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Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
The Business Outlook.

Ever since peace was foreshad-
owed last fall, financial and bust
ness authorities have been trying
to forecast the business future
They have issued the most diverse
and contradictory prophecies. Que
man sees a bright future immedi-
ately ahead. Another issues dark
predictions of disaster Which is
the common sense view, and upon
what foundations may the business
man. the farmer, and the worker,
plan out their activities and under
takings?
Careful thinkers and students Of
economic conditions look back TO
the past when they wish to esti.
mate the trend of future events
History repeats itself. Most of the
experts who have deliberated over
this question give much thought
and weight to the course of busi-
ness in the country during the
years Immediately following the
Civil War.
So they are recalling the fact
that for half dozen years follow
ing the Civil War, there was peri
cd of apparent prosperity. The cur.
rency was inflated, money was
abundant, people spent freely. This
gave business men the courage to
60 ahead and produce goods in
large volume.
This seeming prosperity was all
the more remarkable, when you
consider the condition of prostra-
ton that seemed to exist when the
war closed. The wealth of the
great Southern section. nearly half
of the country at that time. was
practically wiped out, Both North
and South were undeveloped, there
was hardly any banking or railroad
system. there was no surplus Of in.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

In every community there are a
few farmers who have carefully
worked out system of crop and
live stock production. and who
stick to this system in the main
through drought and food, high and
low prices, and good and evil re
port. In the same community there
are other farmers who have no fix
ed system of cropping, breeding and
feeding, but who attempt to fit their
operations to the fluctuations in the
market from year to year. They
emphasize corn one year, wheat an.
other and perhaps following a short
crop and exceptionally high prices
60 heavily into potatoes. If hay is
profitable and corn and wheat have
been giving small returns they seed
much of their land to grass, lay
aside the costly equipment of tools
and machinery required in prOduc-
ing grain and equip themselves with
all the latest haying tools. Usually
by the time they are producing hay
on a commercial scale the market
demand has shifted and some other
adjustment is necessary.
In live stock when hogs are low
they sell their brood sows at a sac
rifice and possibly stock up on ewes
at high price because sheep made
money last year. Those who are
producing beef cattle. on learning
that dairy products are scarce and
high priced, disperse their beef herds
and buy dairy cows. The skill &C
quired in raising hogs is only partly
useful in raising sheep. Seine may
have become excellent judges ol
beef animals but this knowledge is
of little value when they come TO
buy and develop a dairy herd.
This class of farmers is constant
ly embarkiDe in new enterprises
requiring new and expensive equip
ment, and new knowledge and skill
This. of course, presents an extreme
view. No one farmer ever made all
these changes, because he would bt
sold out by the sheriff long before
he got around
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
About Your Income Tax

The Democrat is of the opinion
many people find the making of an
income tax return a bothersome
matter consuming much time
They get erouchy about it The
law might be made much clearer,
Yet il is hard to draw up 10 ad-
vance any statement that will set
tie the infinite number Of questions
that will arise Each case involv.
ing doubtful points must be analyz
ed by itself.
II ones return is at all complicat-
ed, and if there is an income tax
deputy easily accessible. it is the
better policy to pass the buck
over to him, tell him the facts. and
let him make the return.
1t is believed that many people
who should have a taxable income
are not reporting it Others don't
dare ignore the law altogether. but
they minimize their gains and ex.
aggerate their losses, give them
selves the benefit of every doubt
AS a whole their return is more ol
less dishonest. There are many
people who would do the square
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
Sparks of Wit

A neighboring exchange says that
one of its citizens had recovered
from the "fiue" The chimney must
have fallen op him.
Pittsbure paper contains an ad-
vertisement: One large furnished
room for gentleman with kitchen.
ette." We know a gentleman with
a bay window. Will he doS
A crank. armed with a revolver.
en- tered the private Office of Gov.
Philip of Wisconsin and demanded
$20O00,0O0. He must have thought
he was in a printing Office.
A Georgia street girl who has
been using glycerine for chapped
lips says that it doesn't do a bit of
good. The chaps simply remove
the glycerine and proceeds as be-
fore.
A female correspondent of the
Republic asks the medical editor
how to reduce the bust. Don't
know about the women folks but
prohibition is going to reduce many
male bust after July 1.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
Buying High, Selling Low

