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The Detroit times., 1917-12-08


tCop'rshL 1885, by Frank Cruel
fhUEC ITg riHF rTTFg essentials 90 the
life and prosperity OF the peo2le-food,
fuel and transportation
They constitute Che triumyirate Of nee
cessity.
We have allowed private enterprise to
manage these three Out of them have
come fabulous sums of private wealth.
The land from Dan 20 Beersbeba is dot
ted with the castles of millionaires whose
fortunes have their source in these three
This has worked after a fashion, in
times of peace, yet with continuous ac-
compartment of Strikes lockouts and tie
ups every one of which was paid for
by the consumer, a fearful tax of destruc-
tion upon the country's business.
But war is revealing to us our folly.
The pressure of national danger is OPEN
ing our eyes to see that to leave these
three things to the quarreling barons
ana lHtoieraut labor groups IS TO cut the
throat of commercial efficiency.
In Chicago, says the Milwaukee Jour
nal hundreds of tons Of potatoes, cab
bages, onions and sugar beets have been
held for weeks in the railway yards.
They have been there so long that they
have rotted The goods were simply held
from day to day and from week to week,
being sold and resold many times, while
prices advanced and we lived a little more
economically and the food hogs got the
money.
We hear also of billion pounds Of
sugar stored in an eastern warehouse; Of
eggs by the million boarded up while
prices scared; of chickens, beans and
other commodities being held to run up
prices.
And Mr.. Hoover is enlisting the house
wives to save at the spigot while the big
exploiters waste at the bung.
It is about time to have done with the
quarrels of theorists, with clashing catch
words, with the camoulage Of socialism.
confscation and paternal government. II
is a condition that confronts us. and not
a theory.
The thing to do is plain as n pikestaf,
and is coming as sure as death. If we
couldn't do it i'm peace owing to the
ghosts Of antiquated5 business traditions,
we've got to do it in time of war, or
go down.
That thing is this: The government
must see TO IL that food and fuel enough
is produced. and that it is carried to the
people that need it and that in this trans
action no man shall receive more than a
fair wage and that all speculation and
large profits are eliminated.
II need be we must commander an
railroads, coal mines and food supplies,
and force them into the service Of the
common good, by the same right and
power we tax incomes and conscript boys.
Surely If John Doe must leave his home
and position and drill at Spartanburg
or go to France, whether he wants TO or
not, Richard Roe, president Of the A. B.
and c. Railway, owner Of coal mines and
dealer in staples. should likewise be made
20 fall in, keep step, and put his posses
ions at the disposal Of the imperilled
nation.
Potatoes are TO be eaten, not juggled:
coal is to be mined, not manipulated and
footballed between boss and men; and
railroads arc to carry food and fuel TO
the millions. and not to be manipulated
or stock profits or torn I'D by angry
workmen. A government that cannot do
his is n government of boobs
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Novel Cases In the Courts

Thaf 1a who. while neither under
unusual H'al eXritrmenf nor obey
Ir dr 9 from those in charge
of .nr rar injured in che attempt
'1 a1ard moving car. cannot hold
he auer liable therefor merely
.e fhe car WAS ln motion. is
decided .u nc Missouri case OF Gum
.s rmtei r. Go 7. r a 1917 d,
I1I
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Obstinacy


