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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-15
Cost of Living in Sweden
SurpaSSeS All Records

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 1.-THE cost of
living in Sweden has reached heights In
rolvinG actual hunger tor thousands.
and Is still mounting weekly. The in
crease in tho cost OF food since the war
began Is estimated at 100 per cent. No
lard has been obtainahle for many weeks
except by underhand methods. at $3.50
10 81 per pound. There has been no
margarine for months. beef and tallow
are ohta!nable occasionally in small
amounts al SO cents per pound.
Small stocks Of olive oil In n few
shops costs Sc quart. No pork has
been obtaInablG Cor four weeks. No oat-
meal, rice or goats milk has been OBJ
tainablo for n month. MIX Is sold On
milk cards In portions OF one pint to
children under l. and TO. inralids, the
latter on physicians prescription
Others get n tenth OF liter of SKINNED
milk every other day II there Is any
left.
There has been no coffee since August
except what has been struggled from
Norway and Finland and sold secretly ut
81 10 S. a pound. while Russian tea costs
s. to IS Il pound. there being no other
kind available. Coal. when obtainable
costs over 800 q ton.
The lack of kerosene Is an especial
hardship for farmers and others without
electricity or gas.
The situation can hc summed IN BY
saying that not 4 single necessary Of
life Is showing nm increase under - per
cent and generally more while luNuriss
have quadruplcd or moro.
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WORSE THAN DOGS

No one donles the prevalence OF dogs
is one Of the menaces OF the sheep In
dus;ry. There Is remedy for that II
II IS made drastic enough. A. New
York paper. in descantlng on this sub
iect. however, does not refer to an
other and greater detr!ment to sue
cessful sheep raising. 1t says: 1T Is
the prevalence Of dogs throughout the
country that prevents the raising OF
sheep and increases the production of
weeds. If dogs did not exist. this coun-
try would raise hundreds Of millions
more sheep than are raised now. The
sheep would destroy weeds, increase
fertility OF the soil, lower the cost or
liring--the price of mutton would be
cut in half
The one thing that operated to the
OF the American sheeptold
was the Democratic tariff. Coupled
with the suggestion Of the elimination
of The dog menace. we would urge an
other and still moro "fIicaCious meas
ure for the salvation Of the sheep-rais-
ing Industry In the United States.
Given a permanent protective tariff on
wool and meat. the number OF hnert-
can sheep would in a short time be
immensely increased. and the weeds
would be destroyed,the fertility OF the
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MDs+ "Re Good"

Announcing that complaints again arc
coming 20 his office That some OF the
Justices aud notarics arc charging regis
irouis for taking their afTIdaViis hhd
otherwise aiding them with their nn"S-
,ionnatrcs. AMI in few instances thc
charges alleged tn II" excessive. Cover
nor turmwrll to-day issued warning !"
such officials In West Virginia and mint
cd that h" might revoke their commits
sinrs If the practice Is continued lie
said:
'''rh" War department constru"s sec
ton 20 Of the rrguln lions as requiring
officers To take nffidavits OF r"gistrants
without cost To them. and besides that'
III. President in his prnclAmatlon' mas
commanded all state. county ana DINER
,fJircrs to render service that may
nruprrly be- required OF them In carrying
mt the selcctivr service law. Tho war
department has suggested tho advisn-
nI!i1v of canrclling tho commissions or
nntarics charging rsgiStrants. am call
ing attention I" this matter believing
,b,1 officers making charges for thus
erryirc do not rrHliz" the rnsslhlc SHr!-
Gus consequences ~ their hcts-consr-
oucncrs | would regret 10 see them sur
FER
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It Is maxim that If business firm
Is closed FOR time. II Is done: Its assets
IN tho way Of goodwill and trnde rela-
tons are destroyed. This - not 30 tru'
az tho manufucturer having pta'i'
which may be opened for pr"dVc'"''
after an interval Of idlrrrss. Germany
for tho purpose OF this argument, MAY
he considered IA business hrm. ""'
she is likewise manufactures.
Germany ut present believes that
through her foreign trade after tho war
she can rrr;,lu market for her pro-
ducts. nav :nr the raw material th"t She
mus, have and ltQuidatc her war lnoen'-
edr,ss And Germany will continue IN
this belief. and scheme and plan Tor
after-t tho war trade SO long as we per
NIT her foreign trade organization 10 TO-
main intact
II we can make the Germans realize
that we have finally and irreHocaolF'
without prejudice and without exception.
decided 10 annihllate her world trace. We
can materially shorten the war.
Germany must no made To realize tna'
II she continues the war the END OF IL
will 500 the end Of her dream OF world
commercial supremacy We must ieaEe
not one single stone or brick In the
If the commercial interests OF Ger
many believe that they can build up their
trade relations after the var there Will
be a disposition on their part To sup
port It's continuance. Rut X the Ger
man commercial world Is convinced that
We have adopted measures which VIII
tear down and root out the foundations
Of German trade. not only In tho nttcd
States hut in other countries. these
great mnrcial interests undouhtedl?
will ut once recommend, and in all pro-
liability urge. II not actually tax" steps
10 force, the dIScontinuance OF the war.
In tho United States so far. we have
permitted. the German trade orEaniza-
lions To remain almost. II not quite. In
tac;. To permit German concerns 10
do business IN tho United States and in
neutral countries is an oTnnse against
the mon whom we have sent 10 the front.
because tho longer We permit German
commercial interests To believe that they
can keep their organizations intact IN
foreign countries. the longer they will
be willing tn continue their ruthless
warfare. with the hnne that they can
re-estahlIsh their trade at the end as
great as IT was before.
Although the Junker class pcecipttated
tho war. they could not have got very
far either IN preparation or OPERATION
without the full support Of the CONNER
cial classes which was given. The Ger
man Junkrr's ambitions were In the main
political n striving to dominate greater
territory. while the commercial class. on
the other hand. had no such desire for
political empire. hut. for an increasing
dominance Of German commerce. Yet
both groups believed that a Germany vic
tor!nus in n great world var was the
way to accomplish their ends.
Therefore. for the United States and
her allies to use hut thr harshest mems
urcs for the suppression Of German
trade Is to pro!ong tho war by 7cr-
hitting German concerns 10 exist IN any
actual support to our enemies. We
form whatever IS to give comfort. II not
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FARMERS OPPORTUNITY

