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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
Name of Dealer Known

Name of Dealer Known
| would be glad to give the name of
this dealer but it is not in accordance
with our policy to single out individ-
uals but | have no hesitancy in saying
this dealer is a profteer.
Now for remedy. If we recognize
the right Of any private owner to sell
his goods or keep them as he sees fit,
we recognize his right to fix his own
price. There is, however, a CORE
spending right of the public to refuse
to buy these goods. The minute that
the public refuses to buy goods from
a dealer he begins to do business at
a loss, and it is only matter of time
before he will either fix fair price or
go out Of business.
1t is therefore my opinion that a.
very vital matter is to inform the pub
lie as to what is fair price. | have
given the above figures to inform the
public as to what my investigation
he's shown to be about fair price of
beef. However, it is manifestly i'm
possible for the officers of the depart
ment of justice to become fair price
committee. If for no other reason,
this would necessarily cause us to
neglect other work.
l therefore propose that steps be
taken to organize in Jacksonville q
Jacksonville Fair Price Association"
and that every citizen Of Jacksonville
be solicited to become member. If
people are really interested in this
movement they would and should be
willing to cooperate and do their
share in such an organization. We
should be able to secure, it seems to
me, twenty-five thousand members.
We must have that many If the organ.
ization be effective. That each mem.
Der pay yearly dues Of one dollar,
That officers and an executive COM
mittee be elected, and that a fair
price committee be selected, for each
distinctive branch Of dealers in neces-
saries, and that without in any way
boycotting any dealer, that the mem
bers Of the association refuse to buy
any article at a price larger than that
fixed by the fair price committee
That the public be informed of the
fair price by notice published as
an advertisement in the local papers
q soften as the executive committee
deem expedient, and that as to goods
Of such a character that this cannot
be reasonably done that steps be TAX
en- to have the fair price committee o.
X. the cost and selling price on the
tag or mark that the goods are sold
by.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
MRS. JOHNSON'S
FRIENDS WERE
MUCH SURPRISED
I'll PasO Woman Declares That Her
Rapid Recovery AstOnished Every
one. Had Suffered for Eight Years.

MY recovery and improvement
since l started taking Tanlac, has as
tonished all my friends" said Mrs.
P. A. Johnson 2O2 East Third street,
Ei Paso, Texas.
Il had suffered terribly for eight
years with rheumatism, indigestion
and nervousness she continued.
MY whole body ached so badly that
it was torture to me to get about the
house and even then | had to walk
with crutches. My stomach was in.
such condition that had to live Oh
liquid diet, and even that would
sour and form gas that swelled up
around my heart until l could hardly
breathe at times. My head ached al.
the time and my nerves were so torn
UP could hardly ever get more than
two hours sleep any one night.
"One of my friends who had taken
Tanlac got me to try it. and | was
just gettig up from an operation, that
seemed to do me no good, SO | started
On Tanlac. My rheumatism has all
gone now, | can eat just anything I
want and my nerves are as steady as
clock. | am ow feeling better than
| have before in eight years and have
gained sixteen pounds besides, and
everyone is talking about my wonder
full recovery
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02

The unanimity with which the people
and press of Polk county condemn the
acl Of Governor Cats in the removal
from Office of Sheriff John Logan,
pr0claims to the world that the gov.
ehor has this time pulled the biggest
bone head political deal ever put over
anywhere. The sheriff has been un-
usually successful in the discharge of
his cuty for the eleven years that he
has been sherin of Polk county, hay-
ing taken care Of the criminal bust
hess OF Florida's largest county, in
winch the greater part Of the phos-
pilates used III the world are mined,
ard tnat without the loss of single
deputy by death while in the dis
Charge of his duty. 1t is a remark
able record which Sheriff Logan can
show. One that has never received
any criticism to amount to anything
until the present instance. The
whole trouble now seems to be with
a few who have fallen out with the
sheriff because he has done his duty
too we'll.
And 1t Is to this class, seemingly,
that the governor of the great State
of Florida has listened, instead of to
the cool, sober, business men, the
property holders of the county who
expressed their hearty disapproval Of
the removal Of the sheriff at the meet
ing in Barlow on Sunday afternoon.
No man has ever had more com.
plete vote Of confidence than that Civ.
en- to Sheriff Logan in the expression
OF disapproyal Of his removal by the
governor. as given at the Barlow
meeting.
The situation in the mining district
Of our county is serious. 1t is the
more so because the phosphate COM
panies are really turning out some
rock. And the strike leaders are try.
ing to make it impossible for the
mines to produce.
There is no man in Florida who so
well understands the situation as
Sheriff Logan, and no one who will
give it the care and thought, backed
with unlimited courage that John
Logan has given to it.
Fourteen years of study and organ
izalon has made the sheriffs office
under John Logan force for the pro.
lection of the property of the county,
the enforcing of peace in the district
anected, that has never been sur
passed in the history of the state.
And, the governor, at the request of
several, who are disgruntled or want
to &c things that are not within their
rights, turns all this down to put in
his place, an able mana wise man
and one that will do his duty, as best
he knows it, but it is impossible that
at this stage of the fight he should be
able to take the machinery for the
keeping of the peace of the county
and do the good with it that our Sher-
i'll, John Logan, has done and will
keep doing, if he is allowed to retain
the office and have the support of the
govrnor and other state officials
Lakeland Advertiser.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
ARRESTED TWICE INSIDE
OF TEN MINUTES TIME

