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Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-14
DRUGGISTS STILL ASKED ID CONSERVE STOCKS OF vApORUB
 NEEDED IN FLU" DISTRICTS
influenza Epidemic Decreasing In Most Sections and the Demand Is Slackening But We Are Still 18,O0O Gross Behind On Orders and It Will Take Some Time To Catch Up.

and these will be forwarded to drug gists on request. We will also be glad to mail to any individual one of these booklets. together with quar-
 ter ounce sample, free,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-14
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS HAVE WIPED OUT EXCESS STOCK

On October 1st we had on hand at the factory and in twenty warehouses over the country a tremendous stock of VapoRub, accumulated during the summer months. This is now gone-we actually shipped during the month of October over three million jars of VapoRub. We are speeding up our factory as much as possible and the problem now is 10 distribute the fac tory's output as quickly as possible. We have therefore. for the time being abandoned freight shipments and are shipping either by Parcel Post or ex press-trying to give each jobber at least a little stock.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-14
STATEMENTS TO
 DRUGGISTS IN INFLUENZA DISTRICTS

YPrefcreifFe is being given to those sections gtCicken by influenza. In order to te4ch these sections as quick ly as can be. we are during this emergency, making shipments by Par eel Post, direct to the retail trade, of not more than three (3( dozen BOG size in any one- shipment. We prefer that the jobbers order these shipments for their trade but to save time we will, if the need is urgent, ship direct on receipt of check or money order. Naturally no new accounts can be opened during this rush.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-14
SAMPLES AND INFLUENZA BOOK
 LETS FREE ON REQUEST

We have prepared a little folder giving all the information available so far on Spanish Infiuenza-its ori gin-the symptoms and the treatment
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AN INTOLERABIE OFFENSE

Il is greatly 10 the credit Of the
citizenship Of this country that most
Of the Socialists, especially the radi-
cal class. are Of foreign origin and
have foreign sympathieS: bur they
have :, right. through our liberal laws.
70 b.. Americans and still keep faith in
the genuine principles of Socialism,
If they conduct themselves rs faithful
subjects OF the government under
which they live and which affords
them projection.
They have no NOR" RICH; 10 BE-
false 10 their allegiance or 10 CICit"
S,.uirion for th., aid OF it's enemies than
;huss- born in the cn.my'S country and
III avowcd sympathy with lis cause.
And violation OF ailegianc" or dis
loyalty Of conduct By Socialist pobS
or llillquit or Ros" Pastor Stokes. is
jus: AS much an offensn and should b"
treated just rs severely as that OF Il
man OF Grrman birth proya2atine the
same sentiment a they bold: utter.
The case OF Eugene Y n"bs Is par.
ticulariy asgrara,ing, because he was
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A GREAT PROBLEM

: There has been much comment pro
and con over the report of the Federal
Trade Commission with regard To the
"profteering" that is going on in this
~>coontry. The great question has been
..how are tho great forces for produc-
ling, distributing and applying values
at such time as this 20 be- effectively
controlled and directed" That, in
Hdeed. is the great problem which "a"
slegislatiYe and executive branches OF
.Ethe government have 10 deal with,
land which is still pressing for 'hs
most effective solution It. is that for
(which the Federal Trade Commission
was expected to afford light and suS-
~yest the bes; solution. bv the presen-
:1ation Of information rs basis Of
Judgment. rather than TO render judS-
ment and recommend specific action.
which il has taken upon Itself TO do.
The Leading feature Of the Commits
sion's report is revealing as to what it
declares to be eIceSSeS and abuses in
the operation Of various large indus
tries and the trade in their products.
giving special prominence to what are
characterized as monoplHs in food
products. especially meat and flour. in
materials for manufactures. as iron,
steel, copper and leather. so largely in
demand for government supplies.
There is an ample statement ia regard
10 prices and profits IN hes" lln"s and
in some cases severe structures upon
methods and motives. as in that of
meat packers who hav" long exercised
a large control over the market for
their products. Their. has BEEN 4 vast
demand for these products in proper
ZION 70 available supplies. aud III" III
eritabl" result would b. high prices
and large profits unless there WAS
other contro! than any available com
petition. =.
4 critical Commentator on the Com
missions report expresses the fear
that it will not great! aid in clearing
I'm tho situation 81 lar a. IS Own Sug
.-sesrions go What il 10 b" RI. rem
'-edy for any actual .Xc">Se< o. abuses
.-revealed, and which Congress is
called upon 20 SOW" Two lines ni
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tinues in doubt This report throws
little direct light UPON that One Is
fixing prices for the most important
products involved. especially those-of
which the government is the chief
purchaser. and the other putting a
heavy tax upon profteenng. orderly
ius excessive profit from production
AMI trade in these lines In price
fixing there is the danger OF restrain
ing production as a whole and OF con-
centrating it more in powerful COM
biu5tiors Of capital. There is need
OF the best Judgment in applying it
without lessening the return in reve-
nue. and tnjuriJg the industry as a
whole. It's success is questionable.
Taking a large portion OF excess
profit" the profit due to the heavy
demand for public 1se by means Of
taxation is entirely justified. and If
wisely adjusted will yield a large
share OF the needed revenue without
restricting the production II will
transfer a great deal from private
profit that can be spared TO public
revenue that Is needed. and thereby
lessen the ouruen of more general
taxation and its effect upon prices
and the cost OF living.
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SecretaTyOf Agriculture

