Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 65, 25 January 1921 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TEIJEGR AM, RICHMOND," IND.; TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 1921:

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every Evening Except Sunday by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Street. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond. Indiana, ai , Second-Claaa Mail Matter,

MGUBEROF TBB ASROCUTED PREH The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and alao the local news published herein. A11 rights of republication of apodal dispatches herein are also reserved.

In Support of Public Service Commission Commenting on the action of the city council

of Fort Wayne in recommending the abolition of

the public service commission, the News and Sentinel of that city remarks trenchantly: "The Fort Wayne council has recommended the abolition of the state public service commission. Apparently the Fort Wayne council doesn't know what the public service commission is. If it did, its members would not so foolishly recommend the abolition of a body which has vastly

more intelligence than it has, vastly less dema

gogy, and which stands between the city's interests and the folly of the shortsighted, the unthinking and the cowardly." The News is right in asserting that the commission is a foil for the shortsighted and unthinking who are unable to recognize true merit wheri'they see it. The commission's rulings have saved thousands of dollars to the consumers of water, electric current and gas in Indiana, often when the consumers themselves did not realize that the commission was bestowing a favor upon them. ' The abolition of the commission is doomed to defeat, for too many cities have found protection of the interests of their citizens in the findings of the commission. If state control of the utilities is relinquished for the franchise system, the chances are ten to one that the public will soon discover the advantages of the former. With the decline in the costs of production, the utility companies are very anxious to maintain the high rates which were granted to them in a period when costs were abnormally high. Let the commission be abolished, and some of the companies will at once seek long-time franchises from municipalities at the prevailing high rate schedules. They will succeed in obtaining these franchises in some cities. The consumers in those places will be compelled to carry the burden for many years. Under state regulation of the utilities, a city may file a petition for a reduced rate schedule with the commission, and if the municipality shows that the company is making an exorbitant profit, that body will reduce the schedule to the

point where the company will receive a fair return on its investment and the consumers obtain a reduction that will be to their profit. The commission has vastly more intelligence than some city councils, as the News comments with justifiable reasons. Sometimes the people must be protected against their own folly. The public service commission affords this protection against the predatory demands of some utilities and the ignorance of some city officials.

Speeding Up the Appropriation Bills - Action on the appropriation bills pending before the Indiana General Assembly is imminent. For the first time in many years, the legislature has the bills before it early in the session instead of the closing weeks. This shows commendable activity, for the appropriation measures deserve the closest scrutiny of the legislators. With the measures under consideration early in the session, the members will have time to study the various items carefully and to question the wisdom of some of them. In former years many thousands of dollars were foolishly spent because the legislators did not have the time and inclination in the closing hours to give the matter careful consideration. The state hopes that both houses will challenge every item that is not absolutely necessary. Economy must be exercised by the legislature if the tax rate is to be kept down. 'A generous support of the educational and benevolent institutions is expected by the citizens. Other appropriations may be greatly curtailed, but these two should not be reduced.

Reserve Your Seats for the Symphony If you have not purchased tickets for the concerts of the symphony orchestra and have neglected to make reservations, don't delay a day longer. T The men who are backing this season's series of concerts are very anxious to know how many persons intend to attend. The future fate of the orchestra depends in no small degree on the reception which the ' public accords to its first season. If the public is apathetic, showing it by refusing to buy seats, the backers of the orchestra naturally will feel that Richmond is not interested in this aspect of the cultural life of the city. The price of the tickets for the season is a moderate one, much lower than the excellence of the productions warrants it ; but as this is not a commercial venture the management will be satisfied if expenses are paid. Reservations went fast when the plat was first opened, but lately the demand for tickets has abated. Persons desiring to attend the concerts are asked to make "their reservations at once.

Rippling Rhymes

By WALT MASON

v IN A HURRY The blithe new year is gaily hopping to join the old years of the past; ihe days slide b7, there is no stopping, our days are much too good to last; soon we must do our Christmas shopping, time goes so fast, time goes so fast: The new year came, with ringlets curly, and on his lip3 a cheer-up song, that heartened e'en the sore and fcurly, and Fhowed them that their grouch was wrong; but soon we'll do our shopping early time whoops along time whoops along? The new year did siome wholesome bragging about his pep and punch and vim, but soon we'll pee k1s step is lagging, and he'll have spavins on each limb: and then we'll pee him sadly dragging his carcass to (he boneyard grim. So to the shadows we are winding, a little older every day; each flying hour some gray hairs lending to our domes, already gray, and bringing nearer us the ending of hope and dread, and work and play. Each flying minute makes us older, and plants new ailments in our frames; some new rheumatics in the shoulder, where once we pressed against the hames, or gout in feet that now are colder than when they danced in youthful games. Ah well, gadzooks, we've had our inning, we old, old gents and gaffers gray, and, like the year, in our beginning, we put up many iinds of hay. and now that our white locks aro thinning, we must give youth the right of way.

