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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-11

No other part of the expense account Oh
the average town-dwelling American ram
lily has increased more rapidly than the
grocery bill. There are more than I1OGO.-
600 families in the United States. Perhaps
half of these patronize the grocery man
for the great bulk of the things which
enter into their daily diet Assuming
that the monthly grocery bill for these
families averages SIS each, or little
more than 20 cents per day per person,
their total annual account with the gro
ceryman amounts approximately to 5000
100000. ADMINISTRATIONS of the bureau OF
labor show that the wholesale price OF
the commodities going into the FAMILY
market basket has increased by nearly
one-fourth in a decade In other words.
the housewife had t6 pay 81 in 1910 for a
basket of groceries which would have cost
of q cents in 1907
From these figures 1t is evident that the
higher cost Of living is no empty phrase
to the woman who goes to market IL rep
the grocer of more than three-fourth OF
a billion dollars a year. This amount
would be sufficient to run the entire rcd
eral government. with the exception OF
the Post ONCE Department. Tor fuii
twelve months
X x
While the prices Of some articles han
died by the grocer are no higher TO-DAY
than they were a
Prices Of Today DECADE ago. the
retail prices as
and Decade Ago. rule have in
creased from oie-fourth to one-haif over
prices of similar articles in 1900. The gro
Ger insists that this increase does not rep
resent any greater net profit than he en-
loved before prices reached their present
level Rather he contends wholesale
prices in many cases have gone up to such
a degree that 1t would be prohibitive to
nut IN his retail Trices in proportion.
No nationwide investigation of this
question has been made since 1907. In
that wear the bureau of labor undertook
a coInparison of wholesale and retail
prices. In 1910 there was an investigation
confined to a few commodities. 1t was
fomnd that the price of bacon at whole
sale advanced nearly one-half more rap
idIv than the retail price as compared
with 1900. Likewise the grocer had to
IA content. with a smaller profit on
6our eCJn. the other hand, his price
ia the consumer on butter, granulat-
ed sugar rice and fresh eggs increased
more randy than the wholesalers price
tn him. For instance. the wholesalers
price Of fresh eggs to him increased by GO
per cent, while his price TO the consumer
increased 1888 pei cent.
While the sanitarian IL recommending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-11
VfNOH.
Will Build You Up and Make
Va,

You Strong.
Old people, tired. weak. run down
people, delicate children, frail moth
ers and those recovering from Sc
we're illness. this is fact.
Thousands of genuine testimonials
from reliable people prove this
claim, and to further support the
fact and prove our faith in what we
say, we unhesitatingiy declare that
any one who will try bottle Of
vINOL will have thqir money re-
not satisfied that it did them good.
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The COST OF LIVING.
little FAMILY GROCERY BILL.
By Frederic J. Haskin.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

to the consumer that he buy his goods in
original packages to prevent contamina-
ton between the point of production an
consumer. recommendation which is be-
Ing observed to an unusual degree by the
American housewife, the economist de-
clares that the buying of goods in pack
ages makes for a very much higher gro
Gerry bill. With package goods he never
thinks OF changing it from a ten cent to
a twelve cent package. He simply cuts
down the size of the package so that he
gets his IL cents for a given quantity Of
oatmeal where he got 10 cents before.
Few people ever realize that the price of
the oatmeal has gone up. The same is
true of the soapmaker. He still sells his
cake of soap at cents RETAIL but he SIM
ply cuts down the quantity of soap in the
except that he has been able to raise the
price on the consumer without the latter
Knowing anything about it.
The package goods proposition seems to
be as expensive as it Is sanitary. The
oatmeal manufac-
Goods in Packages turer is able to
More Costly. oe n ms m pasnas :.
more than cents a pound. while the
oatmeal in bulk sells at less than cents.
In other words, oatmeal in bulk costs but
little more than half as much as oatmeal
in packages. and yet the grocer finds a
great demand for the package kind and
almost none for the kind in bulk.
In all of the package goods sold in the
United States there are but few which
give full weight or measure. This applies
as well to pickles in bottles or fruit In
cans as 1t applies to crackers and Oat-
meal in boxes. There Is a strong move
ment on foot today in favor of the enact
ment of a law requiring all package goods
to state the quantity contained in the
package. With characteristic enterprise
a few concerns have adopted this plan,
and while they may not give any greater
quantity for a stated amount OF money.
their obvious honesty in the premises
serves to get them much additional busi-
ness.
Many grocers contend that one of the
reasons why they charge an apparently
higher retail price for groceries is the
fact that in all bulk goods they always
run short in giving down weights" For
instance. a grocer buys 200 pounds of
sugar: when he sells it in one, two. three
and four pound lots, he is supposed to
give down weight" every time. This
means that in reality each lot of sugar
weighs a little more than the amount
ordered. He declares that with some of
these small cases weights are such that
he is never able to sell 200 pounds Of
sugar out Of. each 300 pounds he buys.
When testifying in recent investigation,
q Baltimore grocer declared that the in
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vestigators would laugh IL he told them
upon what article he made his greatest
profit. 1t was yeast cakes.


