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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
PURCHASING POWER.
OF MONEY
WAR AND M0NEY-EC0N0MY
SLOGAN OF DAY-REDUCTI0N
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN PRODUCTION. I

Pointing out that never before in
history has an understanding of the
simple principle of economics been
so sorely needed, a committee of
eminent economists engaged in the
study Of the purchasing power OF
money In war time, issued today its
first public statement.
After exhaustive investigation this
committee has reached its conclusion
unanimously. 1t would impress upon
us the imperative need OF a redue-
ton of consumption and an increase
OF production, of the repression OF
non-essentials, and Of promotion of
organization and redirection of in
dustry.
In meeting the great national re-
adjustment to war conditions" the
committee says, I'VE must not let our
'businesslas-usuar impulses prevent
the needed saving and shifting of in
dustry, lest we pay terrific penalty
in higher cost of living and national
inetficiency."
The committee finds the public
confused and vacillating between
two economic philosophies-the sim.
pie, direct, old-fashioned, correc phi
losophy of saving and working and
the fallacious philosophy, best epit
omized as business as usual" Zone
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
WORK OF "Y" CAM
PAIGN PROGRESSING
Workers Enthusiastic Goal
900 Members

The work of the membership cam
paign of the Colored Branch Y. M. G.
A., to date consist mainly in organ
izing the campaign forces. While
the announcement was made to the
effect that the campaign began
February LIST and would run forty
days, it was expected at the time
that at least one-third of this time
would be occupied in lining up the
workers and getting into their hands
membership cards and full instruc-
tions as to the Association mission
and the needs of young men gener-
ally.
Mr.. E. L. Kinzer and Mr.. VIM. D.
Aven are leaders of two divisions
which will consist Of eight captains
each.
The heads of these two divisions
have agreed to be responsible for
securing $50 members each. The
eight captains which they have Sc
lected will have associated with them
four men each The total working
force when completely rounded Wp
will consist of eighty-two men. The
(Contiued on Page 81
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lively that it will be one Of the insti-
tutions that will give more regular
employment than any concern that
was ever located in Tennessee Only
this week it was estimated that fully
three hundred Negroes are at work
at this plant, and by the various
railroads who are also building spur
tracks to the new government pow
der plant. The influx of the Negroes
from every section of the country
has already begun, and it is said
from the north to Sunny Tennessee"
who are finding ready employment.
While it has never been shown
that Nashville was severely crippled
by the exodus, it is a fact that
number had already gone north for
various causes. The opening up of
the plant is argued as a splendid op.
portunity for the return of many, as
well as for the importation of a num-
ber from other sections.
The loyalty of the Negro through
every war, the very fact, that he has
never proven traitor, that he has
never produced Benedict Arnold,
has caused the real American who
believes in the perpetuation of the
government, to begin to look to the
Negro for the solution to many OF
the perplexing problems. 1t is said
that just as he is helping to solve
the problem at the trenches and on
the firing line In France, that as he
has helped to serve in America
somewhere in the burrows, he can
and is being depended upon by large
manufacturers to guard their plants
and to give an honest days labor
Experts in the labor problem, in the
engineering department, as we'll as
in the various phases of construc-
ton, are said to already have passed
their candid opinion upon the fact
that the Negro as laborer has
proven far more acceptable. 1t is
understood that only through the eff
forts of the Negro laborer that the
stupendous engineering feat of build
ing the Panama Canal was accom-
plished. One of the enthusiastic
Nashville boosters declared that 1t
would not be surprising if three or
four hundred Negroes were employed
at the DUPONT Plant, and that he is
certain that this many in all depart
ments while the plant is under con-
struction would be employed; anG
that even down at Sheffield where
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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15