Good Evening By Roy K. Moulton

A Wichita reporter claims the discovery of a sure way to tell a woman's ftge. In nipping weather, Is she's under twenty-five her cheeks go red. If she's over twenty-five, it's her nose. Germans will not be allowed to wear monocles any more. Evidently they do not desire a monocle form ot government. THE ANSWER "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" It usually ain't, for he's generally cowed. Today he is here and tomorrow he's gone, And th ring he performed in is silent s and lone. He is bullied by bosses and held up by bums. He merely counts one when the choli era comes. Quite often he's married, and much of his life He's henpecked and squelched by a . termagant wife. I've thought it all over. I give it up. . - So I answer hy saying, "I'm darned if I Tcnow." Tennvson J. Daft. - We haven't much to do. but still Ave .haven't time to' si on and read a tennape magazine article on the quarrel -between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.. , "Siehty-five Pearls Found in a Single Oyster." Headline. The married ones Probably can't afford them. WHERE ones TE BARONESS GET HER INSPIRATION? "I "s9r mn, brown men. many brown n. In hip3 around the Statue of

t 'bertv. I see a- sword stretched across I

Two Minutes of Optimism By Herman J. Stich DON'T COMMIT TIME-I-C1DE Is not the greatest miracle of them all just time? Consider time. It has been said: "Time is money." This does not begin to do justice to time. Time is far more valuable than money, because it you have tiroo you can usually get all the money you need (sometimes, all you want) : but you may have all the money in the world and it will not get you a single second more of time. Time is the basic raw material of everything. Given time, there is little you may not do. "Without time, you can do nothing. Fortunately for all of us, in the realm of time, we find an Ideal democracy. Here, all share fair, alike and equal. Plutocrat or pauper, incipient Mozart or organ grinder, corporation president or office boy each receives the same share of Father Time's inexhaustible and indispensable gift twenty-four hours each day. And time is one of the very few things in this world that is solely and incontrovertibly yours to do with as you please, to handle or mishandle as you wish; to enjoy or destroy as you see fit. No one can steal your time but you. No one can waste your time but you. What you are and what you will be depends upon what you do with your time. No man ever gets so rich he can afford to lose time In fact, the more affluentlal or influential he becomes the more he becomes a miser of minutes. Father Time is grateful for proper appreciation of his precious commodity but he is relentless in his punishment of its abuse. Father Time accepts no I Q U's for squandered seconds. He is more Inexorable than the law itself. The man-killer frequently escapes the consequences of his act the time-killer never does. He pays. Every day witnesses the metamorphosis of twenty-four hours into whatever you choose to transform them. They may be builded into happiness, health, culture, love, success and respect of your fellowmen or they may be woven into the age-long story of a wasted heritage. Time i3 the makings what the finished product will be is up to

you.

Make this a New Year's resolution you will not break:

"I will not commit time-i-cide!"

Protect the. Children .

I Healthy- Blood and a Healthy System is a Child's best protection against Colds, Grip and Influenze. Give them

ocean. I Me a rope drawn around GROVE'S IRON TONIC SYRUP. 75c. Tierica. I see great and terrible Advertisement.

things happening in 1921 and warn

America to beware." So says Baroness Irma von Coburg,

famous prophetess, called the succes

sor to Mme. De Thebes as the world s greatest seeress, and noted in .Germany. The stuff they sell here in America is bad enough.

The tracks the men mako going

home at 1 a. m, in the newly-fallen snow are much Btraighter than they used to be. ' There are plenty of ways to be unpopular, but none beats making a lecture tour in behalf of the "blue laws." "Bank3 Sure of Future." Headline. Yes, there's going to be one, all right.

Correct English j

V Don't Say: She lives in a SWELL apartment. He TOOK IN the theatre. He has a DATE with me. He staid A HALF OF AN HOUR. Say; She lives in a FASHIONABLE apartment. He ATTENDED the theatre. He has AN ENGAGEMENT with me. He staid HALF AN HOUR.

Dinner Stories

A cinema man stopped in the lobby of a theater at nine o'clock or so the other night to chat with the manager. The two men soon got to arguing about the respective merits of the cinema and the legitimate theater. "All this here talk about the films' superiority," the manager said finally, "makes me sick. The films ain't harmed me none. I'm doin' the best business I ever did." Just then a little hoy darted out of the auditorium. He was blubbering softly. "Say, mister, gimme me money back, will ye?" he said to the manager. "I'm skeared, sitting In there ail alone."

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Year - Ago Today

,The future of Richmond as a leading traffic point on the C. and O. rail

road between Cincinnati and Peru

rested with the decision of Judge H.

w. Fox in the petition of the South Side Improvement association for the

opening of South N street, was set for

neanng 'en. 8. it tne decision was unfavorable to the C. and O. it was to abandon its plans for local improve

ment.

