Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1919 — Page 2

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nt JISPER comn DEMOCRAT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 315 Residence 311 *» Xntered a* Second-Class Mall Matter fune 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March B, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday .The Only All Home-Print Newspaper In Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION 82.00 PER ANNUM Strictly In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES Display 15c Inch Display, special position. . 18c Inch Readers, per line first Insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add. inser. ..3c Want Ads—l cent per word eaah insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks— Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. No advertisements accepted for the first page. All accounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,1919

SAYS THIS IS THE BEST LOAN

Extracts from speech by S. J. Duncan-Clark delivered at Chicago Liberty loan conference of Indiana editors: “This fifth loan is the best loan. I have no reference now to the terms upon which it is offered. I am thinking of the conditions under j which this opportunity to serve our country is given to us. “In the first, second, third and fourth loans we were subscribing { money to pay for the taking of life; we were subscribing money to' sustain the sacrifices of our men in France. In this loan we are. subscribing money to pay the saving of life. Every soldier who.has come back to ns; every boy who awaits in France the hour of his return, represents a life saved to America by the expenditures on preparation for which this money is mow required. “In the earlier loans we were paying for a chance to win. In this loan we are paying for a victory won. The dearly bought prize is in our hands. There is no gamble in this loan. It is a sure thing; made sure by the blood of men who died on the firing line; nailed down by wooden crosses. “People say you cannot stir any enthusiasm over this loan; you cainnot quicken emotion. I do not believe it. I should be ashamed of the American people if that were true. “We sent 2,000,000 men overseas on an heroic mission. We said to them: 'Go and snatch victory out of defeat; go and win freedom for a world threatened with bondage; go yonder to the trenches and out of the smoke and the fire and the bloodshed bring back to us the assurance that the enemy is vanquished and that democracy triumphs over its foes.’ “And they did the job. They delivered the goods. They, paid the biggest part of the price themselves. Now it is up to us who stayed at home; up to us who sent them on this mission, to pay the balance. Their honor is bound np with ours in this loan. America cannot face the world with a receipted bill for the victory unless we do our part. They gave the crimson coin of blood; surely we will not fail to give the silver and the gold!”

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METHODIST DIVINE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Rev. Frank C. Brum of Asbury Methodist Episcopal church, Chicago, said in his sermon last Sunday: The league of nations has in it a 'new birth of freedom for humanity. The idea is not President Wilson’s. Its cradle is found in the Sermon on the Mount. It is of divine origin. That nations may learn war mo more is the sacred injunction. In dim age, through th® stress of the most destructive war in history, it seems to many a new-born child. It is not so. it is an idea as old as God. The central truth in tne superb teaching of Jesus for the betterment of the world was this principle that now seems like a baby in swaddling clothes. It is a truth that you cannot put political harness on and drive any partisan turnpike to tne glory of a selfish purpose. The articles as outlined by Wllsoniam statesmanship have been only a resurrection of a sublime truth that appears to many sincere folks as a lad in knee pants—to some, still in its early cradlehood. Such blind force as was displayed by men in the United States forum against the league of nations is a lack of good judgment on their part. Their action strikes a telling blow at a vital world civilization. No nation has thrown itself with such omnipotence into the arena of a world’s humanity, that freedom “might mot perish from the earth,” as ours. The mighty task has not been finished. It is still in embryo. True statesmanship sees the vision of a full splendor in the world’s condition. It breaks down the narrow walls which may have put themselves around any inationhood.

PEOPLE EXPECT ROADS NOW

Says Statement Issued by Hoosier State Auto Association. Officers of the Hoosier State Auto association joined recently in a statement disc ssing road building ■propects in Indiana in 1919, and j urging the largest amount' 1 of construction consistent with the ( amount of public funds available I tor that 'purpose. The statement' was prepared by A. G. Lupton of Hartford City, president of the club; M. H. Luecke of Ft. Wayne, vice president, and M. E. Noblet of Indianapolis, secretary. It is as follows: * i “The road situation in Ini'ana is in a very critical condition. The j people are clamoring for roads, 'and to such an extent that under favorable conditions not more than ! probably 10% of the mileage now petitioned for could be built this .year. If the people fail to get the ' rogds they are wanting the effect ■may be to prejudice the public I against the state highway commission law and against' the county unit law. This prejudice will not be based upon the equity of the laws themselves, but upon the disappointment caused through expectations that are unwarranted.

