Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 156, 9 April 1919 — Page 6
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1919. TTTT?TITinfrVTn T1 1 T T 4 TVTTTHll I ncfnr ia o Uir, rmo in th'ic nnritnr on1 nof c ' i
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i stagnation oi mansei axiecis not oniy tne plant
ers . individually but also thousands of persons who are engaged indirectly in handling, manufacturing, and distributing the tobacco product and in the manufacture of scores of accessories that are intimately related to the tobacco industry.
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The Tobacco Industry Interest in Wayne County attaches to the condition of the tobacco industry in Preble, Darke and Butler counties, to the east, where it is intimately related to the commercial prosperity of that section of Ohio. The series of articles which Mr. Sanborn has prepared for the Palladium will give an exhaustive presentation of the condition that has brought stagnation to the market. Leaving for a moment a consideration of the situation near at home, the tobacco situation nat
ionally presents a number of interesting facts. A presentation of some of the larger aspects of the industry will be apropos of the articles which Mr. Sanborn is writing. During the fiscal year which ended on June 30, 1918, tobacco yielded to the government $156,188,000 in internal revenue. If tobacco is legislated out of business, as some fear it will be, its greatest effect would not be a reduction in the internal revenue receipts but the destruction of an industry that employs thousands of people and has a large capital investment. The nearest statistics available are those for 1914 which show that the world's production of tobacco in that year was 4,196,607,000 pounds, of
which the United States, including Porto Rico and the Philippines, produced over 1,100,000,000 pounds. This country ranks as the greatest tobacco growing nation in the world and is approached only by British India which produced an estimated crop of 1,000,000,000 pounds in 1914. The two countries produce half of the world's tobacco. Reverting again to the 1914 figures, we find that 178,872 persons, one-half of them women, were employed in the industry. There were 13,931 manufacturing establishments in that year. The total capital invested in the business of manufacture was in excess of $303,000,000, the annual wages paid amounted to $77,856,000 and
the value of the manufactured product was almost $500,000,000. It is believed that the 178,000 persons engaged in the tobacco industry represent probably less than 50 per cent of those who make their living directly or indirectly from the industry, because the number of persons employed in growing tobacco as well as those through Whose hands the tobacco passes from the soil to the tobacco factories is not known. The number of retail handlers of tobacco also is not shown. To this number also must be added the persons who are employed in the manufacture of pipes, cigarette holders and the many other accessories of the industry. The 1916 figures show that in that year there were 1,411,800 acres of land devoted to the culture of tobacco, which produced a crop of 1,150,022,000 pounds which is said to have represented a total farm value of $169,008,000. The per capita consumption was estimated at five and one-half pounds, which can be taken as a conservative estimate, as many persons use very much more annually. The number of acres in Preble county devoted to tobacco growing is about 7,500. Besides raising one-fourth of the tobacco of the world, the United States in 1917 imported .$41,000,000 worth of tobacco and exported $62,000,000. In that year 9,000,000,000 cigars and 35,000,000,000 cigarettes and 235,000,000 packages of cigarette papers were produced at home. Statistics show that the 35,000,000,000 cigarettes manufactured in this country in 1917 represented an increase of 250 per cent over the number manufactured six years prior to that year. Th-B consumption of cigarettes, as pointed out by Mr. Sanborn, undoubtedly shows a still greater increase since 1917, as the war gave an impetus to the smoking of this form of tobacco. This survey of the industry in its national aspects shows pretty conclusively that the in-
Beware of Promotion Stocks Despite the insistent warnings that have been issued by the bankers of this country, persons with small savings still take the bait which oil
and mining promoters offer. Millions of dollars annually have been taken out of the savings banks and invested in promotion stocks that are worth less than the paper, on which the certificate is printed. Citizens of Wayne County should guard carefully against investing their money in stocks that promise all kinds of golden returns but have no backing that will assure a dividend. For some inexplicable reason, mankind is blinded by
alluring promises. The average man fails to take
into consideration that he knows nothing about investments and that whenever he gives his
money to a stock promoter in exchange for a stock certificate he is ninety-nine times out of one hundred virtually throwing his money away. If there were any worth in the oil, tire, auto, tractor and mining stocks, glib promoters would not be trying to sell them thousands of miles away from the scenes of activity. Investors never let a good proposition stray from home. The very fact that these promoters will work in districts far from the location of the property is usually conclusive proof that their claims are fraudulent. Another important fact that should be borne
in mind constantly by persons who have small savings is that every dollar that is given to a
stock promoter is taking a dollar out of Richmond. Richmond dollars should stay in Richmond to help build the community and by associating with other Richmond dollars to make
available capital for improvements and extensions in our" own city. If you invest a dollar in
a Richmond concern you have the property be
fore you and can see what is being done with your money. Invest in speculative stocks and your
dollars leave you on wings for distant parts and you may rest assured that the dollar will never return home. The Liberty loan drive is imminent. Our savings should be invested in government securities that are safe, bring good return, and serve a patriotic purpose.
