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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-29
Administration
Big Combinations
Inquiry Into Economic Value
of Trusts and Retail
Price Fixing.

throw light on this big question. Sec
retary Redfield advocates an appropri-
alton Of <43l 700 for this Inquiry into
the efficiency OF Industrial combina-
tions. He says:
1T Is deemed desirable that the bu-
reau OF corporations shall undertake
n study OF certain fundamental eco
nomic laws on which all our indus
tries are based. There Is a growing
position In the minds OF experienced
and thoughtfui men as to whether the
trust form OF organization is indus
triaily efficient and whether bigness
and bulk are always necessary TO pro
duction at the lowest cost
1T may be conceded that Tnnssing
of capital and the grouping 81 great
quantities OF labor have certain ele-
ments OF efficiency. They permit re-
search on a large scale. They do
away with excessive expense in the
maintaining of separate Offices and
numerous sales organizations. They
provide means for the purchase and
use Of apparatus that can only be en-
ployed where production Is large.
"All these things and others like
them are unquestl0nably true and ac-
count for much that has been done In
promoting the great Industrial combi-
nations that are so largely discussed
among us. But II Is doubtful mt best
whether these favorable elements are
all the factors that exist and whether
there does not come point OF maxi
mum efficiency at minimum cost be-
yond which an increase OF product
means AN increase OF cost per unit of
that product
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-29
Significant Events"

1T Is significant that some Of the
crea. trusts have ceased TO exist. that
others pay but moderate dividends. II
any. on their securities and that side
by side with the most mighty and sup
posedly the most efficient OF them have
grown UP independent organizations.
quite as successful and perhaps earn
Ing more upon their capital than their
powerful competitorS
Furthermore. It Is undoubtedly true
that many Of the most profitable busi-
nesses In the country are those Of
moderate size and that this Is 80 even
In lines where large concerns exist Of
apparently less earning capacity.
There IL no criticism here of big
business ms such. but merely the ques-
ton as to whether big business has not
Its very marked limitations and wheth
er there are not cases where bigness
IL rather less desirable than efficiency"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-01-29
Fixing of Retail Prices.

Secretary Redfield declares that II l.
important that we should know the
truth about the fixing OF retail prices
and ms 10 whether giving the privilege
OF so fixing the prices to n manufnc.
turer tends toward monopoly or does
not 80 tend ON this point he says;
''Men who are sincere and well In
formed do not think alike ON this
problem, but whatever their views II
will bc ngree'i that M thorough study
hns ever been made OF the subject In
this cUuntry NailOns abroad are snid
to favor by law that which we forbid
THE law with us Is for the time
fixed by the decision OF the supreme
court-thnt the fixing OF retail prices
on the part OF manufacturers Is I'M
lawful n. however. new legislation
should In the future be required IL Is
important that the truth be known
lest Injustice he done. not 40 much 20
the manufacturer as TO the consumer
"Some men. well informed argue
that the fixing Of retail prices under
conditions where competition In mnnu-
fncture exists tends TO promote com
petition Others say that the refusal
10 fffrtlt the uAihS OF Fttai pti'''
tends "a monopoly. because. In the cut
throat competition certain To follow.
obviously the stronger competitor VIII
survive and may eventually have the
business In his own hands. for the law
foriIds the making OF agreements q"
maintain prices. and under these cir.
cumsfnuccs the weakest must go To
the wall
"Such bcins the views expressed by
thoughtfni men on matter In which
every consumer IL Interested. because
he must reeds buy su''i articles. u Is
importnnt that the subject should re-
ceivs thoughtful study. and this the
burean Of corporations proposes to give
to it,
An inquiry into the cost OF prodnc-
ton OF clothing also Il advocated by
Secretary Iiedheld.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
Notice of Sale Under Mortgage.