At this moment nearly every
farmer in the country faces the
problem of changing from war time
farming to that system which will
best fit the needs of the world in
times of peace. But in the long
run most radical changes follow a
lean year in the production of some
staple like corn, wheat, hay or po-
tatoes or following a period high or
low prices.
Those who seek to readjust their
plans too often fail to realize the
fundamental fact that a lean year.
with its accompanying high prices.
tends to stimulate over production
in that line the next year, because
the acreage is likely to be increased
and the land was partly rested the
year before. Also that a large har-
vest and its cons equent low prices
tend to discourage production be.
cause the acreage is apt to be re-
duced and the soil was heavily tax
ed to bear the large crop the year
before. Nothing is more fully dem.
onstrated in human experience than
that If farmers lose money on hogs
this fall and winter there is apt to
be a light pig crop. next spring. II
steers or lambs make money this
year feeders are likely to be very
high next year.
am not urging the adoption Ol
any bard and fast system of crop.
ping and live stock management
that would mean the end of all farm
progress. But before making a rad
ical change from the line in which
one has had the most extensive ex
perience, and the greatest success
all factors involved shall be most
carefully considered.
A successful farmer once said to
me: The fellows who change fron
one thing to another every few
years are our best friends, because
they make trading good for the res
of u.s." Continually selling out one
line at low price and buying il
another at a high price. as a losin!
game, was never improved upon.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Undoubtedly many moving ma
chimes. corn planters, binders, plows.
and other farm machinery, have
been or are about to be scrapped.
though still capable of doing several
years of useful work if only a small
percentage of their original cost
were expended for repairs. The
proper time for Overhauline these
machines is during the winter, be-
fore the rush of spring work. Will
you repair and save, or will you wait
and waste?
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
Farmers Combinations

1t does nor escape attention of
the Democrat that farmers are tax
ing much more kindly to the idea
of combination than they did a few
years ago. 1t was not long in the
p ast that you could with great diff
ficulty get farmers into CO operative
schemes of marketing. etc, They
were afraid some one would get too
big a salary or prove dishonest or
incapable.
AS an illustration of the greater
friendiiness OF the farmer to CO opera
tion, a dispatch from Lancaster,
Penna, was interesting. 1t told
now the tobacco growers of that
county have just held the largest
meeting of their history, and have
organized a stock company to buy,
pack, and sell the tobacco of the
county. Twelve hundred growers
got together and quickly subscribed
$4,000. That could not have hap
pened ten years ago.
The general public looks on such
movements with some suspicion,
1t regards them as probably move
ments to get higher prices. At this
meeting it was noted that all the
growers were anxious to learn how
they could get higher figures for
their product.
But that end of the proposition
will take care of itself. There will
always be competition in raising
farm products. No combination OF
growers can keep prices up artificial
{ ly. The main thing IS that the
farmers shall get the idea of CO oper.
ating in efforts to do things on large
and standardized scales. That
must inevitably tend to reduce costs
a nd prove of benefit both to pro-
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

On every prosperous looking farm
is silo. Does a silo just make
farm look prosperous? Is the
silo possible because of the farms
prosperity, or does the sllo aid in
bringing about prosperity? Certain
ly those weather beaten shocks of
fodder grown last year, which ap-
pear musty and badly damaged.
would have made a great deal more
feed if they had been put in silo.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
vestment capital.
III

vestment capital.
The whole country was burdened
with a great debt and war taxes.
Yet in spite of all these apparently
crushing handicaps. business jump
ed into a state of activity, and held
it for six ears. 1t is not surprising
that many people believe that a
repetition of the same buoyant
co nditions is to be manifested in
this country during the next few
years.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07
Getting the Boys Home

