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RETAILER SHEARD
4 MbEtF INQUIRY
Saw Prices Paid Wholesalers
i Leave Small Margin
of Profit
COMPETITION NOT BRISK

That the purchase price Of beef fixes
the selling price so far as the retail
ers are concerned was the testimony
given at the Senate District subcom-
mittee hearing on alleged profiteering
in the National Capital yesterday aft
ernoon, Joseph A. Whitfield. repre-
senting the Old Dutch Market, with
twenty-seven retail stores and sew
eral wholesale establishments, and
Frank KidwelI, who has three stores
and two market stalls. were the wit
nesses.
Mr.. Whitfield charged that the pack
ers were misleading the. public when
they published advertisements to the
effect that they sold beef in Washing
ton at 10 and 20 cents a pound. giving
the prices as average wholesale prices
The public. he said. cannot under
stand why it is asked to pay As to so
cents a pound for steaks after read
Ing these advertisements. TIE ad
vertisements. he said, should take
into consideration grades of beef At
present the advertisements would
leave the public to think that retail
ers are making from 100 to 200 per
cent gress profits on beef. when as a,
matter of fact they make hut 10 to 80
per cent gross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-14
Retail Price Lower, He Says.

Senator Sheppard pointed out that
cattle are selling Tor $50 head less
than some months ago. and that the
Wholesale price of beef has gone
know then. why the retail price of
beef had not gone down correspond
hg1y. Mr.. Whitfield said he thought
retail prices were lower, and that it
could be shown they were.
The packers, witness said have
been passing the buck in appearing
before the committee and laying the
blame for high prices on the retailer
They have pretended virfuous ignor-
ance when questioned about the prices
charged by the retailer. Either they
cannot give an intelligent answer, he
said, or they do not want to.
M. Whftfeld testified that his COM
1any had an abattoir of it's own at
Frederick Md. where it killed prob
ably rs per cent Of the cattle which
supply beef fen it's chain of stores.
He said his. coanpanN could produce
the beef little cheaper than II could
Suy IT from the packers. He said
mat, IN his opinion municipal ahat-
funds. While such a plan might work
Vel In smaller cities IN the large
cities 1t were better to leave the busi-
NESS to private concerns
Hr. Whitfield stated that the cap
raj stock of the Old Dutch Market
Company was $1.00o.000. half Of it
preferred and the other half com
mon He said the company's total
sales in 1915 were 1885. 900. and the
total net profit, $40. 0e0; in fs16. ST.
$4,000 and $4,000: in 1877, $4,000. eco
and $4,000, and in 1918, $4,000, 900
and $4,000. His company, he~said.
leased Its buildings and had not suf-
Tered from increases in rent the last
year or two. On the other hand
wages had increased.
Competition In Vashinston.
Tho witness said that he under
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THE, OPERATION WAS \ SUCCESS
THE PATIENT Is DYING.

The appointment of a commission
Of three members to continue the
diagnosis OF the trolley company ills
is the logical result of the manner in
which the General Assembly first took
up the case. From many quarters
there was objection to an investiga-
ton by n Legislative committee on
the ground that the Public Utilities
Commission was fully competent to
prosecute such an inquiry and was
the proper hodHa~for such an -endeavor.
The General Assembly persisted, Gov
ernora Holcomb persisted, everyone
connected with the state government
at Hartford persisted And what has
been the result? Recommendations
by this special committee which come
into the Legislature in piecemeaI UNI
der the heading "unfavorably report
CD 1t is not surprising in the least
The investigation committee was
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characterization BY Example.
(On1aha Bee. }

One of the speakers at a Boston
meeting recently summed up the
whole question Of -Americanization in
two pithy sentences The discussion
was on making good citizens of tho
foreigners who come within ou1
gates. He said: speeches and
printed articles on good citizenship,
while important. are not of first i'm
pOrtance. The best way for Ameri-
cans to teach the foreigners good
citizenship is to think and talk and
ct like good citizens Themselves
There is the case. plainly stated. IT
has a personal application, which no
Am erican can avoid, Only the hy-
pocrite Will try to deceive himself
With the idea that his citizenship is
perfect, that his public or private de :.
meanor toward the country and its
institutions is always what it should
lie. Those who come from abroad are
always beWildered by the attitude #
the American toward his government
and in their eagerness to acquire our
ways they eXaggerate our faults, and
soon find themselves listed as unfit
citizens merely because they have
gone a little too far in their imitation
The best way to teach An1ericanism IS
by example.
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"a e u *
forced' to rush its work, its members
were not transportation or financial
specialists, they were untitled for such
Il task and to give them all credit for
honesty and devotion to -. duty they
We're not prepared to pass judgment
on the patient, which has every dis
case from anaemia to flat feet.
With the best intentions, the COM
mittee has failed to help the Con
'necticut Company one iota. A trans
portation official recently. sremarke I'd
that, unless the company received re
lief, a post mortem examination may
be, necessary. We hope it will con-
tinue to gasp for breath until the l go
General Assembly convenes and pro
ceeds seriously about the business OF
prescribing the proper medicine.
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CHESILBTRY RING.

