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themselves. It is proposed, merely pc
cause some of the farmers oppose the
law, to take away the benefits which
it has brought to millions of citizens
in this country. / think the proposal
is i'll conceived and certainly has been
brought forward without proper
study of the matter.
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Senator Hitchcock Opposes Repeal

Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska.
democrat. announced that he was
firmly against the repeal of the day
light saving law.
Il believe the law is good one and
is working for the benefit Of the
American people" he said
Senator Weeks of Massa chusetts,
himself a farm owner and a farmer
during the summer months when he
can get away from Washington, said ::
II saw many farmers last summer
and l did not find that they were
suffering any great hardships from
the operation of this law. Nor did !
hear any of them complain about it
The operation of the law not only is
a saving of daylight. but of many
other things. including fuel and
light
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be possible for America to exercise ef-
fective influence in the direction of
rew-fashioned world settlement.
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Beer Supply Problem.

How long the present supply OF beer
will last is also a question which Is
beginning to give concern, and TO
which, apparently, no satisfactory an
swer is Forthcoming. one thlng at
least is certain-it viii not last as
long as was generally supposed lew
weeks ago, perhaps not longer IMAM
month. on this point brewers and re-
tailers are generally agreed, although
their estimates vary from two weeks
to two months.
Those who had given more than
passing attention to the matter were
of the opinion at the time OF the rati-
fication of the prohibition amendment
that the supply would hold out until
late April or early May.
At a leading hotel Of the city the
opinion was expressed that 1t would
not last more than TWO weeks. Albert
H Wehr, president of the Gottlieb-
Bauernschlnidt-Str Brewing Com
pany, said last night that 1t might last
from one to two months, certainly no
longer.
The day of the scent glass of beer
has passed Almost without eXcep-
ton, bars of the city are asking IV
cents for d small glass. For many
weeks this price has been charged IN
the better class bars i'll the down
town section. but now those in the
residential sections have been COM
peIIed to follow the lead Of their
downtown brothers. The prevailing
price for beer today is 10 cents d
glass and 90 cents bottle for or
binary grades. Certain brands are
bringing a premium.
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Needed to Readjust Balance.

Needed to Readjust Balance.
The. substantial fact is that Germany,
having broken the balance of power IN
Europe by destroying Russia, having
assured the absorption of German Aus
tria, having destroyed the Industrial es-
tablishments of Belgium and northern
France, must find herself within the
next few years in better position
from which to start out to conquer the
world than she was in 1914. Unless the
United States readjusts this balance
of power by associating herself with the
western nations the only possible hope
for the western nations is to impose
such peace on Germany that German
ecoyery will be long. slow and difficult.
The mere question of self-preser-
vation viii be the determining test of
the treaty of peace of Versailles. By
contra stand this is the British view
if Germany finds herself disarmed
by the provisions of the treaty of
peace. with conscription abolished
and if she finds herself confronted
for the future. should she elect to re-
sumo militaristic ideas, by England
France. Italy and the United States
in close defensive alliance, the
temptation to follow her old pathways
will be greatly reduced.
! The German people. weary of war.
like everybody else, crippled by bur
dens and conflicts, will at the outset
refuse hopeless competition in arma-
ments and by degrees lose the habit
| of military service and thus gravi-
! tate toward the ideas expressed in
the league of nations.
Cannot Abolish Germany.
! We cannot abolish Germany: We
cannot even permanently bind eighty
millions OF people. The most we can
| possibly do is, on the one hand, to
| take all possible precautions against
| a new attack and, on the other hand,
! to hope that the very extent Of our
precautions. the cioseness of the as
| sociation Of the four great powers,
will exercise profound influence
! upon the mass of Germans by dem
1 onstration by America that it means
| in return to give to Europe that as
| sistance which alone would make
Europe agree with the principles of
! the league OF nations.
/ Mr.. Wilson has been offered by his
associates in the Paris conference a
document to submit to American ref
erendum II the referendum should
do what Mr.. Wilson could not singly
put America clearly in line to un-
dertake the responsibility which /
/ have outlined-then European accept
ance of. the league OF nations cove
nant Will be no longer provisional
1t will be definitive, and we shall
proceed to make peace on a new basis.
If Mr.. Wilson's referendum falls and
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EUROPE WILL Reject
LEAGUE UNLESS U. S.
SHARES BURDEN

(Coatinued from First Page.)
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Takes Large Warehouse.

