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A War Price Precedent.
Bf W. u. WILSON,
Secretary or Labor.

Taf O1sf SSSi a of .s aa4s
Dyis Taa sHq aSid Wan 5 made BY 81
ysiopment Discussing the Civil War period
omparson Of e Course Of prices riSRert du iays
points poi sv Of and the hsrn int Shows
The course Of prices during tho present period
Tie t At" wa he SOW pSrS
nl,"ing both wars the Wholesale prices Of
the peTod hS rise F9SH stenh III thFo%sh
G e iasREE Ssner me has
var il both w s build dss d m
'ma reaS v eEef 'hI they ala not
Of Other commodities
.e yea sIgh 1s'' wh isf sns
Tic first six MONTHS Of ,he d vc m%iemH During
Sra de off q pee cen, fr9n tie sl eys gf
prie%s t n;o1 npprecsenied in violence aud
wa PP%sR'f lie pHs %af
am,' January they 0 Stood de just aw PG ner
@s prfass roP pnsa s E5S%
haS% H ?a rs s @ rs fsow5
H Mns 'n pre nSriS' If Eod
a abe Soa The prices Of gold up to and
S ;ns S ssr SS5 s'ss A$S9F
Than in ,no ether W Where ess
4%diSs s Per cent cent
fRcn rhS S haf
returning 70 the level of the last ouartcr ', nf
the year 1854, and remaining Mt thai Laval for
ed5eiSSd 2f year o b .s s decline
remained higher than that for ali S5fo UP
| up, to and Including the year 1874
uneS Civil s'qsE
INC SHARP quotations in prices gave rise to
mIo speIui az S and the opportunities for de-
as unused land rivers aud harbors bmijdiip ns
railroads, led to overcNpa nsion OF busnessS re eI
| sultinS in the financial panic Of 1874 rtI,
n Panic was not accompanied Dy any SHARP de-.
rs was sSed above, 1t WAS thirteen ye,r.
after 'he Ci'il War before prices rcturncd 10
| inc pre- war level. The principal causc nf ~ -
SS err wa TO s s iere he that
devclopmcnt of now and more cconomi me ,on
o, a hronMction in the shape of now forms OF
lions. These opportunities VIC 90 moi rs, .";,.
| the previous period. Win
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems
Authoritative Wrers-A Daily Editorial Feature.
AMERICAS DOG-IN-TE1E- MANGER POLICY
DY ALFRED Is. WILLIAMS.

Aesop's fable OF the dog In the
nn nhier driving away from the hay he
OK has passed into our language as cx
pressing The, last degree OF currish
can people have been acting more fool
ishly than the dog. Use OF the things
We have forbidden to lie used would
We have deprived ourselves or wealth.
ana strength simply to prevent our
t Hnwv w Si5iTens From obtaining profits
their own risk.
,n We own oil; natural gas. coal and
equally valuable. Tiirouel, '' a fte
s ssaI.,.,, We s.,,I I,ayS lain OH Them and
wished to make Them of use. We have
done 10 under the leadership and guild
a aInce OF self-stTled reformers. of
All these have proclaimed. and some of
mem !.hiem have believed. themselves TO he
ably most Of them really iii?' have been eD1
moved. consciously or unconsc!ously
portunity to accumulate money. except
i,iI themselves. y surprising number
thinly camounaged. the doctrine that
weahh in the Keeping OF somebody
else Is n, t ne woret curse and danger ta,
an astonishina following:
In the state OF Colorado alone there
~ Goa enough on pnbl'c lands 10 sup
ply the needs Of the entire world. on
tho basis OF present consumption. 300
Years. IL is Kept locked up in tho
ground useless. while people freeze for
TACK OF II. ana private mine owners
become rich In the absence Of its COM
petition, because laws and regulations
forblu enterprise from developing IT,
We have 100000 acres or coal lands
aud tiOOOo0U acres Of oil and gas lands
IN tho same conditions of inactivity
ana uselessness ana nearly 90. 600 600
morse power running down hills ana
mountain sides doing no good TO any
body. The government cannot devclop
any OF this. TO preserve from tho
hand of tho spoiicr the rich heritage Of
the people i has a leasing system. un-
der wrich nobody can work because (,
dcnies ownership or control to those
who discover and develop. Nobody will
FISK dollar TO open or utilize :, prop
crty which the government may take
away AT It's pleasure as soon as IL he
gins 10 he profitable or 10 promise
rroht In n. least one Ens;eri, state
pcnHivc machinery ana plants were
the government and the survivors are
making AN uphill light IN the courts
20 get some of their money bnck. We
have heen brought TO the rnortifyine
condition That investors prefer 10
take chances with the bandits. official
and unofficial. IN Mexico. rather than
with tho United states nnd pass by
our own OF! nclds in Arizona. Calf
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Business Problems.
SOLVED ny bruno DUKE.
Author, Harold Whitehead.

