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Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
SERGA SAMUEL.
GOMPERS.

Washington, D. c., spa
lio Is d. - Amerikos Oar
DO Federacijos sekretorius
Siadien pranese, kad apsir-
60 federacijos prezidentas
Gompers. Jis, kaip
pranesa daktarai, apsirgo
is persidirbimo. Paskuti-
niais laikais Gompers daug
dirbes sarySyje su taikoa
konferencija ir su iskilusiu
plieno streiku.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
SOVIETU KANDIDATAI
TUREJO MENKAS
PASEKMES.

Buffado, N. Y, spalio Is
d. = Vietos preliminariuo-
Sc rinkimuose pirmusyk
buvo isstatyti kandidatai
komunistQ partijos su sovie
tQ platforma. Sugrizusie bal
savinai parodo, kad sovie-
tQ kandidatai gave tik apie
po 300 balsu is $4,000.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
BOLSEVIKAI UZDARE
OFISUS PETROGRADE.

Londonas, spalio Is d.
Is Revelio paranesama, kad
bolSevikai uzdare savo Off
sus mieste Petrograde PEREZ
ta ketverga, spalio 9 d. If
buk yra prisiruose apleisti
Petrograda bile laiku.
Generolas Judenic, kaip
pranesa, jau uz6me miesta
Pskova ir Wis artinasi linkui
Petrogrado.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
STENGIASI PRASALINTI
CLEMENCEAU KABI-
META.

Paryzius, spalio Is d.
Clemenceau politiSki prize
cal labai varosi, kad .lu-
.griauti Clemenceau kabine-
ta pirm sekanciu rinkimV.
Dabar vel bus dedamos pas
tangos, kad atmetus kabi-
neto patvarkyma link seken
ciu rinkimQ.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
LAKUNU LENKTYNESE
DU UZSINGUSE..
Solt Lake City, Utah

Solt Lake City, Utah,
spalio Is d. = Lakunai lei
tenantai Kirby If Miller, ku-
RE l6ke nuo Atlantiko Xxi
Ramiojo vandenyno, daily
vaudami lakunu lenktynese,
nukrito su orlaiv1u apie 200
p6du augstumos. Kirby
tuoj mire gi Miller kick lux
terejus.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
PROTESTUOJA PRIZES
LENkUS.

Lietuvai Gelbeti Draugijos
>Chicagos apskritys vakar sa-
vo susirinkine isnese pro-
tests prizes lenkus, izur;e Wis
verziasi Lietuvon ir uzeme
net Kauna, kuomes lietuviu
kariumene ties Eyga lrariau-
ia prizes vokiecius.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
BOURGEOIS FRANCU.
ZIJOS ATSTOVAS
LYGOJE.

Paryzius, spalio "A d. =
Francuzijos atstovu tautu
Lyon tapo paskirtas Leon
Bourgeois. buvusis premie-
ras il minister's uzrubezi-
niQ reikalQ. Jis tapgi buvo
taikos konferencijos lygos
komisijoje.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
MIRE DR.. KUNO MEYER

Londonas, spalio Is d.
Is Berlyno at6jo zinia, kad
ten pranesta, jog Leipcige
mire DR.. Kuno Meyer, pro-
fesorius keltiskQ kalbQ Ber-
lyno universitete. DR.. Meyer
yra pasizymejes moksliskais
darbais.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
JAPONIJA SIUNCIA
DAUGIAU KARIUMENES
SIBERAN

Tokyo, spalio Is d. =
Kares departamentas sia-
dien praneSe, kad suncia-
ma Sibiran brigada pesti-
ninkQ If batalijonas inzinie-
riQ.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
BERLYNE STREIKUOJA
$1,000 KLERKU.

Berlynas, spalio Is d.
Cia iSkjlo naujas klerkQ
miesto istaigu strelkas
streikuoja apie $4,000; rel
kalaujama didesnes algos.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
Lietuviai InuSaSi ties
Ryga.
Lietuvos Atstovai Dalyvaus
Russo -VokieCiu konferenciioie.