, the farmerisneeds under sympathetic
management: to introduce business
methods into farm finance: 10 sys-
tenatize and to reduce the cost OF
handling Of farm loans: TO place upon
the market mortgages which viii be
safe Investments for private funds:
to attract into agricultural operations
| 4 fair share Of the capital Of the ma
ton, and 10 lead to 4 reduction Of in
| tcresst rates.
Then there were enacted the Cot
| ton Futures Act. providing standards
! for cotton. for the supervision OF the
operations Of the exchanges, and for
| placing the trading in cotton on 4
sounder basis; the Grain Standards
| Act 10 establish standards for bulk
grain, to remedy certain inJusnceS
and undesirable practices: and the
Warehouse Act, providing for liccnS-
! ing bonded warehouses, making pos
sible an easily negotiable warchous"
receipt. the better storage and the
mora orderly distribution Of farm
products.
Not less important for farm opera,
I tionS is the Federal Aid Road Act, en-
| cellently conceived to safeguard the
expenditure of $16n, 900 arising un'
| der the act over the fire-year period.
and certain 10 secure better result
| from the Sn,000.O0n, or thr equiv,
alent now annually expended in the
nation for good roads.
Preceding these measures was IN"
Agricultural Extension Act onr Of the
most significant educational measures
ever adopted by any government
Like the road act. it provides for CO.
operation between expert State and
Federal agencies. 1t undertakes to
bring home TO the people tho best sci
! entific aud practical knowledge boar
ing on production and Distribution. II
provides for the most effective way OF
disseminating neutrality-suspicious. old
way. through personal contact.
This act will reach its full dfvel-
opment in 1929. when there Will be
expended under lis terms from stat"
and Federal funds alone $S.6SU.Oho IN
the direct education Of the farmer and
his family, and probably from three
to four millions more from Other Fed
cral and State community funds.
With increased local support his
will permit the placing in each OF IN"
$3.50 rural counties of The nation two
county agents, in most Cases man
and q woman. with The assistance OF
district supervisors. all working with
the aid and direction Of tho great
forces Of the land grant colleges and
the Department Of Agriculture.
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STATE NEWS

