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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
Purpose of Research Report.

One OF the chief purposes of the re-
port is TO enable sales managers, ad-
vertising managers, credit men, bank
ers and retailers to plan their bust
ness campaigns for 1915 more effect
lively. II is pointed out that retailers,
by comparing the figures in the re-
port with their own sales, collections
and stocks, will be able to determine
what standards to set for 1916 and to
compare their own sales, increases,
advertising increases and collection
conditions with those in other lines
in their own and other sections of
the country.
With the thought of bringing the
information which the report con-
tains-it embraces nearly sixty maps
and charts-to all business men and
thus to spread the information oven
wide a field as possible, extra num-
bers of the magazine have been bound
in permanent form and are to be sup
piled to business men at one dollar
each. Requests for bound copies
should be addressed to Associated Ad-
vertising, 500 Merchants Bank Build
ing, Indianapolis. Indiana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Manila, Jan. 1O.-Clarence ]. Grit
fin of California. who with William
NJ. Johnston holds the American ten
mis- championship in the doubles, and
Ward Dawson of California, won the
far eastern lawn tennis doubles cham
pionship today by defeating the ia
panese players, Kumagae and Mi
kami. Kumagae, the champion of
Japan. defeated Griffin for the singles
championship last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

vember so is the years business in
retailing" and November is recog-
nized as On index month in the bust
ness world
The frequency with which the in
vestigation showed that sales rise as
advertiser is increased in a COM
munity-that increased sales and in
creased advertising go hand in hand
is an interesting feature of the report.
An average increase of 2.5 per cent
in local advertising throughout the
country is disclosed. Retailers in
creased the stocks they are carrying
4.S1 per cent
Consumers Buying LuXuries.
Satisfactory increases in iewelry
sales were reported in practically
every city, the average jewelry sales
for the country being 1873 per cent
higher than those in 1914. This shows
that people everywhere are buying
luXuries, which is taken as a certain
indication of good business, for ne
cessities naturally come first and lux
uries afterward.
An interesting fact which the re-
port divulges is that while the jew
eler's sales increased more proper
tonately, than those of the grocer. the
grocer, as a rule, collects what is due
him with much greater ease than any
other kind of merchant.
Collections Above Normal.
n addition to the fact that CON
sumner dcmand-retail saleS-showed
a healthy increase. collections also
were better. the average for :he whole
country being Sc points above normal
as compared with 1914. The point
system of scoring collections, as used
in the report. consists of assigning 40
points for a report Of poor collections,
90 points for a report of normal col
lections and so points for a report OF
good collections The reports of the
retailers are thus given numerical val
ue for the purpose of tabulation and
avera ges.
How Purchases Increased.
The following table shows to what
extent the average customer increased
his purchases in the different sections
of the United States in the several
lines of business investigated, the fig
ures showing percentages of increase
over 1914:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Sales, local advertising, collections
and the amount of stocks carried by
merchants in November, 1915. were
compare with those of November,
~ a. and November, 1913, to get the
facts for the research report. Bush
ness experts concede that "as is No
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Japan'5 forests are being cut away
at rate of l ,0OO,O0O acres a year
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

Marguerite Fischer will appear In
'The Dragon" at the Grand theater
tonight. The synopsis of the play is
las follows: sz.% =
Messalla, the embodiment of youth
and innocence, lives in an old house
i'm Washington Square, with her
father, who has been ruined finan-
cially and lost his young wife through
the lure of Fifth Avenue, which he
tells Messalla is dragon lying in
wait for victims. -,
Messalla starts out to find the dra-
gon, goes up the avenue, and her
meeting with various people bring
destruction and dead to. those who
had wrought her fathers ruin, al
though she is unconscious Of the ef-
feet she is having on their lives. She
gives a package to a woman who
turns out to be her fathers lost wife,
the house being destroyed after the
woman and Messalla leave. There is
a reconciliation, all those injured
were people who had injured her
father, and the dragon has been slain
by Messalla's youth and innocence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05
+ **###*4+++++:
TESTING SEEDS SIMPLE
NATTER.

