davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
A SCIENTIFIC WAGE SCALE.

+. When the-cost Of Liking is rising u.
everybody Knows, any given wage o
salary has less and less purchasing
power, and therefore the worker find,
That, for practical purposes. mis- in
come is steadily shrinking What Il
10 be done about it?
II The usual method is to raise wages
from time to time in an effort to kee,
up with living expenses When price,
are going down there is generally a
similar effort on the part of employ.
ers to lower wages accordingly This
method at best is crude 1t fails 10
keep even pace with price movements.
and when reductions are made EN-
Tloyes are likely to resent them.
Under the spur of war conditions
many employers throughout the coun-
try have adopted what looks like a
really scientific wage system. II uu-
dertakes TO adapt wages continuously
and automatically to price levels. so
chat any employe will be able to buy
the same things with his income and
live according to the same standard
no matter how the cost Of necessaries
fiaCtuates.
A definite wage IS adopted as the
starting point. Then the wages sub
sequentIy, from month TO month. are
readjusted according to some set Of
estimates like "Bradstreet's Index Fig
rres' These figures represent the
general price movement. up or down.
OF ninety-six items that enter into the
living expenses of a family. The,
cover breadstutfs. live stock, rroyi-
sions, fruits. hides, leather, textiles.
metals, chemicals, drugs, fuel build
ing materials, etc. and are regarded
as a very accurate register of yaria-
tons in the cost of living. When tho
index figures for any particular month
shows a rise in the price level a pro
portionate percentage is added as a
bonus to the employees wages II the
figure does down there Is a proper
tinnate reduction. In either case an
Intelligent employe understands the
fairness of the plan and is usually
Satisfied eth it,
Wages and salaries, of course, can.
not be made altogether automatic.
There has to be provision made for
the raising of pay according to- in
creased ability or proof of special VAL
eft from time to time. Then, VII w
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

Try the Free Trader.Journal Want Ads
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

2s39-Taffeta, ioulard or satin,
could be combined in this model,
with other suitable material or one
material used, could have trimming
in a contrasting color, One could
have this stylish model in shantung.
linen or gingham, with chemisette
of batiste, organdie or net The belt
is a new style feature.
The Pattern is cut in 7 sizes "a,
86, 3s, 40, ~, Al and As inches bust
measure. Size So requires AS yards
OF A inch material
Skirt measures about 2/3 yards at
lower edge.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Failure Always Has It's PrIce

\ London magistrate declares there
IS uu such thing rs man having IA
right "a take his own life, This dlctmn
Is no doubt morally sound. but all the
same isn't there something queer about
the law which Furnishes a man who
tries 10 commit suicide ana fuilSf-
Vancouver sun.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

IS Inquired on the new rate Of pay.
Very likely the ideal way would be
TO nave money system which itself
operated automatically so that dol!
lar would always buy the same amount
OF the same commodities. But as long
as the purchasing power of the dollar
varies as it does this sliding wage
scale looks like a pretty Satisfactory
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Patterns for
Home Sewing

A pattern of this illustration
will be sent your address. Fill
out the attached blank and mail
to the Free Trader-Journal. en-
closing 10e in money or stamps.
Please allow ten days time in
which TO have pattern delivered
you.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20
Special Band Concert and Turkey
Dinner.

Illinois Valley Band viii give spe
cial concert at Starved ROck Sunday
followed hy a turkey dinner Al the
hotel at 81 per plate,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

TRY THE FREE TRADERJOuRNAL
WANT-ADS FOR QUICK RESULTS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-20

Try the Free Trader-Iourral Want Acs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12

not been substantiated and are incredi- ble on their face, the peril may not be any the less real to the French peo- pie. They know Germany of old. What nation better? They have suf- fered grievously at the hands of their Teutonic neighbor, in the Franco-Prus- sian war and in the struggle which has just ended.
 The formidable German empire cast Ia shadow on France for half a cen tury and the French people cannot easily shake off a fear that has been with them so long, particularly when they see the devastation wrought in their own land and Germany practic- ally unscathed They must continue to live next door to Germany and they are unwilling to face the future without adequate safeguards. Ger many is beaten now, but she will re- coup her strength rapidly. It is the years to come that France is think ing about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Good Reason For France
 To Suspect Germany

THE American people will be in-
 U clined to look with indulgence on French distrust of Germany We can understand the feeling that is back of alarmist reports that Germany is se- cfetly getting ready to resist the al lies and has it within her power to muster huge army in few months, surpassing the total military strength of the allies on the western front. Also, it is not hard to see what is be- hind the present attitude of Paris newspapers, which seek to have the terms of peace so drastic that Ger many can no longer menace France.
 While the uneasiness of France is rot shared by Great Britain and Amer ica and does not seem to rest on any, thing more than rumors which have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
PERsHING GETS AN ORDER

