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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
DON'T SCOLD, MOTHER!
THE CROSS CHILD is
BILIOUS, FEVERISH
Look at tOngue!. If coated. clean
little stomach, liver
bowels

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See if tongue is coated; this is
a sure sign it's little stomach, liver
and bowels are clogged with sour
waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full
of cold, breath bad, throat sore,
doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally,
has stomach-ache, indigestion, diar-
rhea, give teaspoonful of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" and in a few
hours all the foul waste, the sour
bile and fermenting food passes out
of the bowels and you have a well
and playful child again. Children like
this harmless fruit laxative" and
mothers can rest easy after giving it,
because it never fails to make their
little "insides" clean and sweet.
Keep it handy, Mother! A little
given todays saves sick child to-
morrow, but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a bottle of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" which has di-
rections for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Remember there are
counterfeits sold here, so surely look
and see that yours is made by the
California Fig Syrup Company"
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
Rheumatism Back ON the Job
With it's Old-time Furv

tlon, ana routs out the disease germs
Ca" s % s. 8 soi hss @ siven es asaE some wonderful %
results in treating Rheumatism. Be-
ing a purely vegetable blood remedy,
it purifies the blood of every germ,
and thus removes the cause of Rheu-
matism. Get bottle to-day at your
drugstore, and start on the right
treatment that will get results. Free
advice about your case can be had by
writing to Medical Director, 26 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
Pure Paint

You can depend on paint made of pure
whitehead and pure linseed oil. 1t gives
greatest covering power and longest wear.
Dutch Boy whitehead, mixed with pure
inseed oil, makes weatherproof paint.
For interiors, it assures a beautiful,
smooth surface, easily washed. Any tint.
Whether you buy of us over the counter,
by mail or by telephone, you will have
our best service. Our stock is complete
and reliable
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
No Let-Up In Its Torture.

Pretty soon you win be reaching
for the liniment bottle again, for the
millions of little pain demons that
cause rheumatism are on the war
path. Winter weather seems to awak-
en- them to renewed fury.
But your Rheumatism cannot be
rubbed away, because liniments and
is in the blood, and only a remedy
that goes deep down into the circula-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
WOMEN GIVE S36,OOO,OOO

Thousands of patriotic women in
all parts of the United States are
freely giving their time to make sur
.gical dressings, knit goods, hospital
lSaf nentS .cSpfort kits. socks and
s&eaters! The value of this labor
given by American women is esti-
mated at $36,00O,00O year.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties ofQUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-05-16

Senator Root says it is time for
the American people to shut up. 1t
is hoped that Teddy will consider that
as altogether Wilmington
Star.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
DAVIES BUDE HLAVOU A.
MERICKE VYPRAVY DO
RUSKA.

Washington. President VIII
son radil Sc s plukovnlkem
Housem 70 vyslani hospodarske
|vypravy do Ruska a podle ira
dy hlavou vypravy bude asi Jo-
sef E. Davies. PGvodne Sc mlu-
vilo o vyslanf soudce nejvyssf-
no soudu Brandeise, avsak upu
stilo Sc cd te myslenky, pons-
vadz by}o by neprakticke wy
slat muze zidovskehovyznani
do zeme, kde ie prilis mnoho
antisemitismu. Ma druhem mi
ste mluvilo Sc o Danielu Willar-
dow, jenz je znam jako dobry
organizator. Cd toho see vsak
upusti(o take. On6ch 100000
600 nevyda Sc tax zbytecne.
Vyprava nevyda Sc take ma ce-
stu prilis chvatne. Bude treba
.este mnohe veci upravit a stu
dovat.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
= ,C7'r-v - y'vyIVs7Fy ~
zADAL POVOLENf ODCE-
STOVAT.

Josef Korcal, 81 rokn, 1914
zap. so ul., prisel vcera k vlad-
nimu okresnfmu pravniku
Wertz a zadal o povoleni pd-
cestovat do Mexika neb jinych
zemi, kterymi Amerika neni
We valce. Korcal pfijel do Ame
riky v r. 1918. V Rakousku slol
I'll tri roxy u vojska a kdyz 3
mesicd pred prohlasenim val
ky byl vyzvan ably Sc odebral k
vojsku, ujel do Ameriky.
Pied kratkym casem byl "a
ten pro rychlou jfzdu a pokuto
van S25. Zaroven 81 stezoval,
ze straznik MIN hrube zacha-
Eel proto chtel re Spoienych
Statu odieti. Korcal dokazal,
re kupoval Bondy Svobody, t.
sporne znamky i prispel do va
lecne pokladny.
WertZ odvedl Korcala k Via
dnimu jednateli Kage- owl, kite
ry mu odporucil, ably 81 zjed-
nal pravnika a spravedlnost 81
ziskal a dale mu odporucil. a,
by radeji zGstal zde, re to bu.
de pro neho uzitecneisi. Korea
pax pfislibil, re jeho rady po.
slechne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
NEDOSTATEK PRACOV.
Mich Sill.