According to the recent statement
of Gen. March, chief of the u S.
Army staff. the rate of demobiliza
ton soldiers now in this country
has been 10000 a week 1t is ex.
pected that the rehabilitation of
practically all the force in this
country will be completed by
April 1
Reports from cantonments indi.
Gates that the life and spirit of the
army has pretty well oozed out
The boys were full of energy and
ambition when there was a great
patriotic task to be achieved But
now that the task is accomplished,
the boys long only to get home and
resume their ordinary occupations.
Demobilization has probably
been delayed so as not to throw the
men on their own resources too
suddenly. But the preference of
the men would have been to 90
home at once. They would gladly
take their chances on getting some
thing to do. And they can't make
progress toward securing jobs while
tied up in cantonments long dis
tance from home.
The Democrat thinks that in so
far as the delay is due to army red
tape, the methods of demobiliza.
tion should be speeded up.
If the United States Steel Corpo-
ration found a great force of em-
ployees suddenly out of a job, if it
had no further use for them, and il
the men themselves wished to be
released. the company would find
some method for letting them 90 in
a shorter time than 20 weeks. The
methods of the army should be
modelled on the swift efficiency oil
business system. The time of the
men at the camps is not being use
fully employed now The same
thing applies even more forcibly tc
the soldiers in Fracce, except the
fraction the army needed for the
present in Germany.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

ducerS and consumers.
Even if these tobacco growers do
get bigger prices for their product,
it is doubtful if it comes out of the
consumer. Their selling associa-
ton will tend to sell direct to
agencies close to retail distribution,
which should cut out much of the
costs of the middIemen.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Ride across your state on train
watch the farms 60 by, and notice
how well painted buildings make a
farm look rich" Weather beaten
barns. granaries and outbuildines
may be, e,strong and substantial, and
good for many years of service, but
to the casual observer they look old
On the other hand. well painted
farm buildings lend an air of pros
perity and make q. farm look up on
the landscape,
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

It is the unexpected that hap.
pens, especially to the fellow who is
dead sure he can never be wrong.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

The bleak. wind blown buildings.
weather beaten and lonely. that
cross the vision as one rides a train
across Missouri, are the rural school
houses Inartistic structures, want,
ing paint, wanting the protecting
shade of few trees. they hardly
look like the proper place to house,
for several hours each day of the
school term, such boys and girls as
are being grown on Missouri farms.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Aladdin and The Wonderful
Lamp Jane and Catherine Lee,
the Fox Kiddins; Gem Saturday
March 8, is and rs cents.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Don't get down hearted because
you happen to make a mistake.
Every time a smart man makes a
mistake he learGs something.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

America is the best and most ad-
v ertised nation 10 the world.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Some advertisers say. "As soon
as business picks up I'll advertise" ="
Fancy a gardener saying, I'll wait
till harvest time to SOW my seed"
n Az. nh. -
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-03-07

Go to Miss Belle johnson for
high grade engagements.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25
How Is Your Complexion?

A woman should grow more beau
tiful as she grows older and she will
with due regard to baths, diet andd
exercise, an dby keeping her liver
and bowels in good working order.
If you are haggard and yellow, your
eyes losing their lustre and whites
becoming yetilowish, your flesh
flabby, it may be due to indigestion
or to a sluggish liver. Chamber
lain's Tablets correct these disord-
ars.-Adv. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Ge Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

lfyour skin is yellow-complexion pallid
tongue coated-appetite poor-you have
bad taste in your mouth--a lazy, no-good
feeling-you should take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a substitute
orcalomel-werep prepared by DR.. Edwards
after IL years of study with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color.
To have a clear, pink skin. bright eyes,
no pimples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel--yet have
no dangerous after effects
wThey start the bile and overcome consti-
patton. That's why millions of boxes are
sold annually at 10c and Csc per box. All
druggists. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25

SURGEONS agree that in cases Of
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds,
the FIRST TREATMENT is most
important. When an EFFICIENT
antiseptic is applied promptly, there
is no danger Of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For
use on man or beast, BOROZONE
is the IDEAL ANTISBPTIC and
HEALING AGENT. Buy it now and
be ready for an emergency. Sold by
Wren Drug Co.-Ady. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25
LOCAL SCHOOL TO PUT
BALL CLUB IN RACE
FOR STATE HoNoRS

