Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1919 — Page 6
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(^Mua. wioadWleoa e«a.' li»t kBUl he wote '“ ’ pit a nmxlmiat m <^ap*»l<se. '- lOM. hM'A. aew vMwMnrMr- ^ M htewardahlp; !tt» haete |OeeliMplaef M4 httK oa Oda and'^'^tM tciOMb' ta. ho atMd ouatiwitldK^hM^attodam -of IMi^olKift hMTo atM.
If any wovii aaOMM. ii.eaC* aad he Bpeake t|alk amona you diaor-
r. wor||M*^ m M aw busy^J^:^WoTk Ham M a law cf the life. ^Qh M echtf hand. a^ ;wMever elao a ama hao.
and awtO he need for The parable of the
Wry >|tetPneUve readme at Who, tlh lu roatertal side td eawd hy hard work. It tKom^ entw IWMreet.
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3fhe war -hdaht.
hawoidd that this wi^^p|pi,|M the HM'^nh ^amdd not haWM<id;h#root
Wwoh amuntor MMiliM ktoe the tJnlMd Mates a Md M tnyadlna Keaieo and cleaning
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aviators
Mnl oent w«d aaoee the heeder
Ahetdd not be paid. ' iMidt by as-
iw
MOaated by
a nflnfir
that afslatr flMir| as a bald head, a greea aorirtio seeea | OhOHi hoameOhO-wlierehy an| whh a pliilc Airt, the fa&nre of the!
ood oOTt Til jtiT to the whide mpaw I emOBdate to masienn nails arm; of 'MwloeeMMli .helow tM Itlo draade. so on. j Bat Hie war dwaiiiinni took the toetter i These eoeesderatiims — from pr^hent!
TM Bve-Day W«ek
rhoaOt Bead Kc-k b tbum]
OSIeers of the Unit^ Mine Workers i ** Am^ca S2.J iaat at tht aationa.1 !
e«t of m^Tidoal hands and promised \ Oboemetos ~ wilt be minar. Women are: , fhe IHOMh It authorised the paymeat' wemt Mto pOUtiw mud as men went | s den^nd made tor a tiiirir*r.our weM., Of the raneow. on the theory that the | to, hat the MdisalSons are that they will j ^a^^**^*,* Jaa sbeuld tffOteet the aviatoni, reamed- * demaBd real »»»■«"« for thetr support.: s^ort daj i^d tha s^ort **eK comieao of where they srent. ms^ that two ; Proonently. whan a huahasd is sent on i w*«* incrcaie of « to pci i vt;f Aawrfcsn Bvee are worth far more than i a she^phik expedition for his wife, be pre.=tni s*a5t;. dolSars. I bcy» cM ttret xhtsrg the aalwman of-; rausi tPe d-maiid of iiOtO
K s wffe Oft the cectrary, ■ uni^jn tosters a#*-* dftijrjuors U? Apw i
. ^ x_ .t. . ^ L. ■ who. thouifb pot deniasciing m which the Americans were ransomed. | egarntnae the mater^J and shop* rmmd ; rn« h Miur- w.^ns ir ? eri^ hav^ When eomethlmt more than haif the j a bit b^ow she sj-^^ds her irr'^r^ey. So! *’ ‘“iaiiy ioae •** B?r o-K^kia a uve-
memor was paid the army ofScer who i it likely wiS bo in pclitjp*. IT:- wonsen nrpreoented this poownment ^mwed Jals j are some tc s-rutis^ t!ic c*edida.t^ hotae and e*mped wUh M.Sde of the ! n»d the iaruss !*h the same eye that rwtOOtt money. The question now oos- ; jM^s w»!iety„ ^ y,.?-- c-f fabr-- iS alJ
fWntfna the army I* whether or not the remainder of the ransom ehouid he pakL SIfeouM the aaent hare turned orer the Itei amount, or, considerfnff that he wa* dealhnt with tMe-re*. did he do t-e proper rhio*? The amy appears to have the view that a pledge in a sSedge, rqardieae to whom made, and Genevsl I>ickmaa says that tbe haiance due the shonld he paid. It lx » nice moral qnestien. At any rats there
wool or part -rotror*. Tr-r-s^ who have rsKi i?.*-ree aod a real solution ftrr s'ars and national ills may expert to etiiist ’fhe aid of the new women voters. Th’-ee who rely on the old time piati-t'.-drs wili find their pohu^'al good# re-
<l**j week, siius mt- fivec.nr moremen. a, tdo <.4:ed i^tatea. Th=.gie dcmar.is i,.re ( -itaru;’.' r?s;arded . With Keen iniereat by tb-- ofi >». erti'.c.ni-. who w-.-uSd r-ji-st a» in^ih .is .'ii.r*e-f= aod ta.n'ers, in tbe -..-r .... r-i.rr:i-!.«'at da' and a i-x-..,. wet-k, iHit wno do no. »••«. aiiy In ,■ i-o.ssiOii.ry vf ii'-..- Pfo--fwrt;.:rj .,»j-t lr%aat T-iat
/'■nin pies^-n- Jaix-r
WhiO'.; .T «}-;:» tUJ.x ? ■ •'■'or' y,. ^;_y ->r -s r^J n»w,>rai:y^r or doi^i.c- , or luei- ' ^ ’ or han^i-r wj;., r ^irjaj;. Thi-t ue-irHi le
paiim has ended.
_ oal -f ea*e'* -i ^ the h>'y.'«r'aife
ma.:ns«g on the counter when the cam- { who hoje.e ever to her worK ■r^'ni zn
thirty feotma a wye»?
It is well to aspire to au.'d e^is-: as s this and work *(rtst-uotiv-elr for the. <T«ailon of cciaditians makin* it pos- ? sible, not for any si tgie class, btit for.
If pe<^ mtuely want to buy food-j *’1. ^‘aKsoe. bo* it *s R«™ary f^.rfopM i, ^ who realize the actual phent of ti** na-i
» no reasott why the army should not ,**«»■ it Is ea easy and cenvieuent furl tion and th« wc.-Jd tod^ to keep re- - nm down the handtta «id take the! thMti to » to a store as It Is to so to ^ peating that this is i.-o time for s'lch
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money aw^ from tbrnn. It may he well; naariat. The theory of the rfty market — .
