It Is Your Probletti to Be Solved in Your
/ With Your Neighbors
, By ELIHU ROOT, Address to Hamilton College Alumni.
DURING the sixty years vast change has come over the condition*
of the world. Human society has changed almost as much sa
the results of science. Life has become vastly complicated and
difficult. The government which was formerly simple, now has
to deal with such great varieties in life that it is impossible for anyone
untrained and inexperienced to understand how the salutary control and
encouragement that the government owes to its people can be accom
plished.
Democracies have the benefit of wise purpose but they have not -the
advantage which monarchies and aristocracies have of intelligent under
standing. The great and complicated problems of government, on the
successful solution of which depends the continuance of all our pros
perity, our liberty, our opportunity, are being dealt with fiy democracies
which do not understand, which haven't the training, the information, the
background to enable them to understand the force of the governmental
processes which they need. .
The cure for that, and the only cure for that, is in the education, to
obtain which the youth of America are now rushing into our institutions
in a tljrong never befor^— no, hover before—approaclied. Our national
life and everything that we fyave in it, the peace and opportunity of this
beautiful hillside, our homes, our individual independence, the future of
all our children, and our children's children depend ftpon which wins in
the race. Education should teach democracy to understand the forces,
needs and complications of life which are continually making the prob
lems of government more difficult.
We have long herfrd expressions of widespread dissatisfaction with
the work of our national congress, justified, in my opinion, but the ffuilt
is not in Washington but with you, and with me, and with the people
themselves because they do not understand .what id necessary to the suc
cessful conduct of free government. They send men to Washington be
cause they are good fellows, because they like them, because they think
they can get some advantage for the district from which they go, and the
people themselves who send them forget the great stakes which they have
in having men in government in Washington who understand the duty,
and the responsibility that rests upon them. It is your problem to be
solved in your homes with your neighbors by application of those methods
of intellectual concentration and understanding that you have acquiied
facility for in these halls.
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Importance of the Search by Ancient Races for
an Earthly Paradise
By W. J. PERRY, in "Origin of Magic and Religion."
The elaboration, by the Egyptians, of ideas connected with the life
to come had tremendous consequences. It ultimately led men from the
ancient East to the uttermost ends of the earth in search of the earthly
paradise, the place where givers of life abounded, and immortal life, to
gether with eternal youth, were to be enjoyed. The story of this search
is one of the most romantic that can be told, for the quest lasted down to
within comparatively modern times.
It must not be thought that the connotation that the word paradise
possesses today is identical with that which it possessed for the ancients.
They seem actually, like the Spaniards with their Fountains of Youth, to
have believed in a place on the earth where immortal life was to be en
joyed, not in some mythical region that never existed except in men's
fancies, as we now know to be the case. •
It is quite obvious that the idea df an earthly paradise, once elab
orated, would prove a most potent attractive force. For what stronger
incentive to adventure could be offered to mortal man? The lure of
wealth would be as nothing compared with it. The instinct of self-pres
ervation, the desire to preserve life, and to avert death, would cause men
to brave any dangers, if at the end of their.search they thought they
could gain these boons in such happy surroundings.
The "Pacific Onslaught" of the United States
on Latin America
By MANUEL UGARTE, in 'Destiny of a Continent."
One of the great wonders of this century is the flexibility of United
States imperialism and the multiple phases it has developed in response
to local conditions. The world has never seen such a "pacific onslaught,"
such a wonderfully planned advance as that of the United States on
Latin America. ♦
Home applied a uniform standard of conquest. Spain persisted in
vanity and glamour. Even today, France and England strive to domi
nate, not to assimilate. The United States alone has created a new
system in complete accord with the trend of the times, discarding all
practices or scruples. Other nations have occasionally obeyed public
opinion. United States imperialism has always been able to control
its impulses ,and its repugnances.
Sometimes by strength, others by persuasion, disinterested here,
inflexible there, the game has followed such a vast plan, the vision is
so broad, being developed without fears, without sensibilities, without re
spite, in such a synchronized movement, that we must frankly confess
American imperialism is the most perfect instrument of domination the
world Jias ever known.