CHAPTER IN.


rnno p%kes hGgTH at seve"'yseve"ih street
Mrs lockwood Was aBGrily telling young
with ysliow ard green tic and "a, an i'm i'm
"Theres MI. Duke himself" she. said en-.
Reporter trsnsieT-od his 'sffectoh to Duk ..
b s my to f0 ssS
"You'ro Mir. Feter Flint. of course?'
dna n0 ssd d S%
% sH 5d aS Sf h uaa Nth hf s
dS fSr e1yaE
been she f , a Frei na a, Losing esn f.,
She told her e storX in few simple
9wa ,nH p9seG c,s sns sGn to!e
Pound de %m and o r"1 ttrc we u r haze axe
Tic did best when rs worked Wild sly Abio,,
h"%a :s1 only stusk Wi5 sX Able ia got more
S Son me nad a Why old Gt
he Sod nc wouldn't trust Able wild his dead
"nr aG MIS- ;onfwood was frankly horri
fed yot. fascinated for the girl spoke so frank
What was your fathers name, my girl?'
VI dunno fer sure; dey allus called i'm Harry
'ioG WLv~
lie was about de hes, second story worker
in d hnd bi zo,r g nn S;s91 that's why
nj" ~aam Il" J Ifs' Mamie"
Gee. mister. yer search l never
knew no other"
mcnt in the girls story she refused to consider
her LEAVING he housS: and IT. was arranEed
4 need some ore to dc some Of the rousl
mn nS Wo she FER n se o"s Ss ess on
tomorrow.
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Voice of the People.
Letters must give the name and nd.
dress OF the writer. Name will not he
published IL writer 40 requests.
4 Chnncc for the Soldiers

finance Tor tho soldiers.
To the Editor of Tho Times Dlspa tch:
Str,-Thc soldiers parndinG on your
streets don't reed cheering Rrd hand
clappinE The good citizens Of Rich
mond cannot help matters for those
VINO have gone by erecting monuments.
etc. a, this time. Lot tho future take
care or that. There is a bigger matter
In the hands or tho whole or Richmond
today-to help in tho immense read
justment or the soldier trying TO get
back TO civilian iift. Discourage the
soldier who came from tho rural dis
tricts from seeking employment in your
city. In the FIRST place. he is needed
back on the farm, where lie came from.
and where big shortage of lnbor eS-
lsts. Second by giving employment
10 tho soldier who has given UP his
ideas OF farm life to enter commercial
life in the city YOU are filling the posi-
tions which belong TO tho men who
went from your city under tho draft.
Tho ones who paraded before Rich :
mond OF Yesterday Will be looking for
jobs tomorrow.
How mant heads OF business houses
have made NJ their minds 10 make n
sacrifice that Il Is their duty and bur
den TO furnish these returned soldiers
an opportunity to get n foothold again
In civilian life? Don't he too quick 10
turn away the soldier who comes look
ing for work. Give MIN a chance 10
begin work hc left off several months
ago-n,akc place for him to work
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Books and Authors.

