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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

A study of statistics founded on a
report of 100000 cases, recorded by
American and Canadian life insur-
ance companies in the past 20 years,
shows, according to an article by DIR.
E. F. Bowers in the American maya
zine, that Consistent users of alcohol
die six years younger than they
should" and that "one-time drinkers
who reformed before they took out
life insurance policies have an aver
age expectation of life four years
less"
Men connected with the manufac-
ture or sale of liquor, particularly
hotel and saloon proprietors who at
tend their own bars, suffer reduction
of their longevity by about six years
because of their occupation. A big
life insurance company found that
from 1875 to 1899 the death rate
among insured abstainers was only
i78 per cent of the expected rate while
among non-abstainers it was SO per
cent.
From their statistics, insurance
men calculate that if Russia con-
tinues the prohibition on alcoholic IL
uuors within her borders more than a
million lives will be saved there with
in the next decade.
Government mortality reports in
dictate that % per cent of the suicides
in this country are directly straceable
to the use of strong drink; it is esti-
mated that between 1900 and 1908
nearly 10000 persons addicted to the
use Of alcohol died by their own
hands.
Between 10000 and 10000 persons,
it is conservatively estimated, die
every year in the United States from
the effects of alcohol. This is more
than eight per cent of the entire num-
Der Of deaths in this country. Ac-
cording to these figures, one adult
death occurs every eight minutes, or
one man in every seven who die in
the United States dies as result Of
indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
DR.. Alphonse Bertillion, originator
of the famous Bertillion system Of
measurement, is of the opinion that
alcohol is the principal contributing
cause of tn tuberculosis and cites
mortality statistics Of 100000 men Of
all ages, showing the death rate
among abstainers--not quite 10 per
cent--to be less than half as great as
that among drinkers.
| Evidences that alcohol is an i'm
portant contributing cause of various
other fatal diseases are not wanting.
Figures relative to the number OF
deaths from pneumonia in two large
Eastern cities of the United States
show that from 56 to 20 per cent of
the patients under 30 years of age
who died were users Of alcohol. A
German authority declares that al
cohol is the immediate cause Of about
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

Utilizing waste materials
Americans are often charged with
being wasteful and extravaganza and
the charge is often justified for we
use all our natural resources IN TINS
country as if they were inexhaustiDle;
many valuable by-products OF our FAC,
tories are allowed to go to waste ana
enough food and clothing are thrown
away in some of our homes to feed
and clothe an ordinary family which
has learned the lesson of thrift and
economy. American manufacturers
are learning OF use and save all of the
by-products of their plants and. in ev-
cry way are cutting down waste. The
American people as whole have not
learned this lesson yet but it would be
to their own interest and to the IN
terest of the country as a whole IL
they would.
Al familiar example of the CONNER
cial utilization of material that was
once wasted is in the cottonseed IN
dustry of the South. Until only a
comparatively short time ago enor-
nous quantities of cottonseed from
the ginning mills was thrown away
every wear as worthless. Then some
one found that valuable oil could be
extracted from it and that the cake
remaining after the oil had been
pressed out was on excellent food for
live stock. The oil is becoming more
and more useful for, besides furnish
ing a satisfactory substitute for 9TH
err oils in the manufacture Of paints,
ETC., large quantities. of it are now
used for human food for which -pur-
pose it possesses many points of SUI
periority to animal fats.
In recent years many scrap heaps
and dumps have been made to yield
fortunes. Germany's chemicals and
dye industries have been founded on
the utilization of material that was
once discarded as worthless. A Scotch
chemist has found that certain ores
discarded after the extraction Of
uranium and other elements contain
radium salts, in paying qualities and
has tarted to recover the precious
substance on large scale. An Ameri-
can with an eye open to the possibili-
ties of utilizing waste materials
bought bog into which thousands of
tons of tar had been dumped and
reaped a handsome profit by recover
ing it. The dividends which big oil
companies pay to their stockholders
come in large measure from by-pro-
ducts. A miner in Butte, Mont,
made fortune by extracting copper
sulphate dissolved in the water which
was dumped from the mines there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
SOMEONE ON THE JOB

