davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
WHAT he WAS DoINo.

Two young Louisville clerks. hlr
ing a day of, each hired a bicycle
and took spin in the country. Ten
miles from town the cyclists decided
70 have a race. One distanced the
other some 300 yards and was re-
1oicing In his victory. when, in turn
ing bad corner he collapsed over 9
heap Of stones. The wheel was de-
nolished and the rider vas irretrier
ably miIed among the spokes- An
aged woman, who happened % Be
passing, was met At turn in the
road by clerk No. Q. NY good
woman" said he, have you seen Q
young man on q bicycle around
here" II have not" abe answered,
simply; but ! avsyouns man up
the road . ways. who vu sitting c
tAs bsnk. mendinS umbrellA-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
On Un5srtilized Iand On Fertilized Iand
Fertile Soil Increases the Hired Mans Efficiency
red ans Efficiency.

teal effect through increasing the cT
production per man. but there is veg
decided moral effect on the man hin
self. Being human. the farm hand
likes TO work with thrifty luxuriani
crops. He unconsciously puts forh
his greatest efforts when ne has before
him the stimulus of big yield.
He goes into slump and gets dis
gruntled and discouraged with ihe
prospect Of a poor scrubby crop. Per
haps. after all. he Is only rejecting The
attitude OF the man he works for.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

wheat), ana $1,000 pounds OF hoy
straw and slower yearly. II. on The
other hand. this same man We're 10
spend his time growing crops where
fertilizer amounting to TAB pounds p-r
acre was applied each year. his total
yearly crop production would mount
up TO 1888 bushels OF grain aud VI.
900 pounds Of hay. straw and stoyr
The man working on improved land
was able 10 produce three times as
large crop as the man working %
ordinary soil. Not only IS there prac
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
R|BvNE editor
GOT HIS SALARY
oRogRKD NONE PAID TO HM.
PloTRs WHO ENTERED
SERVICE suT TOOK
HIS OWN
AGAINST WAR WITH GERMANY
Joseph Mediii Patterson and Writer
Of "Milllen Dollar EDITORIAL"
Testify In Defense Of Paper
In tho Ford Case.

Mt Clemens. Witnesses for
The Chicago Tribune In its defense
OF its action in labelling Henry Ford
an anarchist" included Joseph Mediii
Patterson. one OF the editors OF The
Tribune and Clifford 8. Raymond.
writer OF what 10 now known as the
million dollar editorial"
In the course OF the testimony II
was developed that Mr.. Patterson L.
sued Il order when Tribune men
began TO enter the service OF the
country after the United States enter
ed the war. that no wages were t.
be paid to the departing men. whether
they had dependents OF not. but that
he personally continued 20 draw his
salary OF $4,000 a year after he went
10 France
Both Mr. Patterson and Mr.. Ray
mand also testified that they knew
Germany wanted TO see the United
States at war with Mexico but that
despite this fact The Tribune con-
tinued TO urge Intervention in Mexico
and to oppose war with Germany.
This was drawn out on cross-examin-
alton by counsel for Mr.. Ford In An
sndeayor TO show that The Tribune
was pro German up TO the time the
United States entered the war.
Arrested In Belgium
Counsel for Mr.. Ford asked Mr..
Patterson II II was not true that he
had gone TO Germany during the early
days Of the world war for the purpose
OF writing the German side OF the
controversy. Mr. Patterson denied
this and counsel then introduced .
copy OF The Tribune In which the an
nouncement was made that Mr.. Pat
terson was being sent TO Germany to
get the German point OF view. The
witness admitted having been arrest
I'd In Belgium. on leaving Germany,
ON q charge that he had written pro-
German articles.
In The Tribune you opposed and
denounced war with Germany. didn't
yoS?" asked Ford counsel
We did not oppose war. we dis
couraged IT," answered Mr.. Patterson
We had been at close quarters and
we knew what an awful thing it was"
but you advocated war with Mex
leo"
We advocated Intervention"
We'll. doesn't Intervention mean
war;"
Usually"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
FERTILE SOIL A BIG FACTOR IN Crop PRODUCTION
Rich Efficiency Average Farm Hand
Back in 1917 the extension depar