The wise merchant will always do
more advertising in a dull season than
when buying is lively. The reason is
obvious. Any merchant can sell goods
when the demand is normal and above.
but 1t takes an old hand at the bust
ness to dispose OF his wares when
trade Is slack. It is along this line Of
reasoning that successful farmer
once said that he made the most
money in years when conditions were
unfavorable for crops. For" he said.
"Rny man can grow good crop dur.
ing a favorable year. and the price Is
always low. On the other hand. II
takes careful fertilizing. cultirating
and harvesting to make good crop in
a poor year. But for that very reason.
because supply Is low. any farmer
who can make a good crop In poor
year is assured Of good profits"
This trutsm will be borne out this
year as never before Fertilizers. ma
chinery, seeds. and labor will be
harder to get than ever before. Even
II the season ts good there will be
small chance for ordinary methods TO
bring through a fair crop. TO begin
with ordinary crop growing methods
presuppose a plentiful supply Of cheap
labor or one thing we may be sure,
labor will not be plentiful this year.
Nor will it be cheap. On the other
hand, crop prices are bound TO be high
this year because there will be an &C
tive demand for everything we can
possibly produce.
There Is a real opportunity this
year for the forehanded man: the man
who gets in the game early, the man
who gets his supplies OF fertilizers and
seeds while the getting Is good, the
man who ie prepared for every event
uality, the man who uses what labor
he has to the best advantage and uses
it only to grow good crops. For this
sort OF farmer America holds forth
a promise as never before. For Peter
Tuulbledown. the prospects are a lit
tie worse than usual, which means
that they are worse than nothing.
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JEWISH EXILES RETURN

Now that the sceptor is about 10 re-
turn to Judea and the departed glory
OF Israel to reAame in Palestine, It Is
interesting to note that the first TO re-
turn will be those Jews who went into
Egyptian exile. who rather than be-
come Ottoman subjects they fed TO the
prot ection OF the British in Alexandria.
They did not have long to walt for the
restoration CT the Holy Land. 1t IS
lust a little over three years ago. when
shortly after the outbreak Of the war,
Turkey gave to those Jews In Pa1es-
tine who hailed from Entente coun-
tries the choice Of Ottomaniztng or de-
parting-and close to 10000 took the
latter course, reaching Alexandria with
the aid OF the United States cruiser
Tennessee, after suffering many hard
ships In Jaffa. Now a repatriation
committee has been formed IN Alex.
andrla and with branches In Cairo and
Port Said, and possibly by this time
the repatriation has begun.
According to statement Issued by
the Zionist headquarters. the advent
in Egypt OF such large host OF virle
Jews, ungling with the inspiration
that they gained from contact with
Jewish soil, had a. remarkably whole
some effect on Egyptian Jewry, which
was fast succumbing to French "a
tionallsm and scepticism. This pow
ertul Hebraic influence was most
marked among the younger genera
ton and penetrated to the local
schools. resulting in a very percepu6le
revival OF Hebrew. These edles will
20 back poor in worldly goods, but
strong In love OF the country and In
the determination. as we'll as capacity,
to rebuild their homes and take their
part in the remaking OF the nation.
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STICK TO TT TILL DONE.

