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Evening star., 1919-10-12

list of goods is distributed. and
order blanks are available at all
times. The purchaser fills out the
order blank for the goods wanted,
signs it, and hands 1t to the
watchman at the entrance OF the
building in the morning.
These blanks are taken up to
the storeroom and at noon a
group of volunteers tie up the
various orders with the order
blank on the outside Of the pack
age. MANY hands make light
work." and the orders are soon
filed. When quitting time comes
the purchasers call for their
goods, and on pay day they liqui-
date their bills at the cashiers
window, blank receipt being
filled out on the bottom of each
order blank.
The store and restaurant was
the outgrowth of a community
center" established among the
employees Of the commission when
so many of them were strangers
in the city during the war. Be-
fore the store was organized
George B. McGinty, secretary to
the commission, arranged with
wholesalers to supply the store
with goods and succeeded in
launching the store without any
paid-in capital.
Because of the work involved q
number Of cooks and helpers are
employed in the "In-Com-Co"
cafeteria, but the serving during
the noon hour is done by volun-
tary workers. All OF which helps
keep the cost of nourishing sand
wiches down to s cents each. with
meat and drink orders priced in
proportion.
\ \ \ +
A different plan entirely is that
followed by employees of the bu-
reau Of standards in their store
and restaurant out at Connecti-
cut avenue and Pierce Mill road.
The restaurant is a pioneer insti.
tuition of its kind, having been
established in 1905. and the store
was opened as on outgrowth Of
the community idea abour eigh-
teen months ago.
The store does not attempt to
underseIl competing houses ex-
cept where it can make a profit in
so doing. It is run to make
reasonable profit. and this profit is
divided among the stockholders.
all Of whom are employees Of the
bureau. The customers Of the
store. however, are not confined to
government employees. and any one
who desires may buy at its coun-
tor. Fresh meat and Vegetables.
tobaccos. candies. gasoline, auto
mobila tires and accessories AAA Q
Evening star., 1919-10-12

In the stores being organized
should form an interesting subject
for research, as each seems to be
success in its own field. Some
of these have no volunteer service
whatever. but every one who works
in the store is paid for his or her
time, while in one store not a cent
is paid for labor, and the work Of
filling orders is purely voluntary.
One Of the most firmly establish
ed departmental stores is that in
the Post Ofice Department, which
opened in November, 1917. The
visitor Is surprised to walk
through the west hall on the first
floor of the big building at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue
and run plump into a modern gro
Gerry, stocked with everything ex-
cept fresh vegetables.
Except for penny-in-the-slot
gum vending machine no money
can be spent at this store. Only
employees Of the department are
permitted to trade there and they
purchase cards calling for 95 per
cent Of their cost price. A dollar
card entities the purchaser to s5
cents worth Of merchandise and a
fve-dollar card calls for $4.75 in
trade. This margin of s per cent
is enough to pay Manager Chester
F. Parker for giving all of his
time to the store and for employ
ing what help he needs. Capital to
operate the business is obtained
by requiring a membership fee of
81 from each customer. but this is
an investment rather than a do
nation.
In addition to canned foods of
every variety this store has show
case filled with popular brands of
cigars and cigarettes, another with
perfumes, toilet soaps. face creams
and other articles for milady's
dressing table. Its business now
averages about $65.000 gross per
year.
\
Employees Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission not only have
their own grocery business, but
they operate q cafeteria as well, so
that not only the householders, but
the single men and women also
get the benefit Of cooperative ac-
tom These two lines of business
are operated by the "In-Com-co"
Club, to which any employe of
the commission may belong.
This store is probably the best
example Of q purely cooperative
store in tho city. for it has no
oyeyhead expenses and all the
work incident to the distribution
Of goods IL purely voluntary on
the part Of members Of the club.
From time to time mimeographed
Evening star., 1919-10-12

