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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
BY EMORY r. JOHNSON, PHI. o.

BY EMORY r. JOHNSON, Ph. 2.
Will 1t be possible for American
producers to prevent the occurrence
of a business depression or panic such
as usually comes about the third year
after the close of . great war?
Unless this can be accomplished
American, as well aS European indus
tries will. within few years after the
close of the war, have to pass through
a period Of drastic liquidation and re-
organization.
A generalization based upon the
past would lead to the prediction of a
panic, but recent improvements In
financial and Industrial organization
afford reasons for believing that 1t
viii be possible, II not to prevent an
after-war panic, to keep the business
depression within favorable limits.
When the war in Europe began
American Industries were running at
slackened pace. For two years bust
ness had been dull. The immediate
effect of the war was to close some
important foreign markets for Amert-
can goods, to close the stock and pro-
duce markets, and to restrict the &C
foundations afforded by banks.
Situation Remedied.
Had this condition continued for any
considerable time it would have
caused a panic in this country. The
banking situation was soon remedied,
and European orders for food pro-
ducts and military supplies began to
come In such volume as largely to
make up for the loss of the foreign
markets due to the outbreak of the
war.
AS the war has progressed an in
creasing amount of American capital
has been temporarily invested in
plants for the production Of war sup
plies Some Of these plants are con.
nected wit i mills, others with
locomotive :, and others with
shoe manufa> les and with textile
esta hlishments. The German ambas.
sador was not altogether incorrect In
stating that the European war had
developed q new industry In the Uni
ted States.
Every important war In the past has
been followed by sudden expansion
In the industry and commerce of the
| nations involved in the struggle. Upon
| the restoration of peace producers
| will seek to dispose of accumulated
stocks, materials will be purchased
with which to renew production, and
everybody will make extraordinary eff
| fort to recover the losses incurred
during the war.
... .s Means Big Trade.
| 1t Is certain that European pur
chases in the United States will be
large during the first year or two fol
| lowing the declaration of peace.
Necessarily, American goods will
have to be bought upon credit, and /,
may confidently be expected that Eu
ropean buyers will extend their cred
It as far as possible.
Having thus stocked up with Amer
lean materials and having gotter
their industries in operation, Euro
pean producers, within two years at
ter the close Of the war, will limit
their purchases as much as possible
and will endeavor to sell large vol
ume Of manufactured products in or
der to reduce their debts and to sc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
NORTH A TO COST
TOTAL OF $33,358

North A street property owners, who
fought SO hard to prevent the paving
of that street and who are now great
ly pleased because it has been paved,
will be assessed less than $1.45 per
square yard for the improvement, City
Clerk Bescher ascertained today.
The total cost of placing asphalt
paving on North A street from Fifth
street to Sixteenth street was $33 ,35S.-
IA, of which amount the city will pay
,7OO.36. which includes the assess.
ment against the city for the paving in
front of the post office and the east
end hose house.
The board of public works ordered
the clerk to prepare the final assess
ment roll for the improvement today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
NEW IREAIlE :!!!I. For =! !!!! ,,,,,,,,

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burst suaeresx Az aaysss4 @ ~
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macist and start 20 redNce the VEINS ana
lunches ut once. ~. ..
Physicians reccmmsna rneReld OIL: y
= used In hoepttal prasttee Sn4 2 @a !!
very concentrated and uttle go AL. icns
way. Apply night ana m0geme wn Sn
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Leo i. Fthe.
: RIGGS DISEASE B coNQpERED :
and soft, sore, spopgy. rece9iuG gums ros
turn to . healthy .een4ttiee ana loose
teeth become 1rm hY the daily use o.
Gingtnol Ask your drugsist for small
-~'~'-ei hc-''c> ). : .is lsee to- N~eks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
SENDS EIGHT SONS
TO GREAT CONFLICT

