Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 116, 24 March 1919 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM1 AND SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building. North. Ninth and Sailor Streets, Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Seo ond Class Mall Matter. MBMDBR OP TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Associated Praaa la exclusively entitled to the BN for republication ot all news dlcpatches credited to It of net otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. AH rirhts ot republication of spe clai dispatches herein aire also reserved.

The Suffrage Jubilee The Jubilee Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to be held in St. Louis next week will also commemorate the Jubilee anniversary of woman suffrage in Wyoming, the first state of the American commonwealth to grant the right of citizenship

to all citizens irrespective of sex.

The most interesting feature of the Wyoming

anniversary is the fact that a man, William H.

Bright, member of the council in the Wyoming

territorial legislature, was sponsor of the suffrage bill. Back of him, however, was the unseen but very potent influence of his wife. When statehood was granted Wyoming, the men sent word to Washington that the equal suffrage clause must be retained in the state constitution if Wyoming was to enter the American union. This, according to the Christian Science Monitor, presents another interesting and paradoxical situation. When congress discusses the proposed constitution of a state, it sometimes objects to provisions and sends the instrument back to the territory for revision. In the case of Wyo

ming, congress on July 10, 1890,. admitted Wyoming to the union, and thereby inferentially put the stamp of federal approval on the equal suffrage provision of the Wyoming constitution. The federal constitution, which is the norm and standard by which state constitutions are judged, did not at that time and does not now permit women to vote. 'The struggle that is now on to obtain the submission of the so-called Susan B. Anthony amendment to the federal constitution is intended," says the Monitor, "to; conform the constitution of the United States, in this respect, to the constitution of the state of Wyoming, approved by congress twenty-nine years ago." Since Wyoming in its territorial, days first granted women the right to vote, twenty-one

states have given this privilege to women. Equal suffrage, despite its recent defeat in the senate of the United States is bound to come. Equal suffrage has been. in vogue so long in Wyoming, says the Monitor, that it is difficult for its people to realize how other states can deny their women the right to vote.

The Morton Fund The response which has been made to the appeal for funds to place a picture of Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's illustrious war governor, in the historical collection in the basement of the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument at Indianapolis, is gratifying. ' Oliver P. Morton is one of the great characters of Hoosier history. Wayne county i3 honoring itself by placing a picture of its native son in the collection. No reference to Indiana's part in the great struggle to preserve the union is complete without giving Morton due credit for the great work he did as a supporter of Abraham Lincoln, and a true friend of the boys who volunteered for service not only in Wayne but also in the other counties of Indiana.

How War Effects Crime, Marriage and Insanity By J. N. Hurty, M. D. The effect of the war upon the mental stability of the nation has been tonic rather than depressant. This is proved by, the fact that the suicide and insanity rates declined during the war. Graham, a noted statistician of Belfast, shows there was a decrease of the insane in Ireland during the war and expressed the view that "it is not the great tragedies of life that sap the forces of the brain and wreck the psychic organism. On the contrary, it is the small worries, the deadly monotony of a narrow and circumscribed existence." Esterbrook asserts that organic and even acute infectious diseases and also faulty nutrition, are the most frequent causes of insanity. The American insane rate did not vary during the war. There was a remarkable decline in the suicide

rates in Europe and America. Amongst females, as might be expected, the fluctuations were much less marked than among males. In Indiana the number of suicides in 19 months proceeding the war was 672 and during the 19 months of the war, 624. War always depresses the birth rate. This would, of course, be expected in all invaded re-.

gions, but it is also true throughout all nations engaged. In Belgium and France the birth rate fell sixty to seventy percent. In Bavaria, which

was not invaded, the birth rate fell from 20.7 per

1000 in 1913 to 15.8 in 1915 or 23 percent. - .