Under and by virtue of the power of
sale to me given in that mortgage ex-
ecuted by T. B. Laughter, dated the
4th day of November, 1905, and record
ed in Book No. 80 at page 181, Record
of Mortgages for Henderson County,
North Carolina, default in the payment
of which and the note thereby secured
have been made, I will on Monday,
the 28th day of December 1914, within
the legal hours of sale, namely at 1: IL
r. M, at the court house door in Hen
de1sonville, Henderson County, North
Carolina, offer for sale at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, all
that land described in said mortgage,
to wit: ''Known as the Austen Justus
lands and fully described in a deed
made to D. A. Byers by Wesley Justu~
and others and recorded in the Records
Of Henderson County in Book No. 1S,
Record of Deeds, page 262 ct sc q. The
said record shall be the calls of this
deed" and more particularly describ.
co by metes and bounds as follows:
Containing n acres, more or less, be-
ing a part of Patent No. $50, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at a
hickory, corner of said patent, then s.
Is E. % chains and so links to a
white oak, on point of ridge, then 3.
80 W. 25 chains to chestnut on a
ridge, then N u 1-2 w. 10 chains to a
hickory, corner of said patent, then N
40 E. 9 chains to a small hickory bush,
then N. IA IL w. 9 chains to a spanish
oak, then - Al w. chains and so
links to black~gum stump and point
ers, then ~ 45 E. chains to a black
oak, then N. % IL E chains and IS
links to a red oak, and hickory, then
r IL chains and rs links to a stake and
pointers, then N A E chains to the
beginning.
November "a, 1914.
= D. A. BYERS, Mortgage.
MICHAEL SCHENCK,
Attorney for Mortgage. 1-26-4tc
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

pToductiveness of land is twenty per
cent, which pays all expenses in the
operation. If one-half of the farmers
of this county would use these two
acres as suggested in one year Hen
derson county would be an exporter
Of meat instead of an importer.
Now, when we come to the question
OF Home-Ownership, we must go right
back to the fundamental principle of
e-Diversiication of crops.
Nc man can eyer hope to own his
home by making and selling any one
crop, he must diversity just as the man
who owns his farm diversifies his
crops in order to pay his expenses,
support his family and start bank &C
count Allegheny county stands at
the head of the list of the counties of
North Carolina in per capita wealth
because most of the farmers own the
farms they till and till the farms they
own. Home ownership, building school
houses churches, and good roads re-
duce taxes and cause happiness and
oontentment to mankind.
l should like very much to sec some
plan formulated by which we could
offer some special inducements to the
Belgians to settle one hunderd fam
lilies with us, for in every Belgian
farmer we would have a farm dem
onstrator as they make about five
times as much on one acre as the
average American farmer makes.
/ would also suggest that we start
back home movement and bring back
those who have left us, for it has been
found when a man comes back to his
native home he makes a better cfti-
zen and Is, of greater service to his
:aeighbor by giving his experience, be,
1t good or bad
Now, in carrying out the spirit of
this proclamation of our Governor
it becomes our duty to improve our
methods on all kinds of business and
in improving these methods we in
crease our educational facilities which
make a. better and higher type of
citizenship.
Every farmer should try each year
tt make some Improvement and in
doing so he will encourage his neigh
f.or to better his condition. In this
way he renders genuine service to his
feIlowman and to his community.
Mrs. BarnWell Talks.
Speaking on the Needs of woman's
betterment associations in the city and
county," Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell
said:
Women are constantly being told
that woman's place is in the home,
and so it is, but everyone will agree
| that merely to stay in the home is no.
enough. Unless woman attends to the
health, welfare, moral and physical of
her household, she is failure. A
woman may have her home in perfect
| condition, clean, sanitary healthful,
beautiful and elevating, but if her
! neighbors are not equally interested
along these lines, it is impossible to
preserve such desirable conditions.
Individual effort is admirable, but
not sufficiently far-reaching. Organ
lied effort is absolutely necessary for
lasting beneficial results. In both
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

