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Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
CURRENT EVENTS
BY Paul Leake

California in 1914 produced olives
amounting to $4,000 pounds.
French prisoners of war at Zosen,
have started weekly newspaper.
Reports from England indicate
fast increasing shortage of labor.
The Japanese peanut market has
flattened out by the withdrawal of
American buyers.
A training school for 1000 marines
will be established at the Philadel-
phia navy yard.
A paint is made from beans which
grow in Manchuria that is said to be
fire and waterproof.
1t is said that it cost 100000 to
print the speeches made against the
ship purchase bill.
Advices from Sofia state that $751;
100000 in gold has been shipped into
Turkey by Germany.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., estimates
that his father has given away for
charitable and educational purposes,
s250,O00,000.
The price of pork is said to have
risen 100 per cent in Berlin and an
increase in the price of beer is
looked for.
1t is estimated that every cent
added to the price of loaf of bread
will cost the consumers of New York
$16,500,000 a year.
The comptroller of the currency
has issued an order forbidding ma
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Reports from England indicate a
fast increasing shortage of labor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
THOSE WHO CUT OUT THE DRINK.

The present attitude OF employers against the
drink habit was one of slow growth, but with fer
tilization in the soil of public sentiment it has de-
veloped rapidly in recent years. The ban was
placed on the drink for reasons Of safety in the
first instance and considerations Of efficiency
after that
Men who still drink do not do so IN business
hours-at least not to the same degree as in for
mer years This is for personal reasons of safety
and efficiency The man wants to be safe in his
business and safe in his job, and in efficiency Is
safety.
course that decreases efficiency is unsafe and
the drink causes relaxation of purpose, desire to
take it little easier and slowing down of pow
ers Of achievement in consequence of the inevitable
yielding to the wish Indulgence in drink and
business will not profitably mix.
We are reminded Of the relations Of business
and drink to each other-relations which have
caused employers to consider the personal habits
OF employees as well as their Own-by reading the
remarks of a bartender:
"A business man cOuldn' I 10 to his office and
do his work with forty or fifty drinks under his
belt, and neither could l. said this bartender, ex-
planning why he declined invitations to drink IF
got drunk could not attend to business and il |
could not attend to business | would lose my job
It's not because do not like a drink or because
| have seen too much Of it, but because il won I
mix with business. 1t doesn't take any will power
for me to resist drink because | need to keep my
job
OF course il does not require forty or fifty
drinks to put man out The bartender was mere
ly speaking with relation to his opportunities
when he mentioned those numbers and it is not be-
ing put out that is the whole consideration but
the mere matter OF impairment Of powers, which
one drink will accomplish for some men and sew
eral for others And usually one leads to more
because of association Of drinking with the socia
instinct
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
RUMoRs OF A SECOND THEATER TRUST

According 70 statements that are floating
around the two big theatrical syndicates are about
10 combine their bookings under one management
and in cities where there are two large theaters
playing the best attractions there will hereafter
he only one
This change will not affect Oklahoma City ma
lrrially, but it will have considerable effect on the
class Of attractions sent out. The argument made
in favor Of the combination is that II will result
IN cutting expenses II is said that IT will permit
one theater to make living where two are now
losing money Up TO that point il is good argu.
ment
But the public is concerned mostly in seeing the
control of the theaters 90 back into the hands Of
monopoly which is likely second time to make
conditions intolerable There was time when
the public was obliged to take anything that was
sent to it, The poorest actors aud actresses on
Broadway we're picked for the road companies
Each city had but one theater and il took whatever
was sent to il without any chance Of competition
Railway time cards, short jumps and other
purely business considerations were the governing
factors Musical comedies followed on each other I,
heels five and six at time Playwrights had "a
submit TO the dictstions OF a monopoly, and actor,
AZ we'll Az a result OF this condition theatrica
affairs in the United States we're distressing,
The theater-going public does not desire to Sc,
that condition return The active competition
which a few years ago ragged between the tw,
syndicates did much For the American stage Tn,
complete removal Of such competition would ALLOW
the theater TO slip back into state that would b.
almost national disgraee
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
MOTOR TRUCKS USED IN THE WAR,

