Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — Page 2

THE JASPER MH DEMIT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY . Lohq Distance Telephones Office 815 ResWence *ll Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter Ene 8, 1908, at the postofflee at Rensseir, Indiana, under the Act of March *. 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday, The Only All Home-Print Newspaper, in Jasper County. ADVERTISING KATES Display 12%c Inch Display, special position. . . ,15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion.. 5c Beaders, per line add. insertions. .3c Want Ads—One cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more month*. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks—Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. All acounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, Which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted fer Brst page. ■ SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1917

WHY SHOES ARE HIGH PRICED

Most everybody knows how the price of footwear has been advanced in the past year, due, so It is alleged, to the “scarcity of leather.” But there are only a few people who really know why leather Is so “scarce.” The Demo.crat is informed by "a gentleman who is both in the business of selling hides and buying finished leather that during the past year and a half millions of raw hides have been bought up by big corporations and speculators and are now' being held to advance the price of leathers; that they are now- being disposed of in small quantities to keep, the price up and that to this fact alone., for the greater part, is due the tremendous advance in the cost of leather. During the ■ timer* the immense stocks of raw hides now held were being piled up the country butcher and hide dealer could get almost any old price he wanted for hides

/Ou I Much ( I Should \ I a Tire I Cost?" 'SSW ||| John ilarlatt B j may be a good deal like Abraham J H £, Lincoln’s question: “How long should a i| B —rr man’s legs be?” And it can be answered almost as shortly. I You don’t need to pay a cent more W! H stn\ ian the price of a Diamond Tire ■ .H MIIKX f° r serv * ce ap 'h mileage Hi luh iKBXx you can ever hope to get from M Slui u N9v\\ the. M la» * HBL \\ ome hi to our store today I ■Olltjl ii \\ ham the “Fair List” By hri B\4 price for your size. We mi\B \A k e to tell you, if B i\ W Vu we can, how to get more BA w«1B i\B \ 1 mileage out of the tires ■ ■ WV&ICh \\ B H now on vour car. I ckwvLvw \\B Vd Every Diamond Tire muff I ■ \ I id deliver full value in ser« I UOrl \I B it vice. If ever a Diamond \i B 11 Tire fails, a cheerful, E \ I ■ I I billing adjustment will B I be Promptly made. ■ 11 Rensselaer Garage, I ■ BLACK V/ « ~ B ■ Rensselaer, Ind. ■ I [w/uxs I <3 .

—at least he could get prices that were unheard of and which were: not justified at all- by legitimate supply, and demand. After the big dealers had filled their storage houses to their utmost capacity the price of raw hides began to drop, and is nbw only about two-thirds. What it was some time ago. The leather manufacturer, of course, buys his hides direct from the. large dealers and the- small dealer —the ' country butcher and hide bnyer—-is not known to the leather i manufacturer. He must sell to; the Harger hide dealer at the pri'-e fixed' ! by the latter, who in turn fixes the' price to the manufacturer. In other words, after cornering the hide market and boo-ting the price away beyond all reason- the' large dealer is able to reduce, the price be pays for hides and advance the price to the leather man-, ufacturer. -, , It is simply another case of too: much middleman’s profits rather: than any .real scarcity of product. And, as' usual, the public' is the “goat.’’ • Only federal regulation can remedy these things, it seems, art speed the day . when this class o r speculators are put out of business..

