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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
BANKERS INVITE
BUSINESS MEN
TO PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL STATE
CONVENTION AT WHITE
SULPHUR SPRINGS.
Heads Of Commercial Organizations Ask
ed to Extend Invitstions-&eet-
ing This Month.

Wheeling jobbcrs, manufacturers and
leading business men have heen invited
to attend the annual convention OF the
West Virginia Bankers Association.
which will be held In White Sulphur
Springs. Grccnbrier county, September
20 and 81.
Invitations have been sent all cham
bcrs OF commerce and similar bodies
throughout the state, including the
Wheeling Commercial Association. Tho
secretaries Of the organizations have
been rendered invitations 10 attend and
participate in the program. They have
been requested to invite all officials
and leading business mon affiliated with
their respective organization
The invitation received yesterday by
General Manager Charles NJ. Kntchum.
Of the Wheeling Commercial Association,
to the convention, reads in part: 1T is
our desire this year To have a represent
f';inu If West NiTginia'S leading bust
ness men attend this meeting. for the
reason that many matters WILL come be-
fore this convention that are of vital i'm
uortance to the business man as wcll as
10 the banker. and these subjects are to
be handled by such able men as the Hon.
William G. Mchdoh Hon. Herbert Quick.
Governor John j. Cornwcll and others.
nc same SllccIll Talc given lHe
crs will he given You by the hotel. pro-
ridcd YOU mako your reservation through
the commercial body with which you arc
affiliated. IN" secretary In turn will nott-
fy the bankers aSSOcia ton"
There will likely h" 4 mum Der OF bank
crs OF this community 10 attend. Sew
rral OF chose who were asked last night
IL they intended TO attend said that they
would very likely he present but at this
time they could not state positively. II
is probable that several prominent manu-
ratucJurrrs and business men of Wheel
ing district will join the local bankers
in making the trip.
Those from this community who shall
attend will leave on September IS or ~
over the Baltimore & Ohio. They will
likely take Il sleeper. leaving at 1913
o'clock on the morning of the 10Th and
connect with tho Chesapeake & Ohio train
NJ Huntington. arriving at White Sur
phur Springs on the evening before the
opening OF the convention.
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the training camps for soldiers are
almost exclusively located in that
section, and from which they profit.
With regard to the subscriptions to
the last loan vain efforts have been
made to extract from the Treasury
Department a statement to show how
the several States subscribed to these
bonds, but Mr.. McAdoo has not yet
found it practicable to tell. It is
believed by many that the reason such
tabulated statement. has not been
forthcoming Is because the Southern
States made so poor a showing Of
patriotism as expressed in dollars and
cents that the Demo cratic administra.
ton is ashamed to have the truth
known. The Southern States are
past masters in the art OF getting
money out Of the Federal treasury,
but they are much less practiced in
the art Of putting money into It.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
TIE WHEELING 1rrE111aEHcBR
OUR THRALDO IN WOOL
Sheep All Farms Our Only Means of Escape from the
Continued Supremacy of British Manufacturers
By WILLIAM H. BURKE
Wool EXPERT
Wool Expert

