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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
FARMS EOR SALE

ron SALE seven room frame house
i,firs. This house IS located ON lot
a Sbxis0 but II more land Is desired any
nnSofint up to gS acres may be had.
= 3 ;fhS house has ftpnt and rear pcrches,
Ii. ii room. and ali other modern con-
- iliences. Free gas. Apply J. y.
N6frisou. wllsonburg. W.. Va,
Round trip ticket 10 Lake
:. n, 6fth. Florida, <fy.Os. VIII Rive
Il tefal FREE tripS TO peerheid. for
good pe6f'le to sse most Fertile
lid world. lust opened up by The
State Of Fiafidal White 4. Henry
s|bi6y. &c Vabrs1 bliE Fittsl31llI's
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR RENT-ln Broad Oaks, a cottage
4 with bath. water and gas. large gar:
don and fruit trees. Apply to Bessie
Lyon. 217 South Chestnut street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FoR REN,f-Four room cottage, Rail
west Main street Bel phone ef9.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR SALE-New Studebaker passen-
ger automobile; catalog price $3.50
{. o. b. factory; won In kilograms
contest; viii make big discount for:
quick sale See me at gas ofic Sec
ond street. Clarksburg. Fred a. Obs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
TRT TEEN TODAY.

For the Liver, Blood Bowels, Stom-
ach and nerves. try Grifith's Roots and
Herbs. They stop Rheumat TIC Aches.
and Pains. 25c per package. one months
treatment. Druggists and dealers
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

80 4, t,,,1.- apartment IN Raymond
Court Apply at 122 South sixth
street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

Z FOR RENT-witll board In private
tAtuilt, large well furnished rooms
+. table for man and wife. or two
80 gent tenen CAN at 40 Lee street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR RENT 'tifnished room, nice clean
Is srop ln, privilege of hath. close to bust
= ne9s part OF city. Apply At g36 South
CHESTNUT street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
MIN ERS WILL opp SF B
SOME PR or Used Bill Us

wells do not show the staying quail
tiles ties Of those IN some other dis
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR Complete equipment for
generating electric current; includes
one So h. y. and one DO h.Lp. gas en-
CINE. and ,dvnamos. Apply to v. H..
Highland Clarksburg. @
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
CITY BUS LINE

Meets ali trains. day and night
ttl parts OF the city. Special attention
given to ball and parties. Cali WI
ginnslrs Livery Both phones Bell
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR Lt:--lo Rose Comb Rhode Isl
land Red pullets and a few high class
cockerels. Pullets laying. Price 81 each
and m. Write me your wants. c. e.
Coffman. Warrington, w. Va
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FOR sAI.E4A few fine Kellerstrasst
White orptngtoa cockerels. $500 each.
Apply at ISL Mulberry street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
Shoe REPAIRING

GET YOUR SHOES repaired right ana
done quick. The only up-to.date repair
soSRs ana sois ssS nana MSsE
y ]. g. Gremer. ia s. Second street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

|sx'oN RENT Niesly furnisi,ed from
room use OF bath and phone. Apply
81 ~ corner West Main aud sixth
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
WANTED 10 RENT &
PAPER HANGTNlG:jI'

49, : = -----~
PlAPERHASGING-1 don't do all the
work In town. but do do the good
work. w. u. Dorvit. 122 Factory St,
Bell phone 1901. u - Z
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09
F9h ENTFurnished BOOM

FOR REM, ono ,iiesiy f,ifaisiisd room
b tqr Eehtf cmen only 4 all :conNei itences;
3efy ce1lkfally located. Appiysat IA
E< NeAt Pike street. q
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-09

FURNITURE FOR SALE
Entire furnishings OF five-room
cottage. Best OF everything. In Al
Main street. Bell phone 1921 before
Sa. M, or after 8 p. nj, or all day
Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES.

