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The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

Sincerity 10 preferable to popular
ity because It never withers:-Charles
Sandberg.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

George Cose Of Limekiln hill wa
= town visitor, Monday.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

Mr.. aud Mrs. A. w. Res came In
Thursday on visit to their son, Mr..
J. A. Rea.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

T. g. Valentine and George Head
were In town fore part Of the week.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

Fred Carstens Of Limekiln park,
autographed at the Meeker, Monday.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01
Automobile Cheap

Practically new Saxon Touring car
slightly damaged by fire. Will sell
very cheap.
a25-sl w. 8. MONTGOMERY
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

Enos Bennion and wife, were
guests ut the Meeker hotel, Wednes-
day.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

Heavy rains visited this section,
Monday.
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01
THE MEEKER HERALD
JAMes LvTrLe. EDITOR . proprietor
The Season 10 Here

SATURDAY. sErrENBERi, 1917
The Meeker herald., 1917-09-01

The Purdy, Beemer and White
(Luther) families, autoed up to south
branch of White, Sunday, and en-
joyed an outing and fish fry.
Mrs. Sarah Delaney of lower White
spent few days in town, forepart Of
the week, visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr.. A. e. Lytle received . tele-
gram, Tuesday, announcing that
Ralph had arrived safely At French
port.
Tom and Mrs. Brumback Of Coal
creek, were guests At the Meeker
forepart Of the week.
Mrs. Dean LAGRANGE and the chill
dren of Flag Greek were visitors to
town last Saturday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. A. w. Res came In
Thursday on = visit to their son, Mr..
J. A. Rea.
Enos Bennion and wife, were
guests ut the Meeker hotel, Wednes-
day.
Fred Carstens of Limekiln park,
autographed at the Meeker, Monday.
r. g. Valentine and George Head
were In town fore part of the week.
Mrs. G. H. Wolcott of Axial, Was .
guest 1t the Meeker, Tuesday.
Mrs. Hugh Jones Of Buford, visit
ed the city folks, Tuesday.
George Cose Of Limekiln hill was
. town visitor, Monday.
He who resolves to do one thing
honorably and thoroughly, and sets
shout It 1t once, will attain useful
ness and eMinence.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

vious of the rich and pass laws to
prevent combination. which 10 the
logical development of all industry"
Centralized Power.
The government handling OF ex.
change during the war was another
example Of the centralized power OF
the government for the beneft of the
whole nation.
In the FIRST year OF the war when
desired money to spend in Germany
/ drew q check on my bank In New
York In triplicate and sent clerk
with 1t to the different banks In Berlin
to obtain bids In marks, selling II
then, naturally, to the highest bidder.
But soon the government stopped II.
The imperial bank was to INK q Gaily
rate of exchange and banks and In
dividuals were forbidden to buy or
sell at q different rate. That this fixed
rate was a false one, fixed to che ad-
vantage of Germany, / proved at q
time when the German official rate
was 5.52 marks for a dollar, by send
ing my American checks to Holland.
buying Holland money with them and
German money with the Holland
money. in this manner obtaining
marks 5.74 for each dollar. And just
before leaving Germany I sold q lot
OF American gold to a German bank
at the rate of GAP marks per dollar.
although on that day the official rate
was $50 and although the buyer of
the gold, because the export Of gold
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
SUFFRAG|STSS SEE
SWEEPING VICTORY
INN. Y. AND OHIO

NEW YORK, Oct. 2o.-Predictions
OF a sweeping suffrage victory at the
polls next month were freely made
here today by members OF the Ma
tionaI American womsn's Suffrage
Association.
New York and Ohio are the onll
States in which the voters will pass
on the suffrage question. The New
York voters will pass on the subject
of full suffrage.
In Ohio where the women have
been granted the right to vote for
Presidential electors, a referendum
vote on the question Is scheduled.
Suffrage leaders say the war work
women have done and the fact that
I,OlI 900 women have petitioned for
the ballot, prove that New York
women are deserving OF the full bal
lot.
at is only a question Of a very
short time when every State in the
Union will grant women full suf-
frage," declared one OF their leaders
today.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
No. A. How Any Business Manager
Can Serve the Business of a Great City.
By E. C. Rogers, Business Manager of The TIMES
Extending Beyond the
Four Walls of Your
Business

