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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06
SAVE SO YOU CAN GIVE.

From the Progressive Farmer:
minister soliciting money build girls college called on
farmer night ask found him reading bv the
light OF two candles AS he stopped reading
and eXngushed of the candles When minister saw this
he said TO himself: All My trip here in vain This
and will not give my causer
However he ahead and stated purpose visit and
minister thought possible.
The minister then confessed his thoughts to which the farmer
replied 1T only by such that am able to give
much"
MoraA waste is Every ought to save that he NAV
give freely
j. L. HILL member of the Fitzgerald Lodge Odd Fellows
whites his lodge brethren that he anxious get the States
but not before whipping the Germans brethren want him to
Hsh the job and come home There banquet waiting for him
II the shade OF Old Jonah evisits mundane sphere he
nns chuke with gee at the reports that people eating whale
we are perfectly willing that the pig should have the privilege
of making hog of himself.
MANY people are coming to the conclusion meat packing
would be suitable for your Samuel to embark
MT Grounding proving himself one of the greatest conser
srs OF fuel in the whole bunch
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06
in England, where they have been
going three years.
Uses of AdversitY.

Adversely has the effect of eliciting
talents which in prosperous circum-
stances would have lain dormant
Horace,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06

II the shade OF Old Jonah the mundane sphere he
ns 'hucke with se at the that people eating whale
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06

we are perfectly willing that the pig have the privilege
of making hog of himself
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06

MANY people are coming the that the meat packing
would be suitable for your Samuel to embark
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06

MT grounding is proving himself the greatest onsery
g1s of fuel in the whole bunch
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
An Acid Test for American
Efficiency
the President,

We believe that a distinguished COM
mentator entertains a view somewhat to
the effect that the failure to realize our
roseate hopes and expectations as to what
America might do this year in the war is
not due to conditions at Washington. 1t is
not the failure to enlist "big business" in
the conduct of the war, but that Ameri-
whole are inefficient.
The war has called our Yankee "bluff."
This is a serious Indictment We can
not subscribe to it's truth. The real
achievements of American business are
scarcely the result of mere conditions.
But the nation has before it very
sharp and definite test. We print today
the information that Germany is fabri-
eating submarines by a new method of
welding cast steel plates. This method
is. not wholly unknown to the United
States 1t has already been partially
used with striking success in the repair
of the interned German ships
Yet in the face of our overwhelming
need of new tonnage, so far as we can
learn, the Shipping Board has taken no
action to incorporate this method in our
shipbuilding programme.
This is more serious than any theory.
What Germany can do it would seem
that Yankeeland can do also. If cast and
welded submarines can be made in Ger
many, why cannot cast and welded ships
be made in the United States?
Why are they not being made?
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

without the Presidents consent by con-
current vote of two-thirds of each house.
We could, for example, introduce the
English or French parliamentary sys-
tenn, of Cabinet selected by one or the
other party leaders and responsible sole
ly to the House of Representatives or to
Congress as whole at any time
1t would require only time to prepare
the bills and secure their enactment by
Congress-
A time might conceivably arise. in an
emergency so great, that the whole coun-
try would demand such a change 1t
might come very swiftly.
England, France, practically all war
ring countries, have scrapped their old
ways and old methods under the driving
exigencies of war. This is not time for
theories or precedents.
We may be forced to do the same.
But such a change could come only on
the demand of whole nation in deep
discomfort with the administrative weak
ness of its government. We deeply hope
that no such stress may come But this
we should like to see: That personal and
autocratic government, such as exists to-
day under President Wilson, he given the
fullest and fairest trial If it is better
than the German form of government,
better than the English form, better than
the French form, it will prove it's worth.
We should like to see the issues sharp
ly drawn. Let there be no dim edges.
Let Congress pass the Overman bill just
as it was drawn by Mr.. Burleson, or
whoever was its author, and originally
sent to the Senate with the approval of
the President
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

