Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 163, 22 April 1919 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919,

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM' AND SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building. North Ninth and Sailor Street, Entered at tho Poet Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Seo end Class Mall Matter. hdmoer or THIS associated press The- Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the oM for republication of all news dicpatches credited to it of not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special fllipatch.es herein are also reserved.

The Call for Harvest Hands It may seem as if it i3 a far call to harvest time, but spring weeks quickly merge into the harvest season, and often before we are aware is heard the cry for harvest hands to gamer the crop. And so it may not be amiss to call attention to the need of farm workers for ripening fields of 1919. Wayne county probably will harvest the banner wheat crop of its history. Estimates made in December 1918 showed that 94 per cent of the farmers who reported had planted 38,615 acres of wheat, and the 6 per cent who failed to res

pond to the questionnaires had planted enough

wheat to swell the county acreage to between 41,000 and 42,000 acres. This is phenominal for

Wayne. Farmers say the condition of wheat today predicts a bumper crop.

An abundance of wheat predicates the neces

sity of men to harvest it. The demobilization of the army has sent back hundreds of Wayne county farmer boys, but even this number may not suffice to garner the crop in the short time allotted for this purpose. Kansas will need about 120,000 harvest hands. E. E. Frizelle, a large wheat grower of Kansas, who has charge of the work of mobilizing laborers for the harvest, says there is no guess work about his estimate. The state of Kansas has begun to mobilize its workers on the theory that every available man that can be spared from other lines of industry will be called on. Indiana does not grow the amount of wheat Kansas does, but that does not mitigate the importance of taking time by the forelock in preparation for the harvest. The wheat grown in Wayne county will not wait for the mobilization once the harvest time arrives. Now is the time to get ready.

work, their life, their death have been in vain. Sure well finish the job." The Very Reverend Joseph Chartrand, Bishop of Indianapolis, says: "On the threshold of a new era of peace and prosperity it is our solemn duty to continue generously sustaining the government, in refunding the great war debt, and carrying out important plans for the future welfare and security of the nation. The hearty cooperation of pastors,- congregations, parochial as well a3 fraternal and other organizations is assured. The effort is for our country to preserve its glorious traditions, its present exalted position among nations, and to make it for ourselves, permanently, the best on earth." Prices During the War and the Readjustment Period

"Buy Wisely, But Buy Nowl"

Big Men and the Victory Loan The big men of Indiana have lined up unanimously for the Victory Liberty Loan. Leaders of business, prominent educators and others well known in public life of the Hoosier state are giving their unqualified support to the

loan. Interviews with them disclose a patriotic ardor in striking contrast to the claims of apathy and pessimism that were current a few weeks

ago. It is realized by these men that the successful flotation of the loan by popular subscription is not only a patriotic duty but a national

necessity, and they are lending their influence to

make the drive an overwhelming success. The argument that the banks should take care of the loan is disposed of by Dr. G. L. Mackintosh, president of Wabash College, as follows: "It is of the utmost importance that every Ameri

can with a soul in his body shall co-operate in

floating the Victory Liberty Loan. We cannot expect the banks alone to undertake this matter. If they are compelled to do so, many manufacturing and other business interests would be at a standstill for the lack of money which the banks would be unable to furnish. This would be pleasing to the I. W. W. and other sinister groups, whose hopes every real American will seek to destroy. For the safeguarding 'of our institutions we must keep the wheels of industry turning at full speed." W. L" Bryan, president of Indiana University, sums up the situation as follows: "The best Victory Loan cartoon I have seen shows a workingman reaching for his pocketbook and saying, 'Sure We'll Finish the Job'. We have made a fight. We have paid out our money. But we have not finished the job. And the job must be finished right. The Romans had a saying: 'The end crowns the work'. Unless the right end crowns

the work which millions have already done their measure comparable with the previous period