Anything that benefits the city in which you live and
operate increases the field of opportunity for your particular
business There old saying the effect that you
learn anything when your mouth is open The mouth is
merely transmtter of deas-for the benefit sometmes
others Your and eyes the receivers of ideas that
are recorded in your think tank.
knowledge comes from without. You are born with
the power of absorption alone The business who would
keep pace with progress will find that improvement within
the four walls of his institution must from knowledge
gained outside the daily routine which goes to make store
policy and the activity of his particular campaign in
the battle for business
If you would the city, attend the meetings of your
chamber of commerce. board of trade retail merchants
caon and any of the real active business clubs to which
you may belong Likewise that particular citizens assoca
ton in the section of the city in which you reside Some of
the things you will learn in these citizen associations meet
ngs will shock you into realization of few of the
for the failure of public response to this and that
pagn which caught your fancy because thought it just
the antdote for this or that public objection.
Again say, attend these meetings Discussion which
you will not be able to avoid if you would and would not if
you could the floor merely twoman affairs before,
after during meetings. will add the weight of your opinion
and contribute that much toward making Washington the
kind of city that you know it ought to be.
chain strong its weakest link. Civic bodies are
weak the total voting strength of nonaendant men,
bers And the strong of your local organizations
handicapped by the shifting sands of their respec-
tive organization memberships little bit more OF your
time and the time of your fellow business managers will pro-
duce result in proportion to the average capabilities Of
Washington quota of business managers and that is
mighty high average
.isa.Sss... E. Q. ROGERS
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

In their eagerness to sell. The one
German buyer will know about the
lowest price at which the sellers can
sell their product. By the buyers
standing out alone with this great
order the Germans believe that the
sellers one by one will fall into his
hands and sell their product at a
price below that which they could
obtain IL the individual sellers of
America were meeting the individual
buyers of Germany in the open mar
ket
When the total amount Of the COM
modify ordered has been purchased II
will be divided up among the German
buyers who put in their orders with
the central company, each order being
charged with its proportionate share
OF the expenses of the commission,
and, possibly, with an additional sum
for the benefit of the treasury of the
empire.
Before the war a German manufac-
turer took me over his great factory.
where 1900 men and women were
employed. He showed me great guam
and said: I'VE buy this copper in
America and we get It a cent and a
half a pound less than we should pay
for it because our government per-
mits us to combine for the purpose of
buying: but your government does
not allow your people to combine for
the purpose Of selling. You have got
lots Of silly people who become en-
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
THINKS
NATION MUST
SHIFT VIEWS
ABOUT TRUSTS

For q number Of years the dyestuff in
dustry Of Germany was virtually con
trolled by six great companies. some Of
these companies employing as many a.
500 chemists In research work. In l9l8
these six companies made an agreement
looking to a stIll closer alliance. not
only for the distribution Of the product.
but for the distribution Of IDEAS and
trade secrets.
For Year, these great commercial
companies supplied all the countries Of
the world. not only with dyestuns and
other chemical products. but with medi-
cines discovered by their chemists and
made from coal tar. and which. al
though really nothing more than patent
medicines. were put upon the market ~
new and great and beneficial discoveries
In medicine. The Badische Anilin and
Soda Fabrik. with a capital Of Ao00.Oo
marks, has paid dividends In the ten
years from 1903 to 1913 averaging more
than Is per cent
The Farbwerke Meister Lucius and
Bruning at Hoeckst, near Frankfort.
during the same period. with n capital
Of 100000 marks. has paid dividends
averaging more than y per cent. and
the chemical works of Bayer & Co. near
the same period. with capital OF H,ooo.-
900 marks, has paid dividends averaging
more than 20 per cent
(Continued TomOrrOw.)
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