The grocer says that his expenses have
increased by reason of increases in rents,
1 a eS, wages
Increase in and cost Of
Grocers' Expenses. horse feed He
says that In more cases than not the
housewife makes such a small order that
he cost of delivery is excessive In pro-
portion to the value of the order, and
that he might. with little additional ex-
pense. deliver a fiyc-dollar order where
he delivers a fifty-cent order.
1t is declared that trading stamps and
vouchers given with purchases have been
found to be factor in the cost of food
and other products. These are usually
redeemable upon cash basis of per
cent of the face: value. The grocer pays
the trading stamp company for its
stamps. and in the end the consumer
pays SUFFICIENT advance to meet this ex-
ira expense. An example Of the effect
Of prize-giving schemes on the price or
food products Is illustrated by the 6k-
perience of a merchant who for a num-
Der of years. sold a certain tea at II
cents a pound. When he began handling
tea he considered two propositions:
Either to sell the tea at q cents a
pound outright. or to sell IL at 10 cents
fled number Of pounds
The average grocer contends that his
own bank account Is the best evidence
that he is not the man who Is respon-
sible for the greatly increased cost OF
food products today. He declares that
this bank account will show that he has
not made more than a fair income for
his invested capital and labor. That his
statement is true is apparent In the major
ity of cases. There are few city blocks
that do not have grocery store. The
grocer doing a business of even 800 a
day must make a gross prOnf or II per
cent to get the $50 day which 1t prob
ably costs him to conduct his business.
Unless he is able to make higher per-
centage on his limited sales he cannot
make the buckle OF income and the
tongue of expense meet and failure fol-
lows apace.
other sort of market man doing a very
large business he
LARGE Business finds him grow
Adds to Profits. In every city
there are men who started out nfteen
years ago with a small store, and with
little capital except their experience as
grocer clerks. and who are today tne
owners of from two to half dozen
stores. each equipped with its delivery
service of automobiles and uniformed en-
ployes Their sales are 30 large that
even smaller per cent OF gross pront
yields them greater net income than
is made by the struggling corner grocer
with his limited number OF patrons. 0'lch
a successful grocer usually says that his
success has come from heavy sales and
close profits.
That there is a vast addition to the
cost of groceries from the tine they leave
the hands Of the producer until they
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18

Winchester rife. As he did so, the
horse one of the thieves was riding,
stepped into a badger hole and
fell.
The horse got up and started off
without his rid r. The other man
then tried to get iim On the horse
he was riding, but bullet from
the sheriff's Winchester whizzed
by his head and he threw up his
hands. The third man was ahead
# the two that were captured.
AS soon as this was learned, three
men started in pursuit. of him. He
was pressed so hard by his pursuers
that he abandoned his horse and
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18
HORSE THIEVES CAPTURED

