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New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Your Dollars! Sink Him Without Trace

profits out of the very high rates for ex
change on foreign countries, and he de-
viscs this means to stop it.
TO ease Senator Owens mind, and
some others, the Treasury Department
asked the New York banks for show
down on the profits from their foreign
dealings for three months, and the re-
turns are now printed i'm the Federal
Reserve Bulletin. They show that on ag
grcgatc transactions of about $240,000,-
600 for the January-April quarter, the net
profits were about $287 600, or around
onc-tcnth of ! per cent The total trans
actions both with Spain and Switzerland
showed a net loss. This is not very ex-
citing. The idea that government banks
abroad would cut out the fabulous
profits of the dealers in exchange has
little to rest on.
But this is only part of the issue. The
real issue is whether our foreign trade
is to be regarded as an infant industry
and foreign banking as an eleemosynary
institution. 1t happens that the foreign
trade and our credit balance of trade
are now the greatest of any nation in the
world, and the greatest the world has
ever known. The problem now is how,
by sales here, foreign nations will ever
be able to settle their enormous balances
in America.
For the rest, the total "banking
power of the United States now equals
nearly half that of all the nations
combined. Our banks have the power to
put into foreign trade or foreign coun-
tries almost twice as much capital as
could any other nation. Some of our
banks are now entering this field The
National City already has branches all
over South America, in Russia and else
where. The Guaranty Trust and other
big institutions are combining for the
same purpose. These foreign branches
usually run at a loss for some time. The
one certain business they can count upon
from the beginning is foreign exchange.
The profits are small, but the business is
sure. About the most certain way to
discourage the establishment of these
foreign branches would be a government
foreign bank which would compete for
this foreign exchange business.
But why government banks abroad and
not at home? If our foreign trade is to
be henceforth under the auspices of the
Treasury Department (siX or seven bill
ions of exchangesD why not the thirtv
SIX or fortysiX billions of home products
as well? If the government is to deter
mine who shall do business abroad. whv
not who shall do business at home? That
is what government banking monopolv
would mean.
At present we have some 10000 ma
tonal, state and private banks, compet-
ing for the accounts and loans of eight
or ten million customers. Why should
these be left unprotected by the govern
ment If into Senator Owens shelterinp
arms are to be gathered the ten or TWEEN
ty thousand merchants who do business
IN foreign lands? The Federal Reserve
Board has already power to establish
branch banks abroad if it should find anv
serious need. So far it has not
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Taking the Risk Out of Wheat

About the wisdom of a guaranteed
price for any other product than wheat
wise men may easily disagree. But
wheat must be had if the war is to be
won. Perhaps the farmers would pro-
duce it, anyway; the prices of any war
essential are certain to be relatively
high. But the country can take no
chances which foresight may avoid. So
far as prices can fend against dearth,
we must promise the prices
But still the principle is one of mere
insurance, and the prices must be fixed
within the limits of the principle There
is no motive in it of solicitude for the
farming interest or of bounty in its
favor There is therefore no point in
putting up the prices 25 or SO cents
bushel now that the crop has been made
The time is past this year for any put
terlng with the stable door, In the nature
of the principle the policy must be
forward looking. The sole bearing of
the guarantee is on the crops that are
to be in order that they may come to
be. Whatever, therefore. was enough
to promise is the outside limit of what
now can properly be paid.
But the programme of next year, since
1t is an insurance programme in a for
ward looking policy, demands immediate
consideration. The fall sowing is at hand.
higher price than could wisely be
promised last year may have to be
promised for the year that is ahead. Our
prices are still going up and costs ad-
vance with prices in general The guar
antee will have to be made, and made
high enough to achieve it's purpose-a
planting that is safely large But it
must never be made to cover the crops
OF yesteryear, nor is it to be read
Justed to cover any crop that is already
harvested. The country wants wheat
farmers profits only within the limits
necessary to this end.
But the governments policy should
go further than d wise disbursement
Of gratuities. If the farmer is to nave
his guarantee--the government taking
upon itself the risks of the market and
the uncertain duration of the war-with
the government also should go the
chances Of gain. With the farmers i'm
munity from loss should go some 1imita-
ton on the extent of his gain. The price
that is the minimum for him should also
be his maximum--not that the consumer
should buy at this price, for this is
dangerous policy where supplies are
scant, but that the government should
have at this price. More than the mini
mum that is enough is by so much an
overpayment. If the crop is too large
to flnd a market at the promised price
the nation is still fortunate in the crop.
to be sure-the guarantee policy wins
but the Treasury faces an enormous
deficit, the while that the farmer wins
both by the generous crop and by the
generous prices. If, then, there befalls
shortage--the guarantee having been
fixed in recognition of this hazard
the margins of gain should accrue to tho
government as guarantor, the risk taker.
Heads~1win tails -you-lose is fair neither
IN the hazards of crops nor of pennies.
In effect. then, the government should
cor ract for the crop, promising not only
a delivery price for the wheat that is
grown but also a limited indemnity
against the losses on the wheat that is
not grown.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