/
/ a-growng forests
/ a
And and arid a a-blooming like the
Fertile valleys with alfalfa-golden the
held you when there the job
have loving mother, with her six
father
widow little brood
Carried the daily fight for food;
n of that little mob
Where the comforts uncounted door DOME
without
Where their nights with sumber where their world
disappear;
As looked their facessmes achoking down each sob
pondeed-there the job
there
Picked arbpus in the woodland sought the and coumne
Struggled through adysppe
Stood SILENCE the held communion there
marveed With did hrob!
Then whispered to the cdarshere the job
q Charles A. Heath
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
- ~ TOLL, OF LIFE

disease in Munich and that il is also
the chief factor and one of the most
important causes of degeneracy in a
large series of pathological condi-
lions, including paralysis, epilepsy,
and hardening of the arteries.
Figures for the United States show
that fully 80 per cent of all male pa
tients and 40 per cent of all female
patients admitted to state hospitals
are suffering from conditions which
are the direct or indirect result of the
use of alcohol.
1t is generally well known that a
large proportion of the inmates of
prisons and reformatory institutions
are drink victims. In petition sign
ed by over 1000 inmates of a
Pennsylvania penitentiary, asking the
legislature to abolish the manufacture
and sale of liquors, 70 per cent of all
crime was ascribed to the use of al
cohol. This percentage was based on
"a personal canvass of the prisoners.
Statistics gathered in Denmark
have proved that every pint of brandy
consumed by steady drinker short
ems his life by IL hours and that the
average drink he takes lops % min
utes from his time on earth. If all
the alcohol deaths were eliminated
from the total the average longevity
of man of 20 would be about four
years greater than it is at present
a little over as years and that of
woman would rise from AZ and half
to a little over 48 years.
In ord0r to conserve their strength
and insure the high degree of ma
tional efficiency necessary for success
in the war, most of the belligerent
nations of Europe have restricted the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic Ii
quors within their borders more
closely than was ever done before.
The results have been decidedly bene-
fetal, not only for the citizens but for
the nations as a whole.
In England, for example,. drunken
ness has decreased; workers who are
more efficient profit themselves from
the new order of things and at the
same time. material gains accrue to
their employers and their country;
better order prevails among civilians
and in the army it has been found
that the men are better and more eff
cient soldiers and when sick or wound
ed their chances for recovery are bet
ter than would be the case If the use
OF alcoholic liquors were unrestricted.
The experience Of the nations Of
Europe in curbing the use Of liquor
has demonstrated that legislation is
more potent than many had suspected
in putting an end the the evils which
result from alcoholic indulgence and
it is believed that all nations from
now on will more and more come to
regard the drink evil as q problem
which must be given serious consid-
GRAFTON.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

An ancient palace about 80 feet
long and 100 feet wide, containing
some 20 rooms. was unearthed few
months ago in Egypt by American ar
chaeologists. The place is large and
deliberately decorated. 1t bears evil
dences of fire at some time. In the
throne room were many vessels
vases and other relics, some of which
belong to the stone age. These in
cluded knives, sickles, razors and ar
row heads. The palace is supposed
to be the home of Meremptah, the son
of Rameses the Great, who is thought
by many to be the Pharaoh mention
ed in the Book of Exodus.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

many Of this stamp and it seems to
me that We have great reason Tor
such feelings. We have now been in
the service about eighteen months and
never has our army, especially the
Army Of the Potomac, realized what
might be called victory. 1t is true
in some instances we have driven the
enemy from their strong positions but
in all cases our losses have been sew
ere. A succession of such reverses
under the assurance that we have one
of the finest armies in the world is
enough to discourage US. The ques-
ton arises in my mind, what is the
cause Of all these defeats? Is il be-
cause our leaders are in the fault or is
it because we have not troops enough.
1t must be one or the other for it Is
admitted by all, both rebel and loyal
officers, that no troops ever fought
with more bravery than did ours, and
! have no reason to doubt but that the
same bravery will be manifested
should this same train of misfortunes
follow them through the coming eigh-
teen months.
But if our army could be led on to
victory from one point to another
with how much more courage could
we march forward, no matter what
Ihardships we have to undergo, if we
could feel that we were doing some
thing to restore peace to our nation,
and joy to our firesides. hope there
will be something done to change the
program Of our army for it seems to
me that we have already sacrificed by
thousands too many valuable lives.
But have said enoAgh about this
awful calamity.
thank you very much for writing
to me. / hope you will continue to
show me such fayors and as often as
convenient for you may be sure it is
a source of comfort for us to hear
from our friends. Accept this from
your friend and brother,
Asa b. Gilbert.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