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These Simple Rules Will Help You to Secure a
Well-Balanced Diet
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS, in The Forecast
iri M« not need a so-called "bilious attack" and violent indigestion
to prove that a ration should be well-balansed- in order to be well taken
care of in the stomach and intestines, and to furnish the body with
the different elements it needs for growth, repair and energy. Food
combinations are important, not alone because our elderly aunts would
say they might disagree, but because too much or too little of any es
sential food factor shows itself by underweight, overweight, indigestion,
headaches, anemia, lack of "pep," and constipation.
These rules will help to secure a well-balanced diet Where meat,
fish, eggs or other concentrated protein foods are a part of a meal, omit
milk. Take it instead between meals, or before retiring, or at a meal
where meat and eggs are absent Go lightly on fats, and counterbalance
their presence in a meal ,by plenty of fruits, vegetables and greens, in
the form of romaine, endive aqd lettuce. Hold back on oversweetening.
One rich dish at a meal is enough! For example, a lobster salad with
mJponnaise is a meal in itself, and when combined with breadstuff*, fur
nishes the body with enough energy and nutritions material to carry on for
three or four henzs. ' $
and Ailster Mac Donald, sons of the British prime minister, sturtijiu on a tour of the world.
2- ZR-8, America's Qerman-bullt Zeppelin, photographed during one of her trial flights. B—Great masses of
boulders forced down by the Mount Shasta glacier. Which" Is slipping.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Republicans Win in Maine,
but Democrats Extract
Some Consolation.
By EDWARD W. PICKARO
UP IN Maine, at least, the oil scan
dals apparently have not hurt the
Republican party seriously. Neither
did the klan Issue, which the Demo
crats sought to make predominant j
there, operate as they expected. In
last week's election, when the largest
vote In the history of the state was
cast, the G. O. P. won a decisive vic
tory. Ralph O. Brewster defeated
W. -R. Pattangall for the governorship
by about 30,000 votes, and United
States Senator B. M. Fernald was re
elected, having a plurality of nearly
50,000 over F. J. Redman. The four
Republican congressmen were all re
turned, and the state legislature re
mains safely Republican In both
,-branches.
Brewster was supported by the klan,
while Pattangall was the man who of-'
fered to the Democratic national con
vention the plank denouncing the klan
by name. One of the Democratic
state leaders said: "It has been dem
' onstrnted that the Kit Klux klan has
more members in the Democratic
party than we realized." #
Democratic National Chairman Sha
ver managed to extract a lot of com
fort and hope from the returns. Said
life: "The whole story Is that a Re
publican state has gone Republican by
a greatly reduced plurality. Any at- j
tempt to prove anything else by the
election figures Is not Justified by
facts, as the history of Maine elections
clearly shows.
"The election from a Democratic
standpoint Is a victory. The Demo
cratic nominee for governor was de
feated by 30,000 votes less than In
1020, the last Presidential year, in the
face of the fact that the vote thla
year was approximately 40,000 larger
than In that year. In other words, the
gains have been tremendous and the
loss to the Republicans 50 per cent In
the matter of plurality. A change of
anything like similar percentages In
the country would mean a clean Dem
ocratic sweep."
PRIMARIES were held In a* number
of states last week. In Michigan
the Republicans renominated Senator
James Couzena, who, though he led
the attack on Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon In the last session of con
gress, had announced that he would
support Coolldge and Dawes. A. J.
Groesbeck was nominated for a third
term as governor. Mortimer Cooley
was unopposed for the Democratic
senatorial nomination, and Edward
Frensdorf was put up for governor.
Republicans of Massachusetts nomi
nated Speaker Frederick H. Glllett
for the senste, and he will be opposed
by Senator David I. Walsh. In Colo
rado the klan won the Republican
primary, for It supported both Itlce W.
Means, nominated for the short term
In the United States senate, and Jo**
Clarence J. Morley, the nominee for
governor. In Arizona the gubernato
rial nominations were Dwlght B.
Heard, Republican, and Gov. O. W. P.
Hunt, Democrat; In Washington they
were R. H. Hartley, Republican; Ben
F. Hill, Democrat, and J. R. Oman,
Farmer-Labor. Senator Joseph El
Ransdell was renominated by the Lou
isiana Democrats, and In South Caro
lina the Incomplete returna Indicate
that they have named former Gov.
