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THE BAR RE DAILY TIMES, BARRE. VT., TUESDAY, JUNK 12, 1917.
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917.
Entered at the PratofTW at Burr
Clan Mail Matter
SUPSCRJPTION KATES
Ona rr il.60
On, month.' 26 enu
6inel copy , 1 cent
Published Every Week-Day Aftermooo by
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES, INC.
Frank E. Lang-ley, Publisher
Co. C of Barre I calling you, bovs.
Remember that the Liberty Loan bond
subscription closes on Friday, June 13.
barre daily times;" .$:u:Ll:
of iixideriille military training and of
fairly intimate knowledge of conditioin
in th? ftate in charge of the work of
raising the roiiiwnt there should be fair
ly rapid jirufrreg toward remtitng tlie
rrgiinrnt out of those not eligible to
erve in the present 1st Vermont infan
try. The need of such regiment a,
soon an the lt Vermont infantry ahall
have left the etate for national twrvtce!
xhould oainw mn to volunteer in iui'h;
numbers as to make !(vtlon of ifoHl men;
possible out of a much greater number
of applicants. Let the men of h etate
take thin matter home to themeelvea at
once that they may be ready to respond
to the call for service iiwide the atate
merely. It U asserted, too, by the Ver
mont committee of public wfety that the
Home Guard i not to be used in guard
ing bridge and publio property,1 a the
1st Vermont! nfantry ha been doing,
but that it will be used a a tate police
in cae of necessity. During the daya of
the Civil war there were occasion when
the presence of state troops waa much
desired, and although the danger tetms
remote at the present time there it at
ways a possibility that a similar need
will develoD durinff the period of the
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present war.
The cablegram says Russia applauds
the Wilson message. Now what do the
Russian peopte say?
President Wilson is rightthe country
does not want the "status quo ante" it
merely wants the ante.
Barre should furnish several regiments
of subscribers to the U. S. government
Liberty Loan bonds. Enlist now!
That epy in the ordnance bureau must
' go. All spies in the United States must
go, or be placed where they can do no
; harm.
The made-in-St. Johnsbury slogan
! "Come across or the Germans will," is
directed straight to you. Now "come
across" and buy Liberty Loan bonds.
Right now!
The town of Groton has done very well
to send 18 young men into war service.
If all the towns of the st-ate should fur
nish a proportionate quota the ranks of
the Vermont National Guard would soon
be overflowing.
CURRENT COMMENT
It Is the purpose of Germany to keep
Russia In a foment as long as possible, so
' that Russia's military arms will be tied.
If there are any wise heads in Russia
they will see the purpose back of the
present negotiations conducted between
Berlin and Petrograd. Unfortunately,
however, wise heads are not ruling Rus
sia at the present time, and the German
game is being played to the limit.
Derby Line has the distinction of being
; the first town in New England to double
lbs allotment of bonds. Derby Line is
ao close to the Canadian border that it
probably feel nearer to the war than
! most of the remainder of New England
. It also may appreciate more thorough).
the benefits of government war bonds
both to the government and to the holder
thereof. Whatever the cause, Derby Line
steps to the head of the column.
A comparison of the state of Vermont'
military census with the registration re
i turns of June 6 would show how many
slackers there are in Vermont; and the
j state's military department ought to in
form the public in ordpr to prove the
! charge that a large oumkr of eligible
j men failed to register or that the charge
j is entirely unwarranted. Out of the
state newspapers are commenting, to the
' discredit of the state, on the result of
, the registration, and those who woul
! like to defend the state have nothing ex
cept theories on which to base their
wtatements. What's the truth ? Are we
slackers ?
Fair warning wa given to all men be
tweet! the ages of 21 and 30, both inelu
sive, that they must register in the na
tional draft on June 5 or stand the con
sequences, said consequences being named
and given widespread publicity. It is
practically certain that a small percent
age of the men In the United States of
the eligible ages failed to do their duty
some of them through intention, others
through misunderstanding. Now comes
the reckoning. The slackers will have
the opportunity to defend themselves in
the courts. In effect, their trials will be
trials whether we have real democracy
or not a democracy in which all stand
as responsible members of the nation
We shall determine whether a relatively
small number of men can enjoy all the
benefits of living and earning in the
United States and still not share the bur
dens of support of that government
which protects them in time of peace.
inere setms to be some confusion as
to the allotment of bonds for each com
munity to take. For instance, It rattle
boro, which, by the way, is one of the
richest communities in the state, is con
ducting it campaign on the basis of $20
to each person of the town's population.