The United States department of labor, through the information and education service is issuing the results of a study of prices during the war and readjustment period made by the division of public works and construction development. Discussing the Civil war period as a pre cedent for war prices, the report says: "A comparison of the course of prices during

the Civil war and the present war shows many points of similarity during the two war periods. The course of prices during the present period of readjustment and the corresponding period following the Civil war show more points of difference than of similarity. "During both wars the wholesale prices of

commodities in general rose steadily through the war period. The rise during the Civil war period, taking the year 1860 as the base, runs up to somewhat higher level than the rise during the present war. In both wars, building . materials rose in price, but they did not at either time reach levels as high as the price levels of other commodities. "At the beginning of the year 1865, the end of the Civil war being in sight, wholesale prices broke suddenly and violently. During the first six months of the year, prices in general fell off 27 from the high level of January. However, the break in wholesale prices, though unprecedented in violence and accompanied by the unsettled influence of the end of the great war, produced no business crisis or depression. Through the latter half of 1865 prices recovered from the low point until in January, 1866, they stood just

1 16 below the level of January, 1865. From the

beginning of 1866 prices dropped slowly downward. They did not reach the pre-war level until the year 1878. As is well known, during that period of inflated currency, gold was at a premium. However, commodity prices remained above the prices of gold up to and including the year 1877. "Building materials declined in price along with other commodities during the first half of the year 1865. However, the fall was less than in the case of other commodities. Whereas com

modities in general dropped 27, building materials dropped only 14i2. The recovery during the second half of the year was more marked, prices of building materials returning to the level of the last quarter of the year 1864, and remaining at that level for a period of a year before the decline set in. The index figure for the

building materials group remained higher than that for all commodities up to and including the year 1874. "The currency was on a distinctly unsound basis in the Civil war reconstruction period. The sharp fluctuations in prices gave rise to much speculation and the opportunities for development of the resources of the country, such as unused land, rivers and harbors, building of railroads, led to over-expansion of business resulting in the financial panic of 1873. This panic was not accompanied by any sharp decline"in prices. "As was stated above, it was thirteen years after the Civil war before prices returned to the pre-war level. The principal cause of the return to the pre-war level was the fact that there was

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sucn aoundant opportunity for the devplnnrnpnt in the Palladium in 1852, furnish

of new and more economic methods of production K'r Vssl XrS

m tne snape 01 new forms of machinery and new kinds of business organizations. These opportunities we do not have at the present day in any

EDITOR'S XOTE Roa-er W. Babson la one of the foremost atatlatlcnl ma-

mormen In America. .The appended

" wonn vrnile tody and retlec' tlon. By ROGER W. BABSON

"Get business going and keep It go-

in mat summarizes America's greatest need at the Dresent tim.

The end of the war has brought new

problems, which must be solved just

as were tne problems of the war it-

sen Dy a quick and accurate diagnosis and a prompt and adequate

method of treatment. Fundamentally, all our troubles since the signing of

ine armistice have come from just one thing a tendency to wait, to go slow, rather than to accept things as they are and keep going ahead. During the war It was patriotic to devote as little money to nonessentials as possible. During the war It was patriotic to wear out old clothes and old shoes, to dispense with pianos and automobiles, to do without luxuries, and to make the necessaries of life

give more than normal service. That was also wise and right during the war. But now the conditions have changed vastly and for the better, unless we are to consider the war prosperity better than normal times. At the present time there is a- shortage of almost everything that people need to eat and to wear. There is a shortage of homes one million dwellings in this country and about as many m England. Every normal constructive enterprise was checked by the war. Now that peace is here, constructive enterprise should go ahead at more than the normal pace in order that we may make up for lost time. "Get business going and keep it going!" But it is useless to appeal alone to business men to get business going. No business man, however good his In

tentions may be, can make the public buy his wares against the will of tho public. No business man, however he may desire the resumption of normal conditions in America, is big enough to bear the whole burden alone. The successful meeting of the present crisis is a cooperative enterprise, just as winning the war called for the whole genius of the American people toward cooperation. Every man, woman and child must do his or her part If prosperity is to come now. i

How. then, are we to get business under way at once? How are we to restore America to peace-time conditions without the unpleasant experiences that some of the allied nations in 'Europe are undergoing? To my mind the whole problem comes back, in the final analysis, to the ultimate consumer. It is upon the consumer, the great general public, that we must depend. Business can progress only in so far as it has public support. The Interests of labor depend upon the Interests of the business man. During the war we have deprived ourselves of many things that we actually needed. Many of us are now in a position to satisfy the desires that we could not meet a year ago. Wo know that the American public today probably has a greater purchasing power than ever before in historf Labor has been steadily employed during the war and hundreds of thousands of workmen received good pay and also made much money in overtime and Sunday work. A great deal of this has been saved and is now available for the resumption of business on a normal scale.

