Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — Page 2

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ELECTIONS OF OTHER YEARS NERVE WRACKING

The closeness of the present Presidential election calls to mind other historic campaigns when the result was in doubt for some time and in at least two instances was determined by factors other than the voters themselves. In 1824 John Quincy Adams was finally elected by the house of representative after the returns had failed to give a plurality to either Andrew Jackson, who received ninety-nine electoral votes, Adams eighty-four, W. H. Crawford fortyone and Henry Clay thirty-seven. In 1876 the Presidential election almost caused a civil war when a commission gave the Presidency to R. B. Hayes over the claims of Samuel j. Tilden, who had apparently been' elected, and only a dignified statement of withdrawal on the part of Tilden averted serious trouble. The Democrats always felt that tljey were robbed of the 1 residency and the facts seem to bear out their contention. The matter was finally referred to a joint commission of fifteen, composed of (five congressmen, five United States senators and five associate justices of the supreme court, and they sustained the contentions of Hayes on every point by a vote of eight to seven. The selection was confirmed by a joint session of congress, but the house next day repudiated the resolution and declared for Tilden and Hendricks. The withdrawal of Tilden followed and trouble was •waWnil * avenea. t In 1884 the Democrats evened up for the Hayes-Tilden affair by etealisg the election for Grover CleveSoM when he was opposed by James Blli». The result, which was flna,l y narrowed down 1

to I> T ew York state, and the electoral vote of that commonwealth went to Cleveland, who was declared «4> have received 575 more popular votes than Blaine. Years later John Y. Cain, a Democratic ward heeler in 1884, confessed to having destroyed 1,200 Blaine ballots in his precinct in New York, thus throwing the Presidency to Cleveland.—Lafayette Journal (Republican).

BETTER POTATOES

The principle of meeting a glutted market condition by stimulating consumption has long been recognized by merchants; unfortunately many farmers, who are too busy producing foodstuffs to study the business of creating markets, are not alive to the fact. To these the suggestion of a speaker before the International Farm congress will come as a valuable hint of possibilities in a typical field. The potato is not always a profitable crop, at prices that prevail wlien growers have gone in for it. The suggestion is made that the potato grower should concentrate his attention on producing potatoes to eat rather than to sell. Heretofore, it is asserted, and with much truth, yield and extraneous considerations, .such as uniformity of size and smoothness of surface, have governed chiefly the process of selection and production. But that is not all tdiere is in the potato that is valuable; such matters as texture and flavor—for there is such a thing as flavor in the potato if it is not smothered with salt—are also regarded as important. It is about | the last thing the farmer thinks of when he decides on his crop. The advantage to the grower of a potato of superexceltent flavor would be that people would eat more potatoes. The food value of the tuber is well known. It is the standby of those who would put on fi“sh cheaply and easily, hut it does not always tempt the appetite, even v. hen cooked in deep fat, smothered in salt and cut shoestringwise. But there is no more reason, so argue the scientists, why a distinctively good-tasting potato should not be grown than there is why all apples should be Ben Davises. So here is the secret. Produce a potato that has a real.flavor all its own, double or treble the consumption in the households of the land, and make of potato growing both a science and an art.

The process, of course, involves a long course of seed selection, but it must be selection based upon a different or at least a more painstaking method than the present one. There may be certain impracticable features about it at first, but mankind has advanced by overcoming obstacles. The theory seems sound; and the man who produces a potato that is really delicious deserves no mean place on the list of the benefactors of mankind.—Portland Oregonian.

