Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 88, 22 February 1918 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, FEB. 22, 1918

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

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Dillon's Request for $200,000 The appropriation of $200,000 which Superintendent Dillon of the- Municipal light plant wants for extensions, challenges the careful study of the city council and board of public works. The prosperous condition of the utility is not questioned, but the advisability of spending $200,000 for extensions and improvements asks for deliberate counsel. , Owners of a privately owned plant would hesitate long and accumulate a wealth of data pertaining to the improvement before they advanced $200,000 in war times. Neither would they rely entirely on the judgment of one man. An accurate survey of present and prospective business is the basis on which all calculations regarding the future capacity of the plant must rest. This survey must be made accurately and enter into both the practical and theoretical aspects of the problem. The sum of $200,000 is a large sum of money to spend now, even if the earnings of the plant indicate that the proposed indebtedness can be paid off within a reasonably short time. The cost of machinery has advanced enormously in this period of inflation, giving certainty to the inferonce that $200,000 will not buy now what it could have bought two years ago or what it might buy three years hence.

Only the most pressing necessity warrants the j

expenditure of $200,000 for machinery in these days. Only a thorough investigation will show how necessary the need for this new machinery is. The data presented by Superintendent Dillon

is not sufficiently elaborate to warrant the con-1 elusion that an imperative need for extension ex-j i.sts. ! Extension of electric power and service toj

neighboring towns is fraught with grave danger. The taxpayers of Richmond originally established the Municipal plant to supply the consumers and the city with cheap power and light. The

primary scope did not include service to outlying j

towns. When the policy of supplying a few towns with current was initiated taxpayers were under the impression that a surplus of electricity generated at the plant was being disposed of advantageously. No one believed thatlhe city would invest in new and expensive machinery to supply our neighboring cities with a utility through a company owned by a local man. The Municipal light plant should restrict its functions to the local needs. If other towns want the use of an electric utility, it stands to

- , reason that tax payers in those towns should raise j money for the investment represented by a plant. Richmond taxpayers ought not to be com- j pelled to invest part of $200,000 for extensions that are of little benefit to them directly but are, j in reality, of great financial benefit to the tax-i

payers of other cities. The efficiency of the plant must be kept at the top notch to serve Richmond patrons. Money must not be sunk into the plant for the benefit of others. The argument that the taxpayers will not pay for these extensions because they will be paid out of the earnings of the plant' is specious. Every dollar of profit made at the plant belongs to the taxpayers of Richmond, for they were the original investors. Hence, every dollar of profit 'derived from the plant but diverted from the taxpayers for the use of extensions that benefit citizens of other cities, is a dollar taken from the pockets of the Richmond taxpayers. Of course, earnings of the plant cannot be diverted to the consumers here in the form of dividends. But these earnings can be used to reduce the indebtedness of the plant. We believe the correct policy of the superintendent should be the paying off of all the indebtedness by an efficient management of the utility, and not an extension of the plant to help other communities through the medium of a local company that buys the current at the Municipal light plant and then sells it to other towns. Dr. Aked's Lecture Many eminent men are coming to Richmond these days to speak on topics' pertaining to the war. Never in our city's history have so many men, who have spoken before metropolitan audiences, stopped in Richmond to lecture.

Dr. Aked will speak on next Monday night on the Armenians. These people have been ravaged by lawless Turks. - Their homes have been deiraao4- i-Vi(-i1q dictwVto Viaira Hon filmed into

wildernesses; thousands of men, women and chil

dren have been murdered by a cruel soldiery. - In that'land of devastation and waste, thousands of half -starved persons are trying to eke out an existence. Dr. Aked will depict conditions in Armenia. He is speaking - under auspices of the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. This cause has the endorsement of President Wilson.

Conquest and Kultur "We are indubitably the most martial nation in the world. For two. centuries German vigor upheld the decadent Roman Empire. Only Germans were able to combat the primitive might of Germans. In seven battles of the nations, in the forest of Teutoburg, in the Catalonian plains, at Tours, and at Poitiers, on the Lechfeld near Liegnitz, before Vienna against the Turks, and at Waterloo we saved the civilization (Gesittung) of Europe. "We are the most gifted of nations in all the domains of science and art. We are the best colonists, the best sailors, and even the - best traders ! And yet we have not up to now secured our due share in the heritage of the world, because we will not learn to draw Salutary lessons from history. That the German Empire is not the end but the beginning of our national development is an obvious truth which as yet is by no means the common property of Germans. It is recognized only by a few cultivated men." Fritz Bley, Die Weltstellung des Deutschtums, 1897.

The Food Administration Says: The Allies look to America for help. They must have meat in ever-increasing quantities. The men who are fighting for you and me MUST have meat and lots of it. Fighting is the hardest work in the world. All we've got to do is to eat an average of ONE OUNCE less one cubic inch less of meat a day. This, multiplied by 100,000,000 will make good the need. We have a superabundance of vegetables. Double the use of vegetables. They take the place of the wheat and meat, and, at the same time, are healthful. Use potatoes abundantly. Use fruits generously.

! is how Wilhelm can look at himself

in the mirror, with his tin helmet and his junk-on-tbe-cbest, and not a laugh. There is something wrong with a guy who has no sense of humor. Man wants but little here below, But, gee, it makes him gruff When tax assessors want to know: "Where did you get that stuff?"

