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Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-18
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second step. Cleverness and deep.
ton are worked up by alternating
hands on each bounce.
The greatest fundamental In
handling the ball is speed. Do not
hold against body.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
HARDWARE

HATS Besse-Richey Co.,, 7s4 Chapel St. Brooks & O., Inc, Chapel and State Hardy Hat Co.,, 216 Meadow St J. Johnson & Sons, "The Live Store" C. E. Longley Co.,, o7-1o5 Church St. Meigs & Co.,, Inc, o1 to o5 Church St. Pagers, 6-8 Congress Ave. and 741 Grand Ave.
 Shop of Jenkins, Inc, o7s Chapel St. The Thompson Co.,, 880 Chapel St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
Army Intelligence Test Proposed as College
 Entrance Examination *
By PROF. WALTER T. MARVIN. Rutgers College

question: college man? has always meant who the relatively the remainder of the population? We have always college extraordinary that he has vastly he has formed but one or two per population of America of his
 resulting the application of the intelligence test college the conclusion that the the following graduation Is not due primarily received the high school and the co dge remarkable and extraordinary lnorn 1nte gence
 told by college presidents and others ere we behold chiefly the product extraordinary capacity gift of Mother Nature hed
 Imperfect the intelligence tes because Of its emphasis speed capable finding whether not has the capacity the college This fact has suggested the intelligence traditional college entrance examination
 permissible but desirable because tell whether it advisable for such the out the world to learn the trade orvoc that to be his hfe's
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
MAsONS' SUPPLIES

The Howard Company, 22e26o Bou1e-
 yard. near Kimberly Ave. ---..~ -
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
COAL The Howard Company, 228-zoO Boule- ward, near Kimberly Ave.
COFFEES

Hermitage" Coffee, Distributed, by Stoddard, Gilbert & Co.,, Inc, New Haven, Norwich, Waterbury, Bridge Sunrise s1offee, Miner, Read and Tulloct, Distributors, New Haven, Bridgeport, Meriden. New Britain
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21


 the to be regretted Our country needs truly today it did and it the plain czen child ask himself the question: "How can help?"
 One of the obvious financial support Ih however differs of service in that it involves rce It absolutely the safest and most paying investment forced that he should do this thing for his souls sake, but it be put thing for interest which incidentally nations credit.
 small to be profaby in Thrift stamps conveniently hand places where the including doors and the schools send children.
 purses should address to ourselves the tion: spending money wisely could make better of not take this matter under serious stake. the bad taste of personal alusion children spend allowance each week for Thrift stamps who the largest aggregate surprising extent Thrift stamps and War Savings stamps of creating fund for definite purpose child but teach the value of which be gotten for it, at the same tune nc eating which flow from of all the money coming into ones possession.
 One of that extract from hs cruel and the determination that 1t must never happen again. personal responsibility to hold the respect of the rest o the world
 c&m<@@7an<H~
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
Cananza's Government Soon to Fall; Man.
 datory in Mexico Advisable


last months longer The German helped him along until Germany beaten Then supplies off, Now Canza has lost numbers ot hs army money Sixty per of Mexico is in rebellion Fourteen all independent, in the field
 will be mandatory Mexico do not think any Mexican group factions stable government in Mexico gone anarchy be reorgand by Mexcans Only strong outside Mexico
 military intervention Any strong could But it would be shame and crime do so What the Mexicans About sixteen m million people will welcome Amecans who with food and the help they entitled to.
 ood-beans, and cofeeenough soldiers to police country thousand a and we can do profitable Mexico than do In Russia Tn a
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
GAM FER AS
"C. E-Z" GAS LIGHTS Gas Co.'s Appliance Dept, 70 Crown St.
CHECKING ACCOUNTS

CHECKING ACCOUNTS First National Bank, 4O-42 Church St. Mechanics Bank, The, Church and Center Sts.
 Merchants National Bank, State cor ner Chapel. National Tradesrnens Bank, The. 96 Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,, BOA Chapel St. Second National Bank, 135 Church St., opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust Co.,, The, 57 Church St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21

Connecticut Savings Bank, corner Church and Crown Sts. First National Bank, 40-42 Church St: Mechanics Bank, The, Church and Center Sts. Merchants National Bank, State cor ner Chapel.
 National Savings Bank, 145 Orange St: National Tradesmens Bank, The, 90 Orange St.
 New Haven Savings Bank, Orange corner Court St. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,, 8O4 Chapel
 St. Second National Bank, The, 135 Church
 St. opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust Co.,, The,
 57 Church St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
A Nation of Spenders, We Must Become
 Instead Money-Saving People
BY THE WIFE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR

