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THE ALMA RECORD
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OFrHlIAL, PAPKR OF TIIK CITY OF ALMA, MICIIICAN
THE CONCiltKSSIONAL ISSUE
The issue before voters in this year's congressional elections
is a simple choice hetween the Republican party and the Demo
cratic party. After all is said and done, the people are going to de
cide whether they wish to retain the Republicans in control of
their government or whether they wish to recall the Democrats to
power and by so doing revive the policies and practices for which
that party was responsible while it was in control. In order that
the people may make their choice intelligently and with their eyes
open it is only fair that the Democratic method of handling public
affairs be reviewed from time to time. The public's memory is
short, especially in these times when so many things of vast im
portance transpire so rapidly.
One of the performances by which the Democratic party's
ability to handle public affairs must be judged is its record in
connection with the Shipping board. Congressman Graham, of
Illinois, has reviewed in a very concise form the record of the Wil
son regime in this respect. Mr. Graham sots forth that in 1910,
rR a part of the machinery for stimulating the merchant marine
by act of Congress, the Shipping board was created. After the
declaration of war Congress, by the urgent deficiency act of 1017
conferred vast powers upon the President to requisition and build
ships. This power by executive order, dated July 11, 11)17, the
President delegated to the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
"Thereafter occurred the monstrous expenditures of our
shipping program," says Representative Graham. "They cost the
nation $;,.'OG,000,000. Contracts were made with anyone and
with everyone who said he could build a ship irrespective of price
or quality. There was no uniform plan for these ships adopted.
No thought was given to what use the ship might be put after
the war. There were no cancellation clauses in the contracts so
that if the war ended the work might be stopped.
"Five hundred and eighty-nine wooden ships were built, cost
ing approximately $o7r),()00,000, which were absolutely worthless;
iiO concrete ships costing $27,(100,000 more were equally worth
less; 2,288 ships were built and delivered but of these only 1T0
were delivered before the armistice, while all the rest, or about
1.8IJ8, were delivered after the war was oer and further neces
sity for them had disappeared. Hecause the contracts had no
cancellation clause and because of the insistent pressure of the
Democratic administration this war time ship building went on
feverishly not only in 11)10 but it went on until the present ad
ministration came into power. As late as 1020 there were 17.J
ships constructed and delivered to the government, and the most
shameful part of this was that of these 01 were wooden ships,
conceded by everyone to be worthless.
"When the present administration came in on March 1, 1021,
it tried to take stock It now finds about 5,000,000 tons of steel
ships which are salable for approximately SL'0, 000,000 and es
timated other assets of $100,000,000. It finds claims pending
against the government of $208, 128,8 15, which if allowed in full,
would just about wipe out all our assets and leave us nothing to
show for our $.'5,J0(,000,0(0 of the people's money expended.
"To show the rank incompetency of the preceding adminis
tration, it has been found that mortgages and other liens secur
ing the government for vast sums had not been recorded and the
liens were lost. Liens for millions which should have been taken
were not. Vast sums for repairs and reconditioning were charged
against the corporation for things which the slighest care might
have prevented; ships had been sold without a cent of deposit or
a letter of security; vast contracts, uncancellable, for materials
were found. To illustrate, a contract to take 40,000,000 barrels
of fuel oil a year. The board is involved in 50 concerns which are
in the hands of receivers. Three thousand five hundred lawsuits
in the civil courts are pending and 02,7:19,315 of claims in the
court of claims, and a business which is now losing $-1,000,000 a
month.
"Now we have this wreck to salvage. For 50 years the con
tingent liabilities of this experiment will haunt us. We have not
only spent our three and one-third billions, but we must contrive
some method of subsidy to keep what ships we have upon the sea.
And in this last attempt to get something constructive out of this
insolvent business, we are meeting the almost undivided opposi
tion of the Democratic minority in the Congress."
REPUTATIONS
The most desirable of reputations are the easiest to lose. It
requires years of correct living to build them up, and but an in
cautious moment to destroy them.
Too many men seem to forget that they are judged not by
what they really are, but by what they seem to be. Their actions
and their words are the only things that count.
The little things of life are. of vast importance. They indi
cate the character that lies beneath the polished surface, and it
ia from them that the most lasting impressions are formed.
A sanctimonious countenance is not indicative of a clean
heart. It is a cloak under which many disreputable deeds are
performed.
A cheerful smile, a truthful tongue and an honest heart are
all that any person requires.
