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_- --——————— PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS MUM B*llr MC.pt 9un<1m> at '.tTaraon Straat. coro.r of M.iIhod Av.aaa. P.rth Am bo*. N J, by he PERTH AMBOY SVKNlNil NEWS COMPANY Telephone 400-401-403 J LOGAN ('I.BVENUGR BdtIOT D P OLM9IBAD. General Mit.ager Subscription Prtca by mall. Including poatage nnd war ta*. 1 month. 33 centa:l rnnr 37 30 Entered at Poat Office at Perth Ambov. N J.. aa second else# mail matter Branch office*—New Yorh. F R. Northrup. *02 Fifth AvanuO; Chicago. 3ulta tile Association tlulldlng. __ __ Communication* The Evening Newt la always glad to recalve communlcatlone .rom Its readers 1 bo* lottere intended for publication must be reaeor.abie In i» ngtb and in J*t tv* signed by the name and addrea* nf *h# writer. If raqueated tho name will not be jubli*hed oHooa peraona itiea are Indulged in. ___ ember of The A •««»<'in ted Preaa The Associated P'#*s la ec iuaweiy entitled to the u*e for publication of ill nawa dlapat^hea credited to It or not otherwise credited In thla paper and aao Ha local news published herein. Th* Evening News la a *o a member of the American Newspapers Publishers Association an«l ihe Audit Bureau of Circulation. ___ it Bible Thought For Today I s W SAFE STEFS:—The steps of a good man are ordered, by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.—Psalm 37: 23. TAXPAYERS WANT TO KNOW The Board of Aldermen should insist upon a thorough explanation of the enormous increase in the bids for the removal of garbage for the next three years over the price paid for the same work during the three years just past. The increase may be justified, but the people are from Missouri in this case. The bid this year, 19^2, is $±u,uuu nigner than it was in 1919. Let us compare the conditions under which we are living today with the conditions three years ago. In 1919 the war had just closed. We were still being carried along on the pinnacle of high prices. Labor was at a premium, the highest wages were being paid and men were scarce at that. To get men to ride on a garbage wagon when they could earn big money doing something far more congenial was hard. The price of feed for horses was high. Oats, hay and other necessities cost twice as much in those days as they do now. The price of every other material that a con tractor has to figure on has also been reduced greatly. As for the city itself, it has grown but little if any since 1919. In fact, because of our inflated population due to war activities, there is reason to believe that there are actually fewer people here today than there were in 1919. Certainly the problem of collecting the garbage today cannot be any more difficult or require so much greater equipment for handling than in 1919 when the city was still crowded to over-flowing. T*he old story of operating at a loss is repeated, but to convince the public of that the contractors will have to produce their books showing the extent of the loss. Besides, under the changed conditions any loss that there, might have been ought to have been wiped out with the great reduction in the cost of maintenance. As for securing a new site for a dump, that ought not to be a difficult thing with all the abandoned clay pits and marshes to fill in throughout this section; at least it ought not to cause an increase of $40,000 in the cost of collecting the garbage for the next three years “The aldermen must not lose sight of the fact that the city is already facing a decided increase in the tax rate again next vear caused by some oversight somewhere in making up the budget for the present year. It is absolutely neces sary to economize in every way possible. 1 he taxpaj ers are not'going to stand for everything. There is a limit to what they can edure. An increase of $40,000 in the cost of removing gar bage is not to be treated lightly. The taxpayers who must Toot the bill, along with a great many other similar bills, want to know. WORK FOR THE DOG CATCHER The announcement of Alderman Clark that he has em ployed a man to act, as dog catcher in this city is good news fpr'a great manv residents who are greatly annoyed by the many stray dogs prowling about, tearing up lawns and other wise making themselves a nuisance, not to mentiondhe dan ger these dogs are to children. As the city becomes more thickly populated dogs allowed to run at large become a greater detriment. A person may own a dog of which he is very fond. The dog mav be a very intelligent animal