That the Chickasha high school
baseball team will enter the base
ball contests at the state interscho.
lastic track and field meet to be
held in Norman in May, was the
announcement made yesterday af
ternoon by Coach Powers.
Inability to secure games may be
detrimental to the Powers squad,
despite the fact that they are put
through long workouts every after
noon. 1--WE have made untiring at.
tempts to secure games with prac-
tically every high school in this
section of the state, but seem to be
unable to secure a game" Mr. Pow
ers declared. 'We have a plan un.
der way to secure a game with
Duncan high school this week end,
but do not know what our fate will
be-"
Coach Powers has selected his
regular lineup and, regardless of
inability to secure games with other
high schools, believes he will offer
strong competition for the cup at
the state interscholastic meet
Steinbereer, Boxman.
With Clinton Steinberger for reg
ular b9xman, and Bailey as relief
pitcher, Powers has a fair pitching
staff Sphinx Williams is not yet
into his stride behind the pan, but
is hitting consistently, and Powers
is expecting much from red-topped
youngster.
Green has secured a lease on first
base and with Coleman at second
and Walter Adams at third, will
make up the basemen on Coach
Powers nine. Captain Adams, rec
ognized as the fastest and most re.
liable player of the aggregation, is
holding down short regularly in
practice He will probably be used
as cleanup hitter
Fast Garden Men.
Fandom has it that the locals
have an outfield that will cope with
the best high school outfielders in
the state. Jap" Johnson has been
the left garden and has
displayed form in fielding. Marvin
another fielder, has been
given first choice for right field.
Washburn is also reliable fielder.
IN the center garden will be found
Leon Fields, end on the 1918 foot
)all team who has been showing his
lbility to pluck the sphere from the
lir Fields will probably lead the
with the stick
This team is the first baseball
cam produced in Chickasha high
chool for several years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25

Rub the joints with BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENr to relieve rheu-
matism. 1t penetrates the flesh to
the bone conveying its soothing and
restorative influence to the spot
where the pain exists. Sold by Wren
Drug Co.-Adv. DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25
OIL LEASES.

You should have a lease in the
Cement Oil Field, while the prices
are now within your reach. No mat
ter where your lease is located, as
the field develops, your lease will be
vance in price. Should they hit big
production, leases will sell for thou
sands of dollars per acre. Two or
three hundred barrel productions pay
handsome profits. Just put this
squarely up to your better judgment
From your knowledge Of the Cement
field you see the necessity of such in
vestmcnts if you are to get ahead.
Conservative men and because
they are conservative-have made
huge profits on leases at Cement.
You see the danger and risk of de-
lay. You know that indecision, put
tings things of this kind off, is dan.
gerous.
DON'T PUT 1T OFF DON'T
PUT 1T OFF,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25
chamherIaIn,s couch Remedy.

The great benefit derived from the
use of Chamberlain's Cough RemetS Z,
has been gratefully acknowledged by
many. Mrs Benjamin +. Blakeney,
Decaur, ILL.,, writes, "Chamberlains
Cough Remedy is by far the best
medicine for colds and coughs we
have ever used in our family. l gave
it to my children when small for
Group and have taken it myself
Adv DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-25

Grls-before you buy your grad
uation or party frocks see the exc,u
sive Schweizer line of goods at Mrs.
Courcier's, 72S Kansas. phone 1887
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
D. beDitO Za|duODdO
' SGiOTa

En- el vapor ''Brazos" que sale
esta tarde de nuestro puerto pa
ra ell de New York, embarca
Inuestro estimado amigo don Be-
Inito Zalduondo, a quien acom-
Ipafia su distinguida esposa.
Los sefiores de Zalduondo que
son elementos sociales muy dis
|tinguidos en- San Juan, perma-
neceran ausentes dos meses, VII
sitando varias ciudades conti-
nentales v pasado ese tempo es-
taran de nuevo aquf, donde go
zan de tan n1erecidas simpatfas.
Ell senior Zalduendo,, hombre
de gran actividad y de fecundas
iniciativas, aunque va en- unsviae
je de placer, ha de ocuparse en-
importantes gestiones.
Ell IMPARCIAL desea los
senores de Zalduondo un felicf-
simo viaje.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10
E! mar la iilVadido una gran paItG dc
Ia Giudal de Ia Aabana J d 5gy3
NGga a los BALCONIES
Sc eSp6ra que e| V6tice del ch|6n paSard esta
noGhG SObIG Ia Habdn8.- LAS nOtiCiaS dc CayO
hu@O son dO|OroSinS.- Ell Va|banera Y eI
Monterrey So GCharOn mar a fuGra a Correr
Ia tOrnGnta
Gable a ''El Imparcial").
Via w. |. p. and T. Co.