In every large city the motor truck is com
mon sight, but it is used mostly on paved streets
and there has been an impression that it would
not be 50 useful on country roads. The contrary
has proved to he tnae, however.
The operations of the German army have been
greatly facilitated by the use of motor trains More
than four hundred of these trains are being em-
ployed by Germans in the eastern theater of war
for the transport of munitions, making the sol
diers Of the kaiser independent of the railroads.
To this item may be added the fact that the war
ring nations are making in the United States whole
sale purchases of motor trucks for military pur-
poses, such as the forwarding Of guns, goods, the
wounded and for other uses.
These two facts point toward the great deve.
opment of the motor truck rs a means OF trans
portation of freight and passengers when the big
war shall have ended and lend additional signifl-
cance to arguments Just now being advanced IN
New York and elsewhere for the use of the motor
truck supplementary TO existing street railway
lines That there have been unfortunate failures
in such experiments is no proof that all such el
forts must fail
The first railroads, the first steamboats,, the
first automobiles did not pay, lmprovements made
them successful and profitable. So il is within the
range Of possibilities Of the near future that the
motor truck will be so adapted in construction and
operation as to become leading transportation
agency especially in the land Of its greatest de-
velopment Many significant steps in this direc-
ton in Los Angeles and other western cities might
he cited
In view Of all these things the advocates Of
good paving and good roads have the more reason
TO press forward in their propaganda and work.
They are LAYING the foundations Of future develop
ments Of vital Importance to city and country,
business and industry of every kind
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
TALK IS NOT TO BE QUITE so CHEAP.

Those who sit occasionally in the waiting room
of physician and listen to his telephone conyer-
sations know that he gives out great deal Of ex-
pert knowledge for which it is doubtful if he ever
receives a cent It is easy to guess, from listen
ing to his talk that the mother of little Willie Is
at the other end of the line aud that she is seek
ing information about how to treat his ailment.
The lawyers have had the same conditions
confronting them, in that they were called upon
frequently for opinions that came to be known as
the "curbstone' variety They frowned upon
the practice and now il is generally known among
those who seek an attorney advice on the street
or elsewhere that they may expect TO receive
bill fer IT,
Physicians in many cities have resolved to
charge for the telephone advice Just the same as
they do for personal visits from their patients
These telephone conversations take up just AS
much of their time. The physicians are placed at
the disadvantage of having to give medical ad-
q wee without seeing the patient They must pre-
scribe ON the symptoms as given by another per
son and the possibility of making mistake is
greatly increased
IN addition there is another difficulty which
is not mentioned by the doctors The lucrative
Ills from their standpoint, are those which they
discover and which the patients do not suspect
hat they have. No physician can advise an OPP
Grafton by telephone or through telephone exam
inStion He is at a great disadvantage in that
particular
When these facts are taken into consideration
it can be seen that the physician s not to be
blamed. Without personal examinations he would
have little or no opportunity to arrange for the
pleasing Jobs of vivisecton which add much tc
the gaiety and revenues of the modern science of
medicine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
STATE BUILDING AT THE EXPOSITION.

II is unfortunate that the legislature voted
down the bill to appropriate 5000 for the Okla
homa Panama Pacific building at San Francisco,
but it is likely that the vote will be reconsidered
Every member of the Legislature knows that the
stata should be represented at the exposition
The state has been unfortunate from the be
ginning in the matter Of being represented at the
exposition. The work Of raising funds for the
building was prosecuted with considerable vigor by
some members of the commission but other mem
bers appear to have been unable to hold to it after
il was raised The fact that the commission has
no funds now is a most unfortunate circumstance
and should he more fully explained
There is great admiration expressed for Fred
Sutton of this city, whose wife is member Of the
Oklahoma Panama Pacific commission and who re-
Gently made guarantee of $1,000 for the erection
of the building on the site set aside for Oklahoma.
He has declared since the legislature voted against
the appropriation bill that his offer still stands and
that he will go on with the building.
This is all the more creditable to Mr. Sutton since
il is known that Mrs. Sutton as member Of the
commission did not have any part in the handling
of the funds that have been collected. 1t was her
part Of the work to raise the money but she had
no hand in the expenditures,
1t is to be hoped that some way may yet be
found for the representation of the state at the
exposition There is yet time il the Legislature
reconsiders its vote and makes the appropriation
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

my plan can be put into operation and
helieve us, Horace, II is going TO be
cruelty all right enough when the
thing starts.
We are willing to bet, though, that
Fred Sutton's Panama Pacific Expo
sltion building, II the legislature lets
him build 1t, will draw larger crowds
than ANY other on the grounds
And right at this stage, without
knowing what the future viii bring
forth, we propose three rousing cheers
for Mr.. sutton
Up to the hour Of going TO press he
has more patriotism than the legisla
ture, II seems.
II may have been with malice afore.
thought that the Socialist members
were put In the back Of the legislative
hall, but anybody can see that such a
move will not prevent them from max
ing noise.
Also we think the assurance surely
should be made daily that Speaker Me
Crory aud those who are going to pre-
vent grating are right on the job.
We are stlll waiting, however, fol
some hlghbrow gent In the house OF
senate to Introduce measure thai
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