nThG Long Years ago stories, BY
the Wee. Books for Wec Folks series
nhia !, ,is beautifully and profusely
illustrated In colors, printed from large.
Sissr i!pe on fine, paper and daintiiy,
y, Tn" homanticc. Liar" by. Lawrence
book to be road for the fun Of ii.
When ltobert Trent once nf the Doyni
Ewing torrps, now, of Wall street. told
light hearted. he failed to reckon upon
the element OF love a. f1rst slight. But
having lied to meet Eleanor Lowell
PEELED to lie i'll order 10 continue to
sec her. and so was spun wsb in
S %hIch ne ne was more and more desper-
he time and again put fortune TO tic
touch. and with the most extraordinary
I1,S,n axcried disaster. The re-
pense in which the reader is kept make
II most absorving fale.
H new MIL Miller By JoseGhh Gray. !.
her hair, which. though thought beau.
, tini by adults M, was by no means so
temper went with ii and caused Rusty
many troubles In the, little. country
hin6c NhcTc ETC IIVeu. But Sne, OF
large and poor family, found an
ally in tho orphan Reuben, her fellow
worker in the house of the dear old
in when hc risked his life in climbing
the great hare pine on the common to
sac the big cat. which had been driven
there by a dog: This is delghttul
story of how Rusty mastered herself
with Rcnhcn's help and won place
in school and village that on &C
count or her shif1less father, was in
c!ined 10 regard her with distrust
The Cricket is novel by Marjorie
Benton Cooke. just published by
Doubleday, Page e Co. From the time
when at four years OF age she dropped
from a tree into the middle of her
birthday. party. IN her birthday clothes
play OF great actor-manager TO the
hila rious glcc of all play-goin New
York. and won from him the polite
designation OF hell-cat. Isabelle Bryce
Is an cNhaustless fountain OF out :
raEeous mischief When her supef-
imagination puts the q,iietus on her
theatrical ambitions "Cricket', makes
herself terribly Ill over the humjiia-
ton Of her failure, the doctor orders
Il change and her long suffering par
cnts send her to Bermuda During ite
voyage and later on arriving sfto car
rics on an affair with Captain Larry
O'Leary. a wounded Trishman. for who a
she really cares, and the real roma O.
! COMES at last AS "Penrod" Ia TO boo
literature. so isabelle is to girl booit6
Equally as lOvable Il personality as
"Bambi' or cinderella Jane"
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health. Danger Of recurrence Of last fall
epidemic has not yet passed, and medical ex-
perts agree there would be perhaps 25 per
cent fewer cases If the streets were kept clean
and free from dust and dirt and if the law
against splitting were even halfway enforced"
They agree further that water is cheaper
than collins. and IL genuine scrubbing of
streets, not a mere flushing, would be of more
Importance to the community than grand
stand celebration of d national holiday" The
housekeeping idea is good. but let it be
thorough, and let the STRENGTHENING Depart
ment do its share not only now, but through
out the year. 1t will make Richmond a more
beautiful and Il safer city.
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| fornia, Colorado. louisiana. Montan.
North Dakota, utah, and Wyoming.
midst of the war I'VE wore thrca tened
win having our navies and those or
our allies made helpless for lack OF oil
until we could whip Mexico into ALLOW
ing the Americans ana English TO ,ira "
from their own wells in aud abou.
making It possible but hardly prob.
able. that private enterprise might bn
under choking restriction, was worked
through the House ana conference com.
mi.aGes GifrSrG richot most addie
struc tionists. and probably believing
nromnp,Iy filed ID, desperate ,pr9tssi
talked it to death in the senate
The ostehsiblc argument that We
as a hs trsa5rs 3
OF those Of US who live now, the truth
Is we can make no better provision for
actual. useful Wealth and e aetivitiss nm n
progress -unless we mean TO pinch
orrrss.eivos TO provide, for the dear ones
The Colorado coal untouched and ready
FOR their comfort Also there Is ex-
preston Of desperate fear lest standard
o,i may jump IN and gobblc all this
oil gas and coal. To prevent this i'm
possibility. we leave standard OIL with
Us own millions Of mineral lands safe
nopoly.
OF course. there has been behind II,
All In" thought that some time the
government might bc induced TO enter
me DEVELOPMENT field itself and wuri,
M Shs on ana gas wells and coal ana
phosphate mines and take over all the
water powers. That dream Of beau.
tlful democracy with all the resources
nhh sources Of supply and The mug
armies OF men engaged In them con
'rollcd from Washington has been
cherished evidently by enthusiasts who
say they are foliowcrs pf Jefferson.
tho citizen who feared the present Con
stitutipn because it lodged so much
rpwcr in tn" hands OF the central gov
eminent. Under the influence OF these
We actually have undertaken Il GOV.
crumont-built railroad to tho Alaska
coal mines, from which We were prom.
ised cnlicht cnfnr results. And We cot
them. In i've Years we have built 3yS
miles Of tho easiest parts Of a a51.IniIt
line at "a cost or si41.is1 pcr mill
against estimates OF $4,000 per mile
OF four coal mining propositions W.
were 20 have developed the bless tho
Pacific Coast all have f'zzlcd ana wh
IRE Us miles 'urd 25,0On.Gt0 from
base. This. in connection with expert
crce in govcrnrent control on tho CON
tiucnt. is likely to end the coal. oil gas
ana phosphate" government. MONOPOLY
dream. Tho coming Congress may
have the job ~ ending the dog In
thc-mangcr policy permanently and
opening opportunity for enormous rush
OF development and increase Of wealth
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A Daily Once-Over.
60 TO the Ant, Thou sluggard.