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It is assumed that the wide-awake gardener has been busy long before the weather is warm enough to sow any seeds in the open ground; that a window box or hotbed has been provided, -ind that a supply of plants of tomatoes, peppers, early cabbage and eggplant are under way to" set in the garden as soon as danger of frost is past. If plenty . of indoor space is available, such crops as snap beans, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and even sweet
plants are set. Where the plants are grown in trays or in a hotbed, a knife should be run between the rows, cutting the earth in both directions, and each plant lifted with a cube of earth attached to its roots. Use Fresh Furrows. The holes or furrows in which the plants are set should not be made until ready to transplant the plants. If made too soon, the soil will dry out and cause the jiants to wilt. Under all circumstances, it pays to apply a little water around the roots of each
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paper bands or berry boxes filled with I ?la.nt.as U !s set; this causes the soil
good soil, and they will be of con-
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
BOY, BRING BOTTLE OF VITRIOL Detroit News. Colonel Watterson seems to have just found out what it was he had against Woodrow Wilson at the time.
THAT NEVER BOTHERS A POLITICIAN Indianapolis News. It is sometimes very difficult to be partisan and right when your opponent is not in the wrong.
WOODROW AFRAID TO COME HOME? Toledo Blade. Perhaps if there are no White House pickets the next Administration will stay at home.
DON'T HEAR ANY ANSWER TO THIS Philadelphia Press. - Of course there will be no more war when the present wars in Europe end, but when will the present war3 end?
WHAT FOR? BEING THE GOAT? New York World. By way of further demonstrating its malevolent
! vindictiveness toward General Leonard Wood, the War
Department threw him down yesterday and pinned a Distinguished Service Medal on him.
VARIETY IS SPICE OF LIFE Houston Post. Another difficulty that reform is always encountering is, human nature is simply constituted so that being good all the time is just a trifle monotonous.
siderablo size by the time the air is warm enough to plant them outdoors. Plants that are grown in the house or in the hotbed must be hardened or adapted to outdoor conditions before
they are set in the open ground. This is accomplished by gradually exposing them to the open air during the wanner part of the day and later at night, care being taken that they are not caught by a sudden cold snap. Hardening Early Plants. Where the plants are grown in boxes or trays, the boxes may be carried into the open each day and the plants allowed to become gradually accustomed to the out door conditions. If they are in a hotbed or coldframe, the sash or other cover is lifted off during the day and replaced at night; however, it should be kept close at hand to be put on at any time that the weather should turn cold. Plants set' in the open "ground may be protected from the frost by turning small boxes over them and covering the boxes with a little earth. Old berry boxes are sometimes used for this purpose, but should be covered completely with soil, as the plants will freeze just as readily underneath the exposed boxes as if left in the open without any cover whatever. A good method of protecting plants is by setting a common roofing shingle or a small piece of board at an angle over each plant. These shingles can be set on the side to protect the plant from the sun during the daytime, or they may be placed on the opposite side in order to protect the plants from the wind and allow the sunshine to reach them. In some cases gardeners have provided small frames, on the top of which are fitted single panes of glass, and one of these frames is set over each plant or hill to protect it. The glass should be so arranged that it can be partially removed during the warmer part of the day in order to prevent the temperature becoming too high inside the frame. These protectors give good results when used over hills of cucumbers, canteloupes, and summer squashes as well as over plants of sweet peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes. Points to Remember. There are a few points in connection with the transplanting of housegrown plants to the garden that are worthy of special attention. In the first place, the plants to be trans
planted should be watered a few hours before they are to be handled; this
to form a close contact with the roots
of the plant. After the water has soaked into the soil, dry earth should be filled in around the plant and slightly firmed. Plants set in this manner will 'invariably start without wilting. It is always a good idea to have a few more plants than are required for filling the space in the garden, in order to replace any that die or are destroyed by insects.
