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The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

Consul General R. P. Skinner of Lon
don reports that the total value of de-
clared exports from London to the Unit
ed States during the first four months
of 1916 was $5s, 1922, 349, as against $45,-
SOB, 931 for the first four months of 1915.
Wonder what they would have done to
us had they been at peace and we with a
free trade Democratic tariff law on our
handa2
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

tones. l was get
ing worse every day.
] had chills, my head
would ache, l was
always tired. l could
not walk straight
because of the pain
in myback and | had
pains in my stom-
ach. [ went to a
doctor and he said 1
must go under an
operation, but ]. did
not go. | read in
the panar a hout
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

Having overthrow the Civil Service
law at every opportunity, and having
filled the offices with as many Democrats
as possible, it is to be expected that the
Wilson administration will soon reverse
its attitude and become an advocate of
the principle of Civil Service Reform.
An order may be expected almost any
time throwing protecting cloak around
all those deserving Democrats who
have been placed on the government pay
roll,
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

The death rate from wounds in the war
is less than one-half as great as it was a
year ago. DR.. Jacques Bertillon. medi-
cal statistician in the French army, de.
clares that by hardship and exposure the
men have become so toughened that they
can now stand twice as much as they
could last year. Then As out of every
1000 wounded died, while now less than
20 succumb.
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

No substitute for the spider web has
yet been discovered in the manufacture
ing of surveying instruments. 1t is used
for the cross hairs that mark the exact
center of the object lens in surveyors
telescope. The 'professional" spiders
are kept in large room in charge of
three or four women. Each filament as
it is spun is wound upon metal frames
whirled in the hands of one of the wom-
en-.
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29
Gun THIS OUTFITS WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, inclose
with DC to Foley q Co, Chicago, ILL.,. writing
your and address clearly. You will re-
ceive in return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for bronchial
coughs. colds. and Group; Foley Kidney Pills.
and Foley Cathartic Tablets Specially com.
forting to stout persons. Sold everywhere
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29

and believes that the use of manures.
and fertilizers is important. As to the
feeding value of alfalfa, he says, "a
good field of alfalfa is like milling bran.
A ton of alfalfa is considered as rich as
a ton of bran."
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29
INDIANA MANS EXPERIENCE.

Frank Moseley. Moore's Hill. Ind. writes: II
was troubled with almost constant pains in my
sides and back. Great relief was apperent after
the first dose of Foley Kidney Pills and in 4
hours all pain left" Foley Kidney Pills make
kidneys active and healthfu and stop Sleep
disturbing bladder ailments. Sold everywhere.
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29
Woman AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur
qeon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y.-"For two years I
was feeling ill and took all kinds of
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29
FREEDOM.

DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS for Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. Safe.
The Republican journal., 1916-06-29
Ponies for Sale

A large lot of most desirable Shetland ponies
of all ages. Married farmer as teamster want
crops. ]. Henry Rines' farm Westbrook,
Maine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
DIR. DIXON'S ADVICE

DR. DIXON'S advice relative to
Spring tonics is good. The best
tonic in the world at this sea-
son-or any other season, for that
matter-is a brisk walk in the open.
But walking without an object is a
colorless occupation, unless in pleas
ant companionship or through charm
ing country. one of the most delight
full and healthful exercises at this sea
son is going forth in search of some
thing green. one learns and is
amused and is benefited physically, all
at the same time. There is nothing
more charming in nature than the
development of plant life in the
Spring.
What is prettier than a pussy will.
low breaking into blossom. or a COLDER
bell beginning to shoot its buds, or &
crocus beginning TO sprout or an iri,
to stick it's spear points through the
still half frozen soil?
Take DIR. Dixon's prescription. i
is cheap and as cure for that "ruT
down feeling it has no equal. Ge
out and shake you feet, and shake
your mind, too. 1t must have ac
cumulated a lot of dust since las
Fall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
NOT LOCAL ISSUE
LFrom the Caml

