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Apple Eating and Economics
ILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
W turns from his big, breezy,
! out-of-door stories of the
Northwest to write a remarkable
xml'ilirul romance called “The Vi
sion Splendid,” a ook just out
from the Dillingham Company, of
New York City.
In this story Mr. Raine con
trasts government by and for all
the people against government
for the benefit of the bosses and
their paid minions. The struggle
is the more poignant, as two
cousins, Jeff and James Farnam,
are pitted against each other in
lifelong fight. James is a pros
perous ‘“‘trimmer,” ever ready to
sell his influence for profit; Jeff
is a man who “in the multitude of
business’ sees the dream of right-
More Pay for R. F. D. Carriers
A Letter to the Hearst Papers
By CHARLES G. EDWARDS,
U. S. Representative from Georgia.
HOPE to see the time when
I every farm home, no matter
how humble, will be supplied
with a daily, except Sunday, mail
service, What I wish for the peo
ple 1 represent should be extend
ed to the farmers of all sections
of this country,
There is a great demand for
the reduction of the postage rate,
I am convinced that to give the
people a l-cent rate will not im
pair the efliciency of the service,
and it will result in a great sav
ing to the people of the country.
What the American people want
is efficient service. Particularly
is this true of the postal system,
In order to get the most efficient
service it is going to be, in my
opinion, necessary to increase the
salaries of the rural free deliv
ery carrviers, as well as the sala
rias of the postmasters, and I
have proposed that the compen
sation of the carriers be fixed at
$1,600 a year,
The carriers, as a general rule,
are gootl and efficient men of
high type. The salaries now being
received by them are not suffi
cient to meet the demands that
confront them, They are unable
to keep up themselves, theip fam
ilies, their horses and their vehi
cles, The city mail carriers, pro
portionately speaking, receive
much better salaties, and people
The Heroic Green Mountain Boys
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
N the 18th day of February,
1781, Congress, without de
bate or one dissenting
voice, passed an act declaring
that on the fourth day of March
next, “the said State, by the name
and style of the State of Ver
mont, shall be received into this
Union as a new and entire mem
ber of the United States of Amer
ica.”
Thus closed one of the most
interesting stories in our Ameri
can history-—a story full of all the
qualities and inspirations that
gladden and thrill the human
heart. No other American Com
monwealth has a history like that
of Vermont. From the very be
ginning of her existence the
Gireen Mountain people may be
said to have formed a -*“hollow
square against the world.” On one
side of the square were the sav
age red men, on another the Ncw
Yorkers, on still another the men
of New Huampshire, and then the
British. Against these foes Ver
mont fonght, tooth and nail, for
more than half a century.
No peopie of whom history
gives us any knowledge ever lov
ed freedom and independence
mote ardenty than did the Ver
monters Pvery man ol’ lh(‘m
said “"Amen o the declaration
of Bthan Allen: lam as reso
lutely determined "to defend the
independeme f Vermont as
Congress is that of the United
States, and rather than fail I
will retire with the Green Mouns
tain boys into desolate caverns
of the mountiins and wage war
with humzzn nature at large.”
Vermont's worst and most in
veterate enem) was New York,
but she was alwavs able to “fix
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS.
eousness and sacrifices mere suc
cess for honor. .
In with the serious stuff of the
novel is a vein of humor and a
strand of romance. This gay bit
of banter between Jeff and a
young woman of the story car
ries a neat touch of allegory:
“Jeff larnam, pacing the deck
as he munched an apple, heard
himself hailed from the bridge
above. He looked up, to see Alice
IFrome, caught gloriously in the
wind like a winged Victory, Her
hair was parted in the middle
with a touch of Greek simplicity,
and fell in wavy ripples over her
temples beneath the jaunty cap.
She put her arms on the railing
and leaned forward, her chin tilt
ed to an oddly taking boyish
piquancy, P
“‘I say, give a fellow a bite.’
“‘1 don't believe in indiserimi-
in the cities get better service.
Many of us have worked for a
number of years trying to create
a sentiment in favor of Federal
aid to toad building and Troad
maintenance. Good roade will
mean new rural routes. Rural
routes mean good mail service to
the peoplé”in the country. It
brings the people of our country
into closer touch with each other,
The value of this rural free
delivery service to the country
can not be estimated in dollars
and cents, The country needs and
must have that efficiency in the
posta]l service which will give
our people every convenience, Our
postal service shou!d be second to
none in the world, We should be
first among lh_e nations of the
earth in the service that means
so much to the hHappiness, peace
and prosperity of our citizens.
Washington, D. C.
Stars and Stripes
Many of the candy kids are
veritable lemon drops,
" * -
The barking dog seldomr bites
the cautious man,
* * >
No one in the factory but the
boss should keep his eye con
tinually on the clock.
* * »
Change in canals of Mars.