Let the workman who has put by a tidy nest egg during the war invest hla money in a home, thus relieving the present congestion of dwellings and bettering his own condition by putting himself among the ranks of home owners instead of home renters. Let those who have not the means or the opportunity to Invest In a home at this time at least supply themselves with the things they actually need, whether It is a new overcoat or new furniture for the dining room. Let the more prosperous of us who have already homes buy the automobile we would have bought a year ago but for the war. This 1b tbe time to make up for what we have lost, and In doing

so we shall insure good times for the

future.

However, business men need not ex

pect the general public to enter upon

a mad orgy of spending. The lndlca

tions are all quite the other way. Labor is waiting, business is waiting, the public is waiting. Neither labor nor

business can afford to wait; the welfare of any community depends upon the continuous use of its productive power, and a day's labor unused Is forever lost. The only way in which good can come to the community Is through large production at all times, a production great enough to give each of us at least all that he needs. It would be still better if production could be great enough to give each one more than he needs. Stagnation of industry means increasing social poverty, which will culminate in bread lines and soup kitchens, perhaps, If In nothing worse. We do not want bread lines or soup kitchens, and if we are intelligent as we think we need not have them. We must protect industry from stagnation by putting everybody at work, To put everybody at work, we must have a demand for the goods that labor can produce. Therefore this is the message that business should heed at this time the demand must be created, and it can be created in only one way, by advertising. Delay will mean the consumption of our reserve without new production. Immediate action will mean prosperity. Advertising in every useful medium the thing3 that our people really want, the things that they had to deprive

themselves of during the war, will bring back prosperity by the shortest cut I am able to point out. Let every business man make a larger appropriation for advertising than usual this year; the results will justify his effort if his commodity is one that the public needs. Let us all. within the limits of our means, have those things we want and need. By buying now we shall do our part to put business under way, and once under way business will take care of itself for a good many years. This Is the psychological time for large production and for widespread distribution of the goods produced. Unlike the usual time of crisis, there does not now exist any surplus of goods; there is a shortage of almost everything. It is a mental attitude that lies back of the indecision threatening our future. Every physical fact urges speeding up of business at once, and to create the mental state that will accomplish the result we seek I would urge a widespread advertising campaign upon merchants generally. Let the public learn the necessity for adopting as its course of conduct "Buy wisely, but buy now."

When Was First Grand Jury Called Here?

Settling Up

Shortly after the first Wayne county court was established, in 1811,

the court met in the woods near Rich

ard's Rue's home three miles south

of the present city, to try a boy ac cused of stealing a pocket knife.

"A traverse jury was impanneled, and took their seats upon a log,"

says David Hoover's record. "The in

dictment was read, and as usual, set

forth that the boy, 'with force and

arms' did feloniously take, steal, and

carry away, the knife."

"Jeremiah Cox, afterwards a mem

ber of the constitutional convention,

and one of the subsequent proprietors of Richmond, was on tie jury. He thought the boy guilty, but he thought the indictment was rather too bold for so small an offense." No record was kept of the outcome of this case. The first grand jury was impanneled on the 11th of March,.. Ill, and consisted of twenty persons. The researches of John B. Stitt, published