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"ai.a -a}
II. Nla nIi uo, hc r1'od hE.thr
/ rllt ml-t la uItJ by the roct
hIapr o. m4u has experienced the
/ uu.h of rh nrotrh Most ot .aI
/ have llo experienced it7 lru Do
4 HlO r....sUua Iu muU III Olatuuuts.
/ |dul nat th.r disregard oi the rud
.llr of common sense has landed
ta0m ou tha racE ot Ih,llth. Ihr
oCh ol dol. tic 'rasedy or tht
fo.k C business Adversely
/ cheese ur ornate ones arg quite m-
aware at their obsunacy.
They .al themselves determined
and rron-ul,lcd They pride them
selves on having strength OF char
acler superior to most people
Lhel-l -lZ--Ll n-1-est- Ind -l---ullA-- IL
told that iu reality Che, are only oO.
lnafe.
Aet The difference between A truly
/ sfronE uiiied man and An Estimate
one Is simply rhis:
action o0lv $50 long as 10 accords
r.th tha dictates ot duty and reason
Intelligence IS Che keynote az his de-
I.rurl. ..on
Whereas ho obstinate nan ts gov
sned by desire io VIII be guided
5y nothing except HIS personal inclL
nations. preiudices and PROPOSES.
sons
Ths explains why obstinscy is
Frequently fouad in persons of dc
fcctiye mentality
TheN. poor souls refuse 20 bulge
from chosen course because it is
-
cause their intelligence Is zoo limit
cd to permit them lo appreciate that
ltis Is wrong course
More frequently. however. obsf'.
macy is conioned. not With defec.
t.ye mentality bLt with an oyerde-
yeioped egulsm
The excessive egoiat thinks OF
nothing but hts personal comforts
and djscomrorfs Also he is con.
vlueed that ne possesses almost a
monopoly OF wisdom
wen recall one such unfortunate.
Tie had failed in business. having
adopted o vocation for which he vas
NOT naturally adapted A friend
who knew him well advised him 10
undertake another kind OF work.
naming sn-cidc occupation
"Rut." the objection came. "this
wound mean beginning anew az Sl5
q week."
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

at the bottom or lower at the top is
chock f0Il of dreadful possibilities.
If worse comes TO worst and either OF
those alternatives ha, 90 be adopted can-
not whole iot of elastic be put into
Them
We refer TO the skirts, not to the wear
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Having a Chance, AT
Last, To Get Some Place,
Let's Get Some Place


The attempt Of the common ,counci
60 impose a rental Of $4,000 day upo'
the Detroit United Railway for use o
streets where its franchises have expired
in retaliation upon the company for in
creasing It's rate Of fare to five cents is
as silly as is the company threat e
quit operating It's cars unless it is alio"
ed 10 charge that fare.
Just at this time, when ali %! De-
troits industries and worlmen are EN-.
gagged exclusively for the government and
in.the cause of democracy, the ID. /. j.
would not be allowed to suspend opera
tions If it wanted to, bat nobody believes
that it wants TO.
On the other hand. a sthoo boy just
entering arithmetic is able 20 appreciate
that the rental proposed by the common
council would be ruinous.
While the ID. L. r. couldn't bow itself
out of our streets as a means of brow
beating us into submission TO rs de-
mands. we could give the d. U. r. a very
good alibi for presentation to the gov
eminent if we were 10 go off haIf-cocked,
as the common council proposes, Toy fix
ing a rental charge that would oe rumous'
almost. under a rate of fare OF 10 cents
straight.
Mayor Marx is everlastingly right IN
HE position toward this action Of the
aldermen.
He voices the sentiment Of majority
of the fair-minded people Of Detroit and
the unanimous sentiment Of every ousl-
ness man that the Detroit United Rail
way is entitled to a fair and reasonable
return on the money it has invested IN
this city.
And he outlines the only course that
the city can take in fairness toward an
important institution, which. tho it is
public service corporation. must have the
same good American privilege enjoyed
by any other institution and be conceded
right to live.
The situation is one that must be
handled, first of all, without prejudice
1t can best be met in fairness TO both
sides by figures and frankness.
The d. T. r. has already come part
way by keeping its promise of improved
service for the higher rate Of fare.
1t has submitted without the show Of
a fight to the common council action or
deling the cars back on the old routes,
to make the old stops.
If it will now come the rest -of the
way, and we can curb some smaller board
aspirations in the common council, an
adjustment that will be satisfactory can
be brought about in the shortest length
of time.
The company has claimed decreased
earnings and increased operating ex-
penses until it is impossible for it to give
service such as Detroit demands for less
than the five cents it is now charging.
That claim will not satisfy thUse who
are paying the fares until it is supported
by the books of the company and the viii
lngness Of the company to "lay all the
cards on the table"
That is what the d. L. R. said it would
do and if its claims to higher rate Of
fare are made in good faith, it will do it,
In the meantime, Mr.. Mayor if the
company shows a disposition to make
good on the proposition, keep the COM
mon councils hands Off.
The traction problem has been out Of
politics now for long time.
Let's keep it out and having a change
at last, to get some place, GET SOME
PLACE
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
A Hopeless Case

