Liberty Express, Volume 13, Number 32, Liberty, Union County, 10 March 1916 — Page 4

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majority. However, a slight Republican majority was in favor of tabling. A government that can command practically half the strength of its political adversaries, and 8." of its own following may 1 reasonably sure that it is supported by the people. I The action of the senate last week and ; I the nport now of the house is a victory for the nation. The world now . knows, and the people of this country, know t hat there has been a persistent; and determined effort to destroy our gov- J eminental unity. Congress utterly failed to resjMind to it. and it is very greatly to its credit that it ressited the pressure to which it has been subjected, and;

withstood the temptation to play politics. The Indianapolis News says editorially: "There is at the present time no occasion whatever for any legislating or resolving in connection with any of the subjects now being dealt with diplomatically. The effect could have been only to confuse the issues, embarrass the negotiations, and strengthen the Herman foreign office as against our own state department. And the result of it all would have been to deceive the fierman people and mislead their government. The movement in the direction of congressional, action was, therefore, illadvised, and would have been, if it had not been beaten, dangerous." With the President, the senate and the house of representatives standing together there is no excuse for misunderstanding on the part of any one. Discussing the broad principle, prior to the action of the senate, the Springfield Republican very truthfully said: "For the government or congress formally to surrender a neutral right here and a neutral right there, whenever serious trouble was threatened as the possible result of maintaining these rights, would be an invitation to belligerents to terrorize the United States in all cases

where 'military necessity' encouraged aggression on neutral rights. There is no course to follow but the one we have

Isn't there any sort of inducement ; been following for eighteen months to

that can be held out to a pesky 9ccret stand on international law as hitherto agent to blow up the Cucaracha slide! established. Nor do we need to conclude - that disaster is inevitable, if we would

tionai upwaru movement in pricr and j

production. Many mills are soldi ahead

into l!17 at unheard of profits! The Picture copper industry also shows extrtfuc' ac

tivity, closely paralleling the c.lnrse of I

steel in prices and production. T is partly true of other metals leum is also rising to a sensati owing to the tremoi dons dema'

THE SLIM PRINCESS

Union Theatre Thursday.

on Next

You may do things us well as others if you try. It is easier to thwart a villain on the stage than in real life. Keep in the middle of the road until you meet an automobile, and then dodge. Well, didn't Kermit once say that "dad always wants to be the corpse at a funeral?" Main trouble with our submarines appears to be that they can't sink or that they do. A writer says speech was given man to conceal his thoughts. It was a needless precaution in most cases. The English gentleman who bluepencils our news is the censor. The one who stops our mails is the incensor.

enan.e The Kssanay company has been busy Petro- for some time turning out . one reel n level George Ade comedies, and no doubt re'1 loth - mains as to their success. Their com-

at home and abroad for motor purposes. i edy qualities have ranked them high in

In the chemical industry many pl.tditct ! the class of relined picture humor. "The

have shown sjwctacnlar advances! as a, Slim Princess." founded on fJeorge Ade's

successful play of the same name, pre

sents four reels of practically pure un

Advising Americans to leave Mexico would be more acceptable if accompanied wwith a map outlining a few safe routes.

One objection to the withdrawal of American marines from Haiti is that it leaves the situation darker than before.

Premier Borden says the war is only half over, which recalls Lord Kitchener's prediction at the start that it would last three years at least.

It has been demonstrated that a man can wear a smaller hat at 70 than he could at 20. With the advent of baldness the swelling in his head goes down.

President Wilson has been invited to

invade William Jennings Bryan's home town and appeal to the people on the subject of preparedness. But the chances are Mr. Br yan will not be at home.

After nine months of negotiation Ger

many refuses to admit that the murder of Americans on the high seas is illegal. How can anyone doubt that it would still oe going on but for the British navy ?

TREND OF FARM PRICES. The following statement relative to the trend of prices paid to producers of farm products was issued by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture February 11, 1916: The level of prices paid producers of the United States for the principal crops increased about 8.4 during January; in the past eight years the price level increased about 3.2 during January. On February 1 the index figure of prices was about 0.4 lower than a year ago, 5.9 higher than two years ago, and 9 higher than the average of the past eight years on February 1. The prices of meat animals (hogs, cattle, sheep, and chickens) to producers of the United States increased 3.4 from December 15 to January 13; in the past five years prices increased in like period 1.3. On January 15 the index figure of prices for these meat animals was about 1.7 per cent lower than a year ago, 8.4 lower than two years ago, and 1.3 higher than the average of the past five years on January 15. " THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY.