: Two methods for testing the
: small seeds, such as timothy, or
: chard grass, clovers and the like,
+ vary only in the materials used
+ to keep the moisture near the
: seeds. Sometimes plotting paper
: is used and at other times cloth. !:
: Two plates are taken and sheet :
: of plotting paper put on each !:
: plate. The two papers are mois :
: tened quite little, the counted ;
+ seed placed upon one paper and
+ the plate with the other paper
+ inverted over the first plate. The
+ plates tend to hold in the mois-
+ ture, but they should be exam
+ ined every day until the test is !:
+ finished for fear the blOtters get :
+ too dry.-Farm Progress.
l. y y T. y y y y y y y + y y y y
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

Warren, 1ll.-Mrs. Angela r. Can
field, the only woman mayor in Hill
nois, is ready to quit when her term
expires next month. Mrs. Garfield,
who runs millinery shop with which
to help out her yearly income of $12
as mayor of Warren, is going to close
out her business and go to California
to live.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05
PRODUCTION OF OATS.

This Grain 10 WsIl Adapted to cond'.
tons In Now York State.
In spite of the fact that the Oat crop
is not generally considered profitable
the authorities of the New York state
college of agriculture at Cornell uni
versity say that farmers will continue
to grow oats in New York for a num-
Der Of reasons. The principal one OF
these reasons is that some small grain
crop is needed on most general farms,
and oats is better adapted, to condi-
lions in New York state than either
wheat, rye or barley.
These authorities say that the oat
crop is more generally grown In New
York than any other cereal, wheat be-
ing limited mostly to the level, fertile
plains in the western part of the state.
Corn is more widely grown than wheat
because of it's general use for silage,
but it is usually grown on only the
more productive land. Oats are grown
on more types of soil and under a
greater variety of conditions than any
of the grains. Those who have stud
led farm crops hold that grain crop
is needed to help seed grass and cover
crops-is needed to produce straw as
bedding and grain for feed, so that
almost any practical crop rotation suit
ed to New. York requires one of the
small grains. -.
Since farmers and experts alike agree
that the oat crop is necessity in gen.
eral farming, the problem which they
are trying to solve is how to increase
the profits from it's cultivation The !ex-
perts say there is little opportunity to
increase the price or value of the grain
itself because the price is largely de-
termined by the large crop grown in
the west, where it is more cheaply pro-
duced than in New York. Since it Is
probable that New York farmers &C.
tually buy more oats than they produce.
they may be interested in seeing the
price kept down rather than raised.
One of the things that can be done to
help the Oat crop and the farmer who
is growing it is to treat the seed for
smut. This treatment adds practically
nothing to the cost of production, and
there is good evidence that it will ordi-
narily increase the yield from 10 to 20
per cent wherever smut it prevalent.
Most plans for improving general yields
of crop are said to involve consider
able expense either of. money or labor,
and those familiar with farm manage
ment say that it is rather risky to put
more labor or money on crop that is
already being raised with little or no
profit An effort which costs so little
as the treatment Of seed oats for smut
and one which is so sure Of giving in
creased yields may be said to be fully
justified. .
Trough For Pigs. - : -;
The feeder can pour Stops into this
trough without having an earnest and
overhungry litter of pigs climbing his
bootlegs. and spilling the feed from;
the bucket. It extends possibly foot
on the outside of the pen and makes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

A glance 1T the want column NAV
help you sell It.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

Pioneer advertisements are re-
liable. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

j; New York-Charles A. Towne, ex.
United States senator from Mime
sofa, announces that he will not be
Ia candidate for senator in New
York. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05
ADDITIONAL WANT ADS
Too Late To Classify

FOR RENT-4-room cottage at 500
Bemidji Ave. Keys at 81. 6d618
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

Where to Plant Orchards.
A year or so ago young farmer was
told to set his orchard on hill where
the trees would not be so likely to suf
fer from late frosts as they are down
in valley. The cold air settles down
into the valley and drives the warm air
up, which protects the trees on high
ground, while those on the low ground
may suffer-
The young farmer now says that he
notices the buds on the trees down in
the valley are the first to swell. That
is another reason for keeping fruit trees
up on high ground. Trees that are.
down in valley, protected from cold
winds, are apt to start early, and the
buds, being early, are all the more like
ly to suffer from late frosts. Plant or
chards On high, sloping ground where
are good air and drainage, and less
trouble than otherwise will be expe-
rienced with late frosts +
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-05

feeding easy and simple. The two up
rights will be needed to hold the trough
in place. That common accident of
having part Of the slop spilled by the
hogs or having them thrust head and
shoulders under the stream from the
pail will be prevented by this.-Farm
Progress. .
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11
:O:

man with money who travels abroad just now should transport his reputation under lock and key.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11
G1FFoRD PINcHoT's ACHIEVEMENT.