A few of the downtown saloon
keepers. at least, are alive to the
situation. One of them said that he
had been storing all the beer he could
get. and in view of the general
drought which will become effective
next July and cause a big rush for
wet goods in the interim, he has rent
ed a large warehouse which is packed
from cellar to roof with beer and
whisky, besides that which he has in
bond.
There are about 500 saloons in Bal
tinore now. From information COM
ing into the office of the board of
liGuor license commissioners this
number will dwindle to 4G0 on May l.
only about so per cent of the men
who have licenses now Will take
them out on May l., said William
Curran, a member of the liquor board,
today. Nearly every day We hear OF
this one or that one who will go out
of business in a few weeks and viii
not renew his license, and l feel that
about half the saloons in Baltimore
will be eliminated when licenses are
next issued"
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DIED.

BEACH On Wednesday February &c, 1919
at her residence, 65s 9Th street northeast.
MELISSA IL, beloved wife Of Henry A
Beach.
Fuuera, from her late residence SATURDAY,.
MRrch /, at Io:3c Il. Iuterment ht airing
ton cemetery. -
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HUMPHREY. Entered into rest Tuesday.
February 25. 1919. at 1920 PM, at Saranac
Lake. New York. ERNEST K. HUMPHREY,
husband of Mary A. Humphrey and son OF
Thomas and Rosana NJ. Humphrey ~
Funeral services at the residence OF his par
ents 5G7 Rhode island avense northwest,
Saturday, March l. at pm. tBal'imore,
Nd. and Denver, Col. papers please copy.)
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CALL UONE FARES
OUTRAGEOUS BURDEN
Raymond Asserts Public Serv.
ice Company Is Responsible
for Jitney Expansion

Newark, n. D.. Aug. 30.-In a letter
sent to Thomas \. McCarter. president
of the Public Service Railway Corpora
ton. Thomas l.. Raymond, city com
missioner, as director of streets and
public improvements. declares he deems
the new fares under the zone sys-
tenn. shortly to become effective, "moSt
unreasonable. $50 far, at least, as New
ark is concerned, and "a most out
rageous burden upon the people
In concluding. Mr.. Raymond OK
presses the hope that the corporation
will postpone the operation of the zone
schedule until reduction from the pro
posed rates can be adjusted, and as
serts that if the new fares are put into
effect he will feel obliged to take action
ito give the people transportation al
reasonable rates"
The letter also says:
GAS l see it, the principal injury
arising from the putting into operation
of the zoning system will fall upon the
Public Service Corporation and its
stockholders. because the people will moi
pay the high fares which you propose tC
charge. This will make necessary thC
further development of the only instru
ment the people have for their protec
tion-the jitney system.
'Nou have always opposed the jitncy
rstem and have complained bitterly O.
ny encouragement of it, and yet whcr
| see crowded jitneys hurrying pas
empty trolley cars | am convinced tha
it is not / who am responsible for tn,
expansion of the jtney, but that thil
expansion represents a protest agains
the cost of transportation upon YOU
lines.
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WESTERN STOCKMEN
FIGHT PACKING BILLS
"Never Met a Shipper Who Fav.
ored Federal Control" One
Tells Senators
RETAILERS GETTING PROFIT

Washington, Aug. 30.-Interjecting
some sharp advice and warning to city
dyVellers as to meat prices, western stock
men yesterday laid before the Senate ag-
riCulture committee further protests
against the Kenyon Kendrick bills to
regulate the packing industry.
I'm going home and tell my neigh
bOrs that We'll have to curtail produc-
ton to the point where consumers will
eat the whole beef carcass" said
George T. Donaldson, president of the
Kansas State Livestock Association.
With J. II. Mercer, cattle commissioner
of that state, and others. he said, he
had been investigating the distribution
of meats in all the larger eastern cities.
Right in your city of Washington, "
he told the committee, I've found the
forequarters of beef selling to the re =
taller for eight cents pound and
selling to the consumer at thirty two
cents. We learn there are 700 places
here where meat is sold, and we think
that 100 would be ample and reduce
the cost to consumers too"
Mr.. Donaldson opposed the regula.
tory measures. and Senator Kenyon,
Republican, of Iowa, asked him IL he
had read the federal trade commission
report on the subject.
"I have" replied Donaldson, "and
regret to say ! haven't as high a re-
gard for the federal trade commission
as an American citizen of my age
ought to have.
Mr. Mercer, though opposing the
bills, said packers ought to relinquish
ownership Of stockyRrds in favor Of
producers.
II don't know that legislation could
accomplish the result" he remarked.
'but they would save lot of agitation
fy just getting rid Of the yards.
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DUAL. RAIL PLAN
UPHELD BY BRYAN
Calls Magnates Political Cor
ruptionists and Declares Pri-
vate Ownership IntoIerable
PREVIOUS HOLDERS FAILED