As people have always been regarded as and the accusation IS not unjust we have been wasteful in many different ways, and Tn looking for compensation for all the cruel sacrifices we have been forced to make during the war ones aten- ton is called to the material benefits derive from the bitter experience if willing to learn the lesson If we become nation of savers instead of nation of spenders of the sacrifices will not have been in vain When the actual fighting over our interest in countrys welfare rather sumped"
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21

CLOTHING ON CREDIT The Brennan Store, Gately & Brennan, 166 Meadow St. The Peoples Store, 57z Church St.. Up one flight.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21

C. H. Wacker Chicago Comm1onThe effort of country assist developing and increasing develop the maximum agricultural interests may exporting country of agricultural products pecuna benefits arising therero This the proposition before the country today 1t must be
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21

CLOTHIERS
 Adams & Manning, o6s Chapel St Besse-Richey Co.,, 7s4 Chapel St Chase & Company, 1O18-20 Chapel St. Hyman's Inc, 1872 Church St. :, ]. Johnson & Sons, "The Live Store" " (. E. Longley O., o7-1O5 Church St. Meigs & Co.,, Inc, o1 to o5 Church St Shop of Jenkins, Inc, o78 Chapel St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21

Eey G. may be tried the charge of having violated should tried before inter- national tribunal
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
CHINA AND GLASSWARE Wylie, on the Green, o54 Chapel St.
CIGARS

Country Life" Cigars, Distributed by Stoddard, Gilbert & O., Inc, New Haven, Norwich, Waterbury, Bridge "Woodbridge" Cigars, Miner, Read & Tullock, Distributors, New Haven Bridgeport Meriden, New Britain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

shoe merchants cannot be stated, bu
it is evident from the volume of bpsi
ness they had ana from the grcss mar
gins of profit they secured per pair o
shoes. that their business was, .ser
profitable. Taking into consideration.
ell the circumstances. especially tn
circumstances that the United State
was engaged in war. the large profit
taksA by slaughterers for hidex.--b
shoe manufacturers. and retail sho
dealers cannot be Justified. and ther
is consequently no ju.itifcaticn. 40
prices that consumers have been com
PEELED to pay for shoes.
Some relief from intolerable price
paid by consumers for shoes NAV b
had by tI a rigid enforcement OF IN,
laws against monopolistic control
commodities, t2) legislation forbiddinI
producers Of hides engaging in III
tanning business, and t3) the adoptto,
Of device in the distribution OF shoe
that will acquaint the consumer wati
the selling prices OF the manufactures
The complete report will be read.
for distribution within = week or to,
days
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
soon TO FORWARD
TREATY TO SENATE

Washington, August IA demand
~ administration senators for pre-
SspitAte action on the peace treaty
revoked violent controversy which
tIoke UP the meeting of the senate
foreign relations committee yesterday
I,ornins.
Across the 1880 mahogany peace
4 Bile which was specially construct
sss for the committees hearings on the
tsaty. charges and counter charges
we're hurled in such turbulent fashion
t'sat Senator Lodge got tired Of
lounding the table with the block of
rarhle which he used as a savel and
djourned the meeting
II was announced by Senator Lodge
that the committee tomorrow morn
lag will take UP the actual work of
"a sftins and voting upon reservations
4 nd amendments 10 the treaty
Senator Hitchcock. of Nebraska,
l.sder OF the administration forces.
rsarted the trouble in the committee
= ssfon by demanding to know of
nator Lodge how soon the majority
.,Aembers of the committee would
ID the treaty to the senate He de-
cared that the Democratic members
~w that the Republicans intended
q i have the treaty 'mau1ed and man.
andled." and asserted that the
mage done to the treaty would be
paired 10 the senate. where he was
sstnfident enough votes would be
corded against any changes which
tie Republicans on the committee
y light make.
There is a demand on the part of
Tie senate and the country for some
Ittion on this treaty" Senator Hitch
cock declared. and we demand to
row what reason there Is for delay
Abe hearings wluch the committees
Lid have been ineffective and not
a sscnge.l the vote OF single member
ssf the Committee. Nothing can be
.rained by proceeding in this way. We
want TO get the treaty before the sen
&c
Senator Lodge assured Senator
pstchcock that he was in favor of
. sompt action on the treaty and felt
that nothing would be gained by
-slore hearings
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
FOREMOST ENGINEERS
URGE METRIC ADVANCE
II ammoud. Nendrnhail and Others
Commend simplicity of Metric
system.

