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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-16
TOO MUCH PATERNALISM

Attention IL called 70 tho effort of III"
Public Health Service TO extend its con-
troll over the sale Of proprietary rom
ed,es through the so-called Stccn"rson
bill intended to prevent the general sale
and the Advertising OF certain pr"Par-
o,ions (alIeRed to cure General diseases
Tho Public Health S"rN.," proposes to
amend this bill so n. =" rH'iude in its
scope \ large number r diseases not
At all allied 20 tn" "'I&Inal object of
the bill; In short 20. mike the govern
mont through a hr.'Iucratic organt-
zation, the guardian Il the pc"pl" IN
their purchase and w." Of many simple
remedies. While reasonable efforts to
promote health are TO be commended.
the constant entertainments Of official
dom upon the freedom of action and
choice of the people at largo, becomes
each year q moro serious matter.
Where is the paternalsm which We
have adopted into our free government
going to stop? Where arc We to set tn"
limit upon the functions Of the govern
| mento How long will il he before We
receive notices from some clerk ut
Washington that We arc |" Eat daily. a
certain line Of breakfast food. indulS"
| in a certain quality OF coff"" or abstain
from q certain brand OF canned goods?
| In a self-govcrnng country, thu hht-
fly Of the people themselves to think
! clearly and TO act with nt"!lIg"nc" Is
| the sole safeguard of Republican Insii-
| tutions and yet NOR" and NOR" tn"
! bureaucrats at Washington seem To pre-
i, coed on the assumption that tn" rcopl"
have no intelligence: that IN" pc"rlc
have no capacity to think clearly and Ia
act sensibly. and that they must b"
| guarded at every turn against srlf-d"-
: struction. The Intcllg"nr"r is inclined
to believe that regulation or III" daily
lives Of the pcopl" has already been
carried too far in our lrgIsIntl"n. Ger
tainly 10 arc approaching the point ~
| which there Is real danger through the
| building-up OF an enormous army Of
office holders. living Of the savings Of
the people and who arc desperately
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which VIC now are m and which W. OK
poet TO be- in. there j. nothing To n"
gained by disr"unting the r""pl" VIII" de-
pend upon il for 4 living.
Men go down to the sea in ships be
cause they have II in them. II is born
IN them. They have cultivated taste
for salt water and they love their busi-
ness.
WI. mon who have been in the husi-
ness have frIt A tremendous disadran-
tagc before our country Of not being abb"
To- do what pcorl" did IN other lines OF
manufacturing. and building. and We
have accepted the taunts Of polltlcal men
and others.
; But We hope that. now that war has
forced tho biggest captains Of fndu-,ry
into the shipburlding business their on
rcricncc will demonstrate that perhaps
tho people who were III The business
knew what they w"r" doing. inaSmuch
as they can produc" better and cheaper
shipS-far better and considerably cheap
, cr--than any new ship builders
. VIC claim the right to build ships '"r
our own people for their own inspection.
We build a ship and We send the details
To Iloyd's. Where is Lloyd'S" 1t is IN
London. We send them our plans and
specifications. and after they got
through rcd-pcncIling them and telling
us whrr". We go and on. "" ran 20 ahead
and build them and suit our friends
across the sea rs to tn" character or the
, work W" do.
Do YOU expect mon VIII" haF" stood
, that for years TO preserve their "Qulli-
hrium and their good temper when 'r"E
ar" told thar there is a part Of the Unit
ed States that isn't free and never has
hrn free since w." gave up our splendid
CommcrrN on the seas"
When a battlcShIp is built Tor IN"
United States X is insured IN l"nooh'
because that is III" only market that Will
carry the insurance. And when E.rc
occurs on that hattl"ship ono OF nuT
English allies goes aboard and tells US
what TO do to make il right" Do YOU
think that is American" IT isn't right
and il isn't right for our great allies IL
want 10 do that. If We ar" 10 b" part
ncrs in this great affair Of preserving
tho ncacc Of the world. shouldn't We be
partners in tho reality" Shouldn't NJ
no partners without ono being AZ th'
mercy Of another" And shouldn't W"
have the ships 20 do our business. and
shouldn't We hu,ld them. and shouldn't
VIC class them"
Copyright. 1879
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-16
u,L.coNsIDERED STRIKES

