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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
MILK WAR THREATENS

We had milk wars and rumors or
milk wars all around US for some time
past, but Wheeling has rested rather
placidly on ner oars without ever
thinking of such q conflict breaking
TN our midst 1t seems, however,
that we are not to escape the aSflic-
ton which has been common 10 the
larger communities Of the country
The producers threaten to make
Wheeling practically milkless on the
first OF December unless their de-
mands of a 20 per cent increase in
price Is conceded by the distributors.
If the distributors do not come to
their terms, they will ship their pro
ducts to Pennsylvania and points in
Ohio. We shall not know the full
hardship OF such action until we are
called upon to do without this prime
staple.
When the producers made their de-
mand the distributors offered to COM
promise on ten per cent advance in
price, which was refused but the pro-
ducers made counter proposition of a
recession of per cent on the original
demand. This the distributors have
fatty refused to accede to. And that
is the way the situation stands al
present. There is. it is said, some
Justice in the demands of the milk pro-
ducers in the higher cost Of food and
increased expenses in other ways con-
nected with the dairy business. OF
course it is the consumers who have
to pay, as they always do. 1t is hoped
that some compromise may yet be eff
fected that will prevent the carrying
out of the dire threat which the pro-
ducers are now holding over US.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
NECESSITY OF PROTECTION

The United States Consul General
at Rio Janeiro, writing Of industrial
conditions in Brazil before the war
rSaSs: Textiles. principally. cotton
goods. keep the greater number Of
mills busy. With plenty of raw cotton
from Brazilian plantations. dyestutfs
obtained from Germany at low prices
on favorable credit terms, and a high
protective tariff to shield the industry,
it has flourished and greatly reduced
the imports OF the more ordinary cot
ton goods from abroad" # protec-
tive tariff will 90 it in Erazil, why
will it not do it here? Our cotton
mills were humming merrily when the
Republican tariff Law was in force.
The industry went 10 pieces. labore-s
went 20 the bread line, and dividends
went 70 the devil after the Democratic
near-free-trade tariff law was passed.
! We have the raw cotton. We could
manufacture our own dyestuffs, if the
arty in power would give Us adequate
lprotection. In the face Of a pending
economic revolution the Democrats
still adhere 10 their shabby tariff oo;.
icy. If those who listened to the
sophistry of he kept Us out Of wal"
had paid more heed to the fact that
'ehe had kept them out OF work. we
would have a fairer prospect Of the
future today.
President Wilson some time ago in
one OF his cryptic moods remarked
that'ta very thoughtful preacher point
ed that one OF the first quotations in
the Lords prayer is, give us this day
our daily bread which would seem,
perhaps, to indicate that our Lord
knew what every statesman must
know, that the spiritual life Of the Ma
don can not exist unless it has phys1-
cal life; that you can not be an altru-
list and patriot on an empty stomach"
It has been ordered that by the
sweat Of his brow shall man ear his
bread But when this war closes a
man can not find work if the place of
his employment Is closed by European
competition invited by near-free-
tariff law.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
THE RECALL PROTOCOL

It is up to General Carranza, head Of
the de facto government Of Mexico.
whether the labors Of the Mexican
American Joint commission have been
for naught. The protocol which was
agreed upon, so far as can be seen at
present, is a concession to Caranza's
capital demand made upon this gov
eminent for the immediate withdraw
al OF American troops on Mexican soil.
IA paraphrase of the agreement ard
spplemental memorandum sets forth
that the American troops now in Chi
[huahua, commanded by General John
~. Pershing, shall be withdrawn with
in forty days from the approval Of the
protocol by the respective govern
ments, provided that within that time
the conditions in that part OF Mexico
have not become such as TO endanger
the American border. In such event
the time shall he extended. 1t is pro-
yided that the Mexican army shah
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
STATE NEWS NOTES