was forbidden, would have to lose IN
terest on the money paid me or on the
gold purchase until the end Of the
war. What the Germans thought OF
the value OF the mark Is shown by this
transaction.
Combine fer Selling Abroad.
The only thing that can maintain
fair price after the war for the
products Of American firms, miners
and manufacturers is permission to
combine for selling abroad. There Is
before Congress a bill called the Webb
bill permitting those engaged In ex-
port trade to combine and this bill,
which II manifestly for the beneft of
the American producer OF raw ma
terials and foods and manufactured
articles should be passed.
It was also part of our commercial
work TO secure permits for the expor-
tation from Belgium of American
owned goods seized by Germany. We
succeeded IN . number of cases In get
ting thebs goods released. In other
cases the American-ownd property
was taken over by the government.
but the American owners compensated
for the loss.
Germany took over bellIgersnt
property and put Il In the hands OF
receivers. In all cases where the
majority OF the stock OF q German
corporation was owned by another
corporation or individuals OF belliger-
emit nationality the German corpora
ton was placed In the hands OF
receiver. The German government,
however, would not allow the in
Quiry into the stock ownership to
go further than the first holding cor
poration- There were many cases
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

whore the majority OF the stock of
. German corporation was owned by
an English corporation and the ma.
pority of the stock II the English cor
poration in turn owned by an Ameri.
can corporation or by Americans. In
this case the German government re-
fused to consider the American own
ership of the English stock and put
the German company under govern
ment control.
Low Wages For Workers.
With the low wages paid to very
efficient wOrkingmen, who worked
long hours, and with no laws against
combination II was always q mat
ter OF surprise to me that the Ger
mans who were in the process Of get
ting all the money in the world
should have allowed their military
autocracy to drive them into war.
: am afraid, after this war, IL we
expect to keep q place for our trade
In the world, that we may have to
revise some OF our ideas as to So
called trusts and the Sherman law.
Trusts or combinations are not only
permitted, but even encouraged In
Germany. They are known there as
"cartels," and the difference between
the American trust and the German
cartel Is that the American trust has,
as Il were, a centralized government
permanently taking over and COM
binIng the competing elements In any
given business, while In Germany the
competing elements form a combina-
ton by contract for q limited num-
Der OF years.
This combination Is called a "car-
tel" and during these years each
member of the cartel Is assigned a
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
JUDGE SENTENCES
BOY AUTO THIEF;
WARNS Joy RIDERS

Justice Mccoy, of the District Su.
preme Court, today Joined hands with
other officials who are trying to rid
Washington OF joy riders, and make
the thoroughfare OF the city more
safe for both pedestrians and other
occupants Of vehicles.
Declaring that travelling in Wash
ington streets is fraught with more
danger to the public than in almost
any other city in the United States,
Justice Mccoy sentenced Lewis Burrs
to four months in Jail, when he was
convicted OF stealing the automobile
OF Charles E. Nicholas last June.
In sentencing Burrs Justice Mccoy
said that the courts heretofore have
been too lenient with Joy riders. speed.
ers, and reckless drivers. He said that
the efforts Of the District Commissioners
and the police to make the streets safer
will receive the supprot and co-opera'
ton Of the courts.
George H. Smith was sentenced to
twelve months, and Raymond Hunt to
six months in jail when convicted OF
Joy riding.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

