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Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13
Organized Crime

Emboldened by such successes as
have attended the I. W. W. and the
Tom Money agitation, the anarch
lists of the country have started in
upon a campaign of organized crime
and the attempt upon the life of At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
is clearly a scheme to terrorize the
country. A Socialist politician says
that anarchism is form of insani-
ty, and incidentally he puts in a
good word for his own qneer cult
to which others may agree unless
the socialist bug has bitten too
deep, in which case it becomes one
of the breeders OF violence, which is
cropping out with alarming fire.
quency.
In the debris scattered about the
Palmer home there was picked up
an inflamatory circular, in which
appeared these words: The time
has come when the social questions
solution can be delayed no longer.
Glass war is on and cannot cease
but with complete victory for the
international proletariats."
Organized crime, directing its
guns against organized government,
can do nothing but strengthen the
Government. There were others
to succeed Lincoln. Garfield and
Mckinley; just as there are many
men who might have carried on the
work of the Attorney General had
he lost his life international
proletariats" are not, as the circular
DECLARES, arrayed in opposition to
the Government; for in this country
and in all the other Allied countries
the international proletariats" were
the ones who fought the war for
justice and freedom: and if there is
as the President stated in his re.
cent message, a great awakening
then the dawn that is beginning to
show, was won by the proletariats
Proletariats have at every turn OF
affairs stood against organized
crime.
Those who have instituted organ
ed crime" are doing so under the
theory that theirs is class war
B6t they are the same impostor:
today that they were in the days
when they practiced the trade ol
buccaneers at sea and highwaymeI
of the road; the same as when they
tried to pull off a revolution iI
Seattle; or further back when the,
attempted to terrorize Chicago
through the Haymarket riots.
Organized crime is likely one oil
the aftermaths of war; and it mus
be suppressed. This class Of VIC
lence admits of no argument since
it represents deeds for which Jail.
and prisons have been built il
every town and city in the land, tc
take care of the enemies of society
The "proletariats" of Americt
have always settled their affairs a
the bollot box. The murderer,
who believe that this a time to or
ganize their practices are not pro
letariats" they are plain criminals
And no respectable Governmen
can countenance organized crime
against organized government. Ef
forts Of the Federal Government ar,
being vigorously directed towards
rounding up these evil forces in ou
own country, and anarchism will
speedily remove its domicile t
quarters enclosed behind prison
bars.
From several sections of the stat
reports have come that fake in
surance agents are defrauding tn
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Mexico is often referred to as a
volcano Perhaps that is why af.
ter July 1st so many Americans
will look to it for a little of the
crather."
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

After 1919 if the wheat price be
gins to toboggan down hill will it
take corn with it? And will pork
hang on behind?
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Chocolate bars and almond bars
will be the only kind we can pat
ronize after July 1st
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

President Wilson should come
home soon. He might find that an
unprecedented country is in an un-
precedented condition.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

After July 1st: Eat, Think and
Be Merry"
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

II the luxury tax is so soon done
for, what in the world was it be.
gun for?
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

1t is apparently going to be
about as easy to get an indemnity
from Germany as to draw blood
from a turnip.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

The Ex Empress and the Ex-
Crown,Prince recently enjoyed a
luncheon together in Holland. 1t
was probably Dutch treat.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Ask returning douhboy the best
word in the English language A
thousand to one he will say
home"
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Hurrah for the NC-4! She has
the American characteristic of fin.
ishing the job
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

1t is not quite time yet to engage
your passage to Europe on an air
ship. But the day is coming when
you will be privileged to do so.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

The craft of womans suffrage is
again on the political sea. We
trust it is not destroyer.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Money judiciously and economi-
cally spent 10 building good roads
is one of the best paying public
improvements the public can make,
Good roads are expensive but they
are indispensable if we plan to keep
up with the procession.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Mr. and Mrs M P. Asbury were
in Moberly Saturday and Sunday to
see their son. Massa who passed
through that place early Sunday
morning enroute to Camp Funston
with members of the 356th Infantry
He expects to get his discharge in a
few days.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Religion probably does not fall off
in June-but church attenda" ce
does.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Firestone tires guaranteed for six
thousand miles.-Monroe Auto Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13
M. G. u.