PARTNERSHIP Rti--Thc W"Sr Virginia
Fair association If parknrshurs has Sc
l"rr"d August "u. - 80 and - rs the
dates for Inidii;s tn: annual Wool
county fair on It's grounds here. ll"rS"
rnr!uE events wili l." included i'll III"
program.
Ei.kIN l. II. l.. Willis. purchasing
agent irr Ihr Coal and COX" railroad.
ha< b",n commissioned a major III IN"
army and ordered IL report fer duty ar
Fort sam ll"uStmn. 'r"N.
MnEGA NTpW Mart W. Shoots.
professor IN Tho Agricultural extension
department al West Virginia unirHr-
sI,:. has been sunrmonr'! /" Washington
10y IN" bureau "f animal industry "f tl":
Federal department OF agriculture :"
TAX" rharg" "f emergency beef CattI':
err states.
MURGANTuWN--~pr. X. w. Fisher
and I'r. R"az Il; COX Law" been commits
stoned first n"utrnan,s IN tho medical
reserve corps at tho army and are pre-
pairing {" enter active service in til"
near future.
FAlKMONT---MrSs Mildred IlmmN:'-
,, man has resigned As teacher Of physical
, ''lh ~ ''l III VIZ EiiEliLhHt WI Iii't'
school and Miss Rachael uunnanan OF
ih" Ynsilauu. Mich. STATE. normal school,
has h,.,.n appointed rs her successor.
Wr:STpN--Th" annual convention Of
~" Lewis county Sunday School Assoc
Cla;inn has been ST. for lul!' is and -
. at Walk. rSNiil" that county. Ir. w
y. Sr"W ~ harrisburg general sc"r"-
tary Of III" WcSt Virginia Sunday
School ass",'iari"t. will h.. III charge.
ENNE.TTt.NILI.F: Alfred Taylor.
newspaper man. has announced himself
"a \ candidate for tn. Dcrn"Crati- nom
nation for stat" senator IN IN" Ninth
district. composed uf F'ay"ttn. Green
hTi"r. Nicholas and CLAW r"untieS.
iIUNTINGTUN-Il r.. Watt. Supcria.
i"nd"nr AZ tn" Huntington Water com.
pam. has been commits stoned IL, q cap
tatr III thu rnein""ring corps "f m"
army ami las resigned his posluan
h"r"
tlIhEI.E,STON--F' Farmers ~ West
virginia HAY" h""n called upon by
.lam"" T. Stewart. s;ntr. roulmi Ss-Ihnr"
~ nrri"Iilur". !" rais" heavy draft
in he war. Tho demand at this time
Is said I" b. unusually ""avy.
rIiARLESTbN-- Four 81 tho larger
cities ~ IN" state ha"n provided S,I|-
%iantIal increases in salary :" hn ra'd
teachers ncAt year. They arr: Hunt
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THE WORD OF FINALITY

The German. Foreign Secretary. Won
Knehlman, few days ago. IN ID
dressing the Reichstas. complained
that although he had agreed Wild
q President Wilson in the four tnnda'
!: mental sprupositionS he had laid down
+ for pescethat MT. wilson had never
= to. tha. acceptance
and: therefore. By tnttsatson. IT Was
! The txuh OF the UMced Statas that
: saszEhter confined OF coWee'
Hr1,. c1rot. truth to come
{ ont OF Germany. The aereesneul
trxKnehfuzrn eaks-of~as Ae AL
I acknowledgements accompanied by
! qualifications and cond1hona- 1npos-
/ stole- recognition by the Au1e1Ean
! rpre1mert H.DL-Knahfmznn VIII
> take the trouble to read President
rWftsu.s address, delivered at me
tomb, of Washington, on the Fourth OF
!. :Jufy. he viii find it very Interesting
!. reading. and he win learn from that
:, document why the President paid no
!. attention to Germany's acceptance OF
!. -four fundamental peace propositions
;. contained in President Wilson's state
+A,snt OF the objects and aims Of this
country in the war.
The Presidents Mount Vernon
..epeech has an air Of fnality about 1t
that ought TO be satisfying to even the
military autocracy Of Germany
While it was not declared to be an
answer to Yon Kuehlmann's remarks,
lit at least covers the ground in that
direction. and certainly destroys all
hopes Germany may have hac Of Sc
curing compromise peace. The
,Tessident goes over about the same
Ground he hes Travelled in his late ad'
dresses defining the aims OF this coun
Try in this war. He summarizes the
objects in these words: "A reign OF
,IaE. based on the consent Of the gov
ened and sustained by the organized
@opinion Of mankind" Is there any
Thought Of that kind in the German
.:mind" Certainly not. It would not
be surprising 10 hear Of some German
spokesman declaring that the Presl
dents Mount Vernon speech has made
peace impossible. But that will
mean a German made peace. And
that is not The kind We are going tc
have,
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RESULT OF CRITICISM

