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Evening star., 1915-12-05
By FRANK COEWEY JONES
illustrations by Ed,oard L. Chase

"No! I'm supposed to act meek as
lamb" he countered. "You f1irt half the
afternoon with Galland, and expect me to
be deaf, dumb, and blind!"
"But he's the superintendent, Joe! l
can't help it if he likes me. I'd certainly
be foolish to get him sore. don't want to
be fired until I've saved enough for my
trousseau."
"You won't need it very soon!" the
foreman growled savagely. "Galland's
got it in for me because we're engaged.
He's trying to find an excuse to discharge
me. He'll get me, in the end. He thinks
you'd quit me if | lost my place; and, the
way you've been treating him lately, l
don't wonder he's got things sized up that
way
The girls light blue eyes snapped. Just
in time Jane bit her lips. She realized
that Joe was suffering.
"You ought to know | had a good
reason for leading Galland on" she re-
preached "I saw through his scheme a
long while ago; but | knew he'd fire us
both, and quick if got huffy with him.
We wouldn't dare get married either, Joe,
with your job depending on him. He's
got to leave the Ajax, or we have. Gal
land is a crook-I just know it, But he's
so slick nobody ever got the goods on him.
If could find out what he's doing, I'll bet
| could put him in jail"
"What do you mean?" cried Steketee.
Evening star., 1915-12-05

"There are several things that dom t
tally up the way they would if he was hon
est, said Jane. al never spoke word to
you, because you'd have said / was crazy.
| shouldn't tell you now, only l need
your help. You know Kargowitz, from
Grand Rapids?"
"The junk-man? Yes"
3He buys all the factory scrap metal
nowadays, doesn't he?' suggested Jane.
II hadn't noticed-I guess he does,
though"
"Why?' she developed her point.
Seems to me | heard the purchasing
agent say Kargowitz always made a
better price than the other junk-dealers. !"
r IGHT,' Jane agreed. "That's sus-
picious. And Galland got him over
here the first time. That's suspicious, too,
with the other things I've noticed. Kar-
gowitz also takes tons and tons of our
scrap steel punchings, which nobody used
to buy. That's another funny thing.
Then, you remember we saw Kargo-
witz and Galland cumming up mighty
thick the Sunday we went to Reeds
Lake in Grand Rapids. And, last, Gal
land bought brand new big automobile
month ago. That didn't come out of
his salary, you can bet. He was dead
broke when he came here in September.
IL believe you're right, Jane. If L
thought we could prove Galland's doing
Evening star., 1915-12-05

any dirty work, I'd hire detective to
watch him. declared Steketee.
"You don't have to-" she rejected his
plan. "I'm detective enough to catch that
crook. think know about how he and
Kargowitz work their game, and in the
morning I'm going to make sure
you know, tomorrow is the last of the
month. That's the day Kargowitz always
comes over. I've kept tabs. and I'm on to
just what they do. He and Galland and
three or four of the packer boys weigh up
the scrap metal. The boys shovel the
stuff into barrels and roll them on the
scales. The figures are put down on pads
by kargowitz and Galland One of the
boys marks number on each barrel and
the net weight Of the metal that is in it.
Another nails burlap over the top. After
that the barrels are trucked down
stairs and weighed again by the shipping
clerk. Finally, Galland and Kargowitz
come down and check up their lists with
the shipping-clerk. 1t looks all square,
doesn't it?"
at certainly does, responded Steketee.
well, it isn't" stated Jane positively.
And tomorrow I'm going to find out
what the trick is.
"How are you going to find out?"
"You leave that to me, the girl evaded
you're going to help me. In the morn
ing I'll send note by you to the superin-
tendent that I'm sick and can't come to
work. You run my department and
yours both tomorrow. And you keep
away from the store-room while they're
packing up the scrap. don't want any
Evening star., 1915-12-05