Character is built from these, and reputation is but the af
termath of character.
A city exchange remarks that some towns spend more time
in sounding their slogans than they do in cleaning their streets
and yards.
It is quite true, to the detriment of the towns. Glowing slo
gans cause the stranger to expect something out of the ordinary,
and when he learns his mistake his interest ceases to exist.
Fine words on the wings of the wind travel a long way, but a
clean town leaves a more lasting impression.
The national senate is a dignified body of dignified gentlemen
who are too dignified to lose their dignity.
The fellow who is up to date today makes dates for tomorrow.
Where Your
6 Taxes Go .
How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
ing Your Business
. 4
By EDWARD O. LOWKV
Ao'hoe "Wuhlnrtnn Ctow-t'r." "flnk nl
Financial gyttrmi." ete. Contributor I'ulitiml
and ronomie Arllrlrg to Idling !riii.l
and a Writer of Rcof nixed Authority tm the
National Govnunnt'a Uimibom IrUtboUa
Five Minute Chats
on Our Presidents
By JAMES MORGAN V
(Coi right, 1920, by Jamca Hoikmu.)
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Copyright. Htitura Niipcr Uuloo
XXVIII.
REMEDY IN YOUR HANDS
I Imvo been asked many times, nii'l
particularly since this series began:
"What Is the remedy for the condition
iiimI situation of government business
that you have described? What can
we, the average man or woman with
out Influence, and with no knowledge
of politic.?, what can wo do about it'"
Well, the answer is that you can do
everything about It. The remedy lies
wholly witMn your own hands, as I
have tried to point out in oaclt one
of the articles that have preceded
this one. It Is a remedy easy to pre
scribe but, I confess, ditlietilt to put
Into effect.
Difficult, I mean, In the sense that
you will have to give up time from
your own engrossing private affairs to
pay some attention to what you prob
ably think of as public affairs and. as
such, not concerning you. The whole
point I have to make is that public
affairs tire your affair.
I do not suggest that you go Into
politics. I do not suggest that you
attend political meetings. I do sug
gest that you take an Interest, a direct
personal interest, in the business of
government as distinguished from the
politic? of government.
A part of the remedy you ask for
the conduct of the business of govern
ment Jims been applied when the fact
and the conditions are spread broad
cast and made known to every tnx
piyer. Had conditions are In a way
to be remedied when they become
know ti.
lUtt pome hundreds of you have
written me and asked: "How can we
help? What can we do?" Let's take a
concrete case.
Congress has committed Itself to the
policy of building twenty first-class
battleships In the next few years.
Armed and equipped. the battleships
will cost In the neighborhood of .?1",
Poomm) each. That will make a total
cost of $!M'm,0io,(kiO; that Is, Just short
of a billidn dollars.
Do you approve that expenditure?
Do you think it wise and necessary?
Do you think we ought to spend our
money that way? Do you think we
ought to spend SO or 1 per cent
of our total national Income for wars,
past, present and prospective? That
Is what we are doing. If you approve
of It you have only to sit still and
say nothing. If you' disapprove of it,
let your congressman know.
You live In a congressional district
nnd every two years you send a man
here to Washington to attend to your
public business. Do you know him?
Do you know what he Is doing here?
Your state has two senators, who also
represent you here. If they do not
represent you fairly, you can keep
them at home. Whatever a majority
of you want you can have.
To this moment a majority have
approved, at least by silence, the great
military expenditures that hnve been
made from the money you have paid
In taxes. If now you have come to
the conclusion that it 1 too much, yon
have only to say so.
Do you realize that this conference
on the limitation of armament which
President Harding called arose fun
damentally out of the elrournsfnnce
that all of the so-called big nations
are paying more than they enn afford
to pay by way of preparation for war?
The endeavor to find a formula to
limit armaments is smother way of
saying that the nation are trying to
find n way to save money. Since the
war the great powers are all livinu
beyond their means. All of them are
In debt. All of them, except ourselves,
owe more than they can pay. In all
of them, Including the United States,
government expenses are running be
yond government Income. A nation
ean no more stand that sort of thing
than n private person or a private
business.
If you will devote n half hour of
Mi hour every evening to thlnklnq
about nnd talking about public bir I
ness you vlll be amazed at the.
prompt response you will get. If therr
Is any question you want to adc, wrlfp
to your congressman or to either one
of your sen ators. That will cost yor
two cents for a postage stamp, and 11
won't or st him anything to reply, foi
Ids letters go through the malls free
That is one way of helping to remedy
the present condition.