Do you know the meaning of
these letters? 1t is Middle Class
Union"
The union is, as its name implies,
federation OF those who do not
live by manual labor. 1t is the out
come of postwar conditions in Eng.
land.
The effect of continual strikes is
to increase the cost of everything,
the ultimate tendency being to
create scarcity. In America there
are many who advocate six hour
day, which. if cnserved by workers
in all lines of activity-from the
physician to the scavenger would
mean that only a quarter of our
time would be devoted to the pro-
duction of anything
The physician produces health,
and the scavenger produces cleanli.
ness. If two hours less a day are
devoted to the creation of these
conditions, there will be more dirt
and disease than there is now.
More, by one. fourth-if we assume
that doctors only work eight hours
at the present time. They work
more, of course. And if farmers,
around and other places, took a no.
ton to come down to six hours a
day, the effect would be like the
plaques in Egypt.
The middle classes realize that
general prosperity is not increased
by a monotonous succession of
strikes. The bricklayer strikes
and houses become more expensive,
so that the locomotive engineer
finds it too costly to build a home.
Accordingly, he strikes for higher
pay-and freight rates 90 up.
Every one of these strikes pinches
the physician. the farmer, and the
bookkeeper; but if these also strike,
prices will merely 90 higher still.
The money that is to provide all
these wage increases must come
from somewhere-and of course we
are told that it must come from
the capitalist But there isn't CAPT
tai enough now to finance industry;
so eventually it will not be obtain
able from this source The farmer
has fairly clear conception of these
things; though one of the middle
classes, he is capitalist himself.
The physician and the bookkeeper
are at present squeezed between
capital and labor, but they have
the intelligence to see that if they
form independent unions they vii
simply increase the general scarcity
So the whole middle class ha;
federated in Great Britain. and de
, termined TO vote solid against an!
, legislation that favors any defined
class-whether capitalist. profes
sional, clerical, or industrial.
. There seems to be logic in thi
/ move. We haven't come to it we
in America; but we can't fail to no
} tice that legislation appears increas
ingly to be designed for the benef!
of this or that social grade. rather
than for the nation as a whole
And the only effect of it is constant
, diminution of products and distri
buted wealth-while the dollars
: sinks steadily to half the value thai
it represented six years ago.
Soldiers who fought in the wa
with Spain lost in weight on ar
average of twenty-five pounds each
J the average American soldier at th'
end of the fighting in 1918 weighed
. twelve pounds more than when ht
went into the army Contrasting
q the work of the quartermaster ant
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Go to Jim and Guy for the best
there is to eat
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Estes Johnston last Thursday
sold his interest in the automobile
repair shop to his partner. Thos
Caplinger, under whose manage
ment the establishment will be con
tinued.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Ireland evinces a strong deter
mination to secure self.determina.
ton.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

Last Friday Claude Prudhom of
Edmond, Okla, a Civil Service
student at the Chillicothe Business
College, received an appointment as
accountant in the Navy Dept. at
Washington at $134000 per year
while two other students were plac-
ed as government stenographers at
$4,000 initial salary.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

FRIDAY, JUNE l3, 1919
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-06-13

One of the reasons given by the
National Woman's Party for the
impatience with which they pressed
suffrage, was that we want to get
this job over and get at something
else" Even when they were picket
ing they insisted that there ARE a
lot of other things to be done" Two
very fine national suffrage head
quarters have been maintained in
Washington for several years. There
is joy in both of these establishments
over the victory in passing the
Susan B. Anthony amendment The
next step will be general campaign
in the States that are doubtful.
When the finishing touches are put
onto the great task, it will be in-
teresting to follow the something
else" that the good women of the
Nation will turn their attention to.
Of all the kicks about transports a.
ton which have been made recent.
ly we don't know any more cogent
than that made by The Fairplay
Advocate when it complains that it
costs 20 cents to ship a one pound
package by express to Aldrich. six
miles away. when a 200 pound IN a q
can ride on the same train to the
same place for 10 cents.
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CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Reports that official Washington was
apprehensive of the existing speculative
situation and that there was a possibility
Of the application OF a check OF some
sort led to q carnival of selling shortly
after the noon hour on the Consolidated
Stock Exchange yesterday and material
losses resulted. General Motors, the first
to feel the effect OF the liquidation,
moved widest of all. losing 20k to 21s.
United States Rubber was offered down
8 points to i'm. Central Leather to
1919, National Entmeling and Stamp
ing 61s to 1914, Studebaker 5Ia to 106k
and Pierce Arrow to 81. Utah Copper
and. American Smelling and Refining.
both OF which entered new high ground
at SEX and s6A respectivAiv. fell back
to S5h and sax.
On substantial demand for tobaccos
American Sumatra gained, SIS to 116.
closing at the top. Tobacco Products
was bid up points to 1861. new high
for the year. Marine common proved
another strong issue, gaining III to 55.
dropping to SIX and ending at 52%
The preferred fell back ga to 1l9 and
closed at 100. Southern Pacific moved
widest OF the rails. receding az to 100
and closing at 1917. Most Of the ac-
tive issues OF the group Melted losses
of a point or more. Atlantic Gulf and
West Indies fell back GU TO I75. In the
rallies OF from one 70 two points In those
securities which had suffered most ex-
.tensively during thu wave Of sailing
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COTTON FIRM AT CLOSE.
Finish shows Net Advance of 1b
to 40 Points.