I schools were sold to the State and be-
came State High schools in name rath.
Ell than in fact. They continued to
offer single course of study covering
two, three, or four years, and held to
the old idea that pupils must learn for
Earnings sake, and that whatever
was good training for college entrance
was also good for those who could not
go to college whether they had any
use for the things learned or not.
From this extreme we were about
to swing to another fully as absurd
and much more pernicious. This new
type is known as the Trade schools,
in which the practical is totally o.
VOrced from the cultural. This inStl'
tuition would not only add to the eX-
pense of our present system, but 1t
would also draw the line between the
practical and the cultural elements in
education and finally array the trades
against the professions. To avert this
danger which seemed to threaten the
very principles of government, the
F'arm-life School system is founded OIL
the economy of a single outlay 10.
buildings, equipment and malnten-
ance, and the wisdom of presenting Ile
cultural and the practical suDJecS
with equal emphasis to all classes OIL
our complex society under the SAME
management. That course OF Stuu'
which prepares one to render tne
greatest amount of good to society anu
the greatest amount of satisfaction "
ones self is offered, and if it does NV
prepare for college, that is a maLS'
for the college to consider and mol Nv
High school The Farm-life scnool % -
an attempt to create for the pracIIa
man an institution that holds the SanS
relation to him that the college wv.
to the professional man. 1t propO2"
to equip its laboratories with appalS.u'
and its libraries with literature p0::u
liarly interesting and useful TO tn0
, Gustrfal members of society as tnI s w.
leges do for the professional nlGln .aS
It holds no argument as to Wnl'I the
the higher or the more honoraDlT7,, ~
heasure of efficiency being nelu
the measure of honor due the Wol loher
The one-teacher and tWo-'0"I oor.
High schools have rendered gre@ t,;Ta
vice to society, but they nave 10Th,
to make efficient those who haa n' for
er the means nor the incl1natlo ltrips
higher education, and the lluu' uho
have suffered as well as tno0o o,sble
have made the industries poristed
these schools seem to have ~ thai
fer the sake of learning rate eed men
the learner, and, today, we n nnn,ron-
and women thrust upon the c Uroduce
wealth without the ability TO p p1r that
sbundantly o rto consume wls7 nI5viats
which they do produce. t.oo1 offers
this defect, the Farm-life schoo. u The
domestic science and econoln nnd car
are of scientific agriculture @ Ind the
rentry is taught to the boys ;s st taught
art of scientific home MAKING and ID
to.the girls both in theoEs y sDace
practice. The economy OF s. a1oofiiced in
and energy is taught and pr"0
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

town and community hearty co-opera-
ton is essential for accomplishment.
: Spasmodic enthusiasm can never
tring about the wished-for state of af-
fairs that must be reached by practi..
cal, earnest, continuous activity
Women are, or should be, equally
concerned with men in good and bad
government, and equally responsible
for civic righteousness. Most women
are by nature and training housekeep-
ers, and so are quite prepared to take
hand in the city's housekeeping. II
occasionally she sees it her positive
duty to give the city a housekeeping,
the inhabitants will find themselves
all the better for the careful thorough
ness with which she does the work
Women are endowed with what NAV
be termed social and civic conscien-
ticusness; once persuade them that a
WOman's Betterment association will
bring to the home such advantages,
as it surely will, and they will rally
to it's support with a zeal and enthu-
siasm that knows no limit. Women
have the happy faculty of combining
the useful with the beautiful, much
depends upon attractiveness, and
pleasing surroundings make impress
sions that can scarcely be estimated
in their wide effect.
Kind Providence and Nature have
Gone generously for us, let us do our
part toward keeping our town and
community clean, sweet, healthful,
E1oral and beautiful.
Professor Gale on Farm School.
On the subject of farm life school,
an institution now being sought for
Henderson county and concerning
which Prof. w. H. Gale has made .
number of addresses, he spoke as fol-
lows:
Prior to the organization of o',r
Federal, Government education was
looked upon as a religious enterprise.
hut the development of democracy
from complex citizenship without
the rudiments of learning common to
all seemed to be hopeless, so the bur-
den was partially shifted from the
Church to the State, but it was never
conceded that High school training
was to be fostered by the State until
a test was made and decision hand
ed down from the Supreme court of
the United States. Immediately after
this decision the General Assembly of
North Carolina had presented to it a
bill providing State Aid for High
School training, but the measure was
looked upon as impractical for our
| commonwealth at that time and it
failed to become law Strange as it.
may seem, it was Just ninety years
later that North Carolina finally e.,
acted a law providing for State Aid
for her High schools. During this
long period other states provided
schools for their boys and girls while
ours were trained in private acade-
mics or private sectarian schools
Many of the schools of this period
were excellent, but they all became
more or less the college dominated
type which were in existence when our
present system was established in
1907. The next year many of these
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
WOODS MEN WANTED.