.y^«r/.V6? THE PVBUt
enough fn keep the cmmtry*e recond j la that the prisdncer and consurmrr will clear and pay all debts because the aa- the brouidJi together there, the rr»iad!ethm never has reimdia^d a valid t iaim. , man being eii^'.ated and !!i.' niazy But getting the bandits — and the nv.’>ner Lhereby reduced. — should at teaj-t be a seermd rr^nsidera- !« »n t^on to rmk-_ 'h's >i rcahty -Space was set asitie at the markev where
I fam«-rs coulfi hack up
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There has been worth of wealth dratr^-yed by the WaT. The peed i>f the time is ifes: prsjdu- uion of rfetre wealth to n^ke up ih^t k»*K. Until more is produced, more ear.noi be dts-tri'-utei To w ork few er dayy and fe^r hourp iS to limit prodm lion, retard the renUicement r-f tne lost wealth, keep UD pric?s ami sake everyliody poor
iiidenniiely.
It rtgh! ttal every OC'Upatlon hoiild he enabled to make a propw
fo Tii curbing
aEd sell direct to the ..wii'un!- Last{ living and have Its share of the prOd-
AII thooghtfol peraona have agreed L-it several farmers toc.y ad- indastry. but the American
Mm imUmI «kMCM fcMl ht to j ^ ot.w., «i» \ ptJ^t «.r ItonOCnlM. 1.M f011»,to« th.!.^^ ao« « X
immigration laws,
emmtry*s axp»lenra with aUens duiiog i tha war petled. The chief thing n^ed! la laws Hiat reflact the Judgment of I the beat Amet^iatt oplalon and laws that wili ha AmertCaa made, for AmerleMis. , The alien Itas been welcomed with MBS rratrietUms, hut little sttCTtloii has been {ddd fo him after he arrived. He became a cUiz.^n or remained on alien, as be wished. Often be retained his forsign idealK even after •wearing
not been that the apace r^erved for j them was o^upind by antomlbUea Apj psrf»ntly no effort wmm made to hpld the j space open tor the farmer*. One ex- ‘ perterice of this character la suiflclakt I for numr farmer:-. They will say that : they were urged to take their produce to fhe city and seU if but that when they arrived they were barred, not only ;U m the good plnces, but from > any
[place.
It i.* the b'jslne«s of the market au-
il! revef get anywhere, under economic conditions, if they
Work productively wily elx hours out of twenty-four, or only five-day* out of seven. Any man or craft that seeks to obtain foil compensation for such parttime effort in advance of the time when It win be possible g«ierally. to demanding nfore than he has any right to. tod trying to obtain bis extra leisure at the
expense of the, reet of soetoty.
Stay-at-Home Profitears
COST OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION ■fnir system of focti distribution le the most . opt '-. in the world This is thr opinion of Kerbert Ht^ver. fanw-us the world over ss a food administrator beeanae of his puhli-c seiwloe during the war and sm-f the armisttce vras signed. fsistribution r.ethods have cot been -ntpw’ed to k^tp pate wiUi Imill n»eth;)-ls of pfodiivtioa. Heie and there efforts Pave been iiiAac to p-.h e distiibutlon problents for the public heneftt, but up to the present T.ioe not a great deal has been ac* ompliabed in the I'uiU-J States To rponne di^nbutioa y-tsis co-operative organisattcuss of producers Pave eff^ted «» sorue pans of the ,<,Hotry. The aim of these is to obtain -or pr:;-^'jcer,3 g larger pi'roentage of the ptkTs paid by coagutru rs as well as to ln'.mx>v-=' nietl?ods ptc-duc-tlorj to standardise output, (tou-si-nier^? have organized c*>.operatlve buying ..-lubs to get the benefit of wholesiUe l-.-'ices t .Uier os rharged by wholeealers or by produi-r-rs. • rties s'-ntilify and cr.ntrrt the distrjb-.itlor, of water and light, but in tbc I nited States they hav** oone Htik* to control the disiribvtion of f"t>d. Me^t of the nv nirips! nzerkets, whkh we:e orismally dee»griod to br tig the producer tn dire, * touejt with th,' consumer. !iav« be> <*me larsoly piaecs waere najdclcmea reta-.;. afu r imj iiig m^'-.st of their staff of eontm.'sr houses ar-3 whoIesHe- grocers, fvea-i^tivs: in,.5.* of the fecKl of c»t;.oi of lar-cr I'OpnUUoti decs no: come ’.r ai r.o.irby faraa*. htit snipp,.,? jy, front aM psrts cf the l*’iitcd Stafv^a and ft-a, ntiitj o'_h*r cotintrie?, TI: s h-^ te-.lc. to t’ rTj :'i« muriir'p.al ret.,.. ii^rKcts izAo piav?;i- wHer-: n’i-Jd!. !::- !! rather ilte:: farmers d*> the aclLuig. ..'iVestsEat.HK o£ uad prouicais ■ i cities ar- piaciiCitUy uuanzmous in advwatiag wholesale terminal aa the be.st method of »av'ng ceets to Oit- c-iiis’-iiacr aad at the same tiaic of giving the proditoers the advantage of sh'ppjug to places where they know a square deal policy prevalle. At such inarkets sales are made direct to retailers and also to coasumera. the wholesale lots being made small enough to inrtte dlraoi boring by & imers or oon^uarers clubs. The w holesale terminal market does net take the place of existing retail municipal markets. ThCiJS markeis centteae. Many investigations have given ground for Herbert Hoover's observati<m that otir system of distiiliution i.« very oeerly. The Wisconsin b(»rd of public affairs made a study In ISU of the cost of distributing cheese, imding the following:
Whan t-M World la Burning Uhn* Th^ n-uriii j* huming, *■ ir^ «itfrfii, yet turnrnS wns faf-n Mnsezuted: -'■■re fltice r»iri»a u":-ruBhlng. ■-'>r ajj lin-isi inip, eruBlunis. Till einh ?*.!]. jlre-swatlied; ‘ :< amiil#! it',j ateadowa. ‘ ttH, ei'adoe vaw.*# will gtldm, ■ ri's;,;. H-*, < nnfj g,>i,1tnThtiiiifh ^.-v oard b*i!oidKr, VV '^n ic. .'aiii. dr.-iiTj:* la'ider. 'a;:.-! f>., *'*1} bide. "’re thK dant-r ^jr-.-ptRS, il-fMtfh the greensW'ETd peering. ^ iJi the soft UgKts Stan. I,augtiing tnaPia ertMavinX, r*eem;ng jr trick-nlwyigg. High their rM^es ujwwaving, i'’>r tbs light* ih«ii 4m^‘ Ajtd iSe wooiliasd haunter Shall wot eease to sasmer When, far down aome glade, i">f the great wrtwid'# Imrning, ’hre soft flame upreming to bis tifscernTg. I'meua lU the shade yh,.Maet dsnes.
