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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Outrageous Food Prices

BTOm the new 1OTk WOTtQ.
Famine prices for food throughout the
United States are arbitrarily speculative
and criminal. They have been imposed at
q time when the greatest crops ever
known are maturing and in the face of an
embargo upon foreign commerce that may
last long enough to glut our warehouses.
IT Is thus that the war-maEers Of the
earth heap terror upon terror and add
suffering to suffering. The worst Of their
offenses Is not always to be soen upon
the field Of battle. Sayagery there has
some redeeming traits, such az courage,
devotion and. sacrifice. In the market
place IL IL altogether sordid and calculat-
Ing In conflict war kills and mains
strong men. In trade II starves tho aged,
tho young, the weak.
The movement In congress- to investigate
this outrageous increase In the prices OF
provisions may be useful In way, but
IL viii not promptly reach the evil. What
II needed f. instant activity on the part
of the department Of Justice. There can
be no such general and exorbitant mark
ing up OF food prices In the absence of
combination and conspiracy. ..r
All our laws against trusts, unfair bust
ness practices monopoies, conspiracies
and combinations are 80 much blank pa
per II in a time like this, when American
granaries are bursting and there 10 no
fmmediate prospect of an outlet elsewhere,
food can be coTnered as 10 today.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
CANADA'S HUGE GRAIN BINS
Port Arthur Paper 10 PeeVed at the
Mention Of Kansas City Elevators.

From the Port Arthur (Canada) Evening Chronicle
Kansas City gains the attention Of
the New York Evening, Post and is
given FIVE inches Of space In that ad-
mirable newspaper by reason Of in
creasing the capacity Of a grain ele-
vator there. The Evening Post says:
when the additions and alterations
to its huge grain elevator at Kansas
City now under way are completed the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one Of the largest
plants of its kind in the world"
The present capacity Of the Kansas
City product is one million bushels.
When 1t gains its promised stature
and becomes "one Of the largest In
the world it will have a capacity of
2,133,000 bushels.
At the mention Of grain elevators
the twin ports at the head of the lakes
prick up their ears and take notice.
The name Of Lloyd-George at a Tory
garden party, or of President Wilson
at a bankers convention catches at
tention no quicker than the word "ele-
vator'' in the hearing of Port Arthur
Fort William man. Toronto prides
itself on it's churches; Pittsburgh
specializes on millionaires; Chicago
has its pork and Boston it's pork and
beans-as for US, we rise to fame on
the bins of our elevators, and he who
says zone Of the largest" about any
old two-million-bu outfit in Mis-
souri, must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
II the Evening Post had said "one
Of the largest in Missouri" or in the
general but expressive American
phrase had said some elevator" we
wouldn't have minded 1t so much, but
when 1t describes this stunted Mis-
souri, receptacle as zone Of the largest
grain elevators in the world" then it
Is time to kick. Why, two-million-
bushel elevators are 30 common here
abouts that the secretary of the board
of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
of two-million-bushel elevators.
When we have pointed to the $780,
000-bushel G. N. r. elevator and the
1890, 000-bushel G. P. r. elevator and
the $500, 000-bushel G. r. p. elevator;
then to the $500, 0O0-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which is only
the first unit Of what is to be a 30
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air is so full Of millions that the
listener would be annoyed If we both
cred him with mention of a mere two
million-bushel affair. So we just lump
the balance together and describe the
grand total Of 45-million-bushel capac-
ity already standing at the head Of
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches of space in the
Evening Post we claim a compliment
tary writeup Of at least three columns
and in the article we would state that
In one respect we are like Kansas
City-when 1t Is a question Of big ele-
vators we also are from Missouri.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
SUNLIGHT in CITIES.