NEWSPAPER MEN NASHVLLE'S GUESTS
ANNUAL SESSION OF PRESS OF
RACE IS KEYNOTE OF MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED

the simple, direct, old-fashioned,
correct philosophy of saving and
working and the fallacious philoso-
ply, perhaps best epitomized as
business as usual
$50 far as we let our business as
usual impulses prevent the needed
saving and economic shifting we
shall pay terrific penalty in higher
cost of living as we'll as in national
inefficiency and maladjustment
THE living cost and the level of
commodity prices in general are now,
as we are all aware, extremely high.
The average wholesale prices In the
United States last month were 81
per cent above that of July, 1914;
that is, the purchasing power of mon
ey over goods in the wholesale
markets has been almost cut in half.
"The rise in retail prices of foods
in the same period has been 81 per
cent. This means reduction to less
than two-thirds in the purchasing
power of money over foods in the
retail markets. Abroad the rise OF
prices has been even greater.
Between 1896 and 1914 wholesale
prices in the United States were
rising at the average rate Of only
One-fifth of l per cent per month;
but even that small rate, long con-
tinued, was enough to make the III.
, c. L." very painful fact.
"Since the war wholesale prices
in the United States have been ris-
ing at the rate of nearly per cent
per month, or nearly 10 times as fast
as before the war. In some coun
tries in Europe the rise in prices has
been two or three times as rapid as
in the United States. While the wal
lasts the commodity price level will
inevitably mount by leaps ant
bounds, unless we adopt rigorous pre-
ventive measures, In particular We
must avoid, so far as possible, lend
ing by Borrowing.
Loans to the Government made
not from savings but from borrow
ings will tend to increase barE
credit. Further extension OF bank
credit will chiefly bring about rise
in commodity prices. 1t is therefore
desirable that further loans to the
Government should be made out Of
current savings.
There are two ways for us to lend
money to our country. The right
way is the frank and honest way OF
saving, by spending less or earning
more. The other and wrong way is
the, at first, cheap and easy, although
ultimately costly and painful, way OF
lending the Government what we
borrow from the bank Even that
species of robbing Peter to pay
Paul is, of course, better than paying
Paul nothing; for Paul, 1. e., the
United States Treasury, must have
the cash. But it can be justified only
when unavoidable or when used as
a temporary expedient, and the debts
so contracted are soon repaid out of
savings.
IF l buy Government securities by
giving up the purchase of q pleasure
automobile, the Government can buy
a military truck with the same
money, and the labor and capital
which would have made the pleasure
car for me will make the truck for
the Army instead. That is the right
way.
1.-THE wrong method is employed If
I insist upon buying that pleasure
car and so can buy the Government
securities only by borrowing TIE
Continued on page 81
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in commodity prices, starting the
whole process over again in vicious
circle"
This committee is made up of Prof.
Irving Fisher (chairman). of Yale
University; Prof. E. w. kemmerer,
of Princeton University; Prof B. NJ.
Anderson, Jr., Of Harvard Universi-
ty; DR.. Royal Meeker, United States
Commissioner of Labor Statistics;
Prof. Wesley Clair Mitchell, of Co.
lumbia University; and Prof. War
rem M. Persons, of Colorado College.
The committee in collecting its facts
has had the cooperation of several
branches of the United States Gov
ernment, as well as of some large
commercial and financial houses
The sta oment Of the commitve fol
lows.
"The country has experienced an
acute coal situation, drastic coal
order, the breakdown of railway
transportation, the taking over of the
railroads by the Government, mount
ing living costs, and price fixing.
These events crowded upon us
while we were still congratulating
ourselves on the success of the draft,
the passage of fuel and food conser-
walton laws, and the unparalleled
subscriptions to Liberty bonds.
'Enrollments, laws and subscrip.
tions, however, do not represent
things accomplished; they are only
plans laid out. The test OF the Ma
tion comes when we try to execute
those plans. The breakdowns we are
experiencing show the magnitude
and difficulties of our task
1--WE are undergoing a national re-
adjustment to war conditions-a
great shift from peace to war
footing, the growing pains of which
are acute Just now, though they have
been experienced, less acutely, for
the nast three years.
This war, the greatest Of all, is
greatest especially in its cost, 1t is
estimated that the money cost alone
for all nations is upward of a hun
dred billion of dollars. Each week
1t costs as much as did the entire
Boer War; each month az much as
the entire Russo-Japaneso War;
each two months as much as the en-
tire Civil War, which hitherto has
held the record.
Never before in history has an
understanding of, the simple princi-
pies of economics been so sorely
needed. Although much is being
done to supply this need, we find
the public confused and facilitating
between two economic PHILOSOPHERS
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15

