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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-22
How The Weather Hureau Forecasts
storms, Erosts and Hoods.

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Washington. d G.. Jan. a0. >.
Many people have 40 idea that Their
= something mysteriota and &C nj
about the work u the Weather Bur
eau in forcastiug the coming o
storms frosts aud flcoas. Not a fev
think that the Observers necgsafih
get their data by reading the plan
eta, the stars and the moon. AZ /
matter OF fact the forecsstor OF tn,
Bureau foretells the comh eI die
tnrbances In huslnessllke way,yer,
similar TO that In which man whC
has ordered a shipment OF goodwill
estimate the date az It's arrival.
suppose business man had order
81 q carload Of pineapplee from tn,
Hawaiian Islands, lie would ka v
the average time II would take -,
tcGiaer to make the trip 10 tps
Pacific port, the average time foi
unloading and AaGiug Into rtfi ger
tor cars, aud the ayei age number Oi
days TO be allowed these cars To-
.neir trip across tue Cuntlneut Il
New YORK, HIS estimate. however
would be subject to error because
yae steamship mgnt be delayed by
.og or the cars night meet with aII
accident.
storms, Ike pineapples, as q
.ule do not originate IN the UniteG
states. Ihey come TO us. some Iron.
tne Philippines, Japan, SIbei ia, Ala
Al, tauaua OF the uaif Oh MeXicu,
Ine W Gather bureau gets cable, tel,
siaphic or slteIess potlGe oI a IoI-
saga storm. atatlOn alter station, q
.essei after vessel reports tnt
storm arrnal In It's neisn0ofhovu.
so tnat the general diieGIion ant
ate OF progi ess can 90 determined
..siy eaiIy. IA laUt, the a.tRal u
some storms can be f0Iet0ld to-
days in advance.
ine Ioie...s.ors watch for the re-
sion oil low uaio ometer winch Ia the
stoIm center aruund wnlch tn,
.noyes buu.y toIMald Nltn the gen
s.al eastward drlt oil ABOUT oov
.nnoS a day in our iatltuues. As tnS
.4nes of equal pressure lsoparsI
a4ound the DUM lthtSl e.oNu ,lUs~i
-
= ''oi IN ~ ino'.ass n,'','',, ~ 'oes no 'o'
oity.
tnen weather disturbances are 10
,yuA tea, the lOlecakl6Ih Adv IlUI..
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1un'ui anu Aia'A"''he "S"''i'i n"
o''u Sstai0s the S''ii'V'-al "sa%he'
epoi 's' i"nu seAus -
iehi ieeiahe, tio Dii'ieH iSis'i''-S az
'o'A'iuei''"i 1aiopN' anu u"'t'
'1i % eo'hS II oiii ~, ieeoiSoais 3 "''e
'ie oohul'ionS ~ iu''ia anu %
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Inc same puslhehsIlhe system usee
"A tracing the tiach " a ouoi N =
'ppiied III uelei niliiihe the aii"ai
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

The Chicago municipal market CON-
mission estimates that half of the
cost of food goes to the middleman
for distribution and that in the dis.
tributlon Of the food after it reaches
Chicago $5l,sO0,000 is economically
wasted. Chicago consumes in food
annually $320.0Oo.O00 Of which hal,
goes to the producers, while the mid.
dlemen get the balance. 1t is esti-
mated that an economical system Of
food distribution would save the peo-
pie OF Chicago $21.47 per capita
without disturbing the prices paid t.
the producer, the transportation com.
panies and the distributors who pu
the food in the hands of the Chicago
wholesalers.
Farm and Fireside describes til.
economic waste in Chicago in the de
livery of milk. and this economi,
waste appears in the distribution NJ
all foods to a more or less extent
Investigation developed that ther,
are, about 5000 delivery wagons II
Chicago. They duplicate routes
wear out horses. vehicles ana pave
ments; most of their work is pur,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
DINE BLuTT
n@Nn TEl0 ~
ROsPERITY
THE CLOSED sToCk EXCHANGE

