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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
LOAN SHARKS.

letter to the editor of The West Virgnian which i.
printed this evening facts about local loan shark
evil are set FORTH little inquiry has convinced us that
there many victims Of these loan agents. who by the
way more resemble leeches than sharks in Faimont and
IN the interest Of the legitimate business men Of the city,
Hsc are made to suffer while the loan agents trick their
victims out Of money and withdraw it from circulation in
9almont, something ought to be done about it
Not whole lot be done by regulating the agents
but Of town. for it fact that some Of the Famont VIC
TINS went to Clarksburs and Morgantown to put them
selves the clutches of the sharks Nothing much can be
done i seems without the cooperation of the VICTIM and
order to that probably will be necessary to
teach him that the obligation he has assumed is not the
terrible thing he frequently believes it to be- AS our cor;
respondent points out cannot sign away his legal
nights even in the Office of loan shark and if he will
take his troubles to business friend who knows some
thing about commercial law very simple remedy for the
trouble be worked out In almost every case we feel
sure.
Perhaps would be good thing for the Business Mems
association which through its credit bureau in close touch
with the credit situation in this city, to take some action
this matter 1t could at least tell the members of the
association just what the standing of loan shark notes is
and the various plans whereby the debtors may get out Of
the clutches. Then when The victims go to the merchants
advice the merchants would be in position to talk with
abe assurance of knowing just what they are talking about
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renew the loan and the principal rurs
on until no one known when.
There u no legitimate excuse for
the loan man and many towns have
run them out. These Constant drains
% the loan man takes the money out
Of lts proper channels and the mer.
chants and others don't get their mon.
ey and In many cases the mans fam.
lily is In need Of accessories which
could have been paid for Il the loan
had not been made,
Ny purpose Is. To cause men who
are paying money to these Loan offices
and getting nothing for It to wake up.
As mater of fact they don't even
get receipt. A slip of paper Is
furnished reading like this:
Received OF John Doe,
Payment In full to date"
40 amount Is shown at all. Certainly
these men who accept these fake re-.
eeipts would not accept such a re.
ceipt when they pay their rent and
no one else would think Of giving such
fake receipt but the loan shark.
The man who borrows from tue
shark, thinks his furniture and all he
possesses can be taken away from
him by the loan man IL he fails to
make his payment or renew the loan;
II these men who borrow will ask their
friends who are in position to know,
they will find that they can protect
themselves against the loan man same
as any other unjust debt.
When the loan man does sue-which
Is not very often, hen brings suit
only for the amount actually borrow.
ed and six per cent. interest-while
the poor fools who continue paying
him pay interest at the rate Of 40 to
200 per cent. Even IL the loan man
gets judgment for the amount, the
married man can exempt his house
hold effects and wages against execu.
ton to satisfy such claim of the loan
men. All he has to do is to file
schedule listing what he has in his
house and the value OF same and the
law allows him $780, which the loan
man cannot touch and the family
with four or five rooms hardly ever
has furniture worth more than 5000.
Finally would state that If these
men who have made loans from these
Loan offices, had gone to their credi-
tors and showed honest intention to
pay their debts, doubt If there is
merchant in town who would not bear
with them in fact the merchants are
more willing as rule to help the men
than the men are to help themselves.
The merchants as a rule have some
knowledge OF the law and would be
able to offer advice to their customers
If the customers would only explain
matters; once he has paid the loan
men, the chances are man would
see his mistake and never borrow
again. The loan man is about the only
person he is willing to pay premium
mo one wants to pay q premium on
bills for groceries and clothing and
rent and don't pay any premium-but
many men go on pay after pay and
pay the loan man few dollars to re-
new the loan instead of paying 1t off
or IL they have paid him enough, re.
fuse to make further payments and
then protect themselves in the way
the law gives them the right to.
GEORGE H. BRoBST.
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Washington dispatches say that in Congress there s
growing belief that only drastic measures to feed the
hungry would bring relief the present food stu
alton. That is Enthusiastically Congressional Here
is situation that crys aloud some constructive leg
isation but the statesmen send to Washington are
afraid of and they want to adopt few relief
ures and trust to luck that it will never happen again.
Well it will happen again; it will happen often until
Congress does its duty enacts laws which will make
1t impossible to happen 1t took the best part Of two
decades of time and lot of to make Congress
reform the banking laws of the country Is it going
to take similar effort to make that body do its duty
in the matter of the laws regulating distribution?
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
The LOAN SHARK EVIL