Robert Howard Stevens. q. Of Roanoke Rap.
ids N c. and Grace Isabelle Wolfe, =, o.
Rossburs, Ohio. The Rev. Hugh T. stsy-
Major General Joseph Ernest Kuhn. Q. 5.
A, IS, Of Leavenworth. Kan. and Helen
HAY squire &C. Of Washington ID. g. Tns
Rev. Edward L, Buckley. 1900
Conn. and Nay E. Don; Carlos, 2, Of Boz
ton, Mass. The Rev. John H. ysnriss.
John @. Mathers. %, and Helen }: AAnle, =
both Of Washington, D. G. The rev 'o'spA
John waters Clancy. Is, and Ruby n. West
phal. 3. both Of Annapolis, Nd The Rev.
ch&rIes' A. peck. 2. and Martha s. Chase. q.
both OF Kent, Conn The Rev. John d.
Jeffries. =,
both Of Richmond, Va. The Rev. Hnsh
Maurice iee' B. Resented, =, and GeorEte Hayes,
10, both of Washington, d. c. HE Rev.
Melville NJ wilcox. u. and Aargaret =.
Loener, g, both OF Warrington, D. C. Ths
Rev. John B. Pittar.
+. Harold Sasscer, >, Of Upper Mariooroosn.
Ma, and Laura Amber. q. Of washington,
d. c. The Rev. Francis z. MeAan1s;
Charles II. Fisher. p, and Etnst 4 H99ey'
80. both Of Washington, d. G. Inc hsV.
Hugh ]. DouEherty, Is. Of wAshington, D
O.. and Birtie Hayes, Is, Of Hiilorooks D.
c. The Rev Francis r o Mi.saii ion-,., =
both OF sayersville, N. J. The Rev. How
FHnk II. Groves. 5. and otis A Stone. 2.
both Of Washington, D. C. The Rev. Ca
r Fletcher Irwin, "a. and Francis L. Boycs,
%, both OF Charleston. W. Va The Rev.
James S. Montgomery.
J. Harris Jones. 50. OF New York city, and
Harriet Bell. Is, OF Mount Vernon, N. L
The Rev Walter E. Burnett
Kari F. Walker, "a, and Roxa Roe. "a. ooth
OF Washington, d. c. The Rev. Andrew
I,siSh Hunt Wilson, -. of Bridgeport, Conn.
and Florence Elizabeth JeIries Yoder, =.
OF Washington, D. C. The Rev. WiliiAm
VIII c. siinserland, 2, and Marsaret Q.
Rev. John II. Jeffries.
II. V. Raycroft. q, U. g. A. and Aary Edna
WHITE 81, both Of Brooklyn, N. 7. Tho
G q Lucas u. and Fannie johnson. Is. The
w nj. Riley. ., and E. Irene Halliburton, %.
The Rev r. A Greene.
K r. Robinson. 81. and Mary z. Stevenson,
A. The Rev. W. H. Brooks.
Deaths.
Jeremiah knight, IS yrs. st. Elizabsth's Hos.
Francis n. Smithson, % yrs. 47s @ ST sW-
John c. GOsman, 81 yrs, lSa1 Columbia 81.
Ruth A. Gibson, 50 yrs. ~ 10Th st. ne.
william II. Curtis, So yrs. III H St ne
Bernard ]. Drew. . yrs. 1ooe 2. Capitol It.
Dorothy Atkins, yrs, Providence Hos.
George @ Hurst 20 yrs, 1Is Pa ave. NV.
sarah Iileng, 20 yrs, 500 Ga. ave.
Robert witherspoon. Is yrs Georgetown
Amy Weir. 70 yrs, SB R st. NV.
James A. Harley. a yrs, Wash; Asy. Hos
walter Scott, Is yrs. Freedmen's Hos.
John o. sprtgEs, 50 yrs, Z Terrace CT. ne.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