Farmers received in summer upound .... Reiallcrs received . ... Farmers received tn winter,.,.”. 1.
lietailers received ... ...
cents
DttxjCn cenla 11 cents
rent:-
Thrae figures incloded a charge f..r cheese making and .'‘elling It to a dealer of from l»* to ; cents a pound; a charge of % to 1% cents a pound for the dealer who sells it to a packer; ralimad fr-Mghtx H to .‘i cenis a pound; the packer sold to a whoteeele groeef whose margin ranged from la to 3 cents a pound; cold storage charge® were from H of a cent a pound a month up to % of a cent a pound for from three to six months; then the retailer charged a margin of from S to 8 cents a pound, so that the retailer paid from 38 to '33 cents a pound for cheese In summer and from ^ toM cents in winter. Wholesale tmrminal markete are designed to get rid of some of these middlemen charges and reduce others. Naturally, they cause some middlemen to seek other emplo>*ment. but that to not m evil, for it to the greatest good to the greatest number that promotes public welfare.
SCEAPS
to .uphold the Cohsiliutlon of the Unlte.f ] ^
Btatoe. Germany was One country thaU ^^*'“*** P’*Wlc. They rafueed to permit its clUxetm to ex-’**'^ servant, expected to do patrtato CMmselves. No matter if thev! In their power to bring prodtd beeome naturalized Americana thay I consumer together. If that to ramatned eubject to Oermto laws. That, Mne then there to no neceaslty for a
at least, to to be changed M the treatg
of 'peace. Article 311 says:
Oermany undertakes to recognize any new nationality which has been or may he aequlrcd by her natlonato under the Mwa the allied and aasodated powers ilBd In accordance wUh the dertsion of fhe competent authorities of these pow'ors pttrsuant to naturalixstion laws or lender tzsaty stipulations, and to regard Mtjch persons as having, in conaeqwenoe of the acquisition of such new hhtMhlitiy, in all rtsxpccta aevered their
to tiicii- t^nntry of origtn.
• 'Milt dhange but it
market and certainly no need for market offlelaia. Thrae offletoJa will be aervlng the public- if they give more eneouragement to the farmers. Such encottisgement can best be griven by allotting spaces where the farmers may feel at home and keeping these spaces open for them. The farmer should have as good a place as the market affords because he is the man who to supposed ~ to M atteorlng g aolutloft of the edgt <ffl eating problem. The local standhMM and others are amply able to take' cafe
iinW does ip^ cMnge the men- .** tbemseli^ and they have been doing
taJ attitude of the iiMdgrant. "^e must imdto dhre of tlio real raaaoa tait M ml^Hoh. Tf dedfmhie aiMk Mu to
coma to Aimtitim.f booome
el^Hnia In Mid an« heart and mibaMlis to eh^- inara sM eoliiii%atlo{^^ they jMcdd be wdeomed htider proper reatrletiona If Hiey are coming to make trouble or to retain their old idvaiH, eegamien of the educaGona! and induetrial opportunities offered them here, they should be barred. The Uvea of thouaamls of young American soldiera irare given that the hyphen might be takan out at this country foraver. Those Who Hame the new Immigration laws vHlf fall in their du^ ualeas they provido for whotojteartod ft^meTtoaalem M
M ftttore. Muh^ pB>vlsio4b M Mat but
est Hdag to rtoimnber to the fThpmtanee
of being an Aaesrlctn eitisen.
*t eince the market was opened to
We public-
Tba/Haifottal Soonomto Laague, of which W. H, ^ft la preanMii i and Charles K. HuMa, vioe-ptorttent rar oeotly conducted a referendum vote on the queeUon whether^j^^ Un^ should ratify the treaty with Oenha^. Including the league of naGcna covenant. without complicating, tfrtaytng. or invalidating reservations’* The resolution was not to be constru^ as excluding such interpretations- of the treaty and covenant at mlgbt be
fU-ttpr ro Editor of Mew York Timeai Your editorial of thto morning dealing' with the prta?ecutton of the profiteers and the general causes of the high er^it j of living breathes more good sense than : has app^red in the public prints in an j age, but it contains one incongruity thae , to surprising under the circumstancea i This to the reference to the periods of | the liberty and Victory loans as to'
periods of patriotic thrift
Any man who spent the nlngteen months of the period of the war in wervice has not required seven months or more out of service on his return to find out that these so-called periods
of thrift were not periods of thrift at, , all, but periods of .out-and-out rank {cases of the
ragance am . _ . „ part or the majority of those who. for: one reason or other, found it expedient'
not to be in service.
No better evidence of thto to required than the statement appearing In these •ame ooiumna last week that the whr hbard tn all its awards raised
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
PRACTICAL TALKS ON DISEASE PREVENTION Prepared by the National Tuberculoeia Aasociation.
Aftar "Flu” Precautions.
After tnfluensa what? It Is a question every one should ask thcmeelvea daily tor the next few months Warm weather has wiped out the danger of active
flu.” but It has not en-
Infiuenra Itself greatly reduces one’s physical vitality. Cases .frequently were folloi^ by other sickness. eapeoiaUy _™ pneumonia, ffhich still further reduced
Mtea of labor; no bettor evidence the victim’s resistance to diseaf^e. This
to hear from some -of thooe who ailtOd behind of the enormous wages
paid to tMse employed in munition Ihctortea and other places of rigorous
sacrifice sfnd patriotic service.
