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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31
Il ABSTRACT or STATEMENT.
For the Year Ending December 81,
A. n 101R

OF the condition and affairs Of The
Michigan Commercial Insurance Conn
pany. of Lansing. Michigan. organized
under the laws of the State of Michi-
gan, made to the Commissioner of
Insurance of the State of North Da-
kota. in pursuance Of the laws OF said
State.
President. p. D. Bennett
Vice President, a. d. Baker.
Secretary. h. L. Hewett.
Principal, oi.c. Capital National
Bank Bldg, -lllesan St. West. Lansing,
Michigan.
Attorney for Service of Process in
the State of North Dakota:
Name, Commissioner of Insurance;
Location, Bismarck. N. D.
Organized or Incorporated. Deem
Der Z, 1904.
Commenced business. January 1. 1905.
CAPITAL.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

Do you read the want ads?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
Complete Stock of United State Tires Carried By
EDW ARD TUCKE
TEMPERANCE NOTES
AUTHORITATIVE TESTIMONY.
CHy the National. Wonansss Chris
tiRn Temperance Union.)

In a telegram to President Wilson.
the mayor OF Savannah, Ca, thus testi-
fed t@i the value OF prohibition as an
economic measure:
Prohibition in Savannah has pro-
duced astonishing economic benefitA
Following are the percentages Of re-
ducdOR OF arrests for lcE1me: Assault
with intent to murder. o.; burglary,
~; drunk and -disoRdarly. To; larceny,
90; larceny after trnst. 70; murder,
90 2-S; lunacy, "a; number Of con-
,vfcts reduced. so per cent. Approx
,,mately 5000 less calls for patrol wagon
and 10000 less articles pledged with
lpawnbrokers than In previous years
OF open saloons. Farmers and other
employers of labor agree efficiency and
reliability Of labor increased so per
cent. Enormous quantity of grain re-
Quired for production of alcoholic
drinks Is urgently needed for food. It
will be crime to allow continued
waste In this manner. National pro
ihibition during war Is Of vital impor-
lance"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
XMAS DRIVE AMERICAN
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP

Rallies at the following places to
urge the people of Marion county to
take Christmas membership in the
American Red Cross and help our
men in the trenches and camps will
be held:
The following is list of the place,
date, speaker and time at which these
rallies will be held:
W. Duval, p. m.
Dunnellon, Monday, Dec. 18th, Mr..
W. T. Gary, z p. m.
Blitchton, Wednesday, Dec. 10th,
Mr.. w. T. Gary, 2 p. m.
Eastlake, Wednesday, Dec. 10th,
Mr.. w. T. Gary, 2:30 p. m.
Summerfeld, Wednesday, Dec. 49,
Mr.. w. T. Gary, p. m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
Fer Which Will You Vessi

|: Have you a boy to spare7 The ga
loon must have boys or 1t must shut
up its shop. It sa great factory, and
unless 1t can have 2,000, 600 from each
generation for raw material. some Of
these factories must close up, the oper-
attyes be thrown out upon the cold
world, and the public revenue dwindle
One family out of every five must con-
tribute q boy In order to keep up the
SUPPLY VIII you help? Which Of
your boys shall 1t be?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
Not a Bit Noisy.

Apartment Agent-Are these your
children?
Prospective Tenant-Yes; but they
are not a bit noisy. Their music les
sons take up all their dme.-Judge.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

Thermos lunch kits or bottles.
Nothing better for a Christmas gift.
The Court Pharmacy. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

The incest line of Correspondence
Cards we have ever shown at the low
price of 29cts. per box. Gerig's Drug
Store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

Come in and look at that new lot of
Correspondence Cards. Fifty and 75c
values for 29cts. the box. Gerig's
Drug Store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

Madge-Poor Helen Has the worst
been told9
Grace-I think not. We are waiting
for your version
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN.

Even a man who does not favor pro-
hibition viii admit that the liquor In
dustry goes against the grain.-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17

Fresh milk, Hewett Dairy, at the
Delicatessen Shop. 15c. quart. 12-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-17
l.. ALEXANDER
PRACTICAL CARPENTER
arr
AND BUILDER

AND BUILDER
Careful Estimates made on all Con-
tract work. Gives More and Better
Work for the Money than any other
contractor ia the city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
the. DEMON OF WORRY.