The public is familiar with the prepOsterOus claim of Gf ford cot reiterated during the last ten years upon the of the natural of Alaska The official figures of with northern territory prove the troe fay of Pnchots whole argument For the fiscal year ended June O 196 domestic and Canadian coal mineral oils,
 lumber and all wood manufactures shipped to Alaska repre- sontcd an actual valuation of $3290022 With the freight ad- dcd the total for these three commodities cost the people of Alaska in round figures $4OO0OOO Against this we have ship of coal mineral oils zero, and lumber and manufactures wood $43O which leaves tremendous trade balance of practically the whole estimate against the territory these three commodities. Yet nchOt is record in his public speeches and writings the effect that these three comodi
 natural representing the fabulous va By his diocy he locked those up that the people of Alaska could utilize them, making his claim that was fight against monoposs but looking up the record 1916 appears that the oil kings of California, the coal barons of British Columbia and the lumber magnatcs of Ore gon and Washington have taken advantage of the Pncho thcorcs while the steamship lines also have much to thank Mr. Pnchot for.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11
AS MEXICO IS.

The unhappy condition existing in Mexico is widely known and has given great deal of discussion Tn ths country of which has been given political twist Our
 interest in country believed to be due to the large amount money invested there No doubt this is and believe it ought be- Many of representative senmenalists, however, object that point of view Let discard then every possible effect of the Mexican internal conditions upon any outside nation and consider the pure facts of the and how they affect Mexico and her people, Mexico is bankrupt
 Her financial system in only There no aw and murder can be- and s committed with mpunlty There IS no real commerce. transportation that be depended upon law to which appeal may be made The majority of the popua ton desires peace but cannot have because belgeen nm ority requires turbulence the price of its easy living 1t would fine thing if great unsesh statesman should appear among the Mexican people and succeed in establishing
 ius able government but Mexico is politically anaemc, and during the years of revolution of ideals has appeared The desire for peace strong in the country that
 quarters of the people desire intervention by the United States to put nation in decent condition That Is not an empty statement but that be ubstantated by MeX cans and by many old residents of the country Mexico IS house in disorder dominated by small clique of buhes who prosper on that disorder The people pleading for help
 uey because it cannot be done openly Was there any greater incentive for benevolent government to perform humane act than there is for to help Mexico?
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11
ALAsKA'S GREAT RECORD.

The final statistics covering the trade with Alaska for the fiscal year ended June 30 1916 Illuminating. Not only did the territory reach and exceed the estimate of $95OOOO the valuation of its total commerce. but for the first time its history exceeded Hawa total and within $8OOOOO of jumping ahead of the Porto Rico total thus occupying first place The standing of contiguous territories for that Porto Rico first, Alaska secOnd Hawaii third and the Philippines very bad fourth Guam and American Samoa represent little in the total that they not worth mention ing For the calendar year Alaska has already taken first place. for with the nine months ended September O the Northern ter rtoy has far oustrpped either Porto Rico Hawaii This is
 remarkable showing when 1t is considered that both Porto
 Rico and Hawaii cassed among the worlds greatest pro ducers of but Alaska copper is ptted against the sugar of those tropical islands with the result that Alaska stands at the head of the list in commerce of Uncle Sans contiguous territories.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11

It plainly was a of homicdal insanity The second wo- man in Philadelphia had been gaining flesh at rapid ra had reached 180 pounds avodupos and something had be done of the greatest dangers to modern society Is the feminine fear of fat
The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-11

Our time is coming Alcohol for automobiles can be made from sawtlus of which have millions of tons.
The sun., 1916-10-01
SEEKS TO AID DRUMMERS.
Argentina rtaps t'niTorm License
Foes for " hol- touutry.

