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The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
SOUTH TIcK-FREE IN 1928.

With the new statewide compulsory
dipping law in Texas, which becames eff
fective in the last zone of that state
in 1922, it is not beyond reason to hope
that the federal quarantine can be en-
tirely lifted from American territory at
the end of 1923. We may regard GA
Tick Free South in 1923, as our aim.
But to realize that aim, remember that
the area still under quarantine is $780,
036 square miles. The campaign must
not be allowed to lag in any year, and
we should start off this year by setting
up another record. Judging by what
has been done in 1917 and 1918, be-
lieve we can set the pace by cleaning
up more than 10000 square miles in 1919.
That will ''Make 1919 the Worst Year
for the Tick
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
FREAK STYLES
ARE MISSING
SPRING CROP OF CLOTHING is
MODEST TO WHAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN EXPECTED.

Clothiers are busy this week I'M
packing and getting ready to dis
play their spring lines. The begin
ming of new season is usually the
signal for eager queries on the part
of the public and retail trade alike
as to the possibilities opened up by
new styles, price changes, and the
condition of trade. This season, how
ever, conditions seem to have been
anticipated and foreeasted in such
way that the spring line occasions no
great changes from former seasons.
The belief that the spring season
would witness a revival of interest in
styles was discounted by the manager
of a large Little Rock retail store.
eve are carrying the waistseam style
in some quantity, but we don't believe
it will have great effect upon bust
ness. 1t is merely the usual radical
style for those who are seeking that
sort of garment. But the majority
of our models are much the same;
0tduItotlu SOyttS, SUCH do CIlc bIIuC lids
been accustomed to in the past"
If anyone had the opinion that the
spring season would mark the end
of wartime prices, the figures quoted
at this store, previous to the spring
opening, which will take place later
in the week, should dissipate that
idea. Prices are top-high still. There
are some $35 models, but the aver
age run of prices is from $40 up to
500 and SIS. And there is no rea-
son to believe, it was stated, that
prices are going to slump greatly,
although after the crest of the sea-
sons trade is passed, they will prob
ably fall to figures such as were
quoted on winter goods recently.
However, unless the spring is as cor
respondingly warm as the winter has
been mild, they may stay at even
higher figures.
Perhaps the outstanding feature
of the spring lines as shown in local
stores is in color Lighter shades
promise to be popular this spring.
The line shown by the retailer quot
ed above contained many light checks
grays and light green shades al
though there was, of course, the
usual large number of conservatively
shaded suits for conservative buyers.
1t is felt that the young man wants
a chance to deck himself out in light
shades this year; he is tired of the
uniform and equally tired of dark
colors such as were forced upon him
during the war.
The seasons trade has not actually
started here in Little Rock yet, but
retailers are exceedingly optimistic.
Many men have been waiting for the
spring showings before buying their
new outfits, particularly those who
were in the army or navy and big
boom is expected from that quarter
as soon as announcement of spring
lines become general.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
ONECENT SALE
NOT ILLEGAL
UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT HOLDS THESE SALES
ARE NOT UNFAIR COMPETE
TION.

Order of dismissal issued by the
Federal Trade Commission in the
United Drug Co. case. This order
sets what must be an important
precedent in the future activities of
the commission. The Liggett Co., a
corporation owned and controlled by
the United Drug Co., it appears from
evidence was not selling goods below
cost when such goods were sold
through one-cent sales and it further
appearing that the methods of COM
petition involved did not affect the
business of competitors and there is
no sufficient interest to the public to
warrant further action by the COM
mission.
The proceeding was dismissed
without prejudice to any further case
of similar character. A complaint
was issued in the case by the COM
mission on January 20, 1918, charg-
ing unfair competition against the
organization.
After identifying and discarding
the organization, the commissions
complaint continues: that in the con-
duct of its business the respondent,
United Drug Co., sells through its
various stores large amounts of
patent and proprietary medicines, to-
bacco in different forms, candy, fruit
stuffs, numerous notions and other
merchandise in interstate commerce;
that the respondent, the complaint
continues, with the purpose, intent
and effect of sitting and suppressing
competition in Interstate commerce
in the sale of articles of merchan-
disc, similar to those manufactured
and sold by it for more than one
year passed, has sold and offered for
sale through its various local retail
stores, certain brands of patent and
proprietary medicines and other
articles of merchandise at prices less
than cost or which do not yield a
fair return of profits, and that it is
now continuing such practices with
like purpose, intent and effect"
The company filed it's answer to
the complaint on March d, 1918, in
which it denied that it had directly
or indirectly at any time with the
purpose, intent and effect of sitting
and suppressing competition, sold
merchandise at prices less than cost
or which did not yield fair return of
profits; that it is continuing such
practices with like purpose and eff
feet.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21