The turf girdles Chesilbury
On he dead folks wall
The plough drives in Chesilbury
Where cattle used to stall:
And there no crying there now
Except the peewit's call.
What people had IL home here
Long anG long ago?
What man used to come here
With his yew bow?
What woman used to roam here
When the light was low?
There's no fear of foeman now,
Nor Druid with tho Knife.
Nor man to love woman now,
Nor life to ask life;
Dust is the bowman now,
And dust is his wife.
Now wind sings Ger Chesilburv
All day and night,
The rain chides, the moon rides
The f1ints CLEAN bright;
And they LOOKED on Chcsilbury
When it's walls were white.
MAURICE HEWLETT
in Land and Water
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IN Intelligent Director.
{ Bridgeport Tim es J.

Thce state departm ent of American
Americanizer, q publication intelli
gently devoted to the creating of
good feeling between the newer citi-
zens of Connecticut and those whose
ancestors arrived at an earlier time.
1t is charged that an editorial had
been written for the February ISSUE,
which contained the words, Pacifsts.
PrO-Germans, Internationalists and
BolsheVists, and that Harrison Fl.
Wheaton, director of the state Amer
icanizatiOn work blue pencilled these
words substituting the phrase anti
Am erican Influences.
Thereupon it is solemly proposed,
in the Hartford Courant, to have
Wheaton explain to the general
sembly whether or not he is an Amer
lean.
1t is difficult to keep q straight
face in the presence of this latter
proposition. Wheaton seems to be a
man Of sense and executive intelli-
gence.
He seems to know. what some seem
not to know, that the practice of
huIling TRADES Of epithets, with
I~lshcvists in the lead. is not con-
ducivc to good feeling. nor to success
full Amcricaniza ton.
There is a rule fairly we'll estab-
1ished that nobody is to be called by
a name that implies what is immoral
or criminal, except upon reasonably
sufficient evidence.
Much less are epithots to be hurled
against whole classes unknown and
ncatalogued.
The foreigners of Connecticut are
not pacifists, as the war records of
their sons show we'll enough If
+ some of them are. there is no wron =
! in it. There arc some leading paci-
| fists in Paris. known as the Big -Four
The foreigners of Connecticut are
not internasionaists, though SOM, of
them are; hut so are some A,ncr:-
cans. Woodrow Wilson, Henry Ford
democrats, socialists and republicans
arc guilty Of supposing that man can
be for himself, for his family, for
his state, for his country and for his
! world. There is little danger that
| men will become SO devoted to their
communities as to put themselves
| last, nor so devoted to the world as
| to put it ahead of thei own country
If there are foreigners who wish
! to render unto the world the things
| that belong to the world, SO much
| the better.
Nor is it necessary to hurl the title
pro-German on every conceivable oc-
| casion. The experience Of the nation
| with its German citizens was Ia :hc:
! satisfa Glory. Their sons fought with
, the other boys. They made no t'ouplc
worth talking about, leaving out Of
| consideration the hired agitators who
came to make trouble.
Since all classes of the people shed
! their blood for democracy, including
! those of German origin, and since
all of us must live together for q
| long time to come, what is the use
OF being needlessly rasping, exasper-
| atlng and disa greea BILE?
! Bolshovism is a Russian institu-
| uon. 1t should be explained, de-
| scrlbed, according to the facts. 1t
| should be shown that the program is
| not adapted to conditions on Ameri-
can soil
! Nothing can be gained for an
Americanization program by series
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THE TURN IN THE LANE.