out been actuatcd by tho desire TO deal
us fairly with American manufacturers
ns it's military cNigcncIeS Will permits
hut il is dependent for its Information
largely upon those Of tho British manu-
fucturerS who rank las experts. and
these men have consistently used their.
authoritative position. to prevent any
possibility of>Hn expansion of American
manufacturing interests which could
prove Smenace to them after the close
of the war.
1t was and Is real menace: for
American methods. in all lines of man
ufacturc. have been demonstrating their
superiority over those employed in
Europe. and any assurance Of ample
supplies Of the raw material would in
crease at once the amount OF machinery
operating In the United States. with the
certainy of establishing here a compel
ton with British wuollen manufactures
which does not now. exist. After the
war the elimination Of German. Belgian
and. In Il large measure French woollen
manufacturers. Will open UP an enor-
nous field for either England or the
United States. England Is taking very
good care that the advantage shall lie
wholly with her own manufacturers.
We cannot very we'll blame her. But.
as her ally in the war, we have every
right TO lay claim to such q supply Of
wool as shall suffice for our own needs,
Whether we will b. allowed any more
than tho trivial concession OF $4,000.
100 pounds which have been promised
TO us is prob!cmatcul.
Our only Other recourse is TO encour-
uGe---nr. 10 b" precise. refrain from dis
cuuraeinE-our wool growers. 1t is
scarcely to be expected that the $40
acre grazing law will be repealed. al
though that would afford tho quickest
and greatest means OF arrestlng the de-
strucIinn of our flocks.
A restoration Of the forest reserves
to the original grazing uses would add
many millions OF sheep to our national
supply. y campaign to spread knowl-
edge Of the fact that il Is not only pa
triotic but profitable for the avcras,'
farmer everywhere in the United States
to carry n small flock of sheep. would
so far to place US in position OF in
dependence on n basis similar to the
sheep industry IL England where. small
as is the acreage compared with ours.
the annual clip equals so per cent Of
tho entire wool crop of the Unite
States. Indeed. dependence upon the
individual American farmer is now our
only hope nf escape from complete
thraldom to British manufacturers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
Tuesday, September II, 1917.
WAR TAX BILL PASSED

The most important act OF the
Senate before it passed the war tax
bin was to strike out the consumption
tax clause which levied on sugar,
rnoiasses, tea, coffee and cocoa. taxes
that would have born more heavily on
the DOOR than any other class. Senator
I,aFb1lette made a final and fruttless
endexyor to confscate wealth by In
Producing a substitute for the COM
mittee bill, proposing to raise about
$500, oo0,0 900. mainly from incomes
and war profits. His proposition was
ONLY able to muster Is votes against
a negative vote Of SIS. Amendments
seeking to raise the second class
postage rates and other propositions
affecting newspaper publications were
eliminated from the measure.
The vote on the final passage or the
measure was So to 4-Senators Borah,
Gronna. LaFollette and Norris voting
in the negative. The bill. Of course
contains some inequities, but the
Senate had a most difficult task to
perfor:n and has probably given US
the best that could be obtained under
the circumstances. AS the bill stands
i provides for levy somewhat under
: s.. 400 600 900. some s5Oo.OO0,0o0 more
than vas provided for in the bill as
II PASSED the House over four months
AGO. |: still has TO run the gauntlet
of the conference committee. and may
be still further revised before an
ag-cer'f Mt is reached.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

The restrictions placed upon the inn
portation Of wool into the United States
from the British dependencies. under the
policies pursued by the British govern
trent. have been due partly 10 lcEiu-
mato war precautions Of Great Britain
and partly to tho belief that Great Brf-
thin would require for her own use and
that Of her active allies all the wool
produced within tllr bounds Of the en-
pirc. \ third ground. originally alleged
was that the Imperial government must
obtain Central OF wool prices IN order
To prevent CNturtionatr charges for the
military supplies lng which wool ell
tors. This latter expectation failed TO
be realized. for. when the wool markets
verb duo 10 decline. they advanced: and
the regulation Of wool prices was &C
complished only by government price
fixing and prohibition Of speculation
In wool as complete as that which now
prevails with regard TO wheat in tho
United States. The British govcrnmt nj
is now the wool merchant for the cnl-
pire. buying direct from the growers
and selling to the mills. very often at a
profit.
IL' WILL WI "iiIti MI CIV
Britain based its emhargoes proved IA
have little basis Of necessity: the wool
which was supposed to be leaking into
Germany from the United States was
negligible In amount. only 100000
pounds having been shipped from this
country to Germany during the past
three years. and that only at tho worry
beginning OF tho war. before Great
Britain declared wool contraband. 1t is
perfectly known in the trade that
Americans have acted in good faith with
regard TO their acQuiesence in the Brit
ish desire to keep wool from reaching
Germany: and at times they have been
able 10 impress the British government
with their sincerity.
The periods during which they have
not been able to make that impression
have been those when British woollen
manufacturers. jealous of out steady ex-
pansion. persuaded the imperial author
tiles that we were still getting wool into
Germany through the neutrals whose
territories were contiguous 10 Ger
many's: or again, when those manu-
facturers insisted that all the wool oh
tainable in tho British dependencies
would bc needed to provide for the needs
Of the British armies and for the armies
Of her allies in the field
The British government has through
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
NOT EXACT JUSTICE

