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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31
WHY WE SHOULD IMPORT MORE

1t often simplifies an economic problem to apply 1t 10 an
individual. for the position of a nation and of a citizen of that
nation are frequently Identical. If a retailer has an article on
his shelves which he thinks of consuming himself, and a good
customer wishes to buy it, the wise retailer sells 1t to INN ana
thereby makes a profit, and obliges and holds his customer.
America is in the position of the retailer. AS George Ed.
Smith. president of the American Manufacturers Export Asso-
citation, recently said: TO supply the people of other countries
with the necessities which they cannot themselves produce,
we can do only one thing-cut down our domestic consump-
ton"
American manufacturers and export merchants have a
foreign demand for American goods is insistent. Never be-
fore was it so good and never again may the opportunities
for Introducing our goods be SO favorable. by denying our
selves now we have a chance to establish foreign trade rela-
tions that will bring us business and profits in years to come.
Sales in foreign markets will help to stabilize exchange and
avoid exports of gold. If we permit trade balances to run
against us during the war the cost of the war Will be increased
tremendously by the rate of exchange against us; and, after the
war we shall be forced to export gold i'll settlement OF OLD
debts i'll spite of anything we can do.
1t is far better to pay as we go and our foreign creditors
prefer merchandise to gold because they can make money out
of our goods. When we also gain permanent trade connec-
lions our exports after the war will Tighten the load OF the
debts our government is mourning.
favor, but it is not properly distributed. Our allies owe us
money which they cannot pay at present, and they also owe
money to the countries to which we are i'll debt, so we cannot
settle our own indebtedness to our creditors by assigning to
them our claims against others. Let us pay such debts with
merchandise and save money by stabilizing exchange in that
profitable way.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31
POOR POSITION OF LOW : GRADE COTTON

Nothing is too good for our soldiers, but the federal au-
thorities have made their specifications too stiff in many cases
where cotton is consumed. Good duck can be made with low
grade cotton. Hinged and stained cotton is as good as white
for olive drab fabrics in which the off color of the raw cotton
does not interfere with dyeing. 1t is absurd to stuff horse col
lars and hospital mattresses with fine cotton when linters
would do as well.
Manufacturers do not care because the price of high-grade
cotton is taken into account, but the result has been to create
an artificial shortage of high-grade cotton and leaves a vast
quantity of low grade cotton to be carried over into the new
crop year. Never before were the lower grades so heavily
penalized in the cotton markets of this country.
In some parts of the cotton belt a large part of the crop
runs below standard middling, and therefore cannot be used in
filling government contracts. Planters in the cotton states
east of the Mississippi always have a large amount of low
grade cotton. When they try to sell it they find that they have
to take five cents or more a pound less than the base price be-
cause the government specifications exclude it needlessly in
most cases. This makes it hard for the cotton growers of the
east who cannot buy fertilizers because potash salts are worth
about ten times as much as before the war. High prices for
cotton are not what they seem under such circumstances.
Fluffy Ruffles will have to pay a war tax of twenty per
cent on hats costing twenty-five dollars or more, ten-dolar
shoes, forty-dollar dresses and wraps and two-d dollar silk stock
ings. How women do hate to pay taxes and custom duties.
Put the blame on the kaiser.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31
THE IMPORTATION OF GOLD