President Carranza is reported suf-,
fering from wounds to his pride be-
cause Mexico was not invited. to par
ticipate in the conference of ncutrals
at Paris. This is the explanation in
Washington for his sul< during which
he has disavowed adherence to the
Monroe Doctrine and announced the
withdrawal of his representative from
the French capital.
Somewhere in Aesop's fables there
may be a chapter devoted to case
that fits Mr.. ,Carranza which we cannot
recall 'offhand. 1t is impossible, how
ever, to escape the conviction that
Mr.. Carranza is receiving his just des-
serts. While the world was occupied
with events OF greater moment, the
Carranza government had a free hand
in Mexican affairs and used its pow
err for selfish purposes. Sequestra ton
Of private property was not the most
serious of these. Murder Of foreign
ers with impunity was not rare.
Wholesale robbery and looting was
daily occurrence. On top of this MI
Carranza expected the countries which
had been victims Of Mexico's crooked
politicians to invite him to sit III their
parlor and discuss affairs with other
lands which were trying to establish
themselves in the eyes of humanity.
The law of compensation is begin
ming to work. The day of reckoning
is bound to come. Mr.. Carranzas day
is drawing near. If he should want
to know the reason for International
resentment against Mexico we would
refer him to a saying by one Abraham
Lincoln which concludes with the
sage observation You can't fool all
the people all the time."T>
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The State Prohibition Amendment.

Waterbury Republican,
The state senate is to be congratu-
lated upon having passed the pro
constitution. The resolution now goes
back to the house and it is to be
hoped that that body will reverse it's
recent action and also adopt it so that
it may be submitted to~a referendum
vote of the people.
There has been a singular incon-
sistency in the attitude of the pro-
hibitionists that this amendment is
no longer needed in view of the adop-
ton of federal prohibition. Legally
it may not be required but morally it
is. There is at present a feeling,
based to q consid cradle extent upon
this fear of the prohibitionists to sub
nit the matter to a popular vote,
that the ma jority of the people of the
state do not desire prohibition A
definite vote to that effect would
have no worse influence upon the en-
forcenent of prohibition than the
general opinion to that effect.
On the other hand if the refercn-
dunn vote showed a ma ority in favor
of prohibition the hands of the agents
charged with the enforcem ent of the
law would be greatly strengthened.
This would be true not only by rea-
son of the force Of public opinion
but also as a result of the co-ouera-
ton Of the state government with
the federal government. Prohibition
in this state has nothing to lose and
a great deal to gain by a referendum
vote The house should see to it
that the people have a chance to ex-
press their opinion, directly.
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this breach Of etiquette. 1t has been
stated in high American circles
that the subject matter of the Presi-
dents proclamation had been ten
tered to the Italians two days before
cit reached the press. 81. "'.f -, Ill
Premier Orlando only adds fuel to
the fire by his bill of complaint
against President Wilson. He pro-
tests that Italy and America are still
friends but his phrases do not sub.
stantiate his expressed belief. His
charge that President Wilson is treat
ing the Italians as if they We're a bar
barous people, without democratic
government" is particularly offensive.
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The JugOslavs may consider it
auspiciously significant that the boot
Of Italy i, pointed the other way.
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+ hat C. oil
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Whether the Italian delegates con-
tinue to lnger in Paris as Spectators
at the Peace Conference or whether
they return home, it is practically set.
tiled Beyond 4 doubt that they will
never abandon their claim for the
city of F'iume. This is a certainty
from the fact that:
King Victor Emmanuel has COM
lando and has directed him not to re-
cede: 49, ~" 2.}"I v ~. "
Popular parades throughout Italy
are aeclaining Orlando and Sonnino
| as heroes and approving their stand.
The press of Italy is. unanimous for
| insisting on the maximum demands Of
| the country, including Fiume.
| Here we have the King, the people
| and the press Us a unit, a combination
! that presents a solid front.
| As the King of Italy is not an alb
| solute monarch and as he is as useful
! in the government of, the country as
an appendix in the human body, he
can be dispensed with except for the
| moral effect his words have.
=! But the people and the press are
EItalx;;E unified they+are, the voice that
| issues orders to Orlando, Sonnino and
/ others in -, responsible governmental
IEpositions. The people are fully in
| sympathy with Italy's territorial am
! bition and Orlando will not dare to
! return to Rome and tell them that he
has bowed to the decision of the other
l. powers. He can go home and report
H that he has refused to deal with
| the other Premiers and his head will
remain on his shoulders. But should
: he reach Rome with the message that
he has acquiesced Ito the dictation of
America, England and France he
would .imm ediately be shorn of his
political authority and his cabinet
would come crashing down about his
ears. In self defense he must remain
deaf to any arrangement that does
not include granting Fiume to his
country.
If only the political future of an in
, | dividuaI were at stake, the situation
: would not be so critical. Well-sub.
!, stantiated stories have come acros:
| the Atlantic that Italy is in the posi-
: ton Of a man sitting on Il KEY of gun
powder and smoking a pipe and that
, should she be cheated Of her aims,
: revolution would break out instantly
, There is something more than mer,
: sentiment behind the course Orlando
has assu1f ed. He is practical hard
: headed person, a clever bargainer
> and he has no desire to write his owl
f Etobituary notice or arrange for tn
: obsequies of the present government
$ Of italy.
Il Italy's delegates expressed surpris,
that President Wilson'S statemen
was published in the. Paris newspa
pers before ain official copy had beer
{ formally laid before them, considerin.
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Of implications That foreigners are
Bolshevists.
Director Wheaton seems to have
the intelligence, and diplomacy nee
essary for the conduct of his work
Unless there is much more against
him than appears in these charges,
he ought to be retained and sup
ported.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.