( Answers to Questions - ; ; M. M. What was the Mississippi Babble? Tb "Mississippi Bubble" was a $pecu:atlve scheme formed under the lead of John Law, for paying off the national debt of France. It resulted in a financial panic In 1720. Law was a celebrated financier and projector of commercial schemes, the son of a goldsmith and hanker. He wss born at Edinburgh in April, 1671; he died at Venice. March 21. 1729. In April, 1694, he Wiled Edward "Beau" Wilson in a duel in London and was condemned to death, hut escaped to the continent where for a time he led a roving life. largely that of a gambler. At the same time, however, he was endeavoring to secure the adoption by various governments of his financial schemes, especially of his plans for the issue of paper money, perhaps his "pet" scheme. In May. 1716. he, with others, founded the "Banque Generale" and succeeded in carrying out with success his views with regard to paper currency, his notes be accepted in payment of taxes, and commanding a premium over epecier Soon after that he acquired from tbe French government control of the territory then called "Louisiana" for colonization and trade, the Compagnie d'Occident being incorporated for this purpose in 1717. This enterprise became famous under the name of "The Mississippi Scheme" or "The System." This company soon absorbed the East India and China companies, the African Company, the mint and the power of receivers-general.

thus becoming supreme both in the'

American and Asiatic commerce of France and its internal financial affairs. Meanwhile, in 1718, the Banque Generale had been transformed into the Banque Royale, with Law as a director general and its notes guaranteed by the king. On January 5, 1720, Law was made controller general of finance, and on February 23 the company and the bank were combined. For a while the "System" prospered, fortunes were made in speculation, and Law possessed great power, but the overissue of paper money and the hostile action of the government brought on tbe catastrophe, and in May. 1720, the "System" collapsed. Law was driven from France and his estates were confiscated. In December he was invited by Czar Peter to take charge of the finances of Russia, but declined. In 1721 he returned to England, remaining there until 1725, when he went to Italy. He died in Venice in 1729. But while Law never crossed the ocean, it was his enterprise that sent thousands to the Mississippi Valley. Readers mmr obtain aw-r neattona by wrltlaK the Palladium Qnestlona and Answers 'department. All quetitfoaa should be written plainly and briefly. Aaawera wiU be siren briefly.

TODAY'S TALK By George- Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can", "Take It''. "Up-.' THOMAS EDISON One of the most Inspiring figures in all history still lives and smiles in a busy manufacturing plant just a little beyond the meadows of "New Jersey, where it is said that tbe mosquito was first discovered. His name is better known than that of any ruler. It Is said that he sleeps less than any man since Napoleon, and works harder than any man before or since. His genius and hard work has done more to bring glory Into the world than a thousand victorious armies. When he was a boy, he' sold papers. . He also sat long hours at the telegraph key. He was born poor. There was no silver spoon found in his mouth. But in his brain was a regiment of thoughts always on the march! And in his heart was a grade of determination which, if it could have been pictured, would have resembled the rocks of Gibralter. . Thomas Edison never in all his life has learned to spell the word fail. I doubt if he has ever heard of the word. I stood on a hill in front of one of his huge plants a few years ago and watched it light the heavens as lapping flames ate it up. A few yards away, this white-haired man also stood watching. But not for long. For soon he turned to a companion and said: "Well, I must be going in, for I have to get in touch with men to help me start rebuilding tomorrow!" , I write under an Edison lamp. In the corner of my library stands an Edison talking machine. When 1 start my automobile, I shall think of Edison and thank him for saving the muscles in my back for his storage battery will keep me in my seat as my engine starts from a simple electric switch. Thomas Edison won't need any cold monuments when he dies He has built a million in every haunt and hamlet throughout the civilized world. A salute to this greatest of living men!

carrying a dinner pall to the tasks of J a hard day. and coming back always with a head full of ideas. He rose in j the confidence of the Pennyslvania

and wnen several large locomotives were being built at the Baldwin works he was chosen to go to the Baldwins to supervise their construction. This was his first Introduction to the establishment, of which he became the head in three years after he entered its employ. Such Is Samuel Vauclain, whose chief bobby is work and who

igets along, as he says, by attending j strictly to his own business. When j the World war broke out it was Vau- ( clain who said it was possible to supj ply and deliver locomotives to Europe j for use on the battle front. He proI ceeded to do that. Decorated by two

nations for his services in the European war, he stands in a prominent place as the bead of a great industry.

Sore or Irritated Throat Try Brazilian Balm

Who's Who in the Day's News

For Colds, Grip and Influenza and as a Preventive, take GROVE'S Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. The genuine bears the signature of E. W. Grove. (Be sure you get BROMO.) 30c. Advertisement.