living, she can apparently continue the
war indefinitely, even at the present
atrocious rate of expenditure. Therein is
England's financial problem in nutshell
The great task of English craftsmanship
at the present moment is to enforce
economy upon the English people. If
England is to win this war, she must win
it with the present and past earnings of
the English people.
There are three ways in which the gov
ernment can obtain access to this accu-
mulated treasure. One is by moral sua-
sion. In ante-bellum days the English
people invested their earnings largely in
foreign enterprises. They laid aside
nearly $1,000, 100000 a year in this way.
Instead of purchasing foreign investments,
they must now use this money in buying
war bonds. Little persuasion is needed to
induce them to do this; naturally, no
English money is now going into foreign
business This two billions of dollars, rep
resenting England's normal savings, in
itself pays for one fourth the cost of the
present military and naval operations.
This represents the amount, that is, that
England can pay without suffering any
Inconvenience at all. The income in
foreign investments, placed at the disposal
of the Empire gives an additional billion.
But the English people must do better
than that. By splitting their normal liv-
ing expenditures in two, they can furnish
$3,OOO,O 100000 more If the rich will stop
buying automobiles, cut down their forces
of servants, and stop lavish entertainments
if the middle classes and the poor will
economize in thousand different ways
this needed $3,OOO00O,O0O can easily be
saved. This amount, with the $3,OOO,-
100000 already accumulated, will give
$6,OOO,0 100000 available for war purposes
almost the amount required.
1t is probably rule of human nature
that few people economize unless neces-
sity forces them to do so. A family living
on $4,000 a year finds it practically inn
possible to save half that amount. When
a domestic cataclysm suddenly cuts the
income to $25O0, however, it usually sue
ceeds in adjusting the situation to the al
tered circumstances. And the British
Parliament does not have to depend upon
voluntary economies; it has means of en-
forcing them. Taxation is only another
Evening star., 1915-12-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for December 5, 1915

custpmed mode of life for two or three
years. Ultimately Mr.. Astor, the Duke
of Westminster, Sir Thomas Upton, and
other British millionaires, would lose moth
ing In taking over their incomes on this
wholesale scale, the government would
give them government bonds in exchange.
In the end these gentlemen would find
themselves richer than at the beginning.
If necessity compelled England to take
over the 100000, 100000 of foreign Sc
curities, it would adopt the same proceed
ure. That is, it would take from English
holders Union Pacific stock, New York
Central, Canadian Pacific, and thousands
OF other marketable securities. 1t would
then sell these in foreign markets,-for
the larger part in New York,-and with
the cash realized pay the cost of the war.
As already said, this treasure in itself
would pay present expenses for nearly
three years; and this tremendous hoard
England has not yet touched.
The question at the head of this article
is now apparently answered. England
can apparently stand the present strain
indefinitely. Consequently English in
dustry and trade are still fourishing
English commerce, thanks to the efficiency
Of the English feet, is still sailing the
Seven Seas. The most recent figures show
that English commerce and industry have
dropped almost twenty-five per cent as
result of the war. That seems material
loss, but it still leaves England the richest
nation in the world, next to the United
States. AS English wealth has increased
greatly in the last five years, the net re-
suit is that economic England is just
about as busy and successful now as she
was in 1910. The comforting part for
Englishmen is that her industrial position
is growing stronger month by month. In
particular, English ship-building yards
are experiencing a great boom. The gov
ernment has taken over hundreds of Eng
lands merchant ships for war purposes;
English yards are now working day and
night to supply ships to take their places.
In spite of war and submarines, England
is still the worlds great carrier.
England is far better equipped to stand
the present strain than she was hundred
years ago. Yet she started the last war
against Napoleon in 1903 and kept at it
until 1S15-twelve years. The country
Evening star., 1915-12-05

