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PROVISIONS

Tho market quiet and without important
ehangc We quote City beef. In sets, smoked
and air dried, 2od30c.; Western beef, in sets
smoked, 2o9aoc. city beef. knuckles and
srn beet. knuckes and tenders smoked. 900
&c. s.; beef hams S39d3s; pork family, S2Id25;
mans mans, s. p. cured, loose 14dl4isc.; do skin
loc, other hams smoked city cured as to
Vgd 9gpend and average, t5at5i5c hams, smoked
smoseisa,eern cured, 16G15kc; do boiled boneless
11yyyzlGsi picnic shoulders, S. =. cured. loose
- tFl@c'; DO, smoked, I36lahc.: bellies, in
PlChie according to average. loose. 1Gd1Gihc !;
breakfast bacon as TO brand and average
city @ cured; l9d2Oc. breakfast bacon, Western
ySSIS1; le9Elci lard. Western. refined, terccs
az1Wl@4S.i DO, do, do, tubs, 12d12Lc: lard
pure CITY, Kettle rendered In tlerces 12GD
i,sS4So; lard, pure city, kettle rendered. in tubs
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NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

NEW YORK. Nov, 25.-Butter steady. a
cry extra. 34A634Xc. higher scoring 85R
S5ise.; state dairy. s2GsSc,; imitation cream
cry, 2ak924the.
EsEs.steady; receipts, $40 cases Fresh.
extra firats 3ed4Oe.; fresh hrsts 3B93sc
nearby. whites, 56860c.; nearby. mixed, $50
4sc.; special marks, 25g25l4c,
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CoFFEE EXCHANGE no OPEN

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-At a meeting OF
the Board OF Managers of the New York
Coffee Exchange today II was decided to
reopen the Exchange for trading on Nom
day morning next.
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BANK oLEARINas
nfARINE INSURANCE FIRM

LONDON. Nov. @.-Marins Insurance 10
sgmsr. Fhs advance Is due 70 the In
sressins Number 0f accidents because OF
anligatsd coasts,
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OIL STOCKS ERRATIC IN
DAYS TRADING ON CURB

Prairie OIL and Gas Jumped "a
Points, But Lost Gain Later.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The oil stocks
we're very erratio on the curb today.
Prairie Oil and Gas jumped "a to 42s.
but lost all its gain South Pennsyl-
vania oil rose TO 27s. later declining to
26I. The rest of this group, after early
gainst OF to z points, reacted to yes
terday's closing figures. In the indus
trials United Profit Sharing rose 1s to
lbh, but eased of to 14A. The mining
section was less active, heading nearly
ali OF the recent gains.
Closlna qnotations were Is follows:
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NOTES OF THE RAIL

The Interstate Commerce Commission
today further suspended until June 8
next proposed increases in grain and
grain products rates over the Union Pa
ciho Railroad between points in Iowa and
Wisconsin and points in Kansas.
Proposed increases in rates on address
plates, oulverts and iron and steel tanks
on railroads operating in Southern classi-
fcation territory were suspended by the
Interstate Commerce Commission today
until June next.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-25

EaE DEPAHE1lEnF OF NaE luaof
uill receive BIDS tor s4paAsf t1E lzzA
- examined nrF cay tlta4ea sn4
acieak AlI elds Hsasz ta saeze4 $50 p t1
apens8 nec. 81. 19lt. 8. q e#
Io.Ha ~ #aHHA
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Vessels sailing g Today

Str. Chlpma CBrJ. Ward. New York. w. II.
Grace a Co
Str. American Transport (Br.), Payne, New
York, J. A. Mccarthy.
Str. Port Antonio (Nor.). Ramussen, Port
Antonio. United Fruit Company.
str. Joseph j. Cuneo (Nor.), Aamodt, Port
Antonio, Cuneo Importing Company.
Str. Joanda dI Glorgia (Nor), Egeland,
Kingston via Port Morant. Atlantic Fruit
Company. .
Motorship Her1nes (Dutch), Van dor Jodt
Gette. Alfred Turner.
str. Lasoll Blackin. Charleston, Tampa and
New Orleans, Philadelphia-NGw Orleans
Bark Duncrac CNor.), Knudsen, Gothenburs
schr. Governor Powers, McKown, Bangor, w.
II. Hagar & Co.
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BULLI0N FoR REDEMPFIoN