GELD is the life blood of commerce. It's necessity in the
carrying on of our commercial relations is fairly comparable
with the blood of the human system. The body cannot live
On last years supply of blood. An expanding commercial life
cannot be sustained with the past production of gold. In the
commercial world the continuing growth of business transac-
tons requires a continually increasing amount of flowing cur
rencv. The present high price area is gradually shutting off
the supply of gold and the near future will see conditions I'M
der which not only will there be no production which can go
to the minis, but the gold already coined VIII, Tor various rea-
sons, gradually diminish.
Shall we permit the life blood of commerce to be so de-
pleted that the commercial body polite will starve? 1t seems
plain to the writer that the shrinking of gold production at a
time when an increase is required can have no ".ner erect
upon the business life of the nation and the world. There are
financiers who argue that gold is a non-essentlal; that some
other agency for the measure of values can be created and who
point to the federal reserve bank as a means through WMch
gold is supposed to measure may be thus used as a basis Of
circulating medium. The widest fantasies of the nlmetanic
advocates were nothing like so visionary as the belief that no
basic money metal is essential as a guarantee of the ultimate
redemption of currency. a purely asset currency would seem
to be doubly as unstable as a currency based upon oO-cent Sill
yer, which most of the financial interests 50 roundly condemn
ed but "a few years ago. A proper ratio must be maintained
between gold and the amount of credit money which 1t maln-
What must be done to maintain the confidence of the world
that our credit money and our liberty bonds will ultimately
be redeemed in gold? Can this be done by permitting the Sc
curity to be depleted, or shall an intelligent effort be made to
increase that security? The recognized value of gold-S2o6I
per ounce,-was supposed to represent the average cost of pro
duction during a period of years. We have already entered
upon a period of high prices during which this valuation will
not cover the cost of production. An investigation of the larg-
er part of the worlds gold production will show that during
the pre-war period the margin of profit was very small, and
that the greater part of this production was from low-grade
ores, so low that only mammoth operations in which every
element of efficiency was utilized could possibly produce a
profit. With the cost of such operations fully TO per cent
more than during the prewar period, the small profit of that
period is absorbed. Continued operations necessarily mean a
loss. 1t would seem that we must either abandon gold as the
basis of our currency and reduce our financial system to the
basis of asset currency or else we must see to it that the
stream of production is not too greatly interfered with. = The
Mining Congress Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Paul NJ. Warburg's retirement from the federal reserve
board is a loss to America. He is a constructive genlouS whose
services were of inestimable value in putting the federal re
serve system in operation when the finances of the whole
world were disorganized by the outbreak of the war three
months before the federal reserve banks opened their doors
Congress refused to create a central bank such as other cOun-
tries have, and created twelve federal reserve banks in COM
pliance with local prejudices against Capitalization in Wash
ington or New York. Mr.. Warburg was instrumental IN devel-
.Oping the federal reserve board into a central organization
which did it's work through twelve branches so effectively that
the inherent weakness of divided authority was overcome.
His experience in the field of international banking crafty
helped in the government in financing the cost of war and the
requirements of our allies.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31
GOLD Is AN ECONOMIC WEAPON

From letters received we are aware that the Sold-mlnlng
fraternity is alive to the compelling seriousness of the CRISIS
and is glad to see so much publicity given to the SUBJECT III
London the financial community has awakened to the fact that
not only gold mining is threatened, but that the industrial Sc
curity of the allies is menaced by the decreasing production OF
gold. Recent monthly statistics show that in West Africa,
Rhodesia and Australia, as i'll the United States, the output OF
the standard metal is declining alarmingy. AS our friend
Mr.. F. II. Hamilton says i'll a letter to the Financial llnleS'
after the war Germany must purchase her raw material eth
err for manufactures or for gold. The former she will not pos
sess, and if she depletes her stock of the latter, presumlng the
gold standard to be maintained in other industrial countries,
the basis upon which her currency rests will be ST weakened
as to depress her credit and hamper her international CONNER
cial activities for a long time to come"
In short, the fact that the allies control % to % per cent
of the gold production of the world is an economic weapon of
The greatest value; to an unusual degree gold has become the
sinews of war; not only is it the basis of "a towering structure
of credit, but it is destined to be the controller OF international
trade with the enemy when he has been brought to account
Is he production of gold a source of strength to the cause of
the allies? If it is, shall we allow it to be stricken for lack of
proper measures of support?-Mnlng and Sclentlflc Press.
Mawkish sentiment caused juries in state courts to acqult
thieves and fences" charged with robbing railroad companies.
They seemed to think that a big corporation was fair game for
anybody to plumber. Now that car thieves encounter the fed
eral government and are tried by federal courts they find escape
less easy. A "fence" in Jersey City has been sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment and a fine of $4,000 for receiving SILK
stolen from a railroad car, which is none too severe. Wlthout
such fences" car robberies will be less common.
Lowell Courier-Citizen: Let's have six-or seven-strike-
less days a week.
Anaconda Standard: William may not be evacuatns
France as rapidly as Napoleon did Russia, but he is certainly
making progress.
Anaconda Standard: The crown prince may be in person.
al command somewhere, but wherever he is it's go on, boys"
not Come on, boys"
Rochester Democrat: If Rosner wants to start the kaiser
on something interesting he should ask him this question:
"Can the Americans fight?"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Troy Record: Those Prussian guards were good fighters,
but thew had to take the count" when the Yanks got into ac-
ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Portland Oregonian: The. Germans who hoist a white
flag and then fire on the Americans do not repeat The oftense
that is, the same Germans.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Atlanta Constitution: The kaiser's troops know how the
war is going, although they haven't time to read as they run.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Rochester Democrat: If Rosner wants to start the kaiser
on something interesting he should ask him this question
"Can the Americans fight?"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Anaconda Standard: The crown prince may be in person
al command somewhere, but wherever he is it's go on, boys!"
not Come on, boys!'
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-31