.I anything fhat Won can
rnraflu Dn3 to cure cold 7H raspcd
RID wogit 5e customer
$50 whcez.ugiy replied fhr
hn drRE iast uiRbL 7 had
n o nearly f0 infaiHbie rcmc
a. hl fhi- morning as you ob
.rrse. Z hate cold myself. kan
sass city staE.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Depends On Circumstances

What's that building yonderg
well. said tho farmer. is ] End
a tenant for 80. it's a bungalow If
7 don't, it's barn sburgh
Post
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

r. r. asks what causes boils2"
Boils are due 20 skin Infections
% which some people are very
prone A vaccine administered by
physician viii prove helpful n
their treatment Right living vii
help prevent them
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08


Address, The Ad-mrro5 The Times Detroit Mich
4aay ] at.r % e you sn2" AM .9y2s o1 sest P6 @ a7 p
e appreciated Please withhold w. p
caunadays typical One Of
business write local druggists
h their vicinity supposed 70 be suffering
be catches number for the growth Of hts naloTder business
the Sedaa post
Office sda with which Cannaday does business also mas
additional
this Cannaday. In fact he Is
bank such He viii claim
business tribute 70 he efficacy OF DIS
which doubt the s. commission paid local druggists
organization Of the Better Business
practically completed The organization
The viii work
Associated Advertising Clubs OF the World and its
The organization plans include investigation
advertising will help me honest house
advertising II Will vigorously
auction
TO the bureau rather
and will reduce tho hand
merchandising and advertising II VIII
allowed
the merchants OF the
city ts work The bureau viii bc financed thru
other business
successful operation Cleveland
Annespos the cities Of
Much constructive work H being done and the bureaus have
standing comnun The o The newspapers will be
invited
within held IN the Board Com
Interested VIII be invited
World win speak tho future work OF The bureau az this
meeting
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

NHs DEPARTMENT maintained to shed the light o. truth on me
s~udler
advertisers who have
msed or
honest adVer-
not be
Advice will
and
withheld preferred
Address, Mirror, Detroit Mich.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
BILL AND JIM
"The Beach Boys


They were brothers. Bill and Jim;
Monln'. night and interim
Folks said: Never was ner viii
BE a pair like Jim and Bill
Brothers on th' way G. school:
Brothers 20 th' swimmin' pool
Jim a step ahead inclined;
Bill a-comin. Jus behind.
Brothers on IN coastn hill
slid rgether. Jim and Bill
Barefoot brothers. long ago.
Where III huckleberres grow;
Brothers n their only crime
Robbed a brown thrush nest one time
Brothers by th' circus tent
BIZ warn't there unless Jim went
Brothers when tn sky was fair
And when heavy clouds were there
Brothers votin -ne'er scratch
Brothers in th' cely patch
Lady. smile or captured heart
Never GOT III two apart
Brothers stll. IN after years.
Side by side as volunteers,
IN th days o. sixty-ons
When b Civil war begun,
Bin put on a suit Of blue
N0thn else fer Jim Z do.
Single file they got in line.
Bill a-comin jus benin
Jim fought on and on until
Re had made it safe fer Bill;
bib he pressed th issue grim
Till he'd made 10 safe fer jim;
If M night were bitter chill
jim I'D pun his coat fer Bill;
II th ratons had run slim.
Din nd give his crust @ jim;
Brothers Ia that bitter fight,
Colum ieft er colum right
When at last, tn war was Ger
They's z gether as before
Blil a step b rear o. Jim
jim nowhere unless with him
Once jus 0nce-J.m was alone.
Reasons written ON stone
i'm th' church yard bo}e th' hin
Whore rday Jim sleeps with Bill
Jim step ahead Inclined
1917 acomin. Jus behind
Lived aud died iB brotherhood
jus Ike we az brothers should,
Lived and died 20 llge again
lu th hearts o. fellowmen,
Thus they kept the course unswertad
And "a union was preserved
ST. Louis has bought two coal mines.
utting the cost of her fuel in half. Show
ng us.
Put it down as coming from me. " says
Doc. oul old friend and well-known and
lopuIar chiropodist, that a lot Of these
e.iows who are indulRing in loose war
alk should not be loose in the first place
We dom know wilo ,houd get tho blame.
SOW ahg4~it-7eas begun it
rut Woodward looked last night ar IL
Tho councils gone and done d.
That German money was merely de.
posted for kaltschmidt. It wasn't
placed 20 his credit.
Which stock Yards Reporter Was % Who
Said There ie No Demand For Em7
NeMa lea Nber Hoeg, chauffeur who
.fr- brDu Ntins dT = TTufn-si,, vas arrested
bi headquarters detectives Friday night
CHARGED with beine deserter from the "a.
The school teacher told as once. Bar
ley. We didn't know the war is over. and
)'gum. it am t.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