Lietuvos atstovai, susitik5
su ruso- vokieciais.
Aondonas, spalio IA d.
(Suvelinta). Anglijos misi-
ia is Helsingforso pranesa,
kad vokieGiu generolas Eber
hardt pakviete Lietuvos val
dzia, kad prisiustu savo at
stovus konferencijon, kuri
atsibus Satkanuose. Prane-
Sine priduriama, kad Lie
tuvos valdzia pakvietima
prieme.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
LENKAI UZEME
KAUNA.

Stockholmas, spalio Is d.
IS Rygos ateina ziniu, kad
lenkai pradejo uzpuolimus
ant rus-vokieciu spekQ Bal
tiko distrikte.
Pranesime taipgi pridu-
Rama, kad ]enkai esq uz-
eme Kauna, kuris randasi
60 myliu i siaurvakarus nuo
Vilniaus.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
Lietuviai musasi ties
Ryga.

Kopenhagenas, spalio Is
d. = PraneSama, kad lat
viz lietuviu armija Wis ap-
saudo vakarine Rygos mics
to dali, kuria laiko uzemus;
ruso-vokieciu armiia. Mu-
Sis tesiasi be perstojimo.
Nuo music daug nuken-
tejo Rygos prieplauka, taip
gi yra sugriauta daug manu-
ir uzmusta civiliu gyvento-
jQ.
Tarpe ruso-vaokieciQ ar
mijos yra daug bavarieciQ,
nes tarpe nelaisviQ, kuriuos
sueme latviai, didzillma
esama bavarieciai.
Sake, anglq kariumene
Rygoje.
PraneSama, kad ruso-vo-
kieciu kanuol6s apSaude
Anglijos kariskus laivus,
kurie randasi prie Rygos.
Taipgi atejo nepatvirtinan-
clos zinos, kad Rygoje ta-
po issodyta Anglijos ka-
riumene.
Blokada Baltiko pakras-
ciQ, kaip matosi, jau prasi-
dejo, nes angliskas skrai-
duolis jau sueme sesis vo-
kiskus prekybinius laivus,
kurie plauke i buVusios Ru-
sijos Baltiko portus.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
Gen. Goltz rezignavo is
kariunenes.

Berlynas, spalio Is d. =
Vokieciu laikrasciai prane-.
Sa, kad generolas Won Goltz.
rezignaves is kariumen6s.:
Tas buk padaryta delei pa
skutines talkininku notos
sarysyje su Goltzo veikimu
Baltiko salyse.
. Vokieciu laikraseiai la
bal neuzganedinti blokada
Baltiko pakrasciu; tas, Cir
di, daug atsilieps ant gy-
yenimo Rytines Prusijos.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
ORAS
Chicagoje ir apielinkeie.

siadien greiciau bus lie
taus; vidutiniai siarvakariu
vejai.
Sauletekis, 1904;
Sauleleidis, 6:O7.
Lietuva. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-16
Mintaujoje vokieSiai
pamainyti rusais.

Mintaujoje, kaip prane-
sa Anglijos misija is Hell
singforso vokieciu valdzia
tapo pamainyta rusais. Min
taujos gubernatoriumi esas
paskirtas tulas Scheide-
mann.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