The cotton trade has become accus-
toned to wide fluctuations. but there
have seldom been more violent or rapid
price movements in both directions than
occurred during yesterdays trading.
October contracts. for instance, sold up
to 81 80 during the morning. or 107 points
higher than Mondays closing. then
broke TO 80. or 100 points from the early
high level, and finally closed at 3063.
the general list being firm at a net ad-
vance of IL to 4S points.
First prices were strong at an advance
OF IS to So points and before the urgent
demand was supplied active months
sold 100 to 107 points more than Mon
days closing, or a recovery OF about
375 to 3s5 points from the last Satur-
days low, or nearly s19 bale on the
average. AS soon as the demand from
shorts subsidized the market turned easier
under realizing Many stop orders were
uncovered on a break Of about lis to
$50 points from the high point OF the
morning and OF Is to As points less than
Mondays final quotations. After their
execution the market turned firmer again
on covering and closing prices showed
recoveries OF some so to rs points from
the lowest
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FINANCIAL NOTES.

j. n. Byrns 4 Co: are .ensrinE at 81
&c Sssrf S.,usIo s' so,SS cent cent
gold loan OF 1917.
Bernhard 4 Co., Is with Maury, Rogers 4
AnehIncloss as manager OF the stock de-
partment.
Imbris 4 Co. are offering $500, 900 nrs,
Joslin- schmidt company. manufacturing
chemists The bonds mature in from
one to ten years. yielding per cent.
William r. Compton Company 10 OFFER
Ing a now issue OF 81. 600. 900 Hunt county.
ssA per es sssa direct 0Sli.:ioP eon sao
to the optional date and per cent.
Tennessee Copper and Chemical Corpora
ton has announced that w. D. Huntington
citation. viii assist In planning development
Of the fertilizer entsspriss Of the COM
pany.
the participation list of the syndicate or
ganilsd TO nnderwrite the new issue OF
100000 Empirs Gas ana az Fuel Com
BILE ive year per cent notes has been
closed.
Liberty National Bank ha. been sp.
pointed registrar for the $500. 900 mrs,
mortgage serial convertible I Per cent
gold bonds OF the Crown OIL and Refining
Company OF Houston.
900. 600 secured sinking fund per cent
West India Sugar Finance Corporation
bonds at s7h and interest. yielding 7.3t
per cent. The bankers announce that
more than three-quArters OF the bonds have
been sold.
National City Bank announces the open.
ing Of q branch at Artemisa. Cuba, itl
eleventh on that island.
Bonbright a Co. is offering q new ST.,
900, 900 Issue OF the Southern OIL and
Transport Corporations convertible 8 pei
cent cumulative preferred stock at 10t
and accrued dividend. The proceeds OF this
issue are to be used for improvement OF
tha corporations properties. which. In ad.
dillon to held holdings. include dock and
storage facilities at Tampico, termins
properties at Aransas Pass, Tex. and q
shipbuilding corporation At Nowburgh capa
BILE of supplying . large part OF the neces
sary floating equipment. The corporation'I
total income for 1919 was equal to nearly
ave times the annual dividend require
meuts on this preferred stock. and III
total net assets. exclusive OF oil land leaseb
equal about S42i q share.
II. II. Higgins. Vice president OF tht
chamham and Phenix National Bank. and
Bernon s. Prentice of Dominick q DON'T
nick, have returped from an extended triI
through the oil helds OF Usage and Head,
ton. Oklahoma; Ell Dorado, Kansas. and
Ranger and Caddo, Texas. where they In
spectsd the properties of the Phillips Petro-
leum Company, OF which Mr. Prentice is q
director.
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GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, June 1o.-Ehorts which the
Federal reserve banking decision was
said to be putting forth to check undue
speculation led to much selling of corn
to-day. The market closed heavy at
rs to 2kc. net lower. with July 31.67%
to $l.671a and September sl.5s% to
$l.5s1s. Oats finished y to Nc. down
and provisions varied from 25c- decline
to rise OF 10c.
Oats were governed mainly by the
Higher quotations on hogs made pro.
visions average higher. On the bulge
however. packers sold.
CORN-The market showed Q hrmeI
tone during part OF yesterdays season,
and at one time values were UP about a
s ss local essA fr %art y.S.
quoted at ti.ssk; No. 2 white. 3l.soH,
cost and freight New York.
OATS-Aftsr early advance of y to &c
I o.s.: Of < to C. The local cash marks;
was easy. standard quoted at .IsHc:i No
2 white. 49,; no. 3 white, Use: No;
ssn SssosSS; ordinary Clipped white. 8TS
76hc.. all elevator.
RYE-Market weak No. Western
,i,5s. cost and freight New York.
BARLEY-Msrkst barely steady. Feed.
Ing N:ao; mating. h.a7. cost and freight
BUCKwHEAr - Market qua. Sound
milling. ,siOes.ss. cost and freight New
York
HAY-Markst steady. No. l., 1850
l;to; No. z: t,.'seiso; No. .. 'aiso2,7oi
sTnAw--Mark., steady. No. rye
ouIcLcn ppIrrs
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trustees may refuse to assume the re-