Cole Blease for the senate. Senator
Harris of Georgia easily defeated for
mer Senator Hardwlck.
WILLIAM ALLEXVHITE, famous
editor of tbe Emporia Gazette,
thinks the Republican nominee for the
governorship, Ben 8. Psulen, haa
"practically allied the Republican
party In Kaasaa with tbe Ku Klux
klan," and therefore he haa sent oat
Independent nominating petitions to
place his name on the November bal
lot as candidate for governor and
that of State Senator Carr for lieu
tenant governor. He ssys be desires
thus to test public sentiment
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N? A
JUDGE CAVERLYS decision In the
case of Leopold and Loeb, the Chi
cago murderers, awaited with Intense
Interest by the entire nation, was ren
dered on Wednesday, and may bs- con
sidered a victory for sentlmentallsm.
The young men were sentenced to life.
Imprisonment on the charge of mur
dering Robert Franks and to Dtt years
on the charge of kidnaping for ran
som. In a carefully written statement
the Judge said that In choosing impris
onment instead of death, he was
moved chiefly by the consideration of
the age of the defendants, who are
eighteen and nineteen years old. But
these self-confessed perpetrators of a
most revolting crime are admittedly
mentally developed . beyond their
years. Opinion as to the wisdom of
the court's decision IV divided. Many
editors and persons who have to do
with the enforcement of the law be
lieve the killers should "have been
hanged. Many educators and minis
ters, being opposed to capital punish
ment, are therefore In accord with the
decision. There are two dangers In
volved In the matter.- One Is that the
murderers may at some time be re
leased on parole, though Judge Cav
erly urged that this be not done. The
other Is In the effect the decision may
have on the mind of the masses, for
these boys are the sons of Immensely
wealthy citizens. Whether or not
Judge Caverly erred on the side of
mercy, there Is not the slightest reflec
tion on his Integrity. But the state's,
attorney voiced the opinion of many
when he said the escape of these kill
ers from the noose will n*uke more
difficult the already hard task of pro
tecting life In Chicago.
OUR "Air Magellans," as the head
writers delight to call them, are
safe In the United States again, and
Indeed almost at the end of their
globe-encircling flight at the time of
writing After stops In Boston and
on Long Island, where they were wel
comed by Immense throngs, they flew
to Washington and were received on
Boiling field by President and Mrs.
Coolldge, the cabinet and Innumer
able other dignitaries, who waited
cheerfully for hours In a hard rain.
The aviators were kept st the capital
for Defense day and then flew to Day
ton. Their route takes them by way
of Chicago, Omaha and Texas to Ran
Diego, Los Angeles, Ban Francisco
and Eugene, Ore.
WHILE the Cheklang and Klangsu
armies continue their bloody
struggle for possession of Shanghai,
with varying fortunes, the civil wsr In
Cblna has spread to the region about
Peking General Chang, war lord of
Manchuria, having declared war on
the central government because It Is
backing the Klangsu forces. Is report
ed to have stsrted six armies, of
30,000 men each, on the way to attack
the capital. Chang has had leaflets
scattered among the Cheklnng troops
nrglng them to hold on and promising
aid. The Peking cabinet has been
taken over by a military council and
the minister of finance Is busily rais
ing war funds. The Shanghai mer
chants telegraphed the Peking banks
not to lend the government sny money.
Though the dispatcher from the
Shanghai front are somewhat confus
ing, It sppears that tbe Cheklang
forces defending the city sre getting
rather the better of tbe fighting.
Toward tbe end of tbe week they had
takan three towns near Talbn lake
and were engaged In a fierce battle
with the Klangsu army In the vicinity
of Ihang, ninety miles from Shanghai.
In other sectors of the front the light
ing was halted by torrential ralna.
Japan bas declared It has no inten
tion of intervenlag In China's domes
tic row, but It la anxiously watching
America and Eifeland. for there are
reports of Interchanges between Wash
ington and London that Indicate that
positive measures sre being consid
ered. The Japanese press hints thst
America Is Is sympathy with Gen. Wo
Pel-Fu, the military ciileftaln of Pe
king.
GEN. GREGORIO FERRARA IS
lesdlng a rebel movement In Hon
duraa tbat Is causing s lot of trouble.
