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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-23

strong manhood and cheap pr~ror"d-
ness COR an",h"r war.
Trnth--ttrstr!CtIy.. measures a!":"" ~
tn. E'ishcvl!lr tendency und.r wha'"Trf
-uISe. with Il view !" keeping !rtACi ana
uucrrtamiua,.'d tn. NrS: c."'"rni:l' Il;I.
and e.u:.otnic ~9S,rn "; devised. which
rIaIIcS ~" greatest democracy IN ih'
world t!,c slnest t",:ay.
In the above thrrr is much That Is
cG1Rmrndable, and murf} cnnCcrnin';
which there may be discussion: Tn"
lntelligencrr believes That IN" rcstoT2'
ton Of railroads to privai" ownership.
also Of telegraph and Telephones. AMI
the passage of IN adequate protective
tariff law. will battle main objects II
be sought during tho mex four years.
With these great purposes. here will
he collateral purposes OF Importance,
Universal military training. nGt for
thu purpose OF creating = great stand
Ing army. but ror tn" puCpo7r of crrat-
Ing large reservoir ni trained men
from, whom IN army may be quickly
formed, the encouragement OF Ancrl'
can business. both 1t home and abroad,
and the up-huilding IF merchant ma
rine are patriotic purposes In lire with
the historic policy of the Republican
party. Rnpuhlicanism. in short. be-
loves in the development OF an cfec'
tive central government to bc,used Tor
the people. and not rs their master.
II does not believe in u government
that absorbs avenues Of employment.
that seeks 10 increase great army OF
office holders. and 10 hamper business
enterprise by unnecessary restrictive
LEGISLATION Tho constructive states
manship of the future will plan for an
effective cooperation between tic gov
eminent and the great producing IN
terests of the country; to stimulate
business; TO maintain high average
OF wages: to protect the home mar
ket, and TO encourage the development
OF enterprises organized particularly
TO extend foreign trade. Much lcSis-
lation now on our statute books Will
have to BE- wiped out II these objects
are accomplished. For the past six
years the business Of tho country has
been the martyr Of demagoguery and
OF socialism. Federal acts have tend
cd 10 limit the freedom and to check
the activity of American business men
in every line. After this war and for
many wears to come, the great battles
Of the future will be business battles
and our legislation must aim to create
conditions that will help the manu-
facturer, the farmer, and the working
man to sell their products TO the great
est advantage.
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A,CONsTRUCTIVE PROGRAM

: The New York Tribune, in its Wash
iaston correspondence. outlines con-
-stIuctiye program for the Republican
panty. It prefaces it's statement with
the remark that the Republican party
must see to it that the country gets
bafk to peace basis on sane legis-
la4ive program without surrender Of
tie. principles Of representative gov
erament. It is held that during the
war. and even before. me country hid
been rushing towards I state Of social
ism at a terrific pace. The following
is an outline Of the Tribune's sugges-
.tions:
4first-Thc government, must not spend
HONEY for chr sole purpose % creating
Jobs.
S.cond-W-e must not keep on !ndcfi-
nftelr giving credits 20 Europe. IN order
to keep our factories going. and give
employment.
,Third-Th" railroads must r.. restored
tad private ownership and operation -
asS, the telephones and telccraphS.
Fourth Sh;nhuild;ag and shipping
cs4tiitions mG$t c""t!nu" on II truly ma
thonai scale.
Fif,h-The vrircipi" OF tho protective
tariff must 10 r..-.,st;ih!ishcd. and L pro-
tectirc tariff "na"'"d.
Sixsh-Thc navy must be rnaiFfa'r"t
on mt least the present scale Oh eNpS'A-
sion.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" OF all pro-
,ec,s that Will r.akr N. nation NOR"
,,r,5tc,tvo md that Htl tend to widen
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AT AN EARTHWORKS

(From tho English Rcvicw.)
hinged high with turf the arena lies.
The ncighborin8 world unseen. I'M
heard
Here are but unhor!zoned skfna
And on tho skies @ passing bird
Tho COMICS md wandering sheep
Tho castings OF the chnInhered mole.
These. md the haunted years that keep
Lost axonlcs Of blood and SOUL.
They say that IN tho midnight moon
Tho Ghostly lcEtons gather yet.
And hear q ghostly t!mbrel tuna
And see Khoaly combat mot
No marvel on tho midnight falls,
Those are but yoennu's tales. And mere
But starlight uarvelously clear
Being glr1lled IN these shadowy wallis
'T.a>a
Yet now strange blooms Of ancestry,
Creep on me through this morning
light.
Some spectral self Is seeking me
I will not parley with the night
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~ EDWARD A. FILENE,