From the Stars and Stripes, France. One mans record for never having had to Snap out of it at the personal : command of his superior since he has been in tn American expeditionary force was spoiled when the commander in chief of the army and navy ordered Gen. John J. Pershing to put back a tent pole as he had found it during the in- spection of quarters of the Twenty-sixth division on Christmas Day
 On tour of inspection of billet over French stable the general picked up collapsible tent pole from one of the hunks and demonstrated it's opera . tion to the President. When he had fin ished he tossed it back on the bunk. Perhaps this mans kit will be in- spected again. the President said as they started to leave, and he wants it just as you found it" Then he turned to the general with a smile and said: 'As your commanding officer, General Pershins, I order you to replace that tent pole as you found it."
 
 order, faced about, snapped out second salute, and reported the order obeyed. The little oneact episode brought down the house-or, more properly, the stable. Another incident in the day that took the doughboys by storm was the Pres- ident's attempt to get 30 veterans, stand ing rigid at attention, to relax a min- ute and look as though you enjoyed the story as he put it.
 ''I don't know what command to give chief confessed, but corporal helped him out. At ease!' The men obeyei and relaxed, and the President wens down the line talking informally with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
On Time for Train

I'm gong to take week off some Of these days and be on time for train just to see how 1t feels," said Attorney Forney Johnston as, out of breath, he climbed aboard a Louisville and Nash vile train just before the vestibule door closed. Here am on my way to Mont
 gomery to argue an important matter
 and all my memoranda are in my suit
 case in the check room at the passenger
 station. I came down to the station an
 hour ago and checked the suit case, then
 went to my office to look up some cases
 that I wanted to cite in my argument
 and when I got back to the station I
 could not find the check. As the train
 was about to pull out I had no time to
 argue with the check man, or to search
 for the check, so have got to wire Mrs. Johnston to go down to the station, iden- tify the suit case and prevail upon Sta tion Master Meglemry to deliver it to her
 so she can send it to me on the early morning train. }srH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12

sire variety. The Senate must be grow ing weary of sheafs of those similarly
 worded telegrams and letters from friendsl and enemies of peace, friends and enc mics of booze, friends and enemies of leagues of nations and friends and en-I emies of so many other things. Perhaps it is worth noting how theI Wilmington Dispatch conducts its trade against Mr. Williams.
 The sins of commission and omission of the United States Senate have beeu'
 many" begins that journal, "but tht} average American will be inclined tc} over look the most of these if that augustj body will rid the public of that Virginia autocrat. John Skelton Williams" etc I his is not decidedly original, we shoul
 say, but it is decidedly rash, preceding the confession that the Dispatch itsel knows nothing about Williams in officey And is not forgiveness granted rathelV cheaply to the Senate? There is one flaw. The Dispatch should have said< "tkat other autocrat' from Virginia; be
 ng published among the tarheels instead
 of on Manhattan Island or near Bactl Bay. perhaps that touch was impossible Tush! Tush, ? The writer of the letter informs tn News he hopes Ito be able to .reciproy cate.' Nevertheless, we must respectfu.40 iy decline his invitation to roast, the controller of the currency. It it too ba11 that editorial comment of the kind sougt
 can sometimes be elicited by such let ters, letters that offer no reason, thatI suggest stealthy propaganda, with inn plicatons to the public, when they bez< come aware of it. that are discreditabl not to MT. Williams, but to the banks. unfair implications, unfortunately, to the
 banks as a whole. The United States senators who have felt inclined to or,
 pose the rsnomination of Mr. William | should thoroughly understand that much( of the criticism of him is due to propa- ganda pure and simple, very unworthg-s propaganda
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES :,
 AND ELSEWHERE
Need Volunteers in Relief Drive


 'The chairman of any of the drives has much to tax his patience and shat ter his faith in human nature" said J. Mercer Barnett, upon whom devolves the task to lead to victory the Armen- ian and Syrian relief fund. which also includes specified sums for four of the local charities.
 T find that the old reliables who have worked in all of the war activi- ties are dependable and self sacrific- ing. A number of the women are work ing heroically. but there is call for volunteer workers and givers. Bir- mingham must sustain her reputation. l was greatly heartened by a gift brought to headquarters by pr. FL kourie for $6aO for tbe syrians. He expressed the hope tffst the sum set apart for those in the Bible lands would be oversubscribed and that what had been contributed by the local Syr- ians might go to swell the fund for the local charities. Now, be it remembered that the Syrians for months have been subjected to a voluntary tax to go to their unfortunate brethren. in Syria"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
x * F Texas Legislatures Anti-Lynching Measure