the marble palace which houses the
Pan-American Union is one Of the
4 most remarkable gatherings as
sembled in this any other country
To have brought capital and labor into confer
with representatives of the public at a
time when the air is surcharged with menace
and the materials for a Misunderstanding explo-
sion lie thinly beneath the surface was in
itself notable achievement, but more notable
still is the spirit which pervaded the gathering
at the end of week in which acutely antagonis-
tic forces were brought into contact
intimate than they ever before had known
In each of the three groups there has de-
veloped leadership which is at once firm and
sagacious. There has been exhibited by nearly
all the conferees marvellous self-control which
is reassuring indication of genuine desire to
reach fair and practical solution of the
fearfully pressing problems with which the
nation is confronted At times, it is true, the
flames of mpatence and intolerance fared up,
but in no instance were they permitted to be-
come more than fare They might easily
have become a conf1agration that would have
reduced to cinders all hope Of reconcilement
but sanity had the upper hand, and it pre-
vailed.
No man of practical understanding expected
the conference to be love feast or to take on
the character of pink tea. 1t is made up Of red
blooded fighting men Of strong convictions, who
have vital interests committed to their care.
They are not going to sacrifice those vital in
terests, and thinking person wishes or ex-
poets them to do So
But If any good accomplishment is to result
from the conference, there must be- the part
OF both capital and labor, sacrifice of things
which stop short of being vital. Just how much
of these near-vital things must be sacrificed is
the problem which confronts both the employers
and the labor groups After watching the op-
DOSinP n for fboro to
every justification for believing that both are
ready to make measurable sacrifices for the
sake of assuring industrial peace. But each
side, of course, hopes and intends to reduce
the necessary sacrifices to the irreducible mini
mum.
AS the situation stands today there has
been drawn between capital and labor only one
issue presenting obstacles which might seem
to be insurmountable. That Is the issue of
unionism. The labor group demands that COL
lective bargaining shall be through the chosen
representatives Of the workers. which means
of course. the officials agents Of labor unions
SUCH The employers declare their unalter-
able opposition to bargaining with labor union
officials unless such officials are employees in
has arisen.
In way It may be said Sfhh the future Of
labor unionism is involved In this question, and
it might be regarded, and probably will be pro-
claimed. as an issue vital that it cannot be
compromised. But when the period Of blufiing
and stalling has been gone through with and
the time comes when a way out must be found
or the conference be wrecked, there will be
found way
Evening star., 1919-10-12
Presidents Industrial Conference
Promises Practical Achievement

Nor should there be discourasement in or
without the conference II bitterness is en-
gendered and manifests itself. The bitterness
Is there already and the air Of tho conference
will only be clarified and made more wholesome
III it comes to the surface and evaporates in
the light Of reason
There may be threats in one group
other Of withdrawal. and thereby to bring the
conference to nought. These threats need not
be a cause for alarm. No group in the con-
ference is going to withdraw until convinced,
beyond the possibility of error. that to remain
longer would be fruttless.
If it should develop that before the confer
ends progresses to the taking of
protracted recess President Wilson should so
far regain his health to be able to appear
before 1t in person send a written COM
munication. the result would be tremendous
impulse toward the accomplishment OF some
practical achievement 1t is unfortunate that
at the opening Of the conference fate stepped
in to prevent the President giving 1t a cue, but
in Secretary Wilson Of the Department Of
Labor he was represented by worthy mouth
piece. 1t would be time we'll spent If. at the
opening Of each days session. the reading of
parts of Secretary Wilson's address should be
made order Of procedure.
For example, what could be more inspiring
than this: I'VE have found ways of regulating
all the other relations of mankind. Surely
human intelligence can devise some acceptable
method Of adjusting the relationship between
employer and employe."
Or what better sedative to the distracted
nerves Of restless and bewildered labor than this
sage counseling:
There are but two ways by which the gen.
eral standard Of living of the wage-worker can
be improved. One is by increased productivity.
making material available for wages. The
other is by taking the means Of increased COM
pensation out Of the profits Of the employer
IF wages increased and profits remain
the same the burden is passed on to the con-
suming public in the form Of increased
cost Of living and comes back in that form to
the worker himself. No portion of improved
living standards can come out of the profits
Of the employers unless there is profiteering."
Secretary Wilson also has introduced into
the conference. by courtesy Of the public
group, plan for national conciliation board
to adjust disputes between capital and labor
they arise. 1t is one of several such plans.
no one Of them ideal. perhaps. but all aiming
at thing practical and sensible that 1t
would seem that only some act Of gross folly
could prevent the conference from arriving at
agreement upon some establishment Of which
these proposals would constitute the base.
There are those in the conference who have
not abandoned hope that a sort Of millennium
may be brought out Of 1t, but these optimists
have had less experience of the practical af-
fairs Of life than the great majority of their
conferees. The disposition grows stronger day
by day to subscribe to the sentiment quoted
by Secretary Lane in his address accepting the
permanent chairmanship: I'VE do not ask to
the distant scene; steps enough for
me-"
Evening star., 1919-10-12