BERLIN, July 19.-Solomon Loeb. .
merchant 1t Zweibruecken. Rhtnish-
Bavaria. enjoys the unique distinction
Of having eight sons ct the front with
the Bavarian army. Three Of the
young men joined different regiments
as volunteers and two. Of the older
ones have already bean decorated with
thu iron cress. So Tar only one Of the
eight has been seriously wounded. MI.
Loeb himself 10 . veteran of the var
Of 1870-7l.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
ADDRESS PICNIC

EATON, O., July 29.--State Asricul-
tural Secretary Sandles and County
Agent n. G. Thomas Of Greene coun-
ty, will address picnic to be held
Saturday by members of the West
Alexandria Farmers Institute society.
north OF West Alexandria.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
LOSES FIVE SONS

BERLIN, July 2s.-Exceptionally
heavy sacrifices the war has claimed
from Gottfried Erber, = farmer Of Me.
der Alsbach, and his wife. Five sons
Of this couple have been killed In bat,
tie and their last SON IL now at the
front.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29
MEN OBTAIN JOBS

Very few calls for aid have been re-
ceived by either the charity bureau or
the township trustee during the past
few weeks. This indicates that large
per cent Of the men who were out of
work early in the year have secured
work now, according to Secretary Mel.
pnlder. The factories seem to be en-
ploying more men than any time this
year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29

The London salvage corps. main
tanned BY the various Insurance com
panies, consists Of ex-navy men
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-29

The Simpson railway tunnel Il
abouttWelye miles long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15

The State Medical Convention

The annual conventions of the Ala
bama Medical association are always
largely attended and are always of
great professional moment, but the
meeting in Birmingham next week
will be Of exceptional interest, and
there is promise of record breaking
attendance.
The association will be in session
four days-Tuesday to Friday, inclu-
sive--and the programme for each
day published in last Sundays Age
Herald includes discussions of scien-
tific importance and of vital concern
to humanity. While the greater num-
Der of papers will be strictly tech
meal, not few, and especially those
scheduled for Wednesday afternoon,
will be of popular interest and will
have distinct appeal to the lay
mind.
A feature of the convention will be
an address Wednesday night by DR..
William C. Gorgas, surgeon general
of the United States army. This emil
nent son of Alabama, now of world
wide fame, is as modest as he is able.
He is a singularly agreeable speaker
and the crowd that will be eager
to hear and meet him will tax the ca
pacity of the largest hall in Birming-
ham.
The jefferson County Medical as
ISOLATION will be the host to the state
organization and in the matter Of
hospitality nothing will be left I'M
done to impress the visitors-the men
of the medical fraternity and the
wives and daughters who accompany
them.
DR.. J. Ross Snyder, president of the
local society in charge of entertain
ment plans, and DR.. w. ?. McAdory,
chairman of the committee on special
features, will strive to make next
weeks convention the most notable in
the history of the state association.
And they will not be disappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
Widespread Prosperity

After period of acute business de-
preston an era of prosperity is
plainly in sight.
! Business conditions were below
normal when the European war
started, but the bloody conflict caused
a frightful decentralization in New
York's financial district and in most
branches of trade. 1t was several
months before business began to re-
| cover and only within the past three
or four weeks has the improvement
been widespread. But now that pros
perity is in evidence once more ii
gives unmistakable proof of its stay
ing character.
Every few days gains in the indus
trial field are reported. There is
more and more activity in the iron
and steel trade. The prices for the
pig metal are still low-too low for
real profit-but with the next large
buying movement higher price level
will probably be reached.
The continued strength of the New
York stock market, in view of the
rapidly improving business situation,
goes to confirm the theory or the
| traditional claim that activity on the
stock exchange is the forerunner of
solid business boom. 1t sometimes
happens that stocks take a great
squirt upward and then soon drop
back into a state of inertia. But the
securities market has been steadily
upward ever since early in March, and
the furry of last week which sent
certain shares skyward was not fol-
lowed by sharp reaction all along
the line, as some had feared might be
the case. The stock market is SIM
ply getting back to it's old-time normal
pace.
After prolonged hard times, resump-
ton of operations at the manufactur-
ing plants comes gradually at first;
and then comes rush. Activity in
other branches of business follows in
| the natural order.
From present indications it is safe
to assume that by the middle of May
or first of June, provided the crop
reports are favorable, there will be
few industrial plants that are not run
ming at full capacity and that the job
bling interests and the retail trade
will be brisker than they have been
in many year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
REvOLVERS
From the Dothan Morning News.