fell down a companion way. II would
have been an ordinary accident for
anyone except a pitcher. His pitching
arm wns under him as he fell and liga.
ments were torn.
Chalmers did not pay much atten-
ton to the injury until the following
spring when he found he could not use
his arm. He never was able to pitch
many games after that and In 1915
was sent to New York only to be re-
leased shortly after the training trip.
Pat Moran decided to give him an.
other chance and reganed him and he
won eight games and lost nine In that
season. but he never was the Chalmers
Of 1911 although once I'm while he
did show strcaks approximating his
former greatness. He was soon sent
to the minors. when still under the
thirty-year mark.
Pat Moran often said that Chalmers
would have been fully as great as
| Alexander had II not been for that
| damaging tumble on board ship.
Joe Woods Arm Gone.
| Joe Wood of the Red Soy was the
master finger of the American league
in 1912 and topped remarkable sea.
son in the championship race by pitch
/ ing Boston to victory in the lengthy
world series that year.
The strain OF that year was so
severe that Woods arm gave way and
he never was of much account to Bos.
ton after that. In 1912 he won "a
games. but In 1913 could turn In only
II wins, quite a slump. Later Wood
was sold to Cleveland and seeing that
he could not pitch again he went into
the outtield and started second sue
teSsful professional career, this time
ns gardener. And yet Wood was
only twenty-three years old when he
hurt his arm.
There are many more instances Of
budding young pitchers with fame be-
fore them who were suddenly rustled
cut OF the baseball arena because they
injured the delicate machinery Of their
wings.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Local Notes.

Mr. and Mrs, Glen Shaver and ehil
dren OF Chicago went to Granville, III.
today to visit al the home OF III,
formers sisters. Mrs Earl Robert on
Miss Lucille OConnor of Ottawa
spent Yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent White on
FairvieW.
Raymond Ten Eyck, who was r.
Gently mustered out of the navy a.
the Great Lakes Training station aEl
has been employed at the National
Biscuit factory in this city, has &c
cepted a position as baker at the
Epstein bakery.
Rev. NJ. G. Linton formerly pa tor
OF the Unversaist Church in tht
city. who recently moved 10 Clinton
III. spent a few hours here today.
Mrs. John Miller visited Ottawa 10
day.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
NOTICE.
Jacobs G. Green, Attorneys.

Jacobs G. Green, Attorneys.
To All Persons Whom It May Con
Germ
Notice Ia hereby given, That the MI.
dersiened, Mile Stephens, Guardian
Of Mary r. Stephens, Raymond X
stephens and Doris NJ Stephens,
minors viii make application to tho
Probate Court Of La Sale County. at
regular torn thereof. to be held at
the Court House In the City of OF
taWa in said count, on the first MCL-
day of October, A. -. 1919, being the
9Th day thereof, for an order and de-
cree Of said Court directing me as said
Guardian to sell the following real es.
tate belonging to said minors. or as
much thereof as shall seem to said
Court to the interest OF said minors.
situated in the County of Putnam and
State of Illinois. to.wit: Lot Number
Eleven ID in Block Number Two
90 in tondt's Second Addition to
the Village or Town Of Condit, sue.
iect. however. to the dover and home
stead interest OF MllIlc stephens,
mother Of said minors. for the sup
port and education of said minors,
and for the purpose Of investing such
Of the proceeds of said sale as shall
not he Immediately requisite for sail
support and education. in other real
estate or of otherwise investing the
same.
MILE STEPHENS.
Guardian OF said Minors.
Jacobs Il Green, Attorneys.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Persian Cookery,

Cookery among the well.to-do class.
es in Persia is extravagant-p be
cause they are lavi~hly hospfnble,
partly because all house servants are
fed from the leavings Of the masters
table. Tiny chickens, quails, pigeons,
doves and Young cartridges are hand.
ed hot, on tho spit. to each guest.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