You are allowing yourself to become lazy.
You constantly leaving undonc duties
which you say YOU too tired to do, but
which in reality are neglected because OF lag
ginE ambition.
You can prove this to Yourself for you know
that when you have decided TO put over Ger
tain things to another day because .you are
so weary" all Of sudden you hlled with
astonishing ambition il more coagcnial tasks
appear TO claim your attention.
You are not hat so worn out as YOU have
more interesting conditions.
Doesn't that prove YOU arc lying down on
your JOB?
lag on your work that you are storing up en-.
crgy for something else, for there is vast
difference between tagging and resting up
Tagging tires you more and establishes bad
habit I'll cd To overcome.
Real rest WREN it Is Time to rest. and earnos.
the only plan to get results satisfactory to your
employer and 10 keep your own sc,f-respcct.
You haven't any real sclfrcspoct if yoI arc
a laGgard.--Copyricht. 1919.
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Mailer w e. Cnrrlngtonng q he chair spoke briefly
INSURANCE Man, of the prospects of tI,sc
1850. :. company for The FUTURE
General Candy yesterday issued a general
order requiring all persons he DroVisionai
government who have not already done SO to
immediately subscribe to the iron clab oath and
some weeks sin since the congregation of Beth
hcimer to become their pastor lie has nc
ccpted. and arrived yesterday to take Charge
OF he church. Ills first sermon will no .Ioiir-
cred tomorrow, the subject being. ''rhc Mission
of Judaism and the Duties Of the Rabbi"
During, the month Of March last 1872 hogs
heads Of leaf Tobacco. Weighing .O0716S pounds
willie Railroad.
Looks like big crowd at st. Adams Hall
tonight. when James J., Cowardn will deliver
turc, "The IIumors OF RECONSIDERATION"
General Robert e. Lee s In Baltimore TO at
tend the conference OF NirSinians with the city
authorities in the interest OF the .yrginia Val
ley and tho Lynchburg and Danvilic railroads
Tho African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Is In sesso a n SoTt9'k; The oR s sermon
Alexander H. stephens History Of tho War"
has already had sale of $1,000 copies. and is
still going.
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Mr.. BurIcson Il Party Burden

