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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
A CITY woMAN's CHANCE

Maysvie always looking out for the rights of
the weaker know why there should not also be
labor organized assist the woman
during and burden of the harvest
think of it, this is about correct All of these
husky who fastening to assist in the wheat harvest
will called upon from time time perhaps during the
help the farmer his crops have to be fed
While the hands the fields there must be great prepare
going the Beans be strung hued
potatoes peeled pone mixed and baked and thousand and
other things before the big bell tolls its cheerful to
the toilers the heather
the meal pots and pans and kettles and slets and
pals and forks and knives and spoons must be washed
whole job just completed few moments before is time to
begin supper
little heard about organizing city help for these
the farm who make ready this tremendous bulk of
provender for the mouths of the farm help
1t because patriotic dolarayear have merely
farm do they have such high opinion
skill and the intelligence say nothing of the muscular
farm and her girls that it is not considered
necessary provide additional help for them during the busy
son?
In every city in the country there numerous ladies
who yearnng for something do help win the
they accomplished big things in the Red Cross
work for the recruits and Call them to
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
CAN YOU CANT

If you can't can come and be shown
how by the experts from State Uni
versity now at the corner of Second
and Sutton streets. If you can can,
come anyway and see the newest, sim
plest and surest methods. To con-
serve foods is to help win the war
and also make home happier next
winter Learn also how to employ
war substitutes in making delicious
foods. Let 81 will and | can" be your
slogan so that the Kaiser may be
canned ard the German goose cooked
forever.
This demonstration is given under
the auspices of the Home Economics
Department C. U. d.
On Wednesday, July 4th, at 10 a
IN. at the corner of Second and SUIT
ton streets, Mrs. Will Fox of Mays
lick, will make a 10 pound cream
cheese. This is a unique demonstra-
ton and should draw a large crowd
The intrinsic value of cheese is
greater than that of meat. We cannot
send milk around so it is in the high
est degree patriotic to use surplus
milk in making cheese, thus providing
wholesome delicious and economi-
cal substitute.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
ROYAL TAMORS, BILLS
(Tit Bits)


The uniforms worn by the Kaiser
in public cost no less than $500 each.
Before the war it was customary for
him to change his clothes at least
eight times day.
The Kaiserin seldom wears the
same dress twice, and as all her
clothes are made of the finest mater
ials procurable the extent OF her
d. essmaker's bill may be imagined.
Very modest indeed are King
Georges tastes in dress. King Ed
: ward VII, however, had the reputa-
Ition of being one of the best-dressed
men in Europe, and spent an enor-
nous amount on his clothes.
The most extravagant monarch in
recent times was George w., whose
wardrobe, after his death, was sold
foc 915,OO0. He could enumerate ev-
cry article of attire he had, and even
knew the number of pocket handker-
chiefs he possessed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02

Says RizsOn Lady Who, On Doc
tors Advice, Took Cardui
And Is Now Well.

Hixson, Tenn.-"About 10 years ago
l was..." says Mrs. ]. B. Gadd, of
this place. 81 suffered with q pain In
my left side. could not sleep at night
with this pain, always in the left
side.
My doctor told me to use Cardui
took one bottle, which helped me and
after my baby came, was stronger
and better, but the pain was still
there.
l at first let 1t go, but began to get
weak and In a rundown condition,
so | decided to try some more Cardui,
which | did.
This last Cardui which 1 took made
me much better, in fact, cured me. It
has been a number of years, still I
have no return of this trouble.
feel It was Cardui that cured me,
md I recommend It as a splendid fe-
male tonic"
Don't allow yourself to become
weak and rundown from womanly
troubles. Take Cardui. 1t should sure.
ly help you, as It has so many thou
sands OF other women in the past 40
years. Headache, backache, sideacbe,
nervousness, sleeplessness, tired-out
ceiling, are all signs OF womanly trou.
BILE. Other women get relief by taking
Cardui. Why not you? All druggists.
NC-132
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
REDUCED AUTO OUTPUT
Financial Record)