is taken the whole subject should be thor
oughly Investigated. and the results OBJ
taincd in other parts of the world care
fully canvasscd. so as to properly determin-
whether action of that kind is beneficial or
otherwise. 1t seems to me that this Is the
time when that series of questions should
have careful considerations
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

ways and viii ;'robaby be completed be-
fore the end Of the war
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

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Nsil Matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Several thousand women are now em- ployed in various parts of the factory and the number will be gradually in creased as fast as possible. The women are especially efficient as to certain kinds of the work. They use all kinds of tools. They inspect the parts and measure them with gauges which show their accuracy to the one -thousandth of an inch. They will do monotonous work longer and more efficiently than the men and are more liable to stick to their jobs.
 l spent sometime in the factory school, the work of which adds to the output of guns. It is like a great machine shop. It has one or more of each kind of ma chine used in the factory and grouped about each of these were men and wom- en, taking instructions and actually run. hing the machine, At one complicated tool saw three girls. each with a denim cap on her head and with deniin apron tied around her waist, watching the operations. One was handling the machine and the others were learning how if was worked. I talked with the principal of the school. He tells me that he gives each new employe from two days to two weeks examination and instruction in order to see that he has the right place in the factory and is able to start in at the work when he gets there. Within the next five or six months the company will put in more than eight thousand new men and the most of these will go through this school He says it is cheaper and better to start employe in this way than to let him bungle along on the machines and pick up the trade in the course of his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Buy War Savings Stamps
NORTH CAROLINA RESORTS
 Gland oF fH,o
The WrenwoOd

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 Large, Airy, Clean Rooms
 No Better Table Anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
OUR MACHINE GUNS
tcontinued on Page Three)

other acres devoted to cartridges, and there is a half mile of great forges in which the steel is pounded and kneaded into the right consistency and shape for barrels and other parts of the gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
HOTEL INFORMATION

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Paper from Sawdust

Aberdeen, Scotland, May 12.-The suc- cess of an experiment in making paper from sawdust has been practically dem- onstrated at a large paper mill here. The Aberdeen Evening Express of a recent issue was printed from paper which contained large percentage of saw dust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