The reports OF stock market quo
tations are rarely printed OH the
front pages of the newspapers. bu'
in ordinaryA times there are great
many men who turn to the story of
the ticker before they read the most
sensational dispatches on page l.
TIE may, even read the market re-
port before the baseball.
The closing OF the stock exchange
of course inflfcts hardship. Rusl-
ness men who own securities now
have no means of knowing what may
be the value of their shares. A
great many men are thrown out OF
work. from the people OF SUBSTANTIAL
investment houses, as cautious and
conservative as, any bankers, down %
the vultures Of Wall street, the
hangers-on and has beens who flock
around the blackboards.
To a great many men the interest
they take in stock market "fliers" is
business damage. The time devoted
to developing new ideas in their own
field, where they are thoroughly at
home, would be far more profitable.
The only possible game the outsider
can play is to buy only at rare inter
vals, when the market is deeply de-
pressed. But most men, after win
ming once on a conservative basis,
get too much the taste of blood.
Usually they 60 in at the high level
at which they sold, and drop m ,rI
than they previously made.
Hence it is that the closing Of the
exchanges Is not all loss. The news
papers Published since the stock ex-
changes closed must seem strangely
blank to the great army of fcrtuae
seekers who watch the quotations
Even the thrill OF marching million;
across the sea can not take place 81
their sporting interest in the rise and
fall of favorite stocks.
A great many business men mus,
now be able to proceed at once tt
the work Of the day. Previously hey
had first to survey the days con.
flict OF bulls and bears, ani detilt
whether it was an opportune time L
buy or sell. This does not help .nt
to perform efficiently his daily tasl
of bread-winning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
THE FRANCO PRUssIAN WAR OF 1870 1871
BY HERBERT TEMPLE,
Euronean Manager of the International News Service

the following day, acting under in-
structions from the emperor. M.
Benedict, French ambassador to
Prussia, unceremoniously addressing
King William at Ems,' insolently de-
manded that Prussia guarantee that
no further attempt, would be- made
to place a, Prussian OH tlie. thr one sir}
Madrid. The king refused: .tq HsteI
to Benedetti and 9eurtfy; Terminated
the Interview He also SEAT a, copy
of the French demand to Count Bis,
marck with orders that We make USE
of it. - |
News of this occurrence further
inflamed Paris and on July 1oeMapol5
con decided on war. His decision
was ratified by the chamber and
Frances formal declaration of war
against Prussia reached Berlin July
10, 1870
(This is the first of a series of six
articles on the Franco-Prussian war.
The second will appear tomorrow
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
INSURANCE yVIizylEi1N3
|il1tl'lI11|1I
AK 81

waste. Suppose great central, CO.
operative delivery system covered INC
city, using fine, fast modern auto
trucks. Trucks would be clean
properly handled, goods carefully
covered. The streets would be les:
congested; there would be fare less
expensive in keeping them clean. From
every point of view the service would
be better; and yet this improved serv-
ice would cost the consumer severai
million dollars year less, due SIM
ply to cutting out waste!
Nothing needed except to apply
some common sense to doing it! Has
anybody ever tried that out and
proved that it would work ON a large
scale?
Certainly. The commission studied
Uncle Sans method of delivering
mail in cities. Suppose carrier
rushed into the postoffice and was
handed a bag of unassorted letters
lOT Ill parts vi JIc COWh, anu oCC Oue
to hunt up the addresses; perhaps
they would be miles apart That
would be applying to the mail deliv-
cry method-or, rather, lack Of meth
od--that obtains in the delivery OF
merChandis in cities.
"Why, if Uncle Sam delivered let
tiers in the way grocerymen deliver
groceries the postoffice deficit would
be half as big as the whole govern
ment budget is now"
If by cooperation the consumer
can reduce the price of food $51,000,-
900 in the city OF Chicago without dis
turbing the producer, by systematic
ing distribution, why can not the pro-
Queer by cooperation increase his
share of the price the consumer pays
by systematizing the primary
marketing OF food, without increas-
ing the price TO the consumer? i
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