. RESIDENT WILSON may not he in
nucnccd Immediately by the ovcrwhclm-
ing clamor on the part OF thousands of his
friends for the dismissal OF Postmaster
General Bureson, but soon or late he must
inevitably see that his subordinate has not
only lost the confidence OF the country, but
that he is dead load upon the neck of the
administration and the party. Nor is this
any sudden uprising against the most un-
popular of Cabinet officials. The protest has
been gathering force for the past two or three
years, and the Outburst which is now prac-
tically nationwide Is tho result Of cumulative
fact and circumstance.
Little by little Mr.. Bureson is dssipating
the most important asset the Democratic
party has. lie is alternating tho forces OF
labor from political organization that al
ways has stood for their rights and has al
ways counted upon their support He is
negativing the gains among aboring men
which Mr. McAdoo made when he demanded
Justice for 100000 railroad workers He
Is doing the same thing with respect TO The
splendid policies which the Democratic Dc
partment of Labor has put into effect
The loudcst opposition to the retention of
Mr.. Burcson in the Cabinet comes from the
ranks of labor. that is, from the ranks of
the Democratic party's best friends. The
Postmastcr-Gcneral seems to have peculiar
faculty for irritating labor wherever he comes
i'll contact with it, He did this consistently
in the postal service where he denied the men
under him the privilege OF unioni2ing lie
has done ii again in the operation Of the wire
services, where practically every worker is
now UP in arms against the bureaucratic die.
tator. If there were other ground for
his dismissal from the Cabinet, the attitude
! OF labor the country over against him would
| he sufficient. But there is multitude Of rea-
| sons why the President should not longer
| burden his administration with man who
has absolutely lost his usefulness Tho
! postal service itself is in state OF disoreani.
! zation not to say decentralization, and his ad.
| ministration OF the wire services has been
| Il dismal failure.
1t is a fact, beyond debate. that Mr.. Burle
J son has made more enemies for this admins
| tration than any official high or low, who /.
| part OF it, He has antagonized Congress.
| in countless ways. His political advice Il
, the President has been worse than unfortun
J ate. In short, he is distinct burden to the
| President, and IL Mr.. Wilson can be made e
realize 1t, there can be no course left open Il
| him except to call for the resignation of tn,
F.! Postmastcr-Gcncral.
-
Ireland holding her ground in demands 70
| a. nm m no tnn,p is
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Try him OUT Nine out OF ten dis
charged soldiers given Job or pos,io
IN your store, Office or plant will make
good. Uncle Sam has made men OF
thesc boys, ,aieh. them to live clean,
10 accent personal responsibility and
scli-hlsc!pliue ns part OF their liv-
ing code. You business men and cx-
ccutircs in manufacturing and com
mercial industries make sacrifice and
give these men chances In this big
readJus'mcHi which has just begun.
These soldiers were not "siackers'
when they enlisted or were called 10
ihc draf. Iom Will not find them
work.
soldiers who have seen France and
her suffering don't want applause. Thee
are the snncst young men YOU Will find
iodaH. They have finished hig Job
Ihry are not asking for much. Just
4 chance to get a foothold You bust
mess, mon OF Richmond acccp. This
burden as your personal Responsibilities
and help place Ghese men
I. Il. 1.AWTUN
Richmond. Va. April -. 1919
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
The Day VIC Celcbrote.