THE GEORGE MATTHEW
ADAM'S
DAILY TALK
COURAGE
We need courage more than we need anything else In all this wordl outside of our dally bread. Courage lost all Is lost. Even the Incentive to keep the body alive, flickers and goes out, when courage wanes. Ob, the greatest thing that you can do today is to take courage, and after you have secured it, start this power to wield things for your personal benefi. Then give it away radiate it drop it where you may, for, from this elimination will come back still greater courage for you in your fight. We all want to be courageous. Sometimes its pretty hard, but if it were easy to be courageous then you would not be courageous at all. You have to make an effort even to breathe even though that effort is unconscious. The law of life is the law of effort of striving of aspiration. The man who plows up the dirt and then smooths it over and then plants the seed, does not give consideration to the hard work, for his mind sees weeks and mdnths ahead when the ripe product of his toil Is ready for the harvest. He sees his sweat, and pictures his tired bones, in food for himself and children and a substantial balance at the bank, to secure him against the rainy day and misfortune. A man strives because the mere striving in itself. Is thrilling! Everything in nature reinforces every other thing. It's the same with courage. Make up your mind that you are going to be game and that you are going to stick through, and immediately, every element in your nature rushes to you and becomes your friend and makes you do the thing you most desire to do. 4 Take heart! Be courageous! No matter under what circumstances you breathe, or think, or live, you can do it I
When Was First City Directory Published?
Good Evening! By ROY K. MOULTON
THE LAST FEW DROPS There was a dinner party At a big hotel the other night In honor of a famous soldier, And a distinguished gentleman Who sat at my right And who makes on an average A half million a year. Thought it would be a fine idea To order a quart of champagne. So he ordered it and the waiter Went away and was gone A long time. He was looking All around thi wine cellar. Finally he came back and He hugged a bottle to his breast. He hated to open it. He left it in the cooler For a long, long time. He brought the check for it. The cheek called for $25. Then he opened the bottle Making a ceremony of it, And filled the six glasses. We all sat around for an hour And looked at it and admired it. But nobody had the heart To drink any of it. We knew It was the last champagne We would ever see. Finally The distinguished gentleman Closed his eyes, so he couldn't Witness his crime, and drank his. We admired ours 'til it was time to go home, and then But why prolong the story Of such a tragedy?
The first city directory of Richmond is not much like the present fat blue volume, with its 30,000 names, and complete information about the persons catalogued. The first directory, two copies of which are on file at the MorrisonReeves library, was published In 1S57. by R, O. Dormer, and W. R. Holloway. It is perhaps half an inch thick. The volume contains names, a history of the city, and many pages of advertising. John Finley was mayor, Benjamin W. Davis clerk, John Suffrins treasurer, William Zimmerman marshal, William S. Addleman assessor, and Samuel Edmondson collector, of the city. Only the names of men, or of women, widows, alone in the world, or heads of families, are given, children
Receivership for Muncie Institution Is Asked INDIANAPOLIS, April 9. The appointment of a receiver for the property and assets of the Muncie National institute, deeded to the Indiana State Normal school in 1918, is demanded in a suit filed in the United States court, in which the court also is asked to declare null and void the deeds to the state institution. vThe deeds, it is alleged, never were accepted and are incompetent to pass title to the property. The plaintiff is the Old Second National Bank, of Aurora, Illinois. Caleb S. Denny, president of th board of trustees of the Indiana State Normal school, said that the deeds to the property of the old Muncie National institute were regularly accepted by the board and filed by the registrar of the Indiana State Normal school for record in Vigo and Delaware counties. Mr. Denny said that the deeds and the abstracts of title to the property in question were examin
ed and approved by the state attorneygeneral before the deeds were accepted by the board. The petition in federal court alleges
that the plaintiff is the holder of 107
names are in the directory, out of j of a series of 3,000 bonds of $100 each
about 4,000 population which Rich-
issued by the institute in 1915 and secured by a deed of trust to the Muncie Trust Company covering all the property of the institute on the "old cam
pus at Reeves and McKinley streets
estate additions to the city of Muncie.
mond was known to have at that time.
The advertisements are collected at
the back of the volume, instead of be-
inir r!n rrr n-rt vwT ti o a ivy mArlorn J
p-ublic-ofe Sd. ihe
well-known names appearing are those
of A. Gaar & Co., at the Spring Foundry; Dickinson & Popp, piano dealers: G. A. Dickinson, jeweler; John Finley, Knollenburg & Duey, James M. Starr, proprietor of Starr Hall; F. W. Robinson, maker of separators; Curme & Son. dealers in leather; C. C. and W. T. Dennis, and W. R. Holloway, ths printer.