Strikes Of workers, such ps mo one
tina, occurred in the Altoona Farus Va
,he PENNSYLVANIA railroad. in the ~oroS
o. Director General Hines OF the kali
road Administration. create IN" D"S'S
FOR the argument that It Is nonsense Z"
as., with labor organizations because
they will not obey their own rulers.
suhstituttnE the word leaders t"r
rulers" whirh i perhaps not wisely
chosen N view OF the fact that the ia!
has dawncd when rulers" in IN"
strictIy accepted sense Of the word nav"
.een tho writing on the wall. III" point
raised by Director General Hines. Is
well taken.
II il to BE- presumed that the work
orc nv their action IN signing up with
The unions. rclinqutsh their right to IN
aiyidual effort and are willing to ABIDE
y, rho demands made in behalf Of this
group by their organization. II on the
o,hor hand tho workers take individual
action on questions sought 70 be adjust
ed by their union. initiate premature
strikes and lockouts. violate contracts
entere9yfnto on their behalf between
union officials and industrial heads, an
Intricate situation IL created which no
man or group OF mon. no matter how
inst or how fair or how sensible can
hon& 70 alleviate. II blocks amicaole
adjustment and directs tn" current OF
public opinion away from tho striker.
The larger labor organizations are
unwieldy bodies at best II the units
comprising the whole arc as house
divided against itself. ono group seek
ing one regulation and second an
o,her; II they indicate their willingness
TO submit a question to arbitration ane
then refuse TO stand by thr findings o.
the board. and even go to the extent. a
in the case OF the longshorcmans strik'
In New York. OF hooting down adTic'
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Of their own leaders TO avert strike
certainly The entire cause of unionism IS
discredited.
A consisten, policy on IN" part Of
labor is greatly to be desired. When
the recalcitrant groups and outlaw or
yanizations are swung into line. the day
Of final settlement shall have been con-
siderably advanced.
Obedience to authority and discipline
ere essential qualities in any organt-
cation. that proposes TO do serious
work
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Our Daily Story
TO THE PURE.

JazzbU. the man from Mars. Stin seek
ing material Tor his great book. The
Earth People. Their Manners and Gus
TOMS dropped in al an afternoon per
Torrance OF The Girl With the PolMty
Knees"
In the first act. the chorus girls skirts
almost reached their knees. IN the sec
ond act the! were far from reaching
th"m and III the third act they didn't
oven to.
How perfectly shocking" thought
,La2zbo. No wonder all The gentlemen
I arc covering lh"Ir eyes with their opera
And ne said /" III" man in the adjoIn-
ing seat: Most d"plurahlr. isn't it. SIR
Whit d" you mean. dplorablc"" re-
piled the other TO tn" pure NIL things
are pure. Evil he who "vll think"th,
Tho human form dtVn" is the most
! beautiful thing IN tn" world. AIN
ashamed OF you. sir. wouldn't have
! YOUR mind for million dollars"
Feeling very much abashcd Tazzhn
/ made his way out to tn" street and be-
gan L. cool his guilty conscience. sud
/ denly hc nutic"d that tn" man who sat
mkt IN him in IN" Theatre was Walking
| In front Of him. \ young girl came
! tripping down IN" street.
"N"lUuru. cried tn" man. 'Oh. that
/ should ,il" tn 81" - daughter "f mine
appear in public N such an mn.udcSt
dress. 60 ham" and chang" i imm"hI-
! atcly-your skirt is positively four inch
: - above your shoe tops"
-. =, 60 -" thought Jazzb". n
| he weakly leaned against II" GrSt public
! property he cam" L.. which Eappcn'd 81
! b" a policeman.
/ (Tomnrruw --"Thr ISInglH>S"S' =
gripping story OF wild and domestic hfC
| in two chapters. tn" first and secondly
Nf.,t+ l.. /.
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RIPPING. rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
rBr RICH PLACES.