| It is rather a queer contradiction
on the part OF the. farming class in
condemning the spectators for rob
bling them yet insisting that the price
TO which speculation had driven
wheat be fixed by the government as
their price for a year. The Intel
ligencer had something to say the
other day on the arbitrary action Of
the government In making mini
mum price for wheat and a maximum
price for COAL clear discrimination
which puts the farmer In the priv
ileged class. Are not the abnormal
prices the farmer is getting for every
thing these days as much excess
profits as those reaped by the iron
and steel industry, yet no one has
had the temerity to suggest the addi-
tional profits Of the former should be
taxed. The government price for
wheat is the lowest the farmer may
receive; he is at liberty to get any
thing beyond that he can. But indus
trial production must be confined to-
certain prices beyond which they
cannot go.
1t is quite interesting in this con-
troversy to note that the farmer
thinks he ought to get the highest
price, for the whole year and with
government guarantee. that his COM
modities touch at any time in the
speculative market. For example. the
North Dakota farmers, whose political
outgivings sound very socialistc and
not free from pro-Gernanism, de-
manded that the price Of wheat be
fixed at $306 because wheat touched
that point in the speculative market
on August 10.
They are furious that steel makers
should get higher prices than they did
before the war Their political repre-.
SeQldtlESS luSiSl a. lASlA bCACSS tA1N
manufacturers should have all the
war profits taxed out Of them. But
the farmer Of course ought to have
war profits; they ought to have not
! only all that the traffic will bear. "
but they ought to have their profits
underwritten by the government, and
taxation ought not to touch their war
profits.
The Intelligencer believes that the
| farmer should be assured fair
profit, but is there any justice in
elevating them into a privileged class
above law which makes their pros,
perity a charge upon the rest Of the
community? Others may not combine
| to increase the prices Of what they
, have to sell. but the farmers and the
I wage earners may. In the interest OF
the consumer others may not hold
food Off the market to e1tort better
price; but the farmer may.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
"a |nfanti|e Paralysis
Cases in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Sept. TO-
Ninety-four cases Of infantile paralysis
were reported to the state department
of health in the month OF August from
Is Of the SIS counties of the state, &C.
cording TO a statement issued today
covering the subject. Twenty OF the
cases were reported from Marion
county, Is from Harrison and II from
Wood,
The other cases we're scattered as
follows: Barbour county, 8; Braxton,
2; Gilmer. 2; Lewis. .; Marshall, L;
Mineral. 4; Monroe. /; Ohio, 4: Pres
ton. 4; Taylor, 8; Richie. 8: Tucker,
4; Upshur, 8; and Wetzel, /.
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PUNISHMENT DEMANDED.

Special Dispatch tn the in;"Grncrr.
EAST LIVERPOOL, O.. Sept. 10
Trades and Labor council today for.
warded letter TO United States Sen.
Alice Pomerene at Washington re.
guessing that some punishment be in
flicted on the commanders of Com
panies + and &, Ohio National Guard.
al Steubenville, because Of their re-
fusal to march with tho drafted men
on Friday. Twenty.three East Liver
pool drafted men joined the Jefferson
county men at Steuhenville.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
WILL PASS SOLDIERS
INSURANCE MEASURE

WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.-The sold
iers and sailors insurance bill probably
will be passed in the house tomorrow
under a special rule. Debate dragged
today To such an extent that not an
amendment was reached and tonight
when Representative Madden, OF 1llt>
nols. republican objected to meeting
early tomorrow. the democrats planned
to invoke special rule and close all
debate. "
Only one major administration amend
ment will be offered before the final
vote. Representative : Adamson. OF
Georgia. will seek. at the request OF
President Wilson. to substitute limit
of $4,000 on optional insurance policies
for the $1,000 limit now in the bill.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
CUPID GETS TEAcK11s.