Anaconda Standard: William may not be eVacuatlnS
France as rapidly as Napoleon did Russia, but he is certainly
making progress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
must cut out waste wherever possi-

must cut out waste wherever posi-
BILE.
We will need this year to meet the
normal increase in demand not less
than 25,OOO,OOO barrels of crude oil
more than we used last year We used
only 6O,OOO,O0O barrels in 1879; this
cred to 1876 100000 in 1907 and to S4O,-
100000 in 1917. If we are to meet
this normal rate Of growth we must
have not less than 365 900 900 barrels
in 1918 This is 20 per ment. of the
total production of the world, and yet
is not enough.
Every new destroyer will add to
this amount. Every airplane in the
air will use thirty gallons of gasoline
per hour. Every tank, motor truck
and ambulance must have the pro-
ducts of petroleum, and you must help
in making these products available in
eVer-increasing quantities for ship.
ment to France
1t is not easy to transport the ever
increasing tonnage of petroleum. We
have added $4,000 barrels daily capa-
city to the pipe lines bringing oil
from Oklahoma. We can carry no
more without building new lines, and
steel is needed for ships and ammun-
milton. Tank ships that bring oil
from Gulf ports and from Mexico are
in demand for service overseas and to
South America, whence copper and
nitre are transported for use in our
ammunition factories.
Our production of crude oil has
been less than our consumption for
the last two years, and while our
stored reserves are still large, we
cannot justify wasteful use of what
We have.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
"OBJECTIVES."

AS always, since their reverSes be-
gan, the Germans find excuse for no,
admitting defeat in their official COM
m;mications. AS yet, no matter what
napreled, and no matter how much
ground was lost or how many men or
cannon were taken from them, their
encIni45 I'D not ''break through. .
Therefore this, that, and the other at
tack was stopped and failed.
In other words the Germans recog-
nize in the minds of their opponents
the existence of no collective" ex-
cept a conclusive victory. They are
right enough in assuming that moth
ing less will content the Allies, but
of course they are absurdly-and con-
sciously-wrong when they treat that
purpose as If 1t stood alone ard 1g-
more the fact that the accomplish
nsent of great end necessitates ERe
attainment of many lesser ones.
There cannot be much of real coz
ISOLATION for them in their constant
declarations that the worst has nos
yet happened ess than that can be
sufficiently bad to fill them with de-
spair, and it is something good deal
like despair that tfbe speeches of their
Generals and statesmen now but thin
ly veil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.