Columbus, Aug. 3O.-J. w. Collins
sighteen-year-old Columbus boy, holds
the record in this city for short time
arrests. He was arrested for speed
ing on his motorcycle, released on
bond and rearrested by the motor cor
who had made the first arrest in less
than ten minutes for backing into the
officers motorcycle. The second
charge was malicious destruction of
property.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02

Percentage of gross profit, over AZ
! am sure that we would all be glad
to buy our meat at approximately the
above prices. think that any fair
minded person will agree that a re-
taller who cannot do business on a AZ
per cent margin has no economic right
to do business.
Contrast the above figures with the
prices quoted to the agent of the de-
partment of justice, this morning by
a leading retailer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02

Jacksonville, Sept. 2.-Relative to
profiteering, the following statement
was given out yesterday by Fred
Bolts, assistant district attorney, Uni.
ted States district court, Southern
district of Florida:
The government today, acting
through the department of justice, is
attempting to reduce the cost of the
necessities of life to the consumer
If this attempt is to do any permanent
good it must be done without % de-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02

base my figures on these percentages.
A 4OO-pound cattle at lac per
pound, cost dealer ......... 800
Proposed selling price:
so ID sirloin at 25c. ....... 6.25
SO ID round rump, ETC., at Csc 24.OO
10 ID tenderloin at 25c.. .... 200
80 10 RID, at 25c .......... 900
100 ID chuck and pot roast at1Sc 1900
66lb stew, etc., at 15c. 49,. $50
80 ID waste ........... O0.O0
400 ID ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $79.65
Profit gross ............. $23.65
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
Potiteeri1g Defined
And Suggestions HOzV
To Quickly Eliminate 1t

creasing wages or salaries, (2) with
out decreasing production, (3) with
out reducing the selling price to such
an extent as to prevent each person
manufacturing, transporting or deal
ing in goods from making affair profit
Acting locally we can do little OF
nothing to decrease the cost of pro
duction or transporting goods. This
is matter for nationwide action. We
are, therefore. concerning ourselves
with local selling, end as the retailer
is the last person handling goods be.
fore the consumer, in starting to trace
illegitimate cost to its source we will
start with the retailer.
Will Not Resort to Price Fixing Laws
Also, if our work is to become per-
manent we must try to accomplish
results without resorting to price fix
ing laws, which are of doubtful consti-
nationality even during the emergen-
cy caused by the war, and certainly
would not be legal in the normal
times, which it is our aim to restore
as speedily as possible. At any rate,
speaking broadly there is no penalty
for what is known as "profiteering
or the making of unreasonable profit
on the sale of goods, ard if a penalty
is fixed it cen, at best, operate for
only a short time.
We are, therefore, SO far as purely
local action is concerned, confined to
prfiteering by the local wholesalers or
jobbers and local retailers. Our in
vestigation is not yet complete but it
has gone far enough that l feel quite
sure that there is for more "profiteer.
ing" on the part of the retailer than
the jobber.
"What Is Profiteerine7"
l have used the word "profiteering"
several times. In the last few weeks
have been asked a number of times,
What is profiteering" l think that
an example Of the cost to the retailer
and the selling price by him of beef
in the city Of Jacksonville will answer
this question. take beef as an ex-
ample for the reason that / have at
hand more definite information on
this one article than any other.
Below is table giving the cost Of
a whole carcass Of beef, known to the
trade as "a CATTLE" l take O four
UNDERGROUND cattle and fix the pur.
chase price to the dealer at r4c per
pound. This price, if any thing, a lit.
tie more than the average price at
which the wholesaler il now selling
such meat. I have also secured from
dealer the approximate percentage
Of each cut Of meat In a cattle and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
FRED Bolts, ASSISTANT U. S.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SHOWS
HOW ORGANIZATION AND CO.
OPERATION WILL AID.

