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The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

people, N ho are able to do so, on account of fright lest they starve, have laid in large stores of supplies, thus diminishing the quantity for sale, and as a re- suit the retailers have sold their stocks out, and the wholesalers and brokers are demanding enor- nous prices for what they hold in storage. The result is that a serious condition is imposed on the poor, laboring man, who, owing to his circumstances. must buy daily or weekly. the provisions he needs for himself and those depending upon him.
 The man who was a ble to do so, when told that this coun try was virtually on the brink of starvation, by those higher up, rushed to his grocer, pur chased three or four barrels of flour, sugar, meat, etc, in pro- portion, and hauled 1t to his home and put 1t under lock and key to await the emergency he was told was sure to come.
 These goods he purchased at a reasonable price; but how is 1t with the man who is only able to buy 50 lbs. of four or a dol lars worth of meat or sugar at time? When his first meagre purchase was gone, and he re turned for more he found the store.keeper's stock about gone, and the prices almost doubled. His weekly wages would only buy half as much as formerly, and on this reduced quantity he is bound to subsist, while his more fortunate neigh Dor, who ignorantly and unnec- essarilv, brought about this con- dition, has stored away enough provisions to last for year or more.
 This spirit of sel6shness has played into the hands of the shvlock and enabled him, not only to demand but to receive the last pound of flesh. If the people had not become panic stricken and had gone along in the usual way there would, to- day, be no unusual shortage in the food supply, and exhorbi- tant increase in prices. But as 1t is, some people have more than they need, more than they can possibly consume in months, while others are empty handed, and what little is left for sale is beyond their reach.
 The frantic and spasmodic ef- forts being made to induce the south to feed itself is primarily responsible for the condition of things which now exist Hun dreds of men and women, rush. ing, pell. mell, over the country, in automobiles, telling the peo- pie what to plant and how to work. are deluded into the belief that they are performing a pa. triotic duty, and their inten. tions are good, but if the brakes had been put on the starvation cry, and the people had been aE. pealed to along other lines. and to raise more food for 2r6er and more philanthropic Reasons, the effect would havsebeen just as good and ths Scare which has caused ana is causing, many poor people to suffer, would have been avoided
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
ATENDENCY TO CENTRALIZA
 TI0N.

TI0N.
 The present war scare IS af. fording an excellent opportuni- tv for the centralization in- fiuences of this country to get in it's work. We now hear speak CTS and writers of some ability boldly advocating Government ownership of all public utilities, in time of war, and even going further and promulgating the pernicious doctrine of govern ment control of all the country s industries, including farm opera tions. These propagandists claim that the National Govern. ment has the same right and is under the same necessity to draft men to work on the farms and in the shops as 1t has to draft men to fight it's battles, We are willing to concede this fact It is every mans du ty to defend his country. but 1t is not his duty to feed his neigh bar The question of defense IS collective one and falls upon all while that of feeding one's famil, is individual and single. and rests entirely with the indi vidu T To draft all men into the field or factory and force th-m Tn labor would doubtless provide more food for the coun trv and create more manufac tured products; but 1t would. at the same time, rob man of am : bition. take from him aspirations t9 achieve and succeed, and make of him a mere machine. which. in the end, would be more destructive than beneficial. A nation of forced workers would be a nation of slaves, and would result in revolution or destroy manhood and independence.
 Should 1t become necessary. in order to feed the army, that more men go to farming let them be brought out by voluntary methods In fact, necessity will supply the men on the farm When hunger begins to knock loud and long on a mans door, he will go to work to appease that hunger, and If no other way can be found he will go to the field
 If the Government wants to do something to aid in farming operations let 1t provide the means with which to farm, to those who have them not, and take it's pay in part of the pro ducts. as rent, and with these feed it's army, and in this way the independence of the people would be preserved. and the Governments needs supplied.
 It is suggested by some that when the husband, brother or son has been drafted into the army another man be drafted to take his place on the farm. Such a plan would not only be foolish, but odious and dangerous. It would be the taking of the de fender of the home away, and placing stranger within it's sa cred confines. The idea is non sensical, and if attempted to lk5e put in practice would .yesult more disastrously thah war it. self.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

jumping from tsn automobile, h e sprained an ankle. It was a close call, and the wonder is that all of them were not killed.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

LOST or STOLEN-From my home on April 14th, Sable Col lie dog; answers to the name of Joe. Any information leading to it's recovery will be thankfully received and liberally rewarded.
 J. B. Dishongh,
 Monticello, Arkansas.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

nson's sToronto
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 A rowooi2o 5BrafPht
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 Hence 6 6I-tan
 