10 per cent or 90 per cent in the supply Of
a product is likely to lead to much greater
increase in price.
AS a further illustration it may be men.
toned that the high wheat prices of the
last year were caused by a short crop in
the United States, which followed a prac.
tical failure of the Argentine wheat crop.
The losses through the sinking of ships and
inability to move the surplus crop of Aus
traia further intensified the effect of the
short crops in those two countries. 1t is
questionable whether the price of wheat.
due to limitations of supply, would have
been forced to much higher levels if the
Allied governments had not established
certain level of prices.
These four economic -intensifca-
tion of demand. disruption in distribution,
shortage of supplies of certain commodities
and shortage of labor-ccrtainly must be
considered as forces generating an increase
in prices. This view has the support of
Professor Nicholson, a stanch exponent of
the quantity theory of money, when he
states: "1t often happens that rise of
prices begins with rise in demand for i'm
portant commodities, the rise being accele-
rated by speculation Such a rise, however,
cannot be maintained or advanced beyond
certain limits unless there is an increase
in the currency required for cash pay
ments."
In this country the rise Of prices was
made possible by the fact that the demand
was backed up by purchasing power. Other
countries have sent us a net addition Of
over $1,O0o,000000 gold, which has been
added to our monetary supply.
The increase in the price level occasoned
by the causes enumerated above has neces-
fnd - i IL.
of business as judged by the amount Of
commodities. AS an example of this in
creased wages and increased value of in
ventories have made it necessary for busi-
ness men to increase their working capital.
In addition we find that the volume of busi-
ness has increased.
During the period Of the present war, ac-
cordng to the estimate of Professor Ander-
son, the volume of business has increased
~ per cent as ,neasured by units of COM
modltles. Railroads have carried increased
quantities of merchandise. Pig iron produc-
ton, usual barometer of the volume Of
business, has increased from 0722 900 tons
IN 1913 to 39,043,000 in 1916, and 1885, 900
in 1917.
The increase in prices has aided in the
stimulation of American industry and aug
mented the total amount of production. In
fact, under the conditions obtaining during
the first three years of the war the neces-
sary expansion in industry could be secured
only by rise Of prices and a concomitant
increase in the volume of money
Undoubtedly, therefore, the intensfca-
cation OF demand, the decrease in produc-
ton of many commodities and the disrup-
ton of the distributive process nave been
more potent in directly generating the up,
ward movement Of prices than the increase
of money. F. II. SJSSON.
Vlce-Presdent Guaranty Trust Company.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
"The Sole Test of Imitation"

We print in another column an ex-
tremeN interesting letter from the
Guaranty Trust Company as to the
cause of the rapid and painful rise in
prices. 1t is matter so important to
the general welfare of the people and
so vital to the successful conduct of the
war that we are very glad to promote
any kind of intelligent discussion of the
problem.
In our view, the letter perfectly H.
lustrates the prevailing confusion, we'll
nigh universal, between a general rise
in practically every kind of commodity
and the rise or fall in the price Of an
individual article like, let us say, bread
or cheese.
There is here the same implicit belief
that general rise is the product Of a
lot of little rises and that there is no
single underlying cause.
The origin of this belief is quite OBJ
vious. The writer of this letter cites
the shortage of cotton. The price of
cotton rises because the crop is short
and the demand is great. And the same
way with wheat. And with STEEL And
with bread and cheese.
1t is quite lost to view that, other
things being equal, rise in any article
of general consumption tends to lower
the price of everything else. This seems
to be stumbling block for great
many people.
But the case is no different with the
nation, or for that matter the world,
than with the individual man. Let us
suppose that John Jones has an income
Of a thousand dollars a year. On the
average he will probably pay out two
hundred dollars of this for rent.
Suppose that for any reason he has
to pay $500. Obviously he must econ
omize on all his other expenditures, if,
like about 81 per cent of the whole
human race, he normally spends every
cent he can make.
1t is no different with a nation. For
example, we shall pay the cotton
planters Of the South billion to a bill
ion and half dollars more this year
for a smaller crop than, say, in 1914.
Why is there no great outcry?
Why are we willing to pay the farm
ers of the West 1920 instead of 81
bushel for wheat, which was the nor
NAL average before the war?
Why can the nation afford to pay So
a bushel for colossal corn crop. when
so or 60 cents seemed to the farm
crs fair price three or four years ago?
Obviously there must have been a
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
Protecting Colorado's s Morals
lEronl The Dcnrcr RncLn Mnuntnin Ne,.a.