Citizens Urged to Form Association
and Appoint Committee to Get Cost
Prices and Determine Fair Selling
Price-Proposed Plan Believed to
Be More Effective Than Legislation
Would Be.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02

A road district in volusia County
mas 100000 of bonds to be sold.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-02
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, POLK COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN cHANcERY.--LIsIs W. Saith

FLORIDA. IN cHSNceRY.EIi.I. ". sn,tS
vs.. Edwln sandys Dawes, George Augustus
Thomson and Anthony Norris. Trustee, Of al.
BILL TO QUIET TITLE.
In the above stated cause II Is hereby or
dered that all persons claiming any interest
In the premises hereinafter described as
heirs at-law, grantees. devlsees, creditors,
legal Representatives or otherwise,
through and under the following named de-
ceased persons, towlt Edwin Sandys Dawes,
George Augustus Thomson and Anthony Nor.
ris, trustees Of the Florida Land & coloni-
zation Company, Limited, and all and every
person whomsoeyer claiming any interest In
the said premises In the county Of Polk and
State Of Florida, to-Wit:
Southwest quarter tSWA1 Of nCrtheasi
Evening star., 1919-11-16
a day or two for California, where
they will spend the winter.

Capt. and Mrs. Perry Belmont left
Washington yesterday afternoon for
New York. where they will remain for
about a month before opening their
house here for the winter.
Capt. and Mrs. Belmont, Mrs. Joe
call upon the Prince of Wales in Bel
mont house on Friday evening Just
before his departure for the White
Sulphur Springs. The prince pre-
sented Capt. Belmont with silver
cigarette case as a little token. whlle
en- of Washington society. received
signed photographs of his royal high
ness.
A brilliant social affair Of last
night, the first of two to be given,
was the dance at the Montgomery
Country Club for the benefit OF the
working boys home.
Gay autumn decorations and the
snappiest of dance music rounded the
The patronesses for the dance included
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. Franklin K
Lane, Mrs. Mahlon Pitney, Mrs. Frede-
rick H. Gillett. Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, jr.: Mrs. George Barnett. Wis
countess de Sibour, Mrs. Marshall Field,
Mrs. walter Tuckerman. Mrs. Horace
Westcott and Mrs. Randall Hagner. !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Ellis enter
tanned at dinner before the dance, and
a Dutch treat dinner party. which was
previously arranged, included the Bel
gian ambassador and Baroness de Car
tier. Justice and Mrs. Pitney. the Secre-
tary Of War and Mrs Baker, the Secre-
tary Of the Interior and Mrs. Lane. the
Speaker Of the House and Mrs. Gillett,
Senator and Mrs. Charles B. Henderson.
Representative and Mrs. John Jacob
Rogers, Representative and Mrs. Rich
ard Olney. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George
Barnett, Mr.. Henry Breckinridge, Miss
Nancy Lane. Miss Anna Hamlin, Mr..
number Of young diplomats. ~
Miss Marian Drain, the debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Drain. will be the hostess at a luncheon
Thursday in compliment to her house
guests, Miss AileeH Hughes. daughter Of
Sir Sam Hughes Of Canada and Miss
Elsie Futclisse, also Of Canada, who
win arrive in washington on that day.
Mr.. John c. Wiley. secretary Of the
American legation at The Hague. has
arrived In Washington from the Meth
erlands.
The mayor of Boston. Mr. Peters.
who. with Mrs. Peters. has been the
guest of the assistant secretary of
state and Mrs. William Phillips. has
returned to his home. Mrs. Peters re-
| naming on lot q rev Gays longer.
| Miss Marie Adams will leave WASH
| ington tomorrow for Pensacola. Fla,
where she will be the guest for sew
eral weeks Of Commander and Mrs.
Henry Martin Jensen.
| Mrs. William T. Macmillan and chfl-
dren have Joined Lieut.. Col MacMil-
Jan at the residence, 1920 Corcoran
street, which they recently leased.
| Mrs Marshall Field will entertain al
. dinner party Monday evening. ..
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Greene Grimes
with their infant daughter. Adele
born in Washington, have concluded
their visit to Mrs. Grimes parents
the Postmaster General and Mrs. Bur
Lesson. and returned to their home, in
Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. George M Young. wife of Rep.
| resentative Young, was hostess at a
! luncheon Wednesday at the Cafe St
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In the Diplomatic Corps.
The Spanish ambassador and Sonora
de Riano will entertain at dinner to-
morrow evening at the embassy. on
18th street.
viscount Grey of Fallodon. ambas-
Eador from Great Britain. will attend
Academy of Political Science at the
Astor Hotel. New York city. on Fri
day. November 81.
Nine. de Bonillas, wife of the Mex
ican ambassador. is planning to leave
Washington later in the month for
st. Louis. Mo. where she will meet
DR.. Juan B. Rojo. recently appointed
Mexican minister to Japan. and Nine.
Rojo. who will pass through this
country en- route to Toxic: Senor Dr..
and Nine. Rojo are both widely known
in this city. where their marriage took
place at the Mexican embassy. the
FORMER being attached to the STAFF at
I that time.
The minister of Switzerland and
Nine. suizer will entertain two din
ner companies this week at the lega-
tion on Massachusetts, avenue. one
tomorrow evening and the other
. Thursday evening, when their guests
have been invited to meet the dele
gates from Switzerland to the inter-
national labor conference.
: The minister Of Guatemala. Senior
Don Joaquin Mendez. will likewise be
q luncheon host entertaining at the
, legation this week in honor Of the
I member Of the special mission from
/, Washington to present President Will
: son with q vote Of thanks from the
: government and people Of Guatemala
for his work during the world war.
The mission includes Senor Maxine
Soto Hall. senor Manuel N: GiFon "a and
: were presented to the Secretary. OF
] State by Senior Don Mendez Friday
and they are devoting part OF each
day to Sightseeing.
The Secretary of State. Mr.. Ian
: sing. will entertain at luncheon Fri
: day in honor OF the special mission
here from Guatemala.
Mrs. Glass. wife of the Secretary OF
the Treasury. Is spending the week
end in Lynchburg, Va. where she went
to attend the Hawkins-Lynn wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. John Guerrant Boat
wright. the latter formerly Miss Mary
Archer Glass. spent several days here
last week with the Secretary and Mrs
Glass. and they also were in Lynch
! burg for the wedding.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs
/ Baker will have as their guest this
! week Mrs. Bakers brother. Mr.. Ralph
Leopold. who will give piano recital
here on Thursday. November 20.
Miss Betty Baker. the young daugh-
1 ter Of the Secretary of War and Mrs
Baker, had an unexpected presenta-
: tation to the Prince of Wales shortly
before his departure.
s Late in the afternoon she and q
Z number Of her chums from the
( Friends School took a stand across
the street from the Perry Belmont
house to catch glimpse OF his roya
: highness. when returning from q tea
I at the White House.
{ After q little Secretary Baker hap
j pened by on his way home from ONCE
: and, upon seeing Miss Betty. stopped
1 his car to ask why they were waiting
AS he did not like TO see the girl
stand on the street corner. he easil,
got perm ission for them to enter tn,
house and wait. When his royal high
ness came In he met little Miss Bake
Z and her companions and shook hand
z with them and chatted with them TO
some time before going upstairs.
= The Attorney General and Mrs. Pal
mer have az their guest over tn
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= MISS. MARCIA CHAPLIN Z
Who wifi be presented to society Decs~ber at
a1ara Tea a-.H'.-1~'~s-

