Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-11-17

. reduction. Where the people of one section would be benefited
by a reduction those of another would be soaked by a n increase
SO it evens up. s. far as the Standard Oil is concerned. This was
made evident in the death struggle for the Chinese market IN 1908
between the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers, when the price 81
kerosine was cut for almond eyed customers to ? - cents a gal
lon, while the Standards huge losses wer more than recouped
by adding a few cents a barrel to the price paid by American
housewives.
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The burning question of the slit skirt still occupies Tie atten-
ton of the press and pulpit. 1t looks TO us a if the first woman
to wear it in America Vas the Goddess OF Liberty: Ii any III
will take the pains to look at her picture on a treasury note it
will be found that this highly respected lady wears her robe slit
above the knee and Topped to keep it in place. 1t would seem
that after this showing in favor of the slit that its standing IN
the fashionable world cannot be seriously questioned.
Bank notes of that description will be received at this office
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Wides, receiver of the bankrupt banks of Nevada, has gore
to Honolulu for a jaunt at the expense of the depositors, who have
paid for the receivers outings for the last three years. During
that time Wildes has virtually been absent from Carson City,
enjoying himself and living high, while he taxes the banks with
the salary of an assistant who does the work which the receiver is
supposed to do. This is quite a transition from an humble clerk
ship at $l37 a month--Bonanza.
The bankers of San Francisco refused to handle the municipal
bonds of that city on the ground that there wa no demand for
securities bearing only 3 per cent interest. Thereupon the city
authorities put them across the counter" as it were and sold the
entire issue of $3,O45 900 in a few days. In buying the bonds the
common people may not have displayed more faith in munici,
pal securities than the bankers, but they are not trying to force
a class currency bill.
The antisaloon league is after Hon. W. J. Bryan, secretary
VI Stote. IIydh dS II DIS hIoNH HS never tdkeu Il uI1uk Ill HIS
life. and with his avowed antipathy to the saloon and brewing i'll
terests, which he has fought for twenty years, it looks as though
the ants had reached the limits of righteousness when they Juno
on to him or men of his kind. This kind of work will drive them
out of business.
An ordinary editor finds his hands full these days trying to
figure out the currency, ship subsidy and Mexican questions and
a man to do it successfully will have to forget the Bulgarian Greco
war and a few such complex problems that drive newspaper men
to red liquor.
For many months a number of Republican papers in the state
have been harping against the return of Francis G. Newlands to
the United States Senate. Who, pray, would they return in his
place? Will they please suggest some one in his stead?
wells, Fargo Co. report a loss on last fiscal years profits
OF $l,25OOOO. Well, the people gained just that much. 80 where 5
the harm?
The city OF FallOn which owns its public utilities, has an
nounced that the cyt electric light plant has a suplus of ST. lO9
for the past year.
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n Corbett-F1tzsmmons post norton has reached the acute
stage, and it viii. be sttled in the same manner a w the promo
ton How old is Jane?''