on account of the parties involved refus-
ing to prosecute. The buggy was owned
and driven by Mr. Sidney Thalheimer
of 822 West Second street.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
TEXTILES HIT
HUNS HARDEST
FIGURES SHOW THESE IN
DUSTRIES IN GERMANY SUI
FERED MOST SEVERELY.

That the textile industry suffered
more from the war than any other
industry in Germany is shown by the
figures just published in the Prus-
sian Jahrbucher, which compare en-
ployment records of 1913 with those
of 1917 There was no great
deviation from the 1917 figures up
to the end of the war.
Not only, says the Jahrbucher, was
there great dislocation of labor in
the textile industry during the war,
but "in consequence of the shortage
of raw materials, this industry for
the next few years will not be in a
position to find work for its own un-
employed nor for others returning
from the war;
The number of workers in the tex
tile industry in Germany in 1917 and
up to the end of the war was 213, 700,
compared with 4o5,2Oo in 1913, show
ing decline in employment of AZ
per cent.
In the clothing industry there were
166,50O employees in the closing
months of the war, compared with
245,200 in 1913, decline of 80 per
cent.
ssThat the decline in the number
of hands employed in the clothing
industry was not far greater" says
the Jahrbucher, twas due to the
amount of sewing and repairs re-
quired by the army"
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
PULASKI HEIGHTS Poofic,
WATCH YOUR
LUXURY TAX
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO RE-
PEAL LAW, BUT YOU CAN'T
TAKE CHANCES ON 1T.

Washington, March 19-Because
of the recognized difficulty in the
collection of the luxury and semi
luxury tax, officials of the Internal
Revenue Commissioners office are
anxious to extend every possible aid
to the retailers of the country in this
connection.
They expect the repeal of the law
before the first collection of the tax
from the retailers is made, and are
frankly in favor of this repeal. Re
tailers, however, are advised not to
depend upon repeal of the law to the
extent of failing to collect the tax or
keeping an exact and accurate record
of sales.
All taxes collected under the law,
beginning May 1, no matter if it is
in effect for one day only, must be
turned over to the government when
called for. If Congress is not called
together for an extra session until
June, as seems likely at present, the
at will have been in effect for
month prior to repeal, during that
period taxes must be collected and
turned into the treasury, unless
special provision to the contrary is
made in the repeating resolution. 1t
is hardly probable, however, that this
will be done and the amounts
collected under the law will have to
be turned into the government
Golfers.
The purpose for which the tax is
imposed and enacted is very clear.
1t is intended not so much as a
revenue producer, but as a distinct
means of restricting the purchase of
high priced articles with a conse-
quent saving in money which could be
invested in government securities.
The section was distinctly a war
measure imposed to restrict what was
called extravaganza and promote
economy and saving. Whether the
proposal was sound or not is another
matter. All leaders in Congress now
are in opposition to the section and
the very members of Congress who
fathered it during the war now are
opposed to it because it will act as it
was intended. At the present time
it is felt that there should be just as
little restriction and impeachment Of
fered to buying as possible.
While it seems probable that the
treasury department will not offer
objections. to the absorption of the
luxury tax in the selling price, it is
absolutely necessary that records of
sales be kept which will disclose at
once just what the selling price of
each article was and just how much
was collected by the merchant under
the luxury tax. 1t has been officially
suggested that the best method of
handling the tax would be to mark
the selling price on goods and also
mark the amount of tax, the total of
both being the cost of the article to
the consumer.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21