RrtNos Nyrss. Sept. G.-Tho Argen-
tin" Minister of the Treasury has pre-
pared n Hill 20 lie presented to Congress
recommending the enactment Of IA law
providing that the license fees payable
by CONNER 'ial travellers In this country
ho nut on ii uniform basis. and that one
fee shall be- valid for the entire republic.
NJ present the federal capital and
eacii provlnc" require separate licenses.
the ccrt Of which ranges from $50 pesos
To 400 pesos a year. For IA commercial
traveller to conduct his business In all
the provinces an annual outlay OF more
than $500 pesos for fees Is necessary.
The project OF the Minister OF the
Treasury II the outcome OF certain
recommendations made at the Pan
American Financial Congress In WASH
ington In May. 1915. and at the Inter-
rational ',iisrcss for Uniform iegisla-
ton he'd ~ Blcncs Ayres In April last.
II vas strongly urged by Senior l.. Zubcr-
buhlcr. rrcsiden; Of the Buenos Ayres
Bo,sa d. Concrete. y
The project also provides that the
proceeds from these licenses shall, ""
divided amons the various p%rovirc- . III
proportion to The population.
The sun., 1916-10-01
BRITISH SCEPTICAL
OF OCEAN ZEPPELIN
Aeronautical Expert Says
Greatest Difficulty Would
Be in Landing.

loNpoS. Sept. i?.--The statement
made by W ". l~,rs,e'n ~ Chicago 20
THE SrS that Germany has two huge
Zeppol'ns, each with a carrying capacity
~ sixty tons. ready for ~inaugurat.ng a
mail service between tina, country and
America IL being discussed here with In
terest.
While the possibility OF crossing the
Atlantic by a!rship has been for some
time admitted here this new project Is
at present regarded scep'ically. An ex-
paper who a questioned about the
story said II was not at ali improbable
that an a'rsh!p could get across the At
lantic. ~: the trouble would start when
the Zeppelin e~udea>ured to land on the
other side.
People" he said. have no conception
what u means 70 land these giants. and
II II next TO impossible 10 bring them
down safely Without a biz crowd ~
highly 'rained men AZ hand
Where are they 10 get the men from
over th''c who vii, understand tho job.
and where are they Goiur TO put the
Z.ppclins when they got them ,hcre"
"Nh"u YOU remember that these Rep
pclirS ~ he landed head to wind, and
that they have - see landed with tn.
greatest ski D. turning ,hcm around to
get them lntu th" sheds. you will see
where IN, .i|iiiculties begin. You can
easily break a Zeppeiin's back II you de-
hot handle il properly.
The sun., 1916-10-01
RELIEF IN FRANCE
TO Be AUGMENTED
Commission Arranges to FIX
tend More Aid to People
in Occupied Provinces.

LONDON. Sept. I5.--The Commission
range'ncnts have been completed With
all the interested governments for the
augmentation during the coming year OF
the relief 20 be provided for the 2.eo0.-
600 civil population in ;he occupied prov
faces OF northern France Thu steady
exhaustion OF food reserves n the
diminishing vitality OF the population
has necessitated a considerable Increase
In the rat!ons hitherto provided. espo-
cially for the industrial populations in
the Lille and Valenciennes districts.
The allied governments have faci;.ta:
ed financial arrangements by which the
monthly resources Of the commission
exclusively for the French population
are to be Increased from Ss.4oo.0oo a
month to 5000. 900. This sum will be
used to provide Increased imports from
overseas and from Holland.
The German General Stan has under
taken. In order 10 prevent speculation
and 20 obtain rigid distribution OF the
harves, IA the north OF France. TO requi-
sition the entire cereal and potato crop
and TO guarantee to the Relief Commits
sion for the use OF the civil population
Il minimum supply Of 200 grammes OF
-four and 400 grammes Of potatoes per
capita per diem from the harvest. Mis-
%cellaneous vegetables. poultry. &C. are
FREQ from requlsit'on by the Germans
and are reserved for the use Of the civil
population. but no system OF control oe
tho distribution OF these products II pos.
sible.
The arrangements with regard TO ma
tive wheat and potatoes involve fur
nishing from these crops about $4,000
tons OF wheat and $4,000 ton OF pota-
toes IA month. and the commission ex-
poets to import about 3 10000 tons n
month Of wheat. bacon. lard. meat. rice,
beans. uga coffee. &C. The combined
native n imported supplies will pro-
vide "A ration equal to about three-quar-
ters OF normal human consumption. but
yet sufficient TO maintain the population
In health.
The sun., 1916-10-01
FRENCH HEAR OF SANE FOURTH.
Efficacy Of A~nti-tctnnus serum
cited Before Ncnde my.
Special Correspondence TO Tnr ST