1831 Nov. 19, James Abram
Garfield, born at Orange,
Ohio.
1858-61 President of Hiram
College.
1858 Married Lucretia Rudolph.
1860 Member ef Ohio Senate.
1861 Colonel in Ohio Volun
teers. 1362 Brigadier General.
1863 Major General.
1863-80 In Congress.
1880 Elected to the United
States Senate.
1880 Juno 7, nominated for
President by Republican
Convention at Chicago.
November, elected President.
Phool Philosophy
. OldCyColleyy
With everybody wearing shoes
thue seems to be a tremendous
demand for bootlegs.
The lack of u shave
gentleman a hobo.
makes a j
Kurope is quite willing; to saw
wood if the United States will
furnish the wood and the saw.
A still tongue does not always
make a wise head. Dead people
can't talk.
And still, the man who lives to
a good old age may not be good.
When lawyers begin a violent con
trovtrsy in court it is by no means
a sign of animositv. Thov can not
vlemand additional fe.n without !
some excuse.
ft "
JAMF.S A lilt AM (JAKFIKLD was the
latest and, it is fairly safe to Kiy,
the last of the presidents born and
'red In log cabins. Notwithstanding
that humble state, he was one of the
half-dozen sehohirly men who have sat
i:i th; presidential chair.
!ar!hU is the only president who
was present at his own nomination.
The presidential lightning struck him
as he sat in his seat in that movt ex
traordinary and exciting national con
vention which mot at Chicago In 1SS0.
All the 'Stalwarf clans, believing with
a St. Louis editor that there was "one
more president in the bloody shirt,"
!'eiod upon the great name of (Iranf,
: !!1 under the banner of the "Hero of
Appomattox" they rallied against the
'Half I'.roeds" who followed "the
I lumed Knight," James O. IJIalne of
Maine.
The rival champions In that remark
able tournament at Chicago were Kos
soe Conkling. chieftain of the "Stal
wart." and James A. Carfield of Ohio,
the spokesman of the "Half breeds,"
The road to success is not a
boulevard.
When in doubt set yourself right.
The fellow who gives you advice
may not bp any more sure of his
altitude than you are.
Munv a man hns fouirht his wnv
j to the top of the ladder only U
have the blamed thing collapse.
j Ail things come to him who waits
j if he reaches out and grabs them as
they go by.
' When a man nrd his wife agree
' on t very subject one of them does all
! of the talking.
j One of the best cures for n swell
ed h ad is a standpat mother-in-law.
Spooning in public by married
; people covers up many an ugly
j .-crap behind the scenes.
! Am! why rhould Kurope be beg
! ging for American loans? Our
jiicli tourists are juicy picking.
If you are in need of
Parts for Yw Car
Call at
BERMAN'S
JUNK SHOP
Wo handle parts for nearly all makes of
cars. Windshield glasses, new and used
wheels, brake linings, etc.
Ust'd Cars Bought and Sold Cash lor all kinds of Junk
E. B. BERMAN IRON
& METAL CO.
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Mr. llryan once remarked that a'
million men would spring to anus
over night in the event of war.
Mut that is mild compared to the
number who would respond if the
arras were to consist of a well fill- :
rd bootleg. j
It's difficult to blush upon o;-c-j
a.vions when the druggist furnishes
the complexion.
Jarr.cs A. Garfield.
although he was restrained from di
rectly supporting r.iaine by the instruc
tions of his state in favor of the nomi
nation of John Sherman. Conkling. a
handome f
arefully studied the
An Arms Cache in Crater.
A weapon storehouse In the lmmensf
rrater of extinct Hnleakala, where tht
natives of Maul many years ago madt
their last stand aggnlnst the all-eon
querlng king of Hawaii, has been dis
covered, according to I'mll A. P.erndt
n business man of Honolulu, says
dispatch to the Cincinnati Times-Star
Mr. Ilerndt says each of the thre
white men with knowledge of the cav
Mumbled across it when wanderlnj
aimlessly about after losing their waj
In the crater. He reports that it con
tains crude stone hatchets, immense,
quantities of slingshot stones, siar
heads and other implements of aa
irieut warfare.
1 1
i
right moment to make bis theatrical
entry upon the stage the first day,
: di awing the applause a he advanced
I down the aisle with his "grandiloquent
swell, his majotie supereminent, over
powering, turkey gobbler strut," which
Pdaine had held up to the laughter of
congress years before In a never-to-be-forgiven
speceh. The next day Car
field took his revenge by entering while
Conkling was speaking, and the wel
coming heers drowned the voice of
the indignant speaker. On Ihe third
day the two came to grips in n de
bate and the Ohioan s-ored on the New
Yorker.