Back In 1917 the extension depart
ment OF the University OF West vlr-
glnia made census VI the state with
view to learning what acreage Of
crops the average farm hand cared
for. They found That on the better
for 70 acres of crops. 10 acres OF
meadow and II animal units.
or course the fact that a man cult
Yates certain number Of acres has
really but little bearing on the final
question. II Is the amount OF crop
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

Newspaper adver,isins j.
conceded by the great bu iue
Enterprises in this c"untr' and
Europe TO b. the best kind OF al
yertising,' remarked \ IL -
ihold Of WhesIing. w Va % IN
Washington Post Near v | h
emirently successfui business
concei ms owe large m urr 81
their SUI sss to the nov spIp-r
hi is due TO 4 faci that III
get more direct results fnr
any o. her method III advs' ~
1t is also more saiisiac'ut /"
cause advertisers nrea''i tot' zee
results IRON their adver isem"f l.
in the newspapers wh,Ie they
cannot il they advartisA onl, ia
Their WAYS. Ii is impossible to
estimate The amount OF Ilone,
spent in this country in newspa
per advertising | know of o, e
concern that spends half amilIion
dollars agar and doubtless there
zr others who spend lArgersums
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

Mrs. Aristocrat-Did you hsa
shat Mrs Eouvesu Richs said to
me at the concert this EVENING"
Mrs Wellborn-No, my dear; DO
tell me all about il.
hn Aristocrat-Well, shs h-
formed me that aha had DECIDED b
have q nom-depluns In Der bat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
SowL And fertilize To 1ale UP For Lost CROWNS

The illustration shows the points
Sian ny where be
OF this which
fertilizer other yO
plants through the winter a condition
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

Call on Chas. Flick. Either
contract or nv day Good work
guaranteed. Corner Sd and Main
st. Phone "a.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
Advocated Taking Mesles

You advocated the taking OF Mex
leo too. didn't you" The witness was
inclined TO deny this until shown
copy OF The Tribune in which the
seizure Of Mexico was urged editor
tally and then aswered yes"
Mr.. Raymond. when asked by coun-
sci on cross-examination why The
Tribune excoriated Theodore Roose-
welt because OF his utterances fol-
lowing the sinking OF the Lusitania.
said he believed such talk was not
helpful to the government in reaching
q decision. and that calmness was
dsS1ssble.
Did you ever argue for calmness
when border difficulty arose?"
asked Ford counsel
Il think not" answered the witness.
You used some pretty violent lam
guage yourself. didn't you!"
Il believe we did"
Upon direct examination Mr.. Ray
mond denied knowledge OF the Inter
national Harvester Co. and Standard
Oil Co. stocks held by relatives OF the
editors and publishers of The Tribune
and also denied interference with his
editorial utterances.
Mr. Patterson likewise denied that
STANDARD oil or the International Har-
vester have had any effect on The
Tribune's editorial policies
Mr.. Patterson admitted having once
been a member OF the socialist party.
Ford counsel offered In evidence Mr..
Patterson's book A Little Brother
Of the Rich" in AZ effort to prove that
Mr.. Patterson once ,v,d views similar
to those attributed to Henry Ford. 1t
Was not admitted.
Writer Too "Pro-arltish"
The witness admitted having dis
charged Frederick VIM. Well. The
Tribune's London correspondent. be-
fore the United States entered the
war. Counsel for Ford asked II Well
was told that bis articles were too
pro-Ally.
TOO pro-British is what I probably
said" returned the editor.
Col. Henry J. Reilly. commander OF
the famous artillery regiment from
Chicago, known as "Reilly's Bucks"
took the stand and testified as q mil
itsry expert to the necessity for inter
yention In Mexico. A long deposition
was also read from James w Gerard,
former II. q. Ambassador to Germany
placing the blame for Mexics
troubles at Cermany's door
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11
Claims and Allowances

OF he Duhuif county Clrmlss
10 ,ers court Jd,s ;.,m 1919
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

Robert N0rd on, -ieTIfi fee 81 80
O. per m 10 ''
Mrs L Nci hon s.p J MI -
y lch >tnnlngrI o port "a hriu.r, ace 1
F., i.s BAT ~ e. a., li.san, lnqu e. tS
s. IS
9 + Sp,ed & L rr,i4inu s2-h o. cCnr
RI { L4..ug, y, rIv am 10 20, 60 {
f.hn 4 Hu hes on x 4 Au.iitnI. 1000
r PeA-e u surveyor A. p
ID j VI tauan.., rOft di- - t4S, ~ al
Las II Bsrll. fses collected 4O2 -
) acOD II >eng Auditor iees col ~ 40
l. T Bl-s-insrr. R-c'drr fee cIi 4j3 -
>. JDcliI a r. al. al pctlil o.. accey -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