LONDON Nov l5.-Bullion amguHtiaz
- ei.eea.eao VA sarmarked s. az psos
zufs teaay foz The redemption fand
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PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
GRAIN AND FLOUR

WHEAT.--Receipts, 1871 bush. The
market ruled steady, but trade was quiet.
quotations: Car lots. IN export elevator No;
? red SPOT and November, 81 i4dl1G No. ?
Duluth n.3S4ai, ,isss&S A-- NV' '' ''''' y
CORN--Receipts s305 bush. Demand
was light and there was no change In prices.
quotations; Ger lots for local trade, as TO
yellow, old, sih6s2c.
OATs.--Reeeipts q, 5,4sq bush. Trade was
quiet but PRICES ruled steady. Quotations;
5ie. No. white, 5Sa53iSo.
FLoUR,-Reeeipts, 1885 bbis. and 1.74s5s7
loa IN sacks. The market quiet with mod
crate but ample offerings at unchanged prices
81 9sstli d per ls8 9s In wood-Winter clear
S.59o46.I5; Kansas. straisht, jute sacks, 500
Go4Oi do, patent. jute sacks, $4,000. Bj
spring,. hrst clear, s6.t0T5.30i do, straight
S5.3SA5.0Qi do patent, s5.85d5. 90; do, favor.
te brands. S00G.50 city mills choice and
fancy fancy patent. $9a6.5o; city. mills, regular
SoMo2a' DO, patent, S550d5.7S.
q, RYE FLouR--1n small supply and stead.
NY, NY neld' but quiot We quote nearby and
western In wood at SS GOG0
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.suuu 4ORK My zE-rha uaiai mar
- fslzy fla Ia Hselau late. s4a 81 !
80 SiQSlzi s5sltss. s.1oesaee
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NEW YoRK.-ElEs WRECKED the siE-story
loft building at 1o0-l01 Grand strast todaT.
doing s1ooooO damaEe- one hreman uaa Ia
5ursd,
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Increased rates on crudo clay in car
loads proposed by the Southern Railway
OIL traffic from Columbia, S. c., to New
York city and a number OF Eastern in
terlor points, were suspended by the In
terstate Commerce Commission today un-
til June l next.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-25

CLEVELAND. o.-The Associated Charities
Of Cleveland eNpeets 70 ralse from s25.0o0 %
$4,000 today, which ia being obaarvad as
"donation day" and street car palrons are
dToppins their contributions In the fare ba1aa
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NEWS NUGGETS

