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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-16
POLITICAL NEWS
FROM THE CAPITAL

BOISE, Ida, August 14.-Forme
Senator Fred T. Dubois is back i
Idaho again. This time he abandon
the camouflage that characterized hi
former visits and comes out SQUARED
TOT Senator Nugent's election, stat
ing in interviews that President Will
son would be pleased if Nugent wer
sent back, but giving the impression
without expressly stating it, that tn,
president insists upon Nugent's cleo
ton.
The anti-Nugent Democrats poin
out that the president would . bt
pleased to have any Democrat sem
back and that If Mr.. Dubois could
nave his way there would be two
democratic senator's credited tc
Idaho after the fourth of March
That was the original plan.
Mr.. Dubois, acting by wire with
Democratic leaders at Washington
and with local and national leaders
OF the Nonpartisan league, arranged
the deal, 1t is now known, by which
the Nonpartisian league decided to
enter the Democratic primaries. An
opportunity was seen of gathering in
the league organization into the
Democratic camp under the guise of
the league taking over the Democra-
tic party.
The national Democritic leaders
nothing for the state officers, but are
deeply concerned over the senator
SHIPS and the congressional places,
which later concern resulted in Mr..
Dubois influencing the NOnpartisan
league to turn down congressman
Smith and French. But they were
willing to aid the Nonpartisan league
to grab the state offices if they would
help them elect two Democratic state
senators and two Democratic con-
gressmen from Idaho.
Compromised on One
So far as the public is let into the
deep secret these leaders and the
Nonpartisan league heads compro-
missed on one Democratic senator,
Nugent, the league publicly indorsed
Borah, but the hope later help out
by Mr.. Dubois in the east of two
Democratic senators from Idaho in
dlcates that there might be some
embarrassing planned.
Some Democrats do not hesitate !
to charge it, and these declare openly
they will undertake to offset it by
writing Borah's name on the Demo-
cratic primary ticket in an effort to
nominate him there, and in any event
voting for him in the general cleo
ton.
samuels' Absence
Another interesting story is related
In that connection. Delaget to the
league convention will recall that
there was considerable delay during
part OF the proceedings. That was
coused by the negotiations by wire
with Washington.
During that time H. F. Samuels,
named as league candidate for gov
ernor, was not in sight. Delegates
were told is was necessary to await
MS return to the convention hall be-
fore the business could proceed.
But all the time Samuels, by pre-
was in hiding in the Of s
ice of an attorney in the Idaho build |
ng.
Finally the wire came from Wash
nston for the Nonpartisan league to I
inc up in the Democratic primaries. +
1T once Mr.. Samuels appeared and c
ne program was put thru.
As Federal Officer II
Mr.. Dubois is doing all this work i
While a member of the federal or s.
.ance board, salary $500 a year. t,
his again discloses that politics has O
lot been adjourned.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-16
Cottage Cheese With Fruits

AT this season of the year when
the supply of fruits is at it's highest
and large quantities have been made
INTO preserves, the combined use of
preserved fruits and cottage cheese
as a tood-saving system should not
be overlooked. The U. S. department
OF agriculture points out that cottage
cheese with fruit preserves, such as
strawberries, figs or cherries poured
over it, and served with bread or
crackers, makes a most appetizing
and sustaining dish. If preferred.
cottage cheese balls may be served
separately or eaten with the pre-
serves. A more attractive dish NAV
pc made by dropping a bit of jelly
into nest of the cottage cheese.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