Stick to It. boy; don't chuck K Up
Because there's somcthln' new
That's Glmmerin' in the distance
An fascinatln' YOU
WHY. make believe there's nothn' heai q
The job you've just begun.
An keep right at the thing you've got
Stick TO It Till It's done
There's lots o. things look mighty good
When first they heavc In sight:
The rosy dawn O murnin' don't
Tell nnthin' O. thr night.
Nor nothiu how y"u'lI have to sweat
Beneath the hroilin' sun;
You've got your work 10 do to-day
Stick tu 1t till KS done.
If you just keep a-pluEEin'. boy,
Put ev'ry ounce you'v" got
O pep nm grit an smiles an song
Into your daily lot.
An try 10 think your hardest Job
Is just a pile O. fun.
You'll win, an winnin' preach tina;
text
stick TO Il TIL it's done"
Harold Freeman Earncs. in Farm LIZA
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ALI, FOR THE SAME CROSS

Although many different means are
at work for the protection and welfare
Of the American youths now In train
Ing camps, the purpose Is identical.
Among the first OF the organizations
to see the need Of administering to the
spiritual as we'll as the physical needs
OF the boys in the environments was
ethe Knights OF Columbus. They have
been doing q great work in letting the
young men who have been taken from
their homes know that the folks they
left behind them are thinking Of them
The Wheeling organization OF this or
der has entered upon it's second cam
paign to secure its additional allot-
ment Of funds apportioned. By the ma
uonal headquarters.
In these days there can be no dis
elimination made on account OF creed
where the patriotic spirit moves all
1oyal hearts. The Catholic and the
Protestant on the field or in the camp
succor and administer TO all alike
wearing the same uniform. The same
God holds both Christian endeayorers
in the same devotion 10 the higher in
terests Of humanity. They have
worked side by side in all great phil
anthropies. The Red Cross campaigns
81 o1t AL
lar as we'll as the Protestant's. In the
campaign that is being conducted this
week by the Knights OF Columbus in
this city it should be the pleasure as
well as the duty OF everyone who calls
himself an honest American to dip
down In his pocket and help the local
Knights clean VI their allotment in
few days.
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would remove ono Of the root diffculti"s
In tho present situation II IN" ai,'rS
would all play together. ~hlch tHcS
arc no, doing Particularly in the lnck
"f cn-nprrati"n in ""mm"rciai matters ~
this phas" most Migrant.
C,,r own government is the worst or
fender in this respect w" haFa per
Sistcntyl refused Ia moot our allies "''''
walk In q cO-opcrat!Vc effort 10 put n""n
German trade. and until IN" mo"
States Is willing I" give mp som" nF 'h'
haIr-Iakcr ideas which now ohiaih W."
will not ho able tn aCGnmp!lsh ""''t"e
work In supprcssinE enemy business.
Ton .rr.nt cmpha<is cannot hc placed
urrn this matter. The purely ecoho'l''|
measure EXPRESSED in the embargo Int
noscd anon tho ncutrals OF Europe has
had n very important effect upon Ger
,nnny. To put out Of business tho Ger
NM, irado organizations wherever found
Ia tho economic measure which now must
hc applied. and IT will II" iar-rearhinS
and crrrtivr In breaking down Ger
mAny's economic resistance.
II IS not alone the privilcE" but tho
duty Of those Of us who arc engaged IN
the business 81 exporting and importing
to see 10 IT. that this particular war
measure "a actively md efficiently car
rIcd forward II Is our privilege ana
our duty to put German trade out or
business wherever we lind It. whether Il
ho In North or South America. in AFRICA.
Europe or S9i1. And II ia inc dutF OF
nur government, Ia soc To II that no Ger
man concern. whether In name or In TACT.
is rcrmittcd II exist in this country.
and 10 rn-op-ratc with our allies in an
Initiating German trado TO tho utter
most limit elsewhere.
How can this h" done? Great Rritain
already has practically answered that
question with her hl1rk-list. OF both e%7
ports and imports. but particularly tn"
latter. We must change our ideas of
trading with the enemy. which are
founded upon tho old doctrine "f terri
torialIty rather than nationality. The
United States always has held. IA did
England. until 1913. that an enemy Is q
person residing In enemy territory. On
the Continent an enemy is defined rs
such wherever found.
With the British now tho blnck list -
list Of enemy concerns wherever
located with the United States II Is
merely list Of concerns about whom
our merchants nTc warned. IT we
would nccept the Continental int"rpre-
tation Of IN enemy Nc could put out If
business an w 'll'N' N'''iS''' " ''''''1N
hound up with German interests. whcth-
or In this country or abroad.
Britain wound up the affairs ~ enemy
concerns In England and her. colonies
and is operating tn strnngl" those found
rlsowhrrn. German concerns still are
operating In this country, In IN" Philip
niNes In Porto Riro and ntlr"r American
territory. and II th"y ar" allowed 10 20
on until after tho war they undoubtedly
will sell German goods. But Il We
should put them ont ot business now the
financial and commercial giants In Cor
many would Immediately find Il Ia their
interest 20 stop IN" war hrf ~" tho pos
sibility Of rehabilitation was passed
Put ~ do this mist have some new
legislation. and before We may have this
We will have to get new point OF view.
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THE TRUE SAVING" GRACE

