Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 292, Hammond, Lake County, 23 May 1917 — Page 4
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THE TTME3 Wednesday, May 23, 1917
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A POOR REWARD. ' s No matter how much a newspaper may freely give of its columns to hundreds of kinds of propoganda, there are always those who hate to see it realize a cent from its advertising columns. It is the greatest mystery in the wcrld why people should get it into their heads that newspapers should give away their only commodity their news columns. Despite the fact that newspapers have given away a stupendous amount of money since the first of April, it seems to be unappreciated. The Newcastle Times points out that when the government at Washington attacks newspapers with prohibitive taxes it overlooks the fact that these papers have rendered millions of dollars' worth of free service in the last few months. ; Without all the free advertising and publicity given the bond issue, it would have cost the government $5,000,000 in commissions to sell the bonds. Every day the newspapers were given free matter by the government to be published. It was the same with recruiting. Articles sent out by the war department and the navy department urging enlistments were published every day for weeks in thousands of newspapers without a cent of cost. The newspapers were glad to do this as a patriotic duty; they asked no reward and expected none. But they did not expect to be put in a class by themselves and shot full of holes financially by congress.
BRICKS, IRON AND STEEL AND PRICE RAISING. Our neighbor, the Gary Tribune, takes exception to the action of Chicago producers boosting the price of brick $2 a thousand in Gary, and demands Federal indictments at once. The editor of the Tribune, being engaged in the house-buiblint; same as a sM line, feels the increase fharply just as other builders do, arm he avers that, "if the Sherman anti-trust law is any good whatsoever. I-t it !" ti;-:1 now on the Chic;) en brick trust." It is with no little t-oncen that news is received of brick point: up from $6 to $8 F. O. II. in Gary), but outside of a raise of 23 cents made a few months ago common brick quotations remain unchanged from 1910 until the period stated in 1317, although the ensuing era was one of soaring prices. There is no defense of the Chicago brick concerns, for some of them seem to maintain a set of business morals that allows them to sell brick in Gary for one price and. $1.80 lower in a town sixty miles east of here, probably because that place has its own brickyards. But why pick on brick magnates for punishment? What building material hasn't gone up, whether it Is paint, plumbing supplies, lumber or nails? And what else in the world hasn't gono up? Just as The Times stated in its editorial of May 18, the date the Tribune's brick protest was printed, many prices are wholly without reason. You can't have a normal cost of living when big corporations are piling up huge dividends, and earning as much as one hundred million to a half billion a yea?- ' But, while we enjoy here the prosperity of our main industries, iron, pteel and their allies, we protest against other costs it is human nature that we see in others what we do not see in ourselves. While common brick has gone up 39 per cent in seven years, it must also be remembered that the iron, steel, cement, structural and tin products that Gary produces and which enter into building material have gone up as high as 200 per cent within one year. Let's attend then to iron and steel, which in, a way are regulators of most other prices, and so quote some price raisers our own homo products. In assailing brick prices if must be remembered that Gary-made as well
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as othe-r iron went up twice last week, one of the increases being $2, and that the iron now quoted at $44 could be had for $21 to $22 last year and around 15 two years ago. Gary rails, that sold for $28 early last year, command $40. an item that means much to railroads- Billets, which Gary makes, command $90 and better today. They jumped to this price from $72.50 last month; they were $62.50 three months ago, $4120 this time last year and $G5 in February, 1916 and the price of billets have a whole lot to do with a great many other things. Black sheets quoted at $2.90 last year are $7 today. Wire nails, the steel for which is to be had at Gary, are quoted at $3 60 as against $150 a hundred pounds in 1915, while Garymade cement has jumped from $1.S6 to $2.16 (F. O. R, Chicago) in a year's time. Tin plate made in Gary's new tin mills sold at $3.75 early last year; it commands $S today. With soaring and double prices in iron and steel necessarily it has affected every phase of the building line whether It Is plumbing supplies, heating apparatus, electric wires, etc. As steel varies, bo varies everything else, there being partially dependent upon It transportation costs, building costs, farming costs, down to the higher cost of a can of tomatoes the housewife buys, due in part to the fact that tin plate mills pay more for their steel. Indeed, after showing what prices we have raised here, without attempting to give any causes thereof, it is hardly timely to suggest indictments for a $2 increase in bricks, for if price raisers are to have the law set after them it will affect many-
PASS IT ALONG. It is reported that Gov. Goodrich is holding conferences preparatory to putting in action a plan to rrovide coal for state institutions- The proposition is that the state of Indiana lease or purchase a coal mine and operate it for the benefit of the state, some mining properties already having been inspected, says a Logansport paper. That's a fine idea on the part of Governor Goodrich. Now if it is good for state institutions, it is good for all the people of Indiana who own the institutions. The welfare of the property of the people is not of more importance than the welfare of the people themselves. Get more mines and mine more coal and defeat the diabolical plot of the coal mine owners of Indiana who are saying to the people, "Your money or your life." Such action by the state might be considered socialistic or revolutionary, but the mine owners and operators have started the revolutionary activities and why not carry the battle to the gates of the enemies of the people. Go at them-
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THE Lord may not be with the coal barons, but the weather is. SEEMS that everybody wants home rule for Ireland but the people who live in Ireland.