BILBAO, septiembre 10.-El
Rey Alfonso y la Reina Victoria,
que han sido tan festejados aqui
lsalieron aver para Santander,
donde permaneceran hasta el dia
80 del corriente. La despedida
que Sc les ha hecho en- Bilbao ha
Isido verdaderamente enthusiastic.
MADRID, 10.-Se ha celebra-
do aver un imponente mitin So
cialista al que asistieron miles
de personals. Despues de los vio-
Ilentos discursos pronunciados sc
adopt6 el acuerdo de exigir de-
Gobierno que indemnice a la ia.
Imilia del obrero Sabater, que fut
matado por rm emisario del jefe
de policfa senor Portillo.
,CONSTANTINOPLA, 10. -
E sSrtit IN ha ordenado al emba-
-
Iiador de Persia que salga del i'm
perio por la negativas del Sha a
'casarse con la hija del primero.
.Se comenta en- tono,d de agria CEN
sura para ell Sultan este rasgo de
violencia, y Sc dice que ell cuerpo
diplomatico esta dispuesto in
tervenir.
GALVESTON, 10.-El Consul
lado mejicano en- esta ciudad
anuncia que el General Dieguez,
con tropas aguerridas derroto a
Pancho Villa tres veces, matan-
dole trescientos sesenta y cinco
hombres y cogiendole ochocien-
tos caballos. Villa, sin medios
de poderse defender hugo hacia
las montaTaS, donde Sc ha refu-
giado con ochenta hombres que
lie quedan.
NEW YORK, 1O.-En Jack
sonville, la muchedumbre inten-
ton Lynchar a un negro acusa-
do de Ia violaci0n de una nina
blanca de diez amos. Las autori-
dades escondieron al delincuen-
te, pero el populacho asalto la
carcel, sac6 otros dos individuos
de la raza de color y los lyncho
brutalmente.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-10

SAN FRANCISCO, 1O.-A
bordo del acorazado New Mexi-
Co" Sc ha declarado un incendio,
que ocasion6 tres muertos y va
rios heridos. Sc esta investi-
|gando la causa del siniestro.
PARIS, 10.-El Tribunal de
Casacion ha negado la solicitud
del abogado de M. Caillaux que
habia pedido la concession de un
nuevo juicio. Ell aspecto del pro-
cesado es verdaderamente lasti-
moso. Sc encuentra en- un mise
ro estado de postraci6n y abati-
miento.
PARIS, lola situacion ru-
mana ha mejorado Ell las ulti-
mas cuarenta v ocho horas. Sc
lespera que Sc pueda llegar un
Iacuerdo con los poderes aliados.
PARIS, 10.--El Gobierno fran
'ces ha regalado a los Estados
Unidos ell tren que uso ell gene
raj Pershing durante la guerra.
NEW YORK, 10.-La ovaci6n
tributada al general Pershing a
SUI arribo a esta ciudad fue deli
rante. No Sc recuerda un entu-
siasmo igual. Ell entusiasmo del
publico lleg6 a la apoteosis. Ell
pueblo Sc ha entregado a inusi-
tadas muestras de regocijo.
PEKIN, 10.-El Gobernador
de la provincial de Honan ha ST.
do arrestado bajo Ia acusacion
de haber vendido al Japon una
enorme cantidad de arroz que
estaba destinado al consume en-
China, realizando un negocio de
veinticinco millones de dollars.
La indignation en- China, donde
el hambre Sc siente acentuada-
mente, no reconoce limites.
PARIS, 10.-El primer acto
de la preston economical de la Lii
ga de las Naciones Sc inicio aver
contra Rumania en- forma de
bloqueo alimenticio. Soldados
aliados custodian las fronteras Y
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