and handsome to look upon. But dogs will be dogs. A neighbor may have spent several hundred dollars fixing up a lawn and trying to im prove the appearance of his property and, incidentally, the whole neighborhood. He is much more interested in that lawn than he is in his neighbor's dog. A et that dog. if al lowed to run at large, can do irreparable damage to that lawn in a short time. It is only fair, then, that the city take ncilon for the protection of'all. No dog properly cared for on its own premises should be molested. The dog catcher should b-* made to obey that rule. No one wants to deprive those who like dogs the pleasure of owning one. But dogs should not be allowed to annoy other people and when there are sc many stray curs running about as there are in Perth Amboj at the present time, a clean-up is highly desirable. The dog catcher has a big job in front of him, but if he does his work conscientiously and well he can do the city a great deal of good. PROQRE88 FOR AMBOY AVENUE All signs point toward the improvement ot Amboy ave nue in the near future. The latest indication comes from the State Highway Commission which has included a pav ing job in Perth Amboy among the contracts to be given out this year. With the action of the Board of Freeholders in appropriating $ 12,000 for putting the avenue in temporary repair it is evident that progress is being made. Responsibility still rests with the Board of Freeholders, however, for until they complete their work and turn the highway back to the city no progress can be made with th? permanent improvement. Much valuable time has already been lost, but if the freeholders will do their part without further quibbling the work in connection with the new route he done in time to allow for the settling next winter and spring so that the whole job can probably be completed by * “• ■■ w next year. The road between Perth Amboy and ridge will then be one of the finest in the state. TM M M! j SHALL FINANCE CORPORA TION STAY IS THE QUESTION Dally Letter by Frederic J. Iluskir. WASHINGTON, June 4—Once again the fate of the War Finance Corporation, one of the greatest business institutions ever organized, is dependent upon the view which Congress entertains of its usefulness. This experiment of the government in the business of direct financing of citiens has been subject several times since its organization either to change of purpose or the chance of complete abandonment The War Finance Corporation is one of the biggest banks in the world and it is conducted by the government of the United States. It has a capital of $500,000,000 in government funds, and authority to issue bonds to vast amounts. The original act creating the cor poration was approved April 5, 1018. This was entirely a war measure. It will be recalled that when the Unit ed States entered the war. the treasury offered the liberty loans which absorbed so much of the peo ple’s money that private corpora tions sometimes had difficulty in petting enough funds invested 1n their etenprises to keep them going. The government recognied that this was injurious so corporation was authorized to make loan3 to enter prises of almost any character which were engaged upon work tending to assist in the prosecution of the war. Some of the companies making war material wore in flnan /tial ri i Ml n I I 11 i no onrl 1 An nc U'Orrt mirlo to them. Street car companies ! which carried employes in munition factories to and from their work were elu'tle to re.eiv-i aid. Many other companies, some of them seemingly remotely connected with the prosecution of war. were found to be performing some duties which helped the cause and therefore re ceived loans. Coupled with this function, the War Finance Crporation Act gave i to the Capital Issues Committee, j which it created the authority to j suppress the issue of blue sky stocks and bonds, that is securities of a doubtful value in order that funds be conserved for investment in gov- ] ernment bonds and legitimate pri- , vate enterprises. Help For Cattlemen Ae the war developed it was found desirable to expand the func tions of the corporation. One of the first additional powers it was given was to make loans to cattlemen on J their stock. It was shown that I many cattlemen were killing off their stock because they could not get enough money from the banks to carry them over the winter. It was recognized that the country must have food, and that it would J PALM BEACH SUIT8 This is real Palm Beaeh Clothing weather, and