Alexander R. Smith, whose article
on Soaring Ocean Freight Rates, and
Their Significance" appears on this
page today, is a writer whose name
may not be as generally known as
some Of those included In our list OF
editorial constructors, and he has not
previously been announced. rms SUP
ject Of ocean freight rates, having Deen
taken I'M in congress for investigation
as a basis of possible legislation, 1t has
seemed to us advisable to 60 to that
authority closest to the situation. Mr..
smith was formerly and for many
years superintendent of the New YORK
maritime exchange, and as such was
very closely in touch with the entire
subject of ocean freights and charters.
AS present editor of the Marine News
he becomes the logical man to discuss
this subject in our service.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

If half the men who are now at war
in Europe were working in factories
and making goods that could and
would be shipped into this country
under the present low tariff, there
would not be nearly as many people
employed here as there are. Times
are very hard in the manufacturing
centers as it is, but think how they
would be II it was not for the war tax.
ing so many people in Europe out OF
their regular channels of employment.
English manufacturers have followed
the suggestion of their government
and Investigated the possibilities OF
creating an aniline dye industry indie
pendent of that built up in Germany.
The very first thing the investigators
have discovered Is that protective
policy on the part Of the government
will be necessary, otherwise capital
refuses to invest in an enterprise that
will have to meet, at the conclusion
of the war, the competition OF the
long established and economically
operated German plants.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
JUSTICE, EQUITY, MODERATION.

Probably no man in America has
a more vigorous grasp of big Ideas
or more enlarged views Of great prob
lens than William H. Taft. When
ever he speaks upon subjects OF
political, social or economic questions
he Eliminates them, not by finding
fault and not by tearing down with
incendiary zeal, but by mastery con-
structiveness. In Bloomington, Ind,
the other. day Mr.. Taft spoke words
Of deep wisdom when he discussed
the condition of the country and the
needs Of the hour. AS usual there
was no bombast in this speech. 1t
was one of quiet effectiveness and
delivered in extremely good temper.
Whatever else may be said of the
former president, he has no sore
spots. He brings to any subject :,
mind splendidly trained to logical
thinking and he Is uninfluenced by
either personal disappointments or
personal ambitions.
It is the opinion of Mr.. Taft that
the people should go back to the line
of "justice, equity and moderation
Here we have the man at his best.
Here is exemplified that judicial
poise" concerning which smart para
graphers made so many flippant COM
ments a few years ago. He did not
advocate the going back to conditions
that led to the genuine reforms which
have come upon us. Indeed, Mr..
Taft specifically paid his tribute to
these reforms and explained that
while "of course, corruption is never
absent, the danger of plutocracy mas
disappeared and the publication OF
politics has constituted real reform
for which all good citizens must be
grateful" There is surely nothing
Of the "reactionary" about these ut
terances. But having said this much,
Mr.. Taft cautioned the country
against a rabid continuation OF hos
tility to those forces upon which rest
the nations hope of progress.
"The hostility of legislatures and
congress, consciously or unconscious
w." said the speaker, "has come to
be directed against all successful in
vestment of capital without discrimi-
nation. Nothing is so timid as capital
and nothing is so able to take
care of what 1t has. The inquisi-
torial and nagging character Of the
powers of commissions created for
the close supervision Of corporate
activities have so frightened capital
as to shrink investments and stop
the normal expansion of the business
of the country" The best thought
of the patriotic and sober people Of
the nation is being rapidly crystal
lized about this very matter. Having
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
MAKE RIVER PLAT.

Mt. Ayr, Jan. 26.-The county en-
gineer, P. s. Holbrook, and George E.
Oliver, a drainage expert of Omaha,
have completed the survey of Platte
river and have established the drain
age district. 1t contains 1900 acres
The reports will be taken under ad.
visement by the board of supervisors
this week and If they declare it salts.
factory, after hearing the arguments
for and against, it will be handed to
the county auditor for publication.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
SOUTH is CHANGING.