While the gallery still was cheer
ing the victor in that round. Conkling
wrote on the margin of a newspaper
and sent to Carflchl a mocking sugges
tion that he was playing to the gal
lery in his own interest: "I congrat
ulate you on being a dark horse!"
In truth Carfield could not rise in
the convention without helping him
sel? more than he helped Sherman,
who never had a chance to win. As
ballot after ballot was taken, it he
came plain that neither the "immortal
r.MM who followed Orant nor the deaf
ening cheers which his name evoked
could overcome the prejudice against
n third term in the White House, and It
was made equally plain that this "Old
Cuard" never would surrender to
Blaine.
A new candidate was necessary If
the convention was not to fall to
pieces in factions. One solitary vote
for Oarlield on most of the ballots had
continued to point the linger of des
tiny at him. Wisconsin pointed all her
fingers in Ids direction when her dele
gat Ion broke to him on the thirty
fourth ballot.
C.arhYld rose with rallid face nnd
dry lips to a point of order. Hut Sen
ator Hoar of Massachusetts, who was
In the chair, rapped him down. In two
more ballots he was nominated by a
combination of tho Blaine and Sher
man men.
In the midst of the uproar the nomi
nee sat limp and perspiring In his seat.
"Oct me out of here," he faintly whis
pered o his seatmate, Kx-Governor
Foster of Ohio.
Special this week Maple Nut Ice
Cream, 10c per quart. DeLuxe Candy
Co. advertisement
Never rub your friend's feathers
the wrong way. The canker beneath
the gloss is not pleasant to see.
A London policeman has retired
with a record of having nrrested
100,000 motorists for speeding and
other offenses.
One of the host grades of Italian
cheese ii ripened for four years.
if jou want to see a woman
with her head in the clouds just
watch her as she passes her deal
est enemy on the street.
Some old skinflints drop a penny
ir the collection box- and expect to
reap a dollars worth of blessings.
Ministers are about the most
considerate people we knew. They
are extremely delicate in the meth
ods they employ in awakening sleep
ing members of their congregation.
'Tis fortunate our neighbors
never knew us as we are. It saves
us a lot of unnecessary worry.
Record Directory
VOn KKADY KKFEKENCK
President rui Congma
I'rcHwlent, Warren (3. Hardin?, Ohio, Salary
$73. Oiio, with allowance for traveling ex
pense c.p to $25,000 extra, and $160,0n
more for clerk hire and White House rx
I tisch L'60.C()0 'n alt. (Subject to chanvo
Vice-President, Calvin Cool id ire, Ma.HR.. nalary
J 12.000. President pro tern of ntnate. Al
bert It. Cummin, Iowa.
Jlaker of House, Frederick II. Oillett of
Mas. : talary $12,000. The 06 Senator and
4?.r Representative of CTth fomtresi receive
$7,500 Milary each, with milt aye extra at
20 cents a mile each way, ea-h sedition, fig
ured on distance between their horn and
Washington; also $125 extra for stationery,
newspapers, etc. rluch is also allow td
$3,500 a year for clerk hire. Katio of
representation, one member to each 211,817
population.
i'arty Iiviinn In 67th Conirren: Houm" 30'.
K1., 133 Dem., I Soc. Senate C9 Kcp., 37
Dim.
J. S. Senators CJM E. Townsend, Trumnn
II. Newberry,
"cpr-.'sentative in Congress Joseph W. Ford-
ncy.
The Cabinet
rrarjrcd in order of presidential ucclon :
Sec'y State. Charlon K. Hutiies. N. Y. :
Treasury, Andrew V. Mellon, Ta. ; War.
.I.hn W. Weeks, Mas. ; Atty-Gen., Harry
M. Dautfherty, Ohio; Postmaster-Gen., Will
H. Hays, Ind. ; -Sec'y Navy, Kdwin penby.
Mich.; Interior. Alrert H. Fall. N. Mex. ;
Agriculture, Henry C. Wallace, Iowa; Com
merce, Herbert C. Hoover, Calif.; Labor,
Jan.es J. Pavi, Pa. Sa'ary of each $12.0o0.