The house of representatives Tuesday by a vote of 270 to 143 tr.b!ed the Mc-

LeMore resolution urging American citi zens to keep off defensively armed nier chant ships flying the flag of a belliger

ent nation. The preliminary votes, one

ordering the previous question, and the other adopting the rule under which the

resolution was to be disposed of, were also decisive. On these the President

was sustained by an overwhelming ma

jority of his own party. Though some Republicans supported the President's

position, a majority of them opposed it. When it came to the question, not of

the method of dealing with the resolu

tion, but of its actual disposition, the

verdict was even more impressive. Only

thirty-three Democrats out of a total

membership of 232 voted against tabling the resolutions. Out of the 194 Republicans, assuming that the membership is full, ninety voted with the Democratic

maintain our national honor while holding fast to the rules of international law as they affect American rights and interests." That is the doctrine to which the administration is pledged, and it ii sound. It is not an American doctrine, much less a Wilson doctrine, but it is a doctrine of public law. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. Henry Gews says, in his current let

ter, that domestic and foreign pontics

dominate the entire business situation, and these again are chiefly influenced by

war.

What will happen when the war is

over cannot be definitely measured. In

some quarters there will be violent reactions as soon as remobilization on a

peace basis begins, while in other quar

ters there will be a resumption of activi

ties now held in check. Inflation resulting from a plethora of money and huge war purchases has not yet run its

course; and the higher prices go the

more severe will be the reaction. The

true prevention or offset agiinst these

contingencies is a clear appreciation of

the inevitable; followed by thorough pre

paredness for the event when it arrives. Fortunately, our big industrial leaders

and our prominent bankers are keenly alive to the economic dangers of the times, and are setting their course ac

cordingly. The turn, when it comes,

will find them entirely ready to take

advantage of new conditions. In many cases current large profits are being

utilized to wipe out indebtedness and to lower fixed charges; old plants will be

written off or new ones created, thus leaving the best managed concerns better off after the war than before it. The whole country should begin at once conserving its war profits, not spending wastefully, not swelling dividends un

wisely, and not too recklessly inflating

security values; but aiming to strengthen itself for the world struggle for industrial supremacy which will come upon

us irresistibly when the war is over. That struggle will be won by the nation

which can produce and distribute the best goods at the lowest prices. This approaching competition is absolutely unavoidable; we are not yet prepared, and the higher the level of prices and costs maintained now, the more difficult our readjustment and progress will be later on, and the less our ultimate ability to meet the strenuous rivalry with Germany and Great Britain that will be forced upon us. The war has not yet approached the end, nor have its inflationary influences yet exhausted themselves; but preparedness for the change, that is coming should not be confined to industrial and financial leaders, and conservation of our resources will be the policy of all prudent business men until the present world chaos begins to clear and the new tendencies become more definite. General business conditions at home continue highly favorable. Bank clearings are satisfactory, running about 50 ahead of last year, the greatest activity being in states eatt of the Alleghenies. No more striking evidence could be found of the violent changes which the great conflict across the sea has wrought on this side of the Atlantic than in our own steel trade, which maintains unchecked its headlong and sensa-

result of scant supplies, which can I usual

lv be traced to the demands of' war.

these 'adulterated comedy development, much

companies have made large ailaiu?e and resembling those popular one reel offerare common favorites in speculation. ims.

There has Wen a wide re

enterprises. The new corjKU.itc reported since January 1 itk over $4!t;.noUM0 compared with 000.0(H) last year, an increase of

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As in the smaller pictures much of

usual gains and some deduction must be made for the transformation .f capital; but in the main the increase vu- chiefly in new concerns in the steel, corf. per, petroleum and other industrit lir4ctly affected by the war. There was alta ;i large increase in the number of new Shipping concerns, the total of which! organized since the war aggregated ' iver $50,000,000, also the total contemplated in President Wilson's shipping bill. American ship owners engaged in foreign trade are making fabulous profits, freight rates in many instances being ten times what they were before the war, while ships have risen two, three and four times their original value, paying their cost in a few voyages. Singularly enough, there was a decrease n January and February of over .200.'n.. 000 in new railroad issues of stocks and bonds, the applications for new rail oad capital being materially restrained by the return of choice American secui ties from abroad. Our foreign trade is gradually ret irning to more normal conditions through a declining export movement and lm-ger imports. The exports for Jan try

amounted to $335,535,303, a deelin

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Helge Pots, 3tM for sale. 3. end posts. 9 ft. by 7 to 10 in. at butt. JAS. GEORGE. FOR SALE Victrola, at a bargain; good as new. Can be seen at residence. CARL AMMERMAX. FOR SALE Farm horse, bay, 7 years old. Phone 38W. Inquire Alex. Hodge. WANTED Man past 30 with horse and buggy to sell Stock Condition Powder in Union county. Salary $70 per month. Address 9 Industrial Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. I)ST Horse blanket, between Ketiirr's livery barn and Hanna's Creek bridge east of Liberty. Finder please return to Ketner's stable. W. F. SHANKLIN'. WANTED First-class machinists at on. e. Steady work. Good wages. V. Y. W AIN WRIGHT & SON, Conners ville, Ind. ICNK! JUNK To the Public: We

iviA AAA r I i'l ,v I)er IM lbs for rags, 37c for $17,000,000 since December, conn "d i : , , . 6 ' ... u.m om o- .i "". and all other junk according to with $207 ,801,30 a vear ago. . th . , v. , market, lard in Seminary street, near weekly and monthly exports have 1. !v J '

UNION THEATRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 16

hi.f-

uni-cri-ex-

:kly and monthly exports

been running upon a smaller scale, c ly owing to lessened shipments of t tions, breadstuffs and other raw mr

als. The largest gains have been

ports of manufactured products

ports have lately shown gratifying increases, the total for January being $184,fX)0,000, an increase of $02,000,000. This is the highest January on itfd, and compares with $122,000,000 a year

rm and 157 .000.000 in 1013. Tip 'n-

ft " '9 J g - - . . . m

crease in lmpona was maioiy 01 rv terials and rwo-Jutlabte feooJs." 4

result the excels . of imports wa le embarrassing, and tends to improve tie foreign exchange situation. Securities are still being returned on a considerable scale from abroad, but the movemeiit is less pronounced than a few weeks ago.