Burleson takes the place of BRYAN
as the greatest asset the republicans
haVe.-Wall Street Journal.
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All the robins we have interviewed
this spring are enthusiastic over the
own "a nome movement. - Detroit
Journal
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The number and size Of the strikes
IN Germany suggest that the nation
is about to strike out.-TorOntO Globe
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The peace conference would better
make sure that the Huns don't sign
up with that invisible ink they used
for their propa ganda stuff.-Man-
chester Union.
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The president cabIed his regret
that he couldn't say when the con-
gress will meet remarking, II do not
know myself But everyone knows
when it ought to mcet.-New York
Evening Sun
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Entered at the Post once at Ne"
as Second Cfas. Mail Matter
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The only profitable advertising 1neu s An
the city. Circulation ouar+,ssr.
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Issued daily tSunday excenteAl at a.
az Hereld Building. 81 Church
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business once ........'S'-. ga
Editorial Rooms ..s'
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Britain = Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMFAN
Proprietors.E
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W ilson-that's all.
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WHY ORLANDO CANNOT RECEDE,

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Most interesting dresses that
are equal to those usually sold
up to $27.50, showing the new
wing and handkerchief sleeves.
draped and straight line models
and several are trimmed liber-
ally with embroidery.
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These garments are some of
the most graceful which have
been shown this season and are
offered in such colors as clay.
Alpine blue and buff. They
are half lined and have a dainty
over collar of contrasting silk.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22

17leta katuse kopcova, 1924
vych. Sc. Place roznemohla Sc
ma Prospect Ave. a skonala v
Lakeside nemocnici.

Ma Prospect Ave. upadla
vcera rano V mrako'ty kteras
17leta divka, zesnuvsl pozdeji
v Lakeside nemocnici. Srdecni
choroba zahubila divku, jejiZ
totoznost ziistena teprv dnes
dopoledne. Jde O slecnu Katu
81 Kopcovou, 1924 vych. 66.
Place, V kterems department.
MIN krame v dolenim m6ste
zam6stnanou. Kopcova vydala
sc vcera rano "a svym zamest
nanim jako obyGejne a po opu
SEM kary ma Prospect Ave.
mdlobou byla "a
chvacena. Totoznost jeji Zji-
stila policie re stanice ma Ore
gon Ave. a to prostrednictvfm
panl Evy Schnetzove, 11420
Woodland ave-, pritelkyne Eve
tnele nasi krajanky.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
MORROW OkRES MA PR.
VEN MfSTE.

V Ohio okres Morroa v upi-
sovanl pate valecne pGjcky
zfskal misto prvni. Svou quotu
mel pohromade jiz V sobotu a
vcera vsichni ieho lide ma pdj
Gee Sc podllejici odevzdali
odevzdali prvni splatky ma
bondy. Vit6zna pujcka ma az
dosud V Ohio nejvice prizniv-
cu V distriktech Zemedel-
skych, kde 35 osad vztytilo
dno, vitezne praporec. Char
don Iaunsip bude hotov Ultra,
kdy udel jeho $316,7O0 bude
dovrsen. V utulne vyslouzilcu
2 obcanske valky V Dayton
skolektovano vcera $4,000.
Predmestska Osada Painesville
bude hotova We ctvrtek a A.
kron V sobOtu.
Diva miliony pracovnikG a.
gituje dnes We prospech phi
cky vitezstvi We Spojenych Sta
tech a novoanglicke staty zvla
ste rychle upisuji. Vermont MAJ
rovnez n9kolik m6st posledni
pGjcku jiz prepsavsfch.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
PADL We FRANCl1.