hay,. bought n grand plan" ana
= -umpfrIuus sedan. and lot "l
u,hrr jondnds. on tho monthly pay
mont plan ON each thing ! paid
dollar. and III pay n monthly bone.
I'm I'm laid away and sleeping nm
dcrncain II SaCEinE stone. II Is tru'
didn't need them. and ! haven't
coin "a burn. hut ! see my n"IEhh"rH
blowing every k"pcck mat they
earn. and If they can hay" U'anoS
and fine motors and such atuff. |
will 60 ns far aS they do. though ~
makes Tho 4lcddin- tough. Every
month I'll pay n dollar "n thu Junk
do not need. till limp around on
.,rulrhcs and my WhlskNrS 20 70
seed. and chen ! hay" crossed INC
rIvcr tn the shining golden shore. |
Will still L" owing money to IN"
Ilux inslrllcmnt store. And | Tear
,Lc rrca,lociiun Will destroy my
r,,,.r or mind. when I hay" harp
lrfnro "" and a pair of wing h"hlnd.
l!ut my n"ighburS. they Keep blowing
..,,.ry rn'!hI". every red, AMI Id be a
sort .: mixer. If. | let them get
ahead. - I'm buying circus wagons
and I'm huNlng costly gems. and my
wifi l., wearing: Sahlcs and has d a.
muud GiaLrm&. and ] bought the
who'll. cahnudl" on tn" monthly pay
m,n' nian. and I'm riding I" the
pnorhoUsr IN Super-cight sedan.
rrpyright by George Matthew ADAMS
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Chicago packers have. up to certain
point. the ability to lower the cost OF
production and distribution. Beyond n
.ar,ain indefinite point. the size Of dis
tributing organizations ceases TO DC an
economical factor. and often MGR" siz"
lowers efficiency and increases cost.
Moreover. the tendency among large
concerns has too often been 10 create
monopoly. and to fix arbitrary and eX-
tortionate prices
The problem Of distribution comes
home to every house oWncr. 1t IS not
limited to the carrying Of goods iron"
tho flcra 10 the factory|or from the FAC
tory TO The Wholesale establishment, or
from the wholesaler to the retailer
The delivery costs on retail merchan-
disc are a big part Of final living costs
and the distribution problem will notPc
solved until cheaper means Of delivery
to the homes of consumers arc FOUND
, a. we'll a. less intricate means Of
bringing the goods from their place OF
manufacture
The great success Of the nv" and ten
cent stores in this country has been due
10 simplicity Of distribution. TIL" hfc
and ten cent stores buy in large guam
titles from factories direct. and th"S
| sell for cash direct to customers who
carry their goods home. They have cut
out three Of the cost elements: th'
wholesaler, the bad debtor. and the
| local delivery. The five and ten con-
store may suggest some better method
OF distribution at least than those no"
generally used.
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If the United States as government
and as 4 people does not need m'r-
chant marine then II IS of no particular
CONSEQUENCE to bother about II.
But the United States is paying IN"
price for turning over it's commerce on
the seas, except i SCant ten percent. L"
foreign countries TO operate.
We are paying the priC" now in taxes.
in lack of trade. 1t takes years 10 "S-
tablish a merchant marine. OF cour>"'
il was hoped during the war and u was
expected by many that we would max"
up FOR this lapse in shipbuilding. that
w. could At once create this thing.
II can be done in a way. but not In a
large way. The people who started l"
build fabricated ships found out that It
was difficult. and they did not and
could produce the ships in the TIM" tncy
, promised.
Even Ford, ono Of our greatest mean-
facturers, has discovered there is lot
of difference between an Eag!" ana Il
Lizzie.
1t is not manufacturing business
and il is not a business that can II"
taken up and learned over night. Win
whom do We compete? The successors
. OF James wait, Nut lilN'iA''' va 49,
steam engine; with the Scotch up ana
, down the Clyde where the writer learned
his business and spent three years. cur
! British friends may he somewhat SOW
about lot Of things. but any man w'o
Judges them out as being slow who" II
! comes to salt water makes a great mis-
! take.
But We never had n chance. In the
. case Of the navy VIC build as fine. and
I probably finer, ships than any otn"r
/ country.
! The record Of our dcstroycrS and bat
! tleships abroad is second To none. W.
! have the best designs and "" VIII. NJ
! tho cost Of building thcS" expensive
ships where real organization and "ngi'
nccring ability arc required. com" closer
! to foreign costs than We will with ~
I cheap form Of tramp ship which requires
} mostly. muscle.
! In the building Of thcs" naval Sh'rs
We have demonstrated that American
/ ship builders and American designers
can build the highest type Of ship.
/ The Englshman has to build ships
! Shiphuilding is his second industry. =
fact n Is his first great iron working
Industry. In the United States. hcror'
tho war. II was our twcnty-third. sig
njficant number And when W" so into
this competitive ship building business
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be the first to urge q system OF fair.
binding mediation so as TO remove the
threat of war as far as possible. The
present situation. like tho Internal ionai
situation in Europe before 1914. CON
stnntly points to war. They ought TO
know that If war does finally como u
VIII be the aggrcssors who will finally
losc.-Saturday Evening Post
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TO HOLD RATE HEARING.