Sharp's coal yard. 'Phone 235. MORRIS

COHEN, Liberty, Ind. ' 3t32 WANTED Live AutomobUe

Dealer for this county.

"Chandler,' the car of the year. Cars on display at Indianapolis Automobile Show Feb. 28th-March 4th?-See us for territory. PIERSON MOTOR CO., Distributors. 646 N. Meridian St.,

the humor depends on the sub-titles, which are used profusely, but not unnecessarily. To delve into an analysis of the renowned wit of George Ade is superfluous, as its effect has been well proven in both magazines and pictures. Suffice it that the greater number of the subtitles are good for laughs. Rut on the other hand, the comic possibilities of the story itself have been grasped with an understanding by the leading players. Neither have the ridiculous situations in the plot that have been often pictured heretofore, and the combination of refreshing incidents and capable acting is gratifying. The story concerns a Turkish count whose court believes beauty is confined to fat girls only. Popova, the tutor of the count's children, nurses a secret hatred for his master and so keeps one of his charges thin by feeding her pickles. Of course she is really beautiful while the other is not so at all. IJut

then the American puts in an appearance and remains until he has made the slim princess his wife. The chief comedy role is played by Wallace Beery as Popova. His opportunities are many and he makes use of all of them. Francis Bushman and Ruth Stonehouse are ideally suited for the lovers. Henry Dunkinson is the count, while others in the cast are Terza Bey, Bryant Washburn and Lester Cuneo. The story at times has noticeable padding, such as displaying scenes in the capital of the United States as was the case with "Graustark." The humor in the story is great. The photography and settings are very good.

On with

the dance! The Victor is your orchestra, and is always ready, always obliging, and always plays in perfect time. " It never grows tired even entertains you between the dances. Come in and hear some of the special dance records by the Victor Dance Orchestra. tlS to So 10 t0 $10 .yictor-Victro!M

F. B. HUSTED

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. The Bulletin for the State Boar of Health for January contains some, interesting facts concerning births and deaths. For January there were 4,092 deaths in the state while in January, 1915, there were only 3,103. The annual death rates based upon these figures would be 10.8 and 12.9 per 1,000 respect

ively; in other words, the death rate in January, 191C, was 3.9 higher than

in the corresponding month the preced

ing year. The births in January, 191C,

numbered 5,373. Subtracting the deaths, 4.092, leaves 1,282 births in excess of the

deaths. If this were to continue throughout the year the increase of births over

the deaths would not be sufficient to maintain the population because, allowing for epidemics, accidents and remov

als the births must always exceed the deaths to the extent of one-third.

In January pneumonia deaths num

bered 097 and the influenza deaths 494.

Adding to these figures the deaths from

consumption, 292, we have a total of 1,483 from respiratory diseases alone. Respiratory diseases are all due principal

ly to air starvation and we may, therefore, truthfully say that 1,483 people in Indiana died on account of starvation

from air in January. This ought not to

be, for air is very cheap. The government cannot tax it and the trusts cannot corner it and the people should use

it more freely and by so doing endure

less suffering and less loss. When peo

ple sleep with their windows open and secure to themselves an abundance of fresh air the awful loss, misery and sorrow proceeding out of air starvation will be greatly lessened. The total death rate for the whole state in January was 16.8, the city rate was 18, and the country rate 18.2. It is remarkable that the country showed a higher death rate than the cities. Inftuenze was reported as the most prevalent disease. Scarlet fever prevails to a considerable degree in more than one-half the counties. Tonsilitis, which is to a great degree air starvation, prevailed in every county and acute rheumatism, which is generally due to digestive troubles, was reDorted from

- i i several counties. There were 104 cases f

of smallpox reported from fourteen counties with no deaths.

Castle Square Entertainers tonight, March io. "Their work is far above the average.

Tiother b-irrel kraut, Ryan's.

SPRING COAT

HUGHES Just received the first shipment of Spring Coats. These are of the latest models and newest material, and to be

APPRECIATED MUST BE SEEN

SILKS! We have just opened a new and pretty line of Silks, for waistings and trimmings. Ask to see them.

RUGS! RUGS!! RUGS!!! Many are now buying room-size Rugs to be taken out later. Call and see them now. Make your selection and call for them when you are ready to use them. We have just received the largest stock of Window Draperies we have ever shown. New and pretty designs

"THE BUSY CORNER

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