Na L.fLl nave tFfe NJ
air cleanliness og
body and prr
rogudings. rest.
wholesome food
and a determine
tiuu 10 gct well
Early discovery
% the dis ease ia
also necessary for
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

u carrier IN Detroit. cents week else
ID where. TO cents a week 6y mail So
wear Call Main 4520 entered az cine Pest
Office in Detroit as sec0ndciass oaH matter.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Laugh With Us

The moforlsf had lost hts way on country
road Hailinr Che drst pedestrian he overlook
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08


road Hafng Che FIRST pedestrian he overlook
he asked The way to Blank
tillo u don't know as I can "a q 81
explain 10 very clearly" replied l,N1- IL
tnc pedestrian bUf II youll - -, @
take me i'm your car l'il point 70 fRt ,-,ur-s .sl
out to YOU $50 go along y1l 6@E3fel
Good" said the motorist 49, & - Gi
Jump In" -
"Fir.t or directed Tho pc
doetr'au as ho took his seat IN
thc car "you drive straight ahead The way you
arc roine for about two miles"
When fho two miles had bcen traversed he
continued "Nov NJ YOUTH let me ouf here can
SHOW you tho rest of the way without going
along Just turn around and gu back three miles
tuI there vou Hre
"Why didn't YOU trIl mc ih1t in the first place
instead OF taking me Two miles iu the wrong
direct ionf' demanded The mof0rist
"l didn't want to hurt your feelings right
away bv telling you YOU were going in the wrong
direction" replied the other. and. besides. I
1.-Two here
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

she sees her pei poodle smell that rabbit an
get excited over it she'll buy 20 on The spot"
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

The friend hodI dropped Up 10 500 d'Aubor On,
great animal paihter put fhe dr. h.ur touNhe'
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

you sinaIy inform know snysns about pr p
Al agEcec-atea PLeass WITHHOLD nan1e NJ p
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GET READY FOR XMAS