Alexander Graham Bell is reported as saying that the telephone is a nui
sance and he is sorry he invented it,
Earlham News
President and Mrs. Edwards will return from their eastern trip this evening. Tomorrow the president will go to Tangier, Ind., where he will give several addresses in connection with the dedication of the new Friends church. The series of meetings in which the church will be dedicated will last until Sunday. i
The Science Club was addressed by j
Prof. Kelly of Richmond High school at its meeting in Parry Hall last evening on the subject of "Teaching Physics in a High School."
In the chapel period yesterday morn
ing, Dr. Lindley R. Dean, professor of
Do we hear a motion to make it una-L(in i tm, r,;ii
nimous?
Dutch timber experts say William
! a day as a wood chopper, but less
than that as a war prophet.
A friend of ours named Hatfield has
asked us to get behind a movement
GOOD PLACE FOR THE RECALL Omaha Bee. v
Clarence Mackay insists that Mr. Burleson merely put a $16,000,000 fine on American business for no reason J
other than that he had power.
will cause the dirt to adhere to the roots and give them a better start when they are planted out. If the Dlants are crown in flower nnts. In
paper bands, or berry boxes, they J to build a broad stone highway from J should be carried to the garden in ' tne Atlantic to the Pacific, and we i their containers. Pot-grown plants i nave Promised to get behind it just
should be loscned bv invert inir tlipm!as far behind it as possible. Hatfield!
and gently knocking the edge of the ' Plans to build this road and then dig pot on something solid. The plants 1 a nice Pleasant canal alongside of it then are set with the ball cf earth ' ?!1 the for water traffic. We beadhering to their roots j 'ieve the canal feature of it would be If the plants have been grown in ' a good thin&- Many People have long naner bands or borrv boxes. tliP sidr hvantetl f journey from New York or
of the bands or boxes should be slit far away Points t0 sunny Cal., and so, with a knife and removed as the if tne' set tired of walking on Hatfield s road, they can swim awhile ' . alcnsr in the canal. Thus diversion
eoptican lecture on "The Original
Manuscripts of the New Testament." It was interesting to note the Greek letters were quite visible in spite of their age. All prose was written in very narrow columns, while poetry was written in much wider ones. In connection with the manuscripts, pictures cf the papyrus plant were shown
from which were made the scrolls on which the New Testament was written.
A FOOD FOUNDATION For a house it beats them all says the National War Garden Commission, of Washington, so plant so you can can.
TO SAVE BABY CHICKS
SPRING FEVER
Abnormal Profits
From the Washington Post. ANEW SLANT is given to the price controversy by the statement of Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, to the effect that the question is "whether the public now wants new government prices established bo as to keep coal at high price levels." Such
price fixing, he asserts, will keep up the cost of living und "continue to produce in the aggregate abnormal profits to the coal operators." The statement is made that Director General Hines tntertains the same opinion concerning steel prices. He believes that the steel manufacturers can cut prices below the figure agreed upon by the industrial board and Ptill obtain a fair profit. The railroad administration is, in fact, buying steel at a price considerably below the fgure accepted by the industrial board. The interesting statement Is also made that Director General McAdoo, as Secretary of the Treasury, had access to the income and excess profits returns of the steel companies and ascertained that their profits were enormous. On the strength of this information he is said to have obtained reduced prices for steel for the railroad administration. Director Seneral Hines naturally is not willing to forego the adrantage thus gained for the government. ? There are two sides to this question, as there are
to all questions. The public interest requires that industry shall start up as soon as possible in every branch in order to give employment to returned soldiers and others, and also to meet the postponed needs of the country. Stable prices will accomplish this end. The prices need not be low, and, in fact, if they are cut too low there will have to be a cut in wages also, which is not desirable at this time. When the cost of living goes down and employment is adjusted, it will be proper to consider wage readjustments. The immediate need being stability of prices and not mere reduction of thenv is it not true that the industrial board is meeting the situation properly by agreeing upon a price that is sub
stantially lower than the war price and yet not so low as to threaten disturbance to wages? Against this stands Mr. Hines' statement that the prices suggested, in one instance at least, would "produce in the aggregate abnormal profits to the coal operators." Presumably he holds the same view regarding f-teel prices. This is a most solid objection, which the industrial board must meet and dispose of if it is. to make a success of the work upon which it is engaged. Every one agrees with the motive that underlies the creation of the industrial board, which Is the prompt restoration of industrial prosperity, but no one agrees that there should now be "abnormal profits" in any industry. - y
Dinner Stories
would add spice to the trip.