The company has an industrial serv- ice department. which tries to keep the men contented and to stimulate them to make the most of themselves It has a school for apprentices, in which the hovs of the factory have a regular course of instruction, their wages being raised as they learn and acquire more me- chanical skill. A boy can keep up his studies for four years and receive a good mechanical education, all the while be- ing paid by the piece for the work he turns out. The boys are examined and tested to see the trades they are best fitted for and the company does what 1t can to make men of them, while they are teaching them to become expert me- chancs. I close this letter with little poem from the catalogue of apprentice courses of the armory. It is entitled:
 THE MAN WHO WINS" The man who wins S an average man, Not built on any peculiar plan: Not blessed with any peculiar luck: Just steady and earnest and full of pluck When asked question. he does not
 guess"
 He knows and answers 'No" or Yes When set task that the rest can't do, He buckles down till he's put it through So he works and waits. till one fine day, There's a better job with bigger pay. And the men who shirked whenever they
 could
 Are bossed by the man whose work made
 good.
 For the man who wins is the man who
 works,
 Who neither labor nor trouble shirks, Who uses his hands. his head, his eyes The man who wins is the man who tries. 1918, by Frank C. Carpenter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Isuy War Savings Stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
NORTH CAROLINA RESORTS
 Land of the Skys
Laurel ark Villa Esnssss's siiss. K. c
MISS n. JORDON

Situated in beautiful Laurel Park, fronting Rainbow park. On street car line. One and one-half miles from cen ter of city. All modern eonveniences: telephone, electric lights, water supply from Crystal Springs. hot and cold baths, large shady grove.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

which the steel is pounded and kneaded | into the right consistency and shape for barrels and other parts of the gun Above the forging rooms are others devoted to rifles and automatic pisto's and the whole is a maze of intricate ma chinery, much of which had to be de- signed and constructed for these weapons alone. In order to duplicate and stand ardize the machinery it was necessary to have special machine tools, and the company now has 900 expert mechanics who are engaged in making tools for the Browning gun. Such tools cannot be brought in the shops and it is abso- lutely necessary to have a number Of each kind in order that there may be no delay in speeding the work. An of- ficer of the ordnance department who went with me through the works tells me he has already accepted 400 tons of steel to be turned into parts for the Browning gun. This will give you some idea of the magnitude of the work now going on.
 It is difficult to appreciate the care and precision with which everything has to be done The finer parts require me- cbanical and scientific experts. Every part of the gun, from the steel, brass and ether raw materials that go into It to the finished product, has to pc tested |again and again to see that 1t IS Just right. and this necessitates laboratories both physical and chemical The new parts have to be designed and planned; in one room I saw more than hundred draftsmen at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Famous Scientist Killed

Amsterdam, May 16,--one of Germany's foremost scientists. pr. Robert Marck, chief professor of chemistry at Jena uni versity, has been killed in the fighting in front of Amiens. He was serving as an infantry lieutenant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Chestnut Park Lodge
NIRs AInrRr IAnn1s

MRS. ALBERT HARRIS New modern. unique hotel. natural park or 1d5 acres, partly in the corporate limits. living room 60x36 feet with TO- foot fireplace, about 1000 feet above and overlooking Waynesville. Every thing modern; cuisine unexceled. Prices reasonable. Free camp sites. Come or address Chestnut Park Lodge, Waynes- ville, N C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Everything connected with this Rem ington plant here has been carefully planned to save time and labor, and the parts go in regular order as lar as possible from the raw materials 10 the finished products in the assembling room. The transportation of goods from one place to another through the 15 factories, with their two and one half miles of connecting halls. is done by electric trucks, which have their regular schedule runs back and forth through the factory. The messenger boys fly about on roller skates through the halls, and there are enough tele- phone girls to supply good sized town. The factory has restaurant which will seat 800, and it has electric cookers on wheels. which can be moved about from room to room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

The company makes business of studying it's employees, and seeing that the round human pegs are fitted into the round holes. As I went through some of the large machine shops talked with MT. J.. C. Finfrock, the works manager, about this. He believes that the study of the human material he uses is quite as important as the study of the metal and the machinery. This work is largely done in school which the factory has established for teaching it's operatives. As soon as the men and women are hired they are put into this school under competent in- structors They are taught to operate the various machines and are given ma chimes of the class they are best fitted to work. MT. Finfrock says that the spirit of the employees is excellent and that those who have the more respon- sible positions are ready to sacrifice themselves to almost any extent to get the work done. The employees are good team workers, and many of them bring patriotism into their jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
LaFalefte made three visits to Amer

ica- He first camexin .177. to fight for American Independence. His second visit was made in 17S4 and his third and last in 1924.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
a WOMANLESS WEDDING.