To cut acid wood. hickory, saw stock
ON contract good wages for expert
enced and steady men, only those WHIP
appreciate steady employment need
apply. Pay monthly, good board.
Mules, Horses, or Cattle Wanted.
Steady all winter job-good con
tracts hauling acid wood, wood and
saw stock; only IL to 1 mile distance
to railroad-pay monthly. Wef& in
Eagle Rock and Chestnut coves.
j. w. COATES, Contractor,
Bee Tree, Postof1ce. N. G.
With H. A. Goggles. 1AsFoAtfc
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

III RS PHARMACY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-05
PROMOTER SMITH
EXPECTS LARGE
CROWD AT FIGHT

n large crowd N.Y. expected INV Browns
Vile tomorrow Tor thr shelton Eihh
twenty round prize fight. which takes
place IN 80 o'clock American time. I'M
the Tcatru Erfurmn. MatamuruS. Pro
muter Smith " highly optimistic today.
One special train will hr run into
brownsville from Mission. arriving here
IN about III o'clock. and liberal excursion
rates have been allowed TN The Browns
Vile road from Houston amt An inter
mediate points. The rate from Houston
i~ SI..Ti. while thai from Corpus Christi
iS -s.7n.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-05
CALL TT ~SHEN KAs--yICH.r

Discussion yesterday between several
citizens "a "Quo Nadi-.F ihp great work
Of the Polish writer, Ii,nrsk 4icnfiruicz
which i- io hr shown in the mu. rs- TONIGHT
M the Drrahland ihrat-r. IN .io-eh ihp
fact that there were nhnni many lli
ferent ways NJ pr%unouncinr lAe mann, of
the author a. There were person n the
group "it's Sinke. WEEK. unp claimed.
Another sand. "Nn. f -in-kv uieh. n
"Well,7 chtmed " ihe third. Nd fn.t -ay
plain "Sm'-ki-wiek- Finding II inn
slble 70 agree. ! Webster biographical
~pronouncinr dictionary an r.-uriel M.
with the result ihai thr ecker after m-
formation learned ihat il. u.in. ~ iie
Polish anthor IN properly called "-h,u-
kay-vlch, ths ucc,rt l.iAs ln thr "tHg.~
n that the way tuu would basr pro-
nounced III
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-05
TWO DAUGHTERS or
RUSSIAN GENERAL
GO TO The FRONT

London. Sept. "a Fvtroerah lSt.
lciersbnrgl correspondent ~ay~ two
daughters NJ General T~omiluvckv vol
nntecrcd for the war. They were Der
to aSsme uniforms and have gone
~ the front.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-09
THE APRON ONE OF THE NEWEST TUNIC EFFECTS

TUNES have become so popular
that designers have nothing to do
but invent new arrangements; there
are half tunics. full tunics, one
sided, even TUNES and tunics point
ed on the sides; the one illustrated
in No 1921 is the apron tunic. This
is brought about by two gathered
rufiles which narrow in front, and
lengthen in back to form double
flounced overskirt. This costume Is
made up in mahogany charIueuse,
with the two flounces in mouseline
of the same shade. A most attrac-
tive feature of this frock is the
bodice, which is held in at the neck
and front with ribbon forming a
ruflle of the material. A shaped,
pointed girdle is another distinctive
point,
For size SO this dress requires
yards of 36-inch charmeuse, which
may be purchased from $3.50 yard.
Frills and fiounces are seen on
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-09
Captain Wright and His Lit
tie Indian