THE A. L. A. AT LOUISVILLE

The annual' ebnferehee of the American Library association, held at Louisville June 21-28, was most .successful, in ■ every " why, with an attendance of 800. Louisville was hospitality itself, and gave its visitors many charming attentionincluding drives, / teas and receptions, and ending with a program by literary and musical Louisville. Mrs. George Madden Martin read from “Emmy L<-'.“: Mrs. A'. Hegan Rice read from “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch’’; Cale YOnug Rice read four of his poems; Mrs. Annie Fellows Johnston gave a paper, and- stated afy-ris .r I* in conversation, that when a 'l’ll lived on a farm very ?.-2r R-'t- iaer. Letters were read fiwt Henry Watterson, Irvin Cobb and Other absent writers. The\great subject of the conference was “Library service for diers," and a -war committee was appointed the first day and held almost continuous session. I: was decided to build .and equip libraries in each of the sixteen cantonments, furnish them with ’ -.eaa volumes each, and provide expert library service. Sub-committees are al-

■ ready wr-rking ■■*£- ties* plans. : It was -also, proposed to hold a ' war servf-rel. :.rury week, probably in September .la Hi the libraries ■of America, f'.'.r the purpose of ac- ' c'uainting the peep-le with the re- • sources of the imrury and stimulat- ; ing the use of them as in aid to ■foad u ./ami conservation, m miliwy ;gi navil training, and . ha all' the■ kiiwibv business and I .rd "is trial prutlems, . whose'• solution .-.'as vital tc -she p ieces® of the * as m ly nature. ** 1

SICK HOGS

Act yuAwiy Vkiica iiusg Cholera Is j . -Awii-Hcg-Owdera . . l.Tvfyaredmess. lrge«L . ,D_a'i ,mu- i ebas.ee' wlta a sick; hag. hr. .uax..-. -■ ■ a vetemn-; | ar i niardnan ißana.edia.^-1 jiy. ' Ixat xai a single hoar when ' lyos suspect- < ■ eeze- m. your herd.! .- : th* : ' or send to town: *si cnee. " Lerny' presip t action will' /et-c neg- -v-era l&sses.. Every hog! | saved t - _-_p. vli tie war. tbe message of, tremend-' •.■■us • pnmaLte wrnnn .she United! tS'iajfcss.departsseat of agriculture is i tarrymg to ' iarmers, not only in' t_- great ,_pg selt Included in lowa, ' Illissddri land /llßhoEs. .had,.' nearby j - which produce 34 per cent. : the_.'hog: - ; 'of ■', thol'-United * States, ■ hat also to farmers of .the] South, wh=re la seveml states in ' '. I.M > h-jg .1 i~e to cholera roee . ■to two. io three mm.es. the average-; ....x-= ,<_r the ictmtry. Hog Losses t m by disease'rose to 13u per' ■ m tr'c.v leJ' in Louisiana, in Flert.hr, s*j in Georgia,: ,7S' in t ~ -xss--, in, Alabama j ; and €7 in. Mississippi, against an' average b: -4s per l,fcu& for the' entire eoasmrv. At -least 20 per: ! ee*t of these .'ssis were attributed! I Th*- liase far argument, about ' anti-hrg-mm.ra serum is past, de-■ Idare .the of. she bureau i •of zxia .a ins try. United States' ■ 1-.; artment si agriculture. Explicit ! figures a»e ’rea®lj’: *TMSaMe-. 'Whiteh' : r •. e unm-istmtaily that, when ad- :■ keep well' he-gs,-frem taking the *■ disease fer a peri >1 .of three to sir ’ weeks. argument but quick lactiou/ B impemtive to. get serum and a .tmane* :senator to the farm to trent "he n-sgs. Hogs will be 'saved and the nation's meat supp.l* ■ increased if every farmer will imImedsai^y'wpoa. sign off:-disease, call --n *le n-arest available expert to I diagnose the coutpiamt and admlulister whafevo* treatment is neees- . : t-;ir ran- :: x is tazt all state, county and | local /live-stdc-k-.Hsterests, inefatding ! stare vetemmariau.?. live-stock . --rd- state eolPge workers. -■■: m-v Lsz-nts .Local veterinarii ■pm.,"teg3n immedtateLy to organize ianveh^^ritoiera. .'prepared r.- - - cam- >; signs ' * r-nrh , every farmer in -v-ry m;-ty. Such organization almpdy exists in many .places, ’■'■'here it not there is need of spetinl arc immediate action, before ■the, hot- weather conditions' favoraide to hesg ehotera come on. '■ Baahs-rs .aa/J other nusiness ■ men I.can: 'aid:, ia theywork, off informing j :arm-rs where mey can get expert J help immeciutely when they sus- • pefi cholera ia. .the herds. Lists of V-.mr-d.T -d persons competent to (i.sgmtse holera and administer serin i-eg-iher with their ad-vr-eex.x and, telephone numbers.