In The contest for iii" county seat
burg and williamsburg. which was
IN for adjustment before the voters
III tn" recon: election. Lewishurr won
out 10y II majority Of l.i39. hence III"
court house will ain II Lewlshurg
tn" present county SCAT.
The Pence Strings Hotel company
composed of Huntington business mcn
has awarded tho contract for tho new
hot"l and other improvements /" he
mmlc ut Pcnc" Springs. Work Will
start n; once and In" company members
.rXi.nct the Improvements Will TIC COM
rl":"d by Hume next
Tho Chesareak" and Ohio railroad,
on last Thursday declared n dividend
g: two pcr cent. payable December 80.
This is the roads first dividend since
November. 1914 whom ole per cent. VAS
declared.
Madame. We feel that an explanation
is duo in regard IL that little question
of suffraE" that was promised y"u by
both tn" Republican and Democratic
parties In West Virginia in conventions
assembled. as well as ny every other
puhlic bod: you proposed Ia. Tho fact
j. that In tho great excitement attend
ing tho election that this matter was
neglect ed. and We hope tina; YOU Will
uracinusly grant lis another opportunity
If showing ynU that ~" meant what ""
said when in conventions assembled W.
promised this slight hn"n :" ynu. Convey
lr YOU please. "a your follow sisters
then that they must not consider they
hav" been tramnlnd in III" dust. Never
lower than our hearts dear friends
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The real SIGNIFICANCE in the death Of

The real significance in the death o.
Emperor Francis Joseph is that his
grand nephew. Charles Francis, who
ascends the throne. is from family
some of whose members showed men
tai unsoundness. His wife, Zita, Is o.
the imbecile House Of Parma, anC
bids fair to perpetuate an unfortunate
strain. Their children are now re
ported to be normal; but a glance a
their ancestry will reveal what has
been and. by all the laws Of heredlty
! is likely to be again.
! Charles is a brilliant young man. 3
proven soldier and commander. The
misfortune which successfully de
prived the late emperor of other heirs
eliminate in the dire menace, to the
dynasty, of the new rulers union with
the sister of many lunatics and I'M
beetles. children Of her father the late
Duke of Parma, by two wives, neither
of whom proved able TO provide a
maternal strain sufficiently sound to
furnish normal qualities to her entire
brood.
Henry. Duke OF Parma, the head OF
the family, now about AZ years Of age,
showed insanity SO early in life that
none of his royal relatives would
vouchsafe him the customary military
positions or other honors and decora'
lions. He is the eldest of the eight
children born to the first wife of
Robert, the late duke-PTinces Maria
Pia, of Bourbon Siciles. Following
Henry came six children, five boys
and one girl, all showing marks OF
mental disease. One son was born
sound, Prince Helie of Parma, who
married the Archduchess Maria Anna
of Austria. They have four normal
children. No other children We're
born Of Duchess Maria Pia after Helie
She died In 1882.
The abnormal strain appeared again
when Duke Robert married the pres
ent Dowager Duchess Of Parma, the
youngest Of six Braganza Princesses
and an aunt of Prince Miguel of Bra
sanza, who married Miss Ami Stewart
daughter of VIM. Rhinelander Stew.
art. OF New York Of this union
twelve children were born. Austria 5
new empress, Zita. being the fourth
in order Of birth, on May 8, 1892. She
like her half-brother, Helie, proved
sound of mind and body. All the
other issue Of Duke Roberts second
marriage have been reported to be
,sub-normal or insane, although the
Princes Sixtus and Xavier are now
officially declared to be serving with
honor in the amy in Belgium.
To all appearance the sinister cloud
on the House Of Parma, dating back
10 the days Of Pedro the Cruel OF
Spain and Portugals Pedro |, has
been averted from Empress Zita and
her immediate offspring. Her eldest
child. now Crown Prince Francis
Joseph Otto, at four years Of age
seems normal. But the laws OF her
edity lie far deeper than single gen
Grafton.
Those laws, as applied to the feeble
minded. the lmbeclle and the lunatic
are fairly clear and are demonstrated
repeatedly, whether In royal families
or among simpler folk. The unhealthy
strains are subdiyided into many
groups or strains. and the mental
capacity developed varies, but is fairly
constant In each strain; and 1t is
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29
CIASSED AS "PIFFLEn