denly and staggeringly inoculated
with the Christmas spirit in its most
virulent form! You think lovingly Of
Bill and Henry and Edith. and rush
gloriously and recklessly into the
stores, at the last minute, to purchase
cigars and book racks and silk stock
ings in one final open hearted splurge.
You think OF the library lamp you
sensibly bought your wife instead of
the bar pin she had cast longing eyes
upon and the bar pin finds its way in
to your breast pocket. Christmas day
is just perfectly splendid--everybody
has just what they didn't dare even
hope for. and you sit there beaming
benevolently, every pocket bulging
with initiated handkerchief, embroid-
cred by loving daughters. and think
what a pleasant time is being had by
all and how lonely poor old John must
be. sitting up there in solitary gran.
deur at the club.
But the first of January, when the
bills come in and you decide that last
years overcoat will have to do anoth-
er winter, poor old John has it over
the happy married man thousand
ways. He has had to tip. tbs true
but he tips and tipples and SO tips
again. and school bills and the cost OF
baby's milk affect him not at all"
Christmas is a grand and glorious
institution, and i: it's worth it. go
ahead. The kids are the only ones
who can eat their cake and have 1t. too
and after all, what was Christmas
ever started for II not for the kids?
Let the crusty old bachelor jeer and
cavil as he will-the cookies OF his
heart have never been warmed by the
shrek Of joy which informs father
that the choice of roller skates has
been wise one. Father may be
broken in wind and pocketboGk. but
he has had run for his money--a
home run. as t were-and after all.
is not that more, to be desired than
many silver dollars and the snug sat-
isfaction of thank God I am rot as
one OF theser'
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the coloring is not dark enough when
dry give another coat.
The floor now being stained, prepare
for the next days waxing. Mix one
gallon Of turpentine. with one pound
of beeswax shaved thin. Soak the
wax all night in the turpentine before
using, then rub on with wooden
cloth When the wood finally becomes
well polished apply wax occasionally.
A very easy stain is made by putting
burned amber in alcohol to make it the
proper consistency for easy applica-
ton and apply as above: then give
thin coat OF shellac, and when dry
sand paper nicely and give a good
flowing coat Of common varnish, which
will give it splendid finish
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Tempt upOu Tie udIdSSeu VIC
Tins of matrimony among his
acquaintance, "the time is near at
hand when all you proud husbands
and fathers are going to look upon
woodland as the one sweet, soothing
and sympathetic winter resort for the
Christmas holiday. The high cost. OF
giving is going to be added to the high
cost OF living. and the Christmas spirit
VIII be chief mourner. Things are
bad enough at ordinary times-and
each one OF you thinks he Is hit harder
than anybody else. The man who is
fortunate enough to own house is
driven to despair by the increase in
taxes and the price of coal and sery-
ants. and looks with envy upon his
smaller-salaried brother who lives in
housekeeping apartments. and has
only to fret about the grocer's bill the
butchers bill and now the milk bill.
He In turn thinks that the clerk in the
boarding house around the corner has
nothing on his chest but board and
clothing. But when Christmas APP
proaches you are all in the same boat.
Christmas spirit-but sn't it finally
vanquished by the ghosts Of unpaid
bills. which haunt and torment and
poster for the eleven succeeding
months?
Each one of you starts in with the
determination that this will be a safe
and sane Christmas and you'll give
only what you can afford You make
out your little list about two weeks
before Christmas, deciding that wife
and mother and children will have to
be satisfied with the most modest
presents. and your friends with no
presents at all. Bearing in mind that
harpings of the newspapers and O.
Henry upon the sufferings of the shop
girls. You do your Christmas shop
ping early, and what happens day or
SO before Christmas? You are sud-
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, IkN7l wv Is the time to begin saving
your nickels and dimes to-
~ ward Christmas. Indeed. you
ought to have begun a month
ago. if you have many presents to
make this year. There are only three
weeks before Christmas, and that time
VIII pass so quickly that unless you
begin to put by money right away
Christmas will be here before you
know it, and you will be caught with
out an extra dollar for gifts.
One good way is to get little ten
cent bank and stand it conspicuously
on your bureau. where you will seesit
when you are dressing Every time
you notice 1t, think of Christmas, and
put IN some coin, no matter how small
IL Is a good idea to put in all the
pennies you have in your purse and all
the nickels you can spare. You have
no Idea how the money will mount IN
in your little bank.
You can save many dollars IL Won
Will, and in a way which will deprivc
you OF nothing that you need. Yn,
girls who work for your living do mt
always realize how many small sums
slip away from you during the course
OF a week. That fifteen cents for a
magazine to read on the train, that
extra piece of pie at lunch, which does
you absolutely no good but costs five
or ten cents; that soda with the girls.
after the movies at night; that ten
cents worth of candy to MUNICH on in
the movies: the movies themselves, all
these trifles mount up toa goodly sum.
II you have the extra change in your
purse 1t is often hard to resist the
temptation to spend it, but If you slip
the extra nickels and dimes into your
bank at the beginning and end of each
day you will soon have something to
show for II.
Probably many business girls will
wax indignant over this idea of vast
ing nickels and dimes. They undoubt-
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BEGIN SAVING THE NICKELS AND DIMES
There Is Plenty Of Time to Accumulate a Fund for
Your Xmas Gifts but Next Year Try
Starting Month Earlier

eddy would declare, even to them
selves, that they only spend what is
absolutely necessary. This is true
sometimes, bat the big majority do
spend more than they should On trifles.
Girls who make from S12 to $18 q
week and still cannot seem to save any
money are usually wasting good deal
OF 1t in little bits which seem nothing
at the time but mount up to lump
sum that would amaze them.
Now is the time to break yourself
of the habit of useless expenditure. If
you start the habit of saving by be-
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ginning Christmas bank you will be
In just the right condition by New
Years to form and keep the resolu-
ton never to waste even a dime or a
nickel again.
Put your tin bank where it will be
an eyesore to you, compelling you with
the force of It's suggestion to open your
purse and put in the extra coins. Then,
when the inclination seizes you to- buy
a soda. you will find in your purse
just your lunch money and car fare.
and you will be unable to yield to
temptation.