The demon Of worry seems to in
wade almost every home, and more
frequently seeks out as it's victim tho
mother Of the family, with all her
cares and vexations. Worry leaves
the system exhausted. and the mind
suffers loss OF vigor. The habit, how
ever, may be cured, if only ono has
the will power to assert the fact and
then keep to it.
There are many practical ways in
which this can be done. One Is to re-
strain tho outward expression Of the
feeling itself. We may not be able at
once to say, Peace, be STILL" to every
anxiety that wells up within us, but
we can by effort repress its exhibition.
We need not pour out our fancied
woes into another's ear; we need not
carry dismal countenance with which
to- afflict our neishbors; we can at
least keep our worries within our
breasts, and as 4 plant that is shut
out from fresh air will soon wither,
SO these anxiettes and fears. ii denied
an outlet. will lose much Of their in
nate force. 49, rst -.
Let us encourage the cheerful smile,
the frank. clear look, the hearty hand
grasp, the cordial interest in those we
meet. and while shedding BRIGHTNESS
upon others, we. shall find many so1
our own worries slipping away. ..af ii
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
The PRICE.

It's another cent on the price OF milk
And q cent on 4 pound of tea,
And a cen: on this and cent on that
TO be paid by you and me-
To be paid by you and me, my man,
But it oughn't to make us rage,
Or to make us mad If they'd only add
A cent as well to our wage.
It's only a cent on a pound of rleat,
On loaf from the flour Of the
wheat
And a cent en- the clothes we've got
to wear.
And a cent on all we eat.
Oh, they haven't forgot a thing, my
man,
From your shoes, and your coat to
your hat.
Excepting the pay you earn each day
They've added no cent to that!
But every cent they add. my man
Is cent they've CO. to pay
When alt we call to their greed
and all,
And that time will come some day,
And the cent that you pay today, my
man,
Today when you're sore oppressed.
Will be yours when due-and it's up
to you
To collect It with interest!
New York World.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
likewise the manner in which other

likewise the manner in which other
war problems were handled. The
rank and file of the voters, however,
are heart and soul behind the presi-
dent in his war policies, but are op-
posed to the element of personal pro-
fit and aggrandizement taking pre-
cedence over the welfare of the ma
ton.
The sovereign power is vested III
the citizens, who must undergo the
sacrifices Of wartime. foot the bills
and do the actual fighting. and to
take from them the basic right Of
electing their representatives in the
supreme law-making body at a time
when the forces Of humanity are
concentrated in war against
autocracy, would be nothing less
than sheer folly.
The surest way of disrupting the
country is to denv the masses y
:oice in their government.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
HERE'S TO THE EDITOR.
BY Rev. Charles Sickle.

He Is a man Of our flesh and our
blood. Most Of US have localized the
editor to such a degree that we mag
Inc him to be an ethereal creature
whose living among US is a dispense
ton OF divine providence, but tor
whose existence We. are not at all re-
sponstble. And as with all of Gods
gifts, we have become SO accustomed
to their beneficence and their comfort
that we rather take them for granted.
We become conscious of their exist
ence only when they are removed from
us. or when there seems to be an &C.
casion for raising a. mighty howl
When the paper comes with regu-
larity, when our names appear in con-
| nection' with current events, when we
agree with the editorials. when there
il no demand for the subscription
prlce-then all is we'll. But il the
postmar misses out on a delivery, and
it our names are mis-spelt, and if the
editorials indicate some original think
ing which shocks our conservative
feelings, and If the business end of the
paper is pressed home upon U.s.
then, "Oh. cut it OUT" comes the dis
5AAAS1C0 vcH U1\I CVWdIu al @ISt1lu-
ton which has served US faithfully
year after year, and without which the
labor movement could scarcely exist
To the labor editor we owe a debt
Of gratitude which a dollar or two a
year cannot possibly repay. He
fights our battles. He expresses the
aspirations Of the toiIer as the toiler
himself cannot express it. He is in
deed the voice Of the people who wan
der in the wilderness.
For all this, and much more, those
OF us who believe in his job should
stand by him. He cannot always do
it single-handed. Sometimes the
pressure becomes too great for mortal
man to endure. There's a limit to
human strength, no matter how full
of purpose and power.
Therefore-when the editor does
we'll, tell him about it, and do it
right away. When he asks for his
days wage because he has served
you. pay it to him. You'd boycott the
fellow who treated you as you do the
editor in this respect. In a word
do to the editor as though you were
the editor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
L UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING;