Rocet zamestnancu v lodeni
cich We Spoienych Statech wy
stoupil ze 100000 ma $4,000
cd DOLBY co valka byla prohla-
sena. We vcereisf schnzi zastup
ci lodenic v zdejsf obchodni ko
more :bylo poukazano ma vetsi
potrebu delnikG. Frank Muhl-
hauser, 1860 Mistletoe dr., kite
ry zastupuie vladu pri stavbe
lodi, Sc vvjadfil, ze delnfci da-
vaji Wade v teto valce tn nei-
lepsf sluzbu. Pricinenfm delni-
XII bylo mono v Detroit posta-
Wit LODI $500 tun vytlaku "a 35
dni. Zastupci lodsnic We veerej
II shdzi Sc radili, !. jak. ,udrzet
stejnou vvkonnost v lodenic7ch
zine jake v lete. =
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
PRfJEZD AMERICKEHO
VOJSKA DO VLADIVO-
STOCKEHO PRfSTAVU
(Pokracovanf ze strany ~

V Petrohrade panuje hrnzo-
vlada, jak hlasf telegramy do
Sic dnes re Stokholmu. Jen "a
messc srpen zatceno bylo ma
$4,000 osob, vesmes byvalych
armadnfch distojnikn lidi
strednlch vrstev. Bolsevicti vnd
cove jsou ma palube bitevnice
Aurory, jez kotvf ma rejdisti
kronstatskem, pine pripraveni
ma odpluti do Nemecka v pripa
du. ze by Sc nynejsi revolta pro
ne utvarila neprfznive.
Svedsky konsul v Moskve,
]ednaie v zastoupenf americke
hc jinych spoieneckych kon.-
sulatd, pozadal svoji vladu o w
slant lode do Petrohradu, KITE
rou by v bezpecf dopraveno by
10 ma 200 uprchriki v tom pri-
pade, kdyby nebylo mono do
sici volneho prGchodu Finskem.
Hongkong, v sobotu dne II.
srpna. (Opozd6na zprava.) -
5000 obyvatel jest bez pristre
81 a 250,000 jest bez pristre-
neisi potravy nasledkem velke
povodne ma rece Tung Kiang.
Americky Cerveny Kriz Sc vse
mozne stara a povsechnou po-
moe trpicim.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
HOLLANDSKO VIDI PORAz.
kU NEMECKA PkfsTf MESfC
DUBEN.

New York. - Cestujici Il
Hollandska, pribyli do Ameri-
ky, vysvetlovali, ze Holland
sku jevi Sc vsude nedpstatek DO
travin a tudiz ami N6mecko ne
muze jiz obdrzet Cd teto zeme
uspokojeni. William F. Enck Sc
vyslovil, ze behem tfi meslch v
Hollandsku ztratil ma vaze Sc
desat liber. Vsichni Holland'a-
ne jsou toho pevneho presved-
ceni, re Nemecko bude zkruse
no pristim Eokem V mesici dub
nu. Neustaly priliv americke-
no vojska rozhodne valku, jak
Sc uvadi. N6mecko nema jiz $
dostatek vojska take je nikde
nesezene, trebas Sc snazilo n.y.
nj rekrutovat ruske vojiny.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

Vcera byl usporadan vylet
v Euclid Beach parku pro
matkv, jejichz synove Sc ma.
lezaif v armade Spojenych Sta
til. Matky vojinG mali v Cleve.
landu zalozeny spolek pro kite
ry ma tom vyletu zfskaly 552
novvch 1dkvn. Predsedka spoil.
ku Jest pi. Robert E. Lewis. kite
ra oznamila, ze jeiich stredi-
sko bude We Y. w. C. A. budo-
We ma rohu Prospect ave. a W.
chodni % ul., kde buda usta.
noven pro ten spolek staly L.
fadnik. SchGze spolku budou
&c konat dvakrat mesfne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
BULHARSkY kRAL RUkOJ-
MIN NEMECKEHO CfSARE.
(Poledni bulletin.)