That the open air In some places
makes for health and in other places
Tor III health everybody knows. Yet
the crude methods employed by
chemists, microscopists, and bacteria
logists In their examinations Of air
have not shown In what lies the Diff
ference. That narrow, dark streets,
high buildings, dark courts were un-
healthy every sanitarian recognized;
yet when II came to q demonstration
Of the quality Of their badness proof
In recent years the students OF
radiun and radio-activity have offer
cd some suggestions OF value. Now
even more valuable information comes
from studies of the qualities OF light.
Brockman, Of Regina, Sask., Canada,
tells us that the principal harmful eff
feet Of smoke and dust IL in hltering
out the ultraviolet and violet rays
from sunlight. The long rays at the
other end OF the spectrum contribute
directly to the ARCHAEOLOGICAL action OF
light They kill by drying and In some
measure by heat. The short rays
bacteria by direct action.
The rays that are most effective are
the z9O MN. rays. In the desert at
Assuan the 200 rays reach the earth In
fair quantity. In Washington, ID. c.,
on sunshiny day the shortest rays to
cloudy day, the 370s; on an exceeding
ly cloudy hazy day, the 430s.
The investigation indicates that es-
pectally smoke, even in relatively thin
layers, effects a selective Absorption in
such a way as to impoverish the light
passing through the medium, particul-
Rrly in ultraviolet and violet rays"
When the sun looks like yellowish
red ball and the rays are yellowish,
such light as there Is is not capable OF
destroying bacterial life.
The smoke which gathers over great
cities In thick layers is impervious to
short waved light and allows only a
subdued, glaucous light to reach the
ground. The light Is sometimes re-
duced to 3 Of per cent OF the normal"
long time to notice a relation between
sunless days and outbreaks OF in
nuenza, common, pneumonia, and even
such diseases as diphtherta, scarlet
fever, and measles. Sanitarians have
wondered why this was. At times they
have denied the accuracy Of the
statistics
The present explanation is that on
cloudy, foggy and smoky days sun
light has not the purifying action pos
sessed on clear days; that the air OF
mountain tops and OF clear expanses in
the country Is helpful because nons of
the short rays are filtered out Of the
sunlight.
against smoke and dust In the air. He
also advocates wide, broad streets,
houses with fewer stories, wide court
yards, and treeless streets. He would
have strips OF lawn and flower bedg
but no trees
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03

kznong the stories In the duchess Of
Aosta's book Is one relating to the
celebrated statue of Cecil Rhodes
which stands In the main square Of
Buiawayo. The empire builder 10 ng-
ured In contemplation OF his achieve
ment, with head barred.
The whole district had been griev-
ously plagued by drought for over .
twelvemonth. when the natives got up
q great agitation and marched In enor-
nous numbers to the square. and,
thronglng around the statue Of Cecil
Rhodes, insisted that IL should i'm
medlately be given q top hat.
They said that Heaven respects
this great creator Of empire too much
TO send the needed rain while he
stands there bareheaded"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
SISTERS TRICK
but It All Came Out Right.

How q sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to coffee fend
is an interesting tale:
IT was a coffee fiend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging
to the poison that stole away my
strength. / Knocked at Postum end
would have none Of 1t.
"one day my sister substituted a
cup Of piping hot Postum for my morn
Ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what 1t was. / noticed the richness
Of 1t and remarked that the coffee
tasted fine but my sister did not tell
me was drinking Postum for fear !
might not take any more.
"She kept the secret and kept CIV
ing me Postum instead Of coffee until
grew stronssr, more tireless, got a
better color In my sallow cheeks and
clearness to my eyes, then she told
me of the health-giving, nerve
strengthening life-saver she had given
me In place of my morning coffee.
From that time I became q disciple
VI GOoluAl anu III "OAu6 SaAA w jus
tee in telling the good this cereal
drink did me. viii not try to tell it,
for only after having used 1t can one
be convinced Of its merits"
Ten days trial shows Postum's pow
or to rebuild what coffee has destroy
ed.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum must be well boil
Cd. loo and 25c packages. !,
instant Postum-is a soluble pow,
der. A teaspoonful dissolyes quickly
In a cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
Instantly. SOC and SOC tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds ID
about the same.
'-Thers's . Reason. for Postum.
sold by Grocern
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
rrlaIs 81 TeaohIna.