who, II combined, would have a mo
nopoly of q particular business OF
product 1t Is easy to see why all the
coal mines in the country should be
prohibited from combining. Eut II Ia
not easy to see why certain persons
engaged in the tobacco business
, should be prohibited from taking
their competitors into their combina.
ton, because tobacco Il a product
which could be raised upon millions
OF acres OF our land, and cannot be
made the subject of q monopoly
The German courts have expressly
said II prices are so low that the man
ufacturers of a particular article see
financial ruin ahead, that formation
Of cartels by them must be looked
upon as q justified means OF self
preservation. The German laws are
directed to the end to which II seems
TO me such laws should logically be
directed, namely, to the prevention
Of unfair competition.
Can Always Be Looked For.
So long as the question of monopoly
is not involved, competition can nI-
ways be looked for when a comoina-
ton Is making too great profits, and
the new and competing corporation
and individuals should be protected
by law against the danger Of price
cutting for the express purpose of
driving the new competitor out OF
business. However, 1t must be re-
membered that a combination acting
unfairly in competition may be more
oppressive than a monopoly. I my
self am not convinced by the argu-
ments OF either side. 1t Is a matter
for the most serious study.
The object Of the American trust
has been to destroy its competitors;
the object OF the German cartel to
force its competitors to join the car
tel.
In fact, the government in Ger
many becomes part OF these cartels
and takes an active hand in them. as
witness the participation Of the Ger
man government in the potash syndi-
cate, when contracts made by certain
American buyers with German mines
were Cancelled, and all the potash
producing mines of Germany and Aus
tria forced into one confederation.
Witness the attempt by the govern
ment, which 1 have described in an
other chapter, to take over and make
a monopoly OF the wholesale and re-
tail oil business OF the country.
Closer Combination.
The recent combination Of dyestuff In
dustries Of Germany with the express
purpose Of meeting and destroying
American competition after the war Is
as showing German methods.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
MURPHY 8 SHINES
AS TRENCH DIGGER
IN TEST AT CAMP

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-It was Muir
ply 3"-they have so many Muir
phys in the old Sixty-ninth that the
first sergeants number them-who re-
ceived the highest praise yesterday
when the First Battalion of what is
now the 165th Infantry had completed
its first work in digging In" on
Hampstead Plains.
But, in a manner Of speaking, "Mur-
ply 81 was e ringer, and his expert
performance ought not to be held to
discredIt any other fighting man Of
the outfit. for Murphy 3" had served
as a plumbers apprentice, and had
dug up enough OF Manhattan Island
to bury all OF the records that the
various municipal candidates are max
ing for one another.
Major Bill Donovan looked at that
particular bit OF trench work with
pride and enthusiasm. 1t was the
crowning success OF a successful day.
His command had its first practice in
getting under cover. The men were
given fifteen minutes to dig in, and
then the majors whistle blew. After
that, any head that showed over the
top was liable to be hit with a plaster
of paris bomb"
The men dug in opposing trenches.
so they had real reason to get out
Of range OF the bombs" that came
hurting over just like the baseballs
used to do at Coney BEFORE State
senator. looking for the colored vote,
made 1t an ofIense to toss a ball At =
kinky dome
Some OF the bombs" found heads
that belonged to men who had not
worked for a plumber, and the plas-
ter was shattered into bits over the
unfortunate matches OF the delin-
quents. The men are going to repeat
the practice and a contest Is going to
be staged with plumbers apprentices
and grave diggers handicapped.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
BURBANK PUTS CRIMP
IN "ALL CORN" DIET

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20.-Luther
Burbank has sounded a warning that
America must not attempt to intro
duce corn. unmixed with other foods,
into its diet"
"If il does a marked decline in the
strength of the people will result"
he declares.
In making this statement before the
California land show here. Mr.. Bur-
bank said he did not mean to reflect
on the use OF corn as food. Combined
with beans or other fats, he said, corn
meal becomes a valuable foodstuff,
the fats supplying the nitrogen which
the corn lacks.
Corn, he explained. lacks nitrogen.
a vital substance to make 1t eligible
for a dominating place in Americas
war diet
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
CENSOR NAVAL STORY
TO PRESERVE AMITY