From the Dothan Morning News.
A revolver is a nickel-plated substitute
for bravery, which has practically driven
the original article out of the market,
The revolver gives a puny man with a
five-eighfh-inch brain and the pluck of
a grasshopper a 100-yard reach and makes
him more deadly than a Sioux Indian.
There was a time when this country had
no dangerous animals except bears and
wolves, and life was safe except on the
frontiers but now vast hordes of 16-
year-old boys who use their skulls for
a dime novel bookcase roam the streets
with cigarettes in their faces and a port
able cannon in their hip pockets, produce
ing obituaries with the skill and enthu-
sasm of a cholera microbe; while it is at
all times possible to meet a personal
enemy who has been chasing you for a
week, and who is reluctantly compelled
to defend himself when he catches you
by filling you SO full of lead that your
remains will require eight pail bearers.
Revolvers are now SO generally used in
debate, in domestic quarrels and repartee
OF all sorts that 5000 Americans die OF
them each year. 1t Is said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There isn't anything nicer in the world
than a pretty girl who can manufacture
a blush without digging into her handba g
for the rouge.
The reason why woman wears her
hats too big is because she wears her
shoe too small.
The reason why more women do not
look like kitchen mechanics out for a
holiday is not because they use good
taste in dressing. 1t is because they
can't afford to buy loud clothes.
A year after her marriage the most
Interesting man in the world to a woman
is the man she could have married and
didn't.
The men who think they know it all
are only outnumbered. by the men who
think they are the hardest worked peo-
pie liz the world
Some lads go out and borrow trouble
SC they will be able to announce that
trouble drove them to drink
Before he gets her she is one girl in a
million. After he gets her he wishes he
had taken n chance with the tother $685.
$780,
Any old time a man stops a woman on
the street and doesn't tip his hat to her
and doesn't make an idiot out of himself
trying to make an impression on her, you
can bet that woman is his wife.
Things could be worse. The crop OF
male sopranos is getting smaller every
year.
1t doesn't do a woman much good to
keep her husbands old love letters and
read them to him 10 years after they are
married. They only help to convince
friend husband that he was insane when
he married her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15

the council. None Of the members
knew the man, but the permission was
granted
Gentlemen" said the speaker, 81
would like the privilege of erecting a
cattle pen on Alamo plaza-just a
temporary pen to demonstrate a new
fence l am introducing"
A cattle pen in Alamo plaza-the
very heart of the city.
1t was an astounding proposition
but there was something magnetic
about the applicant and he won his
point.
The cattle pen was erected. 1t was
filled with wild, long-horned steers
borrowed from a neighboring ranch
long horns were still the vogue in
Texas then.
And the steers stayed in the pen
held in restraint by several strands
of wire.
Nobody in the cattle country had
ever seen the like-it was the marvel
of the age. Cattlemen came for
miles and miles and looked on in be-
wilderment. Then they wanted to
know if they could buy some of that
newfangled stuff"
"They could the man in charge
told them.
That man was the late John w.
Gates, who later became a multimil-
lionaire plunger of worldwide fame
He was introducing Texas to barbed
wire.
A kerosene lamp is small thing,
but Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked it over
and started the Chicago fire.
Verify, much sometimes comes from
little.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
Farmers to Build Flour Mill