the G. & S. Store is well sup plied with the genuine Palm Beaeh Suits. All the popular models and shades, well tailored and perfect fitting. Stouts, slims and regulars in all sizes. Genuine Palm Beaeh Suits $15.00 Genuine Priestly Mohair Suits $18.00 Gannon & Sheehy 92 SMITH ST. be a national calamity to permit the stockmen to kill their immature stock for lack of financing. Immediately after the Armistice there was a general belief that the exports from the United States, which had leached a high tide dur ing the war, would drop away to practically nothing. This was re garded as an undesirable develop ment, so steps were taken to stim ulate exports. The belief was that if American exporters could extend credit to foreign buyers, the for eigners would take American goods in substantial quantities. It was ar ranged that the American exporter, upon granting credit to the for eigner. could then borrow of the War Finance Corporation which would await payment from abroad. Affairs developed so that the corporation did very little of this sort of business. A wrong guess had been made. Instead of a need ex isting for the stimulation of exports they sprang of their own accord to previously undreamed of propor tions. Much credit actually was given, but it was worked on bank ers' acceptances through the Fed eral Reserve banks in a manner which did not require the good of fices of the War Finance Corpora tion. But that is another story, which, if followed, would open a discussion of the whole post-war boom and the subsequent price re cession. At any rate, little export financing was done by the corpora ♦ Iran nnH tVlo U'tll* n f' fU'fll’ fhprp was no more of war aid financing to be done. The business of the corporation sagged. In fact in May, 1920. the Board of Directors of the Corporation, of which Secretary of the Treasury Houston then wag chairman, adopt ed a resolution suspending activities. No netv loans were made; the cor poration's offices merely collected payments on the loans outstanding. That summer came tite heavy fail in prices, particularly in prices of farm products. In the autumn an agitation was started to revive the War Finance Corporation to help the farmers because people had achieved the habit of thinking this great government bank could be turned to almost any purpose. There were many who opposed the revival, declaring that it was time the gov ernment got out of business. After a spirited contest, the cor poration was revived by congres sional action. and proceeded to make loans to stimulate exports. It had been urged that if exports of farm products could be stimulated, prices of these goods would rise and the American farmer would be re lieved. Then in August. 1921. the cor poration's organic act again was amended to permit it to make ad vances on agricultural products, whether or not they were for ex port. The corporation created an elaborate system of committees ramifying the entire country. Kach committee was. in effect, a local agent for the great government bank at Washington. A farmer, needing credit, would bonow from his local bank. The local bank would turn the note over to the committee which would forward it to Washinton to the corporation. The corporation would advance money against it. Of course, not ev ery note made by a farmer would fit the requirements of the law and regulations. The farmer actually got his money from nis local bank, but it. in many cases, would not lend if it did not know it could pass the note on to the corporation. In this way a large sum of money has been advanced to relieve the farm Railroad Securities Purchased Another use the corporation made of its funds was to purchase through the Director General of Railroads, securities of American railroads which had been pledged with the Director General on ac count of additions and betterments made by the government during Federal control. When it appeared that the railroads were in dire need of funds, following their return to their owners, the War Finance Cor poration arranged to sell securi ties to public, thus raising funds to advance to the railroads. A brief summary will show how much money this great government \ bank has advanced to different groups of the American people: 1 Advances made to May 13 to finance —— Biting 01T more than you can chow is better than going hungry. The height of a small boy’s ambi tion is about six feet. A bee wrecked an auto in New Jersey. Moral: Little things count. Bride who killed her husband on ihelr honeymoon probably saw