iIlG GSAN oF1hhh EVIL
FAIRMoNT, Feb. 2S.-[Editor The
West Yirginianl.-I would like to ask
for space to bring before the persons
interested, the viciousness of the loan.
ing of money as practiced by the
loan sharks" In addition to offices
in Fairmont, money can be loaned
through Clarksburg and Morgantown
offices. A man may lose money gamb.
ling and TO cover his loss, goes to the
loan shark and gets $40 or SIS, and
agrees TO pay this back in four or
six weeks; il he fails to pay back the
money within the time agreed upon,
by paying few dollars extra he can
renew the loan for a few additional
weeks. know of a case where $40
was borrowed; in the course of a
year and half $40 has been paid
back to the Loan company and the
man still owes the loan company
Sis. Such practice benefits no one
but the shark, who threatens all man.
ner of proceedings IL the amounts are
not paid to renew the loan from time
to time; the peculiar part of the mat.
ter is that people who borrow from
these loan offices worry very little
about their just bills for living ex.
penses, but have great fear of the
loan man. 1t is also peculiar that when
loan is made if the amount would
be paid back as agreed, they would be
rid of the matter, but instead of pay
ing back the amount, only a few dol
lars are paid and this does not apply
on the principal but only serves to
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PRICE REcuLATLoN.

HE other day this newspaper said government in
j this country would have to learn to regulate prices
The New York World goes step further and point.
out that the police powers of the states are ample to control
The high cost of living problem. The World believes that
under these powers the state take food by due process
ct law for Just compensation" to be determined later
Doubtless to many people of conservative mental habits
such suggestion will come with something of shock but
might well be recognized now as later that some sort
of price regulation will have to be established, and it is
that the matter should be discussed in the newspapers
lieht1ow.
AZ the beginning there will of course be differences of
World suggests but there be no doubt about its expe
cheney There would be little incentive for instance, for
"a man to spend the months filling cold storage
warehouses with eggs until he had created virtual corner
IN that important article Of diet if it was certain the state
come along and seize the eggs and put them upon
the market at an arbitrary figure of the proceeds of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
II ditoyial Comment
On Current Subjects
LET THE STATE. TAKE THE Foonl

LET THE STATE. TAKE THE Food
From the New York World.
Apgered by an. entanglement Of pri
yete interests In a national emergency
the state Is In the act OF taking swift
poesession Of land at RockRway Poin;
needed Tor gun emplacements, leaving
the compensation to be settled at
leisure.
, What the state can do with land un,
der eminent domain It can do with
food under the police power. 1t Is aa
necessary that the people shall be
fed as that they shall be protected
from q foreign foe. The right and the
duty Of the state to guard the health
and preserve tho lives Of ita people
are unquestioned, and tho right should
be used.
The states police powers, SO deep
that they have mover beon plumbed, 40
ssat that they have never been bound.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
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mittee TO watch for their urut-nn,,rs.
ante on tho streets.
Won't be hard to discover thss. n
they koop on crnssrylns,s ire s rsHs
rial that s0os INT. .. sssis 'ksss
OF eoarSe the excuse Niil he that
the high cost OF stockings makes "a
necessary to cut down IN length,
But no matter, we're for 'sm any
how.
George W. Perkins has undertaken
to teach the people Of New YORK 90
eat rice
Hope he succeeds better at that thans
he did in politics.
Another thing George did was o.
order car load Of fish from Tacoma
What's the idea there? Have tho
U-boats scared all the fish out Of the
Atlantic7
Lloyd Georges speech also broke
the market
Wonder which side Windy Lawson
was on this time?
DIR. weirick at tho poliomysli,is
meeting last night said that 0larks-
burg has had five cases OF the plague.
Yet one \of the newspapers Of that
town scolded Elkins and Grafton for
concealing the truth about the OUT
break
clarksburg is yellow and so are is
newspapers,
Why doesn't Dr. Weirick put some
OF the Clarksburg physicians in Jail
His department. that which has
charge Of preventable diseases, never
will amount to boot until he shows
that he is willing to treat lawless
physicians the same as any other law
breakers are treated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
RUFF STUFF
BY RED.