Smutna zvest telegrafovana
vcera vecer washingtonskym
vAlecnym departmentem panu
j. Strasserovi, hostinskemu ma
Central Ave. Synovec jeho, 81
lety Vaclav Strasser padl ma
bitevnim poll We Francii 10. IL
stopadu roku 1918, tedy den
pred uzavrenlm primeri. Pu-
vodne povazovan byl ma me-
zvestneho a teprv nekolik me
sicu pozdeji urcite zjisteno, re
domnele pohfeSovany We sku-
tecnosti zivot svuj Ztratil a to
v poslednich bojich v lese Ar
.gonnskem.
Y. Strasser narodil sc V Gle
velandu, kde puvodne byl So
ferem. Kdyz ale SoustAti Mem
cum valku vypovedelo. mlady
Strasser prihlasil Sc k armade
dobrovolne, slouziv u 81 plu-
ku radovych p6Slch, kteryzto
regiment prodelal zvlaste kr-
wave zapasy V St. Mihiel v le
Sc Argonnskem. Vaclav Stras
ser byl mlady, dobrosrdetny
muz a ceskych naSich pokro
kovych kruzich eastcleveland-
skych osobnosti zvlaste oblibe
nou. Mimo dvou strycl zdsta-
vii Zde tetne dals{ch pribuz-
nych 2nAmych, jez vterejsi
washingtonska depeSe zvlaste
bolestne prekvapila.
Rudiz cest pamatce chrab-
reho naseho bojovnika!
IMS.Ss]l EW!SS |!
VCELkAM
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
lDM!!l.S,!S:s! MSS! IWy!sS y!,,;
MESTSKY LEKAR RESIC.
NOVAL.

Dr.. Wallace Potts, vrchni
lekar V mestske kolonii warren
svillske, zaslal vcera ma radni-
ci svou resignaci q v n6kolika
tydnech vratf Sc ku soukrome
pra&si. Tyz byl pavodn9 leka-
rem V mestske robotarne, po-
zdeji v chudobinskkm ode
nj a posleze vrchnfm lekafem
v cele kolonii We Warrensville.
DR.. Potts jest pTesvGdcan.
v pristi sve praksi bude nit
vice blahobytu, nez ma v ny
nejsfch sluzbach m6stske do
brotinnosti. Svou uradovnu o.
tevre V elsie 445O Denison ave.
WEC1 Kl7CS1
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
ZABlT LUPlCEM.

V nemocnici St. Clair podle-
hi vtera t3zkAmu zranHnl DEL
mix Ed. Himrod, 41lety av e.
sic 1853 Ontario Ave. bydli-
CT. Himrod vracel Sc v nedeli
pozde v'noci domG a ma vJch.
~ nlici prepaid a obral jej ne
jaky bandita, ktery jej ztyral
ke vsemu TAX, re Himrod ma
lezen byl ma chodniku V smr-
telnych mrakotach a vice We
domi nenabyl. Lupic wal mu
$40, zlate hodinky i demanto
w prsten a ponevadz po sobe
nezdstavil aadnych Stop, smrt
pfepadeneho sotva kdy bude
zakonen pomstena.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
SO LET HASICEM.

Nacelnik mestskych hasicu,
George w. Wallace bude sla-
Wit 81. kvetna sve zlate slu-
zebni jubileum. Wallace je to-
tiz padesat rokt' hasicem a tax
to Zacal svou karieru u sboru
dobrovolneho. Mayor a JIM
mdstSti dfednlci pripravujl
mu slavnostni dychanek a hasi
ii pofidi 'jubilantu n6jaky da-
rex ma pamatku.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
OSUDNY SPORT.

Sestnactiletj Josef Miller,
472l Franklin Ave. bavil Sc
vcera Sc svymi druhy hrou v
mic v Edgevater parku. Byla
to Millerova prvni hra letos a
take posledni. Ia vcerejsiho
prudkho rozb9hu byl postizen
srdecni mrtvici a skonal dive
nez do nemocnice ma zap. 81.
ul. mohl bH odpraven.
Pfed dvema lety ma temze
hristi zahynul starsi jeho bratr
trplci rovnez vadou srdetni a
takto velky milovnik sportu.