him before he shaved. The man with a grouchy look sel dom gets a pleasant one. Mr. and Mrs. De Valera of Ire land have twins. It seems that his troubles never come singly. Babe Ruth is out to break his own suspension record. Don't treat your husband like a dog. Dog days are coming. One horse that never wins is a Charlie horse. "Eve was the first flapper," says a professor who may have been looking at her pictures. Most of us can be glad we don’t get everything coming to us. Hint to brides: The broomstick is mightier than the lipstick. There's loads of horsepower In horse sense. Our idea of fun would be listen ing to "Helen Marla" Dawes play ing golf in tight shoes. I.ooks as If the only one who can make ends meet is a fish worm. Phone official says only one in 113 uses the phone correctly; but he may mean successfully. New York will build a thirty-two story hotel for bachelors only. Bach elors usually live high. There are only sixteen machines printing currency, while over 16, 000,000 machines are spending it. Dempsey says twelve children is an ideal family. Dempsey's single. Reducing freight rates is hard on those who have to seek a new ex cuse for high prices. French actors are going without socks. Amerienn actors sometimes go without meals. When a cynic sees a man helping a lady across the street he wonders -where her husband is. , exports have amounted to $50,250, 120.. Of this sum $33,572,373 has gone to aid cotton exports, and $5. 209,810 for grain. Other commod ities exported under this assistance include tobacco, canned fruits, meat products, condensed milk, textiles, steet steel, copper, sugar, mill ma cmnery, ufricuiiuiii machinery rail road equipment and lumber. Advances for the relief of agricul tural and livestock: Interests from August 24 1921. when this activ ity was authoried to May 13. the latest date for which figures have been compiled, aggregate $297, 684,133. This financing includes cotton, grain, livestock, sugar beets, rice, canned fruits, peanuts, tobac co and general agricultural purposes Much of the assistance was advanc ed through co-operative farming as sociations. Advances made to bank ing and financing institutions amounted to $239161.914, and that portion made through the co-oper atives to $58,522,219. Of all these advances, whether to hanks, co-operatives, or exports $347,934,253 has been in aid of the agricultural industry, and this vast sum has been lent in a period when farmers found difficulties in getting bank credit through other sources. In consequence, the farmers of the country are strongly opposed to a curtailment, of the functions of the t corporation. i Geographic News Bulletins by the National Geographic Society > .. ■ W— --- - Where la S'Gravenhage? Give up? Perhaps you know it as Dm Haag. No? Well, it ia only our old friend The Hague dressed In its native costume. This UQiqueiy labeled town, which is the only city of importance be-1 fore whose name we place ‘'the” in | Kngllsh. is still more oddly named j when its Dutch appellation Is trans lated. according to a bulletin from ) the Washington, I>. C., headquarters , of the National Geographic Society. The bulletin, which follows, is Issued in connection with the approaching conference at The Hague which will take up the unfinished work o( the Genoa conference: It Men ns “The Hedge" “S'Oravenhage. which is the pro per name of the Dutch ccpltal we call The Hague,’ ” says the bulletin, ’’mean* something like 'the hedge enclosed space of the Count.’ This term was probably really descrip tive in the early part of the thir teenth century when it was applied to a rural hunting lodge, but It hard ly fits the present-day city, almost as large as Minneapolis, from which are governed seven million Nether landers and their colonial empire of nearly fifty million souls. On many Dutch maps the unwieldy name has been shortened to 'Den Haag' which we in turn have changed to 'The Hague.’ As we use it. then, the name means—if It meana anything after Its metamorphosis—'the hedge’ or 'the hedge enclosure.' "The Hague Is not a typical Dutch citv. It does not have the commerce and industry of larger Amsterdam and Rotterdam nor the distinctive Dutch quality of the smaller towns. It is cosmopolitan, and may be com pared to Washington in that its chief business is governing, and that it is well built, has beautiful avenues and trees and is rich in parks. But there is much of the strictly Dutch at mosphere. Numerous canals cross the city's thoroughfares and In the center of the town is a sizable lake called the Vyver—the fish pond— a survival of the hunting lodge days of 700 years ago. Oleamlng white mansions and government buildings are grouped about this pond, which serves as a reflecting pool to set off their appearance. Promenading Is "National Sport"' "The Hague’s shops and cafes are excellent. Lange Pooten is the city’s Fifth avenue and Michigan boule vard; and there of a late afternoon and evening, the crowd of prome naders seems out of all proportion to even a population of 360,000. Strolling of an evening Is such a fav orite pastime of the Dutch city dweller. though, that one traveler has dubbed it ‘Holland’s national sport,’ "To the eaat of the city is a mag nificent wood—the Bosh’— which is a remnant of the heavy forest that once covered all this portion of the coast of the Netherlands. (Roads and walks extend into this beauti ful park; and deep in its interior, besides small lakes, is a royal villa, portions of which were erected hun dreds of years ago. It was In this villa that was held in 1899 the first Hague conference called by the late Tsar of Russia. Dutch Atlantic City Near By "To the north of the city is a smaller fragment of forest, and through It extends a beautiful ave nue leading to the coast, only three tBiles away. The terminus of this road is Scheveningen. Holland’s At lantic City, a feature which adds ma terially to The Hague's popularity as a conference place. The broad hard beach of this seaside resort is dotted with hundreds of queer, hooded, toadstool-like beach chairs, and at the water's edge are drawn up scores of the ’bathing machines' without which no European beach would be complete. "It was not by chance that The Hague was choBen as the situation for the peace palace which Andrew Carnegie donated in 1913. For hun dreds of years the city has been the center of European diplomacy. It might be knpwn as ’the City of Treaties.' From 1688 onward The Hague has been the scene of doz ens of conferences and treaty-mak ings. many of them of world-wide Importance. It was this back ground of world diplomacy that led many to believe that The Hague would be chosen as the seat of the uraiA uo ui .10 iiuiioi WIRE HE. AND I’M. WIRE YOD 1997 JOHN MARTIN GENERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SI BRIGHTON ATE.. PERTH AMBOT J. M. SORENSEN Hardware and Palnta LUMBER AND MASON MATERIALS Wall Boards. Roofing, Sewer Pipes PHONE 1660 A. H. KOYEN —Dealer In Ail Kinds of— Mason Materials, Sewer Pipes, Cement LEHIGH COAL 581-87 SAYRE AVE. Stone, All Shapes PHONE 1370 RES. 666-3 LOCKSMITH Locksmith sad General Repair Shop Lawn ldowere Resharpened Baby Carriages Repaired and Retired D. DEKOn, SOS HIGH 8T. Corner Smith FLAGS—ROAD MAPS PICNIC SETS FRANK P. WOGLOM 197 SMITH STREET CARS WASHED AND POLISHED By Experienced Washers Called For and Delivered 147 Jefferson Street L. FREEMAN. PROP PERTH AM ROT. N. J. Distributor* for J YEAR GUARANTEE «lTON A LANE Delro-Remy Registered Dealer FREE BATTERY INSPECTION 166 NEW BRUNSWICK AVENUE Perth Amboy. N. J. Tel. 1000 —— FELDMAN’S KOSHER MEAT MARKET ISO Fayette Street BEST NEW YORK KOSHER MEAT A Pound, 26c. YOUR GREATEST POWER Sergeant Alvin York, “greatest hero of the World War,” again is in the run of good luck. A few months ago, it looked as if he would lose his farm through inability to meet payments on its $13,000 mortgage. A month in vaudeville would have brought York enongi money to handle the mortgage. But he said, “I would far rather lose my farm, and gi back to work upon it as a common day laborer, than to com mercialize the fame which was only incidental to an act of Providence.” Many have marveled at Sergeant York's modesty. The explanation is, he has faith in Divine Guidance, which carried the early pioneers through many a hard time. York’s corn crop last year was a bad one—low in bush els, low in dollars. Like millions of others, he was a victim of deflation of prices. This did not discourage York. He kept repeating: “Religious faith sustained me in my danger and removed rav fear. And He will see me through.” j At times it seemed that there was no hope, no way out. But never did York's faith waver. ^ & Now the mortgage is gone, paid off by the Nashville Ro Ullioua. ^ # Some will call it a windfall. > Cynics will call it chance. The spiritually wise will call it the fruit of faith. Faith is the mightiest power we possess. It takes various forms, ranging from confidence in self or luck to belief in Divine Guidance. ... , . No human career can be