Marion Drain. Miss Claire Louise
Boyle. Miss Peggy Martin, Miss Mar
cia Chaplin, Miss Marjorie Wright.
Miss Olyve Graef, Miss Mildred Brom-
well, Miss Anna Hamlin, Miss Ade-
laide Tuttle. Miss Elsie Downing
Miss Alys Downing. Miss Carolyn
Nash, Miss Cora Barry, Miss Louise
Delano. Miss Eleanor Johnston. Miss
Ruth Hitchcock. Miss Catherine Rob
inson and Mrs. George LIE Roy Boyle.
Baron Mayor des Planches. former
Italian ambassador to the United
States, will entertain at dinner in the
presidential suite at the New Willard
Thursday evening.
-
Mr.. Ivan r. Drechsier Of Baltimore
entertained the manager. directors
and their associates Of the Potomac
Division Of the American Red Cross
at dinner dance at the st. Marks
Cafe Friday evening. The tables
formed the emblem Of the organiza-
ton with huge Red Cross Of red
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carnations as a centerpiece. The place
cards were in the form of tiny red
crosses with an appropriate verse for
each guest. Those present were Mrs.
Blanche Bartlett, Mrs. Frances B.
Toplitz. Mrs. Charles H. Hillegeist,
Mrs. Lucy A. Holloway, Mrs. E. F.
Van Riper, Mrs. E. H. Macleod. Mrs.
D. M. Fisher, Miss Georgia Nevins,
Miss Ellen NJ. Rugg, Miss Pauline
Fairchild. Miss Elizabeth Criswell, Miss
Mary Virginia Hopkins, Miss Made
line Oldfeld. Miss Claudia Jackson.
Miss Josie Ryan. Miss Ida NJ. Bas-
sett, Miss Katherine Thesis, Miss
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/ Marks. entertaining in honor Of Mrs.
John Baer. mother of Representative
John NJ. Baer of North Dakota. The
guests included the ladies of the
North Dakota delegation.
Mrs. Peter G. Gerry and Mrs. Nc
Kenna Pultz will go to White Sui
phur Springs on November 1S to make
an extended stay.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. r. Hit, who
, have lately been visiting Mrs. Stephen
! Il. ElkinS at Washington, are now al
their country place at Warrenton. Va
They will go today to the Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs to remain over
Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Glover and
their daughter, Nine. Renee de Marees
van Swinderen who iS their gxuest
will close Westover. their place in
the country this week, and will take
possession of their X street residence.
Mrs. Silas Mason Newton Of Rich
mond, Va, is visiting Representative
and Mrs. Edward E. Browne at their
residence West Underwood street
Chevy Chase, Md.
Among those who motored to the
Yale-Princeton foot ball game. at
New Haven. yesterday. was Miss Abb
SdiI 11dIVcy, Will 1hCy " IA
be joined in New York by Miss Mil
| dred Sisson. recently house guest OF
Miss Harvey.
Cards have been received in Wash
ington from former Representative
and Mrs. Lincoln Dixon announcing
the marriage of their daughter
Claire to Mr.. Palmer Kennedy on
Saturday, November 8. ut North Yer
non. Ind. Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy will
be at home at the Roydon. in Wash
ington. The bride became very well
| known in official society in Washing
| ton during her fathers several terms
! in the House. and her return here af
| a bride will be a matter of pleasant
concern to congressional society.
Mrs. Howard Hume is the chairman r
of the young ladies' committee fol
| the ball to be given Thanksgiving
eve at the New Willard for the ben.
eft of the Episcopal Eye, Ear ant
Throat Hospital. Assisting her will
be Miss Nancy Lane, Miss France.
Hampson, Miss Agnes Scott. Mis-.
Leila Gordon, Miss Anne Gordon. Mis-.
Betty Grove, Miss Lindsay Wood, Mis-.
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IN RAPTURES OVER TITLED GUEST,
SOCIETY NOW SETTLES DOWN TO
PLANNING FOR WINTERS PROGRAM
Instead of Official Formaltes for Royalty Burdenins
Society They Served Sprightly Eye-Opener for
Winter Season and Whetted the Appetite
for Fuller Program.
SALLIE v. II. PICKETT.