PULLMAN Company not asleep. of Liberty Bonds.
GRIFFITH lady writes poem on sand dunes. Any one can find poetry is the dunes if they'll only look around for it.
SWITZERLAND reported to be somewhat sore at us. Can't be any more sore than we are at her for sending those yodelers over here.
A. C. H. Would hardly say a Liberty Bond would be appropriate gift for a bridegroom. For Heaven's sake, don't be sarcastic at a wedding.
RUSSIA i3 drunk with freedom, says exchange. Ring up the Keeley Cure and see what's the matter. Last year Russia was drunk with vodka.
YOUNG daughter of Boston mayor proud because Gen. Joffre kissed her, Oh, just wait till she is ten years older and gets the first, kiss from her beauTHAT we are now really allied with the Allies in this war is shown by fact that some of our munition makers are soaking 'em a bit more for materials-
JUST seems that high-paying Jobs Plant advertises in this newspaper for cents an hour.
GARY man claims kick that horse gave him in head when a boy makes him check forger today- Old stuff, but it will change. Twenty years hence excuse will be that it is from injury caused in 1917 while cranking a Ford.
WALL Street Journal says from viewpoint of earnings all of the Standard Oil' companies are under-capitalized. Complaint can be easily remedied. Cure can be had by cutting price of gasoline in two or thereabouts.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD wife of prominent seventeen-year-old local man granted divorce. Has become so now that a reporter stepping into a courtroom has to first ask the bailiff whether it's the divorce court or the juvenile court that's in session-
FEDERAL court to protect customers; rules that whenever certain master plumbers get together after this it must be for social purposes only and not for business. Judge, is there any way of turning the shoe baronsmeetings into musicales or pink teas?
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THERE is one consolation left WE have had no news whatever of the garlic crop foY goodness knows how long. NEITHER has our picture service company sent us any mats of W. J. Bryan's enlistment papers. IN our foolish and yet generally goodnatured way, our idea of a good dress reformer is a mother who can cut down A PAIR of father's old rants And turn out a perfectly corking pair for a small boy YET how we always dt1 hate to wear 'em. DOWN at Pontiac. 111., it was impossible to get people interested in cleanup week
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Has subscribed for million and a half must go begging around here. Local boys of sixteen and over, offering 30 UNTIL some bright soul GOT a. lot of fair maids to put on overalls and come out with rakes THEN" the. whole town turned out and every bald-headed business man in Fntiao LOCKED up his store and raked to beat the band. WHAT we like about a freckled, giggly, roly-poly girl IS that she can enjoy herself so much for such a' little money. SOMEBODY over the phone told u3 bow glad she was that we had started up again but hoped to goodness WE "would be decent" and then rang off TO whom are you referring, to whom? AX astute observer says that when a woman has married twice THE first time she married for love BE that as it may JAMES W. Gerard says American women ARE too lazy to take a basket to market and do their own buying WELL, we should love to see the chubby ambassador going home merrily swinging a basket containing A SOUP bone, an onion, a head of
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lettuce and two pounds of granulated sugar. PRUSSIA says nnish it will fight to PRUSSIA'S - finish? "BE a went, don't be a sent." HOPE the war fever subsides before the hay fever sets in. ENGLAND can't be so dreadfully stirred after all THEY are having a neat argument in the London Times about whether Sarah Siddons, the great actress, who died in 1831 WAS knock-kneed or not. THE Czar's big diamond, the Orloff, worth ten million dollars. Is to be auctioned off GREAT chance for some of the food speculators. THAT queer noise you get as you put your ear to the ground IS not the noise of cheering a Col. Roosevelt leads his troops DOWN the gang-plank to the transport. WE'D like to hear a good sob-sister's story ON the weatherman. ROBERTSDALE FOR RENT Light housekeeping rooms. 1359 Amy Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Linneman of Lake avenue. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eaton of Atchison avenue entertained Mr. stiti Mrs. otto Duke of Wanatah, Ind.. over Sunday. Mrs. Frits Kasch and daughters. Mrs. Carl Moore and Mrs. Herman Rognier snd Miss Ruth Jewett attended the funeral of Airs. Sullivan at Windsor Park Tuesday. Mrs. Wheaten of Chicago is spending a few days here the guest of Mrs. J. Fase of Roberts avenue. The many friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jewet of Hammond will be glad to learn they are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Tuesday. Mrs. Whiting and children of Hammond visited her mother, Mrs. Frank Schultz of Amy avenue, yesterday. Miss Rose Carlton of East Side visited friends here last evening. Mrs. Andrew Bogovich visited her mother. Mrs. Krouse of South Chicago, yesterday. Miss Ruth Jewett and Juanita Spoars were guests of the former's aunt, Mrs. Hunt of Hammond, Monday. Mrs. Edward Langohr of Myrtle avenue visited friends in East Chicago, Sunday. The tenth annual convention of the Pythian Sisters will be held at the I. O. O. F. hall, Friday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Henry Foster and daughter of East Chicago visited her mother, Mrs. Rose of Amy avenue. Sunday. Mrs. Henry Ehlers returned home
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'The Boy" Has Gone To Join The Colors And You Are Lonesomer Than You Ever Thought You Could Be and He is But One of Thousands Who Have G-one.