As a former holder^ of ten Ubefty |wn bonds, all of ffhibh I was forced
lowered resistance opens the wav for active tuberculosis, which is a disease
of the weakened.
Most people are Infected with germs of tubercuioeto In childhood. Provide one’s genera! health remains gttod, such Infection may never develop into active disease. In fact, the person appears to be entirely well, but when badUy vitality to lowered by sickness such as Influ-
' A hcT water hcaxins pMnt has here I iiivcnteii for liousps u Ubnu^ eeJlars. ; Amitciai iMass. fci-a a rcAvSe tree the I btanches of whii'h spread ?•' Futy-elght
j feet.
: TuanguLir wrUlnat deeka that fit a ■ corner of a ro«uu have I'pen designed jfor residencea : Kdinl'Urg UTircrrsiij' will «st*b”sfe proj fessorslifpa cf zoclexy, ferestr? and J mentai diseases. i Taast diluted with, lukewarm water, lai-coi-ding to a Fans pbytician. is an j effective rsioedv for hurcs. j t'Uves are the lougcf:! JiVtitl ftu’t trees. I some in ^yrla having b?me at.undant ; crops for more than four cemurtea ! airi*ia»io that actiially lifts itself j from the ground with flapping wing* ■ has been mitlt by a French inventor. I A sticceasful experiment in peanut j cultivation on the Fuphratee river in i Mesopotvinla hiMi been aoeomidUhed. Stolen motion picture lUms valued at $au.toO were found by detectlvra in a ^ coalbin in a New York ten«m«it house. , .4n extensive rain of pitchblende, from which radium to obtained, has been discovered lu southern i;»evonshite. £lng-
ISQd.
A patent has been granted for a chain with a azrew on one end and a clamp on the other to fasten a telephone directory
to a desk or wall.
Joseph Ward, eighty-seven years old. of Atlanta. Mo., a G. A. IL veteran, aaye that he has not shaved hia mus-
tache since May 2, 1885.
One of the new electric motor-dri'ven washing machines washes clothee in a revolving tank, then frees them from
water In a centrifugal dryer.
More manganese Ore wae mined in the United Stotee last year than evn before. Montana producing more than
ail the other states combined.
Helgoland, the former German nava! base, conatota of a rock rising about ITS feet above the sea, one mile long by about one-third of a mile wide. Though petroleum exists tn Slam and has been used in a crude way by tS.e
eeii through the needs imposed upon me by service In the army and whicfi When I Bold Z wa« forced to sell at a substantial loss, tt to amusing—painfully amusing--now M the glare of the splendor rtnlttOB by those who were wiser Uiaa patriotic In'the Met few years to hear these period spOlton of In thto
manner.
Hi4 labor been paid the wages paid
to the avarage enlisted man in the ^ army, less Insurance, court-martial 'To the Biltgr of Tiio X*ws:
fln^ea for not keeping up to the mark j Sir—We have read with a great deal and often a seeming multitude Of Other I of interest editorials on the oacken
CQ.'iis, there would have been no need ' . , ® 1 x,
for such tremendous l.oans made neces-i '*'hlch appeared in The News of July
ensa or pneumonia, these tubercuioeto E rms, lying in walL may launch a sudn attack ev^en months after and make
nmld headway.
Those who had influenan during the wintw epidemic should take out ‘'health Insurance” by hl^ng a doctor snake a thorough examination tp see If any signs of tuberculosis are present. You can not tell without an expert examina-
omA ..........I* « » i natives for lighting, no attempts have If you find yourself free from any SanMits trace of tuberculosis, keep so by sufllci- naade to develop the depmut*. ent rest aqd careful living. recfait patent covers a shoe to cure If however, your "cold” has hyng on! col** P heated plate being inserted despite the coming of warm weather, or j and the heat being retained by the closeIf other indicationiB of tuberculosto are i fllting conitrucilon of the ankle of the
found, begin medical treatment without. shoe
t’s (»-•--
a moment’s delay.
Those who have had tim "fl!;— -Jhouid not assume, however, that they are going to get tubeiculoale nor should those who do deveUm the disease assume that they can not be cured. Tuberculosis, as modern science has proved. Is preventable, and it to curable, pro-vided treat-
ment to begun early.
VIEW OF THE PACKERS
sary by the tnoetidg and granting of their repeated demands. If a nation tn its hour of aeed can by the hair of
thought necessary to clarify the Amer- - force Into sendee its citizens it
THB HOhDlSRS' lAXT* BIU The so-oalled sohiiera’ land bill
Iran position,- "provided no danger to thereby oveated of delay or of furntohIng ground for Osrmaay or other signatory to declare that the ratification by the UrMd Statos to not otmiplete mid binding/' The vote was 618 In favor of thiHratlflcation and IW against. Ballote were collected frt>^ the national council of the league, sixteen votes being cast in Indiana. Those who voted *‘yee” were: Stanley Coulter, William Por-
tune, John H. Holliduy, Robert W. Me-
»e.l« tooome th, Mhtert of «jv.rs, K-
should be by that same power able to force them to work at least at wagse paid before the war. If not as in most cases of service men less than they were paid before entering service. It to a mistaken notion that thto nation went to war as one body. A small part of It went to -war and the larger lairt went to the profit-making feast created under and by excuse of the w|U-. It is that large itort that to responsible
nigh pricee.
cpminenj- Thto time s committee ap^inted by the American Bankers’ Aa-‘ aociatitm to study the ftnaaelal details of. the bills has expressed doubt as to the srisdoin of passing the bill without sums definite ^tovlsimig which are now not a part of it. coasaalrtea aeea a digiirtttr# from the eountif'r tradlv ttooal; attituda toward Mad. and be9d*ia HuU tw^^itiiuik power M vesi^ In Bis auerntsfy ^ the Interior. In par*tofc iiSS|iiifltsi bsHav— the Ml bhoidA embody a fMMtts ratte between the Wfehss of Mate and Imimevemsot and
tas mertgages Chosen.
