Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 53, Hammond, Lake County, 19 August 1919 — Page 4
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general throughout any trade, for it is instinctive. But .combination has been given the powerful sanction of the public by being used for war purposes, and the attorney general may be embarrassed by finding that he is called upon to attack combinations which have received the official blessing of the war industries board. While too much should not be expected from legal proceedings against profiteers, the moral effect may be great. The people in general may be provoked to demand a pood reason for higher prices, to oppose them actively and to seize every opportunity to escape them. A good weapon of defense is to produce more, even in one's own back garden, and to consume less of any but absolute necessities. Those whose wages have been raised during the war need to realize that the increase is more apparent than real. When purchasing power of money is considered, two dollars does not now represent much more than one dollar did five years asro. but the larger number of dollars tempts a man to indulge in luxuries with which he formerly dispensed. If a man regards a dollar as only 50 cents in purchasing power, he will be more apt to keep within his income and he will go a long way toward beating the profiteer.
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SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN. If the report of the state investigators who have been in Hammond to arrive at the fundamentals in the Standard Steel Car strike was made public, some people would be greatly shocked and disturbed. It was a striking arraignment of the situation from many standpoints. It, is quite probable that when the report reaches the governor something will drop mighty hard in this locality.
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1 t3 p Iflk THE BURDElToNTHE PEOPLE. That the people pay was never better demonstrated than in the street car strike which has absolutely crippled transportation in Hammond. East Chicago and Whitin.f. Merchants complain about the heavy loss in business. Ther is little chance for people on the ouukirts of these cities to get into town unless they walk and both they and the business men suffer in consequence. The burden of the strike of course falls on the worker who is employed at a distance from his home. It is to be fervently hoped that the obstacles to a speedy settlement of the vexatious problems figuring in the differences between the conflicting interests will be removed as soon as possible.
YES, IT'S COMING. The New York World threatens a revolution unless Congress continues to do the bidding of President Wilson. If the World will wait until November, 190, it will experit-nce the kind of revolution in this country which, in orderly, old-fashioned American styles, does and ua does governments. Bolshevik threars against Congress, demagogical outcry against conditions which have developed under this administration, by the very admin istration which has refused and neglected to correct them, the effort to load over on the new Congress responsibility lor the state of things in the United States at the end of a long period of absolute domination by the administration; all this may be thought to be "smart" party politics, but it will not save the politicians in power from the drubbing at the poils they are now so frantically trying to avert, even to the point of suggesting a revolutionary coup-d'etat.
THE BUYER ON THE OFFENSIVE. After all due allowance has been made for economic conditions which cause prices to rise, the mental attitude of the people plays an important part. While war was on. sellers readily excused an advance in price by saying "it is the war," and buyers as readily accepted the same. Having succeeded the first time, the seller was tempted to try it again, and then again. That has been the case In other countries as well as this one.
There comes a time when the consumer's power of-
endurance reaches exhaustion. He turns and strikes back. That time came in Italy when the people stormed the stores and put the merchants' goods on sale at half price. That it has come to this country is indicated by the protests of the railroad men against the race between wages and prices. To use military terms, the seller has been on the offensive and the consumer has made v little, if any, defense. The time for a counter offensive has come, and the seller is called upon to defend the rise in prices. The spur of patriotism no longer is applied to the buyer, and the seller is required to give a good reason. While no reasonable man expects an immediate return to pre-war prices, certain facts of the situation raise doubt whether further advances are justified; in facr, we may doubt whether a decline should not begin. Nearly all of the men who were withdrawn from production by the war have returned and are at work, and the abnormal demand for supply of the army has ceased. There is unlimited demand in other countries for everything the United States can supply, but thev lack means
'f transportation and the financial organization to pro-S cure what they want. It may be that when these defl-'
ciencies are supplied excess of demand over supply will warrant further advances, but a close watch should be kept over the course of prices. The profiteer is tempted when an advance of three cents is made to him, to make it five cenrs. and thus the original three cents grows like a snowball. Often no organization is needed to make this action
GOVERNMENTAL INEPTITUDE. The sickening recurrence of outrages in Mexico in which Americans are victims is a distressing example of the way in which this mighty government truckles to the bewhiskered Carranza and his satellites. The capture of the I'. S. aviators for whom Mexican bandits demand high ransom is merely another instance of the Mexican government's failure to protect our people and also of the reluctance with which our own government is disposed to take any action. Secretary Baker refuses to discuss the situation. He says he may have something to say later. And this has been going on ever since Mr. Wilson was elected president.