but of penetration and foresight Haldane hasn't
understood the true inwardness of the European
situation. He has hated militarism, and like some
other people in the world he has taken the position
that a thing hated is a thing unneeded. lie also
mas refused to believe in the menace of German
mlitarism to his country and to European peace
and he has opposed the efforts of those who have
believed in it.
There are many IIaldanes in the United States
now and they are making their voices heard above
all others And the saddest part of it is that they
will gee no lesson in the fate of the laundering
Englishman
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

was derived from casual inspection
OF the few samples In his pay envelope
each Saturday afternoon.
Money was scarce with Ralph nj
that time, and he had little II any lden
that he would some day be our lead
Ing manufacturer Of money.
Then lie visited Washington one dny
and Joe Cannon gave him a job at the
house OF Representatives. While ON
that Job Ralph went to night school
and fitted himself to pass tho civil
service examinations. In due course
he was assigned to the bureau Of en-
craving and printing because OF the
knowledge OF hardening metals he had
acquired while labOring In the rolling
mills at Joliet In fifteen years hr
rose to the directorshlp Of the big
money works
One OF Ralph's hobbies Is the study
Of humnn nature lie fluids that no
examination or test really tells much
about mans temperament, and 81
he often relies largely on what he Gun
find out by looking into mans face
Some time ago theft occurred IN
one Of the departments OF the bureau
Of engraving and no amount Of check
Ing up was able to locate definitely
the guilty person.
Ralph walked through the depart
ment looked the employees oyeI
thoroughly and made up his mind that
the offender was one OF two men.
The difficulty then WAS to deter
mine which one For month Ol
more after that, whenever visitors
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
STORIES OF STATESMEN
Nv Fred G. Kaly.

Copyright. 1915. by Fred c. Kelly
Washington, Jan i8-In the smoker
on q train between Philadelphia and
Washington a few days ago vat a
large, able-bodied msn with a. smooth
ly-shavsn face, a bald head and u
square java jaw that IL a cross bc-
tween that Of q gentleman priEefisht.
or and an evangelist.
The square jawed man and pros
porous looking passenger at his side
fell into conversation, which sOon
branched out and took In the business
outlook.
The prosperous looking passenger
remarked that while things are pick
ing up now. he a. a manufactures hnd
suffered considerable loss In the last
few months and Was running only
two-thirds Of his plant
I'm a manufacturer myself In a
way" observed the square iawed man
but I'm fortunate IN having com.
modify for which there is always a
demand, no matter how dull the times
have never vet had complaint
against the quality Of my goods, never
a dissa atisfied customer, and about the
only adverse comment | hear regard
ing our product In that there is moi
more Of Il In use. Just now I'm run
ming u night shift and am still behind
In my orders am"
you must have a monopoly" cut N
the other manufacturer. What In
thunder do you make, anyhow
II make money" replied the square
jawed man, quietly.
We'll you ought to; but what's youi
product" pursued the other passen
ger
MY main product, a. say. Il
money" answered the square jHwed
manufacturer, ~ he handed his seat
mate card. The card had on II
"Mr. Joseph N. Ralph, Director Bu
reau Of Engraving and Printing"
You -ee, Ralph. besides preeidin.
over the plant that makes our pape
money, Is also a bit Of a joker.
One evening q few years aso, Ralpl
pulled roll Of solled looking hill
from his poke, and slipped out a fi,,
spot to cash a friends check.
j "The cobbler's boy s the pOore.
shod." quoted the friend.
II don't quite make you" sal
Ralph.
"rhc point H." explained the friend
that with all the nice new money yo
make, You ALWAYS carry 10, of oil
shopworn bills for your own use"
Ralph acted on the tip and fror
that day TO this has rarely carrie
anything hut the crispest and crink
Hest Of new hills.
A trifie more than twenty years az
Joseph Ralph was toilins IN rollin
mill AZ Joliet, nj, where he had gon
to work at the are Of twelve and hi
sole knowledge Of engraved curreDc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

were being shown through the plant.
Ralph would arrange with some one
OF them 10 stop and stare at each ut
the men under suspicion.
After time the guilty man grew
nervous, came to Ralph, and con.
fesSed.
mo man with u guilty conscience,
reasoned Ralph, could stand 1t to be
stared at by strangers day after day
The thing about the bureau of en-.
craving and printing that makes Il
unlike any other institution employing
labor, says Ralph, 'ls that we do not
recognize the factor that II Ia human
TO err Our system requires absolute
accuracy. Wen count Il billion stamps
OF all kinds and not be- In error 10
much as Il single little 1-cent stamp"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
BIG BUSINESS ERA DAMNs.