Troubles Pile Up For Burlesan

From the Brooklyn Eagle. IT is not often that a statement acceptable minus a grain of salt comes from the office of the postmaster general, but he commands confidence when he says it is preposterous that the telephone sen-ice of New Krg'.and should be tied up as it is. He should not, however, have declared it to be unthinkable that the business interests of- tho section should continue to be strangled ly a continuance of the conditions prevailing. It is not even unthinkable that he will preserve his official life until we have a change of administration. Fortunately, momentum is gathering. From all seclions are coming protests swelling in volume. For int tance, at the annual convention of the Georgia federation a resolution calling for Mr. Burleson's removal was adopted. There were no political divldirig lines in a vote taken by the Massachusetts house of representatives filing a similar demand and declaring that the postmaster general was "wrecking the party." The voters were Democrats. They were reluctant, but unanimous. Nor are Republicans "backward in coming forward." At a meeting of the New York county committee last night it was resolved that the telegraph and telephone service had reached the lowest point of efficiency ever known, causing Intolerable embarrassment to business nnd unjustifiable inconvenience in every social relation it Increased cost. It was further resolved that the at

tention of the president and of congress be called toj

these "disgraceful conditions." As it never rains but It pours, a nation-wide strike is to be called by the electrical workers and the 'Vhole responsibility" therefor la at tributed to Mr. Burleson. There is a silver lining to this cloud, whatever the fate by which the storm center may be overtaken. The congressman who is likely to be the leader of the majority in the next house of representatives says he is almost tempted to believe that the postmaster general is a master strategist, working to make government control so obnoxious and intolerable as permanently to scotch the idea of government ownership. Not many severer things than that have been said of Mr. Burleson. Disguise him as a strategist and he would defy recognition at his own desk. An exceptional case seems to be coming to a close. Soon after the beginning of his official career Mr. Burleson advertised himself as the champion spoilsman as a record-breaking decapitator. His seizure of the wires was not advertised at all, announcement of it being smuggled into an obscure corner of an official publication. The seizure came at a time when not a single syllable could be said in its defense when an emergency had gone into history. And since then the service has become a travesty on the term, going from good to bad and from bad to worse. It is almost complimentary to call it inefficient. -.

Foutz, , Joseph Cox, Charles Wright, John Burk, Wright Lancaster, Robert Galbralth, Isaac Williams, John Smith, Benjamin Small, John Townsend, John Burgess, William Blunt, Michael Snider, Peter Weaver, Benjamin Harvey, Joshua Meek, John Beard. Benjamin Jarvis, James Gordon, Harvey Miller, Lewis Little and William Graham, twenty in all.

Dinn er

By L. A. HANDLEY. Old Bill Simpkins says, says he,

If I was settling up this thing, I'd train my guns upon the Hun And fill 'em full of deadly sting; I'd get the boys in line complete, And then I'd lay the papers down, I'd point my finger at the place, An' say "now sign, you dirty hound." He had no mercy on the folks Who fell within his power, And not a bit I'd give to him, Nor wait a single hour; And Old Bill Simpins said, said he, I'd give him Just a minute To sign the pact, or give him hell, And then I'd shove him in it. The boys have done their duty well,

ine war is safely won. But we have got to stand in line Until the "moping's" done:

And now we've got to go and sell

More bonds to foot the bill.

And I just want to say to you.

ay gosn, mat's what we will.

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK ON BECOMING A BETTER SOMEBODY The Brave Something In a man never stops to ask questions of why or wherefor. It has no reasoning power. All that It does is to feel and know. Therefore, the heroic man Is always right for heroism is a right one hundred percent quality. It is by wanting to be better that we become better no matte how strange or devious or long or difficult the way. You cannot kill a man's secret best. For a man's ethics are quite as personal as his religion. And his mind has quite as separate a caste. Just the minute that anybody attempts to criticize that intangible Better Something in you, Just that minute are you misjudged and misunderstood. So do not mind at all. Ignorance and Hypocrisy are the twin friends of Mr. Devil. They trot errands for him from early morning until late at night in fact they never even sleep. And they try so hard to get to your Better Somebody But , Oh, at that hour when you feel yourself becoming a Better Somebody, then are you entering into a kind of heroism de luxe. What a thrilling experience it is. And the refreshing thing about realizing that a Better Somebody is constantly growing within you is that no one need know anything about it excepting that Better Somebody of yours itself. If you are a will-mastered man or woman, yon need no critics. And if you have them, they don't amount to anything anyway.

