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New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

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The door opposite opened. A gaunt fig
ure in frock coat stood framed on the
threshold. Sheer defiance was all that
kept the speaker erect. AS their glances
met his voice rang out again:
eve will drink tonight the last bottle
of whiskey in America" He paused. Every
one followed the direction of his gaze.
The stranger did not move, but somehow
the hard lines of his features had softened,
they might on entering some sanctuary
With even stride he entered the room
There a metallic clang. His foot was
on the rail. A glass was cutched in his
lean fingers.
"The last bar" continued the impromptu
dispenser Of the drinks, "and I, the last of
the New York saloon owners, will pour you
the last drink"
Something akin to a sigh escaped from
his audience. Yet one man they raised
their glasses to receive the brown LIQUID
and kept them raised while the speaker
finished.
II could propose many things in this
last toast, but l will not. Here's looking
at you, gentlemen"
There a silence after the last simple
words which even the wings of that si-
lence seemed to be floating back into the
mists where they belonged.
The tall stranger raised his glass, drained
it, turned and vanished through the still
open door. Something glittering had
dropped from his hand It's metallic clink
as it hit the floor was heard clearly
throughout the room.
1t was gold pen which was inscribed:
January 20, 1919"
What date that?" some one inquired,
and then they remembered. 1t was the day
they signed the proclamation of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

not to be reflled, mute witnesses of many
a garish evening. There was the goddess
reclining on a dingy cloud, that execration
of art that once sullied our judgment of
beauty in painting, and the frame that
rounded her a writhng, twisting piece of
moulding, STOPPING to meet other over
decorated bits Those mute testimonials to
the tobacco chewing propensities of our
forebears, the massive brass cuspidors,
had their place, and, near them. inexplicable
institution, the brass rail, on which so
many feet rested moment before taking
that final plunge into the bottomless pit.
Indeed, it was curious and fantastic ira
dition that man drinking alcohol was
obliged to raise one foot above the other,
as peculiar as his taste for the green pickles
stood in the corner. Still, the rail and
everything else stood for constructive i'm
agination. No European teaching had
helped US evolve our barroom. From first
to last it an American institution,
just the products delivered over it were
American, to be copied vainly by our Latin
brethren across the ocean. The final bar
room in that city of barrooms, it could not
be a tingle of patriotism that swept over
the arrival as he surveyed it. But
there was a certain pride in his sad refiec-
tions, strange, unholy JOY, that his past
had stretched far enough back to encompass
a little of the era Of the mixed strong
waters and dash of orange juice.
His mind ran back to the times when the
tired business man actually laughed on
leaving his Office, when sounds of merri-
ment and music rang out along the noisy
streets and numerous meetings took place
in front of the mahogany barrier, and full
many man left cheered enough to shoul-
der the burdens Of tomorrow with smile.
Too true, the merriment was artificial and
the jokes had, perhaps, hollow ring, but
still there was laughter, certain artif-
cial joie de vie that stimulated frankness
and friendship. Out of its sordidness had
risen glory, reflected in certain pieces of
literature and in bits of song
They were singing a snatch of one now,
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Restoring Trade
Union Rights

1-"They should introduce the bill for
the restoration of trade union rights and
privileges suspended during the war
Everything, it is said, turns on this meas
ure and on the attitude which trades unions
will take toward the restriction Of output
Enterprsing manufacturers take excep-
tion to high wages and shorter hours, but
say that these conditions can only be main
tanned If output is increased. With i'm
proved machinery and Standardization
high wages can be paid readily in this
country as they are in America, but deib-
crate limitation of production would be
fatal.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

