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The Lamar register., 1917-03-28

Average for six months $2.OS l-3
These prices are for milk testing
from 3.3 to 3.5 per cent butter fat.
For milk testing less than 3.3 per
cent there will be a deduction Of 2
cents for every point lower test.
For milk testing more than 3.5 per
cent, a premium of two cents for each
one-tenth per cent will be paid.
We reserve the right to get control
samples on a mans premises and
where certain evidences of skimming
or watering exists we reserve the
right to discontinue further business
relations, or make the cut greater as
we see fit.
We also reserve the right to reject
all milk testing less than 80 per
cent"
The company's rate last season for
the summer months averaged $i.4O
per hundred, and was the highest paid
by any concern buying large quanti-
ties of milk in the country.
This years rate showing an average
advance of so per cent will be big
surprise to the patrons, and should
keep the milk pay roll around the
thousand dollar a day mark all sum
mer. The daily milk receipts are
now rapidly increasing, and promise
soon to pass the twenty-five tons per
day mark. All the patrons are pleas
ed with the industry and especially the
treatment given them by the COM
pany, and the business will continue
to grow at an even more rapid rate
than heretofore.
When it is considered that the in
dustry made central Illinois and Wis
consin the wealthiest farming cections
of the country at a time when the
prices were only a little over half
what is now being paid here, the op-
portunity which our dairymen have
before them can easily be estimated,
and it should only be a few seasons
until the local plant should be forced
up to its full capacity to meet the
output of our dairies.
Mr.. E. 6. Meyer, manager OF the
local plant, returned from the east
last Friday and says the prospects for
the industry were never brighter. The
only cloud at all on the horizon is
the shortage of tinplate and conse-
quent high price which is interfering
with all canning operations. However
the Helvetia company have their con-
tracts made for enough ahead so
they are not forced to worry much on
that score.
The Lamar register., 1917-03-28
Solid Against Injustice

The republicans in the senate lined
up soIidly on the first significant vote
in the second Wilson term-that on
the confirmation of the Presidents
physician TO be rear admir-
al IN the navy to the displacement Of
more than a hundred Of his fellows
Of superior rank and attainmeuts. Sol
id republican votes in congress are
coming frequently of late. We hope
they will continue to be cast on every
question where a real issue arises.
The Lamar register., 1917-03-28
Free Trade Tariff Commission

The long delayed announcement Of
the membership Of the tariff com
mission has been made public. The
members are Frank w. Taussig Of
Massachusetts; Daniel Z. Roper Of
south Carolina; David J. Lewis Of
Maryland; William Kent Of Califor-
MIA; William S. Culbertson Of Kan
sas, and Edward p. Costigan of Colo
RADIO.
Taussig, who will be chairman, has
written extensively on the tariff, and
mis- writings pronounce him free
trader. Roper is product Of the
spoils system. He became clerk of
the Ways and Means committee when
MIR. Underwood surrendered his tariff
views to presidential coercion and
drafted that piece Of misfit Legislation
the Wilson Underwood tariff law.
In the course of the debate on this
bill Roper prepared a handbook
some 800 pages of statistics on tariff.
From title-page TO index it was the
worst hodge-podge of misinformation
and inaccuracies ever spread before
the befuddled eyes Of democratic tar
iff tinkers. Even they balked at US
ing it, and the handbook" went
through revisions and editions before
the senate took up the bill after
chucking the handbook" into the
waste-basket. For this work Roper
was called a tariff expert, was ap-
pointed first assistant postmaster gem
cral, resigning to direct work on the
democratic national committee last
fall David j. Lewis is lame duck"
congressman, a free trader, and his
chief bid for notorlety is rs an ad-
vocate of government ownership Of
telegraph and telephone lines. These
make up the three democrats on the
commission.
William Kent is another "lame
duck" congressman who never stuck
to one party long enough to learn
its principles. He has been every
thing by turns and nothing long," last
year managing the Wilson campaign
in California. COstigan was once a
then progressive candi-
date for governor Of his state, and is
reported to have worked for Wilson
in the last election. His specially was
will probably be undermining
the protective policy. Culbertson is
low tariff republican, if such an
anomaly can exist. He was connected
with the old tariff board, end the
press reports credit him with having
The Lamar register., 1917-03-28
SUMMER MILK RATES
The Helyetia Milk Condensing Co.
Gives Its Patrons Another Record
Smashing Raise