n la not thought Biat any one finds lj|njlk: wlBi the Intent of the bill. The bngMS oofnmittee which studied it In made a favmaMe report. The an it staads provides that the govsnunsnt sbaH rater into a partnership WtHi dtochugr^ aoMlees, ratlors and marlBes. The plim. provides that in time ths men shall own Mims which they 4mvs paid for M order that the country «b«« be better off tor haTtpg converted filirnssnflil of acres of caussd land into
filrBls afid productive farma. But of oouree the government must ^ nbM to do bttsineSB on estabttohed Hass. Its e^mrtgagss mtmt bo worth someHting, siss U 'Wilt have to carry the entire burd^ ttaeH, for private investora ark not going to risk thoir money on a project Ibat M IMaly to beeomo a i>olltlcat toSue a|Hl may be a dead loaa At a time I thO govermnrat is atfeed to early nil klitda of unwonted burdras. Congress idiotdd see that the pending measure does not invblve the nation In ultimate
financial Mwfieia.
Frederick. Those who voted "no.” thto making the Indiana delegation split evenly, were: George Ade, Henry W. Bennett, C. A. Carlisle, P. S. Goodrich, Tfaomaa C. Rowe, E. I. Lewie. Theodore F. Thtome, and E. H. Wolcott. Whatever you may say about a southpaw. doift forgot ycmraelf aad call him
a left winger.
DoPauw university, very likely, would have besa willing to got along without
40’this extra publicity.
And some were unkind enough to refer
to It as a puny expedition.
for the present high pricee. They auf fered not one whit; they lost not one bit, and out of the blood of their fellowmen they have reaned a rich, goldra harvest, the raus** for all of thl.s Infla-
tion. all of this upheaval.
11, July 12 and August 7. The situation, we believe, to discussed with unusual fairness and Knowledge of the facta. In The News of July 13 an editorial, however, says; ’’Wither or not there to ground for the federal trade commission’s fear that ‘an apprCHkching domination of all important foods in thto country and intsrnatkmal control of meat product# sesma g certainty unleea fundamental action to taken to avert it.’ there to no doubt that the packing business has grown to enormous and surprlaingly Inclusive proportions. This to so clear, to the ordinary marketer, from
■^evoraJ system.
hundred articles by such a Yn Mher words the list of commodities to outra^ousiy padded In order to make the number appear big. handl^ by the packers to a. because of enonomlc reasons. We ^lieve each item helps to make a kVflMbto to the consumer’ and represents a full use of raw materl^ and facliuiss. fipeaking of the 2 per cent, profit of His. ?**"• wJltraial aays. *• wmpared with the dijidmds they pay, however, the outsider M at a sHH greater loss to understand packer finances” Just what a 2-ccnt-on*the-doUar profit mrans may be estimated by any one. In
handled
products, at
a profit of 140.834.935 (materially less
must be carried on In a different manner. for it is questionable if within the light of the present illumination a comparatiyely small part of the nation could be fooled u they were In the last into thinking that the nation wat behind them aa one roan. They always knew that they were behind them. That mucdi went without saying, but the ayerage soldier never dreamed of what t^r were doing behind him. It to only since hie return that he has been -dtoiUusloned,
and the truth to sickening.
The actwiity to worse, the burden of debt piled up on the plea of forced producthm and patriotism to be faced to real, the disturbance caused by the unbalancing affects even the ex-soldier, who has but little with which to meet it. while to me those who are the least dearavtng enjoying the fruits of victory
The police department is hereby re- < for by the lives of those with whom
quested to see that the wind does not j
the Mbels on the packages that heimys, S than that «UowVd bv'the ■f«»d''admil7to! that he to not surprised by the declare- 1 tmtionl. If to* nackers hod tlon of the Natfonai Wholesale Grocers') goods at an averu* r>f’ 1 cenOess^’o^r
.. .. MX. .Vmociatlon tlwt the grocery business U ; pound, the profit * otild have been ^.n. If another war raunt be faced wHhIn i ^ * deficit of I5e.the memory of those who bore the brunt: unless some check la in- would have stood in Its ntoce. of toto last the production end of It ® flgur's 00 wh’oh this reckoning - ' We should like to show by what 11* made are taken from the food ad-
methods it has been made to appear that the packers are reaching out after every foodstuff—something which to not
the fact.
It Is extremely misleading for the federal trade conffnission to ray that the pswzkers deal tn 776 different commodities. Most of them srs strictly animal products and by-products. The complete list has not yet been mads avatlablp, but in the list suMnitted by thetrade commission to the house committee on interstate commerce at the hearing held last January, there were over seventy-five items which the packers do not sell at alt. They are supplies that are purchased at central points and distributed to branc.i houses and plants, mostly for construction and repair work. Instead of stating the principal lines of business the packer-s handla the commto.*k)n enumerates each indivMual
vioMt^ the speed Mws again.
These cool nights', when you're reach- i
Theend of the I-mg. lolig’' trail has not i : that th- readers of The News Wlirwtoh
mlntotratton report It is obvious, w* ^tove, that only the great volume of business makes Possible the InMgnlflcant
profit on each. unit og walW.
At the ^wme time. It should be remembjr^ that the lumpltur ot the "blw fire” buMneas to untolr. since they are separate oompeting firms with no trade a^ro^WJto or MY sbrt^ The trade com-
pcofl.ta together and
Iwmiw tlM^ baatne^s In «3sr to create the stnlstra ImpreMiofi of Hlegal combination. It would be as fair to group together a dozen or any number
Of lo^pendent concerns.
As The News suggest^ no harm can come from discussions which will give the public more light on the packing industry. The packers are heartilv In favor of fultost publicity, because thev believe it will show the Indurtry it to now organized t© be a public asset In the interest of fairness we believi
Ing for the second blanket, ought to ( rraaMd you that if you haven’t done! anything about It yet you're going to
need coal next winter.
The grocers will preaumably tell the grand jury, as they have someUmee told their eustomera. how the commission mart won’t let them buy direct from
farmers and gardeners.