was less strongly united then than now.
A larger portion of the British public OPP
posed the war; her allies deserted her at
critical moments; Napoleon made a far
more formidable showing in the first few
years than has the Kaiser. Englands
great statesman, William Pitt, died in the
belief that the English cause was lost.
Trafalgar never gave England the COM
plete mastery of the seas that her present
feet of dreadnoughts has won for her.
The exchequer had the utmost difficulty in
floating loans; it had to give bonuses with
each subscription, so that only 500 was
actually taken in for every $3.50 issued
in securities
No Danger of Financial Exhaustion
AT present England is spending some
thing more than one half her revenue
for war purposes. In the last two years OF
the war with Napoleon she spent almost
one fifth. Apparently, the present conflict
is greater strain; but the fact that her
present resources are infinitely greater
now than they We're hundred years ago
makes the comparison fallacious. For,
even after spending one half, the nation
has a much greater per capita wealth left
now than in the days of Napoleon. A man
who has an income of $1,000 year and
contributes one fifth has $500 left. An
other who has S25, ZOO and contributes
half has $12,5OO left. The first man rep
resents the England of Napoleon's time
after spending one fifth of its income in
war; the second represents present-day
England after spending one half. After
paying all the costs of the present war,
some one has figured, Englands popula-
ton will still have left an income Just
about as large as its entire income in Dis
raeli's day. In other words, the financial
power she has accumulated in forty years
has given her the financial strength to
conduct the present operations. Any idea
of real financial exhaustion may, therefore,
be dismissed. The cost will hurt, and hurt
for many years to come; but the aggre-
gate sufferings will be those of an ex-
tremely rich man who loses considerable
part of his income. 1t would hurt MIR.
Rockefeller to have an income of So, 5,OOO,-
600 year instead of S2O,OOO,OOO; still, he
would not beacandidatefo for the poorhouse.
Evening star., 1915-12-05

word for forcible saving. England is using
this instrument with the utmost freedom.
The fact that the English people stand
this taxation with such good nature is
great element of financial and military
strength. At present England presents
an amazing spectacle: great, rich people
practically begging for taxation. Huge as
were the levies made in the recent Budget,
the only grumblings they inspired was
that they were not large enough!
What Astor Will Have to Pay
AMERICANS, who know practically
nothing about taxation,-at least for
federal purposes, really do not under
stand the extent to which it is being prac-
tised in England to-day AT present the
income tax is taking not far from one third
of all incomes. Aman who has S5O00a year
is paying $500 to the general treasury; a
man who has $25, 900 pays nearly $4,000.
The men who have extraordinarily large
incomes must pay large sums. Mr.. Nc
Kenna, in his recent Budget speech, said
that an income of $5OO,OOO year would
pay in taxes about 100000! This new
tax will SO weigh upon certain well known
American expatriates that it may almost
make them yearn for their native land.
There is William Waldorf Astor, for ex-
ample. His income, largely from New
York real estate, is not far from $lO,OOO,-
600 year. The new tax will take about
S3,O00,O0O of this for war purposes! Eng
lish makers of war munitions and supplies
are also hit hard. The new taxes take
just one half of what are popularly known
as war profits.
In giving all this cheerful information to
British millionaires, Mr.. McKenna made
another amazing statement. Large as
these taxes We're, he said, in few months
he would probably propose others still
larger. And the British public unani-
mously applauded the suggestion. There
is no limit to which Parliament can apply
the income tax. If necessary, it will not
take $3,O00,O0O of Mr.. Astor's $1OOOO,-
900; it will take it all. Why not, if the
salvation of England demands it? 1t
might leave Mr.. Astor $4,000 or $4,000 a
year to supply his daily wants. That
would be no particular hardship for him;
it would mean merely giving up his ac-
, 1915-03-17
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THE AVIS.
garistiansted, st. Eroix.
"Wednesday, 18th March, 1918.

DIED Yesterday ut his residence in Strand
Street after a short illness, Mn ANTHONY BAs-
TIAN. an old AMI faithful member OF 81. Johns
Church, aud IL teacher IN the Adult Sunday
School. The funeral will take place al 40
this afternoon.
, 1915-03-17

1t is a wise old saying that cts an ill wind
that blows nobody any good and we ia
St. Croix are experiencing It's truth. The
good price of sugar now ruling j. due with
oat doubt to the Great War in Europe.
The large supplies in Germany aud Austria,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

Read This List OF. Expensive Features.

springs, built Of the very best q spring stsels,
the Maxwell cushions IT. passengers from Ill
the jazs and bumps Of rough EoadA II u 20
comfortable and sasy riding hat you Win
rsmazk he difference On your azst nda.
THE POWERFUL MAXWELL MOTOR
The most powerful. durable motor Of III
siss made. Ample ~ to negotiate my
road. mud. rand or hill-always at your COM
mAnd. Almost troubleproof. every part accessi-
BE. and what IL more. IL II . motor OF
0snuins economy. More miles per gallon. day
b 80 az out, than you would believe possa.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