The Supreme Court
hi. f Jus tice, William Howard Taft. sal
ary C1".000. Associate Justices, nalary.
lt.r.00 each: Jo Mi-Ken. .. Calif., (Kep.) :
Oliver W. Holmes Mas.. (Rep : Wm. K
Day, Ohio, (Rep.) : Willis VanDeventer,
Wyo., (Rep.); Mahlon Titney, N. J..
(Rep): Jam Mdleynolds, Tenn., (Dem.) ;
Ixmi D. nrandeis. Mans., (Dem.) ; John II
Clarke, Ohio. (Hem.)
Michigan Government
Jovernor, Alex. J. Groesbec'- nalary, 15,000 .
I. ieut. Gov., Thomas Read, nalary. f $00.00 :
Secretary of State. Charles J. Deland. sal
ary, $2500.00 ; State Treas., Frank E. Gor
man, salary, $2500.00; Auditor Gen., Ora
mel II. Fuller, salary $2500.00; Attorney
Gen.. Mertin Wiley, salary $5000.00; Supt.
of Public Instruction, Thomas E. Johnson,
salary, $4000.00; State Highway Com.,
Frank r Rogers, alary $75CO.O0 ; Senator
of District, Aaron Amon, salary $800.00 :
Representative of District, David G. IxKke.
salary, $HOO.0O ; Supreme Court Judges, nal
ary $7000.00 ; Joseph It. Moore, Joseph H
Steere, Howard Weist, Grant Fellows, John
W. Stone. Geo. M. Clark, John E. Uird.
Nelson Sharp.
Connty Officers
Mrcuit Judyre, Edward J. Moinet. salar
$3500.00: Judpe of -Probate, Jamea G
Kress, salary, $2400.00 : Sheriff. A. T. VI
lert, salnry, fees; Clerk, Iternie Case, sal
arv. $1500; Treas.. Sidney Kvcy, salary.
$1500; Pros. Atty., Romaine Clark, alary.
$2200 ; KejtUter of DecdH, Chas. Ileisler.
salary, fees; School Com., Howard Potter,
salary, $lf.0"; Circuit Court Com., Ar-hi
McCall, W m. A. Hahlke. f cen ; Drain Com..
KrR I.oyrvck. salary $1500; Coroners W
K. Ludwig, Dr. Hall. fees.
City Government
dnyor. Chas. R. Murphy, salary, 1300.00:
City Commissioners, John C. Chiik, Floyd
Glass. -A. J. Archer, Philip Creamer, salary.
$200.00; City Manager, Wm. K. Reynolds,
ralary $5000.00; City Clerk, Francis C.
Hayward. ralary $3000.00; City Trseaurer.
D. W. Adams, salary. $1800.00; City At
torney, Wm. A. Hahlke, salary. $1200 00;
Health Officer, Dr. John N. Day, salary.
$1500.00; Chief t Police, James It. Camp
lrf.ll, salary $1750.00; Supervisors. 1st ward
Jesse E. Fuller, 2nd ward. Nicholas E
Saad. 3rd ward. Albert 1 Cook, 4th ward.
Jacob I). Helman, salary, S3. 00 per day on
actual time.
Hartley's Market
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Corned LerT, Lonele:
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Hamhurg steak, It) .
Pork steak, h
Fresh porl: in chunk
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Fresh pork shanks, 1L 10c
Fork in pickel, 1L 12c-17c
Bacon, home smoker, H 2."c
Fork sausage, Ii l'lc
Fard, home rendered, U l."c
Smoked hams, suar cured
half or whole "lie
Smoked ham butts, 1 ILs.
per lb 1."c
Veal for stewine;, lb .... IlY-Im
Veal roasts, lb 20c
Veal chops, lb 22c-IMc
Fouls for slewing and roast
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Fake trout, lb
Mar-kerel in l vine, lb
Salmon, tall can
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Cheese, full cream ...
Corn, cai
Milk, tall can
Pea, sifted, can
Soup, can 10c, 3 for
Beaches in syrup No. 2' can
Brunes, e;ood size, lb
Iiaisin.s in bulk, lb
Apricots, fancy, lb
( 'ane su.'-ar, cvt $
New Honey, It)
Uie: (;od Mtiality, ! lb
Qt. Mason .Jars, doz
(jt. Ideal Jars, doz $
Co:a, qt. jar
ISlaek Cross tea, lb
ColT. e in bulk e;ood quality
lb 27-
Cir.or Snaps, lb
Fi;,' Lars, lb
Beroxide bath tablets
flood broom
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