1 bMn What w. ,.p,cted.-nor whai »« I KSlIldtM fSu »n MU. alM o, rt. I wer. leaa than a_yMr_ar. toM _U wouM : SasTif ,oo<la hfadirt MmmtMtoS I {-“i,, 'iLtZnV'Vh!!
enumerates separstely each class- siifl 1 raise, be-SSdf^-totoUn’''' »*“»«« product l^tuli rydlHin? tt fbfl An
WILLIAM B. BEAM.
Paterson, N. J.. August 18, 1618.
The name 0/ the new director of the Boston orchestra is Pehre Monteux. which sounds a whole lot less kultura! and mors civilized than Karl Muck.
INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF
QREBNCASTLE—Lightning struck and burned a torge barn late Monday on the farm of Charles Reeves in Warren township. One horse, a large amount of bay and grain and farming Implements were burned. The loss is only partly covered by insurance.
SRKEN “ —
ig twenty-six items. Thus
we find not only "dried sausage." but "dry sausage," and aU the different kinds of dried sausage Hated as seoarate items. Similarly we find "canned fruits” aa one item itnd then each kind of canned fruit listed separately. SurehIt Is not difficult to run up a list of
actual conditions and on services render^, and not at all on general de-
OP PUBLi” RET.ATIONS
w. w. w'oons.
. ,,, . Assocf^i^ Director.
Chicago.. 111.. August 2:
protect h»rp»if from » Dost that seemed about to hit her and the member was so badly crushed U had to be smontated. A son. Fred Rou^. Hve^ In Indianapolis O. 3. Fills of Indlansvnl!*, state a^mdev ■chool ofllcial, wa- the -peaker • ; th*Fulton county 'juday schi'ij convfntlon
here Tuesday,
BRAZric-Jiir’K.ton township, ■ 'lay . ounty.
GRKENaBURC-Fred Huber, Jr., age ferty, committed suicide Sunday at bis home to Ijswrencevllle, near Sunman. swattowing the /greater parr of a pint of carbolic acid, according to word received here Monday. Mr. liub^r had been in ill health aiyi wae deepond-'iit. It also I* reported he at-
tempted to .-hoot hiroeelf with a revolv.-r ..... . -
If Professor Calhoun loaea hta tnh .<■ *>tit the bullet went wild. A widow and fourilfl plaantog to enie.-aln all its retwned sol
children survive. WUIhun and Julian Hu^r.f^*'’^**- martnea on Saturday fMFauW maybe Uncle Sam will find of ihla county, are brothers. Auguat M. <me for him. ’ ALEDCANDRIA—Beelah park, one of the
favorite camp meeting grounda of the state is cloaad for the season. Two meeting* WM« held in Jtfly and August. Trustees
of the park aasociation town to
eral hundred dollars in Pspair , the various buildings brtore the summer ^ tarae of 1920....The Alexandria public hoots will
The 15-cent sugar prtoe at Gary may be retribution for Gi^ war wagea
It ssmns easier to get pay Increases
by demand than to bring living costa .open for the winter ferTBnMonday.”'^^t^*.
down.
WOMSy AXD POLITICS
Repoblicaa political leaders tn Indiana | **tting run over more oomplicated
devoted a oa^^HjpibU^rtfam of a state meeting 'my of wm^
Bing the eap]j|
problem of
of coui^ ^ej&^f^^iilcal allegtonce of a by the same metho^^^^^jackake an appeal to her heai^;^^l^^iprto may be infiuecced by
theater ticket a TDte
not use such maUmda; he
must mwke hia wppeal to the mind and Che tadlcattoas are that it will be necessary for him to adopt a new argument
rtfuji of the iJcmoiaatic tiewspapere ■ I wonder whether I do ail my students*
-...i ' ,K« - » *1. I thmkius for them.—Profrasor Calhoun. has been criticising the chairman of the| jjj Dep^uw univenilty.
Republican women's natioua? 60nihlitt«*t Since roost of them are Hoosiera and b©rauM ahe wears dlamonde and fash- have a fund of common sense, it is
clothing. That crititism ia an j likely yen do not, air.
tiM'same plane with the argumen-s of; But what to-a road contract betaera that has HsaF'accumulatMg4;IM>fi^ who objected to giving w omen frierop v
^ hal|M becauae they said that wc>c.;,-a ^ inftuenosd by trivial thinge
I2.:s a month, or twenty-five tents more
tnsn the government price. CITY-The ennusl tnetttute
for BIsekford county tetchers openeo at the hfgh school buHdlng here Monday for a fl.s days session. The speskers arc Dr. Gcorse Heonan fJerry, bead of the department of eoliucal science, Bryn Hawr oolle,^ Hr/n ^wr. Pa., and Prsstdcnt Oooks, head of Alnto college. Alma, Mich...,Frank Lex age thlrty-slx »B or lir. and Mrs. Oeorge’li*
Lake Erie A Western
ber S. Ftad Rtoler. the amperintendent. has received the itored oontrsets of ali teachers, con MBUS-Otnernor Oeodrtch and L. H.
The new traffic ordinances also make .Wright, muter of the state grange, are on
the program for aa all-day ptcxUc to be held
Wednesday by the Columbus grange at the
California wiU probably advertise tho ^^gT^
urday.