while Barre is going about its work on
the understanding that the government
allot the bonds at the rate of $34 fer
each one of the population. That seems
to make Brattleboro's task extremely
easy, in view of the relatively large un
employed wealth of the town, and, as a
matter of fact, the quota under the
smaller allotment per population has al
ready been passed. Knowing Rrattle
boro's capacity, we shoiuld say that an
allotment of bonds at the rate of .'!4
for each person of the population would
also be a comparatively slipht task. In
deed, Brattleboro could absorb $420,000
much more readily than could Barre.
wrtoee money Is very largely in constant
But Barre hopes to do it.
THE VERMONT HOMK GUARDS.
The proposed new Vermont regiment
of Home Guards starts off anspirioudr
with the appointment of eipcrienced
military men as commander and as ad
jutant. Col. H. T. Juhnn of Bradford,
the man difmted by t;ov. Graham as
the Head of the repiment, & fomierly
in command of the Vermont Nations!
Guard regiment, while W. W. Ruoll of
Moctfelier, until recently of White Riv-
The Bond-Owning Habit
The French people are the most saving
in the world. J he old woolen stocking,
bidden in a far corner of the bureau
drawer, has become famous in European
finance. It has gained its fame through
periodic emergence and regurgitation for
the purchase of government bonds. Not
merely France, but Russia, Turkey, sun
dry Balkan governments, various states,
provinces and cities all over the world
have profited. The French have become
a bond-buying, bond-owning people, and
the periodic profits have reacted on the
natural disposition to save, greatly in
tensifying it.
This is one of the gfeat reasons of
France's financial soundness and econom
ic strength. After the war no country
will rebound more rapidly into normal
life and economic progress. Tempera
ment, character, will have something to
do with the revival, but thrift and the
individual nest egg, which will often be
larger at the end than at the beginning
of the struggle, will have much to do in
rebuilding prosperity.
Now, here we have an opportunity to
fake a valuable lesson from a friend.
Why should not the United States be
come a bond-owning nation not the
banks nor the billionaires nor even the
comfortables, but the plain peopleT The
great $2,000,000,000 government loan
gives an opening to all. The bonds can
be bought from $10 up. If the people,
the poor people, will only get the taste
and the habit of investment, the war
may prove a blessing in disguise even
from the point of view of wealth, and its
end may find a more evenly distributed
welfare than the country has ever
known before. 6S"ew York Evening Sun.
Efficiency Spells Success
"Efficiency is the criterion of
success." Frank Alvah Parson.
There is no argument
about what are the correct
styles for young men the
facts are here.
The absolutely right
styles, models, cuts and pat
terns as laid down and
built up by the rules of
style are waiting for you.
With correct clothing you
also get a guarantee of sat
isfaction with every pur
chase or money back.
Shirts and neckwear the
kind worn by successful
men in New York, on Fifth
Avenue, Broadway, and on
Wall Street.
With these truths in your
mind, come here and look
there is no urging to buy
we leave that to your own
good judgment.
Everything for men and
boys' wear.
Prices $15.00 and up Ao
$27.50.
ni m a t- ni are. wo an ta, . a t
F H. Rogers & Company
.lake
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The Slacker Hunt.
A large number of young men have
left Vermont during the past year or
two to work in munitions factories in
southern New England, and it is prob
able that few of them took the trouble
to be listed for the draft in their home
towns, preferring to enter the registry
in the places where they happen to be
working. That mav explain why Ver
mont's total of men between the ages of
21 and 30 both inclusive was somewhat
lower than was anticipated. Almost any
community in the state can count men
who have gone away into the lucrative
employment in munitions plants, and
some of the larger towns and cities can
perhaps name a hundred or more. Barre
Times.
As we understand it, the foregoing
doesn't explain it all. According to Bur
lington s city clerk, the matter of the
place of registration was not left to pref
erence, r.very young man had to he re
corded in the state, county, ward and
precinct where he was last registered aa
a legal voter. If he was a ermonter
who, althoujrh he had left the state to
work in a munition factory, is a regis
tered voter in Vermont, he was required
to send his registration blank to the vot
ing precinct in which his last declared
legal residence was located.
The fact of the matter more likely is
that Vermont has contributed its share
of the country's million slackers. The
bureau of census could not have made
such a mistake as to over-estimate the
number available. Under the circum
stances, the estimate was supposed to be
highly conservative. It was seen before
hand that not to live up to expectations
would be a moral defeat for America and
would be depressing in its influence.