WASHINGTON. Pa. Sept. 1o.-Atten-
ton has been called to the inroads made
by Cupid in the teaching corps OF the
Washington schools which open to-mor-
row. Numerous vacancies have occurred
through marriages since last year and
tho school board has been forced repeat
cdly 10 hunt for new instructors as a re-
suit a scarcity OF pcdagqgues has made
the task a hard one and the school direc-
tors are hoping this year that marriages
will be discouraged. The Washington
teachers who have married and resigned
their positions are: Mrs. Ethel 81,
Beachham) Burnside. Mrs. Louis r.
(Beckers) Chalfant, Mrs. Helen u. (Fos-
teri Huff, Mrs. Pearl A. (Guinn) Price.
Mrs. Kitty L. (Dunn) Wolfe. Mrs. Helen
Lee (Bond) smR1ley, Mrs. Estells X.
(Means) Driehorst and Mrs. Thefese I;
(Drexler) Kochendarfer. - S..
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MEYER AND MULLER AND
SCHMIDT.

Kelly and Burke and Shea"
Here's to each brave EoSsoon:
And TO Meyer and Mueller and Schmidt
Who march in the same platoon.
Meyer and Mueller and Schmidt
All. now We understand.
That they love the Stars and Stripes
That wave DER this Brothcrland.
Klnship they have abroad.
But their hearts and hopes arc hero
And when the flag rolls out.
Full Justify they cheer!
Meyer and Mueller and Schmidt.
How firm In tho hour Of need;
Tho they speak in n foreign tongue.
Fair freedom is their creed.
True. comrades ev'ry ono
Meyer and Muller and Schmidt
In thr battle stress they will dn nj
less,
Than faithfully do their hit
Indianapolis News.
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the submarine - something that will
make the world much safer for DEM
ocracy than any treaty of peace. 1t
therefore behooves the government
not to treat with disdain as crank"
every man who goes to Washington
with a suggestion. 1t may turn away
the very man who had the goods"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
APPEALED TO WILSON

cLARKsBURG. W Va. Sept. ln.--Ar-
pcals Of 81 employees of the Phillips
Sheet and Tin Plate Comrany's plant at
NVclrton. Hancock county. who claimed
exemption from military service on tho
ground Of being employed in an indus
try the operation Of which is vitality
necessary TO the maintenance of the mill
itary establishment. were taken taken
TO President Wilson. it was announced
at the ofticea OF the appellate draft
board for the northern district of West
Virginia. This board refused eXcmp-
ton Of the mon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
AUcHD TO THE WISE ONES