“Some people think the highway commission’ is going to build a system) of 3,000 or 4,000 miles of state ' roads right away. Not only is this a physical impossibility, but the state highway commission has not sufficient funds. The state will maintain a system of state roads beginning not later than April 1, 1920, but it can construct only a limited mileage each year. “Another large class of people think all the main county roads are

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

to be built Immediately under the county unit plan, but thia, too, la a physical kmipoßsibillty. It will take several years to do such work. It is, therefore, of grave importance that the people and the county commissioners should see to it that only the county roads of first importance to the county are built first under the county unit law—that these roads join with the neighboring counties to make a connected system. In some instances the county might prefer to build with county funds a road they feel will sorely become a state road and thereafter be maintained by the state rather than wait five or ten years for the state to build it. Then there Is another class of people who think that all the road building projects by the state and county are a plain case of graft, and their Influence is always against good roads. "The state highway commission met last week, but did not organize. L. H. Wright, chairman of the old state highway commission, was sent by Governor Goodrich to Washington relative to efforts being made to reduce the cost of cement. There is talk even that the state may go into the business of manufacturing cement, dependent upon investigation now being made. It is now the middle of April—a little more delay and the season is gone. If for the purpose of holding up all road building under the state highway commission because of the cost of labor and materials or for the political effect of keeping the taxes down, what good is our state highway commission law going to do us? Surely our state is unwarranted in doing less than building under the state highway commission. Some sections of our state roads npw are in miserable condition. It is not necessary to be extravagant to do that much. “The United States department of labor is sending literature cast urging that state and municipal work be gotten under way, and warning against delay. Quoting from this literature we hhve taken the following: At the present time there ‘is a marked halt in production. Industry is slowing down. Unemployment of labor increases. Some industrial concerns are failing to earn profits and others are suffering the dissipation of their accrued profits, because, even by shutting their plants down, they can not save certain of their expenses or any of their fixed charges. The government’s revenues, dependent as they are upon the national income, may fall short at the very time we need them most, fn brief, we are threatened with a widespread depression and from peculiar causes, for the unsound conditions usually preceding a widespread business depression are absent. The main reason why business is not going ahead better is that most people expect prices to drop. The merchant is selling, but not buying. The manufacturer holds up t the purchase of his raw materials. People quote the disparity between present prices and those prevailing before the war, and decide they will not buy much until the present prices get down 1 to normal. This general conviction that prices are sure to drop is । putting a brake upon the entire machinery of production and disj tribution. Readjustment waits because we keep on waiting for it. |We have waited in vain for over three months. It is Interesting to observe that many manufacturers think that prices must come down, (including the price of labor; but 1 they are ready to demonstrate to ' you that their own prices can not | come down, nor can they pay lower I wages. Almost everything they buy somehow costs twice as much as before the war, and their labor is twice as dear. They can not pay their labor less if labor is to meet the increased cost of living. Now, as a matter of fact, when we investigate almost any individual one of the so-called high prices for industrial products we are likely to find that individually it is not high; that is, it is not high relatively to the rest. Our quarrel is with the general level of prices, i Business men should face the facts. To talk reverently of 1913-14 prices is to speak a dead language today. The buyers of the country since the armistice, have made an -unexampled attack upon prices through their waiting attitude, and yet price recessions (have been insignificent. The reason is that we are on a new high price level, which will be found a stubborn reality. Business men are going to find out that the clever man is not the man who waits, but the one who finds out the new price and acts accordingly.”