the war ends. Observe the spiral
at it's present point. 1t is called the
money cost Of the war to date, and
the figures are as follows:
United States. s......... $o,Ooo.Vco'ooo
Great Britain. 81 .25O,Co0,cc0
France 20.500. 100000
Russia 16.5O0, coo, 600
ralv $500. coo
Belgium. Serbia, Rumania
and Portugal. ......... 5.5VO,CUV'OOu
Total. Allies S85. $50 600, 900
Germany ..........S S2a.6co COO COO
Austria Hungary, Turkey
and bulgaria 16,3oO. .OOoccO
Total, enemy countries .$d4. 600, COO 900
Grand total. s12O,55O. .0ooC coo
What do these figures mean? In
the first place, YOU cannot imagine
1870 billions of money. In the sec
ond place. it doesn't exist. IT you
llyide it by the aggregate popula-
ten of all the countries at war you
cet a certain figure which might be
supposed to represent the per capita
cost of the war to date, but it would
lo c,,i+o ,,,oo ry)coc
The figures represent not the actu-
al cost Of war in goods consumed.
but the amount OF money the gov
ernments have disbursed for goods
The money has been derived in three
Oavs, as before enumerated, name
IT,, by taxation, by borrowing anc
by imitation.
There are those who hold that wal
should be financed by initiation alone
not only on the ground of it's being
by far the most expedient method
but that it is also the most reason
able, since it entails an automatic
and equable confiscation Of propert,
fcr purposes of war. Even in Wal
Street one hears nowadays the ar
rument: "War loans are largel
transformed into currency by mean
Of bank loans Let the government
therefore, print money IS it need
it. If it's loans are good its none
will be good
IrA.+;or pr+a
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

dustrial labor or agriculture, but it
differs from them in one very i'm
portant way. Capital may be COM
mandecred, conscripted or confis-
Gated outright. 1t cannot fee; it
cannot resist Neither industrial
labor nor agriculture can be CON
scripted. This is practical ques-
tion purely. The government may
require a man to sacrifice his life,
but it cannot compel large body
of men to work. If corporation
refuses to take contracts at the gov
errment's price and threatens to
shut it's plants, the government has
only to say:
But Labor
Is Immune
every we'll, We shall seize the
plants and operate them"
But if trade union demands an
increase Of wages and threatens 70
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

II EFORE the Invention OF oA"N-
ing the resources of the
Crown when at war were
three, namely:
uN To tax the people as much as
they would stand.
(o) @ borrow gold from the
money lenders, under threat Of cut
ting off their heads.
(3) To debase the currency.
There is much to be said for all
three of these methods. especially
the one last named, though 1t may
have seemed to partake Of the nat
ure of swindling, and has been de-
nounced by moralists accordingly.
The only acceptable apology for in
Producing base metal into the coin
of the realm unawares to the peo-
rtle was that of expediency. The ad-
yantages were obvious. The Crown
spent the money first. AS the peo
ple discovered what had happened
the coin would fall to discount. If
the debasement were 10 per cent.
the discount would be 10 per cent.
That is to say, the coin. e. E., the
shilling. would buy 10 per cent less
of anything you might wish to ex
change it for than it bought before.
That is exactly the same as nova
days to say that prices rise 10 per
cent by reason of a fall in the pur-
chasing power Of money. The re-
course of the Crown was then to
dehase the coin further. and when
this was discovered there would be
q further fall in the value of the
coin, or. if YOU Ike, a further rise in
commodity prices.
How War
Is Financed
The resources Of a modern gov
ernment at war also are three
namely:
t1l To tax the people what they
will bear to pay.
(2) TO issue war loans.
60 To dilute the currency
The differences are not so much il
kind as in dc gree OF ccmplexity.
Taxation every one understands
Il is the same now as always.
Not so with war borrowing.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Loans to Our Allies

a great hardship to the lender. What
he lends may be returned to hiM
dollar for dollar, but if the purchas-
ing power Of the dollar has mean
while fallen he loses by his thrift
He had done better to spend his
money in the first for some impe.-
iehable commodity like wheat or
cotton or pig iron, for these advance
in price in proportion to the fall in
the value of money.
That is exactly what has been
happening in the last year. Com
modities have enormously advanced
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

government does not go to money
lenders and demand their gold by
right Of eminent necessity. 1t issues
war loans at so much per cent. The
buyers of such war loans take them
to banks and borrow on them. This
results in an expansion of bank
loans, and bank loans are form of
currency. In that way war loans
tend to dilute the currency. The
effect is the same as to debase the
coin of the realm, only now, as credit
currency is an imponderable thing
and cannot be weighed or assayed,
the term is changed from debase-
ment to imitation.
There is then, besides, a direct
dilution of the currency by reason
Of an increased issue Of paper
money.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