t - famished to each farmer («s snr with.' the: a ppeal /.that he call at once in case of iljieeß.:- Baseness men may also arrarr- :hrcc~h the local veterinary authorities-or ceusty aren-ts to buy j senrm a± the aearest state serum L*•-234-. friTaje p'inr. or serum - dean; hold ft in reserve for . emergency ~ra-e and federal ; inimal-iz'-: ;.=-ry ■ authorities-, should i - x:»T~fe.f at-<sn..;e by telegram of j Because a. .sfzurfe. 'q.~;break of ho-z ■ :on awy.--. farm - -is.. a■■ matter •of mosjeET to the entire commnn|ity. I is rabidly .spread in many j ti-2t= tie dejarta ■at of a.zrieul-ture . arscsr farmers to employ every | posihSr. SEeasare. to keep the- disleskse «rt ; ' Ism tia« al Bas- ’..issoefl .-a' ' special hog j-'-bo.-Ta “<qster-— ’ Stop Hog Cholera T-'O~=e~'—■s’auch zfves specific direc— I tarns for armdiag infection by sanitary zrd seif-«raar2.ntine measures" also diteestSoffis- for the isolation iaad of chojera-infected a»8 ifreetlous for - disinfection axd r=stoekinz the hog lot. Farmers’ ccTetin ?34. soon to be Contains the’.latest in-■-fioraatia* at- ; ti«fr■ cvauaahd of the. I Truths ’ States d-partment of azriprwitnre e-tmpfrwing hor-cholera prevention and the fmmunizatron of haes sealant' the disease.—Weeklv News' L*e*fer. IL. S. Department of A-Em’mitsre. .' '. . -', "

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WAR PROHIBITION TO AVERT FAMINE

Millions of Bushels of Grain Gan Be Saved. CONGRESS MUST ACT Conservative Estimates Show That 150,000,000 Bushels of Grain Are Used Annually In the United States In the Manufacture of Liquor. , That enough food stuff is annually consumed in the United States in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors to feed an army of 7,000,000 men throughout the entire year, is the amazing statement of Prof. Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics in Yale University, and a member of the National Council of Defense. It is further declared on good authority that the grain used in making liquor would produce 11,000,000 loaves of bread daily. Armed with such formidable arguments, it is not surprising that the forces that are demanding prohibition for the period Of the war are making great progress, and that Congress seems now on' the point of passing some sweeping legislation- on the subject. Since Herbert C. Hoover, newly appointed food commissioner, announced that the Allies would need a minimum of 960,000,000 bushels of grain and fodder during the coming year, many American economists have been trying to figure but where the ■supply is coming from. The most hopeful estimate places this country’s maximum yield at 600,000,000 bushels, most of which will' be needed at home. If famine is to be prevented, there must be a greatly increased yield and painstaking economy the world round. Certainly all forms of waste must be cut out. It is a conservative estimate to say that 150,000,000 bushels of grain are used annually in United States in the manufacture' of liquor. This includes corn, rye, malt, barley and wheat. Besides, millions of bushels of rice are used in making cheap whiskeys, and the amazing total of 152.000,00(1 gallons of molasses are consumed. Of grape sugar 55,01)0,000 pounds are used and 3,000,000 gallons of glucose ior syrup. Then there are thousands of bushels of fruit—peaches, apples, prunes, etc. The total amount of food stuffs thus Used is appalling. American economists are beginning to see that 150,000,000 bushels of grain will go far toward' keeping the wolf from the world’s door during the coming crisis, and they are lining up with surprising unanimity in favor of war prohibition. Nor should it be i supposed that this agitation is comI ing from professional reformers. Rather, the leaders in the movement are men like Prof.®-Fisher, of Yale University; F. A. Vanderlip, president of the City Bank of New York; Luther Burbank, the seed man; David A. Forgan, of Chicago; and others like them. These men are not viewing the question from the standpoint ol morals and reform but from the standpoint of national welfare and efficiency. Recently a petition was started amomr the governors of the country asking Congress and, the President tc : take immediate steps looking toward ! prohibition for the war. When the petition completed the rounds it bore the names of 46 of the 48 governors. One of the first to sign was Gov. James P. Goodrich, of Indiana. Would Save Billions