From the Cambria Freeman.
A county divided against itself
travels in the mud.
A state divided against itself travels
in the mud.
When any county splits into fac
tions. each of which is pulling wires
for roads which will benefit only itself,
there is every reason to believe that
the county will get no roads at all.
When an entire state squabbles over
the question as to whose roads will be
improved, first road work will not
progress as it should.
We note with concern that two
counties at least are not units in the
matter of the William Penn Highway.
the trans Pennsylvania thoroughfare
which will link Pittsburgh and Phila-
delphia.
The counties of Blair and Cambria
are not together in this matter, we are
sorry to say.
The trouble seems TO be that both
counties imagine the road to be a local
one.
The William Penn Highway is not a
local issue.
As originally intended, the William
Penn Highway was to be thorough
fare which would BENEFIT PENN
SYLNANIA AT LARGE.
That original intention should be
adhered to.
LOCALITIES SHOULD PRACTICE
/ A LITTLE -ABNEG ALTON FOR
! THE BENEFIT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
What the central tier of Pennsylva-
mia counties requires is a road which
will get some place quickly; which Will
require the least possible construction
at the least possible cost: which will
/ take travellers through the territory
possessing the most beautiful scenery;
which will not enter towns through
! the back door, nor traverse sections
where the prospect is drab and faded.
/ The Lincoln Highway talks of the
scenic splendors along that route. But
/ the William Penn scenery. if the route
| is laid out properly, will be far more
splendid than that along the southern
/ road.
The William Penn Highway is not q
( local issue.
- When we rid our minds of the be-
! lief that il is a local issue--when We
recall that if we are not directly or
| the William Penn route we can reacf
l il quickly through the construction oi
lateral roadways, then we will be pre-,
pared to give this proposition the at
/ tention 1t deserves.
Ry the shortest possible route the
1 William Penn road between Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia is S14 miles il
length.
/ BTODOSlllOHS nave bttH AliduE u
vary this direct road and route the
William Penn through four or five diff
ferent sections which complain tina
they should be given consideration.
If this latter routing is followed, thu
! distance. between Philadelphia anC
Pittsburgh will not be 3l4 miles, bu
363 miles.
In other words. to benefit severa
communities. so miles are added Il
1.-the mileage.
What would that do?
Would if take travel through thes
; communities? Would you, personally
go so miles out of your way becaus
of selfish road routing, when by fol
lowing the direct road you could saw
that 80 miles?
! The individual boomers overlook th
. fact that travel follows direct routes.
|. They are localizing, or attemptin
TO localize. a statewide proposition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
HONORING THE BOSSES

DAKER, Democratic boss of Ohio,
d for secretary of war; Taggart,
Democratic boss of Indiana, for
United States senator.
If any evidence were needed TO
prove that the present Democratic ad-
mipistration is being run for political
purposes and for the favor of State
bosses who may be able to swing few
votes next November. these two recent
appointments provide it.
Nothing can be said against Baker
save that he is political boss, that
he is a pronounced pacifcist and that
he knows absolutely nothing about his
new Office Outside of that he is a
perfectly good secretary.
But Taggart as champion of Wilson,
Ye gods. Taggart. the gambling hell
proprietor; TagGart, owner of the
American Monte Carlo" going to
Washington ITO support in his humble
way all the policies of President Will
SON" That is the last straw that
breaks the very much overloaded
camers back.
The only possible qualification Tag
CART can have for Wilson's approval is
his ability TO get votes in Indiana
And to add Insult TO injury. Taggart is
given announcement OF his appoint
ment TO the Senate-'the highest de-
Lucrative body in the world'-right in
the anteroom OF his own personally
conducted resort; a resort, by the
way. that has been the subject ot
public protest for years and the object
against which half-dozen moral cam
paigns have been waged in Indiana
since Taggart became prominent as q
boss.
+ in the language of the street, Car
/ sou beat it,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
HOCH. DER KAISER.