Washington, Aug. 30.-WiIliam Jen =
nings Bryan laid before the House in
tRrstate commerce committee yesterday
his dual plan of state and federal own
ershiD of railway lines as solution
of the railroad reorganization problem.
In doing so. the former secretary of
state denounced private ownership OF
the railroads as indefensible and in
tOlerabe. and characterized railroad
magnates as political COrruptionists.
eve have never tried government
ownership" declared Mr.. Bryan, re-
ferring to the railroad administration.
"A subsidized newspaper never thinks
to tell that the government took over
the railroads when the private owners
could not run them. The government
has been only in temporary control, and
the roads in the hands of those who
wanted to see government OwncrShin
fail. so they could get the roads back. y
Mr.. Bryan advocated that the fed =
eral government own skeleton trunk
line system. reaching into every state,
which, in turn, would own the other
carriers within the state boundaries.
His plan, he estimated, would cost the
government four or five billion dollars.
while state ownership would be decided
by the people, who might decide for
temporary private ownership.
Arguing against private monopoly,
Mr.. Bryan said the railroads must be
considered as monopoly, and that mo
one can defend a private monopoly un-
less he has so much stock in it that it
silence his conscience. Under private
monopoly, he said, a group Of men,
the owners, comes to "distrust popular
government" while the victims, driven
TO despair become susceptible to the
seeds of anarchy"
Mr.. Bryan agreed with the funda :
mental proposition of the Plumb plan
that the government should own the
roads. and such naturalization, he
asserted, we're better than private mo
nopoly.
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LAFOLLETTE RAPS PAPERS
Talks Twelve Hours Against Oil
4 Leasing Blll-Not Finished Yet

Washington, Aug. 30.--Discussion by
Senator La Toilette, of Wisconsin, of
the oil land leasing. bill again yesterday
prevented final action on the measure.
The Wisconsin senator yielded the floor
late in the day after speaking twelve
hours in three days against the measure,
more. would be required to conclude his
speech.
During his remarks the Wisconsin
senator attacked the newspapers of the
country, saying they we're controlled. {"
after having made the charge several
wears ago he said, the newspapers
'',I4mneI me for ii and for time they
kfpt me out OF their columns
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WAIST FIRM TO EXPAND
Factories Of Nemours Co., Under
New Managers, to GirdIe World

New York, Aug, 30.-Samuel Kron-
berg, of the Bijou Waist Company, an
nounces that arrangements have been
completed whereby the management of
the waist department of the Nemours
Trading Corporation will be taken over
by his concerR. The new department
will be managed jointly by Samuel
KrOnberg and his brother, Louis Kron
berg. Messrs. Kronberg say:
I'VE anticipate having factories in
every known waist center in the world
and, having developed demand in
many lands. with the slumping of trade
in one district, we hope to have con
tinuous outlet for our products in other
markets. Eventually, we will have an
international business reaching to every
civilized country"
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NOTICE o. RFDFMPTION OF pnNOS
Notice Is herebg given that KENTUCKY
RIVER OIL COMPANY has called for re-
demption on October ! 1919. at the once Of
Chestnut St, Philadelphia, all of its First
Mortgage Ten Year Sinking Fund SIX Per
Cent. Gold Bonds, dated April ., 1917, and
oil Company to Merchants Union Trust
Company, dated as OF the second day of
April 1911 at 1885 e Of their face values
plus interest to date OF redemption.
The bonds Of this issue may be presented
TO the Merchants Union Trust Company for
redemrtion prior to October I. 1910. and
they will be redeemed a their face value.
plvs premium Of So. and interest to the
date o. redemption. Interest will not accrue
after October /. 1919.
KENTUCKY RIVER OIL COMPANY.
BY GEORGE w KENDRICK. Sd,
Vice
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PARTNERSHIPS
WITH DEEP REGRET WE A,