|. Captain Robert Scott Of the British
navy left New Zealand on November
20, 1910, for the South Pole with a
party Of SO men, including 20 naval
officers and scientists and crew OF
% men. He sailed on the ship Terra
Nova, which took the party south, re-
turned, and went south again to bring
the party back. Captain Scott and
party reached the South Pole on Janu-
airy. 10, 1912, one month later than
Amdndsen, the Norwegian. The Scott
party then started to return to their
bases, but were overtaken, over
whelmed and destroyed by blizzard
The searching party on the Terra
Nova recovered the bodies and rec
ords Of the party.
The South Pole is situated on ar
antarctic continent larger than the
United States and with an area OF
5000, 900 miles.
The pole is on tableland about TO-
600 feet above sea level.
The great ice barrier is a glacier
500 miles wide and hundreds of miles
broad in places; it varies from 10C
to 800 feet in height.
The breaking off of portions of this
ice barrier each summer produces the
greatest crop of icebergs in the world
Mount Erebus belches steam and
lava within circle of eternal ice.
1t is probable that the south pole
itself is buried under ice 5000 feet
thick.
Vegetation in the antarctic CONT
nent consists entirely of moss; the
land animal life is limited to spe-
cies of wingless insect very primitive
in form.
Penguins, great, awkward birds
exist along the coast in some parts
There is little snow on the lower
plateau, necessitating explorers car
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
GOVERNMENT NEEDS
$780, 900 TONS SHIPPING

Mayor c. A. Knapp this week re-
ceived q communication from Gov.
Albert E. Sleeper setting forth the
difficulties being experienced by the
government of producing ships to use
in the war. 1t Is pointed out that
while raw materials needed for manu-
featuring will be permitted to enter
our ports it Is necessary to drastical-
ly curtail the importation of mater.
ials for non-essentials. This will
enable the shipping used for this pur-
pose to be relieved for war use.
The statement is made that this
war can be won through the construc-
ton this year by the United States
and her Allies, Of 100000 tons OF
shipping To do this it Is necessary
to procure 100000 workmen. Or
these men, depend the ability of other
labor to obtain steady employment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

In order to remove tumor from
the stomach of Myer Coplan, of New
berry, N. c., Baltimore surgeons had
to cut practically all of the organ
away. The esophagus was successful
ly joined to the small intestine. Cop
Ian, is now able to walk about but he
is obliged to take his food in very
small quantities and must allow him
self about two hours for eating each
meal. Only about half dozen per-
sons are known to be living without
the stomachs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

Representative Kelley Of Michigan
has introduced bill in the House OF
Representatives providing for the
prohibition of the importation Of Ger
man goods into this country. Fer ev'
cry month the Kaiser succeeds in de.
ferring the making of peace, the pro-
hibition is to be extended a full year
If the Germans keep up their infam.
Gus warfare twelve months after the
nactment of the proposed law, no Ger
man goods are to be admitted to this
country for twelve years thereafter
The Banner heartily commehds
both the letter and spirit of this mea'
sure and sincerely hopes to. see il
adopted by Congress and carried into
effect by the American people.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
BAPTIST CHURCH
Tuesday Eve, March S
Admission
Adults Csc
Children under IS 15c

From r. a. TallcoH.
Dean, School of Public Speaking.
Valparaiso. University.
take pleasure in recommend
ing to the public, Mr. Harry
Chandler, who is endowed with a
pleasing personality, a splendid
voice, and genuine power of in
terpreting literature. His humor
is refined and irresistible, and all
who have the pleasure of listning
to him will be royalty entertained.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
A Good FIy Bait

ment experts prove that the best bait
for flies is stale beer; nothing else
can be found which has so great an
attraction for them. Next to this is
a mixture of molasses and water,
made by diluting one part of "black
strap" with. three parts water and al
lowing it Is ferment for day or two.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
Cambridge Springs, Pa,
February %. 1918.