Long idle mills are resumIng opera
tions and giving employment to an
army Of Idle men.
Danger OF further gold exports has
been converted into the possibility Of
gold imports.
The condition OF the farmer was
never better, and good crops usually
precede good business.
Merchants and manufacturers gen
eraly speak with q confident tone Of
the immediate future.
Establishment Of the federal re.
serve system has given a new stability
TO the commercial credit situation, and
this Influence will continue to be felt.
Steel trade the depression In which
long antedated the outbreak OF the
war, IL improving. Prices are harden
Ing and the volume Of business offer
Ing Is growing.
Public sentiment has at last come to
favor a more sympathetic treatment
OF the railroad problem. That In turn
signifies an improved credit position
for the railroads
Seven leading eastern and west
ern railroad systems In the United
States have reopened their shops at
various points, thus giving employ.
ment to between 1900 aud 10000
men.
The position Of the railroads has
been improved by the grant OF the
rate Increase and preparations are
going forward for increased purchases
by the railways, which viii benefit
many trades
Fortunately the United States IL
free from entangements with the ma
tlons at war, and the confidence which
asserts Itself In business life after
the first great shock IL growing from
day 10 day.
Feeling that the adverse effects of
the European war on finance and bus
mess In this country have passed the
maximum and are distinctly on the
decline permeates the expressions 0f
Views by leading men Of all sections.
Altogether the attitude of business
men throughout the United States Ia
Conscrvauvely optimistic. They have
gone through what they believe was
the worst Of the troubles resulting
from the war and unsettled financial
conditions, snd the silver lining IL now
visible
The program Of legislation TO regu
late big business IL believed to he
completed 80 that the return to good
feeling aud harmonious cooperation,
which began 20 auspiciously when
the war panic was being dealt with
may continue to exert its favOrits in
fluence.
Large orders from Europeans that
are being received In New York, Chi
cago, 1T Louis and other large export
ing cities, together with general
tendency toward increased operations
In commercial and industrial lines
throughout the country, point to a
prosperous year.
Business conditions are declared to
be generally reassuring" by the cham
her Of commerce Of the United States.
In its report II says: Many idle fac
tories are preparing to resume opera
lions and employees are being taken on
where decreased forces have been
working"
or one fact there can he no doubt
a general spirit Of optimism pervsdes
official Washington a. to the business
outlook OF the United States In 1915
President Wilson II an optimist. He
insists that there IA business i'm
Drovemsnt all along the line and pre-
diets a rosy future
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
He Understood Mules.

A crowd had gathered around the
balky mule. Coaxlngs aud curses and
clouts had been In vain.
Beat him on the head" said I'm
Gle Rastus
They did aud the mule started off
on run.
You certainly do understand
mules said bystander to the old
negro.
Yes, sah," he replied you see,
mules have more brains than most peO.
pie think and you must appeal to
their intellect"
II you have resolves to resolve, pre-.
pare to resolve them now.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

win reduce the high cost Of living at
one fell swoop, and we imagine that
there are many others who think the
same way about H.
In fact we know Of several women
who would rather see that feat ac'
complished than to he given the privl,
lege Of casting ballot at election
time, as proposed by the Socialists
II may be, though, that the mem.
bers Of the legislature don't know how
the cost can be reduced
But we don't believe any of them
would admit that they do not possess
that knowledge.
We feed reasonably assured. how.
ever that " will not Ne necessary to
publish any more Red Books.
And everybody else feels the sams
way about II, too
All rights reserved
RICHARD 3. GRAVES.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

And II all the statesmen are put
into these minor offices, who IL going
10 attend To the Oratory and journal
ism OF OklHh,Aa which Is just as
necessary as anything elset
We can see right now that Colonel
stafford IL going to be awfully han.
dlcapped during the present admins
trnuon. The colonel stood shoulder to
shoulder with Governor Cruce when
he refused TO permit any murderers to
be- executed. II has been given out by
Governor Williams that he viii let em
20 according to law.
That puts the colonel up against the
proposition " changing his belief
again to meet the eGigencies Of the
occasion.
In other words he was against ex
ecutions during one administration and
n he unholds the governors hands, as
he wanS all OF us TO do, where will
he stand nowy
Presumably, however, Colonel Kinds
will get down TO work as soon as his
hand gets well and az soon as Col
uneI Richards shows them how II Is
10 be done.
Also there are some others around
the state house who will 10 TO work
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13
PEANUTS N the RoASTER

II Is encouraging TO notice that no
body has attempted to invade the sa-
cred rights OF Colonel Laird Of Du-
rant and republish any Of the piffle
he had In the oklahoman yesterday.
.r--
The Durant journalist can go right
on writing stuff Of that kind until the
end Of time and II will be needless for
him TO incur the expense Of securing
u copyright.
But we refuse TO believe that the
children OF the state, at this
early stage, wake up In the
night and cry for Captain Bill
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Hinds to hold place In the office Of
secretary Of state, even though the
captain may be genius and one OF
the greatest statesmen that even came
down the pike.
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All rights reserved
RICHARD 3 GRAVES,