NEW YORK.--Ons workman vas buried
alive and thres others injured today when
which fell while they were tunnellns from
tho new subway IN Brooklyn.
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h2 H. X. Ntulford, par 50................ 5lh
10 Peoples Trust, par Il. dO....,..,.,.......... ~
- Huopcs & Townsend. par 5O............ 70
q Phlladelphin National Bank, par 1G0 .Ag9
10 United n. j. II. n. and Canal, par 100 2lSA
u United y. ]. II. r. and Canal par 100. 2lS
IL Manufacturers' National Bank, par 100 i25,
2 First National rank Of Phlla., par 100. l0pis
tN Nat Bank & Of T NoTtR h5eTtids % ' par TO 100 2a
10 Continental Equitable Trust, par 60. %
l provident Life and Trust, par 100, S21i9
. Real Estate TITLE Ins and Tr., par 100 800
10 Camden Fire Insurance Asso., par o.. lOh
= Thirteenth and 18th SITS. Pass Rwy. .2i0
: RcrEncr ( Engci Brew, com, par 100. 10
10 General Asphalt, common, par 100. 80
20 Prudential Loan Soc Of phiia., par 10. IL
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10 Philadelphia Warehousng and Cold
3 GeHtrai NS5onai al Bank par 100. .426a
10 DaTby Bank. par 5O.,........,...... 80
Penn National Bank, par i00...... $3.50
so Central Trust Co. of Camden. par .,,
"a Commercial Trust. par 100 .sSS
10 commonwealth Title Insurance and AGO..
10 Guarantee S Trust SAFE Deposit, -oOA
10 Merchants Union Trust, par 100 ..... 81
10 John y. stetson com. par 100. -. .s4aS
1OS G9@ T.SssSn RTS' Works iS0 lSh
so psE 8. White WI Dental Mig. par 100 'SSa
2S United States Steel. common. .....,.. 5Ok
iG lG0 Gen. Asphalt, pref. par l0o,...,..... 9e%
200 deorso B, Newton Coal I'd pref PAR ''
ooo cido9,r @ M, o9E2
2o0 G.oplay Cement common .....,.;:,.... Q
SS @ ged Eaes MfE an oatJ Of 19S 90
80 FrankfOrd s &oltiwari Street Rail. ios
80 West &' jersey Rae IS seashore '9S 9S
1000 New York & Richmond hi5 Gas. s p. c..
1000 chicago Eastern illinois II. r. SS
1000 wagEesSa Gas Electric pc, p c, S'N
5000 EdSion Consolidated Electric p, u"
1929 1929 Mobile ,EieGtrig p. e. i6i6, ;5:; s$2
5000 Lackawanna Coal & Lumber. o ?,
1000 BergneT so & Easci Brewing. .
1000 St. e. 'raGronce ayzI pulp Lumber Cor. 9oA
800 City OF Phiada,, D. c.. 1D3O. 80. S5I4
5000 CITY OF Philada., p c.. 104O...... 00FZ
No bids were received on five shares
OF Girard National Bank stock. 10 4-5
shares international Pneumatic Tube
Company stock and $1,000 OF International
Navigation Company's per cent. 1929
bonds. Five additional shares of Girard
National Bank stock. 60 shares of Cam
den Fire Insurance stock and ITS shares
of Northern Electric Railway Company,
Scranton. stock were withdrawn because
no bids were made,
A $500 promissory note, dated August
II, 1913, payable so days from date, Emma
C. Bergdoll to F. c. Rose Realty Corpo-
ration, was sold for $500
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Sl5ONO Bayano river Lumber Co., per
1000 EimirS iHGhS Water. Vat Light and r. r. ~
Co, 3 per cent, 1910. ........... o48
i'VVo o5uCs , anu GA SGpu' oa' u'a'l"'y' o,no7L


The sale of the Philadelphia National
Bank stock showed the biggest drop in
price The last auction sale record of
this stock brought 43O on July q last
The last recorded auction sale prices of
the other stocks that were sold today
were Peoples Trust, 46. on July %, 1914;
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal,
10iI5, on December %, 1909; Manufacturers
National. $780, on July 90, 1914; Philadel-
phia City Passenger. $50, on July 20, 1914;
First National. 200, on April 8. 1914; Mar
ket street National, 1914 on July 20, 1914;
National Bank of Northern Liberties 243,
on July %. 1914; Continental Equitable
Trust. 96, on June "a, 1914; Provident Life
and Trust, $40, on July 20! 1911; Real Es-
tate Title Insurance and Trust, 3O0is on
March 10, 1914; Camden Fire Insurance
Association, 10R. on May q. 1914; Thlr-
teenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger
Railway, 2i1Is on July II. 1914; Bergner tS
Engel Brewing, A. on May 2O 1914; Gem
eral Asphalt common, 3iIA, on July 20,
1914 Prudential Loan Society of Philadel-
phia, IL, on February II, 1914. The last
auction sale prices on the bonds were;
Elmira Water Light and Railroad 5s,
s994, ON May q. 1914; Camden and Subur-
ban Railway 5s, 1925, on May 13, 1914
The stocks and bonds that were with
drawn with the high bids that were made
for each were the following.
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WILL SELL


Dealer n Unlisted sa1urziiea
623 LAND TITLE BUILDING PztL.As
Telephones spruce 4so6, I.acast 1873
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
HEAVY VINO AND RAIN
STORM VISITS COLUMBUS
Streets Were Flooded With
Water and Traffic Brought
to a Standstill.