The special from Marbury in yes
terday's ge-Herald took up very lit
tie space, but it contained informa-
ton of far-reaching Importance. In
rs words the CORE spondent told of
a flour mill company being organ
lied by the farmers of the Marbury
neighborhood with capital stock of
$4,000, and of plans for building a
mill with a capacity of % barrels a
day.
Marbury is in Autauga county, near
the Chiffon line. There are no better
farmers in the state than are found
in that neck of the woods. They have
entered heartily into the spirit of
the crop diversification campaign and
the fact that they are building flour
mill to grind their wheat is proof of
their progressiveness. AS the cor
respondent says, the new industry
will give great impetus TO hog
raising, as there is nothing better for
young pigs than wheat shorts"
What the farmers around Marbury
are doing can be done by farmers in
other counties. A considerable acre
age in Alabama was sown in wheat
last fall and if the diversification
movement is well carried out there
will be large increase in wheat acre
age the coming fall. And the logical
thing for the wheat growers to do is
to build neighborhood mill.
Let the Marbury example be fol-
lowed and large results will be seen
within the next few years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15

ly taking her side in the war. 1t would
be about as much a violation of it's neu-
trality to aid Germany in that way as it
would to threaten an invasion of Canada,
because the allies have acted upon the
understanding that our government would
abide strictly by international law.
Germany quotes President Wilson az
Withholding arms and ammunition from
Huerta on the ground that Villa otshav-
ing control of a seaport wasn't on bot
ing of equality with him, but in dealing
with the Mexican situation he was deal
ing with something in which this coun-
try was to some extent directly concerned.
He was looking out for the interests of
the United States. Hence the Huerta-
Villa case isn't a precedent applicable to
the case of Germany and the allies. Ger
many understands very we'll that our
government couldn't consistently do what
she asks it to do, and it is doubtful il
she expected 1t would. She is simply try
ing to create a sentiment at home that
she isn't getting a square deal from this
country, that, in fact, the whole world
is against her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
WAR ECHOES

Pttsburg Sun: When the war began
Russia was full and overlooking with
promises Of what would be done for the
people of the empire in the event that a
united country would fight for the allies.
Poland was to be free, the Jews We're
to receive unqualified freedom and am
neaty was to be shown political prison.
ers and those who had left the country
to escape trial and incarceration. With
one accord the people came to the rescue
OF the little father and more than L.
100000 men have, it is said, fallen in the
terrible battles with Austrlans and Ger
mans.
Meanwhile the Russian people are wait
ing for some sign from the government
that it's promises were made to be kept.
Thus far not a single reform that was to
be instituted has apparently received a
second thought from the government.
In one instance at least a political refuge
in France who believed that loyalty to
the country in time of need would be rec
ognized and result in pardoning his Of
tense went back and offered his services
to the government. He was arrested just
as he would have been in peace times
and received his punishment.
Russia with it's hot water port will be
one of the worlds greatest nations, as a
lecturer in the city said yesterday, but
whether or not the government will ever
be entitled to a place in the esteem of
men is another question. The Gear HIM
self may mean well, he doubtless does,
but the government is so bureaucratically
ridden that the autocrat is a mere puppet
when the heads of the departments SO
will. Russia's tremendous force is based
primarily it's immense population
rather than on the individual achieves
ments of its people.
Savannah Morning News: On first
thought Germany's argument that our
government ought to prevent shipments
of arms and ammunition to the allies
seems to be fair. She admits that when
she has been a neutral she has permitted
the shipments of munitions to belligereTs
from her factories and that under IN
ternational law as 1t has thus far been
made we are we'll within our rights in
permitting the shipment of war materials
to the allies, but she is contending that
new cOHultlOHS Gail loi q A'S'' -s%' "
nations.
She points out that it is true that this
country is willing to permit shipments to
her of whatever she wants, arms, ammu-
milton, breadstuffs or anything else she
needs but unfortunately the allies COM
mand the sea and hence can get what
they want from this country and she can
not Hence she contends that our govern
ment should be governed by the spirit of
neutrality, that because the allies can
get what they want and she cannot our
government should equalize matters be-
tween her and the allies by prohibiting
shipments to the allies of the things
they want. In other words she wants
this country to enter the war to the ex-
tent OF partially neutralizng the sea pow
err OF the allies
| Germany must know that our govern
ment will do nothing of the sort, that IL
couldn't do what SHE wants it to do with
out putting itself in the position Of actual
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15