Sheriff Harris and Alex Weiland
came in about 6 o'clock last even.
ing with Rex Roberts and James
Ross, the two horsthieves they
captured yesterday afternoon.
From Sheriff Farris we learned the
following particulars of the chase
and capture:
Sunday night telephone message
was received at the sheriff's office
from the Walther Bros, saying
that they were on the trail of the
thieves and asking for assistance.
Sheriff Harris returned from Reno
Monday morning and started on
the trail as soon as possible. He
went direct to North Fork, where
he struck the trail of the thieves.
He followed it from there to
Indian Greek, about 10 miles south
Of Tracy Fairchild's ranch, where
two of the men were captured, the
third making lis escape on horse
back.
When the sheriff came within
hailing distance of the men. he cal
led to them to come in" as their
game was up. Instead of doing so
they laid fiat on their horses and
motioned tho sheriff to come on and
one Of them fred shot.
Realizing that a fight was on,
Sheriff Harris jumped from his
horse and fred a shot from his
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
COMMITTEE

Following are the members of
the republican county committee
Bryan-~John B. Scott.
Carlin-Frank Warming.
Glover Valley R. M. Steele.
Columbia Frank Bluett.
..Cloverdale-F. A. .McDermid.
Elko, No. III. U. Castle.
EIko, No.2 j. D. McFarlane.
Fort Halleck-John McDermott
Halleck IS. L. Wines.
Huntington-C.. Mitchell. .
Island Mountaiu-J. R. Hard
man.
Jarbidge &C. +. Strong.
Jack Creek-R. T. jenkins.
Lamoille Andrew Berg.
Mardis j. M. Prunty.
Mound Valley. j. Hylton.
Mountain City w. D. Plunkett.
Midas "A. Primeaux.
Montello-B. Pearson.
North Fork-W. F. Mahoney.
North Kuby-1. Woodhouse.
O'Neil- James Newman.
Railroads.. r Cation.
Ruby Valley e. E. Lutts.
Starr Valley-Isaac Griswold.
South Fork. H. Carter.
Sprucemont-W. E. Fordham.
Shafte:-H. C. Christian.
Toano F. A. Leach.
Tecoma-.J. G. Lee.
Tuscarora-Tracy Fairchild.
White Rock Homer Andrae.
Wells-M. S. Badt
Weiland
Metropolis-Geo. F. Tombs, Jr.
Tobar
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HOW'S Tp|S

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of catarrb that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrrh
Cure. F. J. Cheney & Go.
Toledo, o.
We, the under signed. have
known F. j. Cheney for the last Is
years, and believe him pei fectly
honorable in all business transact
tons and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by bis
firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls CAtarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18
FALL MILLINERY OPENING

Mrs. Manley wishes to announce
to her patrons and the ladies' of
Elko and vicinity, that her Fall
Opening will take place Sept. 10.
1912. She has secured the services
Of a first class milliner from
Chicago and is in a position to turn
out the latest styles III millinery
work.
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LADIES OF ELKO COUNTY

] am temporarily located in San
Francisco prepared to manufacture
all work in human hair. My
purpose is to maintain in quality.
style and price my performance in
the past. your orders are respect
fully solicited.
Mrs. W. d. Linton
Gil Golden Gate Ave, s. F.
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detriment If the people.