LIBRARY WEEK

Plans are under way for the celebration, early in December, of “library week.” The purpose, generally, is to educate the public in a wider use of the library and its fa-

cilitles. Specifically, however, this first week of its kind will be devoted to urging the public to "raise the standard of children’* reading.” “Buy the best books for jrour children” will be the slogan of the campaign. And it has.to do directly, of course, with purchases of books for Christmas gifts. It is suggested, in this connection, that libraries all oyer the country join in a movement to distribute lists of approved books, to urge women’s clubs to discuss the subject, to induce teachers to cooperate by stimulating the interest of the children themselves, and, through various avenues of publicity, to arouse parents everywhere to the necessity for closer supervision of the books read by boys and girls. This may mean additional work for the librarians, "but it is undoubtedly work that Is needed. So numerous are the publications for juvenile readers and so rapidly is the list increasing that the scrutiny recommended is a necessity of the times.

Parents can hardly be expected to keep abreast of the output of juvenile literature. To a certain extent, winnowing the chaff from the grain must be done for them. But, this accomplished, it still remains the duty of the parents to give the personal, intimate supervision that is necessary. And that, say those who have originated "library week,” is a duty that is sadly neglected. Parents often conclude that if a child draws most of his reading matter from the shelves of the public library his literary fare will be wholesome. Much depends upon the characteristics of the child to make this a safe rule of procedure. Nothing will take the place of the parental censorship that “library week” will advocate. It might be well, at the same time, to call attention to the nature of some of the fiction published in current magazines. Recent years have witnessed a notable increase in the number of magazine publications and it requires only a glance to inform any oqe of ordinary intelligence that some of these magazines are far from desirable as reading for children. They are most likely, of course, to fall into the hands of girls and boys in their teens—a period when supervision is most difficult, but most important.

THE WAR PUTTING UP FOOD PRICES

It is possible and even probable that manipulation and speculation may have a very material bearing on the high cost of living in this country. Those who have investigated the subject contend that we are paying higher prices for some American products than are being paid by purchasers abroad. That, if shown to be a fact, would be due to manipulation as there is no good reason for charging two prices for any commodity. But the foreign demand unquestionably is the large factor in the prices our producers are getting. We exported, for example, 10,358,000 barrels of flour during the first eight months of this year. We exported in the same period 15,000,000 dozen of eggs. Those are samples of what we have been doing in reference to all kinds of food products. The enormous drain on our supply unquestionably has rUGKiWU fljftflff ,s ” k up the COST of producing milk and such other supplies as are not exported. The high cost of feed and the shrinkage in the supply of cows have their effect on milk prices, for example. It is apparent, therefore, that the war is the real lever that is raising the cost of living. Manipulators may be responsible to some extent, but it wrnuld be foolish to hope for much relief through efforts at bringing them to time.— Indianapolis Star.

GOOD ROADS A HEALTH ARGUMENT

The secretary of the state board of health in Kansas attributes the spread of typhoid fever, tuberculosis, infantile paralysis, diphtheria and possibly smallpox to the dust raised by the state’s 100,000 automobiles. He believes it also possible that many cases of whooping cough and measles could be traced to the same source. If there is anything in his suggestion it should be possible to establish the truth by careful observation. If the dust clouds raised by automobiles- spread disease, it is apparent that the cases of sickness should be most numerous along well-traveled and dusty highways. If any -such condition prevails and the logic of his argument is confirmed, the next step should be to find a remedy for such conditions. The remedy Undoubtedly would be in improved highways such as would get rid of dust clouds. Ma-

cadam or oiled roads dkould give immunity could not be expected along dirt higfcways. Even if investigation should not develop the fact that the du»t clouds spread typhoid and 1 other diseases the Kansas official has mentioned, those living along much traveled highways are entitled to relief from the dust nuisance. They should join the army of those who are doing valiant work in the good roads cause. Better highways mean not only more comfort for those who use them, but better health for those along the route.