Pitching arms are as fragile as Ores
len china. More than one young fling
II nearing the crest OF his career has
nad to pop out Of the pastming be-
'ause he was unfortunate enough To
ierunge his hurting apparatus.
A fresh case bringing this thought
o mind has been the experience Of
Ferd Schupp, the brilliant New York
'onthsder. who In 1917 pitched the
Giants TO pennant by winning ~
yames out of % starts and followed
This feat by banking the White Sox
5 to 0 In the fourth game OF the
worlds series that fall.
Break Down Of Schupp.
When the season Of 1910 opened Nc
graw thought he had one Of the best
pitchers In the country. but something
happened to Schupp's arm and the big
winner Of 1917 could only pitch 33 in
nngs In the whole season Of 1918 and
was officially charged with one defeat
and not credited with any wins.
It WAS thought that long rest
WDUiH restore the StTfHElN 10
Schupp's arm. but on the training trip
II was soon evident that the trouble
had not been removed. and while Nc
Graw held on to the lefthander he
finally traded him TO ST. Louis. This
Is rough on Schupp. who now is just
twenty-seven years old. and had big
future and fat pay envelope ahead
Of him.
Case Of Chalmers.
There never was a more pathetic
case OF pitching career ruined by
an injured arm than that Of George
Chalmers, the former Phil Chal-
mers came to the Pills in the
fall Of 1910 and his debut was to blank
the Giants. In 1911 he showed prom.
ise of developing into star. But
something happened In the fall Of
1911.
After the close Of the season
Chalmers went on a playing taunt TO
Cuba with number OF other Pills.
On the way over while skylarking on
the deck Of the steamship Chalmers
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

Ithaca, n Y.--At iInughnock Gorge.
near this city, a snake crawled to the
roof Of a power house. slipped through
n hole Just above the electrical ap-
paratus, fell across two wires and
short CirCuitod them. Several villages
were made dark aud the snake was
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Case Of Chalmers.
Fair Play imperative.

Business Is business" Is a motto all
workers should keep before them. They
should demand their rights. but should
remember that those in authority have
rights also, and are entitled to fair.
honest treatment from the people they
employ. Therefore, one must learn to
be punctnal. non-talkative and kindly
TO their associates. The employee who
swerves from this code Is not playing
fair with employer and certainly
should keep silent on the question Of
equal rights.-Exchange
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Vast Petroleum, Beds In EnqIand.

Iondon.--DriIling operations in the
Norfolk sh0le fields south Of Kings
Lynn have already brought 2O0,OOO.0OO
tons of petroleum products. biologists
estimate tiv" times this amount WITH
be found materially helping to solve
Engl3nds fuel proliem.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

speaking be kept off n trail. And you
may be surprised to hear that the
Rex lectures of Richmond. W.. will
reopen In the auditorium Of the Coop
or union NJ SIS o'clock. the second
Sunday night In November next
Doors open at 7:45, free gratis"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
LOCAL MARKETS

Broilcrs, % 2ac
Hons, per 10. 2o22c
Stays, &c
Turkeys. per h., l7.25c
Ducks, per H., l5G.
Geese, Sc
Cream. 5l.J3C.
Butter, 38i0c.
Lard, PC.
Eggs, 37-3Sc.
Hides AMI Wool
Horse hides. 81
9t"s sulus yulV
skunk skins. 81 50s6
Coon skins, s2.aO.s5
No. hides, per b.. &c.
No 2 hides, per H.. 12c.
Live Stocr.
Steers Stock, per cwt., $3.50; fn'.
per cWt., $1i.
Calves, por rwt., Sl2.$l3.
spring lambs, per cwt, 81.
Hogs, per cwt., $l6'$lS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
lorC.Ijycd Jews

Jews can boast Of an average longer
life than any other race. They have
always enjoyed remarkable immunity
from tuberculosis. cholera and typhus,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Games Today.

Chicago at Was hingtOn.
Detroit al Philadelphia.
Cleveland AT New York.
st. Louis at Boston.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
Games To-day.

New York at Chicago
Boston at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at -. Louis.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
Results Yesterday.

Cleveland. 3-3; Now York, o.
Philadelphia. 6: Detroit. ,
Other games postponed; rain.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