The weddinglcss woman is not I'M
known in the land. her status having
been fixed by the exercise of her own
prcrogative, but womanless we'd
ding is a startling novelty. The man
of the town, the staid business men
at that, are going to give an ilustra-
ton of this anomaly, in public, with
I'LL the public invited to look on, at a
fixed price per look, with all the pro-
cceds to go to the Red Cross. 1t
goes without saying that no bunch
OF men would undertake such task
Of their own initiative, and so it turns
out that there's Il woman ut the bot
tom of it" after alias usual, the mon
viii have to do as they are told, hut
that only increases the interest for
a woman's idea of womanlcss we'd
ding will fully supplement her well
known notions of what the other kind
ougt to be.
This affair is to be pulled off at
the New Theatre next Friday night,
February Sth, and it will be worth
coming 4 long ways to see.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
TEACHERS MEETING

There is much interest manifested
IN the coming meeting of the Teach
erS' Institute to be held here on the
fifteenth OF February. Dr.. Smith, of
washington and Lee. of Lexington.
Will be here to speak Friday night
and special music may be expected
subjects Of special interest to the
patrons viii be discussed in the meet
ings and every patron of the school is
invited to attend. Right now is the
time TO look after our children and
we should endeavor to put tie best
before them. If there is any saving
done, leave the schools to the last to
be called on. Every effort should be
put forth to awaken the pupNs to
greater efforts and make them real.
"a; ;Ze the stirring times in which thev
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
MRS. HANNAH O. CECIL.

No one will doubt that Il good w.
man Is the best of ell things left us
from the wreck of Eden. "IIer price
is far above rubies."
Hannah 0. Higginbotham was horn
IN March, 1852 and died at her home
at Ashburn, Va, January 8, 1918
No one who knew her will doubt
that she was good woman. She
was naturally sweet spirited and m
selfish, and she added to these nat
"fll characteristics those charms the
religion of Christ gives to woman,v
| character.
She was received into the Method
is1 Episcopal church, South, when on.
" fifteen years old; and from that
day she was faithful, consecrated
unselfish Christian Her character was
marked by unselfshncss. She lived
ior others and the church of her
cholce, which she loved and not fo,.
herself.
On the lOth day of November, 1876
size was united in marriage to f. 2
cecil, and to this union were horn
Tour children. They all rise up and
call her blessed. She not only loved
her church, but she was devoted
friend Of the ministers. In her death.
the pastor has lost a true friend.
When summoned to walk "throuph
the thorny path of PAIN" she was
ready. To her, death was ONLY n
door into better country She
stood upon the brink of the river
submissive, resigned, waiting for the
boatman to row her over into the
haven of rest" Beautiful resipna-
ton! Sublime faith!
Across the intervening waste of
death
Comes voice from lips of light;
Midst vanished dreams and blasted
hopes
1t brings its tidings. 'All is right"
w. C. THOMPSON,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
Mid-Winter Prices
on, Poultry, Butter and Eggs.

Remember the Washington Ami
versary market. This is always ore of
the best markets of the year and the
prices are sure to be high at this
timcl We have had great market
this year as whole, and we are
glad to say that the outlook promises
q continuation CT the same. Our long
experience and past record are sufIi-
Gent evidence to you that we do not
misquote facts and that we have fair
ly Won the reputation of being the
Most Reliable poultry house in Phila-
dclphia. Write for further particulars
and in the meantime prepare to send
your shipments to
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01

Our market has cleared up after
the New Years rush with very salts
factory prices for all, and we have
had great market for January. The
demand for poultry of every descrip-
ton continues to be great and from
the present prospects the demand will
be greater than the supply throughout
the winter. In view of this fact and
the excellent conditions of our mar
ket in general and the prices for
February are bound to be exceptional
ly good and in line with the high
prices that have prevailed through
out the entire season.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
CORN is KING"

1t used to be said that "Coal is
King" Not so now. The black king
has been dcthroned. The white king
rules. In the war of the Revolution,
in our civil war as well, corn saved
the LAY. Last year the crop averaged
30 bushels for every man, woman and
child i'll America. Corn bread corn
cakes, mullins, hominy, and other COM
binations, possible with corn, and the
housewives Of America are learning.
Eat more corn bread.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
Red Cross Members Secured at Cove
Creek in Christmas Drive.