When Captain Wright was making
preparations for railway in India
he employed an Indian boy as a ser
want He was so bright the captain
became fond of him. The captain
noticed that every night the little
Indian would write something on
piece of paper and put it in his poe IT.
One day Captain Wright asked The
chap, What do you write on those
papers," why, am building a lad
der" he replied. "A ladder! Why.
how can those papers help you ?"
Taking some papers from his pocket.
he said: These are the rounds of nv
ladder" The captain read them.
This day have not been angry"
This day have been patient"
In this way the boy was building
his ladder of character. Let us ali
weave our ladders with beautiful scar
let threads, which time cannot blur
or mar the beauty and will last to
eternity. "
IsADORE HELLER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-09

THE human stomach Is as much
dulled by monotony of diet as 1t is
shocked by excuses of eating or
the right arm in all work performed
and ignores the left, certain brain
lobes decay, become almost useless
But if both arms are freely used all
lobes develop and grow in strength.
The brain is balanced. The same is
true of the stomach" Thus said one
of our highest national authorities on
pure food and Diet in a recent inter-
view with me, writes Fl. r. Cable In
The Mothers Magazine for March
Feeding it along one particular line
of diet weakens its powers, clogs the
digestive organs and produces a
torpid liver.
LET us be thoughtful about this
and change the character Of what we
have been serving on the average
American dining-room table,"
And how would you change it?"
st will net tell that until the last. l
think the existing evil should be con-
sidered first. In home after home,
from farmhouse to village, from
village to town. there Is served morn
ing after morning the same kind OF
pancakes, coffee, one style of potatoes,
the inevitable bacon and ham, with
possibly now and then the addition
of a breakfast food as starter.
mo two stomachs In this world are
alike, no two have the same digestive
CAPE city. and no two stomachs feel
lust alike any morning In the year
when approaching the breakfast
table. This is true not only of adu ts,
hut of growing children, and the fact
is the keynote, although not recog-
nized by many housewives. to making
a table and food attractive to those
who eat.
"a greasy, unclean dining table,
frowsy covers, broken dishes, mussed-
up, pasty food. will take the edge off
the stomach of anything but a rhin-
ocerous. But even in the humblest
cotter's home, q clean table, no mat
ter how cheap the material used, a
spray of flowers. polished dishes. ana
food properly separated and cooked,
win invite not repel The first art,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-09
Make Each Meal
Appetizing
VARIETY IN COOKING IS ESSENTIAL
TO PERFECT BODILY HEALTH

therefore. in Offering food is to have
the table lust as attractive in appear
ance as possible. This is not a matter
of expense, but of thoughtfulness in
having everything cleanly, in remem-
bering that flowers and green add 10
every tables appearance, ana IN
bringing on the food not as a heaped
mess, but separated and arranged &C
cording to the needs of the different
diners.
1.-THE science of cooking is not all in
the amount bought, nor in the cost.
but in the method of preparation so
that each day there is some palatabie
surprise for all the members OF the
family.
"a steady diet of beef or ham or
mutton--of pancakes, or paSty foods
accustoms the stomach to performing
only one function, not many other
parts of it weaken, and there is a
steady decrease in bodily and mental
activity.
Break in on such meals with fruits,
home made preserves, with little rare
bits that excite the mind as we'll as
the stomach, and there Is new activity
in the body's care of food. The stom-
ach will not work well If the mind
does not, and the mind, to give the
stomach it's regular awakening, needs
and a variety of food.
peas, corn, lettuce, young onions,
oranges, sliced lemon, caulifower,
radishes-are all things of the vege-
table world easily grown at home, or
purchasable within reasonable price,
which garnish a table and provide
variety as much as do pickles, olives,
or chowchow. IL all are set off with a
sprig of green. from anything growing
in the home locality or a flower, even
If the table covering be but a coarse
cloth, there is a mental and physical
incentive for food TO be appreciated
and to digest far better than under
adverse circumstances.
We do not need, in my opinion, more
cooks, but cooks who think Of what
they are doing as seriously as the
man does of his worldly work. Make
the most of what there is in the home,
and through study, work, investiga-
ton, plan constant surprises with it
From having cookery a drudgery,
transform it into an art