Washington, 20. srpna. Bull
harsky car jest Nemeckem dr.
zan jake rukojmf, ably zajiste-
ma byla loyalita Bulhard k cen
tralnim imocfm. Ferdinand,
kdyz byla do sveta rozsfrena
zprava, re Bulharsko 81 preje
miru rychle zemi opustil pod
zaminkou lecenf poruseneho
zdravi. Nektare zpravy tvrdily
ze jest dusevne chory a ze neu-
stale place. Jiz delsi dobu byl
We SVEN palaci We Sredci obklo
pen nemeckou strait ktere We
leli ien srolehlivf ddstojnfci.
Ma zacatku byl Gil jeho le-
cebne cesty taien, ale pozdeJi
cznameno, ze jest v Nauheimu
v Nemecku, kan mu byl kaise-
rem poslan lekar, specialista
duSevnich namoci. Proc sam O.
dejel do N6mecka. jest veci ne
znamou, ale podivnym znstane.
ze nebyl pozvan k posledni
konferenci obou cisarn.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
CESKY HOSfK ZABIT AUTO.
MOBILEM.

Chicago, 20. srpna. = Pred
domem 'cislo 1881 jiz. Morgan
ave. doslo We stfedu Ike a. hodi-
ne odpolednf k politovanf hod
n,emu nestestf, kterym byH zni-
cen zivot ceskeho hosika, osmi-
leteho Josefa Zahradky els
la 1922 jizni Morgan avenue.
We zmfnenem miste stall naklad
nj automobil pana Josefa Bee
vafe, komisionare z eisla 724
zaradni Randolph ulice, ma kite
rem vozka Emil Brunner 2 Gi-
sla 1926 zapadni 18. ulice pfi-
veil zbozi do grocerniho obcho
du krajana Cerneho. Vozka o.
devzdal zbozi vratil Sc ku sve
mu vozu. ma ktery zatim Sc ma
vesilo nekolik hochG. Usedl k
fldlmu kOlu a SpuStll StrOJ, -
Xdvz byl kfikem deti upozor-
nen, re Sc Eeco stale. Zastavil
automobil a spatril, ze pod MIN
lezf maly Zahradka v bezv6do
mi. Nalozil hosika ma viz a do
vcdl domG povolal lekare. -
Ten vsak rozpoznal, re hosik
byl zranen smrtelne a dal lei
donraviti do okresni nemocni-
c.. kde pax skonal. Inkvest mad
hosikem bvl naTizen ma dnesek.
SvSdkv neStesti bvli Annie Han
zlikova. Ed ard Cikanek a An
ME BokacOva.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
DIVA AMERICTf VZDUCHO.
PLAVCI INTERNOVANI
v HOLANDSKU.

Londyn, 20. srpna. - Kolem
Zeebrugge v Holandsku svede
no byla v patek rano bitva me
ri spoieneckymi a r6meckymi
aeroplany, jak oznamuie zvlast
nj depese z Amsterodamu. Be
hem boje. ienz trval temer cely
den. porncik Reean Harris a
serzant James Muir, oba Ame-
ricani bvli nasledkem poskoze-
nj svych pTistrojG donuceni k
sestupu ma holandsky ostrov
ICELAND. Byli internovani a S
mimi soucasne posadka jedno
no anelickeho aeroplanu, ienz
hvl take donucen tam sestoupi-
ii.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
JEDEN ZABIT A PET
ZRANENO.

Harry Sachs, 81 r., 6406 Sec
vii ave., jel vcera odpoledne We
SVEN AUTOMOBILE S bratrem Ber
.jaminem,~ S. Wolkovem. 650E
Scovill ave-, Dora Shapierovor
z Canton a jeff sestFou Mollie
20 Arlington rd.. poblfze "A,
kron, kde ztratil kontrolu mad
SWIM automobilem. ktery 81
zvrhnul a pfi te nehode Harry
Sachs byl zahit. ieho bratr m;
zlamanou klicni kost ostatn'
jsou lehce zraneni.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
POHRER PAM SKALAKOVf.