One of the most remarkable prophe-
cies in all fiction, or even in fact, for
that matter, has been found by a
reader of George Sand in her novel,
eeNauprat," which was written in 1886.
The author pu into the month of
Bernard Mauprat, about the middle
of the fifteenth cha lr, the following
words:
In his iMarcasse's) dreams he
used to see an army of victorious
Americans disembarking from mum
serless ships, and bringing the Olive
branch of peace and the horn O.
plenty to the French nation, Is"
Mauprat in his old age is telling thu
story of his life and was here giving
an account of himself and friends
their doings and thinkings, while il
America with Lafayette fighting fo
American freedom.
1t would be hard to find more lib
eral fulfllment of any written e'
preston.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

There is nothing new about the So
called Spanish influenza" epedimics
of which are now general throughout
the country, particularly in the army
camps.
1t is nothing more nor less than
''la grippe" as the French call it
or plain. old-fashioned grip" as we
are used to hearing it named.
Among the soldiers in the canton
ments there are now over eighty
thousand cases. Widely distributed
over the country there are fully one
hundred thousand cases, according to
the latest reports
The earliest records of the malady
are associated with Spain, and there
fore it's name of Spanish influenza. )"
Spain had wholesale epedimics, pro-
ducing many deaths, in both the six
teenth and seventh centuries, but, for
that matter, there have been times
when it was prevalent throughout
Europe. In recent years it has had
outbreaks In European countries, es-
pecially among the soldiers. This is
due to the fact that it spreads most
rapidly where large bodies Of people
are thickly settled 1t is highly con-
tagious and from it may develop
pneumonia or pleurisy. If there are
other combinations the eventual re-
suit is sometimes fatal.
Many have been under the impress
sion that the influenza now raging in
the United States is a strange, new
disease, with which the doctors are
unable to cope, and few have been
apprehensive lest it was some subtle
pro-German importation, introduced
by means of germs being put in wa
ter and food. But while it is the same
old thing, with which doctors have
wrestled for many years, it is still of
origin, and physicians and
scientists are unable to satisfactorily
account for it. For that reason, I'M
til its origin is definitely proven, the
most effective means for combating
it will not be known.
Last winter Americas had a slight |
epidemic of grip" when it was the
popular thing to stay indoors few
lays feel miserable, and consider
yourself lucky if you didn't die. For,
10 doubt about it, man, even with a
slight attack, feels like life is really
worth living. =.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

LOSS Of APPETITE
And Similar Troubles Helped b 1TOh Iron
Tonic, Says klahaalan.

"I got a bottle of Ziron", writes
Marshall Rhordes, Of Eufaula, Ala,
land took 1t fer Indigestion, nervous
ness, loss of appetite and similar trou-
bles. It helped me very much. My
motherin-law suffered with the same,
troubles, so I gave her q dose or two
of Ziron, ana she says 1t helped her
greatly. / viii always keep bottle
Of Ziron in the house and will speak
a good word for it whenever l have
the opportunity"
Ziron ia a new combination Of Iron.
with the hypophosphites of lime and
soda. and ether valuable tonic Sagre-
dients, which have been found to
build up the enemic, weak, WORKOUT
system. Ziron puts iron into your
blood when you need It, If you are
pale, weak, nervous, depressed, have no
appetite, it is probably sign that your
! blood needs Iron. Take Ziron.
Your druggist sells it, On q guaran-
| tee. See him about 1t.
| ING
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
THE GASOLINE OUTLOOK.