The Helvetia Company has again
beat its patrons to it by giving them
record smashing raise, one so
large that if the patrons had organ
lied to ask for it they would not have
thought to ask for so much as was
voluntarily given them. This is the
reason the patrons of the local con-
densery are all so well pleaced and
so enthusiastic about the industry.
The company this week issued the
following card giving the summer
schedule of prices to be paid for milk
to its patrons:
"The following prices will be paid
per 100 lbs. of fresh, whole sweet
untainted and unadulterated milk de-
livered at our plant:
The Lamar register., 1917-03-28
Advertising Keeps Prices Down

Two prominent business men were
talking things over not long ago. One
of them asked the other, What is the
most common delusion in the business
world today ?" Instantly cEme the
reply, The idea that advertising adds
to the price OF goods"
Every now and then some manufac-
turer has the hardihood to say that
he can sell his goods cheaper because
he doesn't advertise. Every one who
knows the A b e of business knows
that this claim is impossible on its
face. Yet it sounds plausible and
such talk deceives millions of people.
Forget all these sophistries and lis
ten now to the plain common-sense OF
the matter.
In the production and marketing of
goods there are two inevitable costs.
One is the manufacturing cost the
other is the selling cost. And no way
has ever yet been found by which
either of these costs can be eliminat-
ed. Mark that.
Whether you buy farm products at
a grocery store, or mill products at a
dry goods store, or laboratory pro-
ducty at a drug stOre-whatever you
buy at any store, be sure Of one thing:
The price includes the selling cost.
1t must, else the manufacturer, the
wholesaler the retailer and the sales
man could not live.
And Just as surely as there are al
ways two items Of cost, the manufac-
turing and selling, just so surely are
there only two ways in which the
price Of goods can ever be reduced.
One is economies in manufacturing
cost. The other is economies in SELL
ing cost.
OF course, it isn't easy TO cut the
manufacturing cost without cutting
the quality.
But in modern times a way has
been found to cut selling cost-and
its name is Advertising.
Advertising is like a straight line
the shortest distance between two
points-the producer and the consum-
er. 1t cuts out the grades, curves
and the angles. 1t makes a drop Of
ink do the work Of a salesman. Bear
in mind that goods can never be sold
unless there is a demand and adver-
tising creates this demand in the
simplest, direct and least expensive
way. No other sales method can equal
it in magnitude Of return for a mini
mum cost.
And the big returns from advertis-
ing also cut down the manufacturing
cost-that's another saving. I-creased
volume of production always means a
decrease in the unit cost of production
better and more efficient
methods.
The Association Of National Ad-
vertisers has recently been gathering |
some remarkable. facts and figures on
this subject. They show how enc after |
another Of the big advertisers Of the |
country have been able to reduce the
price of their product or else TO i'm
prove the quality at no increase in
price. 1t is a significant fact that
nationally advertised goods are the
1nly product which, as a class, have
not tended to rise in price during the
past few years.
Countless causes are working today
% force prices up. We all know this
" sad experience Against all these
-orces one force only is working to
teep prices down-and its name is
Manufacturing News.
The Lamar register., 1917-03-28

At the regular communication of
Lamar Lodge No. 80, A. f. d A. NJ,
last Thursday evening the third de
gree was conferred on w. e. Coo,er
and Jesse C. Johnston. After the Ger
emonies a lunch was served and a
social evening enjoyed.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27

building a miniature city for 1000
machinists, mechanics, and other
tradesmen of Uncle Sans army will
be confined to forty-two days, thus
making a new record for quick con-
struetion work in the District, and
breaking the existing record of the
building of the Council OF National
Defense home by eight days.
Real estate has been quiet in Wash
ington during the past week. local
dealers report, but business is ex-
pected to pick up rapidly after today.
The second Liberty loan has so oc-
cupied the attention of both custom
ers and brokers. especially during the
last few days OF the drive, that little
attention has been paid to business,
local brokers declare. However, with
the second loan safely over the top
II is thought that Washington's real
estate boom will resume its upward
trend.
There appears to be no cessation in
the steady stream OF newcomers to
the Capital Reliable reports put the
increase in population at over 10000.
Far from all these people have been
able to secure the properties that
they desire, and with their numbers
still growing the outlook Is more
than pleasing.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
PATTERSON CAMP
TWO-THIRDS Up
AFTER 29 DAYS