1. IL 4 kean, toad ~ ChanIirs 10
X 49, Nort OH >heIr ievs - ~
b Krempp. new br harbi-"n. sA6 q
new d. teId.nA..d % ~
&" Z" p Jail. l1h 80
Anton W lu-I, sap Jail, 10 ~
w II II MN 7 81 81 viewing '~d, 40
ID II Guble Pt Go. IN OK Co clerk, CO.
J a. q i-aa-i = supt bridge ~ 30
L n Stutm HiA O., u Cur, II 10 -
A." sup lail -
&" sup Poor faru ~ d
VIM Erny, up poor farm, -
EJrie-t Anderson = w
J Asper Machin " hs ;. y
Ulty Of Jasp,r, cup Coun h-use Z" ~
-. ,u'.Jnt els
Woodburn ~ 90, I'll az Go ERIK. tN
r.-roId,r 4 10
Edw x l. Nh 1dy r,pAtis IA. ~ -
Geo x M-ssm' 7, rex Ioat Tepai's o. ia
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

hlt''l ~ ~
IHs a.. 1870 l~k
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-11

Zulrcher stepped cut int the saw
dust IN front Of the bar and, as VII
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29
BUSINESS MEN
Blamed For High Shoe
Costs.

Washington.-Th federal trade
commission reports that the high price
of shoes can not be justified
The favorite high wages" excuse
of business men is not accepted by
the commission, which states that
''labor and general expenses did not
increase at SO great rate as either
leather or other materials"
1t is shown that leather constitutes
from 60 to rs per cent of the total
cost of all shoes, except infants, and
the retailers absolute profit per pair
of shoes was very much greater in
1913 than in 1914"
In group of shoes that cost the
retailer from 81 to $3.50 in 1914, a
large proportion of them were re-
tailed for $3.50 In 1918 the same
shoes cost the retailer from $3.05
to $445 and were sold from So to
81 pair In 1914 the retailers abb
solute gross profit for this group av-
eraged little more than 81 per pair,
and in 1913 it averaged more than
$1.80 per pair, while popular priced
stores had lower rate of expense in
1918 than they had in years prior
to that time
The commission finds that the re-
taller is not the only one to blame.
It says:
''Fhe public had to pay prices for
shoes that could not be justified not
only because retail shoe dealers took
too much profit, but because the dealer
had to pass on to the consumer the
excessive profits received by butchers
for hides and also the excess profits
of tanners and shoe manufacturers
Taking into consideration all the
circumstances, the high prices of shoes
in 1917 and 1913 cannot be justified.
Leather manufacturers, shoe manu-
facturers and retail shoe merchants
all made unprecedented profits"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

during which the trust movement de-
veloped and private interests gained
an almost unbreakable hold upon the
country's industry and finance and
its national resources. 1t was more
than twenty years before labor was
as well organized, powerful and pro-
gressive as it had been before its
hopes were shattered by the Haymar-
ket riots.
Nor is the situation in an autocracy
as much different as might be thought.
Assassination and violence were long
excepted as the inevitable tactics for
use against czarism in Russia. So
the revolutionists organized individ-
ual warfare. They went cheerfully
tc their deaths, or to worse torture
end imprisonment, if they could but
rid the world of tyrant. They poured
into their work devotion and courage
exceeding that displayed upon the bat
tlefield When all this had been done
it was discovered that the director
and manager of the terrorist move
ment, the organizer of violence, the
leader of the propaganda of the
deed" was Azey, who was also the
head of the imperial secret service.
Revolutions. or other violent up
heavals are sooner or later almost
inevitable in nations governed by ruth
less autocracies, such as France under
the Bourbons and Russia under the
Romanoffs. But in free republic
where the ballot is put into every citi-
zen's hands, and the government is
the creature of the people instead of
their master, violence is needless, is
opposed by the people, and defeats
its own ends, We are going to se-
cure justice for the workers in this
country, and we are going to do it
by orderly, peaceful, political meth
ods, for the political power is already
n the workers hands.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