Columbus and this section was
visited by one the hardest rains
late Tuesday afternoon that has
ever fallen here. The wind was
strong and water fell in torrents,
the rainfall amounting to 2
inches.
The sidewalks were flooded and
pedestrians were compelled to
take the middle of the streets
to pass along at all. The street
cars were stopped and traffic was
on a standstill for some time.
There was considerable elec.
tricity accompanying the storm,
but so far no loss of life OF
property has been reported.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
TWO LARGE LAND SALES
MADE DURING PAST week
Deerins Place and Curtis Tract
West of City Have Been
Purchased.

Half of the well known Deer.
ing Tract ten miles south of Co.
lumbus on the west side of the
River in the prairies was sold
last week to freeman brothers
of Des Moines, Iowa. This tract
had the reputation one time of
being the largest cotton produc-
ing plantation in this part OF
Mississippi. Freeman Brothers
are dairymen in Iowa and they
will probably embark in the
live stock business here.
Another trade consumated last
week was the Curtis Tract op.
posite Columbus consisting of
271 acres now owned by L. E.
Adams. This was purchased by
Mr.. Prentice O'Rear of Frank.
fort, Kentucky, who has beer
here prospecting for severa
months. Mr.. O'Rear is already
well and favorably known here
He will clear up the property anG
either sub. divide the tract fol
poultry and truck farms or de
velop the farm into a first class
sanitary dairy. A large part o.
this tract consist of trinity ella.
which is the richest and most
productive land in the State.
These deals were consumatet
by the Stanley Realty Co. of the
First State Bank Bldg.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
Several Changes and I'm
pr0vements ART Now Be.
ING Made.
BIG BUSINESS EXPECTED
Premium Ice Cream Company 10
Open Confectionery Occupy
New Building.

improvements are being made
in practically every store in the
city as the merchants mere are all
preparing for an excellent fall
trade. College street, especially.
is beginning to take on new life.
and will soon be a wide awake
BUSINESS district.
Mr.. J. l.. Rogers, manager of
the Premium Ice Cream Company
has leased one of the stores on
College street recently erected
by Mr.. c. F. Sherrod, and his
business will be located there
after September l. Mr.. Rogers
has also rented from Mr.. Sher-
rod the vacant building on Sixth
street which has a rear entrance
to his new quarters. Screen and
lattice work has been used By
Rogers to make his place the
most sanitary. After the middle
of September he will open in the
front of his store one of the
incest confectionaries in the city,
which will be equipped with an
ice cream parlor and soda fount.
The Southern Phosphate Co., 4,
owned by Mr.. 7. B. Blake, Jr.,
and which has occupied part of
old McQuown building for sever
al years past, will after the first
of September be located on Main
street just opposite the Elk's
Club.
The Stephenson Motor Com
pany, which has the agency
here for Studebaker automobiles,
has recently placed an order for
two car loads of machines. This
agency has secured the building
now occupied by Southern Phos-
phate Co.. and expects a big bus
mess this fall.
Dowdle's cabinet works, man.
ufacturers of almost any kind of
woodenware, recently began bus
mess in two of the Sherrod build
ings on College street and has
already received large patronage.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
Plans For Carrying Staple
Through War Period Is
Outlined by McAdoo.
URGES BANKS To ASSIST
Warehouse Receipts for Cotton
Will be Accepted by Treas
ury Dept, as Security.