fix a price for cotton, because cotton
is politically sacred.
Price fixing is but one term Of
problem the complexities of which
are endless. The problem itself is
how a government at war shall COM
mand the product ticn and distribu-
ton Of commodities in such man.
ner as to supply the wants Of war
without cntailing unnecessary hard
ships upon the civil population. To
simplify The treatment, suppose the
three primary factors in the produc
ton of commodities be set out
separately. They are:
(D Capital.
CD Industrial labor.
CD Agriculture.
Why Capital
Can Be Conscriptcd
BY capital we shall be understood
to mean not money or investments,
which are but the evidences Of tanyi
!le things, but the tools Of industry
the mines, mills, factories and
railroads. Capital in this sense is
factor in the production Of com
modities no less essential than in
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Initiation Puts
Burden on Lender

The case for initiation would
be much stronger if the gov
ernment obtained the whole advan-
tage. 1t doesn't. Prohteering is en-
couraged. Thrift is discouraged.
And the first postulate Of sound
finance, which is solvency, is shaken.
The government at the present iime
is conducting a nationwide thrift
campaign, but in Wall Street men
say: "It is more profitable to borrow
than to lend, better to be a debtor
than a creditor" Initiation favors the
borrower. He repays in money OF
deprecated value. 1t is. therefore
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

limited liability to finish the war.
The first estimates of the amount OF
money to be spent in one year We're
preposterous. Congress actually au-
thorized expenditures rising to near
ly S2O,0OO,OOO, It was doubtful
in the extreme if that enormous sum
could be raised at all, and certain
that if raised it could not be spent.
The governments actual borrow
ings at the end of the year stood as
fcllows:
First Liberty Loan, 1917 1000, ,ooo,o 900
Second Liberty Loan,
lcl Z 0,SvS. 100, t0u
Treasury certificates of
indebtedness (approxi
mate net amount out
standing) .......... 410,000,00O
S6,21S, S,766,150
War expenditures at the end of
the year were over $500,O00,00 a
month, and are expected in 1918 tc
reach the rate Of billion a month.
AS has been shown, war loans pro.
duce imitation because they become
the basis Of bank loans from which
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
United States
Government Borrowings

Government Borrowings
In April the United States en-
tered .he world conflict, and the
American government, as every
other one had done, Immediately
committed. itself to policy Of un-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

provided you have the power and the
means, on the one hand, to compel
the producer to produce and sell,
and, on the other hand, to regulate
the consumers demands. The prac-
tice has been fumbling, not only in
this country, bHt in others during
the war, even in Germany. There
was set up a Food Administration
which fixed the price of wheat, and
that worked fairly we'll, because the
price was satisfactory to the farmer.
The handling of other food products
worked not so well. There was
created Fuel Administration,
which fixed the price Of coal, and
that was almost disastrous, because
the price compelled a lot of small,
high cost mines to shut up. Other
boards fixed other prices, as for steel
and copper and many industrial ma
terials. There was no attempt to
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Circulation Per Capita

go on strike, what can be done?
They had this out in England. Ar
mold Bennett went straight to the
root of the matter when he said:
"It's all very we'll to talk of con-
scripting labor, but if 10000 men
down their tools and quit work you
can't shoot them and you can't lock
them up" If the trainmen demand
a 40 per cent increase Of wages be-
cause. owing to imitation, the pur
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

the war ends. Observe the spiral
at it's present point. 1t is called the
money cost Of the war to date, and
the figures are as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Money Cost
To the World

Thus, modern war is very largely
financed by initiation. The only ac-
ceptable apology for diluting the
currency, as in the case Of the
Crowns debasement of the coin Of
the realm, is necessity. The advan-
tages are obviously the same. The
government spends the money first.
Prices rise, which is the same as to
say that the value Of money falls;
the governments recourse then is
further to dilute the currency, as it
was that of the Crown further to
debase the coin. The process goes
on and on, in a faring spiral, until
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
A REVIEW
By
Caret Garrett