Two American cruisers are already at
Celba and have landed forces, and an
other Is on'the wsy from Pansma.
The American charge d'affaires. Stoke
ley W. Morgan. Haa warned Ferrara
that Washington will recognize no gov
ernment set op my him unless the
wurrlng factions rench n settlement,
nnd that a peace conference Is impos
sible unless he ceases his advance on
the city of San Pedro. .
Ecuador, too, has a revolutionary
attempt and the rebels have named as
their leader Doctor Arlzaga, acting
minister to Brazil and former minis
ter to tfye United States.
In Chile the officers of the army
have seized control of the government
and under pressure I'resldent Alessan
drl resigned. But the senate rejected
the resignation and gave him six
months' leave of absence. He went to
Argentina and from there will go to
Europe.
DESPITE the opposition of the
rabid pacifists. Defense day. Sep
tember 12, was generally observed
throughout the country with enthu
siasm. The government estimated that
50,000,000 persons participated In the
tests, demonstrations and celebrations.
Originally Intended to give the officers
of the reserve army an opportunity
to show how much they knew- about
organizing and handling troops in
quick time, the test was voluntarily
expanded into a demonstration of mo
bilization In other ways and was made
to Include thousands of patriotic cele
brations. In the evening General
Pershing delivered a radio address on
preparedness. Next day he was re
tired from active service, General
Uines succeeding him as chief of staff.
PLANS for taking over the control
of the disarmament of Germany
are being prepared by the League of
Nations council. This will please Ger
many, for the operations of the Inter
allied mission aroused much 111 feel
ing there. The league will also over
see the disarming of Hungary, Aus
tria and Bulgaria.
, France's plan for arbitration, dis
armament and security was submitted
to the league assembly. It provides
for:
1. Compulsory arbitration of all dis
putes.
2. Strict enforcement of the treaties
of Versailles, Trianon, Neullly, # and
St Germain.
3. The definition of an aggressor as
a party refusing to arbitrate or accept
the decision of arbitrators.
4. France's pledge to take part In
military sanctions against an of
fender.
5. The definition of what aid the
other powers shall give by placing
them In certain categories.
6. The malnetnance of existing re
gional treaties and the preservation
of the little entente.
Both British and French delegates
Indirectly invited Germany to apply
for admission to the league, hot It
probably will not do so for some time,
especially If the Nationalists Insist on
the sending by Berlin of the note
denying Germany's war guilt. This
note was the price of the Nationalists'
support of the Dawes plan laws in
the relchstag and Its dispatch was
prevented only by the warm protest
of the diplomatic representatives of
the allies In Berlin.
Monslgnor Fsnolll, premier of Al
bania and Its delegate at Geneva,
sternly upbraided the league for talk
ing so much about peace while doing
nothing to preserve It. In the course
of his si*ech he denounced the Dawes
plsn as the most colossal bubble that
history has produced. "It Is," said
he, "a tortuous, complicated, diabol
ical, Infernal concoction of bubbles.
It Is bound to end like sll the minor
bubbles that we are hatching here. It
la too complicated to work. It may
secure, a vice presidential chair for Its
author, but It will produce very little
In reparations."
GEN. PRIMO DE RIVERA, director
of Spain, snd his troops are hav
ing a > hard time In Morocco and may
be Involved In disaster. At last re
ports they hsd retreated to Tetuan
snd there the rebellious Riff tribes
men were fast hemming them In.
Further south the Moors had sur
rounded another force of 8,000 Span
iards and probably had captor**] and
massacred them. Abd-el-Krlra, the
Riff leader, Is willing that Spain
should retain Ceuta and Melllla hut
Insists that all the rest of the Riff
shall he united In a republic. Among
the officers of the Moors sre more
than 200 German officers who enlist
ed In the Bpanlsh foreign legion last
year and deserted to Abd-el-Krlm two
months ago.
CAUSES HURT TO
ALL GOOHOBACCO
BAD WEATHER CAUBES REDUC
TION TO MANY TOBACCO
FARMS.
Raleigh.