More than eighty native woods have been tested for the manufacture of lead pencils in India. . ' • In some of the villages in Siberia very few of, the inhabitants can read or write. f

Ten Million Victory Gardens Should Be Planted Early This Spring

health of the nation, particularly among men and women beyond the prime of life, has been brought about by the moderate exercise, sunshine and fresh air and lively interest brought about through the general adoption of garden i pg as an avocation. And the fiscal guardians of the government have not been slow to recognize the home garden as a great national asset. Hitting the average law and crediting each garden with creating $25 of wealth —that is, supplying food for which $25 otherwise would have been spent —last year’s gardens put not less than $132,000,000 in the way of being lent to the government in return for Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps. Tliat much of this gnonev was so invested is proved by the number of garden clubs that became subscribers for bonds in each of the war loans But even more important than the money lent to the government by home gardeners as a direct result of their outdoor activities is the habit of thrift created, engendered and fostered by the garden returns. Students of national economy have concluded that few will willingly return to the practice of buying from day to day the things that can be raised in the garden. So the war garden commission is encouraged to hope that its efforts to have ten million Victory gardens, which is the new name for the war garden planted this year will be successful. * Now is the time to start little or big garden clubs, elect officers for the year, hold meetings to swap experiences and suggest methods, invite speakers who have a message, and study garden pamphlets, bulletins and seedsmen’s catalogues.

Bohemia Protected Against Anarchy by Great Faith and Patriotism

The bolshevik government in Russia will last longer than is generally supposed, not because of the inherent force of the ideas and methods of the bolsheviki, as many persons erroneously think, but because of the weakness of the other parties, which are sleeping in a dangerous state of lethargy. I am not afraid that Bohemia, even though surrounded by countries in liquidation, like Russia, like Germany, like Austria-Hungary, will be disappointed because of anarchy in realizing its fullest hopes of resurrection. I do not fear that in the least, in spite of its unfortunate geographical position. The Czecho-Slovak republic will be protected from the infection by its great faith, its great* patriotism, and by good organization and preparation. The new state, like the other victories of the entente, need fear nothing from this anarchy which never has and never will have power to destroy the edifice created by victory. As to the Hungarians who are unwilling to renounce their claims to Slovakia, it is possible there may be some questions. But over the outcome I feel no anxiety. Whether the outcome shall be settled by force of arms; whether as a matter of right, the triumph will be ours.

Will American Women Replace Service Uniform With Sex Lure Drapery?

By ELIZABETH NEFF. W. C. T. U.

Is the American girl going to slump back into prewar style-slavery? She has worthily worn a military uniform, she has won honors for service and bravery side by side with our soldiers; she has nursed the wounded and cheered the homesick; she has fought for great ideals. Now will she let herself degenerate into the mere female of her species? Will the American woman allow her service uniform to be replaced by the suggestive draperies of sex lure? Is she willing to be a living poster or a grotesque cartoon for the advertisement of manufacturers’ goods? If she will not why does the American woman, supreme arbiter in other respects,, submit meekly, abjectly to the wildest freak of fashion decreed by men —un-American men who have the continental conception of woman and dress her in the continental half-feudal character part? Is it patriotic, when the physical development and health of our girls is a national asset, to invite disease by unhygienic clothing? Is it fair to the young manhood of our nation to suggest in our homes the very temptation from which we try to protect it on the street? It is the American girl who must henceforth restore order out of chaos, must set the standard of purity, and to do it she must dress her part. What shall the new world leader, the American girl, wear? It is easy to say what she will not wear, and that is a homely uniform damned bv the phrase “dress reform.” If the art of all ages cannot design costumes for our pretty American girls that will be beautiful, graceful, comfortable, healthful and modest, then the art of all ages has failed and it is dp to this important young person to take the matter in hand herself. Therefore it is time for woman to set herself a new standard of modesty. . " ' This is, in brief, the new campaign begun by the W. C. T. U. for the advancement of social purity. It is sumiharized in this official resolution : “Whereas. Certain styles of women’s dress are unhygienic, immodest, inconvenient and conducive to extravagance and immorality; therefore “Be it resolved, That the<fcmen of the W. C. T. U. use their influence to demand simpler and more modest clothing for both day and evening wear and discourage the unseasonable wearing of summer furs, winter pumps, narrow skirts and open-necks as well as constant changes of fashion?’ x .