Washington. Aug. % Secre-
tary McAdoo made every dele
gate to the cotton-tobacco con
ference, which adjourned here
this afternoon after a two days
session, feel good, and primarily
for that reason the more or less
protracted discussion of govern
ment first aid to the injured cot.
ton and tobacco producers in the
crisis brought on by the European
war is not without its reward of
gratitude.
The federal government will
afford some relief to the growers
of cotton and tobacco, but that
relief will be extended through
channels selected and surveyed
by the secretary of the treasury.
Today's conference.-the Sec
ond and last 6 the day-under
Secretary McAdoo's official call
resulted in the appointment of
committees to weigh and deter
mine the kind and the measure
of the relief to be afforded
through government instrumen.
tallties.
Warehouse receipts for cotton
will be accepted by the treasury
as security rather.th CONNER.
cial paper for emergency cur
rency issue.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
Former Columbian Dies.

The following from the Shreve-
port, La, Journal will be read
with deep regret by the many
friends here who so pleasantly
remember Mrs. Jane Sturdivant
who for many years was resi-
dent of this city:
Mrs. Jane Sturdivant, one of
Shreveport's oldest and best be-
loved citizens, passed away
Wednesday night, August 10Th,
at 1890 o'clock, after an illness
that had extended over a num-
Der of years. For the past two
years Mrs. Sturdivant had been
confined TO her home with rheu-
matism, though the final illness,
during which she suffered great
ly, extended over a period of on
ly ten days. She was a native
of Lowndes county, Mississippi,
where she was born seventy
nine years ago. her girlhood and
her married life being spent at
Columbus. Miss. During the
past several years Mrs. Sturdi-
want made her home in this city
with her only daughter, Mrs. ].
j. Green, on Christian street,
from which place the funeral
services were conducted Thurs
day afternoon. Rev. ]. K. Smith,
of the First Presbyterian church.
officiating. Many Shreveport
friends sympathize with the be-
reaved daughter and family in
their time of sorrow"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
Henry Has Narrow Escape.

DR.. T. H. Henry, a well known
local physician, had a narrow es-
cape from death about $50
o'clock Tuesday evening, when
his Ford runabout, in which he
was riding. collided with an M. &
O. switch engine at the South
Seventh street crossing. After
waiting for a freight train to
pass, DR.. Henry started across
the tracks, and on account of a
number of freight cars on a side
switch he was unable to see the
engine approaching until too late.
As the collision occurred DR..
Henry jumped from the ma
chine just in time to avoid what
might have been a serious acci-
dent, the auto being thrown
about twenty feet. DR.. Henry
escaped injuries.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
STUDENTS Of THt l. & n.
FORM An OnolslllTION
Consultation Adopted and Fu-
t.fs Work Outlined By
Association.

StarkvilIe. Miss. Aug. "a
The association Of the ex.stu.
dents and students Of the Mis-
sissippi A. and NJ. College met
In regular session at the college
today, In accordance with the
resolution adopted at Jackson In
May. and completed the work Of
perfecting the organization. In
the absence Of the chairman,
Hon. Thos. s. Owen, Cleveland.
Miss, Prof. J. c. Herbert was
elected president pro tenn, and
the convention. with nearly 200
members present, settled down
to business.
The work of the convention
progressed smoothly from the
start, and the discussions were
all good natured. The election
of Hon. T. S. Owen as chairman
of the association was confirmed
in accordance with the constitu-
ton and his title was changed
from chairman to president.
Prof. H. P. Hughes. McComb
City, was elected vice president,
and T. M. Patterson. a graduate
Of the class of 1914, was elected
secretary and treasurer. The
association adopted a constitution
which prescribed that the OBJ
ject of this association shall be
as follows;
First-To assist its members in
securing employment.
Second-To further the inter.
ests Of the college and to pro-
mote its future welfare.
Tnird--rhese objects, as ex-
pressed above, shall not be con-
strued as comforting upon this
organization any power what
ever to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the board of
trustees in the selection or dis
charge of officers or employees.
or with the college authorities in
the management of the institu
ton or in the regulation Of any
of its affairs.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27

