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THE J3AHKE DAILY TIMES, BAHRE, VT., TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917.
BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917.
Entered at the Toitomrc at Barra Swond-
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THE BARRE DAILY TIMES, INC.
Frank E. Langley, Publisher
The milk of human kindness is still
j ihesp in price.
The Vermont militiamen won't find
any weather much worse than thii in
Charlotte, N. C.
"Amexes" is a denization which doe
not serve so distinctively as "Sammies"
and it is scarcely likely to become fast
ened to the American soldiers who go to
Europe to fight in the battles of world
democracy. "Sammies" is the best name
thus far devised for the Americans.
The Vermont Bar association puts
j public health before its own convenience
and has called off the annual mid-sura
mer meeting. State organizations are
j showing commendable desire to aid in
stamping out infantile paralysis. Pretty
j soon they may make it unanimous, ex
i cept perhaps for these Chautauqua com
' panies.
Great need of 24,000 army physicians
; and surgeons at the present juncture in
! national affairs is bound to deplete the
j ranks of medical men in the United
, States in such a manner as to make the
j problem of public health in some sections
; of the. country a serious matter. People
! must be more careful of their own health
! in order to keep down the need for call
j ing physicians.
We'll guard your head
and protect your pocket.
Here are the fine hel
mets at $2; others up to
$6. .
All good, some better.
Here's a bunch of
straw hats with the
profit all sliced off.
Come in now and get
a bargain.
Six weeks yet to wear
a straw lid.
F. H, Rogers &
Company
TVs are sorry to hear that the Vermont
state fair at White River Junction is not
to be held this year. It always has been
a good show, well patronized from New
J Hampshire. Concord (N. H.) Monitor.
: If it is not permitted to show this
year, it will come buck bigger, better and
! busier next year. By that time your de
1 sire to see the great Vermont state fair
; will be all the keener. So spare yourself
' the temporary mourning.
If all the advice about canning is fol
; lowed by any considerable proportion of
i the people, we shall be living largely on
canned foods next year; and there is
i some reason for believing that we shall
be glad enough to have that form of food
to sustain us. The urgent pleas to the
(American people, particularly to the
j housewives, are well directed. The na
I tion will be well fortified if it has a sup
ply of canned foods on which it can rely.
locked in their embrace of death. The
place for American soldiers is on, the
western front, where the greatest forces
are gathered and where the finest strate
gy of the war is being put into opera
tion by both sides. The war will end
when the entente allies are able to driv
the Germans back onto their own terri
tory.
Southern cities which are raising large
sums of money for the purpose of mak
ing such improvements as will make
their locations acceptable as camps for
' northern state troops will not have the
i benefit of a stay of these troops for a
long period. There is a possibility, how-
ever, that the locating of these first con
I tingents may result in sending other
I troops there later on. Thereby the
southern cities will get their money back
and perhaps more. Anyway they are
; showing characteristics of community
hustling which will give them a national
; standing. That in itself will be an asset.
The Vermont National Guard is to be
mustered into the federal service on Aug.
5, and it is probable that the regiment
and its accompanying detachment will
leave Vermont shortly after that date
for the training camp at Charlotte, N. C.
The removal of the regiment will leave
the state in an unprepared state as far
as military forces are concerned because
the Home Guards are probably not in
shape to give very efficient service at the
present time. The prospective early
withdrawal of the National Guard ought
to act as a spur to greater effort to bring
the Home Guards to a point of reason
able efficiency; the ranks should be filled
immediately and the men should go
through several drills each week in order
to acquaint the men with the use of fire
arms and with the manual of arms.
There is a possibility there may be need
of their services during the months, per
haps years, that the state's chief military
forces are away from the state.
The artillery duel between the Ger
: mans and the British is a test of am
j munition supplies; and the one which is
the better supplied at the end of the ter
rific bombardment is the one which will
make the infantry charge and win a de
cided victory. Neither side can go on
long, however, with the " present con
sumption of munitions. The reports
seem to indicate that the British are not
returning shot for shot of the Germans,
which may be taken as an indication
that they are conserving their supply to
a certain extent. Moreover, they must
have been better supplied at the outset
of the artillery engagement. That being
the case, some important developments
may be expected.