The abandonment of "gasless Sum
days" within month and the substi-
tuition of a permanent method of re-
stricting the use of gasoline and oil
is forecasted by members of the Fuel
Administration, who have decided that
for the duration of the war rigid con-
servatfon will be necessary in dOmes-
tic use of all oil fuel,
The exact form of permanent con-
servation has not been determined.
The use Of gasoline cards is undei
consideration but may not be adopted,
because of the detail and expense fR-
voIved in operating such a SYSTEM
The success of gasolineless Sundays
has led the officials to believe it wifi
he possible to work out a form Of
voluntary rationing which viii apply
to the entire United States, instead
of east of the Mississippi only.
In a recent speech Director Mark
l. Deoua of the Oil Division of the
Fuel Administration, said the vol
untary saving of four Sundays had
made it possible to load for France
ten cargoes of gasoline, of $4,000 bar
/ reIs each. This meant 2l,00O,0OO gal
Ions additional for the tanks and am
balances. Whatever scheme most
certain all purely pleasure riding in
automobiles will be hit hard.
OF the necessity for permanent con-
servation, Mr.. Requa said THAI sn'
first six months of 1918 the country's
oil consumption was 100000 bar
rels more than the production and in
dications were that by the end Of th'
wear, the shortage would be mor'
than doubled. The deficiency in 1871
was 81 ,0Oo, 900 barrels.
Our own wants must be supplied
after the petroleum products for tn
fighting men have been provided, an
tn that extent the petroleum indus
try must carry an additional burdel
that will be nc light load If we vii
study the figures of production an
consumption. II is evident that W
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
G. S. & F. ~.

EfEectiyO Nag 18th s9aS.
EFslns leaIs Coniele:
2:G0 P M.-Fcr Jacksonville ano
aaiatks, via Val3osta.
S:S5 P, M.-Lseal for Eifhsns
sos A M.-Jacksonviala and Palat
Ia, via Valdosta or Tiften
$50 A M.,-For Jacksonville, viz
Triton, connseting at giftoR Tor Val
dosta.
2:1O P. A.-For Maeoa. comp Getting
for points North.
800 a M.-Local for Macon, con
Meeting for points North.
2;2S A .M-Fas Macon and pOsats
North. "i0ixie Flyer
2;0S A M.-FOr Macon and points
North, THE Southland.
Schedule shown as Information to
Che public: not guaranteed
W. JAMESON. C. 3. RHODES.
Agt,, = 7. D. Macon. "a GPA-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
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Sa8bOard Air Zine.
Leave kR1ericus for SsEannah snd
insee>medfass stations ard1 points sssS
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Leave Aahericus for Helena s4sa. IN
terzleatnte points
s:S6 o "a.
Leave Amecrins tor Goa eiHls.
Montgomery and pointas West
S:OS pm.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

There are lot of people who don't
know whether the Ukraine is head
ache medicine or new name for an
dee cream soda.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

The only reason one-half Of the
world does not know how the other
half lives is because they simply can
not keep up with the other half.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

Ask no questions and I'll tell you
NO lies doesn't count so far as the
missionaries are concerned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

When women who in secret do not
like one another, how viciously they
can kiss when meeting.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

One of the favorite expressions of
Inc day: I'VE certainly hate to do
his, but you know the war is on!'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

The soundest sleep in the world is
Z that enjoyed by the man who retires
: with q Liberty Bond hung over the
mantlepiece.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

A woman may not know how short
her skirt is, but she knows how long
it will be before she gets another
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

Some people are so busy being pub
lic-spirited that they haven't time to
attend to their own affairs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

Before you do anything else, and
also after you've done everying else,
buy q bond
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

This may be a rum world, but it
will not be after national prohibition
takes effect next July
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

Would you refer to an aviator as a
fall guy?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.

Arrival and departure Of passenger
trains, Americas, Ga
Central of Georgia Railway,
Trains Arrive.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

!, Trains Depart
TJr jacksonville
(Sen1tRese) .........-.....*12 :r@ % u
For Chicago (Seminole} - S:40' . m
For Montgomery-Albany 5:29 . IN
For MacUn'-Atlanta ....~% 6:4@ D
Fer Columbus ..........!7: 1O q m
For Macon and Atlanta .-,- *2:17 D m
For Montgomery Albany - 2:17 pm
For Columbus ........--llS:O0 D m
Eor Columbus .........--,5: $3.50 D. m
For Albany ........ ...% 1885 D M
For Macon Atlanta %sOe52 D. R
*Daily, !Except Sunday !!Sun4ay
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