Of . sector. tbs make ad30GtH1ank WI
simple. % you havs merely - turn ths gear
~ons-Gusrtsr Nv end yvu havS . NV surface.
5ust q good - Q eom1sets new stsss4ng unit
Brakes THAT HOLD AND LAST
One square ndh Of br.king surface b W.T.
twelve pounds Of weight. That's moss than
most any other or stves to-4ay. Maxwell
brakes are thoroughly daosoAaSlA a,dsssd aoe
protected fzom dust aaA dirt and havo sDsaAl
and.rstting dsvsosA hhxvIn hsaA0 ass
very easy b han6e. T1s anghGasa pr~assss
Of the foot and your car ooDas y . 49, 49,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21
PURE BODY

4 hrsA room1. beautiful body. fitted WITH
1ssn. comfortable upholstsrins. ample LEG room.
a63ustahee hrat s>a& and the best fourteen.
osat hA4d-Datussd and striped Anish. An
Maxwell bodies ~ instruct Of pressed
seA. mounted On Z stsel-ehannsi sectionsd
eamA aRsranS the greatest possible strength
WtGA Nln1mum weight
SpRiNo SUPPRESSION
Wsshoot . doubt 20 s11 md The Maxwell
The esA~st H0a0. As4s or ma6A wa Id
amray camasn vAea AsA and ssmi-Sll1vdo
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

And this Is the car we urge you to
see. This IS the car that you owe it
to yourself to see. We want to tell
you about ito hill climbing triiumphs.
We want to tell you about It's speed
and..endurance records. We want to
show you and add up for you every
one Of ito new features,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

Multiply one model by $4,000 and
give each one Of these $4,000 auto
mobiles day in and day out rough
and tumble road wear, and If this
car stands up and delivers, It has be-
come one of the rare great auto,
mobile successes.
And that Is the Maxwell success,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

today that Is exactly the ~Acd
Test" that the Maxwell has passed
through, and that is::why the Maxwell
Is the most talked about automobile
that is built today.
The Maxwell automobile's today
one Of tho very few great automobile
successes the world has ever known.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21
Dear Major:

Dear Major:
I am a young man SO years aid
and people say that I am good look
ing. I am in love with the dearest
little girl down town, have made a
great hit with her, and l think she
loves me. l am not sure of this, but
at times she gives me great encour'
agement. When / see her my head
is all in a whirl and I feel like it
would burst, and do not know what
to do. What would you advise me
to do under these conditions?
HANK HALvERSON.
Answer: Get a bottle Of Bromo
Settler and lay down. You will feel
better when you come out Of it. She
probably cares for you, although
cannot see why. Write me again,
Hank.
Dear Dear Major:
I am a young lady just past 81 and
have been clerking in a lumber Office
for the past nine years. Two years
ago / ran a splinter in the end of my
nose that caused z great seed wart to
grow on the end of my nose. l have
never had a love affair although my
employer is kind to me, and some
times I really believe he is serious
Do you believe the wart prevents him
from making known his feelings to
ward me?-Laura ].
Answer: Laura, l am not up on
seed warts the way l should be. Last
wart l saw was on a hog, but we got
good money for him in spite of that
The social standing of warts in this
locality has been at low ebb. OF
course, a large seed wart on your nose
prevents you from being in Glass A
You might not grade at all. You
better move into a near-sighted neigh
borhood and settle down, some I'M
fortunate may take a liking to you
and not discover the wart.
Dear Major:
I have been in the fruit business
for many years. l have a fine grade
Of fruit, and last week 1 went to a
store in Bismarck to sell a bill Of
fruit, and talked and talked and talk
ed. I'll bet l used up enough wind tc
start a hurricane. What do you sup
pose is the matter? g.
FELIX ULMEN.
Answer: You are in the wrong
business, Felix. Go to initiating toy
balloons.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