4 correspondent writing TO Pitts
burgh paper describes the experiment
OF the Chicago Health Commission in
feeding diet squad for 40 cents 4
day per head as 'piffle''. and be
seems to be near the truth. There is
nothing extraordinary about the &C
complishment from an economic view,
and that is the great dislderatum in
these days of high prices. If the Chi
cago Commission is trying to demon
strate that the menus they are proyid-
ing are the proper thing from health
point Of view that is another matter
But the object of the experiment Is
undoubtedly to illustrate how much
can be provided for the least cost.
Forty cents per day per member of a
family is considered in many quarters
as extravagant. The Pittsburgh critic
of the diet squads" expenses proves
it. He figures it out in this way:
believe the United States govern
m"ui investigators found that it re-
quireS a. minimum income of $3.50 an
nuatly to ma intain properly and In health
a family Of five. Also. they found tina.
the income Of the average workinSman
does not amount 20 $500 annually. The
average number in a family usually is
calculated at five people. In poor folks
families it is probabl. that the average
will be six. or more. Forty cents n day
for five peoD!e is $500 daily or 5000
monthly. and for six people it is $2.40
daily or ST2.0o monthly. Five-sixths CT
the families in Pittsburgh. or In Chi
Gag" cannot paw either one OF these
amounts for food alone. y man making
s125 monthly and mainta ming family
cannot afford to pay $50 monthly for
food.
He then adds a clincher by noting
that he is the head Of a family of sew
en-, all healthy and vigorous, and that
they do not eat anywhere near $3.50
worth Of food a day. What is the
secret? He grac1ously attributes the
economic triumph TO his wife, who evil
dently is a frugal woman. Waste is
the great American handicap in mos
homes, as the garbage can will readily
testify TO- The Pittsburgh observer
laconically adds that, eff five-sixths
OF the American housewives did not
know more than this Chicago doctor,
the most of our people would starve
to death" That statement would
dispense the Chicago diet squad, CT
ought to.
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transmitted with regularity, especially
so long as that strain is kept un-
mixed, generation after generation.
Among these degenerate strains there
may, and does occasionally, offer a
genius or two. Even these often
! exhibit eccentrcities so marked as to
render them unsafe guides in states
manship or kingcraft, or indeed in
many other situations Of life or
society.
The danger of transmission Of men,
! tai defects is equal for all classes,
! from kings 10 peasants, from states
men to plain citizens. Every Ameri-
can who heedlessly--as practically all
Of us do-enters into wedlock with a
mate whose ancestry does not assume
complete immunity from the trans
missable forms Of mental disease,
commits by negligence precisely the
same crime against his family and
our common race that Is perpetrated
/ by members Of royal houses for
dynastic considerations or for the pur-
pose of effecting simply a "desira Bile
| alliance"
| The familiar course of transmission
! Of mental degeneracy. as observed by
modern science through many gener-
ations of typical families, is almost
ipurely mathematical and in conform
'ity with the laws of ariability estab.
! lished by the famous monk. Mendel.
! Given one parent Of wholly sound
ancestry and the other a degenerate,
and the offspring are usually so per
cent sound and 80 per cent sound.
The more serious forms of mental
idegeneracy would seem to he feeble
lmindedness and imbecility. Instances
| OF plain madness, or acute insanity,
may occur in individuals who under
| favoring conditions and free from
/ exhaustiun states or shocks, would be
likely 10 remain normal throughout
| life But where there are a number
! Of instances in family strain show
; ing feeble-mindednes - which is an
arrest Of development wholly incur
able---we find much more unfortu-
nate group for the perpetUation Of any
stock.
The House Of Parma has shown
number of conspicuous instances Of
! the imbecile or effectively developed
type. While The ancient curse may
overpasS the immediate progeny of
! Empress Zita because Of her own san
! ity and the apparent normality Of her
royal spouse. there is reasonable ap.
prehension that their grandchildren
will include defective types similar TO
| those among her brothers and sisters.
! It is also quite possible that children
born later to Emperor Charles and his
cOnsnrt, in years when the vitality Of
their youth shall have subsidized, will
show similar mental abnormalities.
! For the present. Austria-Hungarv
may, indeed must. accept its new
ruler and his heirs with the measure
of loyalty inspired by the doctrine Of
! Divine Right and the fealLy compelled
by the common danger. But who shall
! foresee the effect upon the fortunes
Of the empire in the future when
science shall have made evident 20
the world at the large the inevitable
deterioration Of any family strain
through the injection Of the element