Without much question, a million wa
chopped off by thos who made the esti
mate in order that America miptit ex
ceed the figure and thus gain a moral
victory.
One of the first lob the country faces
is to round up a million slackers. Now
let us bo on with the Slacker Hunt.
Burlington News.
Down With the High
Cost of Living
Our bargains in Ladies' Oxfords are the
talk of Barre. Just think, these Goodyear
welt Oxfords at prices cheaper than you can
buy an ordinary shoe. Button and lace, in
dull calf, patent and tan.
Sizes mostly from 2 1-2 to 4, some larger;
widths A to D.
$3.50 grade now $2.50
$3.00 grade now $2.25
$2.50 grade now $1.95
Just think of these prices and buy your
pair now.
Rogers' Walk-Over Boot
Shop
170 North Main Street
Hi
w unoice
If you don't buy a Liberty Bond
now and help win this war, you
may have to buy two or three, later
on, to give the Kaiser.
Don't Be a Slacker!
Buy Your Liberty Bond
TODAY
Go to any bank in Barre and
subscribe.
Only four days left in which to
secure these Bonds.
BARRE SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
QUARRY SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
GRANITE SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
The Little Fellows.
In responding to Liberty loan appeal.
the "small folk" are understood to have
done very well in very many communi
ties in relation to their means and their
lack of investment training, and espe
cially in relation to proportion results
among other classes much wealthier and
more versed in securities as well as
often professing much more civic interest.
It has been, tinder all circumstances of
our past neutrality and of our present
war eeocraphv, a stiff task of both in
forming and arousing the great popular
consciousness in so brief a period. There
were issues, needs, duties and advantages
I to be defined and impressed.
The people have vet to react adequate
ly to the seriousn.'ss of our war burden.
nd to comprehend fully the gravity or
ven the reality of the issues. To too;
.any a vet these seem to be abstract and
their application rtmote. War develop
ments may in time gradually cure thi.
So, too, has it been with the tommon
obligation to share in the subscript Kin.
and the need to make it a most emphatic j
expresion of popular opinion. Too many ,
evidently hae as yet felt it was some- J
body ele"s job. Liken ie as to full un-
derstandinjf of the attractiveness and
real esse of a subscription that oufiht in
itelf to be amounted a privilege of
patriot mm.
There are no argument sgs.nst the
war loan. But there have been some
misconceptions which have acted as de
terrents. One has been apprehension at
"tying up" savings for 16 or 30 years;
and this needs but the driving home of
the truth that American government
bonds are the most salable thing in the
world plus their strong chance of a
premium as well as being the finest col
lateral. Another deterrent has been the mental
measurement, In a time of high living
expense, of the principal amount, jjui
the bank and corporate installment plan.
when fully outlined and emphasized
take care of this, especially when on
the smallest bond it is made clear that
on a year basis but 14 cents a day is
called for; and that a $10 bill in hand
quts this to 11 cents.
And a few small souls have been self
ishly tempted to contrast the govern
ment' 3Vi per cent, with the savings
bank' four per cent. In such a case a
sense of shame is not hard to stir when
it is made clear that such individual is
hiding from duty and privilege behind 23
cent a year, or one-half cept a week, as
regards a $T0 bond; and that, further,
this difference of one-half per cent, doe
not begin to cover difference in security
strength, tax-eiemption. rate conversion
prospect, and the basic fact that the Lib
erty loan is an Insurance for safety of
all our banks.
Then there is the encouraging appeal
to thrift, with the persuasion that of $50
saved in 60 weeks, by fsr the greater
part would not otherwise have been
saved. The loan flotation should prove a
monumental education in American
thrift, as well aa a factor making for
more serious citizenship.
Missionary effort of corporations,
banks, bond men and a bost of other
worker will not have been in vain,-
particularly in event of a subsequent
issue. Much groundwork has been laid.
boston News Bureau.
How to Pack Clothes for Winter.
In the June Farm and Fireside, the na
tional farm paper published at Spring
field. Ohio, we read;
"Before putting away clothes and
blankets, I do any needed mending on
them, clean them thoroughly, and hang
them in the sun for several hours in or
der to dislodge any moth eggs or larva
which may be on them. Cedar chests
and moth balls repel the insects, but if
eggs or lsrv are already present when
the clothing is put away, these remedies
are of no avail. 1 spray cracks and cor
ners of the closet and box with gasoline
in order to kill anv larva that, mmv hn
hidden there, and I distribute a few cam- be no
phor ball among the fold of tJie cloth
ing. "For woolen coats, dresses, and furs, I
use ordinary pasteboard suit boxe made
moth-tight by pasting strips of paper
around the edges to seal them. I use
cedar chips or strong sachets freely dis
tributed among the folds."