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The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
Dignity Dare Registered Number 1882.
 Sired by Chester Dare 10

1st dam Lzziemont by Wechmont [6367l
 dark rich mahogany bay beautiful archd neck perfect model the Chester As show horse he has with o hundred blue ribbons his credthese roadster, herd and model of his co His of prizes at Kentucky Madison mandng for and of them n of $611 head eN pie Dignity Dare saddle racke good walker positive trot under saddle always has high knee and hook action
 Will Dignity l exhibited at Southeast Arkansas Fair - - " FOR TERMS AND FULL DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR OUR sTAI.
 LIONS JACKS, WRITE OR SEE US J. F. Barbee & C. T. Barbee
 MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
FRED BUTTER, 8ASS0,
!. N. c. A. SPEAKER
nae wonderful voice ana wu sing
an1 speak Of Men's Mcet-
ing TODAY.

fred Butter noted singer and story
teller. Will apeek and si6g Al the
mems meeting OF the Young Mems
Christian association. Sunday altar
r9aa Of $50 o'clock Mr. butler has
uzss voice u rare quality and
power - having formerly sung with
tNH Alice Nelson opera company and
later oa was member Of the Dr.
Wlaur Chapman party, and delights
eIl wuo haar him The subject VIII
me How Ter can 8 ca 5ee 2'' snd
aa MI Hutler has travelled aii over
The globe. he Is tho right man for
the subject All men Of tho city are
invited 20 hear him at $50. Many
xiH remember with pleasure HIS de-
Ughtfui singing and STORYTELLING
vs. htle bore Last year as well a The
work ~ Mrs FItler. vino will preside
at The plano
Following the Mems weettrg. there
VIII no on Informal gospel sung In
The lobby. under tine leadership 81
Mrs W d. Norman assisted y. d
mixed chorus OF trained voices. All
are welcome Time $50 p A. Mr.
Butler vl} stng for Tho bogv meet
ing ~ gao which VIII be addressed
b,. Rev ". Olson his address VIII
h. beautifully illustrated With over
thirty atareop'icon eIiAoE on the Lie
az Christ"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
MANAGER OF GRAVES
HERE ON BUSINESS

Walter r. Hapgood business man
Il ger Of the Boston National league
dub. was iu town last night, stopping
over ON hts trip through the South,
ON which he is scheduling series
OF games 70 be played between the
Braves and the New York Yankees
immediately following the spring
training season He virtually closed
q contract yesterday 10 stage a game
In Petersburg on Thursday. April u.
and will leave tomorrow for Green's
horo. y C.. and other points in the
Caroilnas and Georgia, where at
tempts will he made TO put on exhibi-
ton games il
The pravss train in Miami. Fla.
while the Yankees viii have their
workout In Maroon CA. Following the
breaking UP Of fhe camps series OF
ten or twelve games Will be staged.
the one az petersburg being the final
game Of that series. Each team
guarantees TO put it's regulars In the
field and some great contests are an
tlcipated An effort is being made
to stage az many games az possible
near the army cantonments 20 enable
the soldiers to witness the contests.
At each OF the games on this tour
six autugraphed baseballs win be Auc-
toned for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Since these balls viii be auto
eraphed by some of the worlds series
heroes this innovation is expected TO
bring ln n tidy sum to the Red Cross.
Hanznod In an interview last night
stated that baseball In the National
league had not suffered to any great
extent through the war and that he
expected to see thoroughly success
ful season again this year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
BANK CLEARIHGS FOR

Industrial corporations will pay out
$1.2s2.s2S and railroads having yheir
principal offices here will pay out
3.3170T9---a total OF S5,2171Se.
Last week the Richmond Reserve
bank redlscounted s86.065.000 worth
OF paper. while total rediseounts now
are s43.f45. 900
Ciesrings OF the Richmond hanks
for the week constituted the largest
holiday weeks business in the history
Of the city. totaling s30,47S, 3T2,
against s20.5s7622 for the CORE
spending week of last year
Quite a few promotions are sched-
uled for the New Year in several OF
the banks Of the city Colonel Thomas
b. MoAdanns, vioe-pre@ident OF the
Merchants National bank. yesterday
that Assistant Cashiers II.
=. Rossell. w. r, Augustine and @.
letter Jones had been promoted TO be
vice presidentg OF that institution
I ohr. G., White Assistant cashier, hs@
been named cashier to all the vacancy
caused by the resignation of r. H
Broaddus. who has been cashier for
the past year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