WON'T WORK BOTH WAYS. There may be a good deal of truth in the suggestion that a large part of the increase in cost of living is a psychological result. Everybody is talking increased cost, thus stimulating every seller of goods to advance his prices in anticipation of further costs to himself. But it is doubtful whether general talk of reduced prices would stimulate much reduction.
ENCOURAGING FIGURES. From many viewpoints, the business situation i3 encouraging in the extreme. According to Bradstreets, building permits for June, 1911. were fl29.O00.0OO as compared with $45,000,0t0 last year in loo cities for which statistics were received. Bank clearings for the first seven months of 1919 were ? 2 19, 000 ,000,000 as compared with $lS7.700,0u0,0O0 last year, or an increase of 16 per cent. Our balance of trade for the first half of 1919 is a billion dollars greater than for the first half of 1918. In addition to these favorable signs, the Republicans in Congress have put a check on the Socialistic tendencies of the White House and there is a promise of forced practice of economy in the governmental departments.
WE are always glad to pit down to MiCAT croquettes at our house because we KNOW then that wc have REACHED the ultimate end of uhatU is. AS far as the genuine loafer is CONCERNED THE real masters of the art live in the small towns. FORTUNE, it seems to us, Is on the job about ONE minute in 24 hours
WHILE misfortune is on the Job every
minute of the 24. WE once knew a man who was
SO busy admiring a four leaf clover
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THAT he fell into a cofil hole and was
killed
BUT you ran guess the moral for
yourself. IT looks as if when the railroad strike breaks there will be a
LOT of people all dressed up and no place to go. HAPPINESS springs entirely from the heart AND we can get ail of that we want WHEN wc think how some of our MIDDLEAGED friends AND acquaintances without distinction as to sex WOULD look whuo turning six somersaults IN rapid succession TO keep their blood pressure down as we could OUT of a month at some famous springs AT our kind employer's expense. NEVER compliment a woman on her small feet IK you do you are sure to '.earn i THAT the shoes she is wearing: j ARE just about a mi!" , j TOO big for her. j WE never understood why a woman
TO sit down when she's on a street car anyway BECAUSE if we had to wear a corset
WE would prefer to stanl up. THE trouble with the political situation is THAT there are cnttrely too MAN V politicians who regard their duty to their party AS superior to their , 'duty to their country. ON the other hand IK people never talke.j unless they had SOMETHING to. say, the conversation SURELY would draAND the folks who voted dry SHOULD remember that a food headache IS just as sir.ful as a BOOZE he.-ulache. AMONG the feminine mysteries IS how much time the wife of a. man in VERY moderate circumstances LIKE an editor for Instance. CAN spend at the dressmakers with how few TANGIBLE results. .NOBODY knows what a day in Ihis region WILL brinp forth BUT one is safe in hazarding; the frucss THAT there will be another s'rike or THREAT of one. DID you ever notice ihat on the mornings YOU do not have to go to work YOU wake up early and can't go to sleep again AND that on the mornings you have
fiinfr to the
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to GO to work YOU have an awful time getting awake?
Soldier Boy News liilnaril J. elc, on of Doctor Wrn. D. Wc.ise has jjst returned t' Hammond after ppemiinK over two years with the fighting- 5th Marines in France. Edward is in every American engagement that the famous second division participated in and besides his four gold stripes on his left arm. he also has a jstnsle one on the right two citations and the Allied victory medal with five stars. Out or a company of 250 which started off at Chatteau Thierry and Relleau Woods. Weise is one of the nine who were lucky .o live- through it all..
Postma-stei ar.d George W. Jones, who was with the 12tli K. A.. :.aw active ervice in France, was wounded and later put in the Army of Occupation, spending nine months or. the Rhine, has been released from service and surprised his .erandparcnta by walking in Just In time for breakfast.