Red Cross Members Secured at Cove
Creek in Christmas Drive.
j. G. Higginbotham, j. w. Kidd,
Jr, Curtis Shufflebarger, Clyde w.
Shufflebarger, Forrest Shufflebarger,
T. Garnett Shufflebarger, Jas. A. Sar-
yer, w. Turner Sarver, Mrs. M. E.
Sarver, T. j. Higginbotham, Miss
Rosa Higginbotham, Mrs. Laura J..
Higginbotham, Mrs. Mary B. Neel,
Mrs. Dottte Fox, Robert B. Showers,
Mrs. Robert +. Powers, Mrs. Fannie
Reynolds. Mrs. Lucy A. Showers,
Rev. 5. D. Lambert, Mrs. j. B. Bird,
Mrs. Emma G. Sewers, Miss Bell
Burton, Miss Hazel B Showers, Miss
Glennie Showers, Charles f. Showers,
Luther G. Showers, Arthur S. Stow
ers, Bryan Showers, Clarence Stow
ers, Hubert C. Showers, j. w. Belch-
err, Ohio G. Gregory, Aubray B.
Gregory, r. II. Neel, Mrs. Hassie
Neel, Mrs. Niece, II Clinton Stow
ers, Fred II. Heilman, Harry Keesee,
Mrs. G. w. Caldwell, Luther Duni-
gan, Miss Roxie Neel, Miss Ruth
Jones, Miss Helen Jones, Miss Mary
Ellen Jones. Miss Fannie Compton,
Mrs. Wn Pruett, Mrs. ]. r Hicks,
Samuel N. Shaver, Miss Victoria
Jones, w. G. Leffel, It. H. A Neider-
marie, Miss Bessie Gillespie, Mrs. C.
S. Shawver, 1. Lacy Neel, Chas. E
Gregory, Carl Gregory, John H. Neel,
DR.. Jas. #. Neel, VIM. l.. Shawver,
Charles Jones, II. w. Jones, Mrs. H.
w. Jones, Miss Sallie May Kinzer,
Levi w. Neel, VIM. T. Belcher, John
w. Slade, A. p. G. Fox.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-01
MAN DIES IN ALA.
ALBANIA.

The following account of the death
of j. B. Barnett, is taken from the
Alfalfa, (Ala.), Herald. Deceased has
relatives living in this town. His
death occurred on Wednesday, Jan.
%:
fumes 3. Barnett, SO years old,
and Il Confederate Veteran, died at
the home of his sister, Mrs. james
Moore, early Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Barnett came to Alfalfa from
Tazewell, Virginia, several years
ago and WIS highly respected by
all who knew him. He had never
married and had made his home with
Mrs. Moore since coming to Alfalfa.
He is survived by three sisters,
besides Mrs. Moore. They are Mrs.
Nj. L. Mckenzie CT t..s city, and
Mrs. M. A. Dlankenship, of Birming-
ham. Mrs. il. C. Forman is niece.
The funeral will be conducted on
Thursday from the residence of Mrs.
Moore by Rev. NJ. NJ. Russell, after
which his remains will be laid to rest
in the city ccmtery. Members of the
Emma Sampson Camp of Confeder-
ate Veterans will act as pall-bearers.
Those acting were j. w. Gilliland, j.
Il. Gilliland, A. j. Sitz, A. Christie
phcr, 7. r. Carnes and J. Ii. Cameron.