The boy has gone on to war. It's lonesome without him isn't It? You got awfully provoked at him sometimes, he was so full of life and vitality and you, growing older, well sometimes he got on your nerves. And now he's gone and gee! how you miss him for your love him so and he's- your boy but we'll let Editor Tom Bodine tell about, It. "The boy here in the office went away to Fort Riley theWher day, and it Is lonesome lonesomer . even than we thought it could be. "He was six feet and alive thoroughly alive, and evary morning Life, ebullient, overflowing;, contagious, swaggered asertively into the office with him. It brought laughter with it. and stimulation, and a redundance Of animal spirits that put weariness to- shame. The commonplace vanished the moment he entered and grind ceased. Color came again in old and forgotten Combinations, the day became prismatic, and experience, was hourly recreatld. We reviled him fo- his crudity and each hour in the day heaped upon his dolichocephalic blond head an infinity of derision because of his treatment of comas as being useless things and his determination to ppell words Just as near right to be wrong as it was possible to do and remain respectable.' We, used strange and forbidden adjectives (all for his good and our own joy) to convince him that the male man under 4(. is necessarily a blSnk fool, but they pattered down on him as harmlessly as bird shot on the hide of a rhinoceros. He laughed and went his way. Th.-it way led first to a suit of kahki and Ft. Riley, and from there it may trek across seas to Lens, Berlin, God knows where, but always, wherever it leads, there will be the echo of laughter and a great indifference. The sunshine on his head dates back to the retreat of the glaciers and atavism has been whispering in his ear since cradle time the story of a great adventure. "And we didn't know until this morning how lonesome it would be without him, how interminably long the hours or how insufferably dull. All day we have been expecting him to enter the door and at every shuffle of feet behind us we have turned to exclaim from Tinley Park, 111., after a twoweeks' visit with relatives. Mrs. John Eck of Indiana boulevard visited friends in Chicago yesterday. Gerald Harper of the Great Lakes ! naval station visited at the Gough home in Roberts avenue, Sunday. Roy Haight of Roberts avenue transacted business in Chicago, yesterday. TIMKS ! are personal mtirn t the people of this community from the mrrrhrnti.
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T. Turner, Auctioneer " 'Can't make It out? Anybody witl a grain of gumption ought to be abl to get that let's see ' "But he's not there. This office i the lonesonwcst place in these UnHM States. "And he is but one, our boy, but 1 i type of the thousands who will gv. laughing their way Into the mouth i that hell human madness has nic across the sea. They will go laughi:; because they are the Inheritors of th vitality of a race unafraid. Itself bor to laughter and without hatred. LaugU ing, they will batter their way to Beriii and laughing they will die if need i when the tirne comes. It is the bUx. that rode behind Shelby. Sheridan a-i-Stuart and of its rich redness not o;. rarticle has paled. "Somehow a great envy follows then as it followed him as the six feet c him slouched out the door with indolen grace and' disappeared down the stree where the train waited envy of th firm taut muscles, blood beating t music born in dim beginnings, envy o incarnate youth starting on the eterna never ending quest, of the old passio to dare and do. Yesterday you, hi .father in the spirit, had .them all, bu "nothing ever happened' we are quotin tfje boy in th office and days an yesrs passed in pale monotony, sappin nerve, softening muscles, building u fat at the waist line and cutting you wind, along with your cruising radiu; You tried to smoke it out and now you heart ' hammers aua- "ike a disable sasolirte engine ani yon couldn't get t the rirt line of trenches. Hence thes absurd autlons, these great timidities Yet yesterday you were the young ma of the 'connection,' looked to with grow ing deference, and he was the lates baby withN something vague and indeli nite ahead cf him, but of no consider able moment at the time. It doesn' seem fair, and isn't fair. Because Doth ing did happen you envy him. but tha doesn't make this office any less lone some. Sorry, yes, a miserable slacke at heart but glad. He may be blow: to atoms, but that's nothing to dull an purposeless days and years draggin, into age and uraemic apathies, an oi man without a tale to tell or a thrii to record. With world freedom at stak it is a privilege, a great opportunit to be joyously accepted. We delegat our swearing in the future to Captai: Rivers and the drill masters at For Riley, trusting tliat nothing needfu will be foreborne. It is a duty reluct antly relinquished, but some- sacrifice are essential unless 1 patriotism Is lack ing. Still, it is lonesome in this offie where "nothing happens" day in anday out. to laugh about, fuss about o swear about. Age ras its dignities hut also its humiliations. By C. A. VOIGHj