Try the Free Trader journal Want Ad,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24
VARIETIES OF FRUIT
FOR HOME ORCHARDS
Selection Is One of Most lmpor-
tant Considerations.
Prospective Planter Should Avail Him
self OF Suggestions Of Experienced
Growers In His Community
Place Orders Early.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricuiture)
One Of the most important consider
ations In planting a home orchard Is
the selection of kinds OF fruits and
varieties Of those kinds which VIII do
well In the locality where they are 10
be grown While many of the long
established nurseries are selling their
stock through travelling agents whose
integrity Is unquestioned. II is better
as n rule for a grower 10 deal directly
with nurserymen than through agents.
Place orders early and deal only with
reliable nurserymen-
In selecting varieties a prospective
planter should avail himself of the
suggestions OF experienced fruit grow
ers In his community. his state agri-
cultural college or the United States
department OF agriculture In Farm
ers' Bulletin 1901. recently published
by the department. the country is d.
vided into IA districts and the most
desirable fruit varieties are given for
each district. II will be sent free on
application
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24

of the stump high In the air indicate
an excessive charge.
Firing Charges by Electricity.
The electrical method OF firing blasts
Is beginning TO be extensively used. In
firing charges by this method the fol-
lowing equipment is needed: One
blasting machine. 800 feet OF double
leading wire 10 reach from the stumps
20 the blasting machine. some connect
ing wire 20 connect the stumps togeth-
er In series. and electric detonatOrs
In place OF the caps and fuses used In
ordinary blasting. Firing by electric
ity has many advantages over the cap
and fuse method. The danger OF pre-
mature explosions is greatly reduced
and the danger from delayed explO-
siOnS Is entirely eliminated. PrOba-
bly, more people have been injured IN
stump blasting by too hasty investiga-
ton OF a delayed explosion than from
any other cause. When using the cap
and fuse method. the safe rule TO fol-
low when a charge does not explode
as expected Is TO keep away from the
locality until the next day. Where
the stumps have been severely burned,
are badly decayed. hollow. have several
large spreading roots or where IL IL
necessary TO blast stumps So near 10
each other that the explosion Of a
charge under one stump would loosen
the earth under the adjacent one. the
use OF the blasting machine will save
dynamite and result In better work
being done than n the cap and ruse
are used II the stumps have been
partially burned out by any Of the
burning processes previously described.
the roots can best be blown out by fir
ing the charges with n blasting ma
chine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24
QUARTERLY COURT
Cases of Interest i'm Judge Stairs
Court Since Last Report.

Bura Dick. breach OF the peace. fail
ed TO plead. fined 81 and costs
Jesse Pickett. same as above
Sam Overton. cursing and using pro
fame Language. fined 50 and costs.
Jack Carter. fighting ON church
grounds. 81 and costs.
r. g. and 4. J. Camp breach Of the
peace. failed to plead. fined 81 and
costs.
Ben Underwood and Albert Fuqua.
both negroes. and who INDUCED in "A
shooting scrapc i'm Hickman last week.
the former being wounded. were ar
raigned on charge of shooting in sud
den heat and passion and each placed
under a bond of $3.50 10 appear at the
September term Of circuit court.
VIII Gaddy. using profanity i'm the
presence of his wife. fined one cent
Richard Moss and j. McDermott.
fighting. failed TO plead. each fined -.
Percy Rhodes. negro of Madrid
Bend. was given a thorough overhaul
ing For fiourishing deadly weapon
he was fined $50: for adultery. $50. and
1 breach Of the peace 81 and costs.
Bill Means and Lee Gillum. adul-
terry. $50 each.
! William Evans. breach Of the peace
/ fined -.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24
ZZ1GEMERAL
5EARM15NOTES

Plenty of vegetable matter helps
hold moisture
Land should be properly drained be-
fore putting I'm a CROP
No farmer can afford to plant seed
corn that viii not grow.
The corn crop Will always tell wheth-
er or not the seed corn was tested
The man who tests his seed corn
ts the one upon whom the nation can
depend.
The farmer who tests his seed corn
Is several notches above the farmer
who does not
Yen can depend upon II that the man
who tests his seed corn selects his
seed corn from the field In the fsn q
the year
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24
See Bettersworth for Anything you