By JOE PENNINGTON. HOUSEHOLD EFFICIENCY. Whenever you go shopping, plan to spend a half hour or so in the housewares department. Do this, not as a temptation to spending money, but to become familiar with the time and labor fcaving devices which are being invented for your own convenience and comfort Many of tbem win not only save time and labor, but will be found no more expensive, if as expensive, as the old-fashioned things with which you may be struggling For instance: On sucn a visit, you may see a new kind of coffee pot or a silver polisher. You have a coffee pot and yon have some silver polish so you don't buy It at that time. But you do make a note of It; and when your coffee pot springs a leak, you get the new one that is easy to keep clean and makes good coffee; and when your silver clearer Is all used up. you get the new labor saving kind. So gradually you replace your old-fashioned, clumsy kitchen devices with up-to-date one; and as you do so. you will find your leisure Increases your back aches less often, your hands Keep softer and your temper becomes angelic. Here are some things that were noted in a single visit to the house wares department of a large store: A device for cleaning windows which made it unnecessary to sit ca the sill to wash the outside. A double-boiler or steamer containing three enameled cooking compartments. One flame would cook three things A collapsible pressiDg board that folds up into a small size and cat be carried in a suitcase. It weigt. little more than the electric lrc;. that should accompany it, A butter maker that makes twi pounds of milk-charged butter from pound of butter and a pint of milk An egg beater that has a quadruple motion, instead of a double motion and thus reduces the time of beating by half. This list might be extended to include hundreds of devices for men have at last waked up to the importance of devising means of saving
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tirna and labor for the housewife The day of the household drudge is past. Look about you. Visit the sbops to see -what is being made for your benefit; and study the advertisements to 6ee what the manufacturer are putting out that win tave you time and trouble and money Every day new devices appear. It's up to you to profit, by the ingenuity of those who are working constantly on new ways lo help you in your housekeeping. CONVEETTNO A BEDROOM INTO A SITTING BOOM. If you Lave a bedroom on the ground Coor. alongside your living room or dining room or if you are a working woman ind must live in a rooming house, you can easily turn the bedroom into a sitting room at a very small cost If you want your bed room to do double duty that Is both night and day you can easily do o First of all. the bed itself must be eliminated; that is. it must not look like a bed If it is a single Iron one (as is usually the case) have s car penter or pluxber with a metal saw cut off the two ends, leavicg only the legs, spring and mattress If tni8 is covered with cretonne or a couch cover of any kind it ceases to look ilke a bed and yet is far more contfor. etatle than the ordinary couch If you have a bureau with a mirror above it. unscrew the uprights holding the mirror and take the mirror out of them. Throw the uprights away. Hang the mirror from the nirror from the moulding with a eavy silk cord and leave the dresser ooklng simply like a chest of drawrs. You can repaint both the drw. rs and the mirror if you like; and It is even better if the rnirrcr I, hung elsewhere say inside the closet door. Keep all brushes, toilet articles, etc.. in the top drawer yow should do that anyway because it's so much cleaner. Now hang a few pictures, if you wish, place your work basket on a low table, repiac the swiss or musiin bedroom curtains wi;b bedroom becomes a sitting room cretonne or plain cream net aid your
Pnrt of tlic American 1st division i on its way to America having embarked Saturday right. The 26th and 2S:h regiments of this division were the recipients of official c it at ions- from thn French government in recognition of their d istinguished service.
KING George is said to be in a dilemma over how to honor Lloyd George, who does not want to be made a peer. How would handing over the throne do?
Te fl rt troop of the 3d 'lvilon arrived home yesterday in New York on the transport Apamenon, which docked In Hohoken. They include 32 officers and t54 men of the ISth field artillery, 19 officers and 6f2 men of the 0th machine gun battalion, and S officers and ".32 men of the supply and machine g in companies of the 38th infantry. The Agamemnon had on board 2.F.50 officers and men. 63 soldiers wives and eight soldiers' children. The trocp were under command of MaJ. W'. P. Wheeler of Macon. Ga.. om mander of the 9th machine gun battalion.
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Ziut VianT. former Emerson. Hitch J-'chool athlete arrived from overseas at Gary the last part of last week and went directly to visit his mother at Lowell. Zim was a member of the second division and left school t" enlist in the service.
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