san Francisco, Aug. 13.-Among mes
sa ges of support received by the World
Trade Club of San Francisco in their
for worldwide adoption of
metric units of weight and measure,
a large number have come from the
foremost engineers of United states Of
and Britannia
John Hays Hammond, great mining
engineer, wired world Trade club
from Washington, ID. C.: Il endorse
metric system az the universal stand
ard. ! am convinced from an extensive
study of International commerce that
the adoption of the metric system
VI uid greatly facilitate promotion of
the export trade of America.
Thomas Corwn Mendsnhall, Of the
United States geodetic survey, who has
the added distinction of being the one
tie induce Presidsat Harrison to pro-
mulgste the board of geographic
before the Engineers societies, OF
meter liter-gram These units are
bound to coma into universal Use in
the near failure. The prodigious ad-
vantaEes attainahle through their sim
piicity, economy and uniformity as
sure their worldwide use"
American Institute of Electric En-
g1neers has voted for the adoption OF
meter liter-gram for general use. by
& large majority.
Not one of the accurately stand
ardized cages at present in use In
British ard American engineering
workshops will need to be changed
when tho metric system Is adopted "
IL the declaration made by the grea,
inventor. Lord Kelvin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

"when I farmer rstires frqk d
active out-of.door life and hang
around the house. his years are mum
bercd and he becomes q nuisance 1
himseif-and an especial nuisance {
his wife. go,
Now the crux or the whole matte
u this: II that eight miles Of foa.
had been improved by this bunch -
retired farmers, the town fnci1ttfe;
could be theirs and they could EMO.
the country ms well. There Ii no ex
cuse for eight miles Of abominnb..
roads In New York state or In an.
other state. It would take only
half an hour Of very conservatiy,
driving for him 10 90 to town over !,
good road and his boy II INFORMED
that Il he goes to 4 big city to wors
he Is likely to stand np 10 sweatins
crowd in a street car for tie bette,
part Of an hour before he can ret &
his lodgings.
Therefore when We all realize that
every man owes public service In road
making. this moving-tc-town bugaboc
will not be so prevalent. Ftx the road
and you have fixed almost everything
that counts"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

shoe merchant did not take a larger
percentage OF profit on the cost OF
shoes. the application Of the same per-
centage during the war az was used
prior thereto, gave him a much larger
absolute profit per pair Of shoes
The best standard foy judging
whether or not the prices 81 q COM
modify are reasonable is the percent
age of the profit on the investment
employed in Its production and sale
Measured by this standard. slapght-
erers took more than they should for
hides. tanners charged more for leath-
er than they should. and shoe manu-
facturers likewise charged too much
for shoes. Even in 1914 the tanning
Industry was prosperous. in perhaps
majority of cases earnings were 10
per cent or more and only n very few
suffered losses. BY 1916 and 1917 II
was rather unusual for a company to
earn less than 90 per cent. A similar
comparison for manufacturers of shoes
shows that more than twice as many
made profit OF 20 per cent or more
in 1916 and 1917 as did In 1914.
The rate OF return on investment to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

National Crop improvement Bervice.T
6GTT will not do any good to a.
wise farmers not to retire and
not to move to town, nor will
1t do any good to preach TINT boys
must be kept on the farm. The only
way to solve these two problems IL to
make country life ns attractive and
as convenient as town life and the au-
tofnobilA Is rapidly doing IT, says
Mr.. Frank Baackes, Hce-president,
American. Steel & Wire company.
Il was reading the other day Of
lan in New York state who had
worked his way up from boyhood and
low owns 130-acre farm improved,
lined and fenced. with a beautiful
house. big barns and modern improve
ments, well stocked, including so pure
bred ewes. Now he says he is going
to move to town because his wife
wants to go: because he lives eight
miles from town over the most abom-
Unable road in the world.
He claims he and his wife have
been prisoners at hard labor without
even the ,commonest Of pleasures. He
Gays that most Of his friends have for.
saken their farms and have gone to
this town and he wants to 60 there
: : ~"tov their society.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
AMERICAN Potato floup