PARIS. Sept. 1.-THE sane and sober
Fourth' was cited this week In a dis
cussion at the Academy Of Medicine on
nnti-tetanus serum. Prof. Meter. one
~ Frances greatest medical authorities.
gave the Academy a description Of o
the United States celebrated the Fourth
Of July. "a Joyous and noisy celebration.
wherein inveterate custom demands the
letting off Of any crackers and re-
volvcrs with blank cartridges"
Accidents were numerous. he con-
tinued. and. OF the t.+43 in 1903 40
CAV rise to tctanus 'lockjaw) cases
In this year IL was decided to apply pre-
vcntive injections nt anti-tetanus serum
in strong doses. The results were ex-
cellent. Tetanus cases decreased year
by year. There were III in 1905. 20 In
1905. : in 1912. 3 in 1914 II only one
in 1915.
The professor attributed this improve
ment entirely to the serum. without
dwelling on the fact that the number Of
accidents also decreased steadily.
The sun., 1916-10-01

human being could Withstand tho a X
Ing f1re Of its uns. The German bat
talon commander held this fort within
a fort. directing his groups OF machine
gunncrs. until he met his British cap
tors face to face. For a time II seemed
as II he had beaten them of. but he had
not rcckoncd on n tank.
1T was n tank that battered his
stronghold into submission. II came
porderously and deliberately head on
at the chateau. Bullets merely battered
on i:s armorcd sides. II charged the
mound OF brick and earth like n bat
tering ram with It's batteries in full
action. The chateau cru'nbled and the
German sunnors ceased nring then az the
cheering British infantry pressed over
the trenches. The Wuerttembergers
griInly held up ;he'r hands and the com
mander surrendered.
The sun., 1916-10-01

the pile Of dead Germans grew steadily
all about. but still these men rushed on.
They clambcred to tho steel roo hoist
Ing each other up. IN the hope Of finding
~loopholcs or joints IN the armor of tho
beast Some Of them carried dead men
on their shoulders before they were
themselves dropped by the hidden gun
ners.
1T was a fearful and indescribablc
sight. this futile combat OF mcn with
machinery. The tank fought stolidly,
the crew filled with Coy. Then the in
fantry from Gucudecourt ran IN and
bea, on the remaining Germans and took
OF a few discouraged prisoners. The
field Of battle was thick with corpses. Al
least 400 Germans were dead around the
tank. n monsters passing indisposi-
ton. thirst for gaso'cne, was attended
to and Z; went on It's way"
The sun., 1916-10-01

The other tank. which helped take
Gucudecourt. started I'm the direction OF
a hostile trench beyond the town. II
ambled on III lonely advance until n
deep, broad tissure in the earth made APP
parent the hiding place Of many armed
men. The tanks intention was to sit
astride the trench and play Ia machine
guns freely. but suddenly II halted the
engine had stopped.
INSTANTLY the Germans swarmed nut
Of the earth and buzzcd around the tank
like bees. one must give them credit for
unusual courage, for though the hidden
batteries OF the tank raincd bullets. they
made desperate attempts to storm the
travelling fort. pierce its hide and kill its
crew.
They might as we'll have attacked a
hatileship with spades. The machine
suns OF the a whirlcd necessarily and
The sun., 1916-10-01
Prof. NcElrOy In Japan.

TOXIC, Aux, l5,--Professor Robert Nc
SUIT NrElrOy. head 81 the department
of history and politics NJ Princeton Uni
v"rsity, who IL IN his way to China az
exchange professor. has been spending
som" time In japan studying the educa-
tional System Of Tho empire. lie had
lengthy conferences with Premier
bkuina ard pr. Tnknta. the Minister IT
Education, At ,hr SUNNI" centre ut
karuiH WI h" addressed n large audi
enc. m the subject "TlI- Historical and
Political Signihcarcc Of the War" FRO
fessor McElroy will Spend "a year lectur-
Ing throughout China. chiefly at the Uni
vcreity NJ Pekin.