1t was the critics who barred the
frauds. The administration al Wash
ington is proceeding for the court
martial of officers and the Indictment
Of others connected with gratis or
government contracts The specific
charge now is that unconscionablr
fees were charged in the securing o.
contracts, and the amount OF the f""S
added TO the consideration in the COG
tract. Thus once more does the All
ministration add its own official Nrrt.
fcation to tho criticisms Of e1trava-
gance and waste which have been
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intelligent enough to know just what
he was doing and what he was saying
was maliciously false, He Is Il man
who has had the distinction OF max,
ing himself the Socialist candidate for
President several times He now
stands charged with fomenting rios
and exciting sediuon under a proyi-
sion Of the amended espionage act.
Among the charges on which he was
indicted by the Federal grand jury
were making faIse statements about
the conduct OF our military and naval
forces: attempting 10 cause dis
loyalty, nnItiny and refusal to per,
form duties in those forces; attempt
ing 10 obsuuct recruiting or enlist
ment for them; disloyal language and
various other otfenSeS. Instances
have been cited which seem 10 leave
no doubt about it. That kind OF
seditous talk for the aid OF the
enerny and the obstruction Of the If
forts Of our own Government ought TO
be stopped The more conspicuous or
presumably influential the offender
the more promptly and severely should
he be dealt with. Probably no eX
ample would be more effective Than
/ that of Debs, unless it should be Nor
ris Hillquit Rose Pastor Stokes is
harmless in comparison
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In the. field u:food proonctS1n- Nh
tona1 and StateAagencies- for a-nHm
ber OF years haye been rendering cf'
fectiHe service: but to the. second nall
q agriculture involved in Distribution,
no systematic attention had been CIV
en- or provision nado until recently.
Even the economists OF the nahon
had shown a singular Indifference con
corning problems in this field They
had been busily studying the econom
les OF industry. banking. transporta
ton, public debts, International pay
ments. corporation finances. ccononi'
ic theory and the economic systems VI
the medieval and ancient world. but
a mere handful had shown any appre'
cia1lon OF the difficulties which Texed
tho str-1nfllion farmers Of the nation
in spite OF their knowledge Of stllV-
ings against them In the minds even
Of these few there were grave. doubts
as to the lines that inquiries should
follow, and as to the possibility Of Sc
curing results within a reasonable
time.
But Things have moved rapidly. An
offlco OF market to make inveshga
tons in all directions as organized III
1913, was rapidly extended, and TO-
day possesses a large trained person
mel with a budget OF approximately Il
million dollars It has accumulated Il
great mass Of valuable information
and has extended aid to farmers and
communities in many directions. par
ticularly In the field Of tho marketing
Of perishables through market news
service.
Certain OF the Investigations Of tho
office will require time. Many faces
must be secured and conclusions
reached before effective action can be
taken. But certain things needed %
be done 1t was not necessary 10
await a long course OF inquiry to be-
gin doing them. The present genera
ton needed service
A program WAS marked out and las
been completed, in large measure. by
the enactment OF singularly carefully
framed legislation. The National Bank
ing Law was so amended ID 10 per
nit banks to lend money within safe
limits on farm mortgages and to rec
ognize the peculiar needs Of the farm
er by giving his paper maturity pc
rod of six months.
The Federal Farm Loan Act was
passed. creating a banking system 10
reach intimately into the rural dis
trcts; to operate on terms suited to
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been heard for many months past.
When The Republican press conf
planned of large expenditures and in
adequate results. thor" was Try O.!
petty criticism" 'c1rpins criticism
and "partisanship." Fer 4 Hcpuhli-
can editor 10 intimat" that tn" nation
was not getting results commensurate
with the expenditures. was near iioa-
son. Now that the administration
has officially declared its own opinion
on tn" :uhicri nf graft, n" F"npt" ni
the country should acknowledge their
obligation 10 those newspapers l!at
uttered courageous protest. against
cytravagancr and incfficirAty.
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In General CrowdcTs classification OF
tdlars for the vork-or-fght rule. he in
ctadas clerks in tho shops. which calls &c
mind that ono OF the most distinguished
soldiers of the War Of the Rebellion.
General Nelson A Miles. was a. clerk in
dry goods store in Massachusetts.
when the CIVIL War broke out When
the +xar ended he was a rnajor general
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GIVE THE BOYS" A CHANCE