need
Miss Kathleen Lynch. of Nashville.
il visiting Miss Louise McNIullin and
other friends
The homes of Mrs. Mollie Prather
and l.. \. Stone on the hill have been
painted the past week
Miss Louise McNfulIin has returned
from Covington. Tenn. where she WAS
the guest of her cousin, Miss Halle
Polk
Charlie Fethe. who has recently re-
turned from the navy. will return 10
his former position Monday in the Of
/ flee Of the Mengel Box Co.
Sergeant Dewey Morkin returned
home Tuesday. after serving with the
overseas forces many months. Dewey
was among the first from Hickman TO
20 over
] The new home of John Pyle is re-
ceiving the finishing touches this week
and the family expects to be able 10
move next week. This house has fur
mace heat and is modern in every re-
spect and beautiful home.
Leslie Skinner. corporal I'm the u. s.
Medical Corps. stationed at Fit Thorn
as. is here on 30-day furlough the
guest of his parents. w. T.. Skinner
and wife. He expects TO leave in a
short time for Siberia.
Mitch Adams has been Iimping a
round on a cane for the past week A
team ran away with him last Thurs
day, the wagon wheels passing over
his body and one leg. He had on a
load of baled hay and was caught be-
tween some Of the bales as they slid of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24
BLACKBERRIES PLENTIFUL.

The blackberry crop this year is said
TO be one of the largest ever known in
this section. blackbcrries Astounding n
long the roadsides. hills and upper bot
toms. Large numbers of people are
out dlily picking them. The price.
howe or. is around zoe per gallon. re-
gardl' - of the vast crop The crop
last year was very short due To the eN-
seedingly cold winter when So many of
ne vines were killed
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24

Miss Kathleen Lynch. of Nashville.
il visiting Miss Louise McNIullin and
other friends
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-07-24

The homes of Mrs. Mollie Prather
and L. \. Stone on the hill have been
painted the past week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-04
STABILIZE GOLD DOLLAR
OBJECT OF NEW BILL
Congressman Asserts Plan Has
Already Been Worked Out to
Make 1t Possible.
ECONOMISTS APPROVE IDE'
Hustled, OF New York, Declares 1t
Would BE First Step to Solve
Difficulties Between Capital ind
Labor.
tRv rnivcrsnl Servirc.N

WASHINGTON. Sept. rehabilitation
OF the purchasins power of the gold
ing the cost OF living and the only
real step ever taken TO solve the difh-
cutties between capital and labor is
proposed in II resolution introduced in
the House today by Representative
Hustled, of New York.
The resolution provides for the APP
Dolntincnt of special committee Of
seven members of the House 10 make
!. study of the subject and recommend
I ,ssiEia''on 10 ComsreTs by wmiIh the
The New York member declares in
his resolution that the decrease in the
purchasing power of the gold dollar
as standard value. the largely in
creased supply of gold in the United
and credit during the war. lie says
plan already has been devised by AN
eminent economist TO establish the
II viii at all times purchase approxi-
matcly the same quantity of the ncces-
saries Of life. The author of this plan
University. whose idea is to make the
numner OF grains OF gold in Il dollar
conform monthly with an index mum
modities.
a gold, dollar now contains IS $40
average price each month Of the same
number ana OF conmOdit
and the number of grains of gold in
a dollar would be lowered or raised
accord nSly. Under this scheme. il is
pointed out, the purchasing power OF
the dollar always would be maintained
al the same point.
DIR. Fishers plan has been approved
by President Arthur D. HaGley, Of
Yale University: Byron W. Holt. the
economist: Frank \. Vanderlip and
Other prominent men;
Ar. liusted said: The scheme will
have enormous advantage il put into
operation. II would be the only real
step ever taken TO solve the diGicul-
ties between capital and labor for the
dollar would have an unfaillng pur-
chasing power. Then the only questiou
left would be that of a Reasonable
wage. The salaried man. too. would
know what to look forward to through
the year and could plan exactly how
his money could he used.
When money is cheap. nrices 20 I'm
In 1896. s? cents had the PURCHASING
power of 81 in 1913. and 81 in 1919
had the purchasing power of sl.96 in
1915"