national guaranty of tho utmost fairness
and reliability In oil matters Of quail
lty ana dciivrry--tD the extent at lrASl
"f establishing Snfle standard method
always Hvailahi" tn the foreign customer
f"r II quick Justice of Settlement In the
event of disputes.
| The Importance Of such provision.
from the business point of view. may he
uptly illustrated from Il typical expert
rnr- Of rival stores in u city. Tine store
may. by plausible advertising. attract
! for time an extensive trade when II
fails To satisfy because !ts goods are "t
poor quality and It's methods unrcIIahi".
, The other store may suffer All inltl:t!
DISADVANTAGE through strict adherrnce I"
truth In it's advert iScrnentS But by
making tho rualtty Of it's goods answer
strictly To It's announcements. 10y rrhc-
ticing "A Scrupulnus fairness in it's deal
lngs: by maintaining Il system through
which a customer can secure QlS'k and
lust correction of such mistakes rs may
occur in quality Of goods. In pruInr'nc$S
nT delivery or In fnirn"SS Of method:
by consistent attention Ia these things
tho second store Will build reputation
TOR reliability that VIII attract and hold
, ,rade rs no amount Of cunning advCr-
Using could do. and will assure Its per
! mannnt ascendcucy over the other store.
This simple principle Is ms funda-
! mental to Il mutton in the trade g tho
world as to n store In lh~ trade Of II
city IT. therefore. methods can u" de
vIsed by which the reliability "f every
American transaction In foreign trade
will be supported by what Is In effect n
collective or national guaranty. 1t Is CYL
dent that every American exporter VIII
share In the resulting wnrld condolences
In American trade principles.
The ground work for such a policy
has already been laid in the commercial
arbitration agreements between the
Chamber OF Commerce OF the United
states and similar. If not corresponding.
bodies or business men In other coun-
trics-nOtably In South Amcrira-1nd in
the farSiehtrd and cnnst ructivc work ol
Secretary McAdnu as head Of tho Infer
national High Commission, In tho sep
arate Instances whore agreements have
hcru reached to submit all differences to
arbitration. tho growth In mutual c"nil-
drncc and good will has h"cn gratifying
and tho reduction IF friction apparent.
To the men who have given most
thought To this matter il is clear TINT
wha, !s now needed Is tn lind SONG
met oi that will apply moro widely the
confidcncc--crcatinE power involved IN
thrs,. existing agreements to submit TO
impartial arbitration any aud every
commercial difference or dispute.
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Our Daily Story
THE ULTIMATE TEST.

Private Piedmont Piker puctli"uslv
rarc,! his post. !thunt him All was
arrnuded in bIacknnSS. Thrc" stars
were out. hu; not very FIR out, and by
and by Il line drizzlc began 10 fall ana
put them out altogether.
\ figure doomed.
HALT" cried PIkcr.
Tho iiGur" halted.
who's there" challenged ihN"r.
Tho figure answered: AN American.
"Am.rican. advance and give the coun-
,crSign.'
nv" went and forgot tho darn thing.
sad the tgur" apol"getirallF.
For ii moment thcr" VAS silence, hrok-
IN only hy IN" ratlc0uS SONG Of corey
t.r wild barb.al wires
Then Irlvat" Pik"r. who's" level head
MIS- destined some day 70 win hun
s,ryn,ncy "r:.d "IirrIt" I'll" first three
lir.s Of "'rh" Star SpanEl"d Tanner.
Tho flcur" r""ti.'i them perfectly
rrardly h:1 lh., last c''i" died AVA wh"r
f.,l,r puuncct upon htnA "Nciarning
You're no Am"rlrHn' corporal "r IN
guard. Corporal Of tho guard! y spy
And the tigur" Was arrested. conFIr;"'
and shot at sunrise.
Copyright BY George Matthcy Adams,
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TARM CONFERENCE.

CHARLESTON. Nov. @@@.-tltty men
and women. ,nclu,;ing Officers "f inc
Stat. Federation III County farm Bu-
rrauS and presidents AMI agents 81 '"' =.
hurrnS III fourteen southern counties ~
tho state. mat here today in n S''''''''
meeting. with IN" pWrpnS" ~ f'l"N'"~
pInns for rrrarly increasing hErIcu'-
tural production next year.
4. {. Huff rr l:iirhir county nTe~'-
dent 81 tn" stat" organization. - pre-
siding at tho mr"tin.; h"r". Tho '"u'-
ties represented ar" jackson. h".''','
Mason. Truman. KHnawhl. FAY n"'N
ton. Nicholas. Wayne. Lincoln, N''I''
Wyoming. CahcIl and Logan
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Irwin Cobb's tribute to the courage
and gallantry of the coiored regiments
in France. at the High School Audi
forum. brought enthusiastic applause.
Yet ii the two. colored soldiers who
won the French CroiX de Guerre were
at home. and living in Mr.. CobbS own
state, and tried to exercise their rights
as American citizens. they would DC
shooed away from the voting place
with q shotgun.
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RIPPING RHYMES
TIE POISON.
BY WALT MASON.