object most strenuously to being forced
back into an unwanted job. On the one
hand there is already a considerable
amount of unemployment due to the clos
ing down of many munition works, and
on the other hand it is quite impossible for
most small employers to obtain men--onc
Bond Street jeweller told me that he could
not guarantee. to fix the handspring of my
watch under three months, and a round of
jewellers gave three weeks at the smallest
time IN which they thought they could have
repairs made. No one even bothers to try
to have repairs made about the house
the men not to be had
The soldiers complaining that others
are taking their jobs and the unemployed
munition workers are laughing at the
thought of work while the government is
paying them unemployment allowance.
From the employed end the job question
is paradoxlcal enough between those who
want work and cannot find it and those who
do not want work. But it is the employers
who are in the really difficult position and
especially those who agreed to take their
men back and not only want to, but will
take them back, but have no materials with
which to work and, at the present writing,
no promise of getting any On the top Of
this the employer does not know upon what
terms he is to hire back his men, or what
they Will sell to him in the way of services
The workers are striking every day in some
industry or other for shorter hours and
higher wages, but have not said a word
about increasing production so that the
manufacturer can get even line on his
costs. In addition, he does not know what
his taxes will be, how high the railroad
rates will stay (they at en- almost
prohibitive fgure) or what he will have to
pay for coal. Aside from the question
of raw materials these are the two big
points as stated by large manufacturer;
he asks that the government settle them:
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Terrific Job of
Bookkeeping

The assumption that there is a job await
ing every man and that no matter what
happens, the job will be there, is one of
the nubs Of the scheme, and the other is that
the bookkeeping promises to be so enormous
as to be absolutely battling. Therefore what
we find in practice is that the employers
have by no means jobs for all of the re-
turning soldiers and they are up against it.
while the soldiers who have found jcbs
also discover that the War Department is
quite incapable of getting through its
forms in time to let them take advantage
of the offers.
Like everything connected with this war,
the industrial rehabilitation Is so complex
and so full Of paradoxcs that it is difficult
even to give summary Of what is actually
happening. One cannot say that this is the
or that is the case, for no sooner are
the words written than it turns out that
an incident happens which is proof posi-
tive that has been wrong.
Take a few instances For some days
past delegations Of soldiers have been visit
ing Whitehall and insisting upon expla-
nations as to why they should be sent back
to France when they are provided with
contracts for jobs and only the supreme
wise Of Some One is necessary for their re-
lease. There has been no actual roting
and the spirit of the thing is splendid,
but the men refuse to be bound in red tape
and scEt off to the front only to be brought
back again. Incidentally they are Willing
away hours Of dulncss by exercising the
English right to object. On the other
hand, number of employers have paid
full salaries to their chief men and clerks
and are anxious to get them back from the
colors so as to resume business, but have
heard Of no end Of these cases where the
men, especially If they have been clerks
positively refuse to give up the open air
life for the confinement of an Office, and
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Taking Real Care
of the Fighter

And the English reply is that her armies
IN the field and in the shops, together
with her ships on the seas, gave their all
to keep the world safe-that she did not
think of the morrow in making sacrifices
and that it would be small business for the
world TO forget that there was war and
say that now is the time for the devil to
take the hindmost. None of the English
men whom l met are taking this exact
position and far from phrasing it in
so many words, yet that is just what it all
amounts to. France has her own rebuilding
to look after and so has Belgium. but in
England the question is one of industrial
reconstruction, and if the present plan of
rehabilitation is to be carried out the world
has simply got to help. The experiment
IN state socialism--that is what it really
ISIS so vast and so complex as to 20 far
beyond the borders of the empire.
There is another side-a banker gave Il
to me. He said:
IF we coddle rehabilitation and try to
escape the inevitable hardships of the war
we may get on for time But we avs
bound to have day of reckoning; our silver
platter is being used so much that it will
wear out in time and then where shall we
be! think it might be better to take
our medicine now while we are used to
trouble and not soften ourselves by some
years of artificial prosperity. We have been
pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps and
dong spiendidly at it, but the ordinary
laws of industrial gravitation will have to
return in due season, and then where shall
we be ?"
Getting the British army together wa.
chiids play as compared with its demobii-
cation.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
With Suitable Apologies to Honore de BazSac

fading memory, merely q feeting thought,
perhaps-his figure stiffened. There seemed
to be eyes upon him, eyes everywhere filled
with malignant suspicion. He sprang into
the street, to rush needless through tan
gle of traffic, beneath the shadows of high
cornices, through brightly lighted passage
ways and out into the evening air. But in
his ears there still echoed something besides
the tread Of his own footsteps, something
that had nothing to do with the rumble of
the city. The lights of little drug store
shone before him like haven of refuge
The mirror in back of the counter showed
a drawn, panic-lined face staring back into
his. The clerk looked at him, startled
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