Nronl The DcnUcr Rocky Mountain Ncrs)
1t has become necessary in the interest
OF Colorados morality to place traps on
the Lincoln Highway cutoff between Chew
cnne and Denver. For the benefit of tho
traveller from the East, we would state that
the secret devices to be used only upor
those travelling from Wyoming into Colo
RADIO, so that the safest way coming from
the East is to take the road into Denver
and 90 north via Cheyenne instead OF
vice versa.
If Cheyenne has "any kick coming" from
the obstacles to be erected b. the Colorado
State Constabulary, Cheyenne can remedy
the business very easily by stopping the
sale Of booze. If it continues to be the
bunghole for dry territory outside the state
boundary lines it must take chances. So
far as this state is concerned, Cheyenne is
Ii city under quarantine. The traveller this
way must be content to suffer the incon-
vcnicnccs until such time AZ Cheyenne has
seen the error of its way
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
Politics and Music

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
olr: Since international politics has been
permitted to play a part in our musical
season (though an amusingly inconsistent
one), may | suggest that the inclusion Of
Ischaikowskys overture "1812" in the pro-
gramme of the Philharmonic concert on
March 2l and % is of very questionable
taste or propriety? In it there is
celebration cf Napoleon's defeat by the
Russians. The composers device is simple
and easily comprehended even by the mu-
scally illiterate. The melodies of "The
Marseillaise" and the crstwhile Russian an
them, God Save the Gar" are brought into
conhlct amid sounds of warfare and the lat
ter tune emerges triumphant. Historically,
thls Is correct, of course, but in the pres
ent circumstances, with Czarism dethroned
france fighting with us for democracy and
the righteous battle obstructed by Russian
anarchy, the emotions aroused by the COM
position might be the reverse of pleasur-
able.
Our whole politico- musical situation ss
present is paradoXical in every one OF It's
phases. We have banished frem m our opera
mouse Wagner, who took part in the Ger
man revolution and had price set on MS
mead by the King of Saxony. but give places
like Max Bruch, who was one of the Ger
man "intellectuals" who signed the ma
nous document defending the rape OF bel.
gum. We refuse to listen to some German
singers and instrumentalsts and hail o'n-
ers with delight.
Polish and Russian virtuosi and conduc'
tors are taken to our bosoms without inqu'ty
as tc their attitude in the war, though
some of them (and especially their Amer.
can wives) are known by their FRIENDS -
DO violently pro-German in their sympa,
th'es. We do without meat and wheat sus
neat, but pour out money so that fsS'ss
virtuosi may live more luxuriously 'nsa
they have ever lived in their native lanss.
obviously we feel n greater craving ~. ~
luXuries than necessities and fear W. :
charge of chauvinism more than we resp.
the duty of patriotism. Might we not PlS.
itably Hooverise or Garficldize or Wi,s'a
lie music? II. \. a
st. Petersburg, Fla, March Q. 1915
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

tremendous expansion in the nations
income as measured in dollars. Other
wise these prices for food and clothing
would be simply ruinous.
Now, there are only two ways in which
such great expansion of income can
take place. One is by an increase III
the actual volume of goods produced
and services rendered; or by an in
crease in prices, general prices And
the only way in which general prices can
rise is when the volume of currency and
credit expands more rapidly than the
volume of business to be transacted.
When all prices more or less rise to-
gether, that is prima facie evidence of
an excessive volume Of currency or
credit
When prices more or less fall alto
gether, that is evidence of too little.
The "bewildering and immensely COM
plex interplay of all economic factors"
is summed up in this simple and universal
equation.
If John Jones and Bill Smith have
more money than usual to spend, prices
Will rise. But they must have the money
or the credit. The beggar in the street,
the bankrupt and the spendthrift have
just as great a desire to live like
Cr@sus as has any billionaire-usually
great deal more. But all the desire in
the world cannot give them the where
wlthal to buy goods or services
Only money or credit can do that.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
GUARANT E e

Entered at the Posossrc az New York as Second Clas
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

Elsewhere on this page we print an
other weeks instalment of the Admins
trations official propaganda, now run
ming in "The Independent" Among
others, the editors and publishers of
The New York Tribune are cited to ap-
pear "bcfore the moral firing squad of
patriotic reprobation." A propagandist
ought never to lose his temper, Mr..
George Creel, especially. 1t is too
Illuminating.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
Wages or Subways?