uenaauon. II stated hist H would
es able 10 continue in the work q n
gow doing aH Ions ~ the people con
t|nua 20 cooperate w-fth the commits
sion and The dealers Arrangements
have been made whereby the city ~
assured 81 steam coal but even that
supply must be used with great care.
.z the u8tmafun issued BY she COM
mission
To tho wcil-to-do class Mr. Blair
makes . special reYueat Many houep
in which furnace IL kept xoinR fun
blast there nre Hl~o several open fires
tn Hratep. and stoves IT different kinds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

you are visited let me express on rey
own behalf ana on behalf o. the peonls
u the United states. tbs greatesi SYM
pathy IL there Is any way Ia which
we can be Of assistance to you IN your
trouble or lu which we may aiievtnta
some ~ the sorrow aud suffering you
will experience because Of the calamity,
we stand ready so do 40. Until IL ~
possible 20 render som material as
slstRncc. pray take this opportunity TO
convey 10 the people OF your country
the sym pathg which vs. feel for them
iu the circumataHcen, sympathy morA
profound by reason of the nroxnitiss
OF our countries and The relation ~
our people with yours,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

20 troops wac bed up Sixty ste
rrrrurhrrp employed hy the Illinois
Central gave their luuch baskets That
tle troops might H0t go hungry.
Ir Missouri ard Kansas temper
sturss Fs SEED about 3 bei9w Camp
Funston reported 10 below. Coal
stucke a~r iuu ln both states Camp
Dodge I8ER. reported q below
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
EIGHTY PER CEIT OF
CITY is WR CEtO
g@rty Psrsom@ peaa ard Theu~anan
Hgxaris7s tn 0watenaala CITY
President Tenders syn
patkv mna Ata.

Washington. Dec ss--Ths state de-
Dartmsnt received today wireless
dispstoh from the American charge
d'anaires at Guatemala city. dated
yasterdsY saKlag that about 80 per
cent Of the city had been wrecked by
the earthquake which started on
Christmas day
Forty persons we're killed. IL is ON
cially reported. and thousands are
homeless The trenors were atiu oc-
curriug yesterday. The American con
sulAte was destroyed
President Wilson today sent the fol-
lowing word OF sympathy 70 Estrada
CABRERA. president of Guatemala:
I'm the great ~ lotion with which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
SOUTH ATLANTIC OUT
CF GAME DURING WAR

Atlanta. Ga. Dec, 2s-There will
be no season by the South Atlantic
league of baseball clubs next year ac-
cording to announcement made today
by f. y. kalhefeish, president. Il has
Ncen- agreed among thsi Giah owners
TINT the league viii simply suspend
operations, holding affairs OF the
league in status quo until war con-
ditions have adjusted themselves
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
A'AO00 NAMES HIS


commerce. comm ission are 20 be OBJ
served bat any such scheaulss or rates
or orders a. may hereafter be found
60 conflict with tina purposes Of said
procla nation or with this order shan
lie brought Immediately b. wire 70 the
attention Of the director.
taignsd) wv q. M'ADO0.
Director General Of Railroads.
All Competition Eliminated.
Along with the appointments Of Mr..
IlneM. who In railroad lawyer ana
y,ho rapreaentad the stockholders In
the rporga nixation Of the New York
New Haven and Hartford railroad. and
Of Mr. smith. the director general call
cd upon railroad presidents sbecifi-
cally 10 further the governments
work He asked them 10 take up nj
once and vigorously With all railroads.
in their respective territories the mat
ter Of common uss of terminals ana
paraIleI lines wipinR out all com
nctitive prohibitions II any survive and
waving any competitive coutroi or 90
lieltatlon OF traffic.
pirector-General McAd0o also spe-
cifcaliv requested that all terminal
facilities In the Chicago district be
treated In SO far aa capacity and CT
nciency will he promoted, as unit
and that an MISUNDERSTANDING terminals
in New York take up promptly tho
question Of pooling docks. car floats,
lighters and other facilities for dis
tributing traffic I'm New York ha'bor.
including marketing facilities now con-
trolled By individual railroads.
Investigate Eastern Lines.
The Interstate commerce commission
has been requested to have It's rail
roa1g' inspectors make an Immediate
Investigation OF conditions existing on
all the trunk lines in Eastern territory
and 10 submit q report at the earliest
possible moment.
Director General McAdoo has re-
quested from the presidents partic-
ular report on the terminal facilities
or the New Jersey water front at the
port Of New York and TO report as
quickly as possible what rsarranRe-
ments Of passenger and freight train
operations could be made that would
increase the efficiency Of these ter
minals He has made this request of
Samuel Rea, Of the Pennsylvania; r.
n Underwood, of the Erie; Daniel
Willard. OF the Baltimore and Ohio;
" n Truesdale, OF the Iackawarna:
w @ Besier. Of the New Jersey Cen
trail. and r r. LOOMS. of the Lebigh
Valley.
Directo% General McAdoo was IN
conference practically all today or the
railroad situation. He saw DR. Harry
A. Garfield fuel administrator; J. bar
ton Payne, legal adviser of the ship
ping board; Daniel Willard. OF the Sal
timore and Ohio; G. w Anderson
Robert 8. Woolley and Balthasar s
Meyer OF the interstate commerce
commission. and Senator Cummins. OF
Iowa. member OF the senate interstate
commerce committee.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-22