The one thing the South has to
regret is that the treasury department
did not stipulate that the acceptance
OF notes secured by cotton should
carry the,f obligation that ne her
rover would cut his acreage 10 pc.
cent next year. The argument was
that the big grower would not do so
All right, let the big grower take the
chance OF scent cotton The r,cll
can always afford to take grea or
chances than the poo. And ~ the
time several years have elapsed, there
may not be as many Of these C an.e-
taking rich. Reduction Of cottCn
acreage would not only insure bet.
ter price for cotton, bur would en-.
able the farmer to srow more OF his
needs on his forty Or eighty, and
thus have more cash when the sea
son is over.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

The darkest cloud on the horizon
seems to be the Discrimination Of the
farmer to curtail his cotton acreage
next year and plant more grain and
other feedstuffs. This causes the fear
that there will be so much cotton it
will be almost drug On the market;
The result is that spinners are not
only afraid to buy. but that bankers
and others are afraid to ieno any
considerable amount with cotton as
security.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

The concensus Of opinion among
the best business men of thu South
seems to be that the cotton problem
would be quickly solved by the agree
ment of the farmers TO plant &C per
cent of the acreage devoted t. cotton
this year In grain and feedstIffs next
year; to grow less cotton ard more
corn. bacon and beef. While there
may be surplus of cotton, there-ll
be increased demand for PROVISIONS
Fen bales Of cotton at ii cents tie
pound Is more profitable then twen-
ty bales of cotton at cents, ard il
the tep-bale man uses part of his
acreage to grow pork, beef or grain
he'll have in the bank balance IL
stead of note.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

The cotton markets will open lust
as soon as the speculator, OF L,ndcn
New York and New Orleans get to-
gether and agree just how much the
Americans are willing to IL s1ueez ed
for. 1t seems that the Liverpool cot
ton spectators :oresaw the war and
"whipsawed" the Americans across
The board with the. result that the
Americans are facing treufe n.ious
loss. HenNe. the exchanges are
closed while the spectators ar,
medlatlng for their fortunes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
Revenue Oifice Moves.

Rochester, N. Y. Aug. 31.-The in
ternal revenue office, which has been
located in this city for twenty-sever
years, will be moved to Buffalo to-
day. The new internal revenue col
lector, V. H. Riordan. has not an
nounced why the change is made
but the removal of the department
will give the postoffice department
more room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
SOME SENSE AND
SOME NONSENSE
Cause for Complaint.
Sandy McTaViSh was sitting v

Sandy McTavish was sitting weep
ing at his fireside.
"Er, Sandy, mon,' said neighbor,
peeping in at the open window, at
tracted by the signs of woe, whats
ailin' ye?"
ooh, dear! Oh, dear" sobbed San
day. Donald McPherson's wife is
dead"
"Aweei," said the neighbor, what
O that She's nae relation O yours.
we ken"
81 ken she's no." walled Sandy 81
ken she's no; but it jist seems as ii
everybody's gettin' change but me-
-Lippincott's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
A Lame Back-kidney Trouble
Causes Ii.

And it will give you even worse if
not checked. Mrs. H. T. Straynge,
GAINESVILLE, Ca. was fairly down on
her back with kidney trouble and in
famed bladder. She says: II took
Foley Kidney Pills and now my back
is stronger than in years. and both
kidney and bladder troubles are en-
tirely gone" Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Drugs have gone up owing to the
war, but don't pay any higher for
your brown bread pills doctored up
with little thoroughwort, to give the
bad taste.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

II commodities are high, the.,
money should be cheap. And if moeey
~ cheap, the manufacturers will
probably work over time 70 lay in
stock for the demand that is sure to
come from the European coautries
whose industries have been s,isnced
by the thunder of wa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

The largest insane asylum in the
world is marked Europe on the map,
and the inmates are killing each
other off as fast as they can.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Most of the vacationists are return
ing strapped, but they will not worry
so long as the money for their trip
was borrowed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Much is being said about the need
of watering troughs for horses, but
what the public seems to call for is
gasoline stations
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
SEPTEMBER I'm HISTORY.