Wartime washington's record
breaking construction job at Camp
Ordway, Fourth street and Florida
avenue northeast, being handled by
the Gormley Construction Company,
At a cost of 100000, today is two.
thirds completed, after twenty-nine
days of work. The camp will house
1000 men. The little city on the
Patterson tract seems to have gone
up overnight.
One thousand workmen have been
rushing the job to completion. A
steady stream of troops is already
filling up the house as the carpen-
ters put the finishing touches on the
interiors. Two hundred men in olive
drab are now installed in quarters
Several hundred more are expected
within the next week.
Actual construction Of the build
ings began on octGber 1. Seven hun
dred carpenters and 300 laborers
working extra hours daily broke all
records for quick work.
More than two and a half million
feet Of lumber is required for the
buildings. All lumber was supplied
by local merchants, who, in their
turn, also broke all sorts of records
for quick delivery.
November IL is set as the date
for completion of all buildings. II
plans do not go awry, actual work in
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
WANERLY PARk-

THE SUBDIVISION OF LITTLE FARMS.
A little farm. Size ejGN3JO Fronts electric
cars and county road. Beautiful grove trees.
Fine strtRm. 30 minutes to city. 5000. Easy
monthly payments. VIII erect cottage TO suit
purchaser. VIII furnish plans free. 500 plans
TO select from.
acres High elevation Very fertile. A
full-bearing orchard. Two and one-half acres
cultivated. balance in forest trees. Grand
home ard place for poultry, hogs, fruit gar
den. 5000. Small cash payment, balance
monthly.
Three l!ttle farms Each in size lOOx25O.
Large enough for garden. poultry and flow
ers. Large enough to supply the family with
vegetables the entire year. one square from
electric cars. % minutes into city, $500. All
row and have your cottage ready for you
early in the spring. Plans free. JcO to Sc
lect from.
3 tracts OF land, each containing about ten
acres. Two completely covered with forest
trees, pine, oak, poplar. etc. one cleared
ready for cultivation. Enough wood and
timber on two parcels TO pay entire cost
500 to $500 per acre.
All located east Of Riverdale, within two
miles of tho District line One-quarter mile
for all or any of the parcels
ALI. THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE 10
GATED AT WAVERLY PARK. AND CAN
BE SEEN SUNDAY. TAKE CARS TO 18th
AND II n. L. GET TRANSFER To BLAD-
ENSBURG BALTIMORE BOULEVARDl
LINE: CARS RUN THROUGH wAVERLY
wAVERLY PARK co.
l.. WALTER WEED, I4I3 II st. NV.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
means CASE AGAIN
IN LIMEL|GHT;; JURY
TO MEET MONDAY

CONCORD, N. C.. Oct 27.-Aftsr .
Iull Of q few weeks. the case Of Gas
ton B. Means. charged with the murder
Of Mrs Maude A. King, the wealthy
widow. on August 20. near Concord.
10 again the center of interest not
only here. but throughout the State.
The Carrabus county grand Jury
convenes on Monday and already pre-
Iiminary plans are being made for q
thorough investigation OF the myster-
Ious killing Of the woman. Means
counsel are planning a hard hght and
the prosecutions expects q long and
bitter contest, II the grand jury re-
turns an Indictment.
Feeling in the county against Means
Is 20 bitter that both the defense and
the prosecution are ex7ected to asl<
for q change Of venue In the event OF
true bill.
Neither Means counsel nor the so
IIcitor will discuss the case. It u the
belief here that II the case goes to
trial some surprises win be sprung
by both sides. To date no one has
been produced who saw the actual
shooting. Unless q witness can be
obtained, Means viii be tried solely
on circumstantial evidence.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
SUMMON STEEL MEN
TO ship CONFERENCE

The shipping board has summoned
all steel ship contractors on the At.
lantic coast to a conference here next
Wednesday. Methods to speed up pro.
duction will be discussed. Admiral
Capps, of the Emergency Fleet Corpo-
ration, will preside. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Roosevelt will at.
tend and the American Federation of
Labor and Department of Labor will
be represented. Lumber men from
the Pacific coast will confer here
Monday.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
CLARK WITHDRAWS HIS
CHARGE AGAINST BANKS

Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
today declared that he was glad
Speaker Champ Clark had retracted
his statement made recently in which
the Speaker charged that a group
OF New York bankers was seeking
to defeat the success of the second
Liberty loan.
Not only in New York but through
out the country, the Secretary said,
the banks have worked with great
loyalty and vigor to make the loan a
success.
Speaker Clark publicly withdrew
his charges by stating in St Louis:
I'm view Of what New York has done
in the sale of the bonds in the last
three days,'I Withdraw my criticism 3
The Washington times., 1917-10-27