When we are urged 10 save that
the war may be prosecuted the more
effectively the. ordinary mind will nat
urallr accent the injunction as refer
ring to money savings alone. But the
term has a wider and different mean
ing. Doing without. for instance. Is a
big element in the saving scheme.
That is, We must Curtail. in some de-
gree our demands for labor and ma
terials that the government may have
the use OF them. To help most we
must sacrifice most The other day a
correspondent wrote on this very sub
ject to the publicity department Of one
OF New Yorks strongest financial In
situations as follows:
You maintain that the funds necessary
for subscriptions should he supplied en-
tirely by the saving process on the part
OF tndlviduals-a source which I think
inadequate to furnish the tremendous
amount needed. especially as only new
savings. not the old ones. already IN
vested. can be made available Tor the
purpose.
But IN all tho bellgerent countries
a part OF the necessary funds was sup
plied by fiat noney-the Increase of
PAPER money aud oe bank money
C'.money In hanks'D. True. II mems
. imitation. to some rxtnnt- RIt on III"
other hand Tho vastly increased tusl-
ness activity requires additional money;
lon the other hand. such additional
errsoney would consist. with ue. chiefly
Of bank money. and the initiation OF
that Is not nearly so Objectionable "3
that Of the circulation medium; in faet.
It would not matter much.
The banks repi:E Is we'll worth
studying. from 'he point OF dtfferen-
tiation of "sa"iag" terms. 1t makes
says that the Savings" OF individuals
are not sufficient to finance the war he
IS thinking OF money savings only. It.
win hardly DO denied that all the labor
and materials which are required for
proeecuting the war must be saved"
from private use and consumption. This
Is the vital saving. One way or another
Il must be accomplished, either BY
voluntary savings. with the 'peorle
turning their purchasing power over TO
the government. or by imitation which
dimiuishes the purchasing power Of the
people in their own hands. until they
are obliged to curt7il purchases.
There IS, however, a legitimate ex
pansion OF industry when the volume
OF production and trade is increased.
There has been an important degree
Of such expansion in this country
since the war began. But when pro-
ductton reaches tts maximum and the
supply Of the purchasing medium.
either In the form Of money OF credit
goes on increasing. the result Will be
that the new purchasing power must
extend itself in driving up prices. This
is pure imitation. which places The
business Of country on a false basis
and almost inevitably; ends In disaster.
It IS said to be impossible TO carry
on the war without imitation. and 1t is
doubtless true that some degree OF 1t
is inevitable. All countries have It.
and there has never been A war with
out it. The reason Is that war calls
Tor immediate and gigantic prepare
tons, and the REIMBURSEMENT Of indus-
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CAPITAL NEWS