Although it wa1realized early in the
European war that aeroplanes in mo-
ton present target extremely hard
to hit and many improvements have
been made in the guns designed for
bringing down aerial craft the dam
ger an airman runs from this source
is still negligible. A correspondent tells
of an aviator whose machine was just
above the limit of the vertical range
of rifle fire. All about him he saw
spent bullets pause an instant in the
air and then start to fall earthward
He said it was lust as If it was rain
ing upward" The principal reason why
is not because they are out of range,
as it is often necessary for a pilot to
come within the range of guns to get
some desired information, but the fact
that they travel at such high rate of
speed. An aeroplane with a speed of
so miles an hour travels 100 feet a
second. Machine guns are capable of
being fired COO times a minute, but
average about 500 shots minute.
Granted that a machine gun had the
proper range of an aeroplane, the lat
ter would travel 10 feet between each
shot anG as the distance from the pro-
peller TO the pilot is usually less than
only che chance in 500 or 500 of a ball
hitting the propeller, the engine or the
pilot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15

Thomas R. Lounsbury, the distinguished
senoiar and author and emeritus professor
OF YALE who died recently at the age
of a, was perhaps the most widely read
of all the authorities on Shakespeare and
chaueer His literary style was as nat
ural as it was Illuminating. In an appre-
citation of Professor Lounsbury. the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat says with truth
but "a careful student of the history
Of our language and a defender Of its
growth from the Jeremads of purists who
see the golden age in the past If the
purists had had their way our language
would have become as cold and formal as
French was becoming when Victor Hugo
began their revolution. Other men may
have been as distinguished in the realm
of scholarship but the man in the street
learned about Professor Lounsbury a
number of articles. appearing at irregular
intervals in Harpers Magazine attracted
popular attention. They also provoked
much discussion. These articles were
afterward compiled, ampliied and pub
lished in book entitled, THE Standard
of Usage in English. In them he con-
tended that English is a growing Ian
guage, that best usage is the only rule
of authority and that the attempts of
gramnarians to inflict mechanical rules
upon 1t are both unwarranted and futile.
He replied to his numerous critics, worst
ing them in every controversy. His chief
advantage was his knowledge of the his
tory of our language When his critics
gave samples from the well of English,
pure and undefiled, he proved that many
OF their choicest specimens were formerly
slang, bitterly opposed by the contem-
porary pulists He was a defender of
vigorous style and abhorred affectation
of every kind"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-15
From the Charlotte Observer.

From the Charlotte Observer.
v"I HEN the New York Sun admits
M that good times have returned,
w or are returning, the croakers
must give it up. The Sun recently cent
out inquiries to presidents of chambers
of commerce of more than so of the lead
ing industrial centers, and in addition it
asked the candid opinion of many local
business leaders. The answers reflected
optimism. The Sun comes to the conclu-
sion that 1.-THE speed which business has
acquired in it's race to good times varies
in different localities War has brought
good business to many industries, but has
injured others Retail trade is in the
poorest condition. Since 1902 there has
been scarcely a period that could be called
genuine good times But this collection
of views seems to point to their return,
barring accidents. at no distant date.
Thus far the actual results in dollars and
cents have been relatively small. The
change has been largely one of returned
confidence and renewed determination to
undertake operations considered for a long
time as hopeless.
1.-The change is based primarily in re-
turned belief in bettered fundamentals. A
fairer attitude of the government at
Washington toward business and it's very
evident and not entirely unselfsh desire
for two years of pronounced prosperity a
less hostile programme of legislation
the courts to an attitude of sympathetic