piled. eff she doesn't realize from all
she has heard and read what it means
to have the Germans as bosses and
that it will be our turn next II we
don't take care. she is utterly hope
less"
81 have heard women. too" said.
who said they had given a son or .
husband. and they had done enough" I"
These women don't realize that
they can never do enough to keep
their boys comparatively safe and
we'll" Mrs. Hoover returned. mot
only must our own troops be fed. but
the allies they night with must be In
good trim. No woman. II she stops to
think, will want half-nourishsd
troops lighting beside her boy. II
lessons his chances"
There is still another thing I want
to ask" said l. You must have
heard the reports that have been go
ing about with regard to women's
canned goods being Communicated
by the Government. They have been
denied. but a statement from you
would help matters even more"
Mrs. Hoover's eyes dashed.
''Deny that as enphatically as ever
you can" she said. "I can't tell you
with what horror the idea was re-
ceived here. The Food Administra-
tion never had the faintest idea that
anyone would get such . notion.
Moreover, II ,doem't care to know
what any woman has In her pantry
I understand that persons have been
going around asking for lists. Any
one who does that should be locked
in a cupboard till q policeman
~of course" she continued. "the
whole object OF the Food Adminis-
tration Il to stimulate production and
facilitate distribution, but that takes
time, and until that is done there viii
not be enough to go around unless
we all help"
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
sUPT. WHITAKER TO SPEAK.

w. H. Whitaker, superintendent OF
the District Workhouse and Reform
atory, at Occoquan, will deliver an
illustrated address at 6:45 o'clock to-
morrow evening at the Mt Pleasant
Congregational Church. Columbia
road, near Fourteenth street, his sub
ject being Modern Methods in Prison
Reform" The address is to be given
under the joint auspices OF the League
of Service. an organization of bust
ness women, and the Society of Chris
tian Endeavor of the Mt Pleasant
Church. Mr.. Whitaker will be intro
duced by the Rev. Walter A. Morgan
who has just assumed the pastorate
OF the church.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27

son than William Jennings Bryan. is
''to win the war" Officials who pre-
dict a long war. a climax in the
spring OF 1919. sincerely hope their
judgment is proved wrong and that
Germany will weaken before that.
But guessing on when Germany
will weaken due to internal dis
orders Is the greatest of uncer-
tainties. The only certainty on
which the prevailing Judgment is
based is that the United States and
the allies will not weaken, but will
cumulatively become stronger until
the final blow is delivered. II Ger
many sees the handwriting on the
wall, the war will stop before the
end of next year. Otherwise. a decis-
ion in 1919 can be said to be the OBJ
jective of the wholey allied cam
paign.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27

The German people, through complete
censorship, will be the last to know.
Germany's economic leaders may
foresee the future and attempt to
save as much as possible out of the
wreckage, but the prevailing opinion
that / have found here is that only
when brute strength is ranged against
brute strength and the superiority OF
the allies is manifest will the mill
taristic party become conciliatory
and agree to the changes inside Ger,
many which will mean the beginning
of the end.
Action, Not Words, Count.
Talking superiority will not carry
conviction in Germany-but showing
superiority will Brute force is ap,
pealed to only by the self-same meth
DDS which it thinks will appeal to
others. That is the philosophy which
the allies have adopted. Action, not
words, count now.
Can France hold out until Ameri.
can aid is at her side? This ques-
ton is whispered about still, but the
answer comes much more confidently
today than It did six months ago on
the visit of NJ. Viviani and Marshal
Joffre, when, it is no longer a secret,
France was nearly at the end of the
rope. American expeditionary forces
and the knowledge OF what the
United States is doing and getting
ready to do, have had a stimulating
effect of incalculabIe intensity.
Pleasant A. Stovall, American
Minister to Switzerland, who spent
the first week of September in Paris.
on his way to Washington on a fur
Tough, told me today that Paris had
been transformed by the arrival of
American troops. The city he was
told by his diplomatic friends there,
had been depressed and dispirited
until the United States entered the
war. The hum of American activity
is music to the ears of the French.
Thousands of American soldiers are
every day a visible reminder of mil
lions to come. What nation would
give up under such circumstances,
especially with the indelible memory
OF millions sacrificed that France
might prevail?
End To Begin In 1913.
1t is a new France. stimulated by
American help. REINFORCED by the now
thoroughly trained British forces, under
Field Marshal Haig. The British have
the kick" this year. as military par
lance puts it Next year the Americans,
fresh from their camps. will have the
kick" The French will breathe easier.
The Germans will begin to see during
1913 the mobilization of a great Ameri-
can army. In the spring OF 1919 will
come the big offensives which should de-
eide the war. The war will not be over
by Christmas or by mex tspring, as many
Americans have enormously surmised.
Even the barest preliminaries incident
to reconciliation are not in sight The
military men are planning their 1918 Of
fensives with every confidence OF uni
form support at home, in cabinets and
parliaments. 1t is long haul-at least
another year Of fighting and probably
two. That is the conservative Judgment
which have found among officials
The quickest way to peace, there
fore, in the words of no less a per-
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
No Campaign Is
Complete Without
A Yarn Like This