In me QTAL 6Se> 1OWGIlllS IL 10 10
years especially. may be considered
postponed until fail, when the ad-
ministat1on's universal training
scheme viii be submitted to Con
Srea While the question was up in
| the Senate there was a great deal Of
Iacmymnse oratory on the part OF a
few Senators, who talked about the
evil OF conscripting boys under I'll
the mothers boys as they were
styled. But it took the bluff old war
veteran Of Minnesota, Senator Knute
Nelson. to dry up the tears Of the af-
lfected. when he declared that the
best fighters we had in the Civil War
were boys who enlisted when they
were Is and 10 years, very many OF
them II. And it IS true, as Senator
Nelson says, but Of which so few
people know. that three-fourfhs Of the
army which fought in the Civil War
on the part Of the North were boys
IS and 10 years old IF you want
good soldiers, take the young men"
said Senator Nelson. they are the
most effective" Senator Nelson
knows, because he is an old war
veteran.
There was another point that Scna-
! tor Nelson made. and a very iun-
portant one 1t refers to the educa-
tional value of army service 10 the
young man Hear him: AS to
this story about taking young
men out Of school. Mr.. President. It
was my lot to serve in the army as an
enlisted man, a private, and non
commissioned officer, and regard my
army service as the best part OF my
Education. feel confident l would
never have gotten along as well in the
world as | did If I had not gotten my
diploma as non-commissioner officer
| in the Fourth Wisconsin reGnent of
the Union army during the war. Let
our boys 80 into the army. 1t gives
them training. 4 discipline. which
they can get nowhere else. If you
want to carry on this war SUCCESS
fully do not let this maudliu sympathy
! about keeping the boys on the farm
and in school restrain you from giving
us the best material we need for an
effective army
f.! Undoubtedly there will BE- a fight
! made against any lowering of the
! present minimum OF q years. when
1.-The subject comes up again, as it will,
: in the fall. But If Congress really
wants as great an army as 1t says it
! wants. and if it wants 10 get it with
out demoralizing the social and indus
trial life Of the country. it will have
70 lower the age limits. While 4
great number OF men wouln register
| under an increase Of the draft maxi
:. mum to ~ or IS, the percentage Of
this number who could be put into
! Class | would be very small, Two or
even three times as many men would
/ b. found available for military serv-
ice in the ages between Is and 81
as between the present limits and 40.
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Those Foolish Questions.

Mr.. Krnwu wA< tlEcins IN MS lrNht
garden Presently friend passed by!
"lialI"1.. Frnwn:' he rri"d. checrii!'
'r:ar,l"nnE"""
No" said MIR. Brown. rmphaticaily
I'M not. I'm sitting OF the roof teach
jnc the SrarrnwS 10 sit up and he.
What arc you doing" Having a bath.
-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
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NOTICE
Editor Intcit1gencer:

Editor Intclngencer:
You are authorized to announced
Davis Elkins Of Morgantown. Monon-
gala Co.. a candidate for nomination
by the Republican Party for the United
States Senate from West Virginia, sub
Ject TO all rules OF the Republican Party
and the laws Of the State Of West Viz
gtnia governing the primary election
10 be ncid August. 1918.
E.IklNS CAMPAIGN COMH1TrEE
]. H McDERMOTT. Chairman
i. Q. Drawer. SSl.
MorGantown. ". Fa-Aof
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frNS carry this Fourth Of InlE en-
thusiagm right along with Us thrnIl%h-
out tho gear. first applying II now IL
going ovcr thu top with tn" War SAY
iugs Stamp quota.
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Army and navy teams entertained
King CcIrrEc on The "fourth" with Il
ball game. and with i score of I"
in favor Of ;hn Navy il must have been
nc real thing.
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l,r Won Kurhlmanu is respectfully r"-
fcrrcd /" PRESIDENT Wilson's Ml. N"r-
non speech as I" plans and $p"rIiiCa-
tiunS fur 4 forthcoming peace.
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A pcrsplcu"us contemporary suggests
that Tia" ,irparlcd Sulian Of Turkey mas
gone ahtad /" test ;h' i"m;,rtiur' Tor
the Kaiser.
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Berlin comes back with tho wrak Ii"
that thr CanaIian hospital ship was mot
turp"dur,l. hut struck Il MIN. TIL il
t. Ia" marines
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The new fuel orders viii r"duc" b""r
production 30 per cont. and J. ais"
strikes "r"lr hr"r'' products. Adams
ale can T." had IN III" usual quantities.
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With ih, overthrow nf -" E"lSh"Nih'.
!..'In" IS sur" t. show lbs iri" ""i"f'.
as q y:tid tur! "i Germany.
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Congress g still working '"r = r..r''--,
hut "" motto" III" boys ~ tn" trenches
arr mot aSkiHI: i"r any vacation.
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Tin, ::;tr,. r"l,'hr;tIi'r 49, ih'' 't'h"iE
;rs.niurn"u"e !I,s.li Gar RI" iii"nS - -"
tHl,.r..
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Tho Australians pulled OF h!G St"rt
on til" western front lS their c"ntrI-
button t. III" celebration uf InG"p",lt-
enc" Day-aithnuSh n" Americans
helped some.
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InEtuu. - per cent. thhrlrs'"n' - me-
-, ,,rr C.. Mt. l'ark"rshurC. :" ahe - r''
cent. and ratrn"nt: - per cent.
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:" far "a known. and compared with
former !,arS. it wiLS 4 ':ir"I'sS Fourth.