A survey, just completed by an eastern journalist, shows the interesting fact that $50,000 a year salaries are quite common these days. And with this result comes the finding that the

men who drawing them are real workers and climbed to .them by real toil. Samuel V a c u 1 a i n. president of the Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia, ig an example of the high salaried men. Someone once asked Vauclain what his salary was.

SM.VAUCLAIM "Blessed if I know," was bis reply, for this was before the days of income inquisitions. "I've been so busy working that I never thought about it." It was then more than $50,000 a year and what with the interest which Vauclain has in the great factory which

supplies locomotives to all the world, his income is far beyond the sum regarded as a most important milestone in life. "Sammie" Vauclain, as he was known to his intimates, began his quest of fortune as a laborer in the railroad roundhouse at Altoona, Pa.,

near where the long and heavy trains

come lumbering out of the tunnels on their way to smokebound Pittsburg. By zealously cleaning out the pipes and the tenders of locomotives and polishing up the brasses he learned more about the great moguls of the rails than many engine drivers. For 11 years he worked as a laborer.

'Tills is Pills" But "Just One" is Something Else Again The twentieth tablet you take Is just as new to your system as the first and acts just as readily. You never have to increase the dose, because you are using different laxatives every time. Therefore, "just one" is the correct dose always at first and at last and all the time. That is why we named this combination of perfect laxatives "Just One." They Never Wear Out Think of It! Think of finding, at last, a laxative that always gives you uniform and dependable results one that you can permanently adopt and that you will never have to change from or want to change from. No more going from one brand to another and throwing the last half of each away because they have ceased to act effectively. "Just-One" is your permanent, dependable laxative that keeps right on giving satisfaction year in and year out, because of the constant change they provided. The system cannot become calloused to the action of these tablets, as it does to other single formula laxatives. Ask Quigley's drag store about this wonderful new idea in laxatives. Advertisement.

19 EGGS A DAY FROM 23 HENS.JN WINTER Mr. Duni's Hens Increased Every Day. Plan is Easily Tried. "We have 23 chickens and hadn't had an egg all winter. In five days after feeding Don Sung, we got 4 to 5 eggs a day; in three weeks, we were getting 10 to 12 a day; in five weeks we got 13 eggs a day." John Dun!, Box 102. Cherry Valley, Pa. Mr. Duni started giving Don Sung in January, in zero weather. He now keeps his hens busy in winter when hens usually loaf. A trial costs nothing. Here's our offer: Give your hens Don Sung and watch results for one month. If you don't find that it pays for itself and pays you a good profit besides, simply tell us and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying) is a scientific tonic and conditioner. It is easily given in the feed, improves the hen's health and makes her stronger and more active. It tones up the egg-laying organs, and gets the eggs, no matter now cold or wet the weather. Don Sung can be obtained promptly from your druggist or poultry remedy dealer, or send 52c (includes war tax) for a package by mail prepaid. BurrellDugger Co., 214 Columbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.

How Baby Food Experts Can Save You Money On Your Milk Bill YOU kriowNestla's Food for babies? Your grandmother knew it knew its purity, and how it was made out of rich, pure milk. What can these milk experts do for you?

We Recommend DON SUNG for a Tonic, and Wonder, Feed for Poultry Mash. Omer G. Whelan THE FEED MAN, 31-33 So. 6th St. Phone 1879 Richmond, Ind.

THE company that makes Nestle's Food is delivering to you, through" your grocer, rich creamy country milk and when you add the water we have taken out. you get more than a quart of this wonderful milk for less than a bottle of milk costs! You see, the reason bottled milk costs' so much is because it has to be brought many miles to you, often in big ice-box cars, and you have to pay for the ice, and

the tests, and the eternal watchfulness against souring, and for the broken glass bottles, and for the tzxn who delivers it to your door before you wake up. We have saved you all this unnecessary expense by sealing the rich, creamy milk into tins right near the dairy farm sterilized, fresh, pure as sunshine and k's on your grocer's shelves waiting for you now a better milk for Uss money.

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Stanley Plumbing

910 Main St.

WASHING MACHINES IRONERS

&. Electric Co. Phone 1286

I Suits Cleaned and Pressed! ! $1.50 I f PEERLESS CLEANING CO. I

318 Main Street

SAFETY FOR SAVINGS

PLUS 4 Interest DICKINSON TRUST COMPANY "The Home For Savings"

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MAGNESTONE STUCCO Makes old homes look like new. Ask us more about It. HACKMAN-KLEHFOTH &. CO. ' North Tenth and F Streets Also South G between 6th and 7th Phones 2015 2016

No Better Time Than Now

To Buy That . USED CAR Chenoweth Auto Co.

1107Maln

Phone 1925

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50c

$1.00 Silk Lisle Hose, now

LICHTENFELS 1010 Main St.

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We can save you dealer's profit on a Used Piano or can trade your Silent Piano for a Victrola.

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