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The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
The Mfest EnYestments
No. 2

In ordinary times MT "nc husincSs man
in a thOgsand ~ .gE-tands "LuaHCc.' In
these var times. rn tho government NO
esssrily spends flTsj and U..iiot. a''Crv ..ElS.
and in amounE uCyCr dreamed al b..uu
not one in ten thou-.,rd crnTrp'1. nds how
the triok Is done. THEN. TOO, with the r"y-
eminent business increased a million "a.
there is no tested gveTnment mashiu"Jy
10 handle the vast volume. hartman.
railroad wizard. unoc said he would give
half his fortune to the NAV Who coui'
handle the L. r. :. T.. e. n. .. mfySI.
Wzr business Tsreatcr than the ''ntliuci
three railroads is to6ry handle Iy men
unknown nationally.
Gea who have spent their fives IN tan-
neries are given the hri' Ing of shi1S cost-
ing ldllious, and tne biE shocnakCrs lH7ya
the making OF forty millions of srliicrs
hootS bringing thcm scoIcs OF millions o.
rrofts, to their Office boys. while they re-
,ulate the nations food. nal and clothing.
II must he ~ in FndI,u. NhUlcsle war.
Government saai-s today arc nrcr-sErJy
chaos; the people Go net know il wcI they
do nOt-b1t our great PrySiacut d1es. snd
Is doing titanic work 10 straiEl n thing
out, to the end that the whole county
knows that, fouF Fundamentals are not
chaotic: Our boys are being got 10 tie
firing line, our food. fuel, clothes and
munitions are being got to our sllies. our
Eoyemmeut Is ready with its money bagS
to pay the stupendous bills and the vhofe
American peorIe sand ready u willingly
and enthusiastically hand over to the goy-
eminent the NhereVithsl. Uuder thesc con
ditiouS, o. soon after the wars beginning,
Il Is small wonder the country is standing
On neW side lines calmly waiting the event
uating Il any miracle nCcesNry 20 kcep
thing gJsng smoothly until tho end.
There will be no miracle. Everything IN
this Is In all other ways Will he suh9ect
10 the tnexorable law of cause and eject.
The government must have 20 billions. Il
win get 50 billionA There are but two
ways to yei Il. direct fAKztion. pay as We
80, OF bonds-moftgSee the futIHe. Either
way or both, the government viii collect
from the American people % billions
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Chicago, Dec 4-HOGS-Recsipts. Zoo:
slow; bSiIk, lsspaiT.3O; light 165Oa1.5; mixed.
I6.7Oal7 %: heaSy. l675AI7.lo; rough. B75sIs.9O;
pigs, I2f5also.
CATTIE-Reeeipts. 500; firm; native steers.
ToualsSo; Western steers, 6 IOhIs.40 stockers and
feeders, 6Ooalo.0 cows and heifers. GOAL. 30;
calTea. 7.1al575
SHEEP-Receipts II. .0D; strong; Wethers, asa
I2eo; lambs, I25oAl7.0o
Pittsburgh, Dec. 4-HOGS-Receipts. soc;
steady; heaTies, l7.3Oaf75: heavy yorkers L. IOa
I7e5; light yorkerS l6 Goals 2; paes Is T5ai6 %.
SHEEP AND LAMBS ReceiPts, SO; lcEer
top sheep, N.T5; top lambs, I76S.
CALVES-ReceIpts. 100; steady; top. l5.5o.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Special 10 The washineton Herald.
baltimore. Nd. Dec E--Cloing prices at Bal.
timore grain market.
wHEAT-No. . soft red. -. and No. . ned
winter, 22Is ~ s4l -
CoRN-oob CON, ssuasa fer nearby yellow.
md xhitescob Is quoted AZ tks same ,price. \ =.
OATS standsud white. z7isa7s; MOI sphhe.
RYE-No new westsn. szport. II. tsmi.
vi ees loss nearby NJ. q 70 quality. Lepsl.M
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
BULGARIA IN PEACE PACT.

Amsterdam, Dec. s.-Bulruris has
decided 20 open neEot atoms with
Russia, in accordance with her al
lies. and has sent reply TO this ef-
feet 10 the Russian government, a
Scfia disnatch savs.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
GAMBLING

vIfcr ar Low IN th, 'r-n . s'osss ana
binds.
L- ne look his r.~dfHrr errlr- in IN
,.f-'- l.l us uru a....- r.HF ir.rr'inrE,
~ Ji-. Tho frauee gr.- ,. uar. - tie nam
s'raft q IL all. n fa. Eulrrlrguf c4unot
lave ~ iir1ited mn.rsy 70 fu1Trc its ogrn
TrUr its own ETni-u IfS uTiss nrllies
and arairs and h1vC u virb0nt internal
war. then The d- 1s VI and civiHTltionN
quits will b. trarrr'ed n 'hr Tup.
To iHAc 20 E.N1ns frH1 ths p ppl5 ty
IIr~7t teyaaUn q, ir0T"ssi11. r.lrss TIE
a0yerUUent cOnfscatcs t'g c1Uufg's IN
du7triHs.
To t-rin confp-afiuE INV ~f7 '-inr p---fe
- great as TO s'uiuS Nca'A w.ugs Ovrr %
billions.
Liberty Bonds mus. ? 'he way out. TIE
rsoIlc Csn buy s. t ms Of h1nFs luty
~ soIlinr GiT~f'y NJ directly. tlair FHes-
eut stuck and hIrl u..l.l.
Thy ca1u-t s1 fiHCrl'y. czrrrt - q
sHU- firre. lpa-ause rlarp J. no gDe 20 tgIy
"a bil'E0rs 81 erst0rr 7hav n 81 d Vtat
They rTc d1iuE nov ir a. f-1T6 FENaFty,
fotalin. ~ rlctE indirccl.v ~ h0rf7vin
On thrTp Ct the lSrE Jrust arf fnsrEnce
rnn7a1I07 end Other oursi Cr0uuHTsut m
Etitutious In the erd Il viii ~ the eltriva
Lat a rJvcrument r1nfs-afiun -E0ys -nnient
ownership. but oTdrrly. harmless confscltion.
In the end the pcdrle win own tlc b-st
securities In the cTEutry. Libertys-fUv-
erumcHt bonds Carrying int srest a. HIGH a.
government TN insrstri2s can earn. and the
governmrqn viii tTin Tie cruntTJ's indIrt-
tres, pceSiuE oniy uTaht cBough 20 pay IL
LsberIy Bond iutercst.
TIE hrSt working ort ~ this co-ditidn-
n is already wurtinC-viu he selling Il
.tocks and binds Enl buying of Iihertys-
as nov HhCrtys cune and tho peoTle Enru
to undsTstand actual conditions. the sell
ing Of stOcks nDd bonds yin incrcass Il
declining prizes. and the pEioe Of Lbertys
viii advance.
the rrice q an industries' produces mua
he kcrt at bottoan. an stocts but-Silrrr
stockA
Thomas w. Lawson.