Nafaenai Crop Improvement serv,ce]
- AKERS who use potato -four are
D enthusiastic in its praise. The
commercial value Of potato fiour,
ewing to Its water absorbing and
asoleture retaining qualities, exceeds
BAyM mod value considerably because
FM1aa Il 10 added to other iours II
Inilfeduces better bread and more loaves
- barrel, and besides the bread
skeeps fresh longer because It does
SMpt dry ont 70 readily.
- food value OF one pound OF
potato -four Is cents when
xhaa4 hour Ii worth 8 cents.
making mp three-barrel batch
aNk oough. with and without American
INTO hour. the recipes would COM
41o % follow:
Ne Potato Flour.
80 lbs. nour
- potato -four
II III. water
= ~ ysast
~ ~ salt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
Iege Leads American
Awakening to the Need for
Chemical Research Work

felt II acutely when she went TO war
for she had allowed Germany TO dc
her chemistry for her This is one OF
tn helpful lessons America learned
in the war. and IL is interesting to
note that there is stir among
America universities. an intention
to make the country sufficient to
herself in research.
Our own government has pursued a
wffful course of hlindman's blur in
this direction. To paraphrase an old
saw, her motto mas ever been. Mil
lions for commerce, but not a cent for
research" Hence, II has remained
for the American college to proceed
as best II could upon the far too few
donations of its alumni and of the
occasional philanthropist.
One great university. Harvard. has
foreseen this condition and is endeav
oring to prepare against the future
through the launching Of cam
paign for an endowment fund of no.
aeo.eoo
The campaign will start in the fall
an at least So, 900. 900 will be devoted
to the development of the university's
chemistry department.
Recently comparatively young
man at Harvard university contrib
uted some valuable discoveries to the
pressing food problem. Another Har~
ward professor is in the laboratory
applying the principles that gave
synthetic indigo TO the world.
He is observing the process by
which the plant transforms carbonic
oxide gas and water into a carho-
hydrase, turns that into sugar, and
them into starch, in which form ii can
he permanently preserved This man.
in other words. is trying 10 discover
a method by which food can be pro-
iced out Of sunshine. air and water
A few discoveries of that sort. and
the country will not longer he thrown
into ranic by rumors of failure Of the
grain crop.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

adhered earned " per cent 81 more III
: 1917, while only about one-stxth earn
ed this much in 1914 OF 23S compA-
! MICS 104 earned rs per cent or more
in 1916.
Shoe Merchandising.
The gross profits Of wholesale shoe
merchants generally ranged above 20
per cent Of the cost and they were
somewhat greater in 1918 than In
previous years.
There was a heavy increase In the
price of shoes to consumers between
the years 1914 and 1918. The retail
ers' gross profit is around so per cent
something's more and occasionally less.
In 1914, the retail merchants rate OF
Erofit was somewhat lower than II was
in 1918. The absolute amount Of profit
per pair Of shoes was very much great
er In 1918 than in 1914. a good work
shoe for men that cost the dealer
sf.7b In 1914 and retaiied for $3.50.
cost him $2.75 in 1915 and retaiied for
$500. In this instance the retailer
took margin Of IS cents in 1914, or
az per cent, and in 1918 margin OF
sI25, or IS per cent. In group Of
shoes that cost the retailer from $500
to $2,50 in 1914 a large proportion OF
them retailed for $3.50 with a percent
age of gross profits ranging from 40 TO
81 per cent. The same shoes in 1918
cost the retailer from 1906 to $445
per pair and retailed at from about
$500 to as high as $500 per pair, with
the percentage of profit ranging from
80 to 50 per cent In 1914 the retailers
absolute gross profit for this group
averaged a little more than 800 per
pair while in 1918 II averaged more
than s1.S0&per pair
The absolute nynoY,nf NJ y,,opay
cessary to conduct business in 1917
and 1918 was greater than In 1914 but
the relative cost of doing business
did not change. The per-
centage of total sales of dealers that
was expended for the conduct of busi-
ness was approximately the same in
1917 and 1918 as it was in 1914. The
volume of business of more than fifty
wholesalers increased 80 per cent In
four years while their actual expense
in dollars and cents increased only "a
per cent. The actual expense of nifty
three retailers handling a general line
of good shoes was Is per cent of their
sales in 1914. and the expense of sixty
one dealers in 1917 was the same.
stores handling popular priced shoes
had lower rate of expense as COM
pared with sales than the general class
Of dealers. 1t is to be noted also. these
popular price stores had a lower rate
of expense in 1918 than they had in
years prior to that time.
Retail Price OF Shoes.
Taking into consideration all the
the high prices of shoes
in 1917 and 1918 can not be justified
Leather manufacturers, shoe manu-
facturers, and retail shoe merchants
all made unprecedented profits.
It should be noted in this connection
that prices were bound to advance
considerably between 1914 and 1917,
even though no large profits were OBJ
tanned. There was an increase in the
cost of hides and all other materials
used in the manufacture of leather.
The shoe manufacturer had to pay
much higher prices for leather and
other materials and also more for la
Dor as the war progressed. While the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15