A VIGOROUS campaign against &S lynching has been in progress in Texas for sometime past under the leadership of the Semi-Weekly Farm Express, published at San Antonio, and as result of that campaign vari- ous measures are pending before the Texas legislature seeking to suppress mob law.
 One of the measures is resolution Ito submit to the people proposition so to amend their state constitution as to exclude the lyncher, or member of lynching mob, from holding public office and from voting in the state" :" It is we'll worth while and the resolu- tion should be adopted by decisive majority.
 But the most direct and effective way of dealing with lynchers is an apprehension of the guilty ones, prose- cution in the courts and conviction on proper evidence.
 Georgia has the worst lynching rec ord in the south and it is because the good people of that state have failed .o create strong and wholesome pub lie opinion.
 Alabama's record was bad until the governor, with the people behind him, left nothing undone to bring the lynchers to justice. There were four lynchings in this state last year, but that was unusual. Georgia had eight cen.
 Lawlessness is a blight of far reaching significance. It. can be checked and finally brought to the vanishing point with the right kind of Legislation and earnest cooperation on the part of law-abiding citizens. Texas is to be congratulated on it's present anti-lynching movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Jemison to Speak Today

"I hope every Rotarian will make it a point to be at the lunch at the Tut wiler today said President Morris Bush, flor Robert Jemison, Jr., who is to speak, Is wonderfully well qualified as working member of the housing commission of the emergency fleet cor poration to bring message of great importance to the Birmingham dis trict.
 "Rotarian Jemison is one of the best posted men in the country on the hous- ing problem. having both a theoreti- cal and practical knowledge of the problems involved. He will speak as one having authority in his speciality. He has done much to beautify his home town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Father regards the breakfast table ay the place where he has to listen to all the foolish questions. And mother re- gards it as the place where she has to listen to all the cross answers.
 A woman never blows her nose as il she meant it., But is is different with al man.
 A man is almost as peculiar as woman. He will tell II lies one after tn other and then get mad if some ont calls him llar \
 A fool man imagines that his guard -. ian angel wears wings and halo an&1 is invisible. But the fact of the mat ter is that his guardian angel wearl an old shirt waist, faded skirt an9s an apron and Cooks his meals for him and nurses him when he feels badlvl and worries over him when he staySt out late.
 When two boys are playing marbles, the biggest boy makes his own ruletI and gets all the marbles. And men ar nothing but grown-up boys. ,I
 Before marriage, she imagines that he will be- able to keep two servants all the time. After marriage she dis covers that he isn't able to keep> the same groceryman two months
 Any wife knows that it is wicked foA her husband to gamble. But it sure does ease her conscience a heap when he wins.
 We hate to hear young girl whining She'll have to do enough whining lateAI on when she gets married.
 You may not believe it. But won,er have about as hard a time understand Ing men as men have understanding women.
 What has become of the old-fashiorad man who pulled his pants out of the, tops of his boots when he wanted tC dress up?
 Mother knows that daughter is too nicaA a girl to flirt, because, when mother was daughters age, mother flirted all thei time.
 man with mean disposition is tod apt to vent it on his children and calt tit discipline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Personnel We'll Chosen

"The appointment of Sydney J. Bowie to head the education commission was most appropriate" said Joe Loveman flor Mir. Bowie for years has been greatly interested in the schools, not only of Alabama, but all over the coun- time and study. Governor Kilby--was most fortunate not only in the selec- tion of our distinguished citizen to head the commission, but in the other appointees. It has a difficult task to perform and Alabamians are to be the body"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Central Alabama Hog Sale

"The farmers of central Alabama are actively marketing their hogs under the plan of hog sales days, aided by the rep resentatives of the Alabama extension
 service" said Leslie Gilbert, agricultural editor at Auburn. lover in Russell coun- ty the past week four carloads were shipped frOm Pittsview to the United Stockyards at Montgomery, the sale be- ing conducted through County Agent w. R. Turnipseed. Three hundred and forty hogs in the shipment netted the owners over seooo. after all expenses were paid. Soft finished hogs brought as high as $l2;50 per hundred pounds.
 ""On Wednesday. the 12th inst, \Lee county will hold a hog sale at Opelika under the supervision of the county agent and special representatives of the marketing division of the extension ser vice at Auburn. In Tallapoosa county. Demonstration Agent F. F. Binford will conduct a sale at Alexander City on Feb ruary 25; at Dadevule on February 26, and at Camp Hill on February 27."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
CLEAN WATER
Fron, Tit-Bits.