Thanks to the energy and deter
mination of Los Angeles trade-union-
lists in organizing the workers, the
number of union men and women now
employed in the city is greater than
ever before. There are fair and lib
eral employers in Los Angeles; but,
for the most part, the gains made NY
the unions have been achieved in the
face of the bitterest opposition from
the troglodytes of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
In view of the revolutionary changes
wrought throughout the world by the
great war, and of the steady growth
of unionism in this last stronghold of
4 industrial reactionism, the recent dec
/ laration of the M. and M. has all the
appearance of theatric bluster. 1t is
gesture of defiance. which expresses
itself in disingenuous words; but it
1 represents an attitude which cannot
prevail against the sweeping tide of
trade -unionism.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29
TWADDLE OF
CAVE JEWELLERS
Still Heard In Los Angeles
By W. ]. GHENT

BY w. j. GHENT
OF the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy
The war has taught nothing to the
standpat employers of Los Angeles.
A was the case with the French Bour-
bons, they learn nothing and they for
get nothing. On June 18th, 200 mem
bers of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association met and solemnly
reiterated their declaration OF the
policy of the "open shop" The dec
laration reads Tin part) as follows:
eve hereby pledge ourselves to the
continuance of open-shop conditions
that will give employment to every
honest working man and woman, with
out regard to affiiation or non-affilia-
ton with unions, giving every Ameri-
can citizen the right to earn liveli-
hood, unmolested by the dictates of
walking delegates and union organ
i2ers, and protecting them in their
lawful employment under the most IA
vorable conditionsn'
The war has wrought profound
changes, all over the world, not only
in conditions but in attitudes and opin-
ions. 1t has established the collective
bargain, and it has opened the way
for labor's participation in manage
ment. But the troglodytes of one
community on the planet are invul-
nerable. Nothing penetrates their
cranial walls. The year 1919 is to
them as the year 1913. If any new
light on the labor problem has dawned
in that time they have never seen il
nor heard of it, and they are resolved
not to see nor hear They are still
for the "open shop"
But this declaration of policy is not
merely reiteration of Bourbonism
1t is also reiteration of hypocritical
pretense. These provincial barons OF
industry never believed in the "oper
shop" and do not now. What they
mean by the term open shop" in
1919 is exactly what they meant in
1914 They mean a shop closed tc
union men.
In September, 1914, the Industrial
Relations Commission held sittings in
Los Angeles, and its members sought
by a careful questioning of the indus
trial magnates who came forward as
witnesses to learn how "open" Los
Angeles ''open shop might be-
TO middle-class persons who hac
been impressed by the propaganda Of
the employers, the replies were a rev.
eletion Some Of these employers, 4
il true, did not know what the term
means. Parrot-like, they had merely
repeated it from others. But most
of them, an dali of the more import
!. ant ones, knew; and yet they admit,
ted, under close questioning, that they
did not want any union men about
and as far as possible kept them out
Union men "interfered with the busi-
ness"
What the employers wanted was
profits, speeding up, the unimpeded
right to decide for themselves who
should be employed and who discharg
ed, at wages and hours fixed by them
selves. The "open shop" meant the
shop open only to persons who har.
bored nc nonsense about collective
bargaining.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29
BALLOTS MORE POTENT
THAN BULLETS TO WIN
Organized Labor By Virtue of
Members Should Peaceably
Control the Future
Situation.
(From the Pittsburg Press

From the Pittsburg Press
In 1886 the eight-hour day seemed
within the grasp of American labor.
The Knights of Labor, the lone big
|union" of it's time, and the only union
of that time that ever achieved so
great success, was so powerful that
its possibilities seemed unlimited. Its
officers had become alarmed at its
amazing growth and temporarily
closed the doors to new members.
| Newly formed labor parties were gain
ing local victories. Public attention
was focused upon labor problems. All
things pointed to the dawning of a
new era.
Then came the riots of May l, and
the massacre of the police in Hay
market square. Thirty years have
lot sufficiently cleared away the con-
fusion to permit any accurate appor-
t;onment of the blame for the events
that led to that act, nor for the guilt
Of It's perpetration, nor of justice to
those who suffered for it,
Some things do clearly emerge from
that welter Of dissension and contra
dictory evidence. The eight hour
agitation almost disappeared. The
Knights Of Labor, although not re-
sponsible for the Haynarket massa-
ere, nevertheless dropped into mega.
tive existence, losing the greater por-
ton Of its then enormous membership,
power and influence. A tidal wave
OF reaction swept over the country.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

