Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 300, Hammond, Lake County, 1 June 1917 — Page 4

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THE TH.1E3 Fridav. June 1, 1917

THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS BT THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING C0PA!IT. .

Tha Times East Chicago-Indiana. Harbor, dally axcpt Bandar. Entered t the poatoftlce In Eat Chicago. November II, 1811. The Leka County Tlmaa Dally eopt Saturday and 8nday. Intarad al tha poatoffico in Hammond. June 13, ISO 4. Tha Lake County Timea Saturday and weekly edition. Watered at the poatolttce in Hammond. February 4, 111. The Gary Evening Tlmea Dally aaoept Sunday. Bntared at tba poitoffloe la Gary, April IS, 191J. Ail under the act of March 8. 1171. aa eecond-claaa matter.

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TELEPHOS'KS, BAmmoad JprlraTe exchanxe) S100. S101. Il (Call for whateyar department wanted.) Oary Offlca Telephone lit N'aaaau Thompson, Eaat Chisago Telephone 640-J F. L- Evaaa. Eaat Chicago Tl.phone TI7-J Eaat Chicago, Taa Tihks 20j Indiana Harbor (News Dea?er "" " J0J Indiana Harbor (Reporter and Classified Adv"......'.".Vf elVplionV YiYm" Vr Vt5 w Whuln" Tslephaaa -M Crown Point Telephone n Hegewlach .............,....................,.,.,.. .Telephone 1 LARGER PAID UP CISCtXATION THAN ANY TWO OTHER NEWSPAPERS IN THE CALUMET. REGION. If you have any trouble g-ettlna; Taa Twm ir.jika complaint Immediately tw the circulation department. Thb Timxs will not be reaponsrble for the return or any unaollcited manuscript arttclea or letters and wli: not notice anonovmoua communication Short aigned letter of general Interest printed at discretion '

us with a false sens of prosperity. Also creating a black flag future for the country. Now to be perfectly frank with ourselves what does it avail us Americans icanr to loudly acclaim that this corporation Is making hundreds oj millions? Or, after the veil Is ripped aside, when we point with pride that this one la clearing ten of millions what do we find? Neither the country nor the employe of such Industries are benefited, and while workmen are assured of employment they are not so sure that the wajees. however hiph. is a living one any more. In a way a large part of our eo-ealled prosperity comes from large profits derived from overcharging the allies, but In ihe real sense in plucking the allies we are plucking America. Somebody pays for thla, code of ethics despite any flag waving and apparent formulas of patriotism that attends it and bye and bye the American citizen will realize that he is that some one. Thw is fully exemplified in the Liberty Loan bond issue which all loyal Americans will support. Yet in giving our savings we ought to be assured that that portion of the loan given to the allies and spent here should not be eubject to the needless prices charged for certain materials. If we are to have a dictatorship in this country during Use war, and that's what the country eeemi to be headed for, about one of its most Important functions will be to enforce a more equable system of prices and to remove a cruel lyetem of tolls uron the American people. It is hard enoueh to pay the cost of the war, which despite its demands is sacred to us because of the principles we will flglu for, but while we are consecrated to this new work for humanity we at lean ought to be protected from the operations of high prices whose size is chiefly due to the mani; for dividend piling.

Profits and the Cost of Living

The Iron Age in' its issue of May 24 points out that in the 21 months preceding October, 1916, steel soared in price $1.40 per net ton per monthFrom October to February this year the rise was $3.35 per net - ton per month, and from February until now it has been at the rate of $5. For the entire period the advance has been more than $f0 a ton. Since October alone the advance has been $33 per ton, and, reckoning American steel production at 33.000, 000 tons annually, Iron Age finds that the advance In finished steel prices now brings 100,00000 additional each month to steel manufacturers, or at the rate of $l,200,0oo,0OO yearly. What effect thi3 abnormal advance in price and wholesale harvesting of profits has had on' the whole country in the way of pushing up the cost of living are facts that the gavernment may later concern itseif with. In the long run what advantage accrues to the American people in a period of high wages that is marked , by .abnormal prices? And as yet there has been no concerted tendency to cause wages to mount at the same rate as tha cost of living. So far few definite investigations have been made ir.1o price boosting in the realm of industry. B-jf jn one, coal mining, it has been found in one case where the cost of labor, due to an advance in wages, went up 50 cents a ton and other costs, 15 cents, a total of 65 cents, coal went up 300 per cent at the mines, "or 130 per cent more than what was justified. In some instances there were even higher raises, but in all cases they were severe as any one who uses coal wefl knows. Price raising in America at this time seems to he divided into two general classes the latter referring to that system of ethics of enforcing charges as high as the public will bear. These two classes are: (A) That which is necessary, due to the increased cost of labor, material and the attainment of a fair profit- An increase from one cent to two cents in the price of a newspaper is an example of this, the additional tax being caused mainly because white papeV has advanced to publishers approximately that much. Yet there is no move anywhere to charge four, six or eight cents for a penny newspaper. (R) That which is not necessary and which is unwarranted. This takes in the scope of price raising beyond The level of increased costs and those extra profits which capital is entitled to or is accorded in periods of prosperity, but which is due to monopoly, near monopoly, the fixing of prices by the largest producer or producers, or the lack of laws or governmental control preventing such actionUnrestrained speculation, especially in foodstuffs, and concerted hoarding are also features of this class. Now, relatively speaking, many things have not gone up in price- Perhaps this is because legal restrictions in the way of such barriers as the national interstate commerce commission or the public utilities commissions of the several states prevent them from so doing, or because they lack the facilities .for establishing monopoly. It is assumed that, the reason they have net increased prices to an abnormal point is because there has not been the opportunity or else a legal barrier impose?, for it is human -nature to fet all that can be had for a commodity.- That we recognize this and have already begun to circumvent the problem is shown by the restraints ?.e have placed cn railroads and public utilities. Put now that we are at war we will go still further in this respect. England has gone further than we have because she has been at war for nearly three years and it is no longer possible to carry on there any large system of exploiting the public and hence the stateReferring to the things that have not gone tip in price we may cite the rate of railroads, traction lines and interurban companies, although they share in the volume of increased business. Neither have gas, water cr electric light companies increased rates. Doctors, dentists, lawyers and many professional men charge more, and telephone service can be had at the same rate. Broadly speaking there is not much difference in the price of newspapers for while in many instances one pays more yet one gets more service. Yet with shoes or with clothes one pays more, and in most cases the newer price brings inferior quality. Now, it might be pointed out that shoes and clothes, like food and munitions, come more directly under the head of direct necessities of war than gas service, medical aid. or telegraph messages and we must pay more. This is true, but in paying more we look to the government to protect us from the unwarranted exactions of price raisers, something which the government promises and probably wants to do, but which it so far has net done. With such a state of affairs existing in America ail thinking men must ponder on the ultimate sinister results -that must ensue from unreasonable price raising whether it concerns food, oil, clothing, iron and steel, or building material- True, employes in such iirice-raising industries are receiving more wages, but where some employing companies grant workmen a dollar more they exact, ten and twice and sometimes thrice ten for themselves. In the long run e employe of such en industry, oppressed by the higher cost of living that his own line and other line creates, is no tetter off- But much worse off is a workman allied with another industry cot so successful in its exactions. All of this creates unrest, disturbs the monetary system of the country, produces abnormal conditions and invests

