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SIX MONTHS. JANuARY-JuNE.

This astounding increase in amount
Of new life insurance Is attributed to
the operation of n number of factors.
The Government insurance of soldiers
and sailors revealed TO hundreds Of
thousands Of men the possibility Of
carrying heavier insurance than had
been considered practicable and con-
verted other hundreds of thousands
to belief In it. The Insurance COM
panies urged all soldiers and sailors
to keep up their Government insur-
nnce. pointing out to them that they
were not likely ever to get such q
bargain again. The result of this
was a great increase in interest in
life insurance and strengthening
Of confidence in the corporations that
write life insurance.
Another factor has been the growing
adoption Of group insurance by COM
mercial and Industrial corporations,
many Of which take out policies COW
ering thousands of lives. In the ag-
gregate these group policies amount
TO an enormous sum, and they are be-
coming more popular with employers
and employees.
People have had money to spend,
and not all of II has gone for ephem-
eral luxuries. Men who earn wages
have found their incomes so high they
could save, and many of them have
elected life insurance as the best
means Of saving. The sober expla-
nations Of the virtues Of thrift and
the passionate appeals to the public
to refrain from buying in competition
with the Government made during
the war continued to bear fruit after
the armistice was signed. The habit
Of saving, indeed, once acquired, Is
hard to break. A man tries to beat
his own record; he seeks TO make the
contribution TO his nestegg for each
month larger than its predecessor he
J thought Of the future In 1917 and
1918, and he can't help thinking OF
the future In 1910.
The terrible loss of life caused last
year by influenza, particularly among
men and women In the most vigorous
period OF life, deeply impressed the
community. Among those who es.
capped the disease, as well as among
those who were Ill but survived
there has been a marked demand for
life insurance.
In thousands of American house
holds once afflicted by extravaganza
of living, conditions improved during
the war. Domestic science In its prac-
teal application made a famous ad.
vance in this country in a few months
Despite the high cost of living, con
siderable permanent economies have
been effected in n high proportion OF
the 10000, 900 households of America
n fact which mitlgates the presen,
situation to marked degree.
Thousands of business and profes
slonal men have increased their life
insurance because they have recog
nlzed that dollar isn't worth what
Il was worth few years ago. Men
who in 1914 believed that $4,000
would keep their widows In comfort
until their sons were able to care fol
them have grown uneasy at the stead
lily mounting cost Of living-fall Of
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distributing point of $3.50. Every such
bushel Of potatoes, therefore, on the
old IS cents added for wastage would
wipe out the nominal profit and vast.
age allowance OF nearly forty bush
els. To DO exactly where he was on
the old basis, therefore, the distribii-
ter must now add 10 cents for tho
nominal profit and 20 cents for the
economic wastage. Thus, even going
straight from the farm to the consu'
mer through only single distributor,
the bushel of potatoes that was $1.71
becomes $2.S5. The farmer, the rail-
way and the labor got dollar more;
but the consumer paid $1.14 more.
But consider the cumulative costs
when those potatoes, as they always
do, 60 from the Western farm to the
great Western market; from the great
Western market to the distant job
ber; from the jobber to the whole
saler; from the wholesaler to the re-
tailer and then to the ultimate con-
sumner. Each time the bushel of po-
tatoes passes from one Of those hands
to the next Il must take on enough
nominal profit to preserve the oper-
ating agency; II must take on enough
more to cover the economic vast
age. And II each time the profit
added Is only nominal profit and
the wastage insurance is Of the mar
rowest possible margin. say that 10
per cent, the cost must be increased
by 35 cents or more. Five such sep
arate handbags would add about
$1.T5 on top of the $3.50 of the farmer,
the railway and the labor put to-
gether, without any profiteerlng or
even profit anywhere after the bushel
Of potatoes left the farm.
When railroad wages are In
creased, rnilrond traffic rates must
be increased TO take care of the
wages. Therefore, those cumulative
railway costs, which must be multi
piled all along the line. begin at the
very fountainhead of charges against
the ultimate consumer.
Mr.. STONE said the other day that
what the railroad workers needed now
was not an Increase Of wages but Il
reduction Of living costs. 1t is what
all other workers need, 1t is what
the nation needs. But you cannot
reduce living costs-you must null
tiply living costs-when you begin to
add to the price Of the nations food
at the foods very source. And you
cannot magnify the cost of nations
food at its very source without dis
counting the purchasing power of dol
lars more swiftly than you can mag
Nifty the quantity Of those deprecated
dollars.
Slash the cost of living and in
that very instant the problem will be
solved.
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Military Training Propaganda.