carried through to success without faith the mover of mountains. This is a universal belief, shared by all religious people in all stages of barbarism 01 civilization, and it is the force behind all prayer. It is an unhappy individual who has no faith in creed Creator, human nature and fellow-man. Without faith, the world would be a rotten one m which to live and life would be drab and-futile. ’ Cultivate faith, to hasten arrival at your goal._ 1 1 1 t II Questions-Answers Aoy reodor con get the onewer to j j ony question by writing The Penh . Amboy Evening News Inforxnotlon ■ Bureau. Frederic J. Haaktn. Director. , Washing ton. D. C. This offer op* piles strictly to information. The | bursou connot givo advice .n togol. medicinal and financial troubles. It I | does not attempt to settle domestic troublea nor to undertake exhaus tive research on sny subject. Writ# your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and Address and en close two cents In stamps for return postage. All replies are aent dlrv.t to tbe Inquirer. Q. What make of golf balls did Hutchinson and Barnes use when they won the British and American j open championship last year?—O. | R. A. „„ * A. Both men used Spalding 50 s. j Q. Were high schools original In | this country?—C. M. V. I A. The high school is distinct*- | an American institution. The king- j lish high school of Boston, founded in 1821, was the first of its kind and gradually, as free elementary j schools were established throughout I the country, the high schools fol- j lowed. Q. Where did the sla-ng expres sion "He's hellbender" come from? —J. It. P. A. Possibly from a large sala mander called the hellbender found chiefly in the streams emptying into the Great Lakes. This is an ex tremely ugly but perfectly harmless creature Is exceedingly tenacious of life and hibernates in cold weather. Q. Was the play "Shore Acres” ever known by any other name?— F. R. A. James A. Herne wrote "Snore Acres” in 1883-84. and It was first produced as "The Hawthorne" at Chicago in 1892, taking its present name when it was played in Boston a few weeks later. Q. How many Hessians were brought to this country during the Revolutionary war?—S. W. B. A. The total number of Hessians brought to America was 29.967. of whom 17.813 returned. The others either died or remained here to be come citizens. These forces cost Great Britain about 1,770,000 pounds. Q. Are bananas grown from seeds or sprouts?—R. E. A. The species grown for fibre and for ornament usually produce seed and are propagated by planting seeds. The edible banana of com merce has a perennial root from which the plant is perpetuated by sprouts or suckers. Q. What states have more women j than men In their population?— t T. N. A. Femmes exceed males In Mass achusetts, Rhode Island. New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and In the Dis trict of Columbia. Q. How could anything be prehis toric?—M. N. A. In a literal sense this expres sion is incorrect, for anything or event of which there is record nec essarily Is historic to the degree of the extent of the record. Q. How long did the Cubans fight for independence ?—M. D. A. The struggle of the Cubans for independence began In 1868 and continued until 1899. Q. When cream is changed to butter Is there a physical or chem ical change?—D. L. R. A. The Dairy Division says when cream is changed to butter It Is a physical change. Q. Does the hippopotamus sweat blood?—W. C. C. A. A curious feature of the skin of this animal Is the reddish exu dation from Its pores when it la ex cited or In pain. It Is called bloody sweat, but the blood has no part In It. A. a SPRAGUE Authorized agent for K. G. Weld ing and Cutting Equlpaeent. Acety lene and all welding supplies. 843 High street. Phone 3388 Perth A Amboy. N. J. ^ •——-—--— NOTICE! The following Banks of this City have decided that on and after JULY 1ST, 1922, they will remain open for busi ness ONLY one evening each week, namely SATURDAY EVENING from 7 to 8 o’clock. * J Regular Banking Hours Daily....9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Saturday.9 A. M. to 12 Noon 7 P. M. to 8 P. M. First National Bank Perth Amboy Trust Company Raritan Trust Company City National Bank • • I THE WOLF We speak of poverty as the wolf. All our lives wo struggle to keep this wolf from the door. An account in our Special Interest Department will help you in this never ending fight. We Pay 4% 7 4 [ Perth Amboy Trust Company “A Good Bank to Be With.” f , Smith and Hobart Sts. . J • •