that the government has underwritten en-
pIoyment just as an incident to war
Here Is the plan of dispensing the English
army (the Canadians, the Australians and
the other Colonials looking after them
selves and simply gathering up units
and sending them home as transportation
facilities permit: The Britshers are ex-
pected to fill up forms giving their trades,
particulars of previous employment, trade
unions, and whether or not the employer
at the time Of enlistment promised to hold
a job open. The men with jobs are known
as "slip" men, and some 1900 men day
are being released on furlough for the pur-
pose of finding employment, in which case
they also become "slip" men. Then with
the troops thus classified they expected
to be again classified in industrial groups
which are given priority according to the
Importance of the industry to the national
welfare. The idea is to reduce the various
units by successive drafts of, say, hundred
men from a regiment, according to the num-
Der Of men who may be required to be left
behind to deal with stores, horses and the
like-that is, to reduce the regiments to
skeletons, or "cadres." The actual order
of demobilizaton is:
1-"Demobiizcrs," that is, those required
in their military or civil capacity to enable
the work of rehabilitation to be carried
out.
pivotal" men, that is, those men in the
various industries without whom the bulk
of the to be employed cannot get to
work effectively.
2--Men who have definite jobs waiting
for them on their return-(thc "slip" mem
in the order of the priority of their indus
trial groups.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Regular Correspondence Of The
TribuneI
LONDON, February 3.

LONDON, February 3.
HNGLAND'S ability to get back on
- her industrial feet depends entirely
i 4 upon her ability to demoblize her
army within reasonable time and
with reasonable amount of success. In
lines past after war was over the troops
SIMPLY came home and were discharged to
and their several ways back into civil life.
me authorities, so to speak, simply tipped
over the barrel and let the water seep into
'ne ground. But the enormous number of
men tnat England has drawn to the colors
AUG 10 the munition works-a number so
great that 1t is hard to find a male human
Osihg who has not somehow been in the
"sf-makes regmental demobilization a
ssniyhg experiment.; there seems to be
general impression that unleashed soldiers
a'e natural Bolsheviki, and hence they are
oe returned as individuals, with jobs and
Mha OF guarantee that they will stay put
me army was finally organized on the
'''sc'ive principle-taking men from where
"ey were least needed for war work at
o'he; they are being disorganized on pre-
- Wv SoHc pfiHcipie, working backward
@Ains the men out as they are most
"'edeo for peace work at home
and 1t is all beautifully scientific and on
.Aper IL ought to work like clock, and SO
> would work were the people of the coun-
" sne least inclined to a return to pre-war
saai'ions and were the jobs still in being,
'aen the employers promised the men
Ash tnsy enlisted. But great number of
men have changed their ideas about
-" futures and great number Of employ
nave changed their businesses. On top
'S there IS great shortage of most
materials, an almost complete disor-
sN@son OF markets, an inability on the
-'' VI labor 10 decide IL it wants the moon
:. 'aiy half OF it, and superabundance Of
"s'nss OF reconstruction. SO, while the
,.saKat OF scientific demobilization is pure
s'sar, its TRANSLATION into fact practically
les the stupendous task Of providing
~ i'F about 100000 men and then get
M. 1ss men into the jobs, with the added
~ s-ls2 ,s2 Of associating the man and the
'h AZ least some show Of happiness.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

Of gait and finally that smlIe-they were
not rational. They were not right; since
nothing that was not rational could con-
form to modern laws of efficiency. With
that burly stranger came the visions of bad
places. From him there seemed to emanatc
an aura, aura not altogether unpleasant
to Judge from those who passed him, for
many a man turned his head, while over
his features there seemed to be borne an
effort Of recollection, of reminiscence al
most, such as comes over one on greeting
a long forgotten friend. He seemed to con-
jure up visions of vague impossibilities, to
be the embodiment of legends of dimy lit
dairy lunches in which strange things had
once transpred behind the walls of oranges
and grape fruit. Yet, withal, his face wore
benign expression. Despite his dark hair
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
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There was the shining mahogany Of the
bar, that bulwark reared against a nations
progress, against which the youth of the
land dashed itself, to fall back bleeding
and broken-the bar with all it's old per-
tainments, the taps and the silver pitchers,
and behind the imposing glitter of glass
ware, dedicated to outrageous and forgotten
mixtures. The bottles reflected in the tall
mirrors, bottles providentially emptied and
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