Mrs. Hitch was having soms trou.
Bile with a little fellow in her spelling
class at Claysville.
Bed, spells bed" she explained,
over and over again; bed, bed. Do
you understand"
~Yes'm." ...
We'll cat spells cat, dog spells
dog, and bed spells What did
tell you bed spells?"
Dunno" .....
Don't you know! You don't know
what bed spells after all I've told
your" s
Nom"
well, once more, bed spells what
you sleep in. Now, what do you sleep
INT"
my drawersl" triumphantly ex.
claimed the neutrality-suspicious. Demo,
erat r..
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
sxmpathy For the President.

woodrow Wilson has come to stand for
4 good deal of that which Is finest in our
national character. His devotion to duty,
the sincerity OF his idealism, tho beautiful
relations of his family life together with
bis desire that his privacy as an tndivtd-
ual be respected, his patience. the en-
forcement OF his conception that states
manship and politics must rise above per-
sonal motives-all these characteristics
have come to impress the American people
Ia no light way. They have asked them
selves where he derived these sources OF
strength, and now In the supreme moment
OF his personal sorrow they learn that II
was his wife who has sacrificed her life
In order that the people might come to
know these qualities in her husband.
His burdens OF national and internation-
nj affairs have been unduly heavy and
crucial and 1t Is indeed sad to think that
1t time when these burdens are at their
height, q burden should be placed upon
him beside which the business of state 10
40 nothing.
MAY the soft autumnal days bring heal
ing to his stricken heart IL the sincere
prayer OF his countrymen.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
No Criticism Of German People.

ETOEn the SI. Louis hoDuDltC.
The criticism OF Germany's present Do
gition which il on the lips of America to-
day Is not born OF any unfrtendly attitude
toward the German people. Too much Of
the best blood OF Germany has entered
into the veins OF the new world for that
America recognizes how much Germany
owes to the German army of 1870 It APP
preciates tho great qualities OF the man
who has stood at the head Of the German
people for q quarter century. 1t has not
missed the Significance Of German unity
In this awful moment. But, remembering
from what small differences between AUS
tria's demands and Servia's concessions
the present awful tempest arose, America
feels that the sudden plunging Of the con-
tinent into war could not have taken place
II the machinery Of the German govern
ment had permitted tho peace-loving spirit
of the great German commonalty to
speak. In this day OF government Of the
people, by the people, for the people, IL
mourns sincerely at the sight OF great
nation plunged into war by the nat of Q
single mistaken ruler
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

Arterio- sclerosis means hardening of
the Arteries. When water drops day
by day on stone a hole In worn there
In. Arteries overstretchod day by day
suffer a less Ia their elastic fibers; but,
instead 90 showing holes whore the
pensatory overgrowth OF white inelastic
hberg. The arteriAl wall, instead OF
thinning. thickens. and the blood pass
age 10 narrowed. This process requires
years.
The blood pressure y the way Of
nleagurtng Its prograRs. IL n the process
OF growing old. In fact, one way VI
putting Il Ia TO say that the man OF 50
has se-year~ old artsrieg. ~.
In hardening OF the arteries the pres
sure maw reach 800. Two hundred Ia
not infrequent. When this gross pres
diastolic pressure 10 low and the pulse
pressure IN high. s#
Hardening OF the arteries cannot be
cured. The condition 10 there. II has
boen earned. The man has had his
fling. and he must pay the fiddler. But
that does not mean that he should lay
down and quit. It u better to throw
out q rSGr guard and fight to protect
the retreat than not to fight at all.
Why allow q defeat to degenerate into
q rout
A maa with arterio- sclefosis should
nave Ms pressure taken pertooically.
He can regulate himself 30 that he can
live long life and a comfortable one.
By temaperance In drinking. eating,
working. and worrying he may avoid
the rooAns which his arterio-sclerosiB
has thrown into his paths.
BY watching his pressure he can
foreSee and fcrfend some Of those
rocks. For Instance n he II having
vertigo (dlazineas) and an examination
shows q considerable riDo IN his pres
sure he slaould guard against apoplexy
by starving and psarginR. Or, finding
THAI has pressure has risen suddenly
and shawpaY. he should have his urine
examined for albumin, since Rrtghts
disease 10 even more threatening than
apoploxv. s #at ...
Also he should REMAINDER that heart
working against q high pressure Is un-
der extra strain. and, knowing this, he
should keep track OF the pulse pressure
20 know the work his heart 10 doing and
how wen IL 10 holding up under It
Nor are these suggestions formidable
few weeks OF trial to adjust ones life
60 q basis OF temperance and then little
thought OF attention need be given II.
The best opinion Is that, under ordin-
airy circumstances, 1t Is not advisable
to attempt to lower blood pressure.
Taught says:
at ia always a bad rule to pronnis-
cuously institute measures to reduce
blood pressure. Blood pressure reduc-
ton should only be attempted for q
good reason, based upon q careful
study OF the case" ..a.... ...
Leave the pressure where II IL, bn>
80 live that 1t Will not go higher.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Mobilize Our Commercial Power.