When peace has come, that boon
elating, and battle flags are furied.
I hope therell DC an end OF hating
throughout this warsick world. Let
US get mad. II things demand 1t. and
raise rumpus great: but anger. as
I understand it, is different from
hate. If am injured by my neigh
Dor. lie in wait for him: his sway
backed carcase I bciabor. and rind
him limb from limb: but when our
little scrap Is ended we are good
friends once more, and he. with
sportsnanship that splendid. slides
down my cellar door. We have no
time for foolish hating. we have I"
do our chores. that We may both
maintain our credit at the stores.
It's hate that keeps the world I'M
settled. and makes peace efforts
vain: lot OF kings stalled and
mcttled. have hatred on the brain.
They don't get busy cultiruting or
pruning growing things: they SIT
around their throne rooms hating
and cussing other kings. One rea-
son why hop" the Teutnn may
meet a crushing fate is that he's
always at us shoOtln' his talk or
dcathl.sS hatr. And rHinly will tho
Tcut cndeavor our friendship to TO-
gain until he cuts out hal" forever.
and shows he's safe and sane.
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"NoSTEIOLA"

Nus,rinla is nut,%"pi!c. cIcahS'''"'
opens ar passage" ana prevents ,i.|'t.,'
~ %osr 'rhrna, aud bronchial Tubes.
Tho ,-rrru which c;luscs Spanish !nflu-
,nga and a great many other DANGEROUS
,lisnasrrS. resides in the nose. throat ana
bronchial tubes.
Proper pro- autirnary measures *h"ni'i
ho taken speedily in oIri"r 1" prsN"'l'
,YL,nr cold NJ an. acUt" cold may prove
To- h" an acute attack Of Influenza or
Pneumonia.
p,n't TAX" chances. but get EHSTRl l.
OLA Balm. ns Liquid with N"$tri"ta
\ioniiz"r rutHt Of your HruSglS! l"u''F'
usIu- NGSTRIOl.A night and morning
"Noatrtola" and MUS tur- PGf n:
Gold here (under money back" Guarar
Twins, Eoge-Dav!3. and all good drug
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-23
NOVEMBER 80 THE LIMIT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Christmas
pack,gcs for tho men in the armies ana
auxilliarics. service may bc mailed IN
this country until November 30 without
he need Of IN expert licenses under an
order Of the postofrice department. No
ycmhcr 90 had been designated M tho
final date Of mailing hut this rule was
amended to correspond with n ten days
cx:cnsinn Of timn for accepting Christ
mas parcels for the American ENpe-
dictionary Forces in France.
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scHwARE PROMOTED.

CILA RLESTON, ". Va, Nov. .-.-I.
Schwahc OF this city. connected with
the Cabin Creek Oil and Developing
company. received a cablegram from
l'arIs today announcing the promotion
ni his son, Harry l.. Schwahe, 10 be a
colonel in the regular United States
army.
Colonel Schwabe Is a graduate or
West Point. and his rise to the rank
of rrl:.mcntal commander has been rap
i'll. He has been with the American rN-
Evolutionary forces in France since early
IN the war.
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FLU" STOP GRIP pains,
GHF27 COLDS AND PNEUMONIA:
IISE NO5TR|OLAAND MUST UR-PEP
Watch the Danger Signals Don't Take Chances An ounce OF
' ~ prevention is Worth Pound of Cure 80
"MUS-tur-PEP"

For quick relief from Headache. Neu-
ral:,ia, Backachc. Grip" Pains. or Chest
Colds (Which may lead to pneu1uonia)
C;rraseless "M1iS-iur-PEP" is surcst and
best.
rr;rcnscless "MUS-tur-PEP' will nc:
soil the linen. "rubs right in and II has
,,ut thr pep" Accrpt only the genu-
inc "MUS-tur-PEP" put out by the
NoStrioln Balm Co. Wheeling. w. Va
I'm rcd. whit. and blue cartoon) and you
will not be disappointed.
Prompt preventive measures IS the
proper thinr now. Don't take chances.
hu. get the reneuine "MUS-tur-PEf"'
from your druggist today. and keep It
handy for instant use when needed by
ans member OF the family day or night
ID IN COM bination OF Independently.
see) by GrieSt Co., Coleman'A, RauI,
riStS,
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sorAR1ANs TO TIE RESCUE.