III th:& war is going 10 accomplish
anr;hinS worth while it must relieve
TIE co;n try Of the aristocracy or
.7, Point in the Army. and the
ssn.s <r:rit that perrades the Navy
Wiz. !"~lrd 10 Annapolis. II we are
cn:n > support democracy the
Ht,r:d ry"r. We must have more Of 1t
iG sno Army and Navy where the
vni,,- - anhood of the country are
hei.~ :va ned to-day. In plain English
Va ",uS, get rid Of the snobbery that
ob,ai>s n both branches OF the serv-
ice. There is much complaint from
those WHO go TO Washington Will
suggestions to both the Army an
Nav departments that the Army
peopl1 seem 10 have a prejudice
again. Any suggestion regarding the
Army that does not come from an
Army MAJ. That is in the spirit OF
the Vest Point school. Navy people,
on the ether hand. do not seem to
think there can be real merit in any.
, thing of i naval character that Is not
born in the brain Of a graduate Of
Anna polls.
With this contempt for any civilian
intelligence on the part Of the Army
\ and Navy bureaucrats the heads OF
the Army and Navy Departments
seem to be in accord, just rs the
other branches 1ot the administration
claim to be superior TO any sugges-
tons from the industrial and busi-
ness interests of the country. 1t IS
nothing but the arrogance OF 4 con-
ceit that has. so far. given no evil
dence of being founded on ability or
efficiency. It Is instructive to note
in this connection some Of the mis-
takes that have been made by former
administrations. The Monitor. which
revolu.ionized naval warfare. was
proposed to the Navy Department by
John Ericsson. it's inventor. but re-
jected. It was finally built by prt-
\ Yate citizen. and against the stolid
Imposition of the Navy Department.
rhe submarine, another revolution OF
avail warfare, was invented by John
P. Holland. Annapolis had no use for
the submarine. Holland died in New
Jersey few years ago broken. dis.
APPOINTED man. Had our naval
authorities been bit more willing to
Consider the Holland undersea boat
idea there might have been different
Giant to recent history. Germany was
quick to take up what We spurned to
take from an American inventor. We
geo the result. We have had the re-
suit before US for three terrible years
The Navy Department couldn't sec
the virtue Of the steam injector. and
the. War Department within the last
tew years committed the colossal
error Of rejecting the Lewis machine
gun, which, after being cast off by us
was accepted by foreign governments,
has proved its worth on the battle
fronts of Europe. and now has been
adopted by the United States govern
men,. The officer responsible for the
rejection OF the Lewis gun still has
power Of rejection Of other arms sub
,,}+%a5 - tho 0cvarnment
Just now the civilized world Is
waiting expectantly for an antidote to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
NOTICE..

Persons desiring to :aiI The
inteliiaencer editorial rooms are
Informed that members Of the
staff are on duty constantly from
7 o'clock In the evening until 8
o'clock In the morning, and that
Inability to secure connection with
The inteIlIgencer office can only
be duo to inefficient telephone
service. Always demand getting
connection when you desire It, and
do not be put OF with the opera.
tors statement that the telephone
10 not being answered.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

II you are not a constant reader Of
The Intelligencer now Is the time 10
subscribe and get the true inwardness
Of Germany's objects in this war from
the story Of Ambassador Gerard. who
was on the spot through all the preltm-
tnariea.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

CLOSING OUT SALE-To close
out the JeweIry stock OF HILL.
MAN & SON we will sell at cost
and at under cost prices FOR the
month Of September. 20 Eleventh
street. se10h
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The implied sneer in the observation
Of the Swedish minister to Argentina
that "the people Of tho United States
are very eXcitable." can only BIO taken
as the moan of a Inundated spirit IN
being found out
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

German diplomacy always orerreach-
es. as the Vaccinations Of her intriG-
uers so far. have only succeeded In get
ting another country on her back.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

Dudley Field Malone Is very frank
about telling OF tho promises made that
fooled tho people into elccting Wilson.
There was another and larger promise.
however. that he failed to refer to.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

Tho Swedish Incident reveals the fact
that the United States has some spy
system Of its own.
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As Food Administrator West Tir-
ginia's most useful citizen" Is afford
cd an opportunity to defend the title
against all Corners.
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Still. Baron Lowen's denial Of per-
sonal knowledge Of tho cipher dispatch
es does not exoneratc the Swedish gov
eminent from completely In the German
conspiracy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

That new German peace feeler doesn't
make much for permanent world
amity.
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md writing material. games. small
stores Of timed tielIacics. tobacco and
other articles which soldiers returning
~ civilian life might wish.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

The deer hunting. season is on and
the Department of Agriculture advices
all hunters to spare the doe but swat
the buck
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The new patriotic party formed in
Germany Is in declared cumity to the
Reichstag's peace proclivities and de-
fensirc Of tho murder policy Of the
autocracy.
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Maybe the Swedish foreign office IS
responsible for letting Germany know
OF the sailings of our eNpeditionary
forces
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The old straw hat has but few days
of grace.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11

Tho moonshine still. however. will
DO business as usual"
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Soon the landscape will brown and
scar with the ban on whisky and toe
cool for beer.