The Day We Celebrate.
dor The benefit OF those who make noises
which they do not undcrstand)
When George the 3rd, an English King
Had projects in his bonnet
OF colonies and everything
And bet his crown upon it,
y certain group of gentlemen
Who'd chased Columba's vision.
Drew up note and passed the PEN
Expressing their derision.
AS am credibly informed
An argument ensuing
Went ON, and as the subject warmed
There was trouble brewing.
They mention York and Valley Forge
Among the points OF action
We matched their George with another George
TO double the attraction
In 40 the Bird threw down
TIE gauntlet TO the Britons-
At Brandywiue and Germantown
Howe lost Burgoyne his mttens
Then Lafayette and France stepped in
And mercessly flayed them;
The Brtons heard the newborn din
Which. ii appears, dismayed them.
forktown--and that's the story:
And il is not for this poor pen
rC add 10 Freedoms glory.
But when next Fourth you hoist your hat
And shoot rocket through it,
| thought you'd like TO know, at that
Tie reason why you do it,
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1-he virgin Islands.

ID. N. T., Wiiliamsburg.-Thc United
States government took its FIRST census
1917. It showed that. although the
Islands were under Danish rule for 2t5
years, tho language Of tho peopie is
Statistics: Density of population per
square mile. 197; humber OF iiiits crate
acres acres value 81 farm property. sa,7O6:-
ali: value OF crops for the year end
inr Octobef, 1917, s522.G0 number of
manufaotuting establishments. 81;
number OF persons engaged in manu-
manufactures. $1.429,52i: number OF
persons engaged in fisheries. $50: capt.
tai invested In fisheries. il.002: OK.
cabinet woods, Sl,253.607; imports from
the United States, SI,4l6.342.
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The GIFT OF Death.

I cannot lose you. dear, let come what
may.
For you arc with me as n melody
And have been through the ages. T
can sec
No time in all times that within me
stay
When you were Moth worth OF every
The names called you by have passed
from me-
Tho forms loved you in perhaps Will
be
Again sweet woman forms OF loyeiiest
clay,
And then. perhaps. you may be as a
breath
OF rosy flame along the narrowing
west:
For even now In all that love best
Your name starts as n music--and the
In death
I'll find. not Immortality. but you
Roger L. Sergel In Poetry
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subscriber. 1toanokc.-Thc war tax
on deeds Is 80 cents on each $500 val
uatibn or fraction thereof. deed OF
81 is as good as any other decd; how
ever. il must he stamped with docu-
mentary stamps at the rate of 30
cents on each $500. Valuation or frac-
ton thereof is based OH the actual
value and not on the 81 consideration.
This is the ruling OF the department
in WASHINGTON.
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Tho Ozark Ages"

Miss u. c. NJ, nichmond.T'he period
from the close Of the Fifth Century,
A. D., to the close Of the Fifteenth
Century comprises the Middle Ages.
and the FIRST six centuries from the
close OF the Fifth Century to the close
Of the Eleventh Century are called the
Ozark Ages" because civiliza ton re-
lcpscd into barbarism. In the last two
ncnturica of the Roman Empire, the
Roman became indifferent TO litcra :
turc and the invasions of the uncul :
lured Teutonic nations into Gani'
ifhn Teutons pillagcd and burned the
countries which they overran. They
dospised learning and soon the native
inhabitants fell 10 the level OF the
barbarians.
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Before military defeat wrought its meta
morphosis Germany's list OF peace delegates
would have been quite imposing. IT contains
names once sufficient 10 engender a large
portion OF respect, if not Il little awe. It's
different now. The best that Germany has
is not good enough or imposing enough to
make the allies change one jot or title Of
the treaty that is being framed for its willy
nily acceptance
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Savannah is celebrating the centennial Of
the first crossing Of the Atlantic by steam
ship, while aviatOrs arc preparing for the
first flight from America to England, and
New York is talking to London and Paris
by wireless telephone. II the same rate OF
progress is maintained during the next 100
years, passengers will be waited instantly
back and forth between the two continents
safely and comfortably cnsconced in electric
currents.
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Divers ktati.fIrs

PubliO Spirit, Charlottcsvillc-W
have not readily availa bic the informa :
ton YOU want without much pains
taking labor in compiling the statistics,
but it is suggested that IL YOU will
write the superintendent Of Docu-
ments. Washington. u. c., for q copy
OF the Statistical Abs tract you can
obtain the desired information from