The House Committee on Military
Affairs will begin formal hearings In
September to establish a military pol
icy for the United States. Congress
now has before 1t three bills to serve
as the basis Of our future policy, two
identical bills presented by Senator
CHAMBERLAIN and Representative
KAHN, and the third, presented by
Secretary BAKER, embodying the
War Department. judgment Of what
military policy should be.
Army officers estimate that So per
cent. Of the American people want a
system Of universal military training.
If this estimate is correct the people
can get 1t only in one way. They must
make their desire known. If the peo-
pie of this country are under the
impression that they cannot get a
military system such as they desire
because Congress is indifferent to
their wishes let them recall their re-
cent experience in army affairs.
Up to two weeks ago 1t looked as
II the army air service that had been
built up during the war would be
practically wrecked for lack Of offl-
GERS.
The intelligent expression of pub
lie opinion caused Congress to add
$500 officers 10 the commissioned
personnel Of the army. This not only
saved the air service hut also the
Motor Transport Corps, the Construc-
ton Division. the Tank Corps and
the Chemical Warfare Service from
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Consumers Keep Ahead Of Producers

To THE EprroR OF THE SuN---Sir: For
high living and high cost Of living there
is but one cause--100 consumers to one
producer. The producer Is a fifteen hour
day man. the railroad and shop men
work eight hours a day. The farmer
boys are in the shops and on the rail-
roads. Why? Because they can get
more money for eight hours than they
can for fifteen hours on the farm. On
eight hour labor you can consume more
goods than the producer can produce
in his weary afteen hours q day.
CARsoSDALE.
CARBoSDALE, Pa, August ..
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ENJOYS GOLD LACE
WORRYING GERMANS
What Do Americans Wear in
Foreign Courts? Ask Fran.
ers of New Republic.
By KARL II. vaa wiEGAND.
S!d6 Correspondent Of THr StS

Copyright. 1919. al r0Afs fcssprd
THE HAGUE, Aug 3 tdelayed).--r
American diplomats accredited to Il.
South American republics wear UNI.
forms" The German Government voli
like 10 have that information as a pre-.
edent for the German republl,. II lti
established that diplomats in the Souta
American capitals may and do hrest out
in gold lace, tricornered hats and gil.
swords and still remain democrats. Ger
many may decide to keep her new dpIo.
matte corps In uniform
A discussion to-day in Wilhelmstrasss
n few hours before | left Berlin brought
up the question OF uniforms. Foreign
Minister Mueller opposed uniforms and
was supported by Under Secretary Won
Haniel. formerly counsellor % tie Ger
man Embassy in Washington
Baron Won MlltZshu. new CHEZ =.
the Department OF the Far Fast. is o'sl
stronger in opposition. declaring tha
the diplomats OF Germany should ajant
The democratic evening dress as mora
appropriate to her modest position among
the nations now besides It was cheaper
and Germany had no need To try ID
make showing any more.
Others. however. declared for the re-
tention of uniforms. France was c:ei
as An example of a republic whose f'''
eign representatives proudly wore i.
forms. One former diplomat who hai
been stationed south OF the equator a.
serted that even the dem ncratiy rCp'e'
sentatives Of the United states In s0uA
America have adopted gold lace. It was
decided to postpone a decision until ina.
point has been established or refut"d.
Or. Wilhelm Soft formerly GoyerNo'
Of Samoa and Foreign Minister are.
the revolution. is the leading yandidst
now for the post OF Ambassador
Washington. Prince Max has NEE,
dropped and Henry Reidemann, nv
Standard Oil manager, who vas
candidate OF Matthias Erzbcrger t4s
been eliminated. rs has been also Ma
Warburg. The opposition 10 Redemahnn
was based chiefly on his connection VlL
Standard Oil, while warburg's chances
are lessened by the anti-Semit'c tee.ns
caused by the fact that 50 many Ieaue''
Of radcallsm are Jews.
For Counsellor Baron Ferd mana wv,
S,unlm, who married Miss ''ns'a"
Hoyt OF Washington, Is mentioned, a.
Count Adolf Montgelas, whose VIE va,
Miss Fanny Dickinson Hazeiine w.
Grand Rapids. Or. Hecksher, former
member OF the Reichsthg, Is uiseo
special secretary In Washington w.
economic and industrial matters -,
As Germany no longer has navy ~.
retains only a small army, and the Pe"h
treaty forbids the study OF military
jects. she will not be representa- ri'
Washington by either naval or " Ia
tary attache. Simplicity, economy a"
modesty are to characterize the p''''
matte Corps OF the new German
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FRANCE TO GET HOSPITAL.
American Committee for WOUNDED
VIII Leave Memorial,

