The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-11
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN

Railway wages have increased more ~
proportion than the cost OF living since the
war oegan. according to statistics pub
kshed In the current issue of the Railway
Age. I'm tho year ended June 70. l51i, the
overage earnings OF a railroad enIploye
vere &1o. In the year ended on June 80
8H, they were Ss27. In January, 1919. the
railways had 1,SaS,M employees whose
average earnings for the month were SlG
But additional advances have beer grant
nd Since then which make the average
nreseat earninas of a railroad em!loyc 81
koast NE3S a year. Compared with 1918,
therefore, the average increase in earnings
upar employe Is SIS per cent, while compared
with 18lA the average increase Is ~ per
cent. Thes incrcA SEES exceed the increase
&n the cost OF living. The results Of all the
Investigations which have been made In
ktcnAn thes the increase In the cost of itv-
ing during the five years since the war in
Europe began has been approximately 81
'per cent.
A controversy has artsen as TO whether
.patnted symbol on the rocky banks OF the
E.oauuS4a river arr Jncian symbols or the
records OF early Teutonic explorers, and
o committee Of experts has been appointed
tn settle the affair. w. S. Lewis, of the
,Kastern Washington Historical Society,
says they picture early history Of the
northwestern tribesmaii and are $50 years
aid: while Oiaf Opsjon, q student or
4archc0ioey. says they are the writings
Of European travellers OF many hundred
years ago. an dare like symbols on stone
near Boston.
There ts a little group OF people living
IN q narrow district betty cen the mours-
taine and the eea In North Carolina who,
because they have lived apart from the
Sest of the country. sttH speak the Eng
Hish OF the Zabeth period. Their lives
are said to bo as primitive as the Eliza
bethan life. They made Il quaint pottery
for their own use. and now the world has
discovered this "juGtown" pottery to be
m~arvelousIy attractive. and Something
new will In an probability be IN the mar
sket soon
Berlin dispatches state that a move
nent to torment a revolt ~aeainst the Ger
man government was launched by tho
,6~p8stAcans Wednesday when they staged
- meetings In Berlin and other cities,
more than 100,0o0 persons attending them.
Accepting the Spartican'a challenge, Min
iBtesssf Defense NOske has issued a ruling
prohibiting the purchase and sale OF weap-
sns and has forbidden the printing of
Pamphlets and newspaper without milf
tary permission
Members OF the Boys Brother Republic,
Of Chicago. are ccnductinEb q drive. to
raise $4,000 pennies to pay the fine Of
Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver, who has
Aec4ded that he would rather serve a SEN
teace for refusing to violate a boys con-
fldence than pay q fine. The action was
~,suggssted By Sidney Lewis, ls years old,
after that Judge Lindsey was
soon 70 serve &8 days in tho Denver jail
FOR contempt Of court. The only aIternA-
TIRE was payment of q $500 fine.
A Uul&sd States department store In the
heart OF she business district of Chicago.
II foreeas as the next step taken by the
government In It's battle on high prices.
German manufacturer are planning 10
yehabtatate their worldtrade by "a new
policy" according to a writer in the Deut-
,bchef 1andel Warte- of Nuremberg. He
,sAyH: 1.-THE earlier flooding Of foreign
ceuntrins with trashy goode win cease. We
IsaAn hy emphasis on goods Of quality for
only the best valuA products will hence
forth gain entrance to the worlds mar
hetA
.'You ARE certain eventually to have q
VA with Japan; they will attack you
iEhrough the Philippines by sea, and Europe
~ Land through Siberia, etc. You should
have fortified Hawaii. and must get your
6eet on the Pacific side. The japanese
have spikes everywhere. disguised az serv-
ants, etc, hey know all about your fleet
and 1~ordficanons,' said William III to the
sSE:so1 Se-tos. wills no waszst = .sss..sss=.,
according to nm interview Just published.
Among thu graduates from the University
Ut chicago at the Nth ~convocation,
August g, viii be fire Chineae men and
enc Chinese woman; q japanese who b
10 receive tho deErsc OF doctor OF philoso-
ply; q Bouth African who win be given
t1ss degree Of doctor of divinity, and an
American who Is to receive the masters
degree in the graduate school.
Americas two most famous cripplea
Michael J. Downing, OF Olivia, MINI, whs
INST DOIn lege, mis- ieiI arm nnl severn
ftngers OF his right hand when he was II.
and Quentin D. Corley, of Dallas, Tex,
who has Iost both Of his arms, ave been
visiting England to cheer the thousands
sf disabled British soldiers and will now
GO to France, King George received the
two men at q garden party.
The Railway BUSINESS Association
manufacturers OF railway supplies>. says:
I'VE favor . federal board to promote
A~rticulRtion Of transportation by rail,
water and hixhwaysato keep informed of
the public need for facilities and service
b the several traffic sections, and We
favor giving b Interstate Commercs
oomHatsston by statute the authority To
regulate maximum and minimum rates
and fares."
George T. DonaIdson, president OF tho
Kansas State Livestock Association, told
Senate agricultural COMMITTEES last
week: fright In your city OF Washington,
! have found the f~ore-Quartars Of beef eeli-
ing to the retailer for s cents q pound, and
sailing to the consumer at g cents. We
hsarn there are 7ootplAces here where meat
y sold, and We think that 10 would b@
ample mi reduce the cost to consumer
20
ths British parliament, says: "If i was
nb20 tn bring the war to a apeedy sc0n6i,i--