()lTK MOST NEGLECTED PKODUOT. When, undertakers in certain localities of the Calumet region advertise ttheir business by placing tiny baby easUots in their windows, and we are told that in the foreign quarter of Indiana Harbor is found one of the highest infant mortality rat"? in the United States, it is time the public concerns itself with the con: ei v:.' ion of the innocents. Large families with often several boarders, live, eat and sleep in two small rpoms, while the other tooins of the house are similarly ove' crowded, and the block is made up of such bouses. Added to this, one finds an almost total lack of sanitary conditions. What chance has the baby to live? Trained nurses operating out of' special stations established in the forfign districts where the infant mortality is high, and a force of workers composed of the educated foreign-speaking people to conduct a campaign of education, offer a solution of the problem- It. is a condition that must be met. Hoards of health, civic bodies and all churches should co-operate.

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AVE read that the people of Germany are thoroughly in accord with the Kaiser IT sfftns that we have wasted a lot o sympathy on them. AX estimable and observing lady has discovered that when her husband's ;OLF is bad HIS disposition is in perfect accord with is golf. COXORKSS never need to worry about the loyalty of newspapers to the government IF Congfess was only l-j aa loyal: YVHT wouldn't it be a Rood thing: to suggest to some of these eastern womn who spend so much TIME beins photographed In fool military uniforms astraddle a horse THAT they can do so much more for their country by gettins out in old clot his AND doing: a little work with a spade and hoe? ONE of the saddest thing's in life Is a flivver autoist trying: to ret 20 miles an hour out of a TEN mile an hour flivver auto. AVE can't help but notice that it is never very hard for a child to find a reason fr NOT doing; something that it ought to do BUT we recall THAT we were exactly the same way about thirty years eoTHE editor of the LaPorte' Herald is against this OVERALLS-forwomon idea HE says, "use up the old skirts around the house" IT'S not very polite to call m old skirts. A woman's age is her own business anyway. ELOIX had Mayor Thompson of Chicago for a Memorial Day address. OUR idea of aem in occupation would be in listening to this great bull spouter and pal of Kaiser Wilhelm'a. VVE ' rfectly agree with old Abe Martin who SATS that flying a flag FROM your radiator cap 1 WILL, never keep the war g"infr on. KANT, the philosopher, says there are no women in Heaven IS this BECAUSE the Bible speaks of a half hour of silence IN the New Jerusalem? MAN in Penn peeved after reading a magazine for EVERY story was continued -and he Is to he HANGED Tuesday.

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Combined. j Koi' Rheumatism, Neuralgia, turnbago. Stiff and Swollen Joints. Corns, Bunions or whatever the pain may be, I it is said to be without an equal. Kor j Cuts. Burns. Bruises. Sore Throat. I Croup, Diphtheria and Tonsilitis it has j been found most effective. Accept no j substitute. This great oil Is golden red ' color only. There is nothing like it. j Every bottle guaranteed by leading , druggist.'. Kau'man Wolf. Hammond. Adv. I

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On the Job to Help You

We're always on the job to help you with your battery whether it's old or new, Willard or

some other kind. If it's old we'll keep it in working condition as long as it will pay to do so. If it's new, we'll show you how to take care of it, and give it the good start that prolongs its life. Whatever the make or model of your car, we-have a rental battery for your use should yours need repairs. Our service is expert, it's complete, it's WILLARD Service.

Dempsey Battery Service Station 318 Fayette St, Hammond, Ind. Phone 2655.

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