WITH DEEP REGRET WE ANNOUNCE
the decsase Of our partner. MIR. Hibberd
IL. Worrel, with whom have been con-
nected in the real estate business for the
terms OF S3 and 80 years. respectively.
The business. which has been established
for half century, will. in accordance with
Mr.. Worrells wish. be carried on by us :. :
the same address. with the same personnel
and under the same firm name.
FRANK G. GRIER.
WALTER II. FENNINfORE
Trading as Hibberd B. WorreII & Co.
sos N. 18th st.
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Proposed Lottery Loan of TueIre Billion Dollars by Franc

her" considerable mingled with serious comment in
from Paris that of the French deputies had introduced bill authorizing
redeemed
The bill provides
number will be
OF acknowledged that both legally ethcay
would be impossible this
believed unqualified
They recognized that the gambling instinct in
figured mentally
that Notwithstanding the offered prizes total would
in
believed would be market bonds
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oFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
LBLH,r GGES4MsMoSwESfPu 4sHST AiP n ~ FFLPISG2 PES%G
SYIVASIA, CAPITOL BUILDING. HAIR
y1MTTIii-E MTi 70 CONTRA,-ToRs

notice TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals. accompanied by a check
On a solvent bank or trust company, duly
sum "f Of twenty-five Thousand 02S, 900 oOj
deiiars as a proposal guaranty. will be re-
ceiyed at the office Of the Superintendent Of
Pnbiic Grounds and Buildings of the Com
nonwealth of Pennsylvania, at HARRISBURG
pa until ten a. m OH Tuesday, September
"a 1919, for the construction OF the SOL
fSiERs AND SAILORS MEMORIAL
stste street, Harrt tsburg. Pa. A'''
tract forms are on file, and can be % seen 1oIi, IN
ths cfhce OF the Superintendent at Harris.
burg. tHE si the office, OF the Chief Engineer in
Sew York. and eontractors, may obtain sets
set with the supeIintsndent; This, deposit
Without marking. enlargement or other
Sse Contract. The right Is reserved to reject
snv or all proposals or parts thereof.
By order of the BOARD OF COMMITS
sIoNERs OF PUBLIC 9RouNps AND
{, saEyAMffTTcHELL ". AMMffTTcHELL, Vt. w. TEMrLEroN,
secretary. ,,,->,>,r, Superintendent!
AfSDiPS iSi Park avenue. Nsw York City;
JT GREINER q CO.,
Engineers. Fidelity Bldg. Baltimore. Ma.
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per. See that every promise you make
is fulfilled.
Write each customer a letter after he
has received his goods, asking IL they
were satisfactory.
Write customers between trips asking
them If there is anything you can do for
them at~the office before you see them
again.
! am located in city OF over 100, 900.
and am launching into the Sign and show
card business.
Do you consider this an overcrowded field.
and would you advise married man OF
thirty-three to engage In ~? ! propose de:
to II In the beginning
p.d, DO ,,, y9T approve Of form letters 70 pros
personal call with samples better7
Would you advise the preparation of a
form letter by a ietter-writlns specialist?
What would be considered a prospect in
my iine7 How would you find a prospect7
How would YOU measure charges2 Do
you know of any periodical relating to the
above business?
:, VIII you be good enough to give me the
visabie? SHOWCARD WRITER
There are splendid opportunities for
showcard writers to the man who is not
a mere writer of cards. The successful
showcard writer should be a good ad-
vertising man and a good salesman, for
he must have the faculty of putting sell
ing ideas on cards in n way that will
attract favorable attention.
Yes, I approve OF form letters, but
not with the atrocious rubber stamp
heading that you use. Why not make
the heading of your letter in the form
OF a showcnrd-it would be unusual and
at once tell the story.
I suggest sending a good strong letter
with perhaps a booklet containing a
score or so ideas, and then follow that
up with personal visit.
Department stores and speciality
stores are good prospects. A series of
advertisements in this and other good
papers (prepared by your advertising
agent) would be a splendid way to a
quick start.
Make your charges plenty, don't enter
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Philadelphia, June 25, 1919
DIVIDEND NO. 1893
The Board of ManaEers this day deClnr red
a quarterly dividend Of two per cent Sl 90
per share) on the Capital Stock Of the Com
pany. payable August 80. 1919. to stock
holders as registered on tho books Of the
Company At 3 o'clock p. m: July 81, 1919.
Checks will be mailed to Stockholders who
have fled permanent dividend orders
HENRY X. PEASE. Secretary.
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4 Saturday Shopping Episode