The Commercial club this week
experienced another of its spasmodic
hallucinations-this time In the form
of an Endorsement of the principle of
compulsory military training and the
recommendation to congress that the
Chamberlain universal military
training bill be enacted into law.
Now some would have you believe
that when this club of business men
goes on record in favor of some
proposition, it's action is representa-
tive of the sentiment of the COM
munity. 1t DOES represent capital,
but not the rank and file, or those
who constitute about 90 per cent of
the population
1t is common knowledge that the
present war was brought on because
of the confidence of the German war
lords in the ability of the Prussian
war machine to sweep away and en-
gulf all resistance. This grave men,
ace which is now causing world
chaos was fostered by the system of
military training in Germany. 1t was
inevitable that the high degree of
military efficiency attained would
sooner or later seek an opportunity
to express itself, and it is only too
we'll known how this expression has
been made to the balance of the
world.
The present war is being waged
by the allies with the object of max
ing it the final great conflict; to BAN
ish militarism from the face of the
earth, and establish perpetual
peace. The proposal to foist a dras-
tic imitation of Prussian militarism
upon this country by war-mad re-
dictionaries is incompatible with the
ideals of American democracy and is
conceived by a distortion of logic
with sinister motives.
Organized labor, as loyal as any
element of our citizenship, always
has been, and still is, opposed to
compulsory military training as sub
versive to the principles of genuine
freedom and civil liberty.
If the Chamberlain bill is to be
given any consideration, then the
voters should be given an opportun-
ity to express themselves through a
referendum.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
AWART|ME NECESSITY.

Pleading for more general organic
alton of wage earners, The Public OF
New York says:
With signs multiplying that this is
to be a long war, the necessity of look
ing far ahead in our industrial mobil-
ization becomes more apparent. The
presidents commission has effected
what looks like a satisfactory solution
Of the labor troubles In the Arizona
copper mines. Any such solution must
involve machinery for real collective
bargaining, and the Arizona settlement
does this. But copper is only one Of
dozen commodities in tho produce
ton Of which we cannot afford inter.
ruption. There Is first OF all steel, and
there are also oil, meat packing, tex
tiles, and automotors, trucks and air.
planes. In none of these great indus
tries is the labor force organized. We
know not what days Of food shortage,
intensive production, and privation
lie ahead of us. Certainly il the in
dustrial population ID to be tested, the
men employed in these industries are
to be. A great labor upheaval in any
one of them might cripple us at 4
crucial moment: In England a COM
mission on labor unrest has just COM
pleted it's report. 1t insists on 100 per
cent organization Of both employers
and employees, and the application Of
the principle of collective bargaining
great employers cannot look too far
ahead or move too firmly in applying
this lesson of English experience. The
commission now in this country.
headed by Sir Stephenson Kent, must
be needed in its insistence upon or.
ganization and the establishment Of
adequate machinery for continuous
negotiations between workmen and
their employers. The professional agi-
tators who have made a fat living by
cultivating the resistance of our large
employers to industrial democracy
and organizing them in such bodies
as the National Association Of MENU
facturers can no longer be permitted
to stand in the way. They are already
years behind the employers who
make up the membership of their
various associations, men for the most
part too busy to realize into what a
bog they were being led. Any innova-
ton must be cautiously applied. It Is
a situation Of infinite difficulty In
the steel industry we have the Same
problem that confronts political
organization like the old Russia. The
working force has been so long con-
trolled through spies, guards, and ar
bitrary power Of discharge that the
employing corporations ara afraid. to
abandon the iron hand. Responsible
labor leaders shrink from, the respons-
Utility Of trying, to control vast mum.
bers Of men newly admitted to 4 voice
in determining their working condt.
tions. But, It. 10 bettsrslto begin now
than to wait until conditions ars lsss
placid, u ... s.sSs .ss 5a.8
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
LABOR is LOYAL!

One of the outstanding and most
significant features of the annual
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor being held at Buffalo
is the Whole-hearted Endorsement
given Samuel Gompers and his pol.
icy Of cooperating in every possible
way with President Wilson in a Wig
orous prosecution of the war.
Organized labor, led by Mr. Com
pers, realizes the Importance of
pooling all the resources of the ma
ton in an effort to bring the con-
flict to as early conclusion as poss-
ible. And the solid support of the
labor forces is no mean cog in the
fighting machine
When the time comes to negotiate
terms of peace, it is very evident
that the spokesman of labor will
have far-reaching influence in the
deliberations which will result in
designating the conditions under
which the future generations will
live. And it is no fantastical dream
to expect that many reforms long
advocated by organized labor will
receive universal recognition and
adoption.
The patriotism of labor is not a
subterfuge to gain material ends; it
is patriotism that involves real sac
s.fice and unwavering devotion to
the cause of freedom.
The action of the Buffalo conven-
ton dispels any doubt as to the SEN
timent of those who toll in regard to
the war.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
REAL OR SUPERFICIAL?