NE evening in the winter of 1910
man carrying bundle had de-
tachcd himself from the crowd on
the sidewalk and was walking down
The street alone.
Perhaps fifty PAGES behind him another
=. i. taller and more ascetic cast was eying
him curiously.
rb. life of the winter afternoon was on
~. sbb. the wearied clerks in the glittering
10000 Businesses of their soda fountains
u.rs beginning to pause between the drinks,
.ho ME dishes in the dairy lunches were
u.arlv emptied of their succulent contents.
All that part of the world which ministers
- tho simple wants of the rest was heaving
sentle sigh of relief, for the rest was
ao;no home and they were preparing to
follow.
Rut TO return to the first man walking
IN that portion of the thoroughfare re
seryed commonly for traffic. Indeed he
might attract attention, so singularly did
bs mien contrast with that of the efficient
hut tired workers, who were hurrying home
silent and moody, even in the face of the
coming holiday. Of all the hats in that
bnrrying street his only was trife awry,
and moist lock of black hair had insinu-
ated itself from inside the crown until it
rested above his right eyebrow. His broad,
good natured face was lit with an almost
hectic flush, and of all the people in the
street he alone was smiling. From the
slight shake of his burly shoulders it might
almost seem that he was laughing-and at
nothing at all. But what singled him out
chiefly was the mode of travel he took along
the asphalt. Instead of walking in straight
line, with those slight deviations which We
hcuar circumstances and human frailty
force upon US, he was gaining ground in
the manner We adopt in navigating sailing
vessel against strong head wind.
Was he i'll? The happy smile on his face
supplied cheerful answer
We'll, what was the matter?
The world was no longer merry place at
5p.m. That moist lock of hair which kept
straying over the forehead, that uncertainty
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Wading Into
International Affairs

1t is extraordinary how promising Jobs
to returned soldiers at once runs into the
conduct Of international affairs. To keen
England's spindles busy will require
great deal of cotton and IL an international
commission allocates cotton then the ex-
panded cotton industry in the United States
may not get all that it wants, for Egypt
has had to cut down its cotton acreage in
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
reconstruction on
an Imperial Scale

ss,. =. >. 10 that rehabilitation has taken
Ii. r,aa ,sssa the Industrial reconstruction of
go. .'sa Kingdom and turned itgelf into
sex.. experiment such az the world has
iii t...s ~ before. The curious part of It
saas asw here seem to grasp the fact
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

LONDON, FcDruaTy o.
HNGLAND'S ability to get back on
II her industrial feet depends entirely
upon her ability to demobilize her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-26
EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN

Rev r. Everett Carr, vicar Of St
James Episcopal church. is in
Michigan City today in attendance
at a preliminary meeting OF work
ers in the nation wide campaign
soon TO be conducted by the Episco-
pal church FIR. Carr is a mem Der
Of the diocesan executive commit
tee. and is in charge of the pub
Lefty department.
Several speakers OF national prom
inence, mem bers Of the central cam
paign organization, viii address aft
ernoon and evening sessions Of the
conference today. at the conclusion
Of which those in attendance viii
return 10 their respective parishes
for the purpose of putting the plan
into operation. II is expected that
the intensive campaign will be in
augurated following the general con-
vention Of the church, scheduled 10
meet next month in Detroit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-26
Progress Club
to Shoe Work of
Indiana Artists