trustees may refuse to assume the re-
spons lbility OF voting for the liquidation
of the company, 80 that 1t may be neces-
sary, In order to liquidate the company,
that 100000 of stock out OF q
total of about possibly only ssS,o0o,oo
vote for liquidation. Is this possible?
For these reasons ] recommend to
the stockholders that they cast their
votes against the resolution providing
for the disposition Of the British assets
of your company. The earnings Of the
company are larger than they have been
for two years The excess profits taxes
payable by the British companies have
been reduced one half and the opera
lions OF your company promise extraor-
binary and unusual income during the
next two or three years"
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Nelr Issue

$25,OOO,OOO
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
Bond Secured Sinking FundConv Notes
Dated JuneI
T $$ssg sss s interest $s !s% r. ~
a$$$ IL % e. s % % $
NEw nu.~
&HsrA o"D""~n
The ' c y s % s ss $ s @ s a%l s e R%
!: :s: ss s s :.s T:: S;:$:
'op:s s 1890 s sss s s s sss slss :s
% s1 ss % I sa Pgs" marketing s psa as
Sc%eca sSsEs gas daily fsy own s. SdS S $1,000
] ss sS s s: sS s s @ Ns :s
partially @ ~
Construction value Mss lea there has been
% | s.'s ssss, @ than
Sinking s.: s": r. :: s: II % Not ' gil % far a
Security Tsss hn ss Ts s eay h. s i ssS
Bonds ssfa J Is s ns A s' asn n ss ' o s
and
efson % % I % % est % rate
E''"tns "s..s f G a :s%s 18Th = $
s:S S: =: ss ss .!s: e. e. ; @
Notes. and Ptc
present Issue
~b~S.n ",-~d and dM~d~
and
Henry L. Doherty & COMPANY
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Conee Csbles-Rjo was n5 refs higher at
1s$4it for No. Z. Exchange unchanged at
S s.lsn Receipts 1000 bags and at0Ot s0''oO0
In Santos spots were 800 reis higher at iSsIoo
for No. and ltepo for No. 7. Receipts a, 900
bags and stock 24H,0 900 bags. 6antos FUTURE
were IFS 20 Z7B reis higher.
Receipts at the ports were "a. 900 bags. against
Paulo had 81. 900, against 1900 and 1000. and
respectively.
Cleared from Santos 1900 bags for New
Orleans.
The weather was fine In four districts Of
Sac Paulo and cloudy In one with tempera tures
ranging from 20 to 81 degrees.
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COFFEE MARKET,
Trustee

New high records were established
again In the coffee market yesterday
when a further advance was recorded
at the opening. sending prices I to IL
points higher than their previous close.
The local advance carried July to
1850. September to 1860, December
to 1900 and March to 1910, but met
wave OF profit taking. Gains were
lost and the market closed at net losses
for the day OF to Q pointA
RAnEe Of prices: Mon
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Paris Bourse Trading.