Dear Major:
Our preacher is continually after
me about my pew rent. realize that
l have been a little negligent in this
respect, but for every Sunday that I
was absent he has charged rent just
the same as when I was there. !
want to pay what I owe, but when
other folks go to church and sit In my
seat, l do not feel like I ought to be
charged up for the pew rent. Advise
me in the Booster.
HARRY BARWIND.
Answer: From the way that l
have heard you talk on several occa.
sions / would say that if you a got
any sort of redemption and future
guarantee as to what is to become .!
your requitted carcass you could we'll
afford to pay all the pew rent in the
state and then be ahead. They don't
deal out these pews in the same man
ner that they do bed rooms, Harry
You better get in some pay-as-you-
enter game.
Dear Major:
l have a big bump on my head
that keeps running all the time.
What would you advise me to do for
it.
F. o. HELLSTROM. ;
Answer: l have noticed that bump.
It. ran for governor. Supposed now
that it had healed. You say that it is
still running. Looks like you would
just have to let it run its course, F. o.
Dear Major:
l want to get rich quick. Want it
all at once. How shall l do this.
AL. THIMMEsCH.
Answer: Did you ever try hold
ing up the pay car.
Dear Major:
I have great difficulty in getting to
sleep nights. I tumble, rave and cry
out in my sleep, "You have the wrong
man, this is an outrage" 81 never
al nea the place." etc, What do
you suppose is wrong?
Cliff Norton.
Answer: "The wicked heeth when
no man %pursueth." Keep away from
Underwood at night.
A. G. Hinckley-"Hugh! Driving an
automobile, Ell? Young man, when I
started in life l had to walk"
F. o. Hellstrom: "You were smart
er than most, sir. When I first start
ed in life, l couldn't walk"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

J. M. Baer, the official cartoonist for
Jim Jam Jems and sometimes known
as the "c~artoonist laureate" Of North
Dakota, has contributed several carl
catures from life and some other
drawings for this issue. His work is
unique and. we are pleased to give
the clever North Dakota artist full
credit for his efforts.
Cover designs for many an artistic
folder issued by various organizations
in the state and cartoons in many Of
the leading newspapers are the handi.
work Of Mr.. Baer. He is obtaining
national fame, not only through Jim
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

mister?"
Paul Jacobson-"Hum! What sort
of q gent do you cali y~ourself?"
Beggar-"A INDECENT, air.
Come to the Elks' Minstrel show
and bring your wife.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

Jam Jems, but his work has appeared
in Golfers, Chicago Herald, Pen and
Ink, Fargo Forum, CourierlNews and
Bismarck Tribune. He has made some
attractive cover designs for several of
the large railroads.
His art.work is not only confined to
the studio as he has several times
demonstrated his ability as a chalk
talker, his monologues and lightning
carfcatures being exceptional. We
are glad to announce that Mr.. Baer
will be with US on the 23rd of April
and give one. of his Characteristic
chalk-talks at the Elks' Ministries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-21

A. G. Hinckley-"Hugh! Driving an
automobile, Ell? Young man, when l
started in life I had to walk"
F. o. Hellstrom: "You were smart.
er than most, sir. When I first start
ed in life, l couldn't walk"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-12
INTER- ISLAND WILL
STICK TO LETTER OF
LAW, SAYS SHEEDY

The Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company, through its general super.
intendent, Joseph E. Sheedy, inferred
yesterday after reading the recommen-
dations of the public utilities commits
sion made after the latter organization
had investigated the Lahaina drown.
ing tragedy, that the Inter-Island was
ready to carry out all recommends
items of the commission which were
reasonable and all others when re-
quired to do so by law.
The position of the company" he
is quoted as having said, might just
as we'll be made plain now as later.
Any suggestions from the commission
that appeal to us as reasonable we
shall be glad to put into effect. Any
set of rules and regulations for the
conduct of our business at sea will be
obeyed just as far as the law COM
mands..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-12
CABIN ON
VENTURA IS
FILLED

With every stateroom filed, the
steamer Ventura OF the Oceanic
Steamship Company is sailing from
Honolulu at o'clock this afternoon
from Pier 10, carrying more passen-
gers to the mainland than on any
eastbound trip this summer to date.
The boat locked shortly before 7:sG
this morning. arriving from Sydney.
One hundred passengers are sailing
from Honolulu. This is the largest
number leaving in long time, ac-
cording to Captain J. H. Dawson The
total number OF passengers leaving
this afternoon, including those who
went on board at Sydney. July 81, is
$50.
Commander Dawson reported fine
voyage, with no exciting incidents or
anything unusual. The liner brought
IA sacks of mail and go tons of cargo
for Honolulu. The total cargo is 1903
tons. from Sydney, consisting mainly
OF wool. and sheep and rabbit skins,
consigned to Boston and New York.