We have with us yet-the Legis-
lature.
Ought to make them work for moth
ing and pay their own expenses when
they make special session neces.
sary.
When the Valley Gem starts to run
she will disturb busy sand merchants
both here and in Morgantown.
Well, they have made enough money
to be able to build their own wharfs.
One of the local stores has laid in
a stock Of cute socks for women.
We have appointed ourselves a com.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

criminal forestalling. But New York
should use its own powers. For pub.
lie use, as set forth in its Constitution.
1t should take private property "by due
process OF law" for Gust compensa.
ton" to BIO later determined.
Let the state take the foodl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Roane county, was the occasion of a
visit which Representative H. c. Wood
yard made at the office Of the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General today,
Mr.. woodward presented the maps and
data, and went over the proposal
thoroughly, the result being that a
special agent of the Post Office de.
partment will be detailed to make a
personal inspection.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24
Elect Officers

The West Augusta chapter Of the
d. A. R. Of Warrington. have elected
officers as follows; Regent, Mrs. Alice
Snodgrass; vice regent, Mrs. Gertrude
Phillips; recording secretary, Miss
Lucy Prichard; treasurer, Miss Flora
]. Koen; registrat, Mrs. Fred Beatty;
historian, Mrs. Albert Mockler; chap.
lain, Mrs. A. w. Prichard.
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which probably some lime the following summer. slow
moving court would allol the owner sum which would
represent his investment and reasonable profit.
twould be much more profitable TO conduct legitimate
business IN legitimate way And i would not take more
than one expenence with police power so welded to make
even an Egg King realize tat the Public be damned
era has passed as completely in the COMMERCIAL world as
it has in transportation circles
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Yesterdays visit to Morgaatown of the Chamber of
Commences committee 1.-THE packet line project was
marked with most encouraging results 1t begins to
look as If there would be regular steamboat service be-
tween this city and Pittsburgh this coming summer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

This nice spring weather makes the average citizen
of West Virginia think of getting his fishing tackle
in readiness and of the things he is going to plant in
his garden and makes the boss butchers of Europe sit
up nights planning spring drives their attendant
horrors.
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tive Sutherland and passed first in
that branch, have also been passed by
the Senate, as follows: Nathan G.
Martin, of Terra Alta, $27 a month;
Oakley Randall, of Fairmont, $50;
Lynn ]. Heldreth, Of Lumberport, $17;
Lee ]. Cochran, OF Clarksburg, $12,
and Cyrus Trough, of Industrial, $50.
Representative woodward took up
with officials at the Pension Bureau
yesterday the application of John A.
Baker, of Parkersburg, for a pension
increase; also. the application of Mrs
Isabella Prescott, of Parkersburg, for
an increase to $40 q month under the
Ashbrook act. He filed similar ap-
plication in behal fof Mrs. Mary An.
derson, Of Douglas, Calhoun county.
The application OF Mary e. Cook, OF
Uler, Roane county, has been favora-
bly, acted upon. She receives $12 a
month from January, 1915, and $50
month from September, 1916; also the
pension accruded at the time OF the
death of her husband, William Cook,
who was pensioner.
West Virginia arrivals in the Capt..
tai are r. E. jackson, Princeton; ].
w. Ware, Shepherdstown; w. E. Cow.
der, Huntington; H. Tabb, Charles
Town; B. F. Rogers, Grafton; f. P.
Riley, Keyser; w. l.. Rich, Hunting
ton; F. w. Brighton. Keyser; Miss
Bessie r. Spencer, Huntington; N.
Loyshall, Burlington; j. A. Moore,
Wheeling; Mrs. F. Worth, Charles
| ton; j. NJ. Rodgers, Jr., Wellsburg,
and c. w. Shaver and wife, Fairmont.
The "bone dry" or Reed amendment
to the postoffice appropriation bill
does not affect the quarta-month law
of West Virginia. That isn't the rea-
son why the solid delegation from West
Virginia voted for the amendment, but
maybe 1t made their support of the
amendment easier for them at that,
| Their constituents who feel that they
are just bound to have their quart a
month can still go get 1t If they have
the price OF said quart and RAILROAD
ticket.
Not so their fellow booze histers of
Virginia, or in any other state like
Virginia which has law permitting a
quart a month to be shipped in to the
individual. 1t stops the shipment of
liquor into prohibition states with the
dead thud of absolute finaiity. The
sceen in the House when this measure
passed has been seldom equaled. It
was more like an emotional religious
revival than a deliberate legislative
body. The Senate passed it OH the
18th inst, and when the President
signs 1t, 1t will be law of the land.
The overwhelming vote by which II
passed was a surprise and shock to
the wet faction, foreboding evil days
for them in the future whenever Con-
gress takes action on anything having
to do with the liquor traffic.
The loss of advertising business to
newspapers, magazines or any kind
Of periodical which goes through the,
mails, along with that sustained by
reason of this Law by printers who
have done good business printing
circulars, etc.. to be mailed, will run
into the millions. There are "a prohi-
bition states whose mails will not be
burdened with liquor circulars nor any
publication containing booze ads be.
cause Of this law. The penalties which
the law carries with 1t are too stringent
TO offer any inducements for risks %
be run.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