Seventeen warehouses operating In
North Carolina In the month of August
on eight markets In the counties of
Bladen, Columbus and Robeson, sold
8,651,576 pounds of producers tobacco
compared with 11,408,915 pounds dur
ing August of last year, when there
were fifty-eight warehouse open.
The average prise was 817.44 per
hundred compared with 822.52 last
August.
Tobacco, along with crops gener
ally, was damaged this season by
weathern conditions, according to an
analysis of the crops out look by Frank
Parker, agricultural statistician.
"The long wet weather period, fol
lowed by dry conditions, resulted In a
tobacco weed of thin texture and good
color. The eastren counties, having
the greatest damage to the general
crops from wet conditions, also had
poor tobacco. The greatest damage
was In that area nearest to the coast
and In the South Carolina belt. The
Inner part of the New Belt and most
of the Old Belt has comparatively
good crops but much below last year.
The condition of 72 per cent Is re
ported for North Carolina, Indicating
an average yield of 500 pounds per
acre. Last year's average waa TOO
pounds. The present prospects of
294,000.000 pounds Is about 24 per cent
below last year's crop. Part of thla
Is due to the 10 per cent decrease la
acreage.
'The national tobacco outlook shows
* 20 per cent decrease from last year
and a considerable decrease from the
usual production. The yield per acre
af 702 pounds Is over 10 per cent less
than the Ave year average. The con
dition averages 70.8 per cent af a full
crop as compared with 86.8 a year ago.
The national acreage was reduced al
most 8 per cent this year.
"The market sales to date in North
Carolina shows a slightly less average
ita price from last year but slightly
more than two years ago. The pro
duction sales to date show less ponnds
in this state as compared with last
year but much more than two years
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Governor Appointe Dates.
A series of speaklnr engagements
for Governor Morrison in the cam
paign for the authorisation of an eight
and a half million dollar bond leans
for the development of port terminals
and the operation of ships was an
nounced by the campaign headquart
ers Saturday. The appolntmente, be
ginning MondXy, continue through Sep
tember 28.
After speaking Monday, In Wade*
boro, at the Anson County Courthouse
at 8 o'clock in the evening, Governor
Morrison win afterwards meet the fol>
lowing engagements:
Banford Tows Hall, at 7:80 o'clock
p. m., September 18; FsysttevlUe, ia
Cumberlond County Courthousf, at 8
p. m„ September 17; Klnston, la Le
noir County Coarthonse, at 8 p., —
September 18; Charlotte, in Mecklen
burg County Coarthouss, at 8 p. m..
September 22; Salisbury, in Rowan
County Courthouse, at 8 p. m., Sep
tember 28; Statesvllls, la Iredell Coun
ty Courthouse, at 8 p. m„ September
24; North Wilkes boro, Ssptember 28;
Wilson County Courthouse, at 8 p. m„
September 28.
Ruling by Attorney Manning.
Under a ruling requestsd by ths
North Carolina Insurance Department,
Attorney General Manning expressed
the opinion that the operations of the
Carolina Syndicate a concern now
engaged in marketing laiyl around
Havelock In the Eastern part of the
State under the assertion that oil wells
will be sunk there, come within the
range of the Blue Sky Law.
Under the Attorney Oeneral's rul
ing, 8. T. Campbell, chief deputy ol
the Insurance department, has suggest
ed to the syndicate that It recall any
advertisements or salesmen who have
been employed antll steps have been
taken to qualify the law or until the
'Commissioner has had an opportunity
to pass upon ths matter in the light
of all the facta and purposes relevant
to the situation.
Frank Dempssy. leading promoter
of the Carolina Syndicate chartered
under the laws of Delaware, who with
his assoclatee haa established offices
in the Lawyers Building, haa made it
clear that h)s concern is not selling
' stock, that it is Interested in selling
land.
Tobacoo Ore we re Claim Fast Start.
Members of the Tobaoco Orowers
00-operative Association in Eastern
North Caroliaa are making a fast start
in delivering the crop of 18M to the
co-operative floors according to a
statement from the headquarters here.
A total cloea to a million and a half
poaads having already been received
by the thirty-five association ware
houses.
The highest average yet reported for
a single loed delivered was received
by Ira Blound of Kerr. N. C.
WRKLEYS
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Wanted, Young Men
to enroll now for the (all term In the
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