CHARLESTON. Oct lI.--EcarinR 81
the application OF The Hope Natural Gas
company - inCrcas" its rates In Wood
Marion PlcasantS and MnnoSala couh-
tics will be hold on October 90 q Par
krrSbur@ instead of Charleston. II"
place % hearing. was changed oy II"
public service commission upon request
Of the protestants-
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PIE SOCIAL

Saturday evening. October 18th. n"
social Will hc given at the Walden
school hdus" nj short Creek. under the
AUSPICES Of the school teachers.
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The city council al least, is proceed
irg about the Improvement bond iS*u"
with no undue HI. g.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-16

The American public curiously re-
rlblc lot OF the Chinese IN Shantung.
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Greater Wheeling becomes moro Ger
tain. the more its advantages are dis.
CuSSCd.
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D'Annunzio is still at FiumH
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fTomnrruw -"'rhr ISInglu>s"S' =
gripping story OF wild and domestic lfC
in two chapters. tn" first and secondly
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

body rest for two seconds on the
subjects ribs. This forces air out
Of the chest by COMPRISING the
abdomen against the ground. Re
sumo your resting position for
three seconds. This permits air
to reenter the chest, from the elias
tic recoil of the lower chest when
the pressure is removed. Repeat
the movements at Is per minute
as long as necessary TO maintain
breathing. The posture of the sub
ject permits any water in the chest
to drain from the mouth.
The prone pressure (Schafer)
method is not only the most eff
cient method of artificial respira-
ton known (including pulmotors
and other contrivances) but il is
the simplest to apply and the least
fatiguing to the operator.
Every one should try prone pres
sure artificial respiration on a vol
unteer subject in order to get the
hang OF it. II the volunteer will
avoid resistance and endeavor to
remain passive the remarkable
control of the breathing by the
manipulation will be manifest.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Indeed, Yes, Henrietta.
Please inform me through your
valued department whether there
is any possible good to be derived
from the use Of face powder.
Thank you. (Henrietta.)
Answer-Countless advantages
have been won by the use of a
little face powder, Henrietta, in
Guiding such convenienceS as hus-
hands. Just little powder, said.
No man wants to tie up with a
walking -four barrel. The faces
gIimpsed along the street would
certainly appear as sweet if not
so obviously calsomined. The use
of face powders, of course. does
not improve the complexion, and
there is no such thing as clogging
THE pores. The phrase is amiable
commercial fiction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
HQart 1oHOm0
14,91OHODTOfncC "
BY TEMPLE