AND A BAT TO A ROOM IS A FAIR AVERAGE
A minister living in ,-a country district' 'of the Hawaiian islands had great difficulty in making his parishoners feci they were properly married until he devised the following service: To the man: You savvy this woman?" "Yes." "You likee?" "Yes." "By and by you no kick out?" "No." To the wqman: "You savvy this man?" "Yes." "You likee?" "Yes." "Bye and bye you no kick out?" "No."
Pau, done! Let us pray."
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ROOMS BAT S
Electric sign over a hotel. Speaking of the smoke of battle clearing away, how about the antitobacco war that has just been started?
Memories of Old
Teacher was warming to her subject, and, laying down her book, said: "Now, you all understand that the trunk is the middle part of the body, don't you?" "Yes, ma'am," chorused the class, with one exception. "You understand it, too?" asked the teacher of the boy who had not answered. "No, ma'am, mecause it Isn't so." "Why, my boy, what do you mean?" "Well.' replied the boy, "you ought to go to the circus and see the elephant!"
IN THIS PAPER TEN YEARS AGO TODAY -
delegates to the National Peace Con
gress at Chicago: Timothy Nicholson, president; R. L. Kelly cf Earlham college, William Dudley Foulke, Benjamin Johnson, Dr. S. E. Smith, W. K. Bradbury, Nettleton Neff and Mayor Richard Schillinger.
Following Colds, Grippe, TEJz?, Watery or Poisoned Blood
'(Ef Du. .Valentike M.)' AT this time cf year most people suT'fer from iwhat we term "spring fever" because of a stagnant condition of the blood, because of the toxic poisons" Stored tjp ydthin the body during the long winter. .We eat too much meat, jvith little or no green vegetables. Bloodless people, thin, anemic people, Wiose with pale cheeks and lips, who Iiave a poor appetite and feel that tired, worn or feverish condition in the springtime of the year, should try the refreshing tonic powers cf a good alterative end blood purifier. Such a tonic as druggists have sold for fifty years, is Doctor Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is a standard remedy that can be obtained in tablet or liquid form. Made without elcohol from, ynli roots, and barks. Occasionally one should "clean house with castor oil or tiny pills made vp of the Mav-anple. leaves of aloe and ialan.
President John McCarthy of the and sold by almost all druggists in this ! .- . l 1 . . . . .1 .1 1 . ..... Tsf. Pi.w..'. T)1 I
relicts, Muncie, Ind.- "When I had a severe cough, rJght sweats, loss of weight and appetite, I was induced (by reading a pamphlet) to try Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took it faithfully for about 40 days, and gradually I gained; the cough disappeared and I put on flesh and got strong again. I took no other medicine at the time. It did a great deal of good and I shall always feci grateful to Dr. Pierce for this remedy. I have had no cough for 14 years, since I was cured by 'Golden Medical Discovery.' " Mrs. Lucy McCoy, 512 E. Howard Si.
Put This in the Drinking Water Most people lese half of every hatch and seem to expect it. Chick cholera or white diarrhoea is the trouble. The U. S. Government states that over half the chicks hatched die from thi3 cause. An Avicol tablet, placed in the drinking water, will positively save your little chicks from 'all such diseases. Inside of 48 hours the sick ones will be as lively as crickets. Avicol will keep them healthy and make them grow and develop more rapidly. Mrs. Wm. May, Rego, Ind., writes: "I was losing 10 or 15 chicks a day from diarrhoea before I received the Avicol. I haven't lost a one since." It costs nothing to try Avicol. If you don't find that it prevents and promptly cures white diarrhoea and all other bowel diseases of poultry, tell us and your money will be refunded by return mail. Avicol is sold by most druggists and poultry remedy dealers, or you can send 25c or 50c today for a package by mail postpaid. Burrell-Dugger Co.. 168 Columbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Adv.
We Sell and Recommend
"IT STOPS CHICKS DYING" OMER G, WHELAN THE FEED MAN 31-33 South Sixth St. Phone 1679
Edward Shaw, 94 years old, one of Richmond's oldest resident's, died.
Mont Torrence, retiring exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks, and Ernest Calvert, retiring secretary after a term of five years, received testimonials of esteem from their lodge brothers. -
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