By C. L. PACK.

The war garden commission, which has been credited with much of the effort by which the number of home gardens in America has been steadily increased during the last three years, till 1918 saw more than five a>;<l a quarter millions of patriots raising food at home to win the war, has received word from Herbert C. Hoover that the work must not lag this year. From every viewpoint the rontinued creation of food f. o. b. the back door, is considered desirable. t The nation’s health authorities have reported tc I the commission that a material improvement in the

By THOMAS MASARYK.

War Garden Conmusioa

President

Dress Campaign

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OHICASO, INDIANAPOUg A LOUISVILLg ■» RENBHKLAKR TIME TABLE In effect March 30, 1919. I . i I SOUTHBOUND < • I No. 36 I Chicago to Cincinnati) 2:27 a.m. No. 6 I Chicago to Louisville | 10:66 a.m No. 37 | Chicago to Indianap'a | 11:18 a.m No. 38 i Cgo to Indpls and F L I 1:67 p.m. No. 39 I Chicago to Lafayette 6:60 p.m. No. 31 I Chicago to Indianap'a 7:31p.m. No. 3 | Chicago to Louisville 11:10 p.m. i NORTHBOUND I I No. 38 | Cincinnati to Chicago | 4:31 am. No. 4| | Louisville to Chicago | 5:01 a.m. No. 40 I to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 I Indianap’a to Chicago 10:36 Am. No. 38 I Indianap'a to Chicago 2:51 p.m. No. 6 I Louisville to Chicago 3:31p.m. No. 30 | Cincinnati to Chicago 1 6:50 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITV OFFICERS Mayor Charles O. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Civil Engineer. ...L. A. Bostwick Fire ChiefJ. J. Montgomery Fire Warden.... .J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Wardßay Wood 2nd WardJ. D. Allman 3rd Ward Fred Waymire At Large, Rex Warner, C. Kellner JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Atty..J. C. Murphey Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk. Jesse Nichols Sheriff True D. Woodworth AuditorJ. p. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott SurveyorE. D. Nesbitt CoronerW. J. Wright County Assessor. ,G. L. Thornton County Agent. .Stewart Learning Health Officer....F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd DistrictD. S. Makeever 3rd District.. Charles Welch Commissioners' Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davissonßarkley Burdett Porter Carpenter Benj. F. LaFevre....Gillam Warren E. Poole. .Hanging Grove Julius Huff Jordan Alfred DugglebyKankakee Glffford Fairchild... Keener Charles W. Post ill. Marlon Charles C. Wood...Milroy John Rush.. Newton Walter Harrington Union John F. PetetWalker John BowieWheatfield M. L. Sterrett, Co. Superintendent C. M. Sands. Truant Officer

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will practice In all the courts. Office over Fendig's Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George A. Williams. D. Deloa Dean. WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS * All court matters promptly attended to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm Loans. Insurance. Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office In Odd Fellows Block RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. N. LOY PHYSICIAN ' Office over Murray department store. Office Hours: 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Evening, 7 to 8. Telephone 89 RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-B RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the State Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over T. & S. Bank. Phone No. 16 RENSSELAER, INDIANA

JOE JEFFRIES GRADUATE CHIROPRACTOR Forsythe Block. Phone 124 Every Day In Rensselaer. Chiropractic remove* the cause of the disease. F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder. Dr. A. T. Still. Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at MontloeUo, Indiana. Office; 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins* drug store RENSSELAER, INDIANA Glasgow once experienced a strike of grave diggers, who demanded an increase in pay, shorter hours and six days’ holidays in the year. They picketed the cemeteries and stopped the funerals, until finally the authorities yielded to their demands. A Frenchman has invented a clock which runs without attention as long as its battery is in good condition, and as the power of the latter is very lightly drawn upon the clock may be relied upon for many years.