From a production of 100000 auto
mobile cars in 1917 to 100000 in 1918
is a big fall, but that is what the Gov
eminent has virtually ordered in or
der to save the labor, the coal, the
manganese and the steel this indus
try consumes, and divert its use for
war purposes. Air machines will be
made instead of pleasure cars; ma
chine guns instead Of Fords; auto
trucks instead of Hudsons and Ca
dillacs, and torpedo chasers instead
of Studebakers.
There is big supply of last years
machines for sale by those who have
gone to war or who cannot afford to
use their cars because the sons who
ran them have gone to the front or
who want to afford the luxury of a
car this year for the first time will
have to be content with secondhand
car unless he is able to get one of the
1918 models, which are being turned
out in diminishing quantities.
Automobiles may regard the Gov
ernment's decision as arbitrary and
unnecessary, but it is neither. In
France not a single car for pleasure
purposes was manufactured last year,
and only four cars we're turned out
in Great Britain. Every auto factory
over there has been turned into an es-
tablishment for making war weapons,
and there has been no hardship or la
Dor, and thus far there have been no
complaints concerning the profits that
have been allowed in the new bust
ness to take the place of the automo-
bile production.
1t is not unlikely the experience on
this side will be similar, though there
is no report at hand from any of the
American automobile companies that
shows how differently they are faring
now from the conditions when normal
production of cars was the rule.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
MOTOR BOAT
COPS GET BUSY

Uncle Sans inspectors are survey
ing the Ohio River and tributary
streams in search of motor boats
which are not equipped with lights,
life saving devices, etc, stipulated in
the Government regulations. Heavy
penalties attach to violations of the
Government rules.
Under the law the enforcement of
Government regulations is placed in
the hands of United States Customs
officials and Chief Deputy Collector
of Customs c. w. Pollock, Cincinnati,
has appointed James L. Glasco, Gin
cinnati, Navigation Inspector.
Mr.. Glassco will be provided with a
motor boat and assistants and will
cruise day and night over the Ohio
and tributary streams in search of
violators of the law.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
C. & 0. SHOP MEN
DECIDE TO AWAIT
BOARD DECISION
President Newman Has Advised
Against Any Drastic ActiOn-Urg-
ing Men to Give Government
BOARD Time TO Consider
Grievance.

Delegates of the Chesapeake & Ohio
System Federation, composed of men
who work In the railway shops, decid-
ed at their conference in Cincinnati
to await the action of the new gov
eminent adjustment committee in the
matter of the wage award of the d.
rector general, was the word brought
to Huntington by L. d. Newman, who
is president OF the fede alton.
Mr.. Newman counselel against any
drastic action on t.ie part Of the men,
1t was agreed that If the Chesa-
peake G. Ohio wage award had not
been decided on by July 10 by the
committee in Washington. that a con-
ference of the entire southeastern dis
trict, comprising 16 railroads, would
then be called.
The new committee at Washington
was named to adjust any grievances
railway men may have with regard to
the recent wage award of the director
general. Mr.. Anderson, who is chair
man of the committee, has been asked
by the Chesapeake & Ohio shop men,
to put into effect the wages asked by
the men last January - that is, rs
cents an hour for mechanics.
There has been considerable dis
satisfaction among the Chesapeake &
Ohio men since Circular 81 was is
sued, Mr.. Newman said He was
pleased, however, that the men de-
cided not to take any drastic step, but
to continue working pending action
by the new government committee.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02
DEAD MEN HAVE BEEN
LISTED BY OFFICERS
Assessors Went to The Graveyard TO
List Dead Ones and Thus In.
crease Their Salaries Ken
lucky Officials Are Told.

Frankfort, Ky. - County Assessors
in years past listed men whose bodies
rested in graveyards in order to in
crease their salaries, Joe Pugh, Of
Covington, Tax Commissioner for
Kenton county, told the Tax Commits
sioners conference. The Assessors
we're paid 15 cents a list, and 1t was
easy money to list dead one, he said
The County Tax Commissioners
have organized a Tax Commissioners
Association to which the State Tax
Commissioners, the District Tax SUI
pervisors and the County Tax Com
missioners are eligible for member
ship. The officers elected are: G.
Westerfeld, Daviess county, Presi-
sdent; A. ]. Buckley, Boyd county,
First Vice President; p. w. Copeland,
Graves county, Second Vice Presi-
dent; Walter Clark Bourbon county,
Third Vice President; L. NJ Haynes,
Mclean county, Fourth Vice Presi-
dent; James G. Scruggs, Todd coun-
ty, Fifth Vice President; e. e. Ward,
Ohio county, Sixth Vice President; e,
N. King, Jefferson county, Seventh
Vice President; Jacob Matz, Camp
bell county, Eighth Vice President; j.
H. Craft, Letcher county, Ninth Vice
President. and w, H. Epperson, Knox
county, Tenth Vice President. Will
liam Wilson, of Covington, was elect
ed Secretary and Treasurer. The Exc
cutlve Committee comprises Harry
Howell, Montgomery county, Chair
man; Joe Pugh, Kenton county; Roy
Stewart, McCracken county; William
White, Fayette county; w. T. Kellen,
Henderson county; L. NJ. Haynes, Nc
Lean county; James Scruggs, Spencer
county, and Hayes Maynard, Pike
county.
During the session State Auditor r..
L. Greene spoke on the subject of tax
ing the banks. Walter Clark, Asses
sor of oBurbon county and Thomas
Spurrier, of Grayson county, repre-
sentative in the Legislature, made
speeches.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02