The General Superintendent of
the illinois Central Railroad has
issued an appeal to the farmers
of Mississippi to prevent the
killing of their stock and cattle
on the company's right of way.
The gentleman calls attention to
the danger trespassing cattle i'm.
pose upon train crews. which
recalls the death of four Colum-
bus citizens within the past two
years from wrecks caused by
cattle straying upon the tracks
of the Southern Railway in Mis-
sissippi in front of swiftly NOV
ing trains. Most of the counties
through which railroads pass in
Mississippi, have stock laws, but
by the manner of their enact.
ment and the construction the
railroads have placed upon them.
they are negligible, except to
encourage their disrespect and
foster the popular idea that law
is a system Of technicalities and
trickery. To the shame Of the
State, the illinois Central shows
that "a per cent of the stock and
cattle killed on its system. is in
Mississippi.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27

Owing to the absence of Judge
Robert G. Humphries, of the
legal department of the South
ern Rsilway. from the country
and the uncertainty of his re
turn from Europe, where he has
been travelling and from which
the war has prevented his re-
turn. the further taking of tes-
timony in the $50. 600. 900 merger
suit instituted by the States At
tOfney- General against the
Southern Railway and allied
lines has been indefinitely post
poned.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27

|. Marks. Senior member of
the firm of Marks, Rothenberp
and Co. of Meridian. and one of
the few millionaires in Missis-
sippi, died, after q two months
illness, Friday evening, August
q. 1914, while in New York.
The body was returned to and
inferred at Meridian. The death
of Mr.. Marks will have no effect
upon the continuance of the big
firm.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27

their hitherto unleashed and un-
disturbed monopoly of the columns
of the newspapers Preliminary
thereto, ! wish to emphasize the
correctness Of the impartial state.
ments contained in the recent
public interview OF Governor
Brewer, touching the origin and
controlling cause, or motive, for
the trouble in the faculty Of 1890,
and the resultant effort of certain
ex-members thereof at this time to
stir up insurrection against the
college and its management, aided
by interested partisians singing
themselves "A Committee Of the
Alumnae Club Of the College" a
shrewdly misleading le,evident-
designed to carry with it the
weight Of the Alumnae Associa
ton, from the control OF which
this element had been summarily
ousted at a meeting a lew weeks
previous. This committee, with
its small following, by circulating
letters to stir up, and ! will add
personally interviewing aIumnae
and their friends, are seeking te
raise a row, even to the extent ol
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-27
TIVE COUNTRY MERCHANT
DOOMED TO EXTINCTION
Some Statistics Which Show the
Enefosehmsni of the Large
Mail o. der Houses

| 1T should be perfectly appar.
ent 10 every thinking person that
the country merchant must 10
out of business as the great
mail order houses close down
upon the local markets." de-
clared Congressman Hinebaugh.
of Illinois. recently during a
speech he made in the House Of
Representatives for his measure
for a federal tax on mail order
houses. Tine money derived
from such tax would 20 for
rural benefits. such as improved
roads, according to the bill. As
matters now stand, the mail or.
der magnate never sends back a
cent to any commCnity from
which his concern derives its
business.
Congressman Hinebaugh prov
ed by statistics that eight of the
great States of the Union have
lost in small towns population in
the last ten years. Following
are the States and the number of
towns in each that have shown a
decided decrease in population,
due very largely to the effects of
the mail order concerns:
Missouri $40; Iowa 564; India
ma $50; Michigan GIT; New York
TAG; Illinois 78S; Ohio l,13S;
Pennsylvania l,520.
1t is noted that Pennsylvania
leads the list. Mail order house
officials openly admit that the
Keystone State is the largest
buyer of mail order goods of any
of the commonwealths.
The retail merchant is the
back bone of theLcountry town."
continued Congressman Hine-
baugh, following the present.
ment of statistics. The mail
order house is his worst enemy.
The farmer needs the town, and
the town must have the farmer
Every resident in the commu
nifty must be interested in the
trade-at- home idea. If you spend
your money where you get it you
will be able to get it where you
spend it. "-Exehange.