ISIS-The state prison at Auburn, N
Y, opened.
1S51-The railroad in Russia from st.
Petersburg to Moscow inaugur-
ated.
1S54-The Russians evacuate Galatz,
Austria.
lS64-General Sherman was on his
way to Atlanta.
lSS4-The vatican sent note to the
French government asking for
the protection OF the French
missionaries in China.
l9O4-Russians evacuate LiaOyang
and move across Taitse river.
l9lO-An instruction in the Philip
pines quickly suppressed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

In spite of all the penalties impos-
ed by the courts for idle and disord-
erIy conduct, some people continue
to write war poems.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

With Pine Bluff grocers selling
slsta u q vi GEMS tfis spiou ii
Pine Bluff patrofmen stand fat
chance OF consuming bacon in any
considerable quantity as long as they
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

New York still claims to be ous
leading city in spite of the fact that
neither of its ball teams seems like
ly to capture a pennant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Servia having killed off 10000 Aus
trains, is now considered to have
entered the ranks of fully civilized
powers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
Her FOuI Accent.

"Her French pronunciation is fear
full and wonderful"
Yes, at the breakfast table this
morning she gazed soulfully at her
poached egg and murmured, isn't it
chick "-Lippincott's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Many expressions of military zeal
are heard from the reservists whose
wives won't let them go to war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

Almost any place in Europe can
become prosperous now by starting
an artificial limb factory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01

,are forced to accept $50 for the
scrip of $40 handed them for thirty
days work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
A Plunger.

Personal-A young man with $50
to invest will take half interest in
paying business.-Ad, in Buffalo pa
per.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
Advanced Methods.

Advanced Methods.
Just as the flying machine MARKS
the advanced form Of locomotiOn-so
the Modern American Laundry marks
the advanced method OF washing.
American Excelsior Laundry. u
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-21

exacting unduly high prices from the
consumer.
MANY large combinations have
failed and demonstrated their econo-
mic inefflciency. Combinations which
have obtained control Of the market
and II is admitted have prospered,
but this is alleged TO be due to their
monopolistic position, and not to sup
orior efficiency According to those
who hold this view. there is a point
beyond which the increase in size OF
operations does not result in an In.
crease In economy and efficiency. but
rather in loss and wastes. 80 that the
efficiency is not attained by large
binations contend that this claim is
Of moderate size. If this latter con-
tention be true, then, as has been said.
the monopolistic system contains in
itself the seeds Of It's own decay.
again. some of those who DISPUTE
the superior efficiency Of large COM
blnations contend taht this claim is
made merely as a blind for the pur-
pose OF selling watered stock. They
say that such organizations are estab-
lished for the purpose either Of gett-
Ing control Of the market and exact
Ing excessive prices from consumers.
or OF issuing large amounts Of watered
stocks for the purpose Of selling such
stock to the public. In the first case.
1t Is argued such combinations aip not
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-21

WASHINGTON. FrD gO. A slum-
boring Mexican eItuluor aH brought
quickly 10 an, point of intense inter
NATIONAL interest today by the rlJsh of
% message saying William $. hcutou
20 British subject had been Killed I'm
Jnurcl by orjor of Gcurrll Francisco
Villa. the cousuuiiouaIlst commander.
Sir Cecu Spring Rice. British am
ba ssJdor. conferred with Secretary
Bryan about il. President Wilson and
his cabinet discussed 1t briefly and the
state department ordered "a thorough
Investigation bv consular representa-
lives n.the border.
Iu THIS case. for the first time since
the present revolution began year
ago. the general warning from the
United states government to Mexican
factions To protect foreigners went un-
needed. though there is every evidence
to show that both the British ambas-
sador and the state department were
advised too late Of Bentou's impcud-
ing fate 10 mtcrcedc specifically for
him. The news shocked officials gem
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-21