II EFORE the invention of bank
u ing the resources of the
Crown when at war were
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

Money Gold in United States
August I, l914.........SI,S ,SS7,271 900
Apri! I, 1917. 3,044 ,3O9 900
December |, 1917.. 3.O4O,472, 900
The worlds stock of money gold
is estimated at $500, 100000, so
that the United States holds about
36 per cent Of the total supply. At
the beginning Of the var, in August.
1871, the United States held about
~ per cent of the total.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01


tion, but to (a) an enormously in
creased demand for purposes of war,
(b) storing and boarding in anticl-
patton Of scarcity, (c) sudden and
often inexcusable alterations in the
processes of distribution, and CD in
some degree to the governments adj
ventures in price fixing.
Evils Of
Price Fixing
The theory Of price fixing is clear
You can fix prices successfully only
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

imponderable currency rises. Such
currency serves every purpose of
tangible curre,,,,. 1t effects pay
ments by bank check. The purpose
Of currency at all is to effect pay
ments.
The consequences are easily dis
covered. Bank loans during 1917
increased 81 billions Of dollars.
That was largely owing to the gov
ernment's war loans, the second of
which is not yet fully paid in and,
therefore, will have some further re-
Election in bank loans. At the same
time-that is, during 19l7-thcre
was added to the money actually in
circulation through the country
sS26, 100000.
And what happened to the dollar?
Dollar Worth
Only 20 Cents
Accompanying this discussion is a
graph showing the rise in commodi-
ty prices, according to Dun's Index
Number. This index number is the
average price Of a large number Of
diverse commodities, including food,
fabrics, building materials, metals,
etc. During the year the average
price of these commodities advanced
from ITO to 220, or nearly 80 pei
cent. That is to say, the buying
power of a dollar, in exchange fol-
commodities, declined during the
year almost e-third.
This was not owing wholly to in
fation. Commodities rise for one o,
more of three principal reasons
namely: Scarcity, increased demand
and dilution Of the currency. II
this case it represents the combined
} consequences Of initiation, scarcit.
and increased demand.
The production of basic commodi
ties during the year increased in tn
aggregate somewhere between 1
and Is per cent, not in every case
but in general. Crops were norma
t Pig iron production was the larges
a for any year in the history of tn
O industry but one, and that was tn
year preceding. Coal output ir
J. creased about IL per cent. Yet ther
e was scarcity Of many thing
h owing not to any failure in produt
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

Continued on following page
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
The Brinker Hotel Has a Big Fire.

The Brinker hotel caught fire last
Saturday night about $50 clock from
the explosion of the gasoline tank un-
der coffee urn. The explosion is sup
posed to have occurred from some i'm
prudence in filling the coffee urn. The
fire did good deal of damage in the
dining room and lobby, burning up a
large amount Of table linen. table ware,
breaking two large mirrors, besides
destroying anumDcr of articles, defac-
ing the ceilings and three or four walls,
extending into an upstairs room. where
good deal OF damage was done. The
damage is estimated at about $1,000
The building was saved by heroic work.
which was very fortunate, as otherwise
several adjoining buildings in the block
would have burned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Mayors Proclamation.

June % has been set aside as the date
for the w. S. S. drive, and as it is nee
essary for united and concerted effort
to make it success, therefore, in
compliance with the Presidents Proc
lamstion, ask all our people to close
their places of business on this date,
June %. and join enthusiastically in a
patriotic effort to hold up the hands Of
our President in providing for the boys
lover there" Let US have no slack
ers, but let every one act as a patriotic
American citizen and push for success.
1t is not expected that you pay for
your subscription on June %, but that
you subscribe to your limit and pay it
out by January l. 1919.
Signed at Colfax. La. on this June
10, 1918. }. @. LONG,
Mayor of Colfax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Notice of Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant

Pursuant to proclamation issued by
the Governor of the State of Louisiana,
dated Baton Rouge, La. May "a, 1918,
and directed to us, calling an election
to fill a vacancy in the 9th Senatorial
District of Louisiana, composed of the
parishes of Caldwell, Grant and VIM.
and by authority vested in as by law,
notice is hereby given that said cleo
ton will be held on
TUESDAY. July l6, 1918,
at the several voting precincts of the
parish of Grant, between the legal
hours for holding an election, namely,
from 6 a. m. until p. m.
In testimony whereof we hereby sign
our names officially on this the 18th day
of May, 1918.
A. A. DEAN.
JAS. j. O'QUfNN. D. C.
j. E. NUGENT,
Board Of Supervisors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
The Dipping Vat Question.