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Ian. lf.-
Charters were issued to-day ny the sec
rotary Of state 10 the following corpora
tons:
Adamsinn Garag" company. OF Adams
ton, W. Va To- operate garage at same
place: cupital stock $1,000; incorpora-
tors Charles j. Sans, Charles G. Eakins'
william T. Locke and Rufus r. Powell.
Of Admission. and Harry G. Morgan OF
ClarkshurE.
John ". Sparks company. Of Charles
Ton. 20. operate mercantile business at
Same plncc: capital stock 100000; ~
corpnrators John ". Sparkes. John A.
Field. O. J. Cox. W. n. Payne md Bcrke-
ley Minor. .r.. all o. Charleston.
G. a. Smiley. Eadwau 4 company 81
Mullers. W. w.. tn operate mercantile
business Mt same place: capital stock
5000: incorporators, J. \. Radwan. OF
Mullens: r. II. lIczrmy. S. Smiley and
Emmett Hczemy. o: BHrwind. w. Va
and G.. i. Smiley Of Wclch. w. Va.
Simpson I.nnd Company Of Charles
ION. to onerate at same place: capita!
stock 10000; incornoratorS F. n. S!mn-
son, John c. Ford. r. f. Cart. Annie NJ
Wallace and J. w. Cart. all OF Charles
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TWO.CENT FARE o. x.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-The Ill,
nois Central railroad and twenty-eight
other roads. by an opinion Of the su'
IRENE court today. lost their Cght to
have the Illinois 2-cent passenger fare
law set aside.
Federal DEGREES d!smlssing proceed
ings Instituted by tho Illinois Central
IN restrain thr Illinois public utilities
commission from placing in effect the
o-ceno rate were sustained.
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land, Johnstowa. Orlando. Quiet Dell.
Rnanukr. Rock Cave and WalkcrSvillc.
Th" cas-" has hccn set for hearing Feb
ruar% q.
Because of intnrrunted train service
which prevented all nj tho parties con-
cr:nrd from arriving this morning, hear
ing on the application OF the West V!r-
ginia Traction ard Electric Company. Of
Wheeling. for permission tn increase pas
scnGcr rates. was delayed until latc
this afternoon.
Hearing on Tho application OF the Hope
Natural Gas Company t"r authority To
increase rates III Parllcrsburg and 81.
Marys. which had been set for Tuesday.
January Is. has been postponed To Janu-
airy %.
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TWO BROTHERS INJURED.

Special Dispatch to Tho Int"llir"nr"r
CI4ARKSBURG. W. Va. Jan. It's
G. Nicholson, "a. and +. y. Nicholson.
oo2. brothers. employed as frcmcn on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad here.
are in a serious condition in a hoSpira!
from injuries received when run down
by an incoming Pittsburgh train this
in tho lUral yarus. the former
having both legs cut off. They were
watching Il long string Of empty pas
senger coaches on another track when
the train bore down on them.
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To Do Field Work.

All rcs!drn, work AZ the college OF
agriculture. West Virginia University,
will cease on April +. 10 permit all tho
professors. instructors and students IN
Sncnd the remainder OF the season IN
field work throughout the tate III an
effort n increase farm production. IL
was announced to-day by J.Frank Marsh,
secretary OF tho state board or regents
TIC professors md instructors VIII g"
nui 10 assist county agents. Whle INC
students. or most y: them. Will engage IN
ar,tIul farm work.
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BIG DEAL IN COAL.

Special Dispatch !" III" lrfnlIiEcncer.
CLARKSDURG. ". Va, Ian. IA
consideration OF E111.5@% Is provided
in a decd fled for record mere today
by which 80 acres of coal and 81
acres nj land In fec arc transferred
from RnruS + LaSoll Of MorgHntown
10 Milton \. and Donald Mccormick.
Tho property is situated an Cunning.
ham Run. Eagle district.
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We will wager something worth while
that the German Chancellor begins his
speech to-day In the Reichstag. in an
swer TO tho. statements of Premier
George and President Wilson. with that
WORKOUT phrase. we did not begin this
war. We resorted to arms In defense
OF tho Fathcrland whom II was attacked
by our enemies"
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Exemptlon Denied.

Confirmation ny III" president Of the
decision Of the northern district appeal
board o: West Virginia. denying claims
fer exemption service made by Benjamin
Harrison Fahrner. ot Randolph county.
and Emery Wheeler Townsend. Of Mar
Ion county. was received to-day by Cap
tain BrrckinridgH Jones from Provost
Marshal General Crowdcr.
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Compensation News.

New elections 10 protection under the
state workmens compensation fund were
approved to-day by Commissioner OFT
as follows:
Rutrhcr-VIrgIr Coal Company. OF
Clarksburg. and Madigan and Johnson
strinnIng coal. OF ClarksburG.
Compensate ton was awarded to Homer
Smith. Of Williamson. emploEe or the
Williamson Coal and Coke Company Tor
of thumb. so Weeks nj -
week, and y. II. Bailey. Of Matewan. en-
pIuyc Of the Stone Mountain oal ON
pany for compound fracture OF ahN1e' oo
Hecks 81 SIS WcCk.