LONDON, Oct. 20.-Naval circles are
Interested in the declaration in the
House of Commons by George Lam
bert, NJ. P. who asked why an article
by Arthur II. Pollen. naval writer,
which purported to give the American
view of British naval strategy, was
censored in such q manner as to dis
tort its meaning.
The views OF the article, according
to Thomas J. Mcnamara, replying to
the member, were not the views Of the
United States Navy Department. He
explained that the article as originally
written would have tended to under
mine the mutual confidence and CO.
operation between the Navy Depart
ment of England and the United
States
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

given amount of the total production
and given q definite share of the
profits Of the combination. The Ger
man cartel, therefore, as Consul Gen-
eral Skinner has aptly said, may be
likened to q confederation existing
by contract for q limited period of
time and subject to renewal only at
the will Of its memberA
It may be that competition 10 =
relic of barbarism, and that one OF
the first signs OF higher civilization
Is an effort to modify the stress Of
competition. The debates OF Congress
tend to show that, In enacting the
Sherman law. Congress did not intend
to forbid the restraint OF competition
among those in the same business.
but only intended to prohibit the
forming OF q combination by those
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
Vital Records.
Birtha.

GleEEe and Ella Thomas. boy.
William N. and Stella n Taft, boy.
John c. and Mabel Smith. boy.
Winheld and Margaret Preston, boy.
Henry and Ainon Pallais. boy.
Eugene o. and Annie Oliver, boy.
Gunter and May O'Rear, girl.
Leo and Belle Moriarty, girl
Carl and Doris Mitman, girl.
LYMAN and Rose Eller, girl
Arthur and Josephine Ditmer, giri-
George B. and Edith =. Barry, girl
Ralph W. and May o. Berry. boy.
Thomas and Edna Blumenauer, bog.
Guy and Mildred Whitiy, boy.
James and Matte N. Simpson, girl.
Thomas B. and Jeanette Silnms. giri.
John II. and Beatrice @. Pinkard, EfrL-
John and Viola e. Nelson, girl
william G. and Bette n Mayo. boy.
Roscoe and Grace A jackson, boy.
Eugene and Roy Greenheld. girl.
Floyd o. and Marie Hackett. girl
James A and Leah Green, girl
Joseph and Cecilia Edwards. girl
william H and Alice l. Dyson. girl
Richard and Mary, A Dickerson, boy.
Luther and Mabel Cook. boy.
Eugene and Marie Con1mAnder, boy
James and Julia Adams, boy.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
DEATHS

GIBSON-On Thursday. October IS. 1911.
after a lingering illness, RUTH ANNA
GIBSON (nee Bensonl. widow Of william
NJ. Gibson.
Funeral from her late residence. n Tenth
street northeast. Saturday. October 20. at
D. m. Relatives and friends invited In
terment In Rock Creek Cemetery.
NESBY-Departed this life on Thursday. %
tober IS, 1871, at 10 p. m. at 2213 Georgia
avenue northwest, MARTINA. beloved wife
of Edward Nesby. She leaves mother
son and sister. and many relatives.
Funeral Sunday, October "a. at p m,
from Metropolitan Baptist Church, pastor,
Rev. Norman.
PAINE-On October 10. 1911, at the residence
OF her daughter. Mrs. W. II. Hungerford,
Livingstone road, Mrs. LAURA PAINE,
widow OF Horace Paine.
Funeral private.
sCHOFIELD-On Thursday. October Is. 1911,
at 10 n m. LILLE MARSHALL SCHO-
FIELD, wife OF William H. Schodeld
Funeral services VIII be held at her late
residence, Plaza apartment. Saturday, %
tober 30. at D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20
SPECIAL NOTICES

WITNESSES seeing two ladies
struck by automobile truck, 18th
and Columbia road, about 6 o'clock
Friday night, Oct. 10, 1917, please
notify ]. L. RAPPAPORT, 1850
Fuller st. N. W. Columbia 4643.
The Washington times., 1917-10-20

The German idea is that this one
board will be able to force the sellers
abroad TO compete against each other