The editor Of the Pollock Press in his
last issue say1
q I'VE are very much in favor of dip
ping cattle to Kill ticks. but just at this
time, when the war is at such critical
stage and every ounce of man power is
needed to carry on that work, we are
of the opinion that it would be patri-
otto deed to call OFF the dipping until
after the war.
The above contradictory statement,
of being in favor of thing, yet of the
opinion that it should be discontinued,
comes at the critical time when it can
do the most harm to Grant parish.
The State and national authorities have
sent men here to help US make the par
ish tick free this year, and the year is
now half gone. These men, experts in
tick eradication, assure US that if the
work of dipping is thoroughly done this
year there will be no occasion to con-
tinue another year. What is wanted
now is to do the thing and get through
with 1t. and not stop in the middle of
the river to swap horses.
Another angle to look at the thing is
from the efficiency point of view. The
dipping of cattle adds from 80 to 40 per
cent to their value, and the man power
of the nation is helped when the cows
give more milk, and cattle are increas-
ed in their meat production and in their
ability to breed and multiply their food
giving qualities for man. Thus by dip.
ping our cattle We can aid in winning
the war.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22

Partition Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Grant
Parish. Louisiana.
Bertrand Stock Farm, Inc. VS.. Ollie
Capps ct ais. No. 3458,
By virtue of an order issued by the
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant. State of Louisiana, and to me
directed, / will offer for sale at public
auction, for cash, to the last and
highest bidder. at the principal front
door of the court house at Colfax,
louisiana, on
SATURDAY. June q, 1918.
between the legal hours for judicial
sales the following described property,
to-wit:
Wa of NE}, Nj of NV I and SW4
Of NW&; SCI of NW} and NW} of
Sc /; NE4 of SW I sec. 2, tip. 9, nr1,
west.
Said sale to be without the benefit of
and for the purpose of
effecting partition.
L. o. CLINTON.
Sheriff.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22

Remember what President Woodrow
Wilson said in his proclamation to the
people of the United States: II earn
estly appeal to every man, woman and
child to pledge themselves on or before
the 18th of June to serve constantly
and to buy as regularly as possible the
securities of the government, and to
do this as far as possible through men,
bership in War Savings Societies. The
18th of June ends this special period of
enlistment in the great volunteer army
Of production and saving here at home.
May there be none unenlisted on that
day..
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YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAINT
Cincinnati authority teIIs how 10 dry
up corn or caiius 90 Il lifts
on with fingers.

You corn-pestcred men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because q few
drops of freezone applied directly ON .
tender, aching corn or callus, stops sore
ness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens 30 it can be
lifted out, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone cost very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take of every hard or soft
corn or callus. This should be tried,
IS it il inexpensive and is said not to
irritate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his Wholesale drug house. II il
fine stu6 and acts Ike charm every
time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
War savings and thrift stamps are
the very best investments.
Sheriff Sale.

Sheriff Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant.
18th Judicial District Court.
M. R. Banks vs.. ]. 2. Cook ct ais.
No. 1892.
By virtue of q writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable Thir-
teenth Judicial District Court and to
me directed in the above numbered and
entitled suit. directing and command
ing me to seize and sell the pi operty of
defendant, have seized and will offer
for sale at the principal front door of
the Court House in Colfax, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
judicial sales on
SATURDAY, July 6, 1918
the following described property, of the
defendant herein. to-wit:
The NE of NV, and NV of NE, sec,
8, TIP, 6, N r, west.
Terms Of sale Cash, with benefit Of
appfp isement.
Colfax, La, May %, 1918.
L. o. CLINTON,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.