PAM Eohumila Skalakova
jez jak jsme vcera oznamili,
podlehla zalu mad ztratou syna
Roberta, v Mexiku, ulozena bu
de k poslednimu odpocinku ma
hrbitOv Lakeview We stredu 0
2 hod. odpoledni 2 domu smu-
tku c. 16804 Grovewopd ave.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
ZASTRELENA zENA.

Nettie Abernethy. .26 rokh,
2154 vych. % ul., byla vcera
ralezena co mrtvo1a We SVEN
d')move. Tajni policiste Lieut..
Josef Hauser. Keller a Tor
rance. zatkli George Childse,
26 roka, 2173 v1ch. % ul..
Rtery die vypovedi straznika
drive u Ahernethy-ove bydlel.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
UKRADENE SATY.

Zlbdeji vnikli vcera rano do
dilen Samuel Klein a Isadore
Lefkowitz, 208 ST.. Clair ave. a
ukradli 35 svrchnikn, 20 oble-
XII, 6 damskych kabatn a z dill
ny Kleina nekolik balikn Ia
tex.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

PRIME Sc divka ktera ma
zkusenost We vyprave dam
skych klobouku. Haste Sc
hned V {. 1880 E. 1O5 ul. Tel.
Garfield 1884 w.
S-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
LA G. E /!

Proda Sc domek 0 ctyrech mist
nostech, koupeln.a. eIektrika, je
zerni voda. Majetek Sc naleza
We Willonghby, O. Lot ie 40 pri
300 strevicich. Dlazba a vSe "a
vedeno. Ma lotu je krasna "a
hrada. Cena "a pricinou umr-
II $1,000 hotove.
Proda Sc dum @ ctyrech sv6tni
Clch ma IA. ul. mezi Quincy a
Central ave. VSe zavedeno. Lot
ie SO pfi $50 stfevicich. Ulice
Glazdena. Cena $500, hotove
$500 a ostatnf ma mesicni splat
ky po $40 mesicne.
Blizsl sdeli Jam. F. Port, 826
Williamson Bldg. aneb v byte
{. S613 Cedar ave. 9-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
PRONAJME Sc byt O ctvrech I

pokoiich dole, aneb Sc pro-
maine jeden velky pokoj pro
dive neb til os)by. Haste Sc V
c. 4O27 E. 90 ul. roh Harvard
ave. 8-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

PRODAJi Sc zachovala plyno-
va kamna n avafeni. Haste Sc
V els. 1922 w. SO. ul. 9-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

PRIME. Sc delnik ma d6lani
koSiku. Prace Cd kusu neb ma
den. BliZSl Sc sdeli V {. 2148 f.
2 ul. roh High ave. druh6 Pc
school. 8-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
"a PRlCINOU nedorozumeni

TrOda Sc lot S0X145 stfevlcich
veimi LEVINE ma Kirsman rd. =
Haste Sc Y els. 1921 w. At. st.
9-22
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
ODVOZENf SLOVA
"YANKEE"