Maybe they have a canal-cleaning
commissioner up there,
up a pill to make the Yorkers
num,” and in one way and an
other she managed to stand oft
all her would-be destroyers until
the coming of the days “that tried
men's souls,” when she did he
roic service for the cause of the
liberty she so dearly loved. As
an independent republic (for such
she was), Vermont fought with
an unselfish heroism for the
American cause, her Green Moun
tain boys winning the first vic
tories of the great Revolution.
When peAce came, with the
triumph of freedom, the little re
public of the North sought po
litical union with the United
States, but the rascally politicians
blocked her way. By and by,
when the Government of the Con
stitution was formed, Vérmont
applied for admission to the sis
terhood of States—again and
again she knocked at the door
of the Union—and was refused,
through the machinations of these
same political wire-pullers, chief
ly from New York. But her day
came at last, in spite of the
“Yorkers,” and Congress reached
out to her the welcoming hand
she had so long sought.
For fourteen vears prior to her
admission into the Union, Ver
mont had been an independent re
public, exercising all the func
tions of a free and sovereign
Commonwealth, issuing its own
money, postage stamps, etc, be
ing, in fact, a nation in as com
plete a sense as France or Ger
many is to-day. With her liber
ties forever guaranteed, the
Green Mountain Republic gladly
entered the mighty confederation
which has never as yet had cause
to be ashamed of her.
By EDWIN MARKHAM
nate charity,’ Jeff explained, and.
he took another bite.
“‘Have you no sympathy for
the deserving poor? she pleaded.
‘Besides, since you're a socialist,
it isn’t your apple any more than
it is mine. Bring my half up to
me, sir.’
“‘Your half is the half I've al
ready eaten. And if you knew as
much as you pretend to about so
cialism you'd know it isn't yours
until you've earned it.'
“Her eyves danced. He noticed
that beneath each of them was a
sprinkle of tiny powdered frec
kles. ‘But haven't I earned it?
Didn’t T blister my hands pull
ing you aboard?
“He promptly shifted ground.
‘We're living under the capitalis
tic system. You earn it and I eat
it, he argued. ‘The rest of this
apple is my reward for having ap-
A Woman’s “Don’t” for Gitls
By NAN W. SPERRY,
Assistant Labor Commisioner of the
State of Missouri.
ITH spring there will be a
\; \/ migration of young girls,
leaving . their homes in
country or small town, to come to
the city to go to work. They
come so fresh and eager, so full
of hope for a “career.” They
come spring and fall, a lovely,
hopeful, helpless army, as the
birds fly north, fly south. Who
can explain the psychology of it?
But 'fnr these little “fly-by
nights” who leave the country in
the dewy stillness of the evening
ard wake in the grime and clang
of the city, I say a little, hop
ing, hopeless prayer, for 1 know
the paths so well.
The Strait Path is for most
of them, but. it leads through the
Valley of Loneliness and Home
sickness, and Cold and Hunger
“and Shabbiness are its fre
quenters.
And the path that 1s not
strait is full of sorrow and
shame and suffering, and leads (o
~ but one door, and that is marked
Death.
So to the giri who answers “the
call of the city” I can only say,
} “GGo home, little friend, go home.”
It's the safest, sanest thing you
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The Walking Delegate of a Union,
propriated what didn’t belong to
me.’
“‘But that's not fair. It's no
better than stealing.’
“‘Sh—h! It's high finance.
Don't use that other word,’ he
whispered. ‘And what's fair hasn’t
a thing to do with it. It's my ap
ple because I've got it
““But——'
“He waved her protest aside,
blandly. ‘Now, try to be content
with the lot a wise Providence
has awarded you. I eat the apple.
You see me eat it. That's the
usual division of profits. Don’t be
an agitator or an anarchist.’
“‘Don’t T even get the core?
she begged,
“‘l'd like to give it to you, but
it wouldn't be best. You see, I
don’'t want to make you discon
tented with your position in
life.'” 2
can do, But if you must have
your fling, if come you will, re
member this, for it comes from
the depths of experience of hui
dreds of little girls like you:
Don't seek information from
strangers—man or woman.
Have money to jast you at least
a month.
; Don’t leave home without
knowing just where and with
whom you are going to live.
Don’t work for a man who calls
vou by vour first name.
The day your employer puts his
hand on your shouide‘r and starts
to tell you that his wife doesn’t
appreciate him, get the paper and
look at the “help wanted” ads.
There may be a decent man
wanting to employ you.
Don’t come to the city looking
for the bright lights—you'll find
them, but they are not for you.
Don't overlook the fact that
there are no elevators in the
house of success. You'll have to
toil up, 2 step at a time, through
cold and hunger and loneliness,
and only a few in a thousand
ever get half way up.
Don’t forget that you can be a
thousand times more lonely in the
heart of a great city than in the
heart of a great forest, for you
know the birds and trees and
flowers.