The publicity department of the
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers
association is giving much promin-
ence to the action of that organiza-
ton at its recent convention at Gin
cinnati, when it pledged it's support
to the government in the conduct of
the war.
Such action on the part of any in
dividual or organization is certainly
commendable, but when the manifes-
tation Of loyalty is by a body of men
engaged in the liquor traffic, an ele-
ment of duplicity becomes evident.
The urgent demand of the nation
in this time of war is efficiency;
with efficiency at it's highest stage,
considering bo0 the man and money
resources, the war will be won
and only then.
Despite the restrictions put on the
liquor traffic by the Lever food bill
and other legislation, a much too
large amount of liquor is disposed
Of, not only to civilians, but to SOL
diers in uniform. an example of the
latter case being furnished at the
Twin Cities, where in is said that the
soldiers stationed at Fort Smelling
have little difficulty in being served.
One thing is absolutely certain;
the consumers Of liquor are rem
dered incapable of giving the best
that is In them to their country, be
they either the workers in the vari-
Gus war industries or the actual
fighting men. Then there is the
fearful financial loss, for who would
deny that the money now spent for
liquor could be far better invested in
Liberty bonds or donated to the Red
Cross?
Here is little suggestion to the
patriotic Liquor Dealers association:
II the resolution adopted at it's an
nual convention were intended to
have any more than superficial
significance. let it impress that fact
upon the public by agreeing to sus-
pend the damnable traffic in liquor
and human souls, so that Uncle Sam
will be unhindered in his efforts to
muster all possible strength in the
conflict for world freedom.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24
Very Suggestive Statistics.

We quote the following passage
from the October number of t..f
Monthly Review of the U. s. Burea,
of Labor statistics:
This little summary reveals /;
shocking state of economic indecency
Just how much is needed for the sup
port OF a normal family in moderat,
comfort is difficult to estimate. Pre-
vious studies indicate that. in a lsrg.
city, the barest minimum upon whicl
existence for normal family can ht
maintained upon a level of commo,
decency can not be less than 5000 O.
$1,000. Such a sum. moreover, i.
estimated to permit OF nothing mort
than the mere creative necessities. II
maintain a real family life upon thu
much eulogized American standard
of living would certainly demand Z
considerably larger sum.
1T is startling, therefore, to leari
that in the capital of the nation. in q
year of unprecedented high prices
807, or 50 per cent, of the 2.110 Fam
lilies investigated had yearly income:
Of less than 5000: and 1895 families
or 81 per cent. had incomes Of -less
than $1,000 year. AS noted above
some of these families were OF small
size, but the averages were not alb.
normally low. Thus, for families re.
ceiving less than 5000 per year, the
family household averaged ~ mem.
bers. and the net family ii. e., e9clud
ing boarders and lodgers) averaged
"a members; for families receiving
less than $1,000 the corresponding
averages were 4.6 and SIS.
"The negroes Jared worse than the
whites. Out of 829 negro families
$50, or nearly 20 per cent, were
obliged to try to keep body and sou
together on less than $500 a year
and 472. or no less than three-quar-
tiers of the total, lived on less than
5000. Among the white families, con-
ditiors were better, but not vastly SO
Nor in all cases did the family
incomes referred to represent merely
the earnings of the male head of 4
household in which the wife was at
home and the children in school
THE pinch of economic distress
among a large proportion of families
il also clearly indicated by the fact
that almost one-third of the families.
both white and negro> finished the
year with deficits
So far as our knowledge extends
there is no reason for supposing tina t
other large cities are in better condi-
ton than Washington. No comment
that We could add could increase the
effect OF the bald statistical state
mont. 49,. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-24

The union label is doing more
than any strike to gain a living wage
and an eight-hour day. All that is
required of you is to ask for it on
the goods you, buy, and insist upon
getting 1t. Many a merchant saws
there Is no demand for the union
label, and he has the nerve to tell
you that to your face. In such case.
show just as much nerve as he does,
walk out and go to another store
whore you can get it. Repeat the
operation and you will be rewarded
BY finally finding that all the stores
will carry union-labeled goods and be-
eager to sell you what you want. r.,