Der Kaiser of dis Fatherland
Und Gott on high all dings command,
We two-ach, don't you understand? ?
Myself-und Gott.
Vile some men sing der power divine.
Mine soldiers sing Der Wacht am
Rhine"
Und drink der health in Rhenish
OF Me-und Gott!
Der's France, she swaggers all
aroundt.
She's ausgespield. of no account,
TO much we think she don't amount;
Myself - und Gott,
She will not dare TO fight again.
But il she shouldt, I'll show her blain
Dot Elsass und Gin French Lorraine
Are mein-by Gott.
Dere's grandma dinks she's NIGHT
small beer.
Nit Beers und such she interfere:
She'h learn none owns dis hemisphere
But Me-und Gott,
She dinks. good frau, fine ships she's
get.
Und soldiers nit der scarlet goat .
Ach! We could knock them! Pouf!
Like that
Myself-mit Gott!
In dimes of peace. hrebare for wars,
I bear the spear and helm of Mars,
Und care not for a thousand Cars,
Myself-mit Gott,
In fact. I humor efery whim,
With aspect dark and visage grim;
Gott pulls NIT Me. und ] NIT Him,
Myself-und Gott.
Prom New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
We'll KNOWN PEOPLE

II. Dewitt Cuyler, prominent
Philadelphia lawyer, plans to take a
trip across the continent.
Thomas Schallcross, prominent in
Philadelphia real estate matters will
visit the national association meet in
New Orleans.
Ellis Ames Ballard, Philadelphia
lawyer has returned from an outing in
Virginia.
u. Denny O'Neil, who is promi-
nent in the local option work in Allie
gheny, is a big merchant in McKees-
port.
Senator II. A. Clark, who plans
to run for Congress in Erie, is Har-
ward graduate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
INVESTIGATING WAGES
By Frederic ]. Haskin

cannot work, they do not get paid
III they work only half a day they get
seventy-tiVe cents. These facts, and
some other statistics, connected with
the making of garments in the Dis
trict, were brought out by citizens or
ganiZatons, and the proposed investi-
cation is the result
1t Will be undertaken by the Depart
ment of Labor, under the immediate
direction of DR.. Meeker, Commissioner
of Labor Statistics The names of
$500 typical families including all
the industries, will be selected from
the census, and the Department will
make an exhaustive study of the cost
of living as it applies to these families.
Budgets will be made out, tabulating
all the various items of expense and
setting the necessary minimum for
each. These budgets will serve as the
| basis for minimum wage legislation in
/ the District of Columbia, and will be
very valuable to the whole country for
purposes of comparison.
Significant work along the same
lines has recently been completed in
other big cities-Chicago, New York,
Baltimore, Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
New York had two Investigations, one
| into the condition of the street clean
ing squad, which fixed the minimum
income of a family of five at $S40 a
year, and another by the Factory In
vestigating Commission, putting the
minimum at SS76.
The Amalgamated Association OF
street and electric railways made a
survey of the condition of the men
employed by the Chicago lines, and
came to the conclusion that a yearly
wage of $1209 is essential to proper
living conditions for a family of FIVE
OF this S1209, a sum of $529 is to go
for food, $240 for rent and sass for
clothing. The clothing estimate is
over four times as large as the one
made by the investigators of the New
! York factory commission. This diff
ference indicates a considerable diff
| fernce in the living standards of the
two classes of workers.
The Chicago budget only provides
$40 a year for carfare, because the
men are traction employees, and most
of them can get to and from work
without cost. The New York budgets
list daily carfare as necessity. Such
an item mounts up in a family of any
size, for in bad weather the children
must often use the cars to go to
school, and the mother to do her mar
keting. In this respect the small town
dweller has an advantage.
The Buffalo survey was made under
the supervision of the State Factory
|. Investigation Commission. The Com
mission concluded that a factory work.
er in Buffalo must earn at least $722
year to support his family properly
That this figure is lower than the
ones compiled for New York City is
due to the fact that some necessities
| notably rents, are low in Buffalo. The
rent item for that city is just half the
sum put down in the rent column in
the Chicago statistics.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
SAVE YOUR WASTE PApER