detriment If the people:
We favor the enactment of such
laws as will permanently improve
our highways, bridges and culverts.
realizing that good roads will
materially benefit the citizens of
Elko County.
We favor the enactment of q
good, sane, fair and just corrupt
practice act.
We recomend that due consid
GRAFTON be given to an amendent
to our present primary law by
which the. same will be more
practicable and satisfactory to the
electors Of the state.
The inadequacy of our present
high school building to furnish
our pupils with necessary equip.
ment and Accommodations is realiz-
ed by all. We favor such action
as shall provide US with modern
buildings and equipment for this
institution.
The care of indigents is a public
responsibility. We declare our
selves in favor of modern facilities
in caring for the disabled and
afflicted.
In the selection of the Hon. Key
Plttman, who is the unanimous
choice of the democratic voters for
the United States senatorsEip we
have candidate who has been for
many years champion of the
peoples rights and man who when
he takes his seat. in Washington
will he of material benefit to the
State of Nevada, a man who is re-
cognized as being one of the
people, and who from personal
contact with conditions knows the
peoples needs in matters of legisIa-
ton, man who has never faltered
in doing his duty as a citizen, a
man who by reason of training is
qualified to fight the special
privilege and one who will do 50.
He has been signally honored by
all parties in the past, having re
presented the state in many i'm
portant assemblages and upon all
OCCASIONS he has shown that he is3a
fearless and successful champion
of the rights Of the people of the
State of Nevada.
In Hon. Clay Tallman who
received the entire support of the
voters at the primary election we
have a man who has served the
state we'll in the Nevada senate and
as one of the party aders he has
shown remarkable insight in o
the affairs of men ard his wCik in
the Legislature stamp rim as one of
the NEST capable of men and one
who may well be trusted to re
present the citizens of Nevada in
the national hall Of congress.
W. G.Greathouse
J. W. Puett
William Willis
Committee
r. P. ,Carville. Chairman
Geo. H. Greenfield, Sect.
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took to the mountains.


Alex Weiland the Walther Bros,
and several other men assisted the
Sheriff in trailing and capturing
the thieves. Several horses and the
camping outfit of the thieves were
gathered in. The horses were
stolen from the Diamond A ranch
in this county
The captured men carried wicked
looking revolvers and were we'll
supplied with ammunition. At the
Jail they gave their names as Rex
Roberts and James Ross. Both are
young men.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
COMMITTEE

The following named citizens
will served has the democratic
county committee for the ensuing
two years:
Bryan Fred Anderson.
Carlin Geo. Mcintosh
Glover Valley-H. A. hgee.
Columbia Barney Horn.
Cloverdale-Jo nh P. Phalan.
Contact-W. j. Armstrong.
Elko-E. E Caine.
Fort Halleck-John McDermott
Halleck w. G. Randolph.
huntington Max Arnhold.
Island Mountain Archie Bell.
Jack Creek-R. M. Woodward.
Jarbidge-C. J. Nelson.
Lamoille-James Holland.
Mardis-J. F. Boyle.
Metropolis-C. E. Gundlach.
Mountain City,. e.. Plunkett
Sr. ...
Montello-H. P. Robinson.
Mound Valley-Chas. Toyn, Sr.
North Fork-Charles Nuckols.
North Ruby-W. J. Woolverton
/ O'Neil-W. n. Gilmer.
Railroad james Burk.
Ruby Valley-Roy Vaughan.
Starr Valley-A. 3. Gray.
South Fork-Al Griswold.
Sprucemont-R. E. Knight.
Shafter-H. C. Christian.
Toano-J. C. Hillman.
Tecoms-Ed Jackson.
Tuscarora-O. M Lamon.
White Rock.-D. F. Darnell.
Wells-Phil S. Triplett.
Weiland = Alex WeiIand.
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sALMAGUNDI

