The Washington times., 1919-11-22

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hundred pounds to S14, the lowest
for three years"
Fourteen dollars a hundred is
fourteen cents q pound. How many
inhabitants of the United States
are able 70 buy beef for that price,
or for so per cent more than that
price?
IL there not enough intelligence
in the country to solve in some
way the high cost of distribution,
which often costs more than the
food itself!
New York State farmers, for in
stance, have been allowed an in
crease IN the price of milk, for
which hey VIII now get seven and
GGAt- -tsnths cents q quart. This
= lsss than half the price that the
W1unan in the city pays when she
buys milk for her family.
IL the farmer can raise the calf
and care for the COW, and take the
milk to market for less than eight
esnts . quart, il ought to be possi-
bic Tor the milk concerns to hand
II to the consumer for . charge Of
les than eight cents q quart add
tisnal.
DR.. Simon in New York says:
SAs civilization progresses, wom-
q grow ugiier." His theorv is
tAat more intellect means an
ug1ier woman. Women are uglier
now than they were centuries
agD, says he, and later they win
be ugfisr still.
It's . matter Of opinion. This
medical gentleman may think that
. lady with . high forehead and
neuth larger than q raspberry il
u&iy.
call woman ugly il she measured
less than four yards around the
hips.
Some Asiatics consider a mar
ned woman ugly and immodest IL
she doesn't paint some Of her front
teeth black.
And IN parts Of South America
. married woman must have q
couple Of her front teeth Knocked
eut-the husband does that as
part Of the wedding ceremony.
A naxmoset would consider his
female companion ugly il her face
we're not entirely covered with
fnr. 4 ehz.panzee would want
&1euk III fur and half bl1ek stin.
ypeh e thooe monkeys would d.
yeseS my fsFshs1d sbove the seol-
Woanm ned not wue1y. Thoas
thnt pooaess intelline1ee will It
R1et able men. Able men are able
- provide for q family, and are
1saally more loyal than the sort
ef msn pleased with silly women.
cs.eral Maurice, important in
England, says Germany is 50
tAeroughly beaten that the talk Of
war from Germany now is silly.
The chief business Of the allies,
for whom all Germany must work
for years to come, says he, is to
prevent revolution and destruction
Of the present German govern
ment, which means to pay II 1t can.
The only means which the al
lies have Of obtaining from Ger
many their demands is to assist
by al means in restoring German
industries.'
There are sixty millions of Ger
mans who for Q long time will
work practically as serfs of the
eonquering nations.
II you had sixty million slaves
or serfs working for you, you
would see to it that they had
shovsls and other tools, also raw
materials to work with.
Learned gentlemen that write
about Wall Street for newspapers
are excited because banks put up
the rate on money used for stock
gambling, thus knocking down the
prices of many stocks.
One writes with earnest SYM
pathy: items of thousands are be-
moanin9- the loss of savings of
years." But those bemosners lost
- oxOiCy BokuUtsAx&s euu tAioI ID
part Of the game. Gentlemen that
Invest savings in stock gambling,
after others have sent stocks kit
ing up above the danger line, are
certain to hear bad news sooner
Or later.
The Federal Reserve authorities
answer well the complaint made
by stock SPECTATORS. They say the
Federal Reserve system was not
established 10 provide money for
stock gambling. 1t was establish
ed to supply money for legitimate
business; for merchants and man.
ufsctursrs, importers and export
crs. Banks were using Federal
Reserve resources to make unlim-
tied gambling loans, and gamblers
we're using the loans in frenzied,
dangerous stock boosting.
When you break a fever the tenn
perature uaually goes a little be-
'ow normal at first. That's better
than having the fever run on.
The country has prohibition