “Lumberjack
Orator,” will speak on the capital and
labor problem. He entitles his message
“Quit Passing the Buck.” This subject
will be of interest to everyone for it deals
not only with industrial problems, but
with the individual both in the city and
in the smaller towns. Mr. Rogers, in
addition to being a very forceful speaker,
is also one of the prominent industrial
writers of the country; at the present
time on the staff of the Outlook Magazine.
America’s foremost humorist, Strick
land Gillilan, will be here on the fourth
day. Mr. Gillilan needs no introduction,
for he is known all over the country as
one of the greatest smile-makers of the
present age. His fun-lecture “Just Be
tween Ourselves” is filled with humor
and thought such as you seldom hear or
read. Don’t miss Strickland Gillilan on
the fourth day.
Joseph K. Griffis, who comes to Chau
tauqua audiences under the name of
“Chief Tahan,” will speak to ub on the
last day. Chief Tahan spent his early
days in the West among the Indians.
His life story “Up from Savagery” is one
of the most thrilling tales which has ever
been heard. Woven into it is much
worth-while information ana many facts
regarding the American Indian and the
far West.
The four speakers for our Chautauqua
are each of the highest type. They are
recognized as 100 per cent lecturers, al
ways in demand by audiences who ap
preciate the best. We are going to have
a high quality Community Chautauqua
this year which will surpass anything
ever presented in Belfast under a Chau
tauqua tent.
AN UNWITTING AVENGER
The proud Miss Elnora Evangeline Small
Was making Miss Maude Montmorency a
call
In fo.malest, properest way:
Her dress was a wonder
Of hand-’broidered linen,
Her feet, peeping under.
Such shoes had ne’er been in;
The hour was quite right for a call to be
gin in,
And she knew to a minute just how
long to stay.
Her stylish lorgnette
And gold vinaigrette
Both served to complete an aesthetic
array.
She chatted away quite at ease as she
sat,
And saw in the mirror the bird on her
hat,—
Her milliner’s costly “creation;”
Just then old Hodge Johnson,
Who dozed near the fender,
Cast envious glance on
The bird in its splendor;
It seemed to his fancy young, juicy, and
tender;
So he sprang up and seized it without
hesitation,
And, nothing wrong deeming,
In spite of their screaming,
Reduced the whole head-gear to delapi
dation.
The moral of which is (no doubt about
that)
The place for a bird is not on a hat.
—Adele Barney Wilson, in “Our Dumb
Animals.”
WINTERPURT
Mrs. A. W. Archer of Portland recently
■pent a few days with friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dunham visited Mrs.
Fox of Bangor a few days ago. Her sister
returned with them.
Gerald Atwood of Eastport has been
here for a brief stay with relatives. He
attended the Good Templar meetings in
Bangor.
Miss Bertha Damon left Friday, June
24, for Bangor, where she will spend a
week before going to Camden for the
month of July.
Miss Lucy Atwood and Roland Wads
worth of Eastport called on relatives and
friends here, on their way home from the
Bowdoin commencement.
Miss Ada Littlefield, author of the book
The Old River Town, of Hartford, Conn.,
is in town for a visit. She has not been
at her old home for seyeral years.
Miss Frances Torrey of South Boston
is here to spend the summer at the home
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam H. Baker.
Several pre-nuptial events were given
last week in honor of the approaching
marriage of Miss Marion B. Fhilbrook to
Albert Lockhart of Boston, which took
place at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning in
the M. E. church.
Among those from here who attended
the wedding of Daniel Howe to Nettie
Graves, both of Bangor, which took place
at the Baptist church of Bangor, were:
Mrs. W. E. Parker, Mrs. Charles Bryce,
and Mrs. A. P. Ritchie. Mr. Howe was
born here and has resided here until about
three years ago, and Miss Graves, who
came here from Bluehill several years
ago, conducted a millinery store here.
Both have the best wishes of their friends
for a happy future.
Cushing Chapter, O. E. S., held its last
meeting before vacation with a good at
tendance present, June 29th. After the
business routine a brief but pleasing pro
gram of music and readings was present
ed. Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served after the meeting closed by
the following committee: Mrs. C. A.
Campbell, Mrs. Charles Crockett, Mrs
Henry Eldridge and Mrs. G. W. Cheney.
Business for Bath.
Five lightships to cost $184,000 each
will be built by the Bath Iron Works. An
nouncement has been made that contracts
for these have been awarded at Washing
ton. Work probably wilt begin next fall
and continues for at least a year. The
Bath concern was lowest among bidders.
The lightships will bs 132 feet long and
have a tonnage displacement of 775 tons.
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SDCDNY SERVICE
A wide variety of mixtures are being sold
under the name “gasoline”. The best way
to be sure that the gasoline you buy meas
ures up to quality standards is to insist on
SoCOny — uniform, pure and powerful. .
Sold by the dealers listed below. Look
for the red, white and blue SoCOny sign.
The Sign of a Reliable Dealer
and the World’s Best Gasoline
DEALERS WHO SELL SOGONY MOTOR GASOLINE
BELFAST E. A. BANKS’ GARAGE
CITY GARAGE, JEWETT & HILLS, Proprietors
W. R. GILKEY & SON
HALL HARDWARE COMPANY
HARDING & RACKLIFFE
LORD & CO.
B. O. NORTON
C. A. PAUL
HARRY E. WALKER
WINDSOR HOTELf,STABLE
EAST BELFAST mason co.
R ALPH W. PATTERSHALL,
FRED A. ROBBINS
ISLESBORO COSTELLO M. WILLIAMS
LIBERTY WALTER A. YOUNG
BANKS BROS.’GARAGE
HERBERT C. TOWLE
WORTHING BROS.
MORRILL CHARLES MESERVIE
JOHN F. VICKERY
NORTHPORT CAMPGROUND—C. E. PERKINS
| SATURDAY COVE—F. W. EBERT
SANDYPOINT VICTOR A. GRAY
SEARSMONT V. A. SIMMONS & CO.
NORTH SEARSMONT HARRY C. PAUL
SEARSPORT W. R. GILKEY & SON
C. O. SAWYER & CO.
NORTH SEARSPORT ERNEST CARTER
STOCKTON AMES GROCERY CO.
PERCY L. HUPPER
SWANVILLE NICKERSON & DAMM
WALDO L. R. STEVENS
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK
26 Broadway
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Be sure of best results by using William
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