The progressive decline in the birth rate,, in the United States which has been operative for

half a century, became more marked during the

war. That crime diminishes during a war and in

creases immediately afterward, is a phenomenon

long noticed to exist. It is disquieting however, that juveline delinquency increases in war time. It has been suggested this is because children in

war time receive less attention and direction. England, at the instance of pseudo economists,

made a fearful blunder in closing most of her

schools when the war began. The result was an

increase of 30 per cent in juvenile delinquency. It is observed tha wherever school and child hygiene is bettered, that juvenile delinquency decreases. This accords with the dictum that "Where hygiene is practically applied then crime diminishes." After plague visitations and even after severe and extensive epidemics, there follows an increase in immorality, crime and insanity. In England and the United States in the early days of the war, "war marriages" were numerous and popular. In England and Wales the highest marriage rates ever recorded occurred in the first six months of the war.

bh?i and s.a.ndy 80,1 may be Packed Plightly over the seeds. If the ground -717 Jdrsr- a llttle water may be sprinkled In between the furrows before the seeds are planted. Heavy clay soils are likely to form a crust Zerl seeds after raln8- The crust should be broken, so that the seeds can come through. ; , ' A good start for a garden Is often lost about the time that the weeds appear. No matter how carefully the f rden, may be planted, or how rich the soil or costly the seeds, failure will surely follow if the proper cultivation and care is not given during the growing season. Irish potato seed should not be cut until everything is ready for planting. Cut the potatoes, open the furrows, drop the seed and cover It all quickly.

When did Citizens First Struggle With Tax Problem

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

RAY PLAYS NO FAVORITES Louisville Post. Raymond Robins has produced evidence which he says shows he aided Ambassador Francis, but the ambassador has evidence which he claims shows Robins also aided the Bolsheviki.

Just one hundred years aan Dirh.

mond citizens began to struggle with the taxation problem, which is causing them so much worry right now. Assessment sheets for the year 1816, one of the earliest years for which property was assessed for taxes, show values that seem laughable to modern tax-payers. One hundred acres of the best land was worth only one-fiftieth as much in the eyes of the tax assessnra. a

1.111 f i . .

uiuiara taDie. The tax was $1 on the former, and $50 on the latter. Watches

were another .' class of luxuries, and pleasure carriages cost as much or

more than 100 acres of land.

The founders . of Richmond paid taxes according, to the following schedule: For each 100 acres of best

iana tne tax was Si; for each bondservant over 12 years old, $3; for each horse or mule, 37 cents; for each ferry across streams from $5 to $20 dollars: for each town lot, 50 cents; for pleasure carriages, two-wheeled, $1, four wheeled, $1.25; each silver watch, 25 cents; each gold watch, 50 cents; for every billiard table, $50.

Signing of Peace Treaty Will Hasten Resumption of Business and Industrial Activtiy in America

Speedy Demobilization of Armies and Return of Soldiers to Industries Will Tend to Settle Disturbed Business Conditions, Says New York Banker.

Good Evening! By ROY K. MOULTON

DO FAIRLY WELL FOR AMATEURS New York Sun. For a people so perfectly disciplined as their former rulers were accustomed to boast the Germans were, the Teutonic masses seem to be able to riot with a fair degree of effectiveness.

CAN FRANKY EXPLAIN THAT? Charleston News and Courier. About the only thing we can discover against Secretary Lane Is the fact that the Republicans speak very well of him.

The Vast Energies of Peace

From the Washington Post. r-ar- HE conference between the leaders of the steel in

I dustry and the government readjustment board is

as important in many respects as tne conierence in Paris. Whatever may be done in Paris, the fighting

is over. Upon the Washington conference depends the success of the United States In quickly readjusting it3 industry and working population to peace conditions. In Paris the effort is to find a mean3 of tying down the

nemy and readjusting relations among nations so that peace may prevail. In Washington the effort is to find a means of cutting out war prices and readjusting relations among industries so that prosperity may prevail. Among nations war has upset some governments and disorganized others. Among Industries war prices have worked equal havoc. Some nations must recast their scheme of existence, because of the changes of war. Some Industries must recast their scheme of existence, .lso, because of price changes that have come or are on the way. ' The nations are doing their best to readjust thempclves. So are American industries. Under the patriotic and able leadership of such men as Judge Elbert H. Gary, the industries are earnestly considering the method of cooperation which the government has worked out and laii before them. This method Is of universal and impartial application, affecting all and benefiting all. It calls for universal sacrifice, but in return it guarantees universal benefit. It offers the only practicable means whereby all Industries, by contributing their share of help, will automatically receive their share of .protection against frhock. By acting together and simultaneously, the industries and labor will discover that there Is no shock. The dislocation which each would have suffered if acting

alone is avoided by the act of universal co-operation. The readjustment of industry to peace conditions does not need to wait for the signing of peace, and still less for the termination of the expected wrangle in the senate. There is an end of fighting. The United States army is on its way home. The peace treaty will signaliza an actual end of the war, even If the ratification be postponed on the part of the United States: Thus, both actually and formally, the war is about to end. It has already ended in the most vital particular the war's de