CHARLESTON. w. va. NOV
Members of the Charleston Rotary cIun
today vnte-i TO assume the burden OF
putting Charlestons quota In the war
work campaign over the top. 1t Is un-
dcrs,nnd that $4,000 remains To PC
raised, and the club has agreed to raise
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Nevertheless there is very real anu
earnest demand that the l""ssu" 0t ma
tions shall become IL substantial re-
nlity. it's growth and power embracing
all these subjects.
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a Paris dispatch states that the
Americans are across the Rhine. That
is nothing new to the boys who came
from Cincinnati.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-18

Paris, the center of the worlds fash
ions, has no fewer than 10000 women
dressmakers, not counting designers
and filters, which would bring the
number up to close on 100000. The
designers, who sketch out their ideas
in pen and ink or with water-eolors,
and often originate the fashions that
prevail throughout the world, earn
easily over four figures year, OBJ
serves a correspondent.
Good mannequins are the most diff.
cult to obtain. Some Of the largest
Partisan houses employ twenty or thir-
ty, whose whole time is passed in try
ing on dresses before the eyes of fash
ionabIe French women. Naturally the
numbers are fewer nowadays, and
many of the most famous mannequins
of Paris are now nursing in the hos
pitfalls or employed in the French NUM-
ton works.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-18
Government
Financing Of Past
Present War Taxes Mild in
COmparisonj Nations at War
Must Make Sacrifices
By S. W. STRAUS
(Pruminsnt New York and Chicago Bankr)

Copyright 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
To you who are hit by the new war
tax legislation read the following and
cease grumbling:
BY Sydney Smith, an Englishman
lin 1879.
"The school boy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages his
taxed horse, with taxed bride, on
taxed road; and the dying English
man, pouring his medicine which has
paid Z per cent in spoon that has
paid 20 per cent, makes his will on
an eS stamp and expires in the arms
of an apothecary who has paid IL
cense of e1O0 for the privilege of put
ting him to death. His whole proper
ty is then Immediately taxed up 10
per cent. Besides the probate, large
fees are demanded for burying him in
the chancel. His virtues are handed
down to posterity on taxed marble, and
he will then be gathered to his fathers
to be taxed no more"
In England at that time there were
taxes levied on lands, houses, horses,
carriages and windows. There was
also an income tax. During the seven
| teenth century England was as rabid
in its policy of tariff production as 1t
is now in favor of free trade.
| In ancient Athens taxes were very
| high. So jealous were the Athentans
/ In the collection of revenues, that a
public debtor could, ten days after a
! Judgment was obtained, be condemned
and banished forever from public af-
fairs. The children and grandchildren
then became responsible. Slaves were
| employed to take care of private ac-
counts, because If the government sus-
pected that a citizen was not making
| a truthful statement to the tax author
tiles. the slaves could be tortured to
give evidence of their masters affairs
! Athens extensive taxes were largely
due to the immense officialdom. Enor.
nous numbers of public officials were
dependent upon the government. There
were public physicians, artists, pro
fessors. The Athenians were very fond
of holding great banquets and festi'
walls, the expenses of which were paic
out of the public purse. At religious
gatherings as many as three hundred
cattle would be sacrificed and distrib
uted to the people. A public speaker
would be paid for his efforts in ora
tory, and the people paid for listening
Today, the problem Of raising none!
for government expenditures occupies
the time of some Of the keenest finan
cIal brains Of the country. We are nov
participating in the greatest war o
history We are fighting side by sid
with nations which are years ahea'
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Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper UnIon.)
We consider ourselves very much
advanced In our control Of food prices.
1t might do us some good to look back
little and see what the ancient ORR
entails did in this regard thousands of
years ago.
The Brahmanic and Rabbinical laws
fully equal the measures we have
adopted. For example, besides seeing
that not too much was charged for
food or other articles, the former law
provided a penalty for selling under
a standard price. Rabbinical law lin
tied storekeepers' profits to16 2-S per
cent.
Economic history-the story of
banking and business-indicates that
some of our so-called modern insd-
buttons" are in reality as old as the
hills. Some economists claim that the
division of labor"-that is, the spe-
cializing by one individual in single
operation in manufacturing some
thing comparatively new and did not
exist to any extent prior to the eight
zenith century. But against this we
have the statement made by someone
that caste in India is division of
labor gone to Seed"
And the socialists dream of an ideal
state is also nothing new. Plato o2ce
proposed an elaborate plan for new
state. He figured it out very carefully
and decided to limit the population to
| 5,040. If the number of inhabitants
ran over that amount colonies were to
be established; if below prizes were
to be offered to stimulate it's increase
Another suggestion Of Plato's was that
the children were to be the property
of the state and common to all. In
Sparta everyone ate at q common
table. No payments Of money were
required and the products Of all were
shared by everyone.
| Further, in Greece factories of con
siderable size existed. Some employed
hundreds Of workmen. A factor.
would be devoted to the exclusive pro
duction of one article, such as tuniC
Most of the labor was performed b,
slaves. Even the most humble Cit
zens of Athens had at least one slave
They were sent to the river to drin
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coinIno Of Yankee Dollars.

