Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

I We are paying for Butter fat this week 261 c WILLIAM H. DEXTER Rensselaer, Indiana

Not Members of the Snow Shovelers’ Union. Street superintendent John Kuhlman declares that h*> has been confronted by one of the heaviest tasks of his career during the past few days in attempting to secure men and teams to remove the snow from the business district. Despite the fact that the city is said to be overrun with unemployed, few men are willing to shovel snow. The work, however, is progressing as rapidly as could be expected under the circumstances. —Hammond News.

We notice in several of the rampant republican newspapers that because of the reduction of 2% cents a pound in the tariff on butter—the old rate was 5 cents per pound—there has been an influx of foreign butter in New York city, causing the wholesale price to drop 10 cents per pound. Now with all due respect for the mental acumen of our republican bretherh, we would like to ask them by what system of figuring a reduction of 2% cents in the tariff on a pound of butter would cause a slump of 10 cents per pound in the price of butter? The facts are, the great amount of cold storage butter on hand and the open winter causing a greater production in the amount of butter made than usoial during the winter months, is what has caused the slump, and not the reduction of 2y 2 cents per pound in the tariff on butter. Ordinary common sense ought to tell anyone that the slight reduction made in the tariff on butter could not possibly have the effect of reducing that product more than the reduction made in the tariff.

C RAVENS IS CHOSEN President of Inidana Association of Democratic Editors. Indianapolis, Ind., February 6. The democratic editors held their annual business meeting here today. Oscar Cravens, publisher of the Bloomington World, and brother-in-law of Governor Ralston, was elected president oT the state association. Other new officers are: First Vice-

President, Lew M. O’Bannon, of Cory don; Second Vice-President, Henry F. Striekler, of Knox; Secretary, Henry B, Wilson, of Delphi, and Treasurer, G. IT. IJazen, of Booneville, The executive committee 'has the following membership by districts: : First district, Fred Lauenstein, j Evansville, second district, George R. Griffin, Spencer; Third district,! E. W. Pickhnrdt, Huntington; j Fourth district, W. T. Gooden, Law-' renceburg; Fifth district, C. J. Arn-, old, Greencastle; Sixth district, W.; S. Chambers, Newcastle; Seventh district, Millard Cox, Indianapolis; ; Eighth district, John H. Heller, Decatur; Ninth district, A. B. Crampton, Delphi; Tenth District, J. P. i Simons, Monticello; Eleventh dis- j trict, B. F. Louthian, Logansport; j Twelfth district, A. J. Monyhan, Ft. Wayne, and Thirteenth district, J. B. Faulkner, Michigan City. The association accepted the invitation of Charles A. Greathouse, State Superintendent of Public In-! struction, to hold its'summer meeting on his island in the Ohio river, near Mt. Vernon. The date for the meeting was not fixed. The editors adopted resolutions commending the mayors of various cities for strict law enforcement. The editors approyed the Wilson and Ralston administrations and declared in favor of a bill introduced in Congress permitting newspapers to accept transportation for railroad advertiisng. j Among the speakers today were W. T. Golden, of Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. M. S. Anthony, of Connersville,! reprdsenting the Women’s Press Club of Indiaan. The association decided to have the financial Statement of Auditor! of State O’Brien printed and distributed among the editors. The following delegates to tfhe convention of the National Editorial Association, at Houston, Texas, April 23, were appointed: Robert B. Case, j Aurora; Isaac Strouse, Rockville; ] B. F. McKee, Lebanon; Dean Barn-! hart, Rochester; E. A. McKee, Portland; J. F. Mitchell, Greencastle; W. S. Slinkard, Bloomfield, and R. E. Purcell, .Vincennes. The following are the alternates: George S. Sanders, Blufftori; L. J. Early, Cannelton; J. C. Gorman, Princeton;] Clay W. Metsker, Plymouth; W. A.)