concerned with the promotion of
greater efficiency but merely with OBJ
tanning a monopoly; In the second case
they are chiefly concerned with SELL
ing the stock. and as they can not
claim to the general public that It has
great value due to monopoly, they
are obliged to find another selling ar
giment, namely, superior efficiency.
"Of almost equal Importance with
the determination OF this question Of
comparative efficiency is that of the
price policy of such large industrial
combinations as have achieved sub
stantial control Of the market. Those
who allege that such industrial enter
piises result in greater economy and
efficiency In production often overlook
the equally important question wheth-
or or not they absorb all the benefits
OF such economies in increased profits
without conceding any share thereof
to labor In higher wages, or to con-
sumers In relatively lower prices or
improved quality Of goods. etc. The
determination Of the facts in respect
to this question also might not be such
as to establish broad generalizatlons
or conclusions. but the importance OF
having the facts In none the less OBJ
vious."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-21
URGE INVESTIGATION
OF TRUST SYSTEM
WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL WORK
OF BUREAU OF CORPORA
TIONS
PROBE OF PRICE POLICY
VIII Determine If Big Combinations
Tend 10 Lower the cost of Var
ious COMMODITIES.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2O.-Does the
monopolisuc system contain in itself
the seeds Of its own decay?
Phat question Commissioner Joseph
E. Davies. OF the Bureau Of Corpora
lions, declared, in his annual report
made public today IA federal inv .stl-
cation now under way hopes TO ans
| Wer.
| In a review of a working program
! for the bureau Commissioner Davies
| points out that aside from an econo-
mic study Of the trust question, retail
price mainttnances is one OF the
questions to be taken up. Trusts, their
efficiency and reforms, however, are
to comprise the principal work for the
coming year The need of some fed
eral body for the purpose of inyestga-
ton and publicity in trust affairs,
whether it be the bureau of corpora
tions as now organized or commits
sion as proposed in the pending ad
uinistration bills in Congress, Com
missioner Davies emphasized
In his report he discussed the mon
opoly question at length, saying in
part:
The question Is whether the trust
form OF organization is really eff
Client. II II be found that smaller
competitive units In industry can pro-
duce commodities more cheaply or
even as cheaply as monopolisttc units,
and that they have other and greater
advantages than those claimed for the
mQnopolistic or trust system. then the
rroblem IL finally settled in favor OF
the competitive system and the
chief argument for the regu-
lation OF monopoly f. destroyed.
This is a scientific question OF fact.
and it is the plan Of the bureau to In
yestigate this question.
while from a governmental point
Of vieN there are various aspects Of
the trust question which are Of great
importance. such ,as the relation of
trusts To- popular government and their
effect on the social and economic con-
litinns Of labor. there are two as
poets of It which are peculiarly within
the domain OF the bureau, namely the
effect upon the cost Of production and
distribution and the effect upon the
price TO the consumer.
ut is contcnded by some that with
the increase in the size OF Industrial
enterprises there goes a reduction in
the cost Of extraction, manufacture,
and distribution, and that such reduc-
| ticn I'm cost is accompanied by lower
prices to the consumer and does not
involve reduction in wagt5 or an
impairment of the conditions of la,
Dor.
Even II these claims were true the
question would still remain, of course.
whether the evil resulting from large
com binations would not be greater
than the alleged advantages Of cheap.
er production and distribution. 1t is
contended. on the other hand. that
the source and origin Of monopoly Is
found chiefly In the desire to exploit
the general public by stock -jobbing
schemes for the immediate profit Of
the promoters. or for the purpose OF
Obtaining control Of the market and