War prohibition would not only save millions of bushels of grain and other foodstuffs that now go into the manufacture of liquor, but it would save the almost incalculable sum that now goes over the saloon bars of the country., It is conservatively estimated that the nation’s annual drink bill is $2,500,000,000. With that sum of money the nation could underwrite annually a Liberty Bond Loan equal to the one just completed, with a half billion left over for Red Cross and Army Y. M. C. A. work. With the nation sober there would be an increase of thousands, probably millions, in the number of men fit for work and military service. Advocates of war prohibition are making much of the efficiency argument. They point effectively to the strict rules laid down by the war and navy departments Telative to drink. Congress has? passed a law forbidding the sale of liquor to a soldier in uniform. Liquor is not permitted in any army camp or on any war vessel. A recent order creates a two-mite dry zone around every military camp and post. It is stated on good authority thar' more men have been disqualified and sent home from Ft, Benjamin Harrison because of indulgence in liquor; than for all other causes com-

bined. , If liquor is such a menace to th<= nation's efficiency in a military way, a good many men interested in winning? the war are beginning to - ask why it would not be a good thing tff put liquor entirely away, at least dui» ing the period of war. There is another practical reason for stopping the.beverage liquor traffic and that is the value of alcohol as? a war. material. Ethyl alcohol is one of the chief ingredients in the making of powder and explosives. The millions of gallons of whiskey now in bond could with very little expense be transformed for use in government munitions factories. Already a number of bills are pending in Congress empowering the government to commandeer all liquor stocks for military use. That- Congress will take -some drastic action soon is considered certain. If existing pressure upon Congressmen and Senators continues it seems quite probable .that a thorough-going prohibition measure for the duration of the war will be passed shortly. Persons desiring to communicate with their representatives concerning the matter should do so without delay.

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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAD APPLICATIONS, as they cannot, reach the seat of the disease. .Catarrh is a local disease, greatly influenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood On the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is composed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. - The perfect combination of the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., To- ’ ledo, Ohio. All druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.—A dvt.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler C1erk............. .Charles Morlan Treasurer.. Charles M. Sands Attorney.. .... • •..-Mos.es Leopold Marshal. . .V ern Robinson Civil'Engineer.... W. F. Osborne Fire Chief......J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden.J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Wardßay Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3r<J 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 J esse Nichols 5heriff..............8. D. McColly Auditor.. . .J. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder.. .George Scott Surveyor..E. D. Nesbitt Coroner'..... ...Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. ;G. L. Thornton Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist DistrictH. W. Marble 2nd Distrist.D. S.. Makeever 3rd District.. Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdett Porter Carpenter James Stevens. .Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John Kolhoffl.Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild.. Keener Harvey Wood, jr. .Marion George Foulks Milroy John Rush Newton George Hammerton...Untoft Joseph Salrin....Walker Albert S KeeneWheatfield E. Lamson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, Rensselaer

TRUSTEES’ CARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the first’ and third Wednesdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address —Rensselaer, Indiana. Second and last Saturday of each mopth in G. A. Wllllm’s law office. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

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PIONEER Meat Market EIGELSBACH & SON, Props. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES The Highest Market Price Paid for Hides and Tallow