PARIS, June 10.-Trading on the
Bourse to-day was sustained. Three per
cent rentes were quoted at So francs IS
continues for cash. exchange on London
at 20 francs So centlmes. and the per
cent loan at IS francs 10 centimes. The
dollar was quoted at 6 francs an CEN
tAsa4s -14gA.
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COTTON STATISTICS.
New Oriean. Cotton Market.

NEW ORLEANS, June 10.-Fluctuations
we're wide in cotton to-day, the market
advancing strongly In the early trading
and then slumpins. The close showed
net gains OF II TO 70 POINTS as follows !:
July, Sl.ob: October 31.os; December.
spot steady. so points up; middling,
Sits.
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COFFEE STATISTICS.
Would Sell n. n. T. Certificates.

The Public Service Commission will
hold a hearing on juno 1s at 10 80 A. NJ.
on the application Of Lindley M. Gar
rison az receiver Of the B. r. T.. the New
York Municipal Railway Corporation and
the New York Consolidated Railroad
Company. for authority to issue and sell
Immediately $4,000 900 In receivers GER
tifcateA
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London Money Market.

LONDON, June 1o.-Bar silver 53asd
an ounce money "a. per cent. discount
rates. short bills az per cent; three
months bills as per cent gold pre-
mluIns at Lisbon $50.
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Custom Receipts Yesterday.

Receipts for duties at the Custom
House Yesterday were $345.56725. OF
which ss7,s05.s6 was for merchandise
withdrawn from bonded warehouses and
t76I7sl.Ss for rSoAnt tmportAtiouR
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P.na.yIvania Crude OIL Market.

OIL CITY. June io.-Credit balances,
81; runs, 120,77S average, $3.50; ship
mentE. e7,2s5; average. t2,tSo.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
.JEWELRT-EIrr0t;c
Market IN Diamonds

The diamond situation is such That
manufacturers find it difficult 10 keep
up with the changing prices. One
large importer returning to New York
yesterday after an extended trip
abroad, stated that the price of small
diamonds had been advanced per
cent by the British syndicate within
the past week. The shortage Of these
small stones is most acute and the
willingness of buyers, this importer
said, to pay almost any price for the
stone is causing the foreign dealers
to jump prices. Because Of this Sc
rious shortage Of small or melee dia-
monds manufacturers are refusing to
fill the large retail demand for diamond
studded watches. Each of these
watches contains from 100 to 200 small
stones.
Small stones used extensively in
popular priced gold and platinum
jewelry, which normally sold for from
500 TO $40 carat are now bringing
$500 to $3.50 a carat, with little stock
to be had at that price Platinum, the
price OF which has been advanced 50
an ounce within the last few days,
could be bought in'1914 for SAG, while
it is now selling for 1855 an ounce.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
Berlin Metal Workers
Strike Ends i'm Failure
W a!k-Out CoIlapses v hen Other
Inions Withdraw support,
Suspecling Politics

BERLlN. Nov. II By The Associated
press). ).-Thc metal workers srike.
which had entered upon It's eighth
week. was virtually called of last
nj ght, when the committee OF fifteen
directing it ordered the strikers to
report to headquarters and proceed TO
make necessary arrangements for the
immediate resumption Of work.
The holiday cost big sum lost in
wages and and also ~,aned the strike
treasury, to which sympathizers in
other branches gradually refused TO
contribute further. as real political
movement began to loom uo in the
background. That the strikers were
seriously embarrassed financially in
consequence OF their loss in wages S
Indicated by the fact that the work
ers failed to report ut the city coal
depots for fuel rations. chiefly be
cause they were unable TO pay for
the coal allotted them.
The big industrial plants we're also
heavy losers, although 1T is admitted
that the coal shortage would prooa
bly, have forced them soon TO shut
down temporarily. Although behind
with their orders they say the seven
weeks cessation of work has enabled
them TO stock MP with coal and raw
materials sufficient to permit them 10
enter upon a busy era.