From the Chicago Tribune.
To the President or Secretary Bryan:
matte and consular forces Of the United
States to serve American foreign COM
merce Is without parallel in our history.
win you set these forces in motion to
meet this extraordinary situation7 Let
orders be sent to all our agents to report
without delay the conditions developed by
the war In the trade Of their districts and
how American enterprise should take adj
vantage of them. These orders should go
especially to our representatives In South
America and China. ...... III.
On the basis Of the Information thus
gained let the government organize an
effective cooperation for manufacture,
financing, and expeditions transportation
OF our goods to this field and the develop
Will the government lead in an agrees
trader
The extremity of Europe is Americas
This is not declaration of unfriendli-
ness. 1t Is an assertion OF common sense
II the American republic has kept the
fairs that the people are masters in their
own house and may not be cast into tho
hopper OF war by masterful rulers, II we
have kept ourselves free from the poison
OF militarism we are Justified in making
the most Of our own wisdom and policy.
At this time Europe has given Itself to
war This Is the time for the United
forces of trade. Nations are engaged in
3 great struggle over the world for mar
kets. Let US take strategic advantage Of
our rivals and extend and intrench our
selves In the field.
The best trade OF South America has
belonged to Europe. In the orient we
are hard set. This II our opportunity.
II we are practical. farsighted, and
prompt we shall develop our International
trade and strengthen our position 80 that
our rivals when they turn from war to
trade once more will ind US far ahead.
There never has been q greater oppor-
tunity for American initiative and organ.
IEation.
VIII the government actT
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Pass the VINEGAR.

A gaily gowned and garrulous house
maid sat down by an acquaintance on
a trolley and at once said:
Hello, Sadie! Where you Twin
now"
"Nowheres," was the reply.
"How's that?"
I'm married"
You ANTI"
Sure thing. Look at that"
She held up her ungloved left hand
in triumph; for there on the third fin
ger was a shining new weddingring.
Staring at il In wonder for a mo-
ment, the other girl asked. We'll, who
got stung"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Two Porches.

Kathleen Jones, aged four, made
mud pies on Mrs. Reeds steps.
Run away, dear" said that lady,
go and play on your mammals
porch" ...-.ss,. -..
but mamma has Just scrubbed hers
all nice and clean and she don't want
me to dirty 1t up"
perhaps / like to keep my porch
clean, too" @"- ..-
"Huh!" said Kathleen. 'I didn't
know your porch was clean ever"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Some Cause for Fear.

The Professors Wife-The profes-
sor is In the laboratory conducting
some chemical experiments. The pro-
lessor expects to go down to posterity.
From the Laboratory -Br-r-r.r-r!
Bang!
The visitor-I hope the professor
hasn't Eonsl
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
a ThInu enc WsaIthx Mics.

The rich and proud needn't think
they have all the pleasure there is in
life, never experiencing, for instance,
the delightful thrill that comes when
the lawn mower breaks down hope
lessIy. Ohio State Journal,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
Auatr,a anpears to be suffering frol

Austria appears to be suffering from
an overproduction Of physicians. For
the first semester OF 1914 more than 800
new students entered the medical de-
partment OF the University of Vienna.
TO meet the situation the ministry OF
education has restricted future annual
patches of new students to 400. Mean
while, the population does not increase
fast enough, or II not sick enough, or
has not money enough TO insure pros
perity to the present army OF doctors
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03
The Cost.