mand for men and material has ceased. Nothing stands in the way of immediate expansion

of domestic business. The United States, a giant con-j BuJLwomen.fnd 1 are again on outs-

sumer, is gaunt with longelf-denial. Uncle Sam .has sent abroad the products of his thousands of factories and his thousands of farms. He has turned over his railroads to the hauling of foreign-bound products. He has turned millions of hands from the task of meeting his own wants and employed them in filling the wants of war. His mountains have belched out minerals to be molded into guns instead of rails and skyscrapers and homes. Iu the meantime the homes have produced their quota of children, and the youths have come to manhood and are busier and hungrier than ever. The population has outgrown its supply equipment. The country has collected the wealth of dozens of nations and has stored up gold and mortgages until the banks are filled to overflowing. Now the demands of war are ended. The United States can safely turn to the work of filling its own needs. Its waste spaces can be reclaimed and gridironed with rails, and its people can be fed and clothed again as they please, for they have the wherewithal to

pay. There is no possible excuse for permuting any lad

in the unifdrm of the United States army to wander about without employment. No laborer need go without work j

for a single hour; and his wages are not the hammered-: down wages of European or coolie competition, but the

high wages of the richest and hungriest nation in the world. The steel men now in Washington are far-sighted.

They know that prosperity for all is the only sure pros

perity for them. Universal activity at lessened prices means instant universal prosperity and an end of all the

fog and rubbish that have befuddled American brains.

There is no bolshevism in the American dollar, the Ameri

can genius, the American right hand, or the American brand of liberty grounded on law. Knowing these things. American business men and American workingmen are. about to put in motion the vast energies that are required to keep America in the van as the strongest nation that ever existed. This .nation is the best guarantee of the world's liberty and peace that humanity will ever know. Let Americans get busy at home, for they will never be compelled to go overseas again to shqw their-power. ""

THE EXTERIOR DECORATORS What's this I hear? In Jersey queer, The women now are cops. And they will try To nullify The ways of female fops. The women, cute, Alust be astute, If they would make-up quaint, For these new cops Will wield their . mops To wash away the paint. So hark, O Muse, If you'd enthuse To see the fair sex fainting, For Newark's cop Has tried to stop Capricious women painting. Art Mayers. DEAR ROY Well, I don't know whv

we shouldn't demand the freedom of

the sprees, unless, of course, the al

truistic prohibs plan to substitute therefor the freedom of the teas (not tease), in which event one might expect to see the average family head l:ome with his spouse and progeny occasionally. Indeed, with the progress of years he may even become as faithful and regular as grandfather's clock and that, be it remembered, 13 a cuckoo. AL. FRENCH.

"THAT TRIO" Three ladies came to me one day, When I was feeling blue; They came at a psychological time, As women usually do.

Now, 1 n admit I'm a woman hater

10 me they are a bore.

But these little queens, so straight

ana so sny. Caused me to hate no more. Luck was against me, until they turned up.

And I played my hand with a blush

By HENRY CLEWS. EW YORK, March 24. It is now announced that the peace treaty and the League of Nation will be accomplished facts within a very few- weeks. Thi3 is highly encouraging information which, let us

hope will prove true. The transendent importance of these event, bo decoutly desired, can hardly be underestimated. Only four short months have elapsed since the armistice was signed, and no one ever believed that the terms of peace following such a huge cataclysm would be adjusted within so brief a period. When peace is accomplished, demobilization will proceed more rapidly than ever. ArmieB will be disbanded; millions of men will turn from wasteful to productive occupations; idle industries and commerce will resume, and the civilized world will once more be free to operate under normal conditions. Of course, grave difficulties will arise, and innumerable readjustments must incite no little friction. Considerable losses will have to be

written off; labor is sure to be more or less rufled by the return of millions seeking re-employment; industry will still have to be suitably reorganized; transportation cannot be reestablished without delays; there will be many differences of opinion as to how much of what is new or old in business should be retained, and commerce "will have to be largely reconstructed upon new lines. But these