Iudry %, 1910.
Editor Banner:
Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith find
check for $1.50. note my subscrip-
tion expires January, 1918. Regard
less of Liberty Bonds and extra ex-
pense l must have the Banner. Would
be lost without it.
Respectfully yours,
p. l.. Blystone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

rying tents; the surface is smooth ice.
Deep crevices An .f9e Beardmore
glacier render travH Ip II perilous.
Scientists claim that centuries ago
the south pole was a tropical region
filled with plant and animal life.
They also maintain that the pole is
never at the same place for two con-
secutive years, that the earth wab-
bles around considerably each twelve
months.
A bank which, under ordinary con-
ditions bought bond which every
one knew must decline would be ac-
cused of something worse than stu
pidity. Yet that is precisely what
the banks save been urged to do, and
what they have been doing prodigal-
ly in the case of the Liberty loans. If
they kept the bonds long enough, they
might recoup their losses as the bonds
advance on prospect Of peace; but
they are supposed to perform the
work of middleman and retailer, buy
ing the loans at par when the Govern
ment needs funds, and persuading
their. customers to buy them later-at
a discount. The banks losses on in
vestments are not widely inspected by
the public, but if printed broadcast
for last year and this they would
form a very honorable exhibit. In
fact it would probably almost equal
the loss on space given by the news
papers Of the United States.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

Almost $73,0O0,00O worth of metals,
exclusive Of gold, silver, platinum,
iron and steel were recovered from
scrap in 1918, and the following per-
centages of all the metals that fig
ure in the metal trade in this country
are recovered from scrap: copper, 20;
zinc, 20; tin, 26. Although the re-
covery Of waste tin is a comparative
ly new industry, more than $4,000, 900
worth of the metal is recovered each
year and there is still an enormous
amount wasted in scraps from fac
tories using tin plate and in the tin
on Discarded tin cans.
A little system prevents a lot of
bungling.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27

An English military aviator re-
ports that while up in the air some
time ago he observed swallow fly
ing in front of his machine and set
out after it in full speed. He follow
ed the bird, gradually gaining on il
foot by foot, until at length one of the
wires in the machine struck it and II
fell to the earth. This incident shows
that the fight Of the swallow is not
nearly as swift as has been thought
heretofore.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-27
Real
Estate
For S ale


Well located farm of 156 acres
two miles west Of Belding,
good soil, on gravek road.
A good so acres near Vickery-
vile.
Nice home on South Bridge-st-,
7 rooms, furnace, toilet, laun-
try, barn. Would exchange
for small farm. The price
rs ............... SZ5VV.VO
Modern S-room house, corner
lot, fine location, garage. In
vestigate this il you are look
ing for a home close to the
business section
Groom house on James-st., cell
lar, cistern, lights, good well,
sidewalk in. We offer this on
easy terms at. ........ $4,000
Nearly modern home ON Mer-
.rick-av., convenient to mills
and factories, garage on lot.
The price is. ......... .$185O.00
NOW is THE TIME to list your
property with us, IL you want
to sell your FARM or CITY
PROPERTY.
GEO. E. WAGNER
Real Estate and Insurance
Phone 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08

Walkers Copper Letter will say: Cop
per Is decidedly Arm at the fixed price OF
26 cents pound. A few industrial con-
sumers are complaining OF inability to
obtain supplies but this in itself does
rot reflect any particular change in the
situation, there having been a shortage
OF copper for general industrial purposes
for months past. 1t is a fact not gener-
ally recognized that smelter production
and imports have been running some
what in excess OF refinery output. end
this is partly responsible for such short
age OF supplies as exists The inability
OF the refiners to obtain the labor and
supplies they require to operate at full
capacity is responsible also for the fact
that the mining companies have been
reporting more than normal amounts of
unsold copper on hand. Apparently the
price fixing committee OF the Govern
ment has been misled to some extent by
the surplus accumulations of unrefned
copper, which naturally leads 1t to the
assumption that there not only is but
will be sufficient of the metal for all
purposes. There is more than sufficient
refining capacity in this country to take
care Of current output and imports. and
II the ref1ners once succeed In manning
their entire plants and obtaining the
needed acid and fuel supplies they soon
will convert the existing supplies. and
for a short time therefore there will APP
pear to be abundant copper for all uses
Then and not until then the true rela-
ton of supply and demand will assert
itself"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08
FINANCIAL NOTES.