H-HOsE a royalty staid, stale and too
dged hereafter change their minds for Washington
Il of the Prince of Wales right heartily
his hgne real fun and the
supposedly took
buoyany youthfun and love
himself rafting good fun for
the and the Younger
him said he good fellow and gentle girl
NOWHERE had one better opportunity
prince, the democratic he went
beautiful behold One lad who left both
had quite conversation with his royal hgnes and he
full for the boys who held out their auto
graph albums From ron the dinner With Vs ike M
81 soe5 s;t4 took tx
ene he H No pfnee could
Hosss II b halls the gss anal
@ % ns os honor more @ h 0 Ssnda i
passed o strangers
nights Montgomery Country Club for
II Working opening
not Sa ali them |
they will serve good purpose equally we'll
IN the the New Willard for the bene
Hospital the
for
THURSDAY will be marked several interesting wed
ding chief of which Mary
u which will take place the chapel the Home Frday
David Loudon Johnson
DEBUTANTES busy their little dinner and
parties precede follow society,"
wr the first
at 5 whom at ss I on II the
MISS happy securing series
" Thursday Leopold brother of
Mrs Newton Baker whose achievements pianist known all
this & Mr. s of @ the of
TWO
o'clock and the other the following day. the
same hour which Mr. Thomas M n has for
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Gertrude Carley, Miss Anna S. Cum
mings, Miss Frances G. Todhunter.
Miss c. Frances Loomis and Miss
Eugenia Bryant and Mr.. Charles A.
Rogers. Mr.. George H. Zacks. DR..
George A. Sloane DR.. Carroll E. Bing-
man, Mr.. Charles H Hillogeist. Mr..
George A. Feeney. Mr.. w. D. Rogers.
Mr. C. L. Gilbert, Mr.. Frank Ellis, Mr..
w. L. Howson. Mr.. Irving b New
comb, Mr. Patrick Corcoran, Mr.. L. j.
Penney, Mr.. David H. Brown and Mr..
r. Edward Murtaugh.
The Swedish delegation to the in
ternational labor conference will en-
tertain at dinner at the New Willard
Thursday evening. and on Saturday
ey,.u.us Mr. II b. Butler win give d