There can be no question about the de-
STABILITY of finishing the new subways
as soon as possible. Subways cannot be
built without labor, and, as every en-
ployer and every public official knows,
the labor market is most uncertain. The
possibility set forth by Public Service
Commissioner Whitney that the subways
now being built may not be finished until
after the war ends unless something be
done to enable the contractors to hold
their workers deserves, therefore, the
most serious consideration by the city
authorities.
Commissioner Whitney says that of
the $4,000 men formerly employed by the
contractors 5000 have been lost. The
loss continues because the contractors,
held to a certain limit of wages by the
figures at which they assumed the con-
tracts, are unable to compete with the
government and private employers in the
labor market. His proposal is that the
Board of Estimate and Apportonment
confer with the Public Service Commits
sion in drafting legislation which will
not only meet the present emergency, but
will give the city power in any future
emergency to act SO that vital construc-
ton work may not be abandoned by the
men engaged on it.
What this means, in practical effect, is
that the existing contracts may be so
modified that the contractors, with the
aid of the city, may pay the prevailing
scale of wages. Legislation drawn in
behalf of the contractors is already
pending. 1t looks to- the relief of this
situation, but it is deemed by the Public
Service Commission to be of doubtful
validity. The contractors consider it
vital to hold their work forces to-
gether They are will, i, to continue
construction on basis of actual cost, and
to forego profits, past or future, if they
be relieved from the obligations of the
present contracts.
Under existing conditions the city is
faced with the alternative of paying the
increased wages which the contractors
cannot pay or Of having new subway
construction stopped. The contractors
could be forced into bankruptcy but that
would produce no benefit to any person.
If work be stopped or delayed as it now
is, the city suffers a loss. Carrying
charges on the work already done are
heavy and constitute a dead loss until
operation Of the new lines begins. And
until such operation begins the present
intolerable congestion of transit lines,
with it's imposition of hardship on indi-
viduals and it's handicapping of the city's
contribution to war industries, will con-
tinue. 1t may readily be seen that as a
mere matter of dollars and cents it would
be cheaper for the city to cooperate in
amending the contracts and to pay
part, or ALL of the increase in wages
necessary to expedite subway construc-
tion than to have completion of the new
rapid transit lines postponed indefinitely
This is a vital question for the city,
and of vast Importance in it's effect on
war work. The Legislature is beginning
to get ready to adjourn. Initiative really
rests with the city authorities. They
cannot afford to delay long in deciding
on their course Of action.
|
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

You purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRI6uNE with absolute satstyfor II dissatisfaction
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to
back request. No red tape. No uulhblng
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

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New York Corporation osden Reid. President; q.
yerror Rogers Prcsitci Richard II. Leo Secretary
F. A. Suter Treasurer. Address Tribune BUILDING l3A
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New-York tribune., 1918-03-13

Under normal conditions two or three
short-crop years in succession lead to a
h'gher level of prices. 1t is n we'll accepted
principle Of economics that q decrease ~
New-York tribune., 1918-03-13
Aid and Comfort
To the Enemy
lhe Sixth Message from the United States Gov
eminent to the American People
Presented Every Week in The Independent by
George Creel, Chairman of Committee on Public
Information, Appointed by President Wilson

A NARTICLE by Clarence True Wilson
~ upon drunkenness Among Ameri-
- can Troops Abroad" has been circu-
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-22
NEWARK POST, NEWARK. DFI MAY27 1919

portunlty to observe the work of
some OF the best elementary teach
ers IN the country. The school will
run for six weeks, beginning July
9Th. A nominal tuition fee will be
charged.
Because Of its educational adj
vantage to the children who will
enroll, and become of its POSSIBLE
ties toward accelerating pupils and
relieving the present congestion
due to retarded pupils in many of
the grades, the Newark Board of
Education has Endorsed the pro-
Ject, and will offer school credit
for work satisfactorily completed
in the summer school. Further
announcements will be made IN q
later issue.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-22
DEMONSTRATION
TEACHING IN THE
SUMMER SCHOOL.
Opportunity for Newark
Children