He has become permeated with
the liberal policies and methods that have
made that store the most progressive and fast growing
clothing business in the state He has this de-
veoped through the highest order of service and safac
ton
He realizes the advertising and tradebuding mportancy
of thoroughly satisfied customer His creed is complete
satisfaction money readily refunded
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

He courts the hand of welcome
and in return he pledges himself to serve
in that will be impressive of his sincerity nteg
ry and honesty of purpose to be of genuine usefulness and
benefit to those who will test his and capacity
to win their friendship and patronage.
In the of introduction Mr. EpthRath has been for
important factor in the of the prom
nent clothes shop of Dayton--The Metropolitan.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

He has surrounded himself with the merchandise the
facilities and the organization through such scheme of
and enof fHamitont i pnd
pr e has ma o in his town sho oexeld by Other in
in quhym mehnd deganes srvcef oradvn
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-08-29

When Max E. Eph-Rath elected Hamilton as
his home and haven of livelihood he considered well the
possibilities he his fellow citizens
part O. andp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
HERE TO
HELP OUT THRIFT
ORGANIZATIONS

A. B. Reisman with headquarters in
Atlanta is in Birmingham to help the five
hundred or more Thrift societies which
were organized in Birmingham during the
month of June In speaking Of the work
here Mr.. Reisman said:
The valuable lessons in thrift taught
by the government during the war by the
sale to the people of Thrift and War Saw
ings Stamps is not to be lost, in this sue
ceeding period of peace, if the government
can prevent it. But the habit of practice
of saving that had its incipiency in the
little stamps sold for quarter, or the
perpetuated among tho American people.
money for the government but to en-
courage and cultivate the habit of saving
something for the future.
THE government requests that all Sec
retaries of Thrift societies be prompt as
possible in sending in their monthly re-
port as these reports are essential to the
treasury department in tabulating the
actual result obtained through these Thrift
societies. If for any reason the secretary
is unable to make report a letter to the
Atlanta office will help in getting the
organization so that the report can be
sent in at the earlies time.
"a. c. Crowder in speaking of the work
which was done here by the field represen-
tatives of the treasury department is
gratified with the actual result shown
in the selling of Thrift and War Savings
Stamps, as the sales have increa sed two
fold or more since these societies have
been organized"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
MORE SHOPMEN Join.
RANKS OF STRIKERS.
Labor Executives Decline to
Make Statement as to
Strike Situation

All the Sunday workers of the shop
men at the l.. & N. and A. B. & A. rail-
road shops at Boyles and West End
walked out yesterday morning and all
the shopmen and car repair men of the
other roads in this city will walk out
this morning, according to statements
made by the strikers yesterday. Union
officials, however, declined to make any
statement as to the strike.
Some of the strikers state that in sew
eral cases the strike was premature,
pending the counting of the strike votes,
which were to have been taken all over
the country today.
Shop and car men from the L. & NJ
railroad round house at Boyles stated
that all the men who were to have gone
to work at the shops yesterday morn
ing, collected at the round house and
when the time came declared that the
strike had gone into effect. They also
said that those working for the A. 3. 6,
A. at West End were out.
The strikers were little more talka-
tive than they had been yesterday, al
though the local executives in charge
were quiet, and made statements to the
effect that the city would be surprised
in the morning and that this was but
the beginning Of one of the biggest
strikes ever put over in the history OF
the country. NJ sol Ais- ss+r ri
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
Association College to
Train Men for Y. M. c. A.
Work to Be Established

The Young Mems Christian associa-
tions of the south have decided to open
at Nashville in October. an associa-
ton college with the view of training
hundreds of young men of the south
who are anxious to enter association
work.
The trustees of the new school have
made arrangements with Vanderbilt
university and it's associate schools
and with Peabody college and its at
filiated schools so that any young man
entering the association college may
take such additional studies as he de-
sires at either Vanderbilt of Peabody.
The establishment of this new school
has been made necessary by the urgent
demand on the part OF hundreds of men
in the south asking that such a school
be organized and put In operation, II Is
said.
DR.. w. D. Weatherford. for many
years head of the student department
of the association work in the south.
has been elected president OF the
school