oI0uHl uOOc lHdlO uZlNdHO, MA
vne ma Zapade, az teprve po
ipristan1 naseho vojska We Fran
eli veslo opet v castejsi uziva-
nj. z pocatku rfkalo Sc nasim
vojakGm "Sammies" teprve
V poslednf dobe. kdyz Sc poca!i
dcastnit bitev, bylo cd pojme-
novani Sammies upusteno a nv
nj isou vSude zvani "Yankee. -
T6z v obcanske valce rikalo SO
|severnim voiak6m Yankee. Ja
to pbimenovani obcana amer;-
ckeho pGvodu bvdlicfho No
vo-anglickvch statech, obyva-
tele zapadnich statd zridka Sc
tax jmenovali. Odvozeni slova
toho Jest asi toto:
Kdyz prvni anglicti osadnici
v tet, zemi pocali obcovati s do
morodymi Indiany. meli tito
velke obtize $ vyslovenim ma
rodnfho poimenovanf move prf-
chozlch. Slovo "English" pre-
kroutili ma "Yenghees." a to
hoto poimenovani prvnfch o.
sadniku povstalo slovo cyan
kees' a zobecn6lo.
Zda Sc, ze slova toho neuzi-
valo Sc mnoho az v revolucni
|valce malo kde je We spisech
dflvejSich nalezame. Jeden spi
sovatel z roku 1775 mluvi 0
jmenu tom jako o nejake novo-
|te, kdezto mnozi spiEovatele o
indianske reci nenaIezaji zad-
ne zminky O mem v indianskych
kmenech mimo novo-angli-
ckych. = a.
" jedne stare knize, vydane
w roku 1920, nachazi sc po-
znamka pod arou O jmenu Yam
kee, ktera uplne vysvetluje,
jak z indianskeho vyslovovani
slova English" postupne vyvi
|nulo sc slovo Yankee. Hlubo-
ke hrdelni tony indianske brzy
promenily puNodni slovo V
"Yonghe'es'', "g" vysloveno tyr
de a "h" zamlceno. Toto zda
Sc byti pravym odvozenim slo
va toho a malo viry priklada
Sc udani v DiedrichOve histo-
rii Knickerbockeruv, V niz spl-
sovatel mluvi o indianskem
kmenu naZvanem "Yankoos"
Povazuje Sc to "a zert holland
skeho spisovatele, ktery 81 We
svych spisech rad zazertoval.
Nestava zadneho dukazu ex-
istenci takovehO indianskeho .
kmene a take nestava dukazu,
re by nektery knem v celem
svete byl jmeno to pfijal "a
|sve.
Po vypuknuti revolucni val
ky, stale Sc jmeno Yankee vel
mi popularnim a v kratkem ca
Sc lapaci LODI, nazvana CYAN
kee Herd" byla vypravena a
vyslana z jednoho novo-angli-
ckeho mesta a mnoho narazek
ma to slovo a jeho vyznam ma
leza Sc v dopisech z onoho Ca
su. V jednom dopise z te dolby,
napsanem anglickym dGstojni-
KEN svym pratelGm we stare
vlasti datovanem v Hartfor-
du, Conn.,, mluvi O ''ubohych
Yankee-ch", jakz byli nazyva-
nj novo-anglicti vojaci. V jinem
dopise te same dolby pravi pi
satel, jak v jedne sarvatce
"Yankee hrube zachazeli brit
skym vojskem." Skoro vsude
bylo jmena toho uzfvano k o.
znacenf obyvateld npvo-angli-
cke casti teto zeme a rnzne Sc
psalo, jako Yankie, Yenkie,
Yanke, Yanku a Yankee, KITE
re do dneska trva.
Americane zvitezili pod tim
jmenem v revolucni a obcanskA
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

"a PRfCINOU odjezdu proda
Sc LEVINE jednorodinny cihlovy
dunn, moderne staveny O 6 svet
niclch koupelnou. Blizsi sc
sd6li V els. 13206 Coath ave. z
f. 131. ul., blize skoly V Cor
lett. 8-26
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20

PRIME Sc zena ma uklid a
ruznou praci. Haste sc v (.
1901 Union ave. =?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-17
CITY NEWS.

A marriage license has been is
sued to Roy Mckee HoL.,an and
Leola Hovey, by the county clerk
DIR. J. A. Cochrane and family
leave for South Dakota. He will be
absent from his office about three
weeks.
Frank Raymond and Joe Elisodo,
two Mexicans charged with breaking
into a car used in interstate COM
merce, were bound over to the No
vember grand jury at preliminary
hearing held before Commissioner
John E. Craig Tuesday. The men
were placed in the county Jail until
they can furnish bail fixed at $500.
The Mexicans are accused of break
ing into car on the 20" tracks and
stealing 800 pounds of sugar which
was being shipped from New Orleans.
j. B. Watkins, deputy sheriff in
Fort Madison, telephoned the sher-
ifs office in Keokuk today that Her
man Schroeder's five passenger Blu
ick car was stolen last night. The
machine was nearly new and carried
the license number 2S0,117 Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-17
TWINE TO FARM Frs
CHEAPER IN 1919
THEY WILL HAVE SUPPLY AT
THREE CENTS OFF AND
SAVE ABOUT $6,oOo, 900.