The American Committee for French
Wounded, which came into existence In
August, 1914, will perpetrate itself with
a memorial hospital In France to he
presented to the French Government, ac-
cording TO Mrs wallace w. Cumnock
and Miss Jean II. white of Evanston
Ill.,. war workers who returned yester-
day by the Cunarder Orduna from Liv-
erpooi by way OF Halifax. where the
ship stopped TO land 1000 Canadian
soldiers and their wives.
After leaving Halifax the Orduna
stopped and buried at sea William Gun
dey, a steward W o had been many years
with the line. Capt. Taylor oftciated at
the services. Gundey fell through the
elevator shaft opening and was killed
flax.
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obliteration except as organizations
on paper
Military training propaganda should
be revived and preached. But II
should he preached on the lessons Of
the war and not on the old arguments
Of the pre-war era. There are 80
many men and women in this country
now who know what real war Is no
progress can be made by talking OF
writing ''old stuff" Military trimming
propaganda must be based on the ex-
perience of the war.
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For eastern New York and vs,, -
sey--Fair to-day; Tomorrow fa,, sr
warmer; gentle, variable winds s"d
For New EnEiand-Falr to-dav
row IaiT. rising temperature in int1iet'
sentie TO moderate southwest ia '' wv
For western New York-FsIr ,o.,..
morrow fair, slightly warmer; gentls %
WARRINGTON. AUG. io.-Tbs ,,,.,..,
disturbanoe In the Caribbean sas u0peh
tinulng on a westerly eourss IL, Gun
thls evening In apparently soutb yents
maica, but Its intensity is still n,t W. Ia
PRESSURE remains high over tbo iinoWh.
glon, and Is low over the ca nedi.n " r.
west, During the last twenty fo,,r 'No'ih.
local showers and thunder storms h. NOUS
curred IN the south Atlantic ana n oC,
S nates and az scattered points In v ~.
states. Elsewhere throushout ~. plains
east OF the Rocky Mountains The w vsnuy
mas been fair. TEMPERATURE are s,I,i ~ sn
erally below the normal from IN. u,sss eh-
slppi Valley eastward, but are .ioc,,y ,ssh
erating 70 higher temperatures tx, 'n n'a
look Is for continued fair weather M wv.
day and Tuesday In the central and xs..l
I'm states east OF che Mississippi River AZ
ior local showers and thunder stntm. apl
The south Atlantic and east c,ulS s ~ "a
Temperatures will not change d.c sIs.,s
Monday ana Tuesday in the s,atss su
OF the Mississippi River, but the tsnd.sall
VIII be to warmer weather. '"V
observations at United STATE, v.,,.
Bureau citations taken at p, NJ ve.,s.a..
seventy-hfth meridian time: O"'
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Meeting, Thomas A. Edison, Inso.2o.
rated. Hotel Pennsylvania
First concert, Columbia summer session
musical festival, Columbia University Gym.
nasiun S:15 F. NJ
Columbia summer session. address by
MISS Julia Lathrop. chief OF Federal Chi
drents Bureau. on work Of bureau, He:s,
Mann Auditorium, 4 80 =. NJ
Bernard Richards will address Jewish
students of Columbia surRmer session On
Jewish Achievement at the Peace Conisf.
encc, room 3O7. Philosophy, IL 80 T. ~
French industrial art exhibition, Ho.d
Pennsylvania, all day.
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1t is n good deal better for the city
of New York to use an existing hos
pltal building, like Sea View. for the
treatment of non-criminal drug ad.
diets than II would be for 1t to build
another institution for their care.
Statistics collected by Health Com.
missioner COPELAND indicate that the
city has twice as many hospital beds
for. tubercular patients as there are
patients. Consequently the diversion
of Sea View from tho use for which
1t was erected should not injure any
sufferer from consumption.
Sea View is one of the best hospital
plants the city owns. 1t stands on a
fine site. Its buildings and equipment
are modern. 1t was originally de.
signed as a hospital for sufferers from
tuberculosis, to be managed by the
Health Department. subsequently Il
was turned over to the Department
OF Charities. DR.. COPELAND now an.
pounces that the institution will be
taken In charge by the Health Dc.
partment once more.
This change In the character Of Sea
View will remind some readers OF
THE Sun that the city owns a farm
purchased to provide facilities for the
rehabilitation OF inebriates. Gould
not this Institution, the reason fol
whose being will Of course be removed
by prohibition. be made to play q part
In the reformation Of drug addicts?
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New Jobs for Aviators.