1t was in 1892 that the congress Of
the United States authorized the es-
tablishment of a mint in Philadelphia.
With the founding of this institution
the almighty dollar" began to come
into its own. The Spanish dollar had
been common in America for years,
and when Governor Morris attempted
to harmonic all the moneys of the
states he took the dollar as stand
ard. The plans of Morris were later
amended by Jefferson, who proposed
to strike four coins upon the basis Of
the Spanish milled dollar-a gold piece
of the value of $40, dollar in silver,
a tenth of a dollar in silver and a
hundredth of dollar in copper.
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of us in military preparations. we are
facing an enemy whose military estab-
lishment has been so highly developed
that it brought on the war. TO carry
on our part successfully and bring the
war TO a speedy conclusion, billions
have been and will be spent. The ag-
gregate total of the two Liberty loans
has defied our comprehension. Yet
this amount, in proportion to our
wealth and resources, does not equal
the burden placed upon us in the pre-
vious wars.
In the Revolutionary war the CONT
mental congress was forced to depend
upon credit bills and acquisitions
drawn against the colonies. Our first
interior war loan was made in 1775.
1t amounted to about $4,000. A year
later a second loan of $5,000,000 was
authorized, but only $3,7S7,0o0 was
subscribed. Then paper money was
issued and by the end of ITO congress
had authorized $200,O0O,000. An equal
amount was paid by the various states.
Continental bills of credit deprecated
90 per cent in value. Robert Morris
came to the assistance of the govern
ment and by his great ability financed
the war. He even made personal
| loans.
In the Civil war the financial diff
culties were also great. The country
was suffering from business depres.
sion when hostilities began. One Of
the first efforts to raise capital was
an issue of $150,000,000 of legal ten.
der notes, and a bond issue of $780,
100000. The bonds bore interest at &
per cent and were issued in popular
denominations of from $50 up. AS in
the Revolutionary war, a financial gem
ius appeared in the person of Jay
Cooke, who was extremely active in
making the loan a success. He adver-
tised extensively and employed 1850
agents. The same year congress is.
sued another S150,000,000 IN treasury
notes. In all, the aggregate amount
of government loans during the Civil
war was $4,000, 100000. About per
cent was paid on most of the loan.
Certainly, we are now in an infinite
ly better position to finance the pres
ent war. Where the interest rate was
6 per cent on the first Civil war loar
the initial rate on the first Liberty
loan was 31a per cent. Our wealth il
many times greater in proportion tC
the population than in 1861. We car
afford to, and will, push this war vigor
: ously to a successful conclusion. ANY
strong nation that hopes to endur,
strong cannot shirk its duty.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-18
THOUGHT WILL RULE WORLD
Scientist Asserts Ships at Sea Will Be
Controlled From Shore and Gasoline
VIII Be Grown Like Corn.

In the lobby of big Fifth avenue
club one evening recently, a group of
scientific men were discussing the war
as being the necessity that will bring
about some startling inventions, notes
a New York correspondent. If the
sprinkling of intellectual luminati
were not stamped by genius, it is prob
able that an ordinary bystander would
have tapped his forehead knowingly.
One of them was telling about sci
enlist who is already telephoning to
airplanes without wires. And another
quoted a famous inventor who said
that it would only be a short while
until all telephone wires would be abol-
| ished as unessential.
"The fact is" he said, 'that tele-
| phone wires do not In reality carry
our messages. Every scientist knows
that. Back of it all is the great proc
ess of thought which we are only be-
ginning feebly to understand.
"The more we delve into this proc
ess of Observation-Disclosures it is-the
more we come to the conclusion that
the material phenomena is the pro-
lection of thought. We konw that ev-
cry material thing comes from a
thought or an idea.
eve are arriving at the conclusion
that even space is thought, for we are
annihilating space every day through
thinking process. It will not be
many generations before every ship at
sea is controlled by thought from
shore. Our trains are going to be run
without fuel, and we are going to grow
gasoline just like we raise corn"