II the State of West Virginia had budget system
like that of Maryland there would be no danger of
locks the appropriation BILL Yet the resolution
which would have paved the way to the adoption of
budget system of the things that was lost in
the rush,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

OF sins of omission there probably were many, but
It must be said for the Legislature that its sins of
mission are not many However, the extra session re-
It's opportunities and the public will not feel en-
tirely at until the legislators start for home
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Extra sessions are unpopular. The people of indus
trial centers however, will be justified in calling upon
Gov Cornwel to call extra session to secure gas
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

It will be hard for the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to convince the average housewife that there is
no scarcity of food in this country when her grocery
man tells her that he will sell her only half bushel
of potatoes at a time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Tho Senate has passed special
bill. which Representative Bowers In.
tFodueed and had PASSED IN the House,
granting o pension Of 50 month 10
Joseph q. Stafford, OF MRSontown,
Preston county,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Washington never told lie in his life but IL some
OF US get off with clean slate just over his BIRTHDAY
1t will be doing dogged well.-Wheeling Register
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Llyod George does not to be playing fair with
the newspapers in this country who have been busy try
ing to prove that the uboat campaign has been fail
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

An application for a Widows pon.
sion, eis q month, has been filed at
che Pension bureau by representative
Sutherland IN behalf Of Mary D, Reed,
of Huntington, ~
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GOO, IsN,r !ra

MOonshlns whlskey has goao up to
- a gallon In Georgia, Alabama, Ten.
nessee and Carolina on account o. the
war.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

The West Virginia House OF Delegates seems to think
what is good for the goose also good for the gander
as evidenced by the fact that it does take kindly to
Hatheld's hospital idea.-Clarksburg Telegram
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

To Eet q new rural mail route GOV.
eFtAg twenty,fopF mileB, extending
fsan Spencer as far as Slate creek IN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

sussh Tavern coffee, purs-strsns
-'lrsS GiaX9reds-AdyI
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SHORT AND sNAPPY.

The Grounding occasionally makes few peace over
Characterization Mail
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

Senator overman has heard that there are one hun
dred thousand spies in the United States Certainly
very important MISUNDERSTANDING Sentinel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

If the law of supply and demand has anything to
40 with IT, everybody will be raising potatoes in the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-24

clarksburg is yellow and so are It's
newspapers
Why doesn't DIR. Weirick put some
of the clarksburg physicians in iailg.
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WASHINGTON NEWS =
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. "a
Special pension bills which were In
troduced in the House by Representa-
tive Sutherland and passed first In
that branch, have also been passed by
the Senate, as follows: Nathan G.
Martin, of Terra Alta, $27 month !;
Oakley Randall, of Fairmont, $40;
Lynn ]. Heldreth, Of Lumberport, $17;
Lee j. Cochran, OF Clarksburg, $12,
and Cyrus Trough, of Industrial, SS6.
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Yet one of the newspapers Of that
town scolded Elkins and Grafton for
concealing the truth about the OUT
break.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-10
JEWETT

J. D. Turner and family were here a
few days ago visiting relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. George Kerley are WIS.,
iting near Burke now.
Misses Annie and Mabel Parham
were visiting their grandparents Sat
urday and Sunday.
Gather Hinch made a trip to Spring
City Monday.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Wheeler Reed recently and
left baby girl.
The revival meeting closed at Happy
Top Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steward Hlnch were
visiting Mrs. Flora Sheriff., at Burke,
Sunday.
People are very busy here saving hay
and cutting corn, for there is danger
of frost.
I Mrs. Floyd Brlstow was visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hinch, few days last week.
Il Oct. 3. Butterfly.