sac,o1ento correspondent san Frunoisco
Chronicie.
Rice growers at colusa are contracting
with a local company for an aerial patrol
70 protect $4,000 acres of rice from ths
ravaFes of ducks. geese and mudhens. II
is believed the regular night OF airplanes
over the nelds at low altitude will go
frishtsn the birds that they will leave
for other parts.
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American ship Disabled.

lean steamer Westmead, bound from
New Orleans and Norfolk for Genoa.
put In here to-day for repairs. Her
air pump was broken and engine
trouble had developed. 1t is expected
she wall be delayed about a week
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Up TO the Consumer.

Prom The Lovisriils OoSrierJournai.
A Western brewer Of near beer puts a
sticker on each bottle saying: Don't mix
yeast with this beverage or It will be In
toxicatins." All the customer wants TO
know 10 hsW much yeast he means
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Australian Governor Urged

PERTH. Western Australia AUG
The Returned Soldiers Asso0ia'i" ~,
adopted resolution declaring .'hL ~.
office OF Sta'e Governor should We tI ,ts
ished The resolution also says ~, VI.
Governor General should De an A's""
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It will be a worth while exercise in
mental ingenuity when Washington
ceases no much TO trouble the daily
prints to start a guessing contest on
what is the most frequent subject OF
telephone calls. In this city alone
there are 100000 telephone calls
daily. Variety can be given to tho con-
test thus: What subject is the most
and what the least frequent OF call?
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In some industrial disputes the
strike breaker has to fear personal
violence. but in the theatrical row
he has only TO face stage fright.
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with those great fleets of buses,
what would become Of the freedom OF
the streets7
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All Belgium II prosperous. n cadillac
Of yesterday
The sunshine after the storm!
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x.n.a. oandlaAt. for Tn. big I~..u..
Prom tAe BsIoI 0asstt

FT0Tn I've btIoII UdHffTe.
Minneapolis Is coming right to the from
as an Amusement centre. A croquet league
has recently been organized.
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Credit TO whom Credit Is Due.
P,ooa ,hs a.0aIo N.,,.

To Joseph. he OF ancient fame,
We hand the bay and chant the chants,
For he pulled on the food trust" game
Without the aid OF storage plantA
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Nobody celebrated the transit armis.
tice in Brooklyn in the fashion of last
November by tearing up a transfer.
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Recapltulation of these figures
shows the totals for the six months
periods to be.
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Tn. Moral Of an ni,no,. Disaster.

Mount PsidSkf corespondsncs 81. Lopis Re
pu6he.
Fifteen hundred persons reside here. but
no one has had = bath In forty.slght hours
A consumer left his faucet open all night
| and morning found the towns supply tank
empty. That IL one reason why folks de.
sort the rural district for city life.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

The temperature In this city YESTERDAY
as recorded by the official thsrnomstsr
is shown In the annexed table:
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
STANDARD Time.
sun ri1es. 30 A N Sun sets
Moon sots."...i;is
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highest temperature. rs, at p. Al
Lowest temperature, GO, at 6:45 A NJ
Average temperature, 6s.
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WAR SCHOLARSHIPS
PRINCETON'S PLAN
Endowment Will Be Provided
as Tribute to Each Son Who
Died in Service.
NASSAU A MEMORIAL HALL
Work Already Begun Trans
forming This Historic
Building.