The announcement that President
wilson is sending Secretary Redtield
into the south to rally the democratic
cohorts there about the administra-
toms shin purchase bill, emphasizes
the fact that the Wilson admlnlstra-
ton is probably less pleasing to the
..Solid South" than any other demo-
cratic administration since the war.
It is not that the administration has
deserted the PRINCIPLES Of the Solid
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

undergone a period of regulation that
has been feverish, unreasonable ana
inouisitorial, the time has now come
for giving business chance to get
it's bearings, a chance to assume nor
NAL activities whereby the national
equilibrium may be restored Kansas
CITY Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Des Moines. Jan. 26.-Recent su.
preme court decisions follow:
Mary M. Ransom and Alfred A. By.
bee VS.. Pottowattamie county, appel.
liant. Judge o. D. Wheeler. To quiet
title. Affirmed.
Estate Of William HEAVIER VS.. Thorn.
as HEAVIER, ct al, appellants, Floyd
county. Judge c. H. Kelley. Ask or.
der to pay guardian of minors. At
flrmed.
Good Milking Machine Co., appel
liant, vs.. William Galloway, w. r.
Lytle Black Hawk county. Judge
&c. w. Mullan. Action to reform con.
tract. Alarmed.
w. C. Children, appellant, VS.. Frank
shinn, Pottawattamie county. Judge
%. D. Wheeler. Action for libel. Re.
versed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

If you would hold yourself to your
task as closely as you expect to hold
your own employees when you have
some, the interim between working
for some one else and having some one
else work for you, would be materially
lessened,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
OPPOSE
NEW QUARANTINE

Elgin, Ill.,, Jan 26.-Kane county
farmers today proposed to fight an
absolute quarantine on all dairy prod
ucts expected as result of the foot
and mouth epidemic, when Represen-
tative Ellis of Elgin announced an i'm
pending quarantine from Governor
Dunno The quarantine would stop
shipment Of milk, butter and all other
dairy products from Kone, Carroll and
Whiteside counties
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
,cELAND GOING "pRY.r

Copenhagen, jan 26.-The parlia-
ment of Iceland, "a Of whose 40 mem
bers are elected by popular suffrage,
has passed measure forbidding the
sale of alcoholic liquors. All liquor
In the Danish dependency has been ex-
ported.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
Soaring Ocean Freight Rates
and Their Significance
By Alexander K. Smith Former Superintendent
Ne,v York Maritime Exchange

and the like, are considered. This con.
dition has led to the formation of so.
called conferences" or rings or COM
binations OF ship owners and Of lines,
by which the number of sailings Is pro-
vided for and independent lines are
fought off, the shippers being held in
line by system Of deferred rebates
that almost equal the shippers net
profits.
In some cases, as in the transatlantic
passenger traffic, there is an actual
pooling Of earnings, and the conditions
of the conference agreements are en-
forced to the letter, with heavy fines
upon lines or ships that violate them.
This led the department of justice,
some three years ago, to bring suits
against practically all of the steamship
liaes-foreign, mostly, of course-oper.
ating between American and foreign
ports, the basis of the suits being al.
legged violations of the Sherman anti
trust laws, which the foreign steam.
ship lines contended they were not
|amenable to.
A recent decision of the United
States Circuit Court, at New York, JUS
titled combinations for The mainten-
ance of fixed rates, but condemned the
use Of fighting ships" for the purpose
of preventing independent competition.
The matter of deferred rebates.
especially in the trade with ports Of
the east coast of South America, still
remains undecided by the courts In
addition to this, the house committee
on the merchant marine and fisheries
employed experts to conduct very
searching investigation into the same
matter-of conference lines-the testi-
mony elected filling several volumes,
and the report Of the committee being
a very elaborate affair; the conclusion
being that rates should be subject to
the scrutiny of the interstate CON-
merce commission, or similar body,
that deferred rebates should be prohib-
ited and that all agreements between
shippers and lines should be filed with
the interstate commerce commission,
whether written or verbal, and giving
the interstate commerce commission
authority to fix the rates when regard
nc ~ "a
Practically all of the ocean carrying
of the world, in normal times-that is
to say, that carried by regular lines
is controlled by these conferences,
which are established over the great
trade routes of the world, and which
have, until the beginning of the present
war, been operated very much to the
advantage of the conference lines, very
little to the advantage Of independent
carriers, and the widest divergence OF
views is expressed a 20 whether or not
in manner beneficial to shippers.
rier and Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