Knights of the quill from every
section of the United States are in
Nashville this week attending the
annual session Of the National Negro
Press Association. These quill push
ers standing out in the forefront of
American Journalism, insofar as the
Negro is concerned, will deliberate
throughout the week on matters of
vital Importance affecting the work
of the Negro in the journalistic arena.
Among them are found white-haired
veterans who have labored for more
than a quarter Of a century, some
as long as forty years; while there
are others practically in their teens
who are just being initiated into the
mysteries Of journalism, but as rep
resentatives of an organization with
papers and magazines having cir
culation of more than one million,
three hundred thousand weekly,
reaching every quarter of the civil
lied world. They are here to shape
the policy of an organization that is
now the spokesman and the verita-
BILE mouthpiece of about twelve mil
lion people That their deliberations
will be watched, scrutinized and
held up to the public view has long
since been conceded.
The Negro newspaper and maya
zine, whether published in the inter
est Of religion, education, fraternity,
finance or what not, has, according
to the claim made by the represent
tatives of the Association, stood oul
/ for the ideals of race advocating
race unit and uplift in every voca
ton. Nashville seems to be con
tributing excellent entertainment tC
those who are here, and IL was an
nounced even before their coming
that many Nashville homes would bt
thrown open. In addition to this
| the Y. M. G. A.. dormitories hav,
been placed at the disposal of tht
representatives of the press. Occu
pying membership in the Association
| will be found the names Of the races
most distinguished leaders They
come from the pulpit as we'll as the
pew, representing every line Of pro
fession as well as every line of bust
ness.
One of the newspaper men sale
while here: ut has often occurre;
that the man occupying the editoria
! chair on a Negro journal is law
yer, doctor, merchant, minister o
the gospel teacher or college presi
dent, just as well as an author ant
literary man by profession"
The discussions at the meetings
/, throughout the week, according t.
the reports of their daily proceed
ings, have delved into every condi
ton confronting the people, the
Presidents war policy, food conser
walton, the coal situation, Jim Grow
car laws, jim Crow legislation; II
fact, the development of the race
from every point of view seemed tc
have been the keynote of the meet
ings from the very opening. From
| the scores of messages received al
! the corresponding secretarys office
| it becomes evident that the represen
tation would cover every section OF
the country, and the central location
such as Nashville has proven to be
| seems to have been the drawing card
for the representatives Of tho press
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
Arrests to Get Costs.

"The question of securing sufi-
cient number of men to do this work
at the present time is a very seri-
Gus one, especially when it must be
done Immediately to relieve the rail-
road congestion generally, and to
get transportation facilities for these
public works at the earliest possible
moment. These arrests are not
made for the purpose Of enforciu
the law, but solely to get costs out
of these men. They are intimidating
laborers everywhere and making ii
more difficult to get men to build
these important enterprises. When
a man quits his work and goes to his
home, or to his shack, many of them
lie in box cars, he never knows
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
McADOO APPOINTS
LAWYER HARRISON