JoHNSTowN, Pa, Oct. 27.-An
old farmer walked into the United
States National Bank here today
and announced he wanted to get
some Liberty bonds"
what denomination" asked the
bond clerk.
''Calvinistic Methodist, all my
life," was the startling response.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
GLT-EDGED INVESTMENT

WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROPER
TIES AT PRICES VERY MUCH LESS
THAN THEY ARE WORTH. PRICES
SO Low THAT THEY SHOULD BE
RESOLD AT A PROFIT. YOU CAN
NOT GET A BETTER INCOME PROM
YOUR MONEY THAN TO PUT IT IN
THESE HOUSES:
&,lSo-Renting for S45 per month: on the
Heights; near two car lines; 10 rooms
constructed
dwelling, near 18th St. 10 rooms, tiled hath:
hot-water heat; lot 3OxSO with a garage
Formerly held at $500
S,s0e-RentiHg for $50 per month A brick
store on 18th ST., Mt Pleasant. Present own
er acquired IT in a trade and offers It al MS
very low figure for quick sale
IS S-SC-Renting for so per month. =
room brick dwelling, on a wide avenue n
property. 40 ''-'S
S5,SJO-Renting for $40 per month. 10
a s. 900 value.
IS s5,S5O-Renting for s35 per month A :
story S-room brick dwelling, on a wide ave
nue. n. W: at a sacrifice. 1850 less than
the improvements would cost today. MUST
BE SOLD.
NEW HOUSES IN ALL SECTIONS.
II you would like to look up modern. up-
to-date new houses. have US send you our
list.
We offer for sale in the neiRhborbood q,
one hundred new houses that have never
been occupied. Prices ranging from 81 OOo
TO {35 90. WV
Very accommodating terms. Many Of
them can be purchased for as little as sa00
down.
Do not hesitate to ask for full particulars
We would be pleased 10 take you to see
them at any hour 1t may suit you from a,
m. until p. m.
FOR SALE-IBfPORTANT
Always read our advertisements
Phone NJ. 1882 for numbers, or call at office
We offer the best bargains. the best 10
Gated houses. Prices so low that you should
resell at a profit.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY WITH
OUT GETTING OUR LIST
STONE & FAIRFAX,
1872 New York ave.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
81, 500 WILL BUY

This neat 6-room dwelling, with cellar fur
mace heat; on one OF the most attractiy
squares between 9Th and 7th, north of Gi
rard st.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27

NEAR lSTE AND r SITS.
S5,5Oe Will buy an attractive 3-story 10
room dwelling, which was built to sell for
several thousand more. A well-planned
house. upstairs kitchen. The rooms are All
large, light, and cheerful. Up-to-date plumb.
ing, electric lights. Renting for $50 Der
month.
The Washington times., 1917-10-27
SPECIAL BARGAINS.
HOMES, INVESTMENTS.
A SArpTETrE

A SACRIFICE.
FOR sALE-Out-of-town owner will sac
rince these two properties. He is deter
fused
1lO2 Va ave S. w.-NIceIy located s-room
house; lot 25xlO0. PRICE, $500.
2OiS Vermont are.-A substantial 2-story
5rick, with cellar; rooms and tath: 1s II.
t2,75o.
1851 MONROE ST.
wei built 2story dwelling; reception
hail. cabinet mantels, double rear porches.
A bargain at $3.50. Inspect by permit.
4 VERY CHEAP HOUSE.
llH Harvard St, near 18th; reduced 10
$3.50. All large rooms, reception hall, wide
parking; lot about 40 feet deep. Wide alley.
Inspect by permit only.
1904 p ST.
A substantial S-story brick dwelling. good
condition Inspect by permit.
4 low price for this coy home, 81 Ran
ooiph St rooms, bath, cellar. Inspect
only by permit.
SS.s5O-RENTs 5000.
lSSo Corcoran st; 10 rooms, hot-water heat,
garage; 30 feet wide.
DETACHED DWELLING.
Near Delafield st. and Ga ave rooms.
cellar. porches, hot-water heat, electric
part payment.
$500 WILL BUY
This neat e-room dwelling with cellar. fur
squares between 9Th and 7th, north of Gi-
rard st.
GOOD INVESTMENT.
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