and many other problems are sure to be attacked In an unshaken belief that despite present risks and dangers the civilized world is moving irresistibly forward to a new and more stable social and economic order than the one which the" war so savagely uprooted. New Courage Apparent. One striking result of the war is the development of a marked spirit of courage in the business world; all kinds of difficulties being faced with a confidence that would have been considered sheer recklessness four years ago. However disturbing the

outlook may seem to be, it is still evident that the worst has been passed and that the tide has turned, albeit the goal may not be reached without some further dangers and losses. , Home affairs are in a state of extraordinary flux. Our government has been thrown Into a condition of intense perplexity by the neglect of congress to make necesary appropriaions before adjournment. Public opinion is consequently growing more and more urgent for an early special session of congress. - Many of the government's neces

sary functions are now being delayed for want of funds; the railroads being very seriously inconvenienced by demands which the government imposed posed upon them and is morrally obliged to meet. Demobilization of the

army is in reality a comparatively simple operation which our military machine is abundantly able to handle; but the compulsory withdrawal of the government from the innumerable business enterprises into which it was drawn by war is a far more complicated and delicate process. " All our industries are enormously

Dinner -S -fcoir i es

Because the man on my right had

a flush. Jay 'Em. One-half per cent in banquet booze, How merciless is fate! For there'll be speeches as of old and yet no opiate. Albert Francis Green. DEAR ROY You newspaper ginks overlook too -much. Does Betty Inch's spite fence hide an inch or two feet? I'm a technical guy and I gotta have specifications. Deans Dunne.

WE SAID IT FIRST, BUT AW RIGHT Dear R. K. M. I have studied the matter from every angle and have come to the conclusion that these efficiency experts who are attempting to 6how up poor management of the railroads by the government are making McAdoo about nothing. M. C. S. E.

A barrister, not so discreet as he might have been in the expression of his ideas, was engaged on a case concerning some pigs. "Gentlemen of the jury," he began, "there were twenty-four pigs in the drove, just twenty-four; exactly twice as many as there are in that jury box."

The cabby was brought before the magistrate for using violent language to a lady. "But she ain't a lady," he protested fiercely. "Indeed!" quoted his worship. "And do you know a lady when you see one?" "Of course I do!" indignantly answered the man. "Why, only the other day I saw one! She gave me a dollar for a quarter fare and walked away. ' 'I, mum,' I calls, 'what abart yer

change?' 'Don't be a blinkin old fool, res she; 'keep it, and get drunk enough to kiss yer mother-in-law.' "Now, yer worship," he ended, triumphantly, "that's what I calls a real lady." A railway passenger, by way of killing time, tries to enter into conversation with another gentleman who has got into the same coach. "I have an idea, sir, that your name is quite familiar, Mr. Mr. " "My name is Brown-Smith; I come from Fairport." "Ah, then, it is not your name, but your face that I seem to remember." "Very possibly; I spent the last 15 years in prison and only came but this morning."

At this point the conversation was

dropped.

inflated; so, too, are values, which are receding; though the downward movement is slow, and it will be years before pre-war basis is reached if ever. Wages are not receding and labor difficulties may be expected indefinitely because until values drop materially there can be no material change in wages. It is conceded that labor will receive a larger share in the total product than heretofore. This object has already been partially accomplished and will not be resisted by intelligent employers, provided the change is reasonable and broughtabout gradually, instead of by violence that would simply destroy capital and leave labor in a worse position than ever. Time, a spirit of fair dealing and mutual consideration, if allowed free play, will surely solve these difficulties. Business men, though perplexed, are not discouraged, and while cautious are generally optimistic.

Industry is slack in Bpots; but, given steady prices on a lower basis, as well as fairly stable labor conditions, it would quickly revive. Big distributing merchants are in a similar position. Generally they are carrying small stocks of finished goods, and are prepared to buy freely when sat

isfied that prices .are upon a more stable basis. Some large producers such as the copper men and gome of the leading textile manufacturers, have recognized this factor and deliberately made heavy Bales at a loss in order to start things moving and stabilize prices. Foodstuff . Situation. Over a million pieces of print cloths were sold during the last ten days at the new prices. Steel manufacturers have made concessions of 10 to 14 per cent, in prices to meet the situation. As for agriculturist, they are in a class by themselves. Their prosperity for another year at least is positively assured. We must feed

Europe at all hazards, and that means

high prices and big crops. Our farm

ers should produce to the very utmost for their own individual good as well

as for the starving millions across the seas. Russia and other food growing

sections of Europe, which ordinarily

produce large surpluses for export,

will only have food enough to keep

them alive this year; hence In food

stuffs there will be little decline in

prices this year, if any, and higher

prices need cause no surprise. '

Something should be done for the

railroads before the failure of con

gress to meet their financial needs

creates a serious situation. Our gov

ernment seized control of the roads

as a war measure, at the same time

advancing wages over $800,000,000 a year. In spite of higher rates and

various economies intended to offset thi3 "enormously increased obligation.

which only congress can overcome.