NONSUMERSo of paper in the United
States-and that includes every
body, even the humblest - are
facing a famine in all grades of
that product that is becoming more
serious every day. Every effort should
be made to conserve the supply. Old
paper should not be burned. Ii should
be saved and sold, so that it may be
ground up and used again. Those
whose business it is TO study the paper
markets realize how grave situation
IS impending and they understand the
causes leading up TO it, but to tell
consumers they must husband the
supply because prices are going up
and the supply going down by reason
of the war is not sufficient. The pub
lie is from Missouri"
About forty per cent. of the sulphite
used in paper making in this coun-
try has been imported, and sixty per
cent. OF the rags. The rags came
principally from Europe, and are now
used by these countries in the manu-
facture of gun cotton. The pulp has
come largely from Northeastern Ger
many and Sweden. The German pulp,
of course, has not~been shipped for a
long time. Sweden has been buying
lher coal from England-England
could no longer supply her, as il
needed the coal for munition plants
and war vessels. Sweden retaliated
by refusing to export pulp 10 England,
.and at the present time is not ship
ping any to the United States. The
Swedish mills have combined and
state that If shipments are again re-
sumed they will advance prices thirty
per cent. despite contracts that have
been made.
England will probably depend upon
Canada for a large supply OF the pulp
that she has heretofore had from
Sweden. This. of course, again cur.
tails the amount that Canada will be
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22

able to ship into the United states.
Conditions pertaining to sulphite pulp
also pertain generally to other raw
materials used in the manufacture of
paper.
Eighteen months ago the DUPONT
Powder Company made gun cotton
from the cheaper grades of cotton.
The demand became so enormous that
it has installed n battery of thirty
digesters. or beaters-more than most
paper mills have-for the express pur-
pose of beating rags, which 1t buys
into pulp for the manufacture of gun
cotton. Dupont to-day buys more
rags than any paper mill. The COM
pany pays fancy prices, and it is i'm
material whether the rags are white,
colored. or how they are sorted.
South America. Australia. India,
Africa and several other countries
practically manufacture no paper at
all. They have been supplied by the
European countries now at war, and
this source of supply has been almost
eliminated. The natural result is that
all turn to America for their papers.
Our export business, in conse-
quence. has jumped from very moder-
ate proportions TO an enormous tom
mage, and these nations are willing TO
pay prices far in advance of those pre-
Vailing at the present time in this
market.
Pausing to consider the changed
conditions brought about 10y the war,
and the fact that whole continents,
containing millions of people, are
forced to depend upon America for all
of the paper that they use. ii is not
difficult TO realize why papers have
advanced; why they are eoing to ad-
vance, AT least as long as the war
lasts, and in all probability for sew
eral years beyond that time.
Conditions are going TO grow far
worse before they grow better. In
Germany to-day newspapers have
been cut down and made uniform in
size. and one can only buy new
paper by returning an old one; the
old newspapers are then beaten up
and made over again.
Save your old paper and give the
family rag-baE" the place of honor
it once occupied behind the cellar
door. Help conserve and so increase
the available supply of white paper.
Your printer and your newspaper pub
Usher are not anxious to advance
prices-it means loss of business and
loss of profits for them-and they are
looking to every householder 10 help
keep prices down by preserving and
selling wastepaper and rags.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22

a CCORDING to careful studies by
~ expert economists, the cost of
4 n living has increased from twen-
ty to twenty-five per cent. since 1900.
Such an increase necessitates an over
hauling of the wage scale to balance
it. In a good many lines, the increase
in expenses has been more than Off
set by an increase in wages. In other
lines the increase has not kept abreast
OF the rise in prices, and the low
salaried workers are seeing their mar
gin of financial safety dwindle until
sometimes it is a little worse than non
existent.
The situation is being met all over
the country in q new way. Instead oil
waiting for protests or strikes from
the workers, capital and society are
investigating the wages and expenses
of all classes OF low-salaried laborers
and trying to solve the question by
acting on the information they gather.
An employer who investigates has
simply to raise wages, if he finds that
his employees cannot live decently on
their earnings. II a city. or State,
or the nation comes to such con-
clusion 1t has to legislate, and such
legislation is so new that in many
cases it must be tested eXhaustively in
the court to determine whether 1t will
hold or not
Much State minimum wage legisla-
tion is being deferred pending a Su-
preme Court decision on the Oregon
law. Almost three years ago, bill
providing a minimum wage of nine
dollars a week for women workers
| in Oregon was made a law. An en-
ployer brought a test case into the
Oregon courts, and lost it in the
lower and Supreme courts of the
State. The fight was carried up to
| the Federal Supreme court The hear
lings were concluded some time ago
| but the Supreme court so far has moi
| handed down it's decision. When il
/ does come, that decision will be OF
/ the most far-reaching importance be
cause it will determine the fate ot
much other legislation along the same
| lines.
The first step in minimum-wage
| LEGISLATION is an investigation to de-
termine what that minimum wage
shall be. This investigation takes the
average family-usually five members
and determines the lowest income
upon which it can decently live. Sew
eral such Investigations have already
been made. The United States gov
ernment is about to make one in the
District of Columbia. A bill appro'
priating six thousand dollars for the
purpose is pending in Congress.
The results of this investigation vii
be of nation wide interest, because
they will bear an official stamp tina
previous figures lack. The immediate
cause of the step is the case of the
! Washington street cleaners. TIT
streets of the capital are noted fol
their immaculate condition, but th'
men who keep them that way only
get dollar and half day for actua
working time. If it rains and they
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22