Men become members Of labor unions because
they believe membership is to their material ad-
vantage. There is no other motive which would
impel them to such affiliation. The labor union
movement is neither philanthropic nor altruis-
tic, and does not profess to be. 1t is plain.
practical business proposition, and the practical
business men who are at the head of it have,
through it's instrumentality achieved untold
benefits for workers. They will continue to
WELD power so long they continue to make
unionism of material benefit, and longer.
The moment they tried to make unionism
thing to be sustained for it's own sake, instead
of for sake Of the benefits accruing. they will
fall And no one knows this better than the
very practical men who are sitting as labor's
representatives in the Presidents Industrial
conference
The men sitting in the conference as the
representatives of capital and management op-
pose the complete unionizing Of industry be-
cause they believe such policy would be
menace to the interests in their charge. They.
too, practical men. If they become con-
vinced that failure to compromise with union
ism would be still greater menace, they are
going to compromise.
Each days sitting Of the conference has
made more apparent the wisdom OF including
in its composition third group representative
Of the people a whole. In this group rests
major opportunity, with corresponding reSpon-
sibility. If capital and labor fail to reach
substantial adjustment of their difference
through any lack of effort initiative on the
part of the public group. the members Of that
group will have incurred weight of reproach
too great to be born by any men. 1t is
thinkable that they would consent to abandon
the endeavor so long there remained hope.
however faint and forlorn, that the purposes
Of the conferences might be achieved.
It does not matter that there sit MEM
bers of the public group men whose every
material interest lies with the group represent
ative of capital and management. Nor does
1t matter that there sit members of the
public group men whose lives have been de-
voted to what they, at least believed to be to
the interests of the toiling masses When they
accepted membership in the public group they
estopped themselves from evidencing any par
tialty for capital for labor. Their role is
that Of negotiator. to bring capital and labor
into some agreement which will be to the ad-
vantage Of both. without any. serious impair
ment Of the rights and advantages Of the pub
lie. No member Of the public group has shown
evidence of being unconscious Of this obliga-
tom Dr. Of an unwiliinsness to discharge It, 8
There should be expectation that the
work Of the conference will be accomplished
speedily. or. when finally it issues, that it will
be perfect work. The business before the
to be dispatched by the methods Of the cavalier.
Evening star., 1919-10-12

Neither capital nor labor would dare wreck
the conference by taking last-d:tch stand on
its initial position as to unionism. The con-
sequences to either and to both would be too
calamitous
Evening star., 1919-10-12

~ RESIDENT WILSON'S Industrial con-
ference which convened Monday in
the marble palace which houses the
Pan-American Union is one Of the
most remarkable gatherings ever as
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
PRESIDENT. ASKS
AMERICA To ND
IN RELIEF Work
SAYS NATION SHOULD ADVANCE
HUNDRED MILLION TO SAVE
SMALL COUNTRIES.
DISTRESS IN HOLY LAND
Armenian and Syrian Relief Only Or.
sanizs,ion That Can Reach PEG.
ples who Suffer Most.