The Jack*on township food clubs
are In charge of the program, which includes : railroad. Is in a Implial at Crita^ O ' in ■ hand concerts and other entertainment fea- ; serious condition u a result of inliiHU tures. A big dinner will be -ecs-ed at noon. 1 ceived in an accident at Coldwatar trl . EvwTthiiw la free to e s.i}idiera. J. T. j wu crushed about the bead and l^v i Hiekman. representing the rndf^ns Ferters-1 his left foot wu crashed iff above ttof ^wrrk^n^t'on Farmers' Aseoci:."on,, wiii sp-ak.... | when he was drawn under hta train w^e A large barn on the Hifford Vanne*? farm, attempting to board the emflne while’it wi^ aeven miles south of Brszil. wa* drriroyei ; to motion — a oommunlcatton from rj*ni^ by fire Sunday. It contained a large amount j Crt]^, at o«ier, Mich., reports that th# tvwTJ of clover hay and many farm Implements, of C'hester rrlpe. a torm^ Blackford coumv The loss Is estimated at »5.0ffl. youth who was drowned Au^ » k* NOBLBSVILLE—Two hundred teachers of I??;,.*”’"’. * steamer near Gladstone HamHtrm county me* in annual ^e^lon to ! ^o'^er^ August 18. The body this city MorMla-. The toefftute will he i;. j flehemen at 4 o'dockln wuMion up to aad sn-luOtog Friday The * . MaeonvMe, Mich., a dtstsn-
The Chinese bride-to-be ha* to .ttand in a round, shallow basket whlls shs dresses for tbs wedding, in order to make her jof a good temper and amiable disposition. A fluorescent miscroscope Invented by an Australian aolenttot for use with ultraviolet rays enables the rsoognitton of differences tn 'roattsr not psrosptlbls by ordinary light. Georgs W. Perry, of Melrose. Hass., a fistlred busiitsss man now in lits eigh-ty-eighth year, ha* worn a full beard since he wa* twenty, and tt has never been trimmed except on the sides. The alrahoilc ward at toe Philadelphia general hospital, in which In 1818 there were 2,328 drunkards cared for, has been finally clo^d, because slam the middle of July it has had no patients In ths towns of CMrradon, Waffingford and Danby, Vt. ths cow that gave ths most milk In ras month to owned by B. J. ZUtsy, of Clarendon. Her record was L388 pounds of milk and flfty-two pounds of fat. So urgent is ths nsosssity of some Brittoh and American business men In EngMnd to reach America that they are now frequently offering from |2ie to fi»0 to holders of sariy stsamshlp sailings to give up their births. Johannesburg, with a population of ^,274. Is the largest and most crantopol* Han city In South Airtes Ths tastsu of the people are varied, raiding froni the simplest rsquirementa on lb# pan of tlto naUves to the most cultivated
wanu.
J. ff. Luke, of Nevada. Tax., rsosntiy osMbratsd hto eighty sposni birthdair and now he to a brMsfraom. BM brifis to Mrs. Morgan, seventir-thrss, mother of Jack Morgan, elty marshal, of Nsvada. Ttoe two wars awssthearts In Mtosisslppi In their youth. Many-of the public works tn tha Dutch East Indiss, which wars suspsndod during the war, owliig to ths scarcity of materials, are being resumsd, and a dAmand is developing for pMnt equipment and materials for water works, electric and raUway undertakings and harbor fraprovement.**. Many bootlemrers have been arrested in prohibition communlUee, but the police of Homeetead. Pa., recently arrested the flret “stocklnglegger’’-CMra Hobson, who was caught eemng liquor on the sly to paasers-by. gnd who was found to have twelve half pints tueksd away In her etochlng. Not a Slagle bid wes received for ths United States navy’s surplus thirtyounce navy blue melton flntohed eloth, upon which a minimum of 18 a yard had been set, or for elghtera-ounca cloth, the minimum on which was 14.25 a yard, when the seeled proposals were opened at the Brooklyn navy yjird.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS'
W. M J,-HU « 0 O H. a*'« w premia I* value ?—!<«. A Beeder—To whom eheaW * pefsoa applr for eoojTlght btonlu7-The llbrartra. library of congrow. copyright divtoloo, Warittogtea. D. C. iSf What l» the fee?-ei. A Suhsertber-Has one a right to cwder a neighbor's chlM«o not to play on S grSMi plot Just ooiaide ewe's front fsnot?—If ths !* outslds the property line, no; If lo-
alde, yes.
U A -I* ihe Judge of the city court at
Waehington, D
wa* h* sppolntefi;
a negro? If to, by whom There art three city
are P»^:?RS5cf ijeorae F. Kenae- i tollse from ffse po.nt where the Judges to Washington, one of whom is s ne- .. _a.. V.X S TV,...* . # XOvJllttr YnMfl TAII *W. * SeSW J '’W «W.1 .ga
i'r.n, of Ciawfordevllle. D--. John L. Beyl. j J”** the water. 7T»e bociv
railroad strike as an extra Induerawnt i'»>• Rev 2L a Vmlei.t;«e, who recentiy re-= Franklin, and r!0f<^^r r. • ‘ »hefr fh>- ■ women mhe ! to tmjriata I s^«d from tn# pastorate of the First Bap- .Aroadl*. the tetter batog in tiUirire of th* ^ ou. mi waa made on Auguet 19. tourists. 'll*, church here after an fnrnirnhcwy of two I muaic. There are two f'-r-iaj on ; KLW jOL-Howard Murray, age revenfe^n A'tifiiBfian to age old,! .y.5ars, left Monday, with Mre, Valentine, for the progran: luring ^ $*^_**^ 5^* P^lce on a charge of balne a Grecncaati* to such a nice, quiet llitle MiUlngton. N. J.. where he will tax., up mto- May John 5L wt le. •( *^*** 1^k« n^ai
work. I the teacher* on the imOjeT. T^J^taUon Ing station, afiempt#.! to break iL hIV EVANgVlLUS-James Brifin*. genarnt of Taxatton to f.; night, using caea knIVM
I passenger a«enl of the Ctniiiw c.nm- iooAy/’ <'?* Y^^****^*^ 1 with th# prevM«d Kv
hmm th*t prowar iujgt* be by 1^. M^- hit family. He wgie
nart invratl*a.tore com* from r«ava been re-aatabltehed on the Eranavtile i shall, dramatic r.«?e.-s of Indtenat^H*. u.. . ’'•’sn an
■ " iff Princeton traction line, the serrlca haviae | ■NEWCASTLE--The annua! Henry OvHw.7 ; i~T~ uie psaasj’e of ht* ’started Monday....Oaw A. Ktsmer, haad of r-r*' iOKlltute opened Monday with a I The young man was returned t,.