With the present unprecedented de.
mand for tonnage for exports to
Europe, and tho accompanying advance
in freight rates, there Is general dis
position to charge vessel owners with
extortion, or near" extortion, as II 1t
were not always the practice of trans
portation agencies to charge traffic all
that it will bear. The value Of wheat
and other grains, in immense demand
has gone up, but the farmers are not
charged with extortion because they
take the uttermost cent for their grain.
nor is the price of horses and mules.
which has advanced abnormally, re-
garded as part of q conspiracy on the
part of dealers in them. The price OF
cotton, being abnormally low, does not
come in for the same condemnation,
this being case where the producer
gets the worst of it.
The fact is that the ocean tonnage
in existence is in excess of tho actual
needs of the worlds carrying. With
some 100000 tons of it being divert
ed to military purposes or laid up IN
neutral ports, and thus unavailable for
cargo-carrying, the demand has exceed
ed the supply, with the inevitable eco
nomic result that freight rates have
gone up; and they undoubtedly will
continue to go up until they reach such
a height as so to abridge shipments as
to render the supply of tonnage meas
ureably equal to the demand, when, OF
course, prices or rates will gradually
drop.
During protracted periods when
ocean freight rates are below profit
to the ship owners the public is little
interested or concerned, and it adjusts
itself to such condition with an
euuanimity more or less exasperating
to those whose investments In ships
cause them heavy losses; but when
temporary, abnormal condition arises
and freight rates advance, the general
apathy disappears and the usual verbal
brickbats are hurled at the ship owners
whose Unsuitable greed" ruthless de-
mands" and the like are evidenced IN
an advance in freight rates invariably
regarded as arbitrary" When there
are two cargoes seeking one ship, the
ship owner dominates the situation;
and vice versa, when two ships are
seeking one cargo, the shipper dom
mates the situation.
In most cases there are more ships
Offering for cargoes than there are car
goes offering for ships, with the result
that ocean transportation rates, when
governed wholly by the law Of supply
and demand, are so close to actual cost
of service that profits are extremely
meager, when the usual heavy charges
upon ships, deterioration, insurance
Copyright 1915, by Ottumwa Daily COZ
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Der Of machines. It must be that the
1owans who left this state between
1900 and 1910, thereby causing this
state, to show loss Of population, left
here in machines. If they didn't, it
must have been that they were afraid
they would have to own autos II they
stayed in this prosperous state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

The state Legislature has been asked
to make rule that all voting at COM
mittee meetings be made matter Of
record so that there will be more
careful and deliberate thought on mat
tiers before committees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

During the time that the snow is
changing to ice and the ice to water,
the walks are always slippery 1t is
the duty of householders to put ashes
on the walk so that no one need fall
and break a leg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Winter is not over yet but even at
that 1t will not be long before the
birds begin to return. Have you put
up bird house in your yard yet?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
Press Comment

Lacrosse Tribune: Making test
case" of the Dacia, to be tried in an
English prize court, seems an amusin'
bit of diplomatic eccentricity
Iowa City Republican,: Governor
Clarke evidently intends that the leg
islature shall have something to do
from the amount of work he has sug-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

The man who spends the evening
carousing cannot do his best work the
next day. That is why he does not
advance as fast as he thinks he
ought
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
INSURANCE CHIEF is
CONVICTED OF FRAUD