Owner-Whatll it cost to repair this
car of mine?
Garage Proprietor-What ails it?
Owner-I don't know.
Garage Proprietor-Thirty-four dol
lars and sixty-five cents.-Puck.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-09-03

The personnel Of the British navy
In the world.
The citizen., 1914-06-05
Memorial Services.

The annual memorial services of Fran
CHS Scott Kew Council, No. IS, Sr. o u.
A. NJ, were held on Sunday afternoon,
May 3Tst, at a O'Clock, at Mount Olvel
Cemetery. Mr.. H. Dorsey Etchison, the
well known member OF the Frederick
Bar, delivered the memorial address. and
paid high tribute to the lives of Amer
Ican patriots.
The members of the council were ac-
companed by the members of Fredonia
Council, No 46 and Camps II and 7o,
P o. S. of A. The organizations as
sembled and were headed by the o. u.
A. NJ Band and marched to the ceme-
terry. The services were held in the OBJ
servatory and several duets were rem
dered by the local vocalists. Following
the exercises. the graves OF the deceased
members were strewn with flowers.
Frederick did homage TO the deceased
veterans of the Civil War on Saturday,
May 3oth-Decoration Day. Eighteen
Union Veterans under Reynold Post. G.
A. r., and led by the o. U. A. NJ. Baud
and followed by platoon of Company
A and the Lutheran Boy Scouts Drum
Corps, marched to Mount Oivet Gene
terry shortly after two O'Clock, where the
exercises were held and the graves dec
Grated.
Senator William J. Ogden, OF Balti-
more, delivered the Memorial Day adj
dress from in front of the Key monument.
Senator Ogden delivered very eloquent
address, holding the attention of every
one of the hearers.
The citizen., 1914-06-05
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In
augurates Through Service Be-
tween Baltimore and Lex
ington, Va.

Commencing on Monday. June Ist,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. inaug
urated a through daylight passenger
service on its line in the Shenandoah
Valley OF Virginia, between Baltimore.
Washington, Winchester, Harrisonburg,
Staunton and Lexington, with connec-
tions for Philadelphia and New York.
Pittsburgh and Chicago, Cincinnati and
Saint Louis.
Two new trains known as the "Shen-
andoah Special" will be operated be-
tween Baltimore and Lexington IN both
directions on as fast schedule as will
be consistent with public safety. The
southbound tram, No. 81, will leave Bal
timore at o.I5 in the morning, arriving at
Lexington at p. m, while the north
bound train, No. 5S, will leave Lexing-
ton at E. so a. M, reaching Baltimore at
3.55 in the afternoon.
The Shenandoah Special" will be
made up of modern equipment, con-
sisting of baggage and mail car, COM
bunation smoking car for white and col
ored passengers and baggage, ladies'
coach and observation parlor car with
dining service.
The new train on the Shenandoah
Valley line are the elimination OF plan
which the management of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad has had under consid-
Grafton for several years of providing an
up-to date service for the people in this
section Of Virginia, which will bring
them in closer touch with their most con-
venient markets.
As a result of the plans which have
been under way for several months, the
new train service will be established with
equipment of the latest design, fresh
from the shop and uniformly painted SO
that the Shenandoah Speclal," will pre-
sent an appearance in keeping with other
limited trains on daylight runs.
Three special locomotives, built for the
express service, have been selected for
| the new trains. These engines will be
operated regularly on the new trains. Sc
that no effort will be spared in maintain
ing the regularity Of the schedule.
In preparation for the the through serv-
ice, the track Of the Sh enandoah Valley
Line from Harpers' Ferry to Lexington
has been brought to the standards o.
safety required by fast passenger trains.
During the past year new rails have been
! laid in sections where it was necessary to
replace lighter track and ballast has been
put into the right of way.
Agents Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will give any information on
this or any other matters.