Work on the county roads Is being
continued under the supervision OF
the County Commissioners and under
the present arrangement large
amount of real road construction is
being done.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-02

A small circus travelling by land
was pitched at Aberdeen and other
points in Southern Brown county last
week and many took in the perform
ances.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Dividend for Stockholders of
Model Building & Loan Co.

ALBANY, Feb. 3.-The liquidation of
the Model Building and Loan Company
of Mott Haven, which was located in
Bronx County, New York, has prog
rcssed to such an extent as to permit
the payment Of an initial dividend Of 35
per cent of their entire claims to the
shareholders of that institution. State
Superintendent of Banks George l.
Skinner has directed his attorneys to
make the necessary application to the
1t is expected that the petition will be
prepared in time to be presented to the
court this week.
In his application for the dstribu-
ZION of the dividend Superintendent
Skinner will show that claims filed by
shareholders totalled S363,715 and the
amount paid to shareholders will be
$127 800. Checks for this amount will
be mailed to them as soon as the Su-
preme Court authorizes the payment of
the dividend.
The Model Building and Loan Com
pany of Mott Haven was closed by the
New York State Banking Department
N March, 1917, after it was discovered
that certain trusted officers of the in
stitution, who had been connected with
it during the greater part of its eX-
istence Of nearly thirty years, had mis-
appropriated over 100000 OF IFS funds.
One of the officers is now serving a
long term in Sing Sing prison. The
total resources of the institution at the
time of closing was approximately
S2H5 O(}O
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Current Comment
Labor's Rising Political Power

The month Of January marked
turning point in the social and polit-
ical history of the world. During the
Napoleonic wars there were labor
troubles, attended by riots and incen-
diarism, but labor was unorganized
and the leaders of the strike mobs
were bent mainly upon attacking and
destroying the property of their en-
ployers. The rulers of the largo pow
ers feared popular uprisings, but the
masses of the people were too ignorant
to understand international political
problems and unified to assume the
powers and responsibilities Of govern
ment.
During the past month, however, the
outbreaks in Germany and Austria and
the resolutions Of the Trade Union
Congress in England reflected serious
intention Of participating in diplomacy
and influencing other acts Of govern
mcnt. If war we're not terrible. it
would be laughablc to consider the
Bolshevi delegates at the Brest-Litov SIX
peace parley demanding that a mill
tary power overwhelmingly victorious
should accept the terms of defeat. This
peace parley is battle of ideas
against military force. The moral
force Of modern social idealism is
pitted against the conventions of me-
diaval autocracy. The significant thing
is the fact that the masses Of the peo-
pie in Austriai and Germany are in
clined to support the demands Of the
nation they have defeated instead of
their own rulers.
Similarly in England the Labor party
is supporting the main demands of the
Bolsheviks, and is demanding the right
to attend a labor convention at Stock.
holm, which the British government re.
fused d year ago.
The women of the English Labo,
party also have expressed the hope thai
the cnfranchscd women Of the United
States and Great Britain shall lead the
world in making League of Nations
a reality. One Of their leaders extends
an invitation to the women of German,
with the remark:
"Surely our sympathies ought to &C
to the many women in Germany, fol
they have suffered even more than we
and most of them are as dcsirous o,
peace as we arc"
The Bolsheviks of Russia and theil
counterparts in other countries are
striving for political power, not only
with faith and hope, but with tht
knowledge that their dreams Of dem
ocratic millennium are within the pos
sibjlities of realization. The future
may prove that the outburst of the
spirit OF international brotherhood il
January, 1918, will furnish better
basis of universal peace than an armee
League of Nations" 1t may max,
such q league perfuouns.-44le leran
der Hamilton Institute.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Finance Economics
WALL STREET OFFICE: Telephone:
Mills Building, Hanover eBl

