Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-11-14
HIGH COST OF sARroRiAL Oars
CAUSES MILLIONAIRE TO
cuRTAiL EXPENSES.
DOES NOT FAzE THE NEGRO
Financisr Thinks For Self and Others
and Wheexy's Only Thought ID
For Glad Rags.

aire, ~financier. Director OF the War
Industries Board and later financial
adviser to President Wilson ut ths
Peace Farley In Paris. Jim Whecsy
10 O negro coal miner down In tbs
Jsllico mines amid the Cumberland
mountains.
But n comparison OF the two 10
worth while. Before the war Jim
Wheezy, 20 years old this spring. was
"portering'' In a barber shop In ons
Of the mountain towns. and when
making was good he got often as high
o. SO a week. Baruch wal head Of hiS
own enterprises and had ar incoms
that was In Itself a fortune.
When the war came Jim Wheezy
abandoned the porterlng Job and wont
to work In the coal mines. He pulls
down $40 or $50 n day-every day that
he Ii willing to devote eight hours TO
the Job. But Jim thinks six hours In
plenty for any strong man to work. 10
Is an advocate Of the shorter hours
and longer pay agitation that In now
causing 30 much unrest in the indus
trial world.
Baruch'B income did not increase
with the war. He abandoned his prt'
vate business. and went TO work for
the Government for the muDificient
sum OF 81 per year, and paid his own
expenses.
Jim Wheezy IL nightly tickled with,
his pay envelope, but wibhes ms
stipend was larger. That does not
prevent him from enjoying spending
his money. and It goes Just AZ fast
a. he gets IT, /,
The silk socks that jim wears cost
heaps Of money. But when he pulls
them on they feel mighty comfy" to
the feet that were o often than
not sockless before the war time pros
perity. And Jim don't think O thing
Of spending a days salary for q pair,
Of No. los to encase those black fest
and dainty colored silk socks.
The silk shirts that go 10 make up,
another feature OF bis satoriaii
adornment are more or less Of y
symphony; inns shirts might offend
the egthctic because Of their gaudy
coloring, and the clash Of the vivid
HUGS. But To him they come as nenr
perfection as human ingenuity can
attain.
Jim Wheezy's neck ties are In keep
Ing with HIS hose and HIS SILK shirt.
The merchant In tbs home town has
10 30 3Otns 10 get q suit OF clothes
that ia good enough for Jim. When
he IN finally arraysd, In his W opin-l
ion, Solomon in all his glory had moth
ing on him. =
But with Earucb II Nv different. HIS
income has not advanced by leaps
and bounds, Ike Jim's. But II he
were 10 sft up nights and wear ten
shirts 10 inns one. his income would
outiast him for msny years.
When II came time for Baruch ~
obtain his fall clothes the public made
3 discovery. Baruch had never bought
his osn clothes, II va Barueh's ems
tom 10 have q man who knew 70 make
all Of his purchases. Earucb accepted
the judgment " his agent and paidI
the bills without question. And B&:
ruch, while not q conspicuous dresser.
Wa always perfectly grooDed
But this sutugn the Baruch ward.
robe was no, rsplentshed. His agent
told him that the shoes be was accusr
tornsd to wear would cost ~. III
would cox, $50 10 get . suit such ~
be was accustomed 10 rear. Ana all
the rest Of the outfit was priced BRO
p0rttonatefY.
The outlay woaId not have made
any ap~reeiabis dent IN the Bssuck
puYse, but IL ret him thinking Tbs
reason tn thsse unprecedented
prices, be reasoned, vas lack Of pro<
dnc.i0n n be. and oshsfs. epsiAl
make their old clothes DO. II mefdi
LESSEN ,hs demand 4 l1ss that extent
~fnes6entzgty the snnasnt hs would
have spent IL sayed, E1t Jim Hksszy
Just has 20 hare all The zoot things
that are g0sng. and 40 for sz9lax. Jim
fuss cannot snSErs tbs s0rG>
Ons 81 JSns'g Old customers at ths
ksxbeg shoD trsed 10 argue with the
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Thrift, campaign, ne t0d sshs seost
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