The esteemed Russian ceneral who
thinks that an army of 100,000 American
soldiers on the eastern war front would
mean the beginning of the end of Ger
many is, we doubt not, in that class of
military strategists who have been lead
ing the Russian soldiers in the field
strong perhaps on theory but rather
weak in practical application. There is
truth in the statement that an American
army of 100,000 would serve as a rally
ing point for a rejuvenated Russian
army; but the belief remains that the
war will be decided on the western war
front, where the giant contestants are
MORE OFFICIAL HAZE FROM BUR
LING TON.
The new German chancellor, Dr. Georg
Michaelis, is no more convincing in his
public utterances than his distinguished
predecessor, Von Bethmann-Hollweg,
was. The latter seemed to be a past
master in the art of concealing his
thought in a maze of words but the new
comer in the position has thus far dem
onstrated an ability along the same line
equally as strong. It may be taken for a
fact, therefore, that the manner of talk
ing in public is peculiar to the form of
German diplomacy, if the conduct of
German international relations may bej
considered diplomacy. The officials are
simply following out a Prussian method
of treating international relations, start
ing with the designation of treaties as
scraps of paper and continuing with
violation of about every well-established
canon of international law. That form
of procedure may hoodwink the German
people but it is no longer effective among
the nations of the world. Germany is
henceforth branded as a wolf among na
tions and will be treated as such until
such time as the present regime and the
present methods are eliminated. There
seems to be nothing to expect from
Chancellor Michaelis, as he is merely the
mouthpiece of the Prussian government
The entente nations are simply wasting
their efforts in their replies to the docu
ments which the new chancellor is hand
ing out from time to time. Moreover, as
a new omcial .Michaelis is supposed to
put in just about so much publicity for
himself in an effort to solidify his posi
tion with the German people. Let the
entente allies ignore his emanations un
til such time as there appears to be sin
cerity back of his proposals.
BIG
SHOE
SALE
Our entire stock of
men's, women's and
children's
Low Shoes and
Pumps
(except White Canvas
and Tennis Shoes) at a
big reduction.
We find we have quite
a stock of these for this
time of year, and we
need the room. There
fore, we are going to
give the public the ad
vantage of a big saving.
All $5.00 Low Shoes,
now $4.15
All $4.50 Low Shoes,
now $3.83
All $4.00 Low Shoes,
now $3.35
All $3.50 Low Shoes,
now $2.90
All $3.00 Low Shoes,
now $2.43
All $2.50 Low Shoes,
now $2.15
All $2.00 Low Shoes,
now $1.75
We have left 50 pairs
of those Ladies Oxfords
in $3.50 and $4 grades,
sizes 2Y2, 3 and 3'2, for
$1.98 per pair.
NOTE. These goods
are all from our regu
lar stock and not bought
just for a sale, there
fore are of the same
good quality which you
have always bought of
us and also have the .;
same guarantee as if
bought at the regular
prices.
You should consider
this in your buying.
Rogers Walk
Over Boot Shop
170 North Main St.
CURRENT COMMENT I
Waterbury'a Spenders and Providers,
The working man's real serious prob
lem (providing he is married) is not so
much what the figures say in his weekly
pay envelope but the ability of his wife
in being a prudent spender. We have
women right here in Waterbury, we don't
care to name them, who can easily spend
all that two able-bodied men can bring
home in their pay envelope! Yes, and we
have husbands in Waterbury (don't care
to name thorn, either) who socm perfect
ly willing to let their wives do the pro
viding. Waterbury Record.
"German Atmosphere" Cooled.
Reports from College hill are that all
is going smoothly with the summer ses
sion language schools, and that in line
with the suggestions previously made in
these columns the head of the German
department has modified to a large ex
tent some of the requirements of previ
ous years regarding constant use of the
German language on the streets and the
compulsory reading of German newspa
pers. It is pointed out that the prospectus of
the school promising the creation of a
Gorman atmosphere was prepared by
Fraulein Professor Stroebe long before
the United States went to war with
Germany, and that in full realization of
the circumstances, the German atmos
phere is not in any sense a pro-German
one. Mudiously the instructors appear
to be avoiding the raising of any issue
that involves the war or odious contrast
of German kultur and American ideas.