lbs. sugar
lbs. malt extract
~ lbs. milk powder
8 lbs. lard
With Potato Flour.
3S2 lbs. foul
IL lbs. American potato -four
236 lbs. water
SA lbs. yeast
l01s lbs. salt
lbs. sugar
lbs. malt extract
No milk powder
lbs. lard
While the batch containing Ameri.
can flour would make a few more
ioaves. II would also save sometime
like So In the expense Of ingredients
per three barrels dough at present
prices.
In making potato -four bread at
home, use one heaping Tablespoonful
or American potato -four to each
quart of wheat -four. Potato non,
should be added to the mixture afte,
the wheat hour.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
- Hna1Ule0T WHITNEY.
nannr Y0yn1 Lexicon.

0n91r I0yal Legion.
q Nv York, Ang. 14.--A man pot
sring aAout In . slightly odorous
ashuGo1o9y among test tubes and re-
IksrtD haa net been the subject OF
ssuoA gsuak American fiction. The
sApuanR Aguro - more likely to De
~ hsme1tn4 young salesman VINO
Sn6o n order for twenty thousand
.xeo q simpsons Soap. II any
soughk n given to the lone hgure
long hts retnrts. II In probably con-
sct0d with some passing comment
ss snuta.- though . little investiga-
N 1n1eh& easily show that the sue
~ss az the marvellous cleaning prepa-
alton was almost entirely a'trieu.
BILE 10 the tireiess researches OF
at same nut"
one Of those neglected figures be-
M interested q good many years
70 IN q country tradition In Glou-
ilesterxhire. England. to the effect
at dairy maids who contracted
wpoU through milking did not take
.aaiIpcx In those days srnallpox
~ . soc0rgA. . high mortality dis
ase. bat affer Edward Jenncr had
anAfefred his observations of the
sunsry tradition 10 his laboratory
TTI 1GA kIONS inc greatly of rturh
s~Aee los. much Of its terror, Jen-
~ undramatic researches gave TO
e world the theory OF vaccination.
r1s&eur postered around his labor
ary with the apparently incense
ient4al processes OF fermentation.
I'd modern surgery rests upon his
scoveries A young surgeon in
axgow, Joseph Lister. another
s,ang man who tinkered with test
hes, had an opinion that germs
'lieh caused infection Of wounds
ne from the outside. He applied
steur's principles 10 the treatment.
a from that beginning modern
rgery took its rise.
The application or .-,ose instances
conditions in the United States is
articularly appropriate at the
country, and, indeed. the world
N the possible exception of Ger.
any, Just how vital TO humanity is
earch ir the field Of Industrial and
Psychological chemistry. frussisn
ilitary strength lay az much in her
,oratorics as in her general staff.
~ the world suffered for dyestuffs
zen Germany Vi as shut off from the
{ orld. and chiefly because Germany
ne had fostered and encouraged
% Tearch.
War Opened Americas Eyes.
Such marked consideration for re-
arch was bound 10 be felt in Ger
aany and in the world and America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
SAYS STORED EGGS FOR
BRANCH HOUSES

Chicago. Aug. l3.--Edward Morris.
president OF Morris and Company.
said tonight he could not account for
the governments seizure Of 2.s00 cases
Of eggs his company had stored At
Chattanooga. Tenn. He said branch
houses draw from Chattanooga and
the supply was sufficicnt for only
seven days.
we have four times the quantity
stored at Nashville. Tenn. at which
point we have no branch houses, :"
he said. We also have an equal
quantity at Atlanta"