Standard Eank OF South Africa, Lid
will open an agency in Rotterdam. The Of
-fiCIsls hope to be able 10 open for business
IN about three weeks
MCCord Manufacturing Company reports
earnings for July OF Sl0S,46g.
New orleans Cotton Exchange announces
II will close ON September IL, national
registration day. :.
The report of the Butterick Company for
the siX months ended June so last shows
profits OF $3O0sgl. an increase of s9t,O'2.
h. e. Dun IL co, report commercial fail-
urcs In the United States Of 1876. compared
with 1855 for the preceding week,
Application has been made to tn" New
York stock Exchange TO list S"OOOo.vOO
ten year { per cent. secured gold bonds OF
July Il, 1918,
The total output of potash for the FIRST
six months OF 1915 was 10000 to 5000
short tons OF pure potash.
Equitable Trust Company announces the
removal of the Offices at 6lS Filth avenue
east corner OF Madison avenue and Forty
ffth street
Guaranty Trust Company is Offering to
nay par and interest for Bethlehem steel
Company two year per cent, notes due
February l., 1917
Beaver Leather Company OF Newark
has amended its charter in the ofnce OF
the Secretary Of State to increase the
company's capital to 1000. 900
shipments OF cured meat from Chicago
amounted to 2S.9i3,0O0 pounds for the
week ended September G.
The Alberta wheat crop Is estimated a.
I : 200. OOO bushels. Oats will yield so.
600 900 bushels and barley 4s0,O0O,O00.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
Market Opinions.

Practically all OF the weekly market
letters yesterday reflected a confident
tone. Shonnard. Mills g. Co. for in
stance, say: at Is nearly certain that
the market will be a traders affair,
with a strong undertone on declines, and
a good investment basis in nearly all
directions" Wrenn Brothers 4 Co.
say 1T is now too early for the dis
counting of immediate peace, not only
because the open weather for fighting
will last only few weeks longer. but
even II this were March instead
of September the military work
yet to be done is too great to be ac-
complished in period of a few weeks
or months. We look then for only a
temporary continuance of the present
sort of market and think that by the
end of the month greater dulness and
rregularity will prevail" The odd Lot
Rcvie,p says I'VE feel that the trend
is still strongly upward and that the
interrupted movement will be resumed
In conservative fashion shortly. In
this connection II should be remembered
that the decline has served to strengthen
the technical position of the market.
which had naturally been somewhat
weakened by the rise
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08
Reserve Note Issue Expands.

The amount of Federal Reserve Bank
OF New York notes outstanding at the
close of the week was S,42,293,S35. an
expansion OF S36,s500O0 in one week.
according TO the weekly reserve bank
statement. The banks increased their
borrowings from the Federal institution
by s4l. 200, 900 during the week, the total
81 rediscounts and advance on account
OF United States obligations standing at
439,651.922. q new high record. At
the came time the rediscounts and ad-
vancss on commercial paper were liqui-
dated TO the extent of sls,500,o0O. re-
ducing that item to Sl++,446.7S9.
There was a reduction OF s1.lOO,O0O in
acceptances bought. The total Of bills
discounted and bought. representing the
earnings assets OF the Deserve bank, was
s7O4, s60.74l, a new top. compared with
SGS3,5l3.S9l the week before. Through
the operation OF the gold settlement
fund the banks gold holdings increased
s44, 600. 900. indicating a return of some
of the funds sent to the West Tor crop
moving and other purposes. United
States Government deposits with the re-
serve bank gained s14.200.000 and mem
Der bank deposits fell off Sl4.50o.000.
The reserve banks net issue of reserve
notes increased s1s,500.o00.