was formerly one of the leading apple
growers of the country.
Fire the other night destroyed the
pavilion at the Slate Belt Park, a
place of amusement near Bangor. All
sorts of conventions and entertain
ments have been held in the large
auditorium and the loss is estimated
at $4,000. The fire is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
THE SEARCHLIGHT
AN AUTO MOVIE SHOW

a device has been patented by the
use of which an automobile can be
made to run moving picture show,
supplying both power and the neces-
sary light. 4 belt running from the
shaft carries the power to the pie
ture machine. The auto is lacked up
sufficiently to let the wheels spin
free. Movies are becoming increas-
ingly used for educational lectures of
various kinds in all parts Of the coun-
try. one of the drawbacks in rural
communities has been the difficulty
of securing light. Bu the use of the
new invention. several audiences may
be reached by an illustrated lecture in
a single evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
"UNCLE BEN's" ENDORSEMENT

Harrisburg, Pa. March 81, 1916.
To the Editor Of the Telegraph:
Will YOU kindly publish the en-
closed letter in your paper:
To the Voters of Pennsylvania:
Honorable Martin G. Brumbaugh,
our distinguished Governor of Penn
sylvania. has announced himself as a
candidate for President There is not
another man his equal I'm the State.
for he comes of the old stock, and fol-
lows Abra ham Lincoln. Both coming
up out of the common walks of life.
Lincoln saved our cou--try, and Gov
ernor Brumbaugh will bring the
Grand Old Party together, as no other
man can.
I wish YOU godspeed i'm this your
highest aim for united party.
From one who voted for John c.
Fremont in the olden days.
Very truly yours.
Il. X. SPANGLER,
or Uncle Ben"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22


lighting at Columbus:
Thirty-two Americans stood Of
eight hundred MeNicans. 1t was
splendid work.
This is pleasant reading. 1t makes
the blood run a little more quickly
and we feel a just pride in the men
who make up our little army along the
border and in Mexico.
But really what they did at Column
bus was only to be expected. The lit
tie American force was armed with
Ihe latest weapons and was trained to
fcht. 1t was acting as a unit under
the direction OF skilled officers. ON
the other hand, the MeXicans We're lit
lie more than an armed mob. They
were brave and could shoot it is true,
but they were not an army. In other
words it was a case of preparedness
against "unpreparedness, and pre-
paredness' won.
This little racket at Columbus is
one of the best arguments for ma
tional defense that has been pre-
Fented. II shows very clearly the ne
Cessity of training and the superiority
OF the we'll trained and adequately
armed troops over mere numbers.
In the face of this experience, what
do you suppose. would become of tht
militia army of the United States
brought face to face with vastly supe.
Tior numbers equipped with effective
weapons?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
TWO OF A KIND
IFrom Golfers Weeklyl

IFTOH NUIIItI NS0hIs
From the New York Times account
of the confession of one Hanel, who
murdered Mrs. Julia Heilner, we
quote:
"The blow knocked her unconscious
and he strangled her by tying tWine
around her neck. He said he had
been drinking on the day of the mur-
der. Hanel has been caught and Will
undoubtedly be electrocuted. But the
wealthy distiller in Baltimore or Peo-
ria or Louisville who made the whisky
he drank Is not suffering any incon-
VenienCe.