Oscar Miller brought in two
wagon loads Of copper ore yester-
day from DR.. Mason's mine ut
Lone Mountain.
Bring the children to see ;Alvina,
the child singer and dancer, 9
years Of age. with Bob and Eva
Mckinley Co September 26th.
For Sale---A good team of gentle
horses. Inquire at Mr.. Thompson's
livery stable.
Judge Fitzgerald came ia from
Eureka last night and spent the
day in, town shaking hands. with
his many friends. He will leave
tonight for Washington. Boston
and New York. W
WANTED "A Japanese Fancy
cook WANTS q job in the town or
country. Salary $50 per month.
Has, good recommendations. Ad-
dress p. o. Box 80, Elko,
Nevada.
Bob and Eva Mckinley will be
here September 26th. Old timers
will remember them in Elko 25
years ago. These artists now play
the best cities and want to see
their old friends.
Miss Eva H. Swanger, teacher of
piano. will take a number of
pupils. Call up phone 232 or at
the Bouham residence on 7th
street. Miss Swanger is a Conser-
vatory graduate.
Mrs. George w Bruce arrived
from San Francisco this morning
on visit to her parents, relatives
and friends. Mr.. Bruce accom-
panied her from the city as far as
Hazen where he took the train for
Goldfield.
Attorney Henderson arrived
last night from San Francisco. He
was called here by the suits of the
Jordan Valley Stock company
against various defendants to quiet
title to portion of the company's
lR2d. The defendants failed to ap.
Ar and judgement was rendered
d. in accordance with the prayer OF
the complaints.
The coming attraction our old.
time friends. Bob and Eva Nc.
- Ginley in Elko. September 26th. in
the play o. the New York News
Boy" with clean fun and delight.
full music.
Independent Voters Leagues are
being organized in Pennsylvania by
the score. In one instance 9
League composed Of 1000 voters
has enrolled 800 republicans who
have agreed to vote for Wilson and
Marshall.
1t is stated upon COOL authority
that Ex-Governor Dickerson has
about closed a deal whereby he sells
mis- paper. the Exposilor, at Ely,
1t is also stated that the Gov.
ernor has pending q deal by which
disposes of mining interests for 8
good figure. Carson Appeal.
A gun set for trap and loaded
with buckshot, hit the wrong man
at the farm managed by Bud Kin.
kead near FallOn. The gun had
been loaded to catch a thief and
one of the farm hands in going to
the granary set it off, losing a
portion Of his hand as q result,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

ed by the Democratic candidates at
their meeting Tuesday:
We: your committee on platform
and resolutions. as provided for by
law most respectfully reports as
follows:
The Democracy of Llko County,
through it's representatives as
se,nbled here in E!ko. Elko County.
Nevada, this 17th. day of Septem.
Der, in the year of our Lord. 1912.
points with pride to the time
h onored principles Of the Denoc-
racy of the Nation and declares it
answering allegiance to those
PRINCIPLES which stand for the good
of all mankind not for the benefit
of favored few.
The declaration of principles as
adopted at the Democratic Conven-
ton held in Baltimore state con-
clusively what our party stands
for, the right of all TO participate
in the Government, of this the
greatest nation in the world, and
the platform as adopted must and
does commend itself to the mind of
everyone who tolls far his or her
livelihood. The Convention took
up the live questions of the day
and treated them in manner
which demonstrated that the
Democratic party is a party of and
for the people.
The leaders standing on this plat
form will march to victory this fell
as the people realize that in democ-
racy lies the remedy for existing
evils
We congratulate the Democracy
of the Nation in it's wisdom in
selecting as its standard bearer
that sterling opponent of special
privileges, the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey, We realize
that in this nigh type of manhood
we have a candidate who will
bring to the Democratic standard
those who look into the future and
what it would hold if the present
condition of affairs were to con-
tinue. We also congratulate the
Democracy in selecting as his
running mate the Hon. Thos. r.
Marshal of Indiana whom the
people o! that great commonwealth
have tried and found not wanting,
a man who has proven faithful to
his sacred trust.
We point with pride to the
splendid types of manhood which
our voters have chosen as the men
who are to support our president
and vice--presideDt in the national
halls of congress and we recognize
in them towers of strength by
reason Of the enviable records
they have made and. also because
they have stood for real, not
theatrical progessiveness. and the
will do much to help the next adj
ministration in its work of giving
to the people that which has been
for q long time their due but
which is not received at the hands
of the present administration.
We endorse the national demo.
cratic platform as adopted at
Baltimore, Md.
We endorse the State Democratic
platform RS adopted at Fallpn,
| Nevada. .s
We pledge ourselves to assist in
securing such legislation ss will
improve conditions and make for
the betterment of all the citizens
of EIko County.
We pledge ourselves to assist in
bringing about more economical
administration of State affairs,
realizing that the financial condi-
tion of the State is one Of the most
vital questions before us and
should receive serious considera-
ticn by the next session Of the leg
islature.
We pledge ourselves to work for
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-18

Clean fun and delightful music
by the Mckinley Co. September
26th.