' The -pe*kerB are Or. T. Great I.ake» atatton Tuasday^ Ar^
mors to immecuxtoiy urtsr x storm ineaa ot me .inw...™. w;vur-■ ^ Oaiiowev. or Bali-d rollega ^nd Prof rangements have been completad for’ in* more to irameoroioiy «««• g gu»rm. company just formed, whtoh wiH fil- iD^urray. of the ttoivenu.y of . welcome home of ihe aotolere ^ thta ii.!
raff •gbMnfifMFtttlntk iMtt^ th* susrrasmttoarew I ‘AFLMU5 *^11. ^ ala- r*eaake%a,i i #-.# *la,a CJJB-
place, too.
Another mystery to where all tbs ex-'pany. has anaoon''ed that prewar be entertefned . , . , -
•- ' . dramatic r-«de,-s of Indianai^na. | ^tsre In ilso wait had beetT Mde
NEWFASTLE-The annua! Henry coasty ‘ “fpe •"Si**’ to permit the psassge hil
AK.. (. A 1“ y.; . ji-^chcra’ in«mute opened Monday with ^ \ The young man waa reSiiSt
About the only time com, to down any four large furnltore factenea iwre, «* at the i^ie attendance. lore to immediately after a stona. i ^ Oaiiows^ of
rr - - —- - I ioff CbHspMy juffi rorm«3. wiirefi Win nt*! a-^snr MAcMtiirSaye w* **1 mim m. J.H. «,•!>, u b. the .rutbui .uck-l^i!-a“"'> ^ a?, --.i-r.. v;":
tight.
idea rtf toworponttlwi with the secretary
of sUte in a di^^Uh a capi^l^loa. will ba fcald Thurait foretwst. ef approxln'^ah^y tLwt-.<-C0. i j*- •* tpe fair groOhd here, tme of the FTC. WATNE-An^s^mie at^ey and | ^jjj Lewis Taylor, eecretary of the colieciJon of gwgrmi^j da^ «oo- [ F^Jt^tio" .>f Farmer*' Asw.ccruing ihe f ^ar cre^ ba^are the nest ^ George A. Elliott, mayor, ha* step* whc'h are to ^ la a nsi.ied # - itlssen*’ comTnHtee to represent t,, have 'he «tr*am and fto bordering han-s , ' - the Indiana publU *erv:<'e c,-)-!!-preseneU to tlw form of a state < the ciU ^ a “tmoa rtf the Ontrel
'rtjn}>«rty for an inercare
in
Tr«. .w Wright.
ftorfis preserved- In the fortp of a state rash. Drilnite rieps in this dlrectfen hare ;
not jet been taken, but.this work, is < ephen,
w;!-' Ic the cliairman
It ad tF-r- ttecreUiry of war says, the anuv bo down to nmn by
vHfiiiii n stock sTgumstit Qrat tho sus~ i Septerohev 30. tt to high time that eoa- ' ISnwls ’votars SMghU'Yv'^ sress was doing sOmsiiiinff about lU
t.. be r-eguu .»oon fUchard Li^r. of Indterat^Hs. director of the Indiana eoneervation i ontmissicn, an V »h* menibere of hfa par>^. were Itete test week for a pr.-'iiminary
inspeetion of the site
ROCHESTER—Mr*. .Ir-hn Rouch. ^ near Rochester, is In the hospital with ber light hand gone a* a result of an antomcAile accident Sendav when the car, drtveB by her. hu^mitd. upsat in a ditch, a front wheel bnoidetog down. libe put out bar lumd to
ahiiw of Madison county, at ihe raite^esv
park hers T.ahor day. fhe KiwoS.! Alexandria bands win provide
Ueuiroanl I>j.v.d Wnrt.HV. of Marion'”":'’^, ^ve an airpiane e:y.H!bition, s parade of the rehm'ed soMlere and dsemat,..! aut/ III •hi.sK. for which caeh prteaa are offerei wm oc.-upv the .tiwrolnr. tloverr.or .}oo<|: rich and Fredenck Van K;»y,, fwortcraMc
stale cheiman. *11} $»e»k in rmiin. Tl he* ths war j-Hest
, iw... . - Ortimisslou
•present the business ga.a rcare ifisn trLoon surplus in its trees,
men- jrese D ^ .uh to represent the met)- : ' r* to ’he Valiawav j^»rk board, U msd* the ttfoo^irera- FranR R Pen.-e, to represent the *»t»,iaion that aubacrihei* not favorable city mwernitient: WUHam J. Mimn add W. i mteht have »hrir n^ey returned, on a W. Wlant. to reorasent the resident phone i hasie of one-third re the atnoum paid In. use*-* Telephone patrona here are deter- j that the amount left of ths total mts^d that the company ahall not have the, raised. Up to this time oalj twenty one terrsase I* rates, ufltesa tt to fully juatined. j out of anbscHbera have asked tor tb* Tb« rat* seugbl for rsatoast teiepboaea to* money baok fa all oot ators than ti09.
gro appointed by Pretident WlteoR ^ g. o.- Is there a person ia Indlanapoite
ready to help a person?—Thla is an extremely mdefinlte question. There are many such persons in Indianapolis, and if you will rapeat the quest Ion, idgnln* )’«“'■ and giving your address, an effort will be made to put you to touch with peraona who will help you.
An Inquirer—Haa the 1st divieton aalted
and when?-The dlvlaloo ia Hated by the govsmment aa en route to the United States, hut no dates have been meoUoned. Could a man In c • fit dlvisioB who enHetod for four yesrs during the Mexican traobi* be held for guard duty In Rurap*. or will he return with the divtalon?-He will prehebty return with the division, but of oours* he can be beld tor any duty until the expiration o? his
eoHstmem period.
«’Is*ring K'.ndiy arfvlae If the United States has eno'igh ships to prote<*t ber FeclA- cosai ’ Experts sgree that the navy is wall able to fake care of the Faciflc coast agslnet powers liksiy trt attack from that quarter. The o**st land defen»*s. however, have been pro-nonni-ed atuiqusted and inadequate. The Fanam* .anal, through which the Fsetfle (leei recently pasacd. has greatly Siterwi the naval sttuathui on tbs Yaeiflo coast, sil'hy using the canal the Ailantiv fleet ebs hs SSht to the Fseiflo in a rerr ehort tfias.