rate Friday. There was also a con-
siderable shifting of foreign govern
ment banking balances at this CEN
tire, in connection with the payment
of the $1oo,o00,oo0 United Kingdom
note maturity. Loans Of the Clear
ing House banks increased SILL
100000 for the week. while the cash
surplus fell off $35, 100000. AS mat
tcrs now stand most of the large
lending institutions are averse to in
creasing outstanding credit commit
mcnts to any great extent, in view
Of the periodical demands imposed
on the money market by the govern
ment's operations. Trading in fixed
maturities for several weeks past has
teen restricted to absolute require
ments.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
ReAexes of War

In England the government mas
founded flax production depart
ment of the Board of Agriculture, the
purpose Of which will be to stimulate
the raising of flax. The closing of
Russian ports, in conjunction with
the enormous demand for fibre for the
manufacture of airplanc wings and
other military requisites. has made it
advisable to increase the home pro-
duction of flax for fibre, and to secure
seed for next years sowing. The gov
ernment has consequently decided to
make great efforts to get 10000 acres
Of this crop sown during the coming
spring. An indication Of the import
ance attached to the venture is given
by the fact that fax grown for the
government is to be regarded by war
agricultural committees as being on
level with cereals.
Looking forward to the end Of the
war, there has been formed in England
an organization called the Empire Re-
sources Development Committee whose
purpose is the payment Of the war
debt through participation by the state
in commercial enterprises. "The Morn
ing Post" of London, reports speech
by II. Wilson Fox, NJ. P, in which he
detailed some of the enterprises that
leading members of the Empire Re-
sources Development Committee advo-
Gated being taken up by the state.
Among them were the consolidation of
the e lectric power supply of the United
Kingdom. the fish supply from New
foundland and Canada, the importation
Of tropical products and cooperation
with the state governments in Canada
in the development of corn lands.
, "The Post" continues:
'fle pointed out that the postwar
revenue which tie government would
have to raise to meet its obligations
could not be expected to be less than
e6Oo,000,00 per annum. Some new
method of obtaining the money must
certainly be found. Taxation of i'm.
ports was not likely to yield any sum
which would go far to meet our needs.
the burden Of the income-tax coulf
not be increased indefinitely. while Tho
conscrption of wealth already in ex.
istence would be found to be dan,
gerous and impracticable expedient
The new method must be based uno,
the production of new wealth unde,
conditions which would assure to thn
state itself the direct receipt of suh.
stantlal share of the profits earned"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Stimulate Food Output
Patriotic Citizens Employ
Novel and Effective Methods

Some of the ingenious and effects'
methods that have been adopted tsi
rolling up a big food supply in ths
United States arc described by William
Almon Wolff in "Everybody's.' We
quote few.
I'm Charlotte, Mich. which has )
population Of about four thousand ad
boasts of a motor-truck factory h'
gives employment to good many uta,
a citizens committee went out ane's
the farmers of the locality last spIns
They listed volunteer workers, sno
when the time of the final drive cans
a department of the truck factory Tss
closed down for half day at tlnss
to release men. The great maj jorN. o.
the volunteer farm laborers gave tae ttas
money the farmers paid them to Wv
Red Cross.
McMinnville, Ore, is the centre q
fine. rich agricultural country. los -
agricultural survey of Yamhill Couns
revealed the need of fifteen hundrssaa
workers in the county 1t was up y
McMinnville 10 supply them. IN.
Chamber of Commerce called mss,
o.,
asked to come forward. They did! ~ ~.
whole day, in November. business W, y,
suspended in Danville, y. y, to mss.
sure of the local potato crop. os1n, as.
were closed, and banks; factories sus; ~:
down. The women put up lunches ~ !
followed the men to the fields. An. \,
crop that might have rotted IN -
ground was saved. :.
There is a little bit Of place !;
Texas called Ysleta. There the sew, a;r
children bought pig and called II, H.
Herbert Hoover. They arc feeding ~ X,
on what they can spare from *, X
lunches their mothers give them 70 ~
to school. and when he is big envss
to be turned into bacon for Persh'sss
army they will turn over the MONEY :
a war relief fund.
"In Hull. Mass. the COMMITTEES n \
public safety, which looked IN" ,r w
Norway pig plan, bought 32o li'tls X II
and put them out to board, on snSss s.s
In Omaha, Neb., the Hotel Mems s.r ~,
citation bought four hundred polssros, "a,
which are being fed on the scraps
the hotel and restaurant Kitchens
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04