Vermont: Mutual
Fire Insurance Company
of Montpclier, Vt.
Age, Eighty-Nine Years
Assets
59,660,000.00
Membership
46,000
Policies written under Mutual or Paid-Up Tlan at
actual cost no profit
If you are seeking Insurance, see our Local Agent.
McAllister & Kent
Agents for Darre, Berlin and Orange
The Birth of the Star and Stripes,
Kditor of The Barre Daily Times: Once
more we ask for a little space in your
paper that we may remind the people
of the city that June 14 is Flag day, the
140th anniversary of the birth oi tne
Star and rUripe.
In these days when so many flags arc
flying all over Mb land, it might seem
unnecessary to speak of Flag day, but it
is a duty as well as a privilege to re
mind the boys and girls that the 14th
is Flag day.
We are taught that the Christian
church has two duties to perform, one is
to bring all men and women into the
fold and then help them to make a life
program, and so every man, woman, boy
and girl when they are brought under the
folds of the Stars and Stripes must be
taught that it means something and that
it should be our life work to unrold It.
The first display of the national flHg
of a military post' was at Fort Schuyler,
the site of Rome, N. Y. The garrison
was without a flag. One was made by
cutting up sheets for the white stripes,
bits of scarlet cloth for the red stripes,
and the blue ground was made from a
cloak belonging to Captain Abraham
Swartwort. This (lag was unfurled over
the fort Aug. 3, 1777.
The national flag was first unfurled
in battle on the banks of the Brandywine
Sept. 11, 1777.
The American flag should ne constant
ly in sight in the home, streets, school
and church. Let the American flag be
placed with the Bible, one the emblem of
loyalty, the other, the teaching of hu
manity and God's divine love for his
children.
Wonderful progress has been made along
the line of patriotic education. Patriot
ism know no sex and its battles are
won with woman's weapons as well as
with the mighty armies of men Every
woman ahould have a copy of the con
stitution and study it. Its study would
more tiresome than doing fancy
work. We are teaching by word, song
and story the meaning of the flag, and
that for which it stands, the cost of lib
erty and the blessings that follow in its
wake, loyalty to country and reverence
for its defenders.
Day by day we are gaining ground
and the symbol of our victory is shown
by the fluttering flags that mark the
sihoolhouse and tell the story to every
passing breer.e.
Let u not halt in this bloodless battle
until "Old Glory" floats over every
sihoolhouse and pnhlie building, and the
salute to the colors is as universal a
the morning exercise in school. ,
Emm A. LaPoint,
Press Correspondent, W. R. C. ,
A. W. Badger & Co.
Ventilating Porch Shades
Keep the Hot Sun Out
Let the Cool Breeze IN
No porch need now be hot and uncomfortable.
These new Ventilating Porch Shades reduce tem
perature 10 degrees on hottest days.
Real ventilation is tha secret ! Air is not retarded as with
old style, heavy awnings and shades. Nothing so delightful
and cool as the Aeroluxed porch.
Beautiful Durable Artistic
Aerolux Ventilating Porch Shades aremadeof rustic Linwood.
They last for years defy weather need no attention.
When rolled up cords are out of sight Patented "No
Whip" attachment prevents flapping in the wind.
Aerolux Ventilating Porch Shades will give you absolute
comfort. Compared with service given they are the most
economical you can buy.
We carry a cempftfs lint of Atrolux. Variety
of btautiful permanent colon. 5is to fit any
porch opening. Coma in today and tham or
oak to hao oar rapraaantatwo call with tamplee.
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Notice !
All the motorcycle rid
ers that are interested in
the motorcycle trip Sun
day, June 17th, please see
Secretary F. H. Bartlett
before Sunday, or be pres
ent at the motorcycle club
meeting Friday night.
A. M. FLANDERS
207 North Main Street
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You can scarcely establish yourself In a successful busi
ness career without first making a sound, safe banking con
nection. This bank will welcome you, as it has welcomed many suc
cessful men who began their careers by opening accounts
with us.
SAFETY, COURTESY AND PROMPTNESS
to each depositor alike is our motto
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