Oklahoma City, Oklo.-Another
honor has been bestowed upon Judge
VIM. Harrison of this city, as disclos-
ed in the announcement made pub
lie in the Daily Oklahoma of this city
last week. Lawyer Harrison, who has
been styled very often as the great
est living Negro orator, was notified
that he had been designated by Mr.. W.
G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury
to make speaking tour of the south
in the interest of the war saving cam
paign. The notice was sent from
Washington, D. c., and is regarded
here as the highest possible recogni-
tion of Judge Harrisons ability as a
platform speaker. Only recently the
Oklahoma Bar Association, Of which
Mr.. E. G. McAdams is president,
adopted ringing resolutions in favor
Of Judge Harrison, commencing him
to the President of the United States
and powers at Washington for any SER
vice possible. Judge Harrison de-
livered the principal address at the
Lincoln Birthday Celebration at
Springfield and Danville, ILL.,, and is
now enroute to Washington, d. c.,
where he Is to receive his final in.
structions as to his work. Another
message ordering Judge Harrison to
Washington came from Mr.. Charles
F. Horner, the Director of the Speak
ers' Bureau at Washington. Much re-
joicing has been occasioned here ss
Judge Harrison was regarded as one
Of the little R. F. DIS about whom so
much has been said for the past
several years.
New Orleans, La.-Rev ], l.. Bur
rill, d, D.. the pastor of the Progress
sive Baptist Church, has been named
as one of the speakers in the inter
est of the War Saving Campaign to
be waged in Louisiana. DR.. Burrill
has the distinction of being known
among the national characters, he
being prominently connected with
the great National Baptist Conven-
ton.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
NEGROES AT DU- !.
POINT COMPANY
ABOUT 1900 TO BE EMPLOYED
NEGRO ALWAYS LoYAL-sTU-
pENDOUs FEAT IN ENGINEER
ING.

About fifteen hundred Negroes are
to be employed by the Dupont En-
gineering Company at the g eat gov
ernment powder plant that is bein2
erected at Hadley Bend, according to
a statement given out by Mr. j.. L.
Pratt of the engineering department,
who is here and who will practically
have charge of all the work. While
these figures are not given out to ne
based upon as minimum or maximum
employment, it is learned authorita-
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
RABBI LEWINTHAL TO ADDRESS
NORMAL STUDENTS.

Rabbi Lewinthal of Vine Street
Temple will address the students at
A. and l. State Normal school Sun
day, February 18th. The occasion
being the regular monthly third
Sunday services at that institution.
"A splendid musical program has been
prepared. Those monthly services
usually attract large audience from
the city and many are expected to
attend. Services will begin prompt
ly at 8 o'clock.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
STEVEN R. YOUNG
PASSES AWAY
FORMERLY MEMBER OF PEARL
HIGH FACULTY-END CAME Ar
CAMP LEE-ALUMNUS OF
HAMPTON INSTITUTE.

Hampton, Va, Feb. 11-Hampton
Institute has lost its first man on ac-
count of the World War. Word has
come of the death at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va, of Steven Randolph
Young, who received his Hampton
diploma In 1914.
At the time of his death, Steven
Young was supply sergeant of the
Eighty-eigth, Company, Twenty
first Training Battalion. Prior to
his call to the National Army, Young
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15
JUDGE A. B. NE|L'S MASTERLY STAND
TWoBY-F0UR SHERFFS AND C0NSTABLES REBUKED- RUNNING
NEGROES FROM NAsHvnLE-GE WORK THEMELvEs

when he is going to be raided and
locked up on some frivolous charge.
1T is quite significant that these
arrests are nearly always made on
the night following the, day the men
are paid of. A great many of these
laborerss are living in box cars, as
stated, where they /. are - employed,
and are far removed from any thick
ly settled neighborhood. l am frank
to tell you, gentlemen, that am not
going to stand for few petty Of
ficers raiding these places and inter-
fering with and intimidating these
people who have been brought here
at great expense to do this work.
Suppose they do shoot a few craps
in box car. Who is going to be
hurt? These companies have special
officers and watchmen to keep the
peace, and they are more interested
in public order than anybody.
Might Get Work Themselves.
IF these officers would get EN-.
ployment themselves at Hadley
Bend, or with the railroad, and help
to complete these enterprises they
would be rendering real service to
the country. Instead Of working
themselves they are going about act
ually paralyzing and crippling the ell
forts of public-spirited citizens who
are trying TO build up the community,
and at the same time help our coun-
try in what is thought to be the dark
est hour Of its history.
Il instruct you to ignore all of
these cases unless the attorney-gen.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15

eral, after an investigation, advises
that substantial offense has been
committed which warrants a prose.
cution.
"a. B. NEIL, Judge"
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15

lseHcz 10 RnAD@:
Whea yeu nnhsh read
nag this Issue OF the
nashville Globe place a
q. & t-cent stamp e.
1is Astiee. hand same
g any U. s. postal en-
pioyee. and Il will be
placed In the hands OF
our soldiers or ssiicrs
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ping. no address.
A s. Burleson,
Postmaster Gen.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-15