PRINCETON, Aug. 10 - The work OF
providing fitting memorial to the
Princeton men who lost their lives In
the great war, the first step In the pro-
granime OF the endowment committee
which IL engaged in raising s14,o0o'ooo
for the university, began this week with
the operation Of surrounding the bronze
tigers which flank the steps OF Old
North with a covering OF timber ard
sand bags TO protect them from possible
injury during the alterations to Nassau
Hall
Nassau Hall, in which Washington re-
ceived the thanks of the American peo-
pie and where the Continental Congress
met at the close Of the revolution, has
always been the centre Of Princeton coll
iege life. II IL for this reason that II
has been chosen TO enshrlne the memory
Of Princetofi's dead and IL IL doubtful
whether the trustees and alumni would
have dared to suggest alterations for
any but this high purpose.
The changes were made necessary and
accepted by all alumni because there is
at present no single room In the building
large enough to serve the purpose OF
the required memorial For this reason
the partitions Immediately behind the
iron doors are being removed to make
a large high room about thlrty-six feet
square, which will be finished in panels
Of white marble in which the names of
Princeton men who have fallen In the
recent war and other wars of the United
States will be engraved in gold letters
Memorial Scholarships.
In addition to the Memorial Hall
proper, the committee plans an individ-
ual memorial schola rship to each one OF
Princeton's fallen sons, and bearing his
name. Each scholarship will have be-
hind II a fund ranging from five TO ten
thousand dollars. tho income of which
will be used to make 1t possible for some
deserving young man who might other
wise have not been able to obtain a
college education to come to Princeton
and perpetuate the memory and the
spirit OF sacrifice and service which
actuated the student or alumnus thus
concentrated.
Said Henry b. Thompson, chairman
Of the endowment committee. 1--WE be-
lieve that our Princeton boys who gave
their lives would prefer to have their
memories thus perpetuated in the spirit
and to feel that their sacrifice was In
a sense the means of assisting another
perhaps less fortunately situated young
man. The construction of the Memorial
Hall and the founding Of these scholar
ships marks the first step toward car
rying CT the programme of the en-
dcwment committe. We have no hesita-
ton In carrying into immediate eXecu-
ton this part Of our programme"
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You Do More Work.

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have very depressing effect on
the system. causing weakness. laziness,
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
Is not patent medicine. it is simply
IRON and QUINlNE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thr;y-fve years ago. folks
would ride long distance to get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member Of their family had Malaria or
needed bodybuilding, strength giving
tonic. The formula Is just the same to-
day, and you can get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-08-27
PARDONED BOYS ARE INDICATED

Washington, Aug. 21.--One Of the
two American soldiers sentenced to
death for sleeping on outpost duty in
France and subsequently pardoned by
President Wilson was killed in the
great Aisne offensive in July, 1918,
and the other was twice wounded and
finally honorably discharged.
This was disclosed today by an ex-
change of correspondence between
Secretary Baker and President Wilson.
Private Forest D. Sebastian, of FL
dorado, ILL.,, 20 years old, was killed
in the Aisne battle, Private jeff Cook,
of Lutte Okla, aged 10 was wounded
in the Argonne offensive, where he re-
ceived his second wound.
In writing the President Of the gall
liant conduct Of the boys after the
President had pardoned them, Secre-
tary Baker said:
"You will recall that early in 1918
four death sentences were presented
to you from France; two, for disobe-
dience of orders, you RENTED to
terms of Imprisonment and two young
boys, Sebastian and Cook, who were
convicted of sleeping Oh outpost duty,
you fully pardoned
ut will interest you to know that
upon restoration TO duty both made
good soldiers. Sebastian died in bat
tie in the Aisne offensive in July, 1918
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Cook was wounded in that battle and
restored to health in time to fight in
the MeuseArgonne battle, when he
again fought gallantly and was the
second time wounded. He has now
been restored to health through medi-
cal attention and has been honorably
discharged from the service"
President Wilson, in acknowledging
the Secretary's letter, wrote:
"Thank you for yonr thoughtfulness
in telling me about the records made
by Sebastian and Cook, the two young.
sters who were pardoncd for slcepil :"
on outpost duty. 1t is very delightful
to know that they redeemed them
selves so thoroughly and it was very
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-08-27

8 Creates more force in your cleo
trio current.
Increases your mileage from 28 tp
10 per cent.
More power and speed.
3 Gives motor snap and power.
10 Increases the life and service Of
your spark plugs.