Memories of Old

"Why don't you go to war?" asked the lady of a tramp at her rear door. "Don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moss?" "Madam, not to evade your question, but merely to obtain information, may I ask what practical utility moss is to a man in my condition? A year ago a manufacturer engaged a boy. For months there was nothing noticeable about the boy except that he never took his eyes off the work he was doing. A few weeks ago the manufacturer looked up to see the boy standing beside his desk. "What do you want?" he asked. "Want me pay raised." "What are you getting?" "Ten shillings a week." "Well, how much do you think you are worth?" "Fifteen shillings." "You think so, do you?" "Yes, sir; an' I've been thinkin' so for three weeks, but I've been so blamed busy I aint had time to speak to you about it." The boy got the raise.

IN THIS PAPER TEN YEARS AGO

TODAY Richmond'3 population was announc

ed as 23,335.

President Robert L. Kel'.y of Earl-

ham college attended a special meet

ing of tne state noara oi eaucaiion ai Indianapolis.

Directors of the Y. M. C. A. decided

to force the contractors, Caldwell and Drake, of Columbus, or their bonding

company, to make a settlement.

Judge Fox refused to withdraw his ruling that all divorce case proceedings be published in a weekly paper.

HOW TO SAVE ON SHOES

"Out of curiosity I tried a pair of Neolin Soles," writes W. P. Macartney of St. Louis, "and today, after five months of hard service I fail to notice any real 9igns of wear on them." This statement points the way to real economy in shoes. What your shoes cost, by the year, depends largely on how the soles wear and Neolin Soles do wear a very long time. Moreover, they are exceedingly comfortable and waterproof scientifically made to be exactly what soles should be and so worn now by millions. They are available everywhere on new shoes and for re-soling. They are made by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, who also make Wingfoot Heels, guaranteed to outwear any other heels. fleolin Soles

Good Evening! By ROY K. MOULTON

OUR FAVORITE PRESS AGENT SAYS.

L While the customers sat out front

at the Selwyn theater last night enjoying the performance of "Tumbble In" little did they know that for a time the famous retiring scene of the "Tumble In" girls came perilously near being omitted through the nonarrival of the girls er costumes from the cleaners. A calamity was everted, however, at the last moment, when the cleaner's little boy, who said he had lost his way, made his belated appearance at the stage door with the packet of thirty or more "costumes" safely tucked in his overcoat pocket. Note the steamship Humshaw brought the first direct German mail. The Germans are doing considerable humming and hawing, too, these days.

YES, BUT DO YOU READ IT? Dear Roy I buy the paper every day for the purpose of reading your column. J. W.

"Women are not allowed to paint their faces in New Jersey, now." Editorial item. Probably they are allowed to paint their elbows. WE HAVE HALF A MIND TO JOIN. One of the founders of the Anti-Beethoven society, Reinald WTerrenrath, informs us that the aims of the organization are not political or patriotic. Its membership consists merely of persons who are bored by much of Beethoven's music, and do not consider every note he wrote a manifestation of the highest genius. Musical Courier. This adv. is noted in Boston: "WANTED Position in cabaret; no bad habits; willing to learn."

A physician says he can live on 13 cents a day. He sure can, if he lives with his wife's folks. That's the only way.

"General Recruiting for Army Begins." Headline. If you want to be a general, now's the time.

TEXT BOOK FIGHT IS ON

FRANKFORT, Ky., April 22. Attorneys for E. B. Weathers, Jr., of Franklin, who sued to restrain the State Text Book Commission from carrying out its contracts with the successful bidders for school books filed their brief today. The brief of the commission is expected this week.

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Tuesday, April 22. Richmond lodge No. 196, F. and A. M. Called meeting. Work in master mason degree, com

mencing at 7 o'clock.

Wednesday, April 23. Webb lodge, j No. 24, F. and A. M. Called meeting, j Work in entered apprentice degree, j starting at 7 o'clock. j Friday, April 25. King Solomon's j

chapter No. 4, R. A. M. Called convocation. Work in past and most excellent master's degree. Starts at 7 o'clock.

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