Springfield ILL.,. jan 26.-Percy B.
Sullivan Of Decatur, president of the
Assured National Fire Insurance COM
pany, was found guilty today in the
United States district court on
charge of using the mails to defraud.
The case went to the jury late Satur-
day, Judge Humphrey ordering that Z
sealed virdict be returned.
Counsel for Sullivan Immediately
filed motion for a new trial. The
motion will be argued before the court
sH.gFsg
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Statistics show that Iowa has more
automobiles per capita than any other
state in the union and that 1t stands
sixth in the list as regards, total num-.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Over half of the saloons in the
whole state of Missouri are in the city
OF St. Louis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28
gested should be done. But messages
soon get out of sight and forgotten

Des Moines Capital AS we under
stand 1t no effort will be made this
season to have the legislative door
keepers and janitors provided with
personal clerks or stenographers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Kansas City Journal: A large num-
Der Of congressman lodged the vote
on the woman suffrage amendment
But they can't dodge the suffra gists.
Determined women will search the re-
cords and find out on which side they
were paired"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

One of the Iowans recently at the
capitol who failed to call on Represen-
tative Vollmer was former Senator
LATE Young of Des Moines. Col. Young
is on his way to Europe to report the
war for his newspaper, but he Is I'M
ders.ood to be planning to stay on the
allies side of the firing line
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

COIuS duu luu OuI Ol WulCu size lQey
were paired"
Cedar Rapids Republican, There
is this to be said for the Mann law,
whose modification is often talked Of,
as the Dubuque Globe Journal OBJ
serves, no really decent man is ever
threatened with blackmail on account
Of that law. If you behave yourself
the law will have no effect upon your
liberties. And II you don't behave
yourself and won't, then you can hard.
ly complain of the law, you should
complain of yourself.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: What
is the purpose of the administration in
pressing the ship purchase bill at a
time when every consideration tells so
strongly against it? From the point
of view of foreign policy 1t is danger
GUS; from the point of view of domes-
tic policy it is mischievous. The
Dacia episode already justifies the de-
claration of Senator Lodge that the
bill would bring the United States
within measurable distance Of war;
with four powers.
davenport LILIES. 10 replace IN0
property destroyed by fire last year in
this country would require the work
OF all the men of Davenport 313 days
in the year and for seventeen years.
1t would require an army of 1878
men working for year to replace the
loss. 81
Now turn 1t around the other way
last years fire loss was the same as
throwing away all the labor for year
of 172,733 men. Some may say, That
gives men work" 1t gives few men
work, of course, but whenever wealth
is destroyed the worlds capital is to
that extent reduced and that means
less capital with which to undertake
new enterprises and less labor en-
ployed.
II to this fire loss is added the cost
of maintaining fire departments in the
cities, total is reached which Is
powerful argument in favor of more
substantial buildings, greater care in
cons truction and closer supervision Of
materials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-28

Representative yollmer Of Davenport
will deliver speech in Philadelphia
on Thursday, when mass meeting in
behalf of American neutrality toward
all belligerents in Europe is to be held
in the academy of music.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-12-04
TO TIE PUBLIC.

New Iberia, La. Dec. 2, 1915.
1t has come to my knowledge,
that a rumor is current on the
streets, and given credence by
some, that since the death of Mr..
Aristide Boutte, my father. that
l have discontinued, or rather re-
fused to furnish burial outfits to
members in good standing in our
burial books. Ordinarily it would
be unnecessary for me to refute
these statements, but the course
from which these rumors come (as
reported to me) makes this nece es-
sary. Since my fathers death
three funerals have been handled
by the Boutte Undertaking con-
Germ to the total satisfaction of
those concerned, and l am pre-
pared to say, that those who have
intrusted to us the burial Of their
ones. need to in no wise credit
the rumors above mentioned.
I regret that this communica-
tion has been made necessary, but
in justice to the memory of my
deceased father, and to the bus
mess which he built up. and
which / hope to continue, /
write the above.
Respectfully yours,
ESTATE ARISTIDE BOUTTE.