Tie Proclamation issued by Presi
Gent Wilson. endorsing the Armenia;
add ~ ran Relief Camiaign. that vii
tegln in Missouri Feb 3 and end Feb
10. has been accentuated BY the Pres
dents recommendation. made since
he began his travels abroad. that thi,
Government provide a fund Of 500.
OOo.OOr to loan to the stricken and dy
Ing pe ,.les Of the small neutral coun
tries that have been devastated by the
war
Governmental aid cannot be extend
oil 10 the people Of the iands OF which
the Armenian AMI Syrian Relief Cam
paign vii relieve. There are more
than q? millions Of these Christian
peoples. driven from their homes b,
the TURKS and kurds mainly becaus,
the, were Christians. who have no Ma
tional Governments.
The Armenians lived In Turkish ter
ritorl. AMI were prosperous before the
war ga,e the Turks an 81 portunity Il
MASSACRE aud to ture them because NJ
their religious views, aud at n tim,
when Christian America could scarce
~ join other christian countries In ex
tending the protection that In tie part
had In n measure deferred the Turks
hut the Armenian and Syrian Relief
with It's organization through the mis
sionai les. were able 10 maintain u sys
ten ~ organization that gave some re-
lief tn. Rcd cross was unable Il
give this relief. because ot its inabilit,
to get into the country where the sui
fering was the greatest.
Sine. III. armisticc was signed 9th
er places hitherto inaccessible even Z,
ne Armenian and syrian Relief. ar'
nov open aud the sums demanded AZ,
much larger. Every cent ~ none.
contributed IN His campaign viii v,
TO relieve the distress Of the stricken
people.
Every penny ~ the expense IN pro
yidcd for IN another fund, supplied 10
that purpose. 10 that not one cent u
the contributions In wasted,
The forty western counties Of Nj,
sour. organized under the direction Il
u. ". Elliott Of Kansas city. II aske,
to raise 4 quota Of 100000 The cit,
Of Kansas city will raise $4,000 o
this amount. leaving but 100000 10
tho counties. This amount In divide'
NJ into small quotas, so that eacl
county can do the work asked withou
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31

v. Q. Government Sells Equipment
for Nominal Sum for Worthy
Charity.

Fifteen hospitals. Of 100 beds each
including complete equipment and
200 motor trucks, were purchased BY
the Armenian and Syrian Relief Com
mittes from the United States Govern
ment since the armistice was signed
for a nominal sum. buildings are al
ready available In Armenia, Syria and
Turkey for this equipment, and It IL
now being moved from France.
More than two million Christian Ar
msuians, Greeks and Syrians, who are
In distress because Of perseo ution
from the Turks. win thus he provided
for The money derived from the Ar
menian and Syrian Relief Campaign
Feb. $40. will cause these hospitals to
be- available for the use Of those at
flicted peoples.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
st. Paul Evan gelical.

There were no preaching services
In the church last Sunday, the pastor
putting In the entire day with Nick
ellis Grove people, as the roads were
too heavy to admit of two trips. The
Sunday School was well attended. The
people going to hear the new pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church.
There will be preaching by the pas
tor next Sunday evening at 1880. Thu
regular prayer service will be held
Thursday nights at 7;S0 and afte'
that there will be choir practice.
PASTOR.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
NEED FOR QUICK ACTION
II Relief Be Not Speedily Given NIL.
lions Of Christians In Far East
VIII Starve.

E. =. Elliott. campaign director for
the Armenian ana Syrian Relief. has
received cable advices from the Near
East. telling Of the immediate needs
II the stricken peoples. who are dying
from actual starvation there.
These people. 10 the number Ut
nearly 100000. were driven from
prosperous homes BY the merciless
Turks during the war. Since the
armistics was signed the committee
has been able to extend relief where
It has hitherto been unable to pens-
trate.
The campaign opens February J and
In one week the forty western couu'
ties Of Aissesri will raise 100000
tor this RELIEF.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31

each and all Of our services. Remem-
Der, you can be stranger but once
with us.
PASTOR.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
Order Of Publication.

Order Of Publication.
State Of Missouri. County of Holt, IS.
Coun,y' Missouri. wherein the said
n,ointiff nrays 10 he divorced from
In The Circuit Court, at the Febru-
arv Term, A. b.. 1919.
Matte Haines. Plaintiff,
va.
yoho I Woi,os. defendant.
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,o No", on VIZ ' .,n.if, o,a;n H.
iol9, comes the p,a'n .t n1lri, S
her a'tornsy p Gi.n,. "t ~o,, ue 80 H",t
Slerk OF tne S"vu. S &c.,;
county, Missour', ~ v"e aaS ,eS;ja e
ana ines her pe.N,om anu u ,hinn
herein, al,eg,hg among 9''u. LINK
that the deienaan' Jooe y, ha's ,,.,
n9n.res'aent OF .ne ora'r n,o oo y,
sour, anu .hht 'ne oII'nnns p, saiJ 10.
Jaw cannot pe serve" upGn tan FORE
PENDANT IN this Sta,e' " u tneis,oi.
ordered by the Cierk OF saiu Sourt, ~
vacation that ruo,eanoh DC n'aue
notifylng sald aeienaant snat sn nv,
ton mas Deen Soh,,menee" asas M,.
cy pent,9n IN 'ne s Sicu. woI her o
.ne , noh"s v q, said aafaydant an the
grounds OF aoohdonmeht ah" h'"-
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
Nickell's Grove Evangelical.