PHILOSOPHY OP WALT MASON

Prepare for winter, gentle reader; put up the hoe and rake and-seeder; the tool with which you mow the clover may rust a' while, its season’s over. In storage put your trusty swatter, until the days again grow hotter. The goosebone seers as one are saying that winter won’t he long, delaying, and they insist when it’s a comer, ’twill he an old time ring-tailed hummer. The signs all indicate a season prolonged and cold beyond all reason. The .moss •upon the* trees is thicker; the woodland beasts are working quicker to lay in provender to last them till springtime comes again, dodgast them. The southward birds are flying faster, as though they scented some disaster. It is the goosebone seer who’s spoken; he has observed the sign and token, and says the winter’s coming early, and will be boisterous and surly. So blow yourself with eager ardor, for coal and sundries for the larder; prepare, all other labors dropping, and plan to do your Christmas shopping.

ANNUAL COST OF MAINTENANCE

Business Method of Determining the Figures of Road Costs. The travel over a road wears it out in different ways, according to the number and character of the vehicles, the relative proportion of horse-drawn vehicles and automobiles, the climatic conditions and the construction of the road. For the same travel, a road adapted for a moist section with cold winters is needlessly expensive for a dry section with, little frost. Some types of roads wear out quickly- but are easily maintained; other types withstand travel well but when they need repairs the work is expensive. All these things must be considered in determining the annual cost of a road, which is done in the follow-

ing way: The first element of this cost is the first cost of construction per mile of road, including all engineering expenses. Knowing the travel over the road, an expert can estimate the number of years such a road will serve its purpose, if properly maintained, before reconstruction is necessary. This cost divided by the number of years of service gives the annual first cost. To this must be added the annual interest on the first cost per mile and the annual payment into a fund which will be enough to reconstruct a mile of the road when it is worn out, or to retire the bonds that are sometimes issued to pay for the first cost. The annual cost per mile of maintaining the road in serviceable condition is the last item to be estimated. The sum. of all these items is the total cost per mile of the road, and this figure is the most important one to the taxpayers. But another unit for measuring cost, •which is sometimes very useful, is the cost of the road per vehicle mile. This is obtained by dividing the total annual cost per mile by the number of vehicles using the road annually. The type of construction which gives the lowest cost per vehicle mile is generally the best to employ.—Southern Good Roads.

WILL TEST THE ADAMSON LAW

Snit Filed in Nebraska to Determine Wage Law. Omaha, Nebraska, November 10. —The Union Pacific company filed suit ip the federal court here today to test the constitutionality of the law recently passed by congress and known as the Adamson act. Thomas S. Allen, United States district attorney, and four Union Pacific Railway trainmen representing the railroad brotherhoods are made defendants. The bill of complaint alleges that the law is unconstitutional because it is not a proper regulation of interstate commerce, because it violates the guarantees of the fifth amendment to . the federal constitution and because it is unworkable as applied to existing conditions under which the trainmen are operating. The bill of complaint *is a printed document of considerable size and contains copies of all the schedules under whieh the trainmen work.

More than fifty feet of tin tubing, filled with peas, is used by an English inventor to filter the scratching and metallic sounds from phonograph music.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney..... Moses Leopold Marshal Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborne Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen J 8 * Ward Ray Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3rd Ward Frank King At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk .T7T...5. S. Shedd i Sheriff B. D. McColly < Auditor j. P . Hammond i Treasurer Charles V. May I Recorder George Scott : Surveyor M. B. -Price : Coroner. Dr. C. E. Johnson | County Assessor.. .G. L. Thprnton : Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill 1 COMMISSIONERS Ist District ;.H. W. Marble I ??? D. S. Makeever ! 3rd District Charles Welch I Commissioners' Court meets the 1 First Monday of each month. 1 COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION ' Trustees Township ] Grant Davisson..... Barklev ’ Burdett Porter ...ckrpentl? James Stevens Gillam , Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove ! £ oh £ £ olh ° ff Jordan J - P a^ ls ,- •; Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener > Harvey _Wood, Jr Marlon 1 CeorgeFoulks Milroy 1 John Rush. .Npwtnn )| George Hammerton Union } <a Sa^ in Walker p Ke Z ne A Wheatfleld Co. Supt... Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, „ Rensselaer J

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