"A special feature of the Della
ware College Summer School thiS
year which will be of interest n
the people of Newark. will he a
demonstration School under the
direction Of Mr.. R. P. KoebIar
principal of the Newark schools
rms school will include a number
OF the elementary grades, and in
stfuctlon will be given in all of
the common school subjects bv ex-
ceptlonally we'll trained teachers
brought from different parts of the
country. The school will appeal to
Two general classes of pupils from
Newark schools and surrounding
olstrlcts: pupils who are back
ward in their work, and therefore
not so Tar advanced as they should
De, and pupils who are of high
standing in their present grades
10 backward pupils and pupils
VINO have missed time during the
year, an opportunity will be given
TO make up work in which they are
dehclent. Pupils of high standing
and ability and who wish to adj
vance an additional grade this
year, will be given an opportunity
to make up the intervening work
The character of instruction and
OF equipment will be of the high.
est grade that it will be possible
to secure. The purpose of the De.
monstration School is that teach.
ers of the state who attend the
Summer School may have an Oh.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-22
ENTERTAIN In
GRADUATES HONOR
Mr., Cats to Join Naval Re-
serves

Mrs. Jacob Thomas entertained
last Wednesday evening in honor
Of Mr.. Paul Cats, Delaware Col
lege, 1918, who left on SATURDAY
after having completed the work
required for graduation. Mr.. Cats
has joined the u. S. Naval Re-
serves, and reports at Philadelphia
the first of the week.
The guests were pleasantly en-
terained with music and dancing.
Among those present were Misses
Mabelle Short, Katherine Steele,
Miss Agnes Snyder, Mrs. Stella
Thomas, Miss Kirk, Miss Fox OF
Wilmington; Mr.. Raleigh, Mr..
Cats, Mr.. Clendaniel, Mr.. Otto
Thomas, Mr.. Harvey Boher, Mr..
Vallandigham, Professor and Mrs.
koehler, DR.. and Mrs. McGougan,
Dr. and Mrs. Dyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. E. Hayes.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-22
Residents Automobile Stolen

The automobile of William Hol-
ton was stolen some time Sunday
night or early Monday morning
from his garage at Evansville. The
loss of the car has been reported
to the authorities but up until to-
day no trace Of the missing ma
chine had been found. To get the
car out the thieves had to break
the lock of the garage.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-22
PERSONALS

Misses Florence and Louisa
: or,;s Of Haddonfeld, N. j., spent
t ~ weekend with Albert L. Lewis
and family.
MS. Anna Storey of New York
Ci+v was the weekend guest Of
her, cousins, the Misses Wilson.
It Richard Nottingham of
c.r7o Colt. Gettysburg, Pa, spent
cmrjav at his home in Newark.
,r>s Gertrude Scott of Balti-
WA was the guest of Miss
Ff,-h4 Nottingham last week, at
+ara.nr while here the Farewell
Dance at Delaware College
Paw, Lovett of Camp Meade,
Admiral. Md, spent the weekend
" his home in Newark.
Mrs Z. 5. Avis Of Wilmington,
yrsr+ the first of the week with
friend, in Newark.
Misses Jennie and Anna Smith
E2rI and Raymond McMullen
roo+ored 10 Camp Merritt last Sun
dqv when they visited Edgar Nc.
N~.ren. in the U. S. Medical Corps
Stationed at that place. The young
f,,k> report the camp a wonderful
sirht and the trip a pleasant one
Mrs. Elmer Boulden and sor
Frederick. Of Chester, are spend
irg a three weeks vacation with
The f5rner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Jchn Chambers. Mr.. Boulder spen
The weekend at Newark.
C. z. Lewis Of Coatsville, Pa.
yrent Sunday with his mother
Mrs. Evan w. Lewis.
C, A. Bryan has recovered afte,
serious attack of the grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 0. Wilson
and daughter Ruth, of Moores
town, n. j., were the week-en'
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. vii
son,