! OF mental degeneracy. and when mem
bers of the ruling house are under the
suspicion Of madness?
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, pound. lake has the star record as 3
bear hunter in this region. he havin5
now to his credit over half hundred
hruin scalpS aS evidence Of his proWess
with rih" and tra1.-Wehster Ropubii'
can.
Tho proposition 10 change tho Width
| a. IN" improved roads IN Portland dis
triCt mot with defeat. TIL" vote in favor
"f changing was l67 while T2t rot'H
against n" change ~" anthnrittef
VIII now "a on witt the Improvements
IT IT." roads The Portland roads Wiz
il" constructed Of concrete, AS the ordrf
and notice Of "jrcti' n specified that IN"
roads were 10 b" constructed OF con
Crct" and tho matter was taken 70 th!
supreme Court and was passed upo"
by thar tribunal which upheld IN"
nrder.--rr"St0n County Journal
About eighty per cent az the norma ma
car allotment for III" Kanawha Goa!
fields was supplied Monday and Tues:
day Of this week by IA" Kanawha nno
Michigan railroad. The same Is sale
generally by The operators dependent
on the the&ap"ak" Il Ohio railroad toi
their cars. For several weeks the first
TWO work days nf each week have shown
an Improvement from IN" Usual sh'''
az" 90 cars
Waiter g. Cricntom was elected sur
v,yor al knnawhn county on the Demo
cratic ticket a. the rrC"nt election. ltt
is u Republican and says n" voted n"
slraieh; Republican ticket. even to ~:
opponent on III" Republican ticket. ZIG
did MOI Ir.rw his nam" had been PLACED
on tho Dnmocra tic ticket until too i-;e
70 protest: his name having been place.
thcrn 10 I'LL y vacancy a. n" nomination
FOR tn" office hnd heen made. Al the
time tho selection was made party lead
crs thought he was a Democrat
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When cor and pulley set naC"
For horse and steam too fast,
An inky cloud came mp the Sky
Before a rushing blast.
And man with fearless hand and heart
Reached upward from tho ground.
And seized tn" liChtninE'S fiery sword
TO make The wheels go rnUnd.
From pole In pole and sea "a sca
He bore he nickorinC blade.
And with lis magic power behold!
\ worldwide empire made.
Beneath It's touch tho inert wire
Awokn /" thought and sound.
And motors drnmmcd. and cables hum
med.
And all tho wheels vcnl round.
On Erin in tho oldcn lin"
The little pcopl" nights
cam" stealing in /" Sw"ci he hearth.
And SGT IT." house "a rights,
But now It's ELECTRICITY
That everywhere is found.
Tho modern fairy great and gn"d.
Tina; makes the wheels G" round.
l. browns Tho toast and waves the FAY
And MAYS tho hahr grand.
Md rings tho boil. "hcd"nt
into your least command.
Earth with n broad electric holt
OF twisted wirr is bound.
You only touch n button now
Tn make tho wheels so round.
Tn" nnrial.; rr III" wireless reach
AntnnNa" into space.
Tho i"l";,hnn" Il web Of steel
Spins u'it from place In place.
With clusters at electric lights
TIL" darkest night is crowned.
\ul driven ny electric power
Til" trolley wheels 90 round.
Hark' how til" ,!cafnninC ChoruSoe
TriumNhantly arise.
Titanic solos "ndlnSsiy
Ascending I" The skies.
: burr and purr and buzz and heat
To which til" stars r"SnTnd.
III. singing uf tho Gvnam"s
Thai malC" tho world gm round.
Minna irving in IsrsIiN1.
Home dressed Turkeys. %5c Id.
Come early If YOU want tn m.
Morcan's Butter Store. Wheeling.
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Never lower than our hearts!-rocahon-
tas Times.
! Tho Walton Construction Co. has
hc"n awarded an Additional contract o..
ralroHd construction by Inc Nirg,u!an
Ry.. in tn" Winding Gulr section. il j.
: learned. The job is about wv" miles in
! length and consist Of some very heavy
) work. This construction company only
: recently completed large contract f"r
! In" sam" company. TIL" nov extension
! rrach"s Pin"yIilc IN Wyoming county
/ F'ayctie journal.
More than one-twcnti"ih Of the hu"k-
wheat raised in tho United SIn;"S j.
! the product Of West Virginia according
! to statistics made public recently. Nhil"
! the crop his year is smaller than that 81
! 1918. III" decrease - no greater in pro
port ion. than Tor other states.
| Kenneth rittsrnharg"r. II prosperous
. farmer ana Stockman Of near i"ivasE.
was L ely visitor n day ~ TWO The past
week. Mr. pit;ScnharErr is very $uc-
rcssful f. his line OF work. having win
tered two hundred ewes during tho past
winter on his range. IN addition I" 4
! hundred hear or moro .: ~" and thr""
year old cath. and a vast army OF
swine. ~" informs rs his cattle anil
sheep wen; through Tn" winter ia; and
; sleek without one bit" ~ r"Ir:Shn"nt
exc"p! that which they secured on h"
ranGr. save the salt hr rendered during
he winter months. Nicholas E"Quhl'-
can.
y number Of big black hear have hr"n
slain This fall in those mountains Web
strr CoUnryl and others w"r" orsnarnd
in traps. lake Muli"uS ANA John l.rsi"
Of near Haynes. have KILLED and cap
'urnd eight bears son far this season.
and thcy find n ready market in near
| by cities for the hams at fifty cents a
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