The services Of the church were
we'll attended both morning and even,
ing, and there was q general good
feeling that the epidemic was over
and we were free TO gather a. usual.
The pastor surprised them by being
present for the entire day. :.
The Y. p. A. held its regular bust
ness meeting Tuesday night at the
home Of the president. Jas. Buntx.
There will Be preaching service next
Sunday at 1850 Q. H., or at the close
Of the Sunday school. .
We will be glad to welcome oil, to
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
hs,p From Nature Study.

The study Of nature IL well pleasing
10 God. and IL akin to prayer. Learn.
ing the laws Of nature. we magnify
the FIRST inventor. the designer Of the
world; and We learn to love him, for
great love Of God results from great
knowledge do vinci.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
Think Flrst Upon osS.

b the morning. when you awake. &C.
custom yourself to think frst upon
oed. or something 10 order to his serv.
ics; and at night, also. let him close
thine syss.-Jersmy Taylor.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
Attention, Comrades.

Members Of Meyer Post, G. A. r.,
will be the guests Of their comrade,
Thomas l.. Frye, at his home, on Sat-
urday, Feb. %. 1919. All comrades
will report at 200 o'clock p. m.
JACOB KING, Com.
d. p. DoBYNS, Adyt
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-31
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 2
THE GIVING OF THE MANIA.

ADDITIONAL MATEKIAt,-p,u, 81.
%: John e.9-si
=, ,s',,',s roPIc-ooos GIT o' food
JvNiop TOPIC pa,v food ;, IN. s,s.
srt: Memory Verses Matt. Sal. 20.
. SIhhMEDIAIE Tofic-our sa"y
SENIOR AM Ap,,I.T ropic-pov.ry
and providence In our day.
A.. .. ,. .,
Wv "e WV" WV W
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-16
GOING 1T TOO HARD

Overwcrk, worry, overeating and
lack of exercise and sleep are re-
sponsible for much kidney trouble
If your back aches and the kidneys
seem weak, rest up and use Doan's
Kidney Pills.
T. R. Stoner, foreman, blacksmith,
40 Minnesota Ave, Chickasha, says:
Heavy work in a blacksmith shop
put my kidneys in a poor state. |
suffered severely from pains across
my kidneys and exertion made the
pains worse | learned of Doan's
Kidney Pills and started to use
them. 1t didn't take long before the
action of my kidneys was corrected
Doan's Kidney Pills have benefited
me every time have had All attack
of kidney trouble in the last few
years."
Coo at all dealers. Foster-Milbum
Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-16
LAW BACKS LAW
ON FORCE HERE

Law is nov representing the law
on the Chickasha police force.
The new cop on the force is f. e.
Law, who shouldered the duties OF
his new position this morning Mr.
Law has been a resident of Chicka-
sha for five years, and has been EN-
ployed at the local Rock Island
shops for several months. Mr. Laws
appointment fills the vacancy Great
ed by the resignation of Patrolman
d. HARRISON, who resigned several
weeks ago.
Constable John F1ippo and Walter
Wagner have been working as spe-
cials on the force since Harbison's
resignation became effective.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-16
HOLD SERVICE TONIGHT.
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

An interesting service and sple,..
did attendance of both old and young
is the report of the pastor of last
nights service at the Christian
church. Since Wednesday vas a day
of retirement for the Master, Mr.
James win use for his subject to.
night, why should Join the
Church. !" All are invited 20 these
services and an especial invitation is
extended to the young folks for to-
night A short choir rehearsal is
announced to follow the sermon at
the Christian church tonight.