Fraulein Stroebe herself has lately taken
out naturalization papers. Middlebury
Register.
ing six months for the production of the
wonderful engines that weigh less than
two pounds per borBepowr.
It would be absurd of America to en
ter the air war with inferior machines,
Italy sets us a standard which amounts
to a challenge. Maj. Terfetti of her fly
Ing corps, says that she bus now in use
the fustest airplane in the world, having
a speed of l.'ill miles en hour, and the
fastest seaplane, with a speed, of 112
miles. How has she manaued this T The
major remarks that all the planes use!
by the Italian army are coiiHtructed of
raw materials shipped to Italy from
America, Such material we shall not
have for ourselves unless we deal quick
ly and sternly with the treacherous stop
page of the saw mills in the spruce for
ests from which the aircraft production
board was to get its supply. And Mr.
Coffin believes that German money is do
ing the mischief. This is a matter which
calls most urgently for the immediate
attention of the government. Interna
tional plotters and traitors must be
swept out of the country or into prison
if they attempt to block the nation's ef
fort to win supremacy in the air for de
mocracy. Boston Herald.
The Liberty Bondi and the Fanner.
Building Our Air Navy.
The chairman of the aircraft produc
tion board understands the difficulty and
magnitude of the task which it has to
perform, and wisely refrains from any
word that would encourage the idea of
America's air navy getting into action
earlier than next summer. Knowing that
months are required for the making of
the jigs, tools and gauges without which
a battle ship cannot be built, he begins
at the beginning with the energy that
must be sustained to the end, and as
soon the tools are ready the work oi the
fighting machines will start. Do not ex
pect results too soon, says Mr. Coffin, but
if progress is kept at the pace already
attained "there need be no fear as to
America's position i nthe aircraft field
by next summer." This is a sober esti
mate in which we may have confidence,
Hundreds of machines have to be built
and thousands of airmen trained before
a fighting plane can take to the air, and
this production of training machines and
teaching of fliers is proceeding now and
will be continued until there are qualified
pilots ready to mount the battleplanes
as fast as these are finished. The light
and speedy high-powered planes that go
to battle four miles up in the sir have
been developed only through the chief
belligerents' war experience, and we
must begin with their designs if we are
to join them in their flights. If we can
make improvements, so much the better,
but they will take time, and Lord North
cliffe may not be too generous in allow-
It has been repeatedly pointed out that I
in purchasing Liberty loan bonds the!
fanners of the United States were fur
nishing the means to their best cus
tomers to purchase the products of their
farms. Much of the proceeds of the Lib
erty loan, both that used by the United
States government and the amount
loaned to the allies, is to be expended in
purchasing food and supplies for their
armies from the farmers of the country.
There are other reasons, however, that
make the Liberty loan bonds especially
desirable investments for farmers.
A safe investment is particularly suit
ed to a farmer because he is in most
instances at a distance from bond mar
kets and not in position either to know
of or immediately act upon informa
tion of matters affecting the value of
bonds. The Liberty loan bonds are in- J
vincibly safe, backed as they are by the
resources ot tne richest nation in me
world and the faith and credit of a peo
ple who have always respected their ob
ligations, and they are of stable value
and liable to little or no fluctuations in
market value.
The farmer is a busy man and often
has neither time nor the opportunity to
study the questions of finance and bond j
values. The Liberty loan bond heing a
bond about which there can be no ques
tion, he can rest asttured always that ho
has made no error in judgment.
The farmer often feels the need of
ready cash before the harvesting of his
crops. The Liberty loan bond puts in his
hand a security on which lie can always
borrow money and at a rate as low or
lower than he could borrow on any other
security and with less trouble.
There is another aspect of this invest
ment in Liberty loan bonds that will
appeal to every true American. He is
supporting the government, he is sup
porting our soldiers in France, and he is
doing his duty as a citizen when he in
vests in Libert v loan bnnds.
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