Hear the man that will advise you;
follow the man that will lead you;
love the man that will teach you;
and stick with the man that will
help you along life's way-this done,
thou shalt lack neither friend nor
Joy.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-17

The American Red Cross is the largest and most
efficient organization for the relief of suffering that the
World has ever seen.
1t is made up almost entirely Of volunteer workers.,
the higher executives being without exception men ac-
customed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases
giving their services without pay.
1t is supported entirely by its membership fees and
by voluntary contributions.
1t is today bringing relief to suffering humanity,
both military and civil. in every War torn allied country.
1t plans tomorrow to help in the work of restora-
ton throughout the world.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-17

It feeds and clothes entire populations in times u
great calamity.
need.
With its thousands of workers, its tremendo 10
stores and smooth running transportation facilities
it is serving as Americas advance guard-and thu.
helping to win the war.
Congress authorizes 1t.
President Wilson heads 1t.
The War Department audits its accounts.
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusiA
astically endorse it:
Twenty-Five million Americans have Joined 1t.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-17

Contributed TO the Red Cross by
Moore & Potter.
Star Grocery.
Thomas-Kincannon-Elkin Co.
Baker & Coleman.
Chas. D. Exum.
Humphrey & Go.
Tupelo Creamery.
st. Clair Drug Co.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-17

> Jew or Gentle, black or white; knowing no
~favorite, yet favoring all. &
+ Ready and eager to comfort at a time when
comfort is most needed. Helping the little home
that's crushed beneath an iron hand, by showing
mercy in a healthy, human way; rebuilding it, in
fact, with stone on stone; replenishing empty bins
and empty cupboards; bringing warmth to hearts
and hearths too long neglected.
s Seeing all things with a mothers seventh sense
that's blind to jealousy and meanness; seeing men
in their true light as naughty children-snatching,
biting, bitter-but with a hidden side that's quickest
touched by mercy.
Reaching out her hands across the sea to
No Mans Land to cheer with warmer comforts
thousands who must stand and wait in stenched and
crawling holes and watersoaked entertainments
where cold and wet bite deeper, SO they write, than
Boche steel or lead.
She's warming thousands, feeding thousands,
healing thousands from her store; the Greatest
Mother in the World-the Red Cross.
Your help is needed-give till the heart says
stop.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-17
The Greatest Mother In the World

STRETCHING forth her hands to all in need;
- Jew or Gentle, black or white; knowing
~favorite, yet favoring all.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES No. 80
Discovered Process to Bleach
Sponge Without Use Of Acids

to see move is on to establish a cam
ming factory there. If it goes through,
it will be valuable acquisition to the
town.
"Our sponge project is coming on all
right, and hope to know before many
weeks where our factory is to be To-
Gated.
Governor Brumbaugh, of this state,
gives Florida a bad word because of
the intensely heat he encountered
down there, but you must not think
the less of him for that as he is a
warm member and probably forgot
to take off his heavy wooden under
wear when he recently visited the
Land of Flowers.
Expect Mr.. Stalker up here soon
and he will then tell me about his visit
to Tarpon Springs and how he was
impressed with the town.
"Glad you have one liberal citizen
in the person of j. K. Cheyney.
GEO. N. TRUAX."
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-07

In a letter received this morning
from George N. Truax he says:
Besides discovering, some time ago,
a process of making sponge as soft
when dry a sit is when wet, l have
recently found a successful method of
bleaching sponge without the use of
acids, which new process does not in
jure or weaken the fibre in the sponge
in the least. The new bleach gives the
sponge lighter and better color than
the acid process. Any one who has
used an acid-bleached sponge knows
what the acid does to the fibre. /
therefore consider that my discovery
will be of much value to the sponge
industry if it is generally adopted. By
it sponges may be thoroughly bleach
ed in about six hours, and the method
is much cheaper than the old way of
bleaching with acids. ~
"The Leader comes to me every day
and l read it with much interest. Glad