The exhibit OF the works Of dndi-
ana artists by the Progress club
for two weeks, will open with the
reception to be given Saturday aft
ernool There will be one picture
by WaSman Adams, who is consid p
cred the greatest portrait painter in
the United States at the present
time other prominent artists
whose works will be on display are:
S 2. Baus of Indianapolis, William
Forsyth of Indianapolis, Susan ket-
chen of New York city, Mary over
beck Of Cambridge City, Ind. Lola
A. 81. John of Albany, Ind, Cliff
ton \. Wheeler Of indianapolis. H
II. VESSEL of Cincinnati. O., Louise
E Earring of Greencastle Ind, and
Maude Eggegeyery of Richmond,
Ind. The exhibit viii be in charge
of Mrs. J. ". Riddle of Lawrence
burg. Ind. who is chairman OF the
state art committee Of the Indiana
Federation of Womans clubs. Mrs
Riddle will deliver "A lecture on
Monday at $3.50 o'clock 10 the mem
bers of the club and the members of
the Mishawaka Woman's club. who
will be their guests on that occasion.
The general public is invited to
the exhibit on Saturday. Monday
and Friday nights from Z until 10
o'clock.
Invitations have been extended to
St Mary's and Notre Dame. st.
Mary's Will attend the exhibit on
Wednesday afternoon and Notre
Dame on Monday night.
The chairman Of the Progress
club art committee is Mrs. ]. AL
bert Harris, and the other members
are Miss Mable Arbuckle. Mrs p
G. Traver, Mrs W. NJ. Shirley. Mrs.
W. Frank Robertson. ms. Philip
J.. Nicar and Mrs. c. :. Kennedy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-26
PRICES VARY On
PUBLIC MARKET
Poor Quality of Produce is
Offered at Reduced
Prices.

The South Bend market saw the
usual number of women. children,
babies, go-carts and baskets, each
woman Juggling away a basket filed
10 overlooking with vegetables
Thursday morning.
While prices i'm general at the
market averaged lower than the
city groceries, the quality OF the ar
ticles for sale was much lower. Po-
tatoes were being sold at the mar
ket that were very little over one
inch i'm diameter. Small apples were
being bought by the customers and
melons that were very small in size
seemed TO find plenty OF customers.
Cabbage was selling for three
cents a pound, two cents cheaper
per pound than the price quoted in
one grocery store. Onions were sell
ing at 81 a bushel. Celery sold at
25 cents a dozen. carrots at 80 cents
q dozen punches Each bunch aver
aged from two 10 three pounds Let
tuce was selling at 10 cents pound
with tomatoes priced at S1.3O per
bushel or four pounds for 10 cents.
Green peppers sold at 10 cents
dozen with potatoes at 81 per
bushel. Pumpkins averaging from
Is to % pounds were sold at from
10 TO 90 cents. Apples were bringing
50 a bushel and grapes sold at 80
cents per basket weighing from five
to six pounds. Cucumbers sold at
80 cents a dozen and 81 a bushel
and string beans at i cents per
pound.
Strawberries In Stores.
While no home grown strawber-
ries were being sold upon the mar
ket, some have been procured by
the groceries of the city. This is
the first time strawberries have
been for sale I'm the city for several
weeks.
No peaches were offered for sale
at the market but several stores
OF the city were selling them at
prices ranging between So and 81
per bushel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-26
FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
ISSUES H. c. |. NOTICE

c. A Carlisle. county food ad-
ministrator has issued the follow
ing notice for the governing % the
II. c. OF J.. in ST Joseph county:
THE watch word should be econ
omy Just as long as we continue
our extravaganza in consumption
and our failure I'm production. up
will 60 and continue the high cost
Of living
This great problem does not
originals and il does not continue
with any particular class or kind Of
people. We are all in il and no one
escapes When We. as people,
make up our minds 10 break down
the high cost of living IL will break
but it's an individual responsibility
that includes YOU and me and every
man and woman and child.
stop waste. make every penny
count, talk il: preach il: practice it
and we VIII soon find al. equitable
fair basis"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-26
May EMPLOY DEPUTY
INCOME TAX COLLECTOR

a deputy income tax collector
may soon be employed i'm this dis
trict for the purpose Of checking the
sale Of articles subject 10 the pro
rrietary stamp tax. Peter !. Kruger.
division deputy, said Thursday
morning
All dealers whose goods subject
10 this tax. such as soaps. toilet ar
tic1es. perfumes. etc. are found on
the market without stamps viii be
subject 10 a severe penalty. The
record OF stamp sales at the post Of
fee and revenue offices Of the dis
trict doesn't seem 20 be as large as
Ct should he in comparison with the
vast amount Of taxable articles sold.
thus ueceSsitating the employment
OF a deputy To detect the deception
or carelessness on the part of deal
ers.