In January the deficit from opera

tion wra3 about $o5,000,000, and it is estimated that the net losses for the

present year will be nearly $1,300,000,-

000. The best way out is for congress to provide the $720,000,000 revolving fund which experts assert is absolutely necessary if the roads are to maintain their equipment and service, or make needed improvement and preserve their credit. Some relief was afforded by the question of the war finance corporation to advance $70,000,000 to meet necessary payments on April 1. The roads were taken over as a measure of national selfprotection and simply as a matter of

good faith the government must help the roads out of the slough into which

it was compelled to throw them. Financial Condition. The event of the week in financial circles was abandonment of the peg in sterling exchange. Such a move was not entirely unexpected. Following the unsettled conditions in French exchange it showed that a return to the normal is proceeding in the finan

cial world as elsewhere, though it re-1

mains to be seen whether exchange can be left to itself or whether some measure of control may again be resorted to. If the present rate of excess in exports over Imports continues gold imports would folow were it not for present restrictions which

win proDamy De conunuea ror a period. It is announced that Great

Britain will discourage imports and stimulate exports hoping to restore

equuiDrium in her foreign trade. It

is not expected that these develop

ments in sterling will have any ad

verse effect beyond inflicting some

losses upon American products stored abroad and still owned here. From the broad point of view the step was

welcomed as Indicating a return to normal. On the Stock Exchange there was lessened activity and a slight check In the advancing tendency so pronounced during the last few weeks. Investment buying was less conspicuous and the advances were confined to a few of the inductrials which were benefiting from special circumstances. Railroad shares were afrected by the unfavorable relations which exist between them and the government, as well as by the fact that their financial condition was such as to suspend all improvements and betterment. . Steel shares declined on the expectation of lower prices for steel products despite the belief in some quarters that when bedrock was reached such losses would be offset by a liberal influx of new orders. The placing of ' the New York Railways Company had little effect, though regarded as eymptomatic of conditions in local traction affairs. All purchases for the time being should -be made with close discrimination. Before long the Victory Loan campaign will begin in earnest. -

BRITISH GENERAU TO TOUR AMERICA

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Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Maurice Major General Maurice, a member of the British general staff from 1915 to 1918, recently arrived in America. He will lecture through the country on the subject, "How the War Was Won."

RAIL MEN TO STAY AT WORK.

LONDON. March 24. Railway men, miners and transport workers Saturday, passed resolution recommending that the railway men remain at work

pemuus mruier negotiations Wltn the government.

Memories of Old

IN THIS PAPER TEN YEARS AGO TODAY William F. Brown, connected with the Richmond Candy company, died.

WHY NOT NOW? BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS That job that you were going to get, or that thing which you were going to- do 0 Why not Now? That smile that fell off a while ago, but which you intended to put right back, that word which you resolved to speak, but which Is still in its sleepy bed, of course you are going to attend to each, but Why not Now? Oh, how difficult it is to recall the things which we Intended to do how stolid does the task become that we are compelled to retrace our thots or ateps to, in order to get it done. Eventually, everything Important has to be done by someone. By you " WThy not Now? Writh each day comes momentum. Time has a billion legs and each day they appear swifter and more conditioned. Someday you will have to walk the pace of Time at catch-up speed Why not Now? How wonderful the little things done in this world! How very compelling, the big things made up of the little things! There is a happy turn for us all we may tread with rollicking pace. ThenWhy not Now? . .

Ward chairmen to have charge of taking a census of Richmond, were appointed.

Elwood defeated Richmond in polo, 4 to 2. The annual roll call meeting of Coeur de Lion lodge No. 9, Knights of Pythias, was held.

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Cadomene Tablets are helpful to weak nerves. Weak, faulty nerves often come from strong drink. Sometimes the system is impoverished by excesses of one kind or another, such

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WHAT IS RHEUMATISM? WHY SUFFER FROM IT?

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