The annual football argument he
tween Wesleyan and w. Y. U. tomorrow
will depend largely on which way The
breaks go.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

harness with his old law firm and may
success and happiness attend upon him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

President Wilson's Eeneralities are
not even gittering. but arc "sicklied
o'cr with the pale hue Of resolution"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

Rodehaver's trombone got Ens:on's
goat before "Rilly" Sundays rapid fire
got the blackshcep.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

Beware Of those persons who are in
clincd to demand heavy interest on the
favors they bestow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

4 man who refuses to arbtratc con
fcsSes to a weak case
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The Special interests" still! swing
club In the Charleston lobby.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

The Democratic National Committee
ought to call on Secretary Of the Treas
urv McAdoo to turn its 100000 deficit
into assets
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

The 'tni6dlcman" is generally :" b
found on tho end of 2 good thing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

Let charity be mtxrd with %nr.
Thanksgiving tomorrow.
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Even flying machines have son" Up al
account OF the var.
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Wouldn't 4 food embargo rartallr Of
an unneutral actp
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

A hovcott on crcso -! should "acklc.
remarks the hon
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

chihuahua paper printed p report that
Roosevelt had started revolt against
Wilson. So he did. but it Is all over
now
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THE WONDER OF THE WORLD

Cold storage Is often coal stealing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

rharIcs Evans hughes is back in The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-29

When Christmas and wash day clash
it is easy to see which gets the decision.
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Platinum Is 500 an ounce and still
going up. Letter so. We cant eat it.
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Go to Mexico for the real thriller. A
The Delta independent., 1916-11-03
Meaning of the Motto.

Young Garfield was household dec
orator. and one day he was called to
the country home OF an eccentric man.
father of n large and interesting fam
lily of daughters.
One of the daughters acted as his
guide through the house that he might
give an estimate for decoration. His
attention was caught by n motto.
framed and prominently displayed over
the door of the room OF each girl.
which read:
Learn to Say Yes"
Would you mind" asked the young
man. telling me what that motto
heansT'
oh" exclaimed the young woman.
with a blush, that's one of fathers
ideas. There are ten of us girls. you
know."-National Monthly.
The Delta independent., 1916-11-03
A Game Of Catch.

Somebody once twitted John Graham
on the way David Dudley Field and
be were drifting apart. he remaining
In the harness rs n criminal lawyer,
while Field was selected by his state
for the duty OF codifying her laws.
ut is simply a game of catch be
tween Field and myself" he answer
ed. "He tries to put up as many
bars as possible. all uniformly strong.
Then I go around and try them and
see how many weak ones I can find"
(Which beats. Mr.. Grabam?" he was
asked.
"Oh, think do In the long run"
he responded. "Field never succeeded
In keeping me out ns many times as !
have succeeded I'm breaking in"