UNSOUND FINANCING
RAILWAY ILLS, s.
BY MAX THELEN,
President National Assn of Railway
Commissioners
It seems impossible that the work
now being done by the various state
railway regulatory bodies could be
as effectively performed by an inn
mense centralized bureaucracy with
headquarters at Washington.
In my opinion the states should re-
tain the powers they now have over
local railroad matters, so long as they
remain in private ownership, with
the exception, probably, Of control
over security issues, mergers and
consultations.
The railroads have made an en-
tirely incorrect diagnosis Of their
financial ills.
Public regulation, state or federal,
is not the cause of impaired railroad
credit. Railroads went into receiver
ships long before the days Of public
regulation and will continue to do so
unless regulation strikes at the root
of their financial ills and is made
thoroughly effective.
California results disprOve the
claim that public regulation injuries
public utilities.
During three years of regulation
by the state railroad comm more
than $2,OOO,OOO,OOO new money has
been invested in California public
utilities. The steam railroads alone
have added 55,OOO,OOO to their in
vestments. And during the last five
years over 1900 miles of new rail-
road have been constructed in the
state.
The real causes Of any impaired
railroad credit are principally the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-22
UNSOUND FINANCING TO BLAME FOR THE
RAILWAY ILLS, SAYS MAX THELEN


suffered from the acts of others. In
vestors who have lost money in one
road are naturally not eager to invest
in another.
SUnsoundness of railroad finances
has been a potent cause in impaired
credit. l mean the UnsOUndness Of
the relationship between share cap
ital and fixed capital - between the
real value of the property and the
face or paT value Of its outstanding
securities.
A man who would expect to borrow
S12O on a horse worth only S1OO
would be considered erratic, to say
the least. Yet many railroads have
been constructed entirely from
bonds sold at a discount and in addi-
ton have issued large amounts of
capital stock without consideration.
Railroad fihanciers have largely
refused to invest their own money in
purchasing stock, but have secured
their funds from the public by selling
bonds.
Later when they need funds for
additions, betterments and extern
sions they find it difficult or impossi-
BILE to secure. them. They are I'M
able to sell stock because that al
ready outstanding represents little
or no value, and unable to sell bonds.
because those outstanding already
exceed the value of the property.
Such a financial structure inevi-
tably crashes. Receivership comes
then, not by reason Of regulation, but
because of its absence in preventing
UnsOUnd financiering.
Whenever a railroad is constructed
where not needed the result is not
merely financial disaster to it, but
impairment of credit for it's COMPETE
tor whose revenues are diminished
by the competition. Such construc-
ton leads to general injury of rail-
road credit.
What is needed is not less. reguIa-
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-09-02
Kriees>poneieent III GntolotH.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-09-02

5lfolge ser gerbrnu1 auslGn0iiben
aafiees bereits Dor Dem &riege aus
oeribie0enen @riin0en in 5ienliber
Abna6me begriifen. @iele oieier
&obprooufte sur SerItellung zines
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&infelriiben, ole Slitterriiben, Ger
Ite, &oegen llno Mnis. SIS giebt aber
genug anOere, aus 0enen man our1
Irodnen, &oi.en imo Mablen 9afiee
berltellen fonn wie 8. .. Den Spar.
eelIumem ierner Die Giheln, oie
@erbiGure uno StGrfe ent6alten.
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aoifee DerpanOt, i6re StGrfe eepG6r-
leiItet einen eeluiiien gl1brlpert6.
Damn fam man aaiiee aus Oeridie-
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Iteaen, ferner aus Oen 6riidten 0es
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oiebt es dIio, lpie man iie6t, in Siile
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