TT WAS a beastly wet Saturday morn
L ing-one of those days when ever
the sweetest Of dispositions sours on it
self.
Most business men are busy on Sat
urday morning. There's a rush ant
hustle in trying to do a days work In
four hours.
That morning my wife had laid down
the law that buy some shirts. pro-
tested that / hadn't time, but after q
brief discussion capitulated.
A cheerful man about forty FIVE, With
hair a,little thin on top, asked me what
wanted.
Shirts" l snapped.
"Shirts? Yes, sir. What kind do
you want?"
81 don't know what kind 1 want, but
let me see something"
"Size?"
Fifteen, ! think"
He dumped two piles of shirts in
front of me, anything there you
likeT'
whats the price?" I asked ir.
ritably.
'S'Those are two and those are two
fifty"
whats the difference?'
There I was, wet, rushed for time,
peevish (as might have been obvious
to every one)-as cross as two sticks.
I was not in mood for pleasantly.
Yet, what do you think that first cou-
sin to a Cheshire cat said?
Fifty cents---ha, ha!'
Then l got beastly sarcastic. lis
that so. I see I've made a mistake.
I've evidently got into Keith's by err
ror. I'll get out and go to store "
and out l went.
Across the street went through a
similar performance, until I asked the
man the difference between the two and
the two fifty shirts. He said. 1.-THE
two fifty ones are better quality
A poor enough answer, but better
than the first mans. I bought some
bought-is the right word, for he never
attempted to sell me any. In fact, his
whole attitude was, "do as you pleas'
but do it quickly and get out"
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DIRECTORY OF ACCOUNTANTS

Public Accountants
sYSTEAIs INSTALLED. .AUDITS. INVEs-
LEGATIONS. FINANCIAL AND COST
REPORTS. SAMUEL COHN, lii4-I5 PESN
SQUARE BLDG ''
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OFFICE OF TIE zoNE sUrPtY OFFICER,

iTtS and r sts. n. w. washington, D. Z,
Sealed proposals. in triplicate, will be
SSeeetember e, 1919. for furnishing ali OF the
materials and labor necessary nee T to resurrs 6
throuEh the U. s. National Cemetery. Gettys-
burg. Pa. INCLUDING Else else S.a SeTtan other other work
application at this ONCE; Proposals. to be
fiied in triplcate and must bear guaranty
FOR Road REPAIR S,,TsI WORN, F. ETC.s GET;
and address TO the Zone Supply officer
WILMINGTON, d. G.
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Stolen Fruit

"Its all right to dream noble dreams
all day. but don't let it keep you from
doing the chores. The Salt Seller.
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GOSolF OF lf1E SlNE.El
DEPLORES EFFORT
OF LABOR TO START STRIKE
Doubts if Rank and File of Workers Want Wakou This
Time-Gossip of the Street

CIT WILL. yer
l. OF
chairman f
he could command he had concluded that the prosperity
end the other affecting industry such naturally would
He unQuestionaby file of the
There sad which he
outside supplied United Steel
slightly higher.
1902 he
1915
December 1880
this 1914 $90 and it
1902 1918 172 cent"
financial district yesterday of doubt whether there really
0e '''e ou' 'hee snouiu "o"' Oe '"o''eu'
hold he
United Steel but
Ceby
of their homes
10000 of them stockholders of the corporation.
What don't know" he said lis alleged living conditions of the
workers which painted in colors which bring shudder but
where the hopes of the welfare workers in their endeavos
finding white
tubs used coal receptacles Vcrbum he added
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Bank of England Reduces Interest Rate Foreign Baanc

mott
of banking firm said he could
England Thursday last had reduced
Az when
York the time bringing to and said
tn 10 more
Of
of which 3a He further explained
and
the Bank England
front n of I.Ond
to
this
holders
unpaid accumulated dividends.
O the holders o stock
Brokers who discussed subject
stockholders
provisions the issues The
dividends, said.
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THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD

Author Business Duke
Solver Of Business Problems"
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United Drug Company

Common Stock Dividend No. tt
The Directors Of United Drug Co. have de-
clared a regular quarterly dividend Of l4H
on the common stock Of United Drug Co.:
payable October 1st, 1919, to stockholders Of
record September 18th. 1910.
JAMES c. MCCORMICK, Treasurer
Boston, August 20. 1919.
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PROPOSALS FOR sERvICE CAPS

once Director OF Purchase &C. q Il, Div.
Purchasing and Contracts Section) MUM
lions Building. Washington, d. c. Sealed
Proposals in triplicate. will be received at
10, 1919. for furnishing 456 4Os Service
Caps. Proposals must bear guaranty OF 10
per cent Proposal blanks and Information
sent on application