Binder Irvine for the harvest Of 1919
VIII cost American farmers about three
cents per pound less than they have
ing to grain growers Of the United
States is 100000. This announce
nent of the q. 8. food administra ton
follows an arrangement It has made
with the Comison Rexuiadora, the
Yucatan monopoly controlling sisal,
whereby the Con,ision has contracted
to sell soc. 900 bales Of sisal 30 twfne
mills Of this country at price three
cents per pound less than a year ago.
That quantity Of sisal represents the
principal supply Of fiber needed to
manufacture binder Irvine for the
grain harvest Of 1919. To main tain
I'm economical operation Of Irvine mills
in the United States, sisaI n contract
ed for about a year ahead and Is man
ufactured into the finished twine
throughout the year. BY the new ar
rangements, the cost Of sisal VIII be
approximately 10 cents wholesale at
pound for the sisal used in making
the Irvine for the present harvest
=, Since it's early Investigations Of bin
der Irvine, which is a vital element In
our grain harvest, the food admins
tratien has main tanned that the Com
ision Reguladorn OF Yucatan must sell
its sisal at more reasonable prices II It
expects to retain this country as a
large customer. Sisal growers have
complained, however, of the high cost
Of food and supplies which they Sc
cure from the United States. With
the hope of establishing a better I'M
Outstanding between Mexican and
American producers. the food admins
trution proposes an exchange Of agri-
cultural commissions. A commission
Of Mexican farmers has been invited
to visit the United States and study
the production and distribution Of ar
ticles they secure from this country.
In case the proposal is accepted, the
food administration plens to have q
committee Of American farmers visit
Yucatan to study methods and costs
Of sisal production. Such an inter
change OF study IS expected to prepare
tho way for mutually satfsfac Glory con-
ditions In future sixnl arrangements.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-17
The Right to Scrutinixe.

Anamosa Eureka: Every man has
a right to scrutinize and investigate
the war activities towards which he
is asked to contribute. In fact, if
there is the least doubt in his mind
about the worthiness of those activi-
ties, or the honest manner in which
they are handled, 1t is his duty as a
patriotic citizen, not to talk and Cos
sip about his suspicious, but to inves-
tigate and get at the true state of
facts If it is revealed that an ac-
tivity is unworthy or not properly
handled he is helping his govern
ment in making exposure, far more
than he would to keep still and dig
up his money. On the other, hand,
if the movement is worthy and he
simply voices idle suspicious, he is
injuring the work of his government
In New York city hackers of fake
war charity enterprises and solicit
ing schemes defrauded the public
out of a sum estimated at between
two and three millions Of dollars.
When asked to give for war pur-
poses, for which you are solicited
ask for reasonable time to investi
gate. None of those who back worthy
causes will object to such investiga-
ton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-17
Manufacturers of City Attend Meet
ing at Hotel Iowa for State
Secretary home from
Capital.
WHY IOWA LOSES OUT
People In East Don't Know Iowa Ex-
lists, Says Ambassador of Bust
ness-As<s About
Situation.

People down east don't know
that Iowa exists" said George Wright
man, secretary of the Iowa Manufac-
turers' association in addressing
! forty keokuk manufacturers and
business men at the Hotel Iowa, to-
day.
Mr.. Wrightman came to the city to
tell city manufacturing interests what
Is being, accomplished by the Wash
inSton bureau Of the state manufac-
turers' association.
It's just plum ignorance, as the
coiored girl says, that the east doesn't
know the west and Iowa as manu-
| featuring locality" said Wrightman
in prelude to his address which dealt
largely with a preponderance of in
! formative figures, that he had at hand.
! Has Some Criticism.
He had both praise and criticism for
the government of the United States
at war, viewed from a business and
commercial standpoint. He praised
the work and personality of the presi-
| dent in the present situation.
THE government is buying war ma
terlals In two ways now, said Wright
man. The navy, engineers and ma
| IlHS corps purchases are IudQe unQST
a system Of bidding in which the de-
partments do not see the bidders. The
ordnance, quartermaSter, aviation
and fleet departments are under the
supervision of men who are called to
Washington and given commissioned
offices and who in many instances
know nothing about the work at hand.
Wrightman said that business is be-
ing parcelled out largely to the friends
of these men who operate under the
/ second plan, outlined. That was one
of the reasons the Iowa bureau in
Washington was established.
Reason for Slight.
| THE reason Iowa hasn't been get
ting anything in manufacturing way
by government contract Is because the
big fellows in the east have been grab
bling the cream of it But Iowa and
the west are feeding the nation and
the men are being taken from this
section to the east coast to fill these
labor situations. Equal distribution
of government contracts would keep
distribution of population more nor
NAL"
Wrightman is making a tour Of the
state this week finding out what
manufacturers in each locality have
to offer the government in war time.
! He was introduced by G. F. McF,ar-
land, chairman of the sub-regional
division in Lee county of the war in
dustries organization.