A little negro boy, wandering along outside of a southern city one hot day, came across one of the city's reservoirs. spot, and he promptly shook off his two garments shirt and trousers - and jumped in. One of the guards of the reservoir happened along. and demanded what he was doing there. The picka- niI.ny replied he was 'jist--swimmin' aroun'."
 The guard said: Don't you know that is the water we drink?"
 The little negro dived and as he camo Up, said Oats all right. boss, An ain't usin' no soap"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
NoCTURNE

By Theodore Maynard in Literary DigestE When evening hangs her lamp above the
 hill, And calls her children to her waiting
 hearth, . Where pain is shed away and love and
 wrath, And every tired head lies white and
 still I Dear heart will you not light lamp for me, And gather up the meaning of tho, lands, Silent and luminous within yourj hands,
 Where peace abides and mirth and mys-
 tery? That may sit with you beside the
 fire, And psnder on the thing no mar. can Your souls great majesty and sen&
 tleness, sss -ss.ssn Until the last sad tongue of flame sxs
 pire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Everybody Reads Them

Some idea of the scarcity of houses to rent can be gained from the exper- fence of friend of mine who inserted three-line want ad in The Age Her. aid about his home" said w. G. Oliver the well-known Realtor. "On the day following the appearance of this ad exactly 56 people called him by phone and in person with reference to sign ing a lease. I am convinced that 5000 houses are badly needed right here in the district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Enjoyed FishihS Trip

T had the flu and it was my ex- cuse to flee to Magnolia Point on fishing trip,' said pr. Middleton S. Barnwell. the beloved rector of the Church of the Advent" I was accom- panied by my friends, s. E. Thompson sport as the red fish were biting. Oh. yes, am willing to admit that my call ing keeps me from telling any big fish yarns. but we really did make some fine catches, and I returned feeling very much more fit than when I left Nothing like a fishing trip to rest fellow up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Hard to Join Marines

''I was real glad to get back to Bir- mir.g gham after being away three raoEths, said Sergeant Wiley Hill, in charge of the, local Uniteds States ma- rlne recruiting station. When the sta tion in this city was closed last fall I was sent to Atlanta and was most grati- fled to get to come back to Alabama. We have had very few men accepted since the office was reopened, although we have received large number of ap- plcations. but ,he Examination for the marine corps is much harder than that O.. the army or navy. I believe."A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Edison Hale at the
 Age of Seventy-tWo

CONGRATULATIONS to Thomas S A. Edison, who completed his year yesterday!
 Electrical engineering is one of the most progressive of the professions, any many specialists in the electrical field have distinguished themselves greatly in constructive achievement, but while engineers come and engi- neers go, MT. Edison will always be known as the wizard.
 As an inventor he has been at once original and scientific and no other electrician has accomplished so much for the comfort and general welfare of mankind in applying electricity to practical uses as has the genius whom all classes have long honored.
 Edison is not only seventy-two, but his health is sound and his mind fresh and alert. He says he never felt bet ter in his life. He has always been in love, with his work and is as keen for discovery today as he was when he first caused the public to marvel.
 Some men are old at sixty, but Edi- son is young at threescore, ten and two, and, humanly speaking, he should be in laboratory harness at fourscore and upwards. It should be no surprise indeed to the next generation if con- gratulations to MT. Edison were in order as centenarian. If the famous
 wizard should be spared so long, it is reasonable to assume that he will even then be busy man.
 There is no way of accounting for individual cases of extreme longevity.
 It often happens that men who have taken the best of care of themselves have died early, while others who have lived high and kept late hours have attained old age. MT. Edison's mode lof living has been of the quiet kind. He never allows little worries to weigh upon him, and best of all, he lis never too busy to tell a joke or listen to one. Possibly this may ac-
 count, to some extent at least, for his prime condition. The outstanding facts remain, however, that as he passed his seventy-second anniversary
 he was "frisky" and happy and all the
 world was happy with him.
 < x #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
Lincoln's Birthday
 and Legal Holidays

1TODAY is the anniversary of Lin-
 4 coln's birth and is legal holi- day in most of the states that re- mained in the union during the civil
 war. The only slave states which did Inot secede but which have failed to make the twelfth of February holi- |day by legislative enactment are
 Maryland and Missouri.
 There is no such thing as a na- tional holiday-not even the Fourth of July. All holidays which require the banks to close are merely state holi- days. Wherefore it is that the banks
 will be open as usual today in the |states without a statute providing otherwise.
 The survivors of the Lost Cause respect the memory of Lincoln. At the time of Lees surrender many lConfederates of vision realized that Lincoln was friend of the south and would have done all in his power to close the "bloody chasm" as speedily 'as possible. And when he came to This untimely end by an assassin's bull let on that Hateful night in April of 1865 every thoughtful person in the southland felt the tragedy to be the greatest of calamities. Had Lincoln lived the south would have escaped the bitterness of the reconstruction lperiod. The "carpet bagger" would have been little heard of. Thad Stevens and south hating politicians of his ilk would have been held in Isubjection and national amity would have prevailed.
 But with Lincoln in his grave the radical element in the north exercised the balance of power. Hence the 'south's humiliation and distress in the years immediately following the war. Sectionalism has vanished and time will come when the south will take