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GEORGE WASHINGTON You had some .troubles, Father George, We guess, back in your time. The life you led at Valley Forge Was not a life sublime. There was some cold and, we suppose. Some woe and like of that; But you never sat and froze your nose In a steamless-beated flat.

We re in favor of seven meatless days every week.' '

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News item says that when Caruso is hungry, he sits down to a meal of ravioli, spaghetti and zabaglione. So far as is known, judging by the titles of his food, he hasn't as yet violated any of the rules of the United States food department.

The general public does not know just how much the authors are doing to help win the war. Authors use twice as many stamps as other people. They put stamps not only on the outside of their letters, but on the inside as well. The ones on the inside are to escort the manuscript back to the home and fireside to the modest yet pleasant home of the modern Henri de Balzac. The average manuscript has the homing instinct of a carrier pigeon. Sending stories to magazines is like throwing rilver dollars up against the ceiling. If the dollar sticks to the ceiling, you win.

Esteemed contemporary asks: "Shall we banish the fairies?" Oh, no, let 'em stay. They are rather cute in their short skirts and nose veils. In a speech the other day an Englishman said: "Henry Ford is a great American who makes perambulators." The more inferior a fellow is, the more he grumbles about "Fate" and "Bad Luck" and "Providence."

Women Are Boosting It You Cannot Fool the Women

ECZEMA CAUSED YEARS OF INTENSE AGONY

A Toast to the Flag By John Jay Daly of The Vigilante:;. Here's to the Red of it, -There's not a thread of it, No, nor a shred of it In all the spread of it From foot to head, But heroes bled for it, Faced steel and lead for it, Precious blood shed for it, Bathing it Red. Here's to the White of it, Thrilled by the sight of it, Who knows the right of it But feels the might of it Through day and night? 'Womanhood's care for it Made manhood dare for it, Purity's prayer for it Keeps it so White. Here's to the Blue of it, Beauteous view of it, Heavenly hue of it, Star-Spangled dew of it, Constant and true. States stand supreme for it, Diadems gleam for it Liberty's beam for it Brightens the Blue. Here's to the Whole of it, Stars, stripes and pole of it, Body and soul of it ; On to the goal of it, Carry it through. Home or abroad for it, Unsheath the sword for it, Fight in accord for it, RED, WHITE and BLUE !

If the I. W. W.'s ever give a banquet in this county It will be a feast of treason and a flow of gall. President Poincare well soon be eligible to membership iu the Cabinet Makers' Union. We have received a circular from a publisher asking us to buy a book entitled "Th3 Lesbiad of Catullus and Pervigilium Venaris (Mood Transcriptions)." We refuse. Our mood cannot be transcribed. And it wouldn't be decent reading if it were. In his birthday speech the kaiser coupled himself with God only nine times. This is a low batting average. Perhaps he is getting to be a little lukewarm on the subject himself. One of the mysteries of this world

"I have suffered intense agony from Eczema on my leg and other parts of my body for years, and received only temporary relief from other preparations. It is onlv a month since I started to use PETERSON'S OINTMENT, and there is no sign of Eczema or itching. You can refer to me." Geo. C. Talbot, 27 Penfield St., Buffalo, N. Y. I've got a hundred testimonials, says Peterson, just as sincere and honest as this one. Years ago, when I first started to put out PETERSON'S OINTJ1ENT, I made up my mind to give a big box for a small price, and I'm still doing it, as every druggist in the country knows. I guarantee PETERSON'S OINTMENT because I know that its mighty healing power is marvelous. I say to every one who buys a box that it

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Pimples, Salt Rheum, Old Sores, Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles, Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Chafing, Burns, Scalds anl Sunburn, and if not satisfactory any druggist will return your money. 30 cents. Sold by Clem Thistlethwaite. Adv.

Once you have shown them and got their confidence they - will stick through thick and thin to what they know and believe is a good thing. Hundreds of women in our city are going around today with joy in their hearts and a new lease on life and health where before each day was one long "nervous drag of misery." As one woman expressed it, "It's not the work you do, it's the way you feel that makes the drudgery, you cannot get ahead when you go to bed all in, too tired to sleep and get up in the morning half dead. Believe me I know. I certainly was a nervous wreck, every task a load, no ambition, thin, haggard and pale, an old woman before ray time. Look at me now, some change, eh! Work" is a pleasure. I am just bubbling over with life and good spirits, the picture of health, cheeks rosy and full of the color that only ironized blood can give, while my phosphate-fed nerves are as steady as a clock, nothing worries me, I sleep like a top and feel like a girl of sixteen. Take it from me, I want Phosphated Iron to get credit for everything; too much cannot be said in its praise, it sure is the goods and everyone I have recommended it to is a booster." This is only one of many like cases in our city, there is no need of any man or woman going around with that tired all-in feeling or any form of nervousness, if they will get next to themselves, take a brace, and stack up to a package of Phosphated Iron. It sure will spruce you up and make you feel like a live wire once more, so get busy. To insure physicians and their patients getting the genuine Phosphated Iron we have put in capsules only. Do not take pills or tablets, insist on capsules. Conkey Drug Co., and leading druggists everywhere. Adv.

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