extraordinary emergencies. In coun-
try like Mexico, with its great variety
Of natural resources, with its varied
climatic conditions and with a climate
which nearly everywhere makes possl-
BILE the raising of crops throughout the
year. the seasonal fluctuations in bust
ness activity are not SO great as in
fore, other things being equal, smaller
gold reserve would be needed in coun-
try like Mexico than in one like Canada
to absorb this excess circulation. On
the other hand, the fluctuations in trade
demands for currency in Mexico are
apparently irregular and less easily an
ticipated and measured than are the
periodical seasonal movements in coun-
tries like the United States and CanadY.
"ln the light of the experience Of
other countries" Professor kemmcrer
continues; "the experience of Mexico
prior to the revolution, and in the light
Of the present lack of confidence in
iiduciary money in Mexico arising out Of
the paper money experience Of the last
three years, it would seem to be unsafe
to inaugurate the new coinage system
with smaller reserve than 35 per cent,
while 40 per cent would be a safer fig
ure.
at is probable, however, that within
a teW years after confidence has been
restored and business and banking have
resumed their normal proportions. a
reserve of 30 per cent will be adequate
for Mexico"
Professor Kemmcrer believes that
the largest part of the proposed Mcxi-
can reserve should be in the form Of
gold. and only small part in silver.
He proposes that portion of this re-
serve be kept in New York or London,
to be drawn against or increased by
additional deposits in the settlement Of
the international trade balance. If the
balance of trade were running against
Mexico, this could be settled by draw
ing on the Mexican gold reserve in
New York, thus eliminating the actual
shipment Of the gold. In the same way,
should the, balance of trade be running
in favor Of Mexico, the account could
be settled without the need of gold
shipments to Mexico
New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Completes
Iranscontinental Line
Vast Territory Will Be Opened
Up for DEVELOPMENT

Consul General j. l. Britain. sta
toned at Sydney, Australia. reports the
completion Of the Australian Trans
continental Railway line from Port
Augusta, in South Australia to .Kal-
goorlie. in Western Australia, dis.
tance Of 1868 miles. This important
line, which has been under construc-
tion by the Commonwealth government
since September, 1912, will link East
possible to go by rail from Brisbane,
the capital of Queensland, to Perth,
the capital OF Western Australia.
Hitherto persons have been obliged to
travel from Port Adelaide, South
Australia, to Perth by water.
Economically and commercially the
completion Of this line is regarded as
a notable mplishment. Travel and
interchange Of commodities will be
greatly facilitated, and a vast stretch
of territory will be opened up for de-
vclopment. According to statement by
the Commonwealth meteorological, the
popular impression as to the unpro-
ductive character Of the country tray
ersed is not altogether accurate. There
arc regions, he says. whose agricultural
possibilities deserve earnest attention
and effort.
The total distance by rail from Bris-
bane to Perth is 3,467 miles, the greater
part of this being composed of railway
systems belonging to the various
states. under separate management. In
consequence. Of the different gauges in
the several states, travellers will be
obliged to disembark at various places
and change trains.
The gauge of the Port Angus al
goorlie transcontlncntal line is Feet
80 inches. It's cost has been about
$34 100000. The equipment has been
specially selected after extensive in
vestigations in America and Europe
When all orders are filled there will
be 73 locomotives, :t3 passenger coaches
and 766 freight and other vehicles or
the line.
The construction Of the transconti
mental line has been difficult and eXpen.
slvc. especially on account of the lack
of water. This line and its connections
! from Adelaide to Port Augu sta on the
eastern end and from kalgooric te
/ Frccmantle on tho wcsterm) traverse
one Of the longest stretches of arie
lands in the world through which it ha
been undertaken to build "A railroad
The water supply for this entire dis
tance is very small. and such as exist.
not only has to be treated, but has t
go through neutralizing process aftc,
softenlnS and deposition treatments.