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My par
ents died when I was quite small
and l was brought up by various
relatives. / am % years old and
have been a stenographer for five
years. l have got along splendid
ly with my work | am considered
pretty and intelligent and my en-
ployers have always liked me and
have liked them, but have never
had a romance in any of the Offices
where / have worked. l have al
ways taken men as a huge joke
and never had a serious thought
about any OF them. But now it is
different.
The president Of the company
where / am now employed has
shown ME marked attention when
there was an opportunity al
ways feel SO strangely when he is
near me. He has a way Of look
reading your very soul. He is con-
sidered a woman hater" by other
officers of the company. / have
heard them talk, and it seems that
it is known generally that he dis
likes women. and for that reason
/ have thought him bal man and
have tried to avoid being left alone
with him at any time; but he has
persisted in arranging things so
that / have been thrown in his Of
fee. | believe the other members
OF the office force have noticed it,.
He has never been disrespectful to
me; but he looks at me in such a
way and has such peculiar ring
in his voice when he talks to me
when We are alone that l get
nervous and want to leave. I'm
afraid OF him. And / have grown
to think of him constantly, posi-
lively can't put him out of my
mind.
He has asked me, on several &C
casions, to go out TO dinner with
him. l have always passed every
thing up. thinking he was trying TO
make a fool out of me. | have al
ways felt indignant that he would
ask me. ] have never liked the
idea of mixing social and business
affairs, so always refused.
Yesterday he asked permission
to call on me at my home. | ex-
planned to him that it would be
impossible for me to receive friends
at my boarding house. He asked
me to go out to dinner with him,
as he was leaving town next morn
ing and wanted TO talk to me about
some things before going away.
didn't know how TO say no on that
occasion and hold my job, so we
arranged to meet and have dinner.
He began by telling me OF the at
traction that / had for him, and
that he knew from intuition that
I did have for him. ! began TO
feel afraid again and asked him to
discuss the plans that l was to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
Achieving Results.

"A growing conviction that the agitation
agains- the high cost of living is achieving
results" is the reason given for the continued
decline of quotations on the grain, provision
and livestock markets in Chicago and other
trading centers
And, for once at least it is a most honest
and reliable reason.
Attorney General Planners opening drive
Ggains- the high cost of living has proven more
than tIe buster expected
The agitation" as the board of trade deal
srs term it, has already convinced those ever
wary gentlemen that the governments cam
paign against high prices is far more serious
than the "agtatiOns' in that direction they
have encountered in the past.
When the announcement was made of the
governments intention to reduce the cost of
living the gentlemen who occupy seats in the
boards Of trade. where foodstuffs are gambled
in. were quite willing to show the customary
Difference to governmental action. and of course
quotations underwent slight, yet noticeable,
decline all along the line.
But that was for the day. So much for
Difference.
The next day was a different matter and
quotations showed it. crop report had been
issued by the department of agriculture. show
ing a big decline in the forecasted yield OF the
principal crops. That was bullish news for
the market, and the gentlemen sitting at the
board of trade did not let Difference to the
governments proposed war on living costs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
The Removal of Jofre.

Among other post war discussions has aris-
Fn the question as to why Joffre was relieved
rs generalissimo Of the French armies during
the struggle. Some assume that he was not
sufficiently aggressive; that his policy of nib
bling" the enemy was considered unpromising
Now that stories of inner workings are coming
out we are learning the reasons for Joffre's
retirement, as we shall hear explanations of
many other things not hitherto clearly under
stood
Walter Duranty, writing from Paris to the
New York Times, throws considerable new
light on the valiant defense of Verdun The
Germans under the crown prince began their
assaults in February, 1916, and the struggle
continued four months, at a cost Of over six
hundred thousand casualties to the enemy, and
about four hundred thousand to The French.
The startling feature Of the new revelations
is that the defenses of Verdun were practically
worthless. The forts had been dismantled of
artillery there was no cIosely-knit trench sys-
TEN, and there were not enough barbed wire
entanglements and other defensive works to
offer real obstacles to the Germans Verdun
was saved by the sheer yalor Of desperately
courageous men led by an sble commander,
Petain.
In the summer and fall Of 1915, attention
was called to the weakness of Verdun. Gen
Rral Gallieni, minister of war, asked Johre to
strengthen the works. In long and polite re-
joinder, Jofre invited Gallieni to mind his own
business, assuring him that he, Jofre. would
see to the defensive works OF verdun.
Gallieni sought to have Jofre removed. but
Premier BRAND more intent on keeping his
own regime in office than anything else,
blocked him. A few months later, after so