The yelevt bean is being advocated by
agriculturists as one of the most desi-
rable crops for Arkansas. The follow
ing interesting and timely article on
the subject is from Jim Ferguson, com
missioner of agriculture:
ssThe velvet bean is the most vigorous
growing annual legume in the United
States. It is highly concentrated feed
crop for live stock, the ground-up pod
and bean very nearly equaling cotton
seed meal in food value. 1t grows a
heavy network of vines, some of which
attain a growth of fifty feet and even
longer The roots, which are surface
feeders and which are also numerous
and very long, have noduIes like the cow
pea. These gather nitrogen from the
air, thus making velvet beans valuable
green maturing crop. As nitrogenous
fertilizer outranks soy beans and cow
peas.
g 1t is adapted only to warm climate
and a long growing season, but has an
advantage in the fact that cold, frosty
weather not only does no damage to the
crop but makes it more palatable to
stock. Only this characteristic makes it
available as profitable farm crop, since
ON this account the crop may be pastur-
ed till mid-winter 1t makes so long
a vine growth that it is not practicable
to cut for hay.
"Velvet beans should be planted with
corn, as soon as all danger from frost is
over, one seed in every hill where check
ed and "A inches apart in drilled corn
rows. Plant strong varieties of corn
like Mexican June to prevent the mass
of vines from pulling the corn over. Cul-
tivate with the corn, and after the first
killing frost in the fall, turn the horses,
cattle, hogs and sheep in, taking care
to keep the stock in for only an hour
or so a day for eight or ten days Gather
or leave the corn as you like.
There are three varieties recommend
ed for Arkansas: The Georgia, some
times called Early Speckled" or q Hun
dred-Day speckled, = natures in 100
days; the Yokahoma, natures in 10 to
100 days; the Osceola, natures in $50 to
$50 days. These can be grown in Ark
kansas, but the Osceola in Northern Ark
ansas might get caught by early frost
before maturity Osceola seed may be
had from the Ozark Seed & Plant Co.,
Nashville, Ark, at 1925 per bushel. The
Rumble Wensel Seed Co., Natchez, Miss,
has the early speckled and Yokahoma
Christ Reauter, New Orleans, La, has
the early speckled and Osceola at 1925
and $3.50 respectively. Other compa-
MES are Russell Heckel Seed Co., Tucker
Mosley Seed Co. and Otto Schmill Seed
Co. all in Memphis, Tenn.
Velvet beans will bring returns to
the farmer. Mr.. Cottrell, Mr.. Lasseter
and Dean Nelson all endorse it. Try it..
Get some experience with it and adapt
it to your individual taste The in
crease in feed and fertilizer will more
than repay you for your efforts. -
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
SELLER
FOR MISTAKES
booR MATERIAL IN MERCHAN-
MISE IS BECAUSE PRICE ASK
Ed is SMALL.

s The consumers point of view re-
sarding quality in merchandise is ex-
slained by buyer in Little Rock re-
zontlv who said he blamed retailers
! h. the often heard complaint made
h. the public to the effect that the
snality of merchandise had deteri-
brated since the war.
"a customer entered our store re-
Beutlv and told us that he had
bought six fiber shirts some time
AGO. he began. GIN appearance and
brice they were the equals of shirts
BE had previously bought and he had
ayerv reason to believe that they
would serve him as well, as he had
considerable faith in fiber silks. But
he said one washing spoiled every
|One of the shirts, the sleeves had
gone to pieces, seams had come
apart and he was through with fiber
silks for the rest of his life.
On my belief, the retailer should
never have sold him those shirts.
Merchants have been placing too
much emphasis on prices ever since
WAR standards appeared. It is good
policy to keep goods as low in price
las possible, but it does not pay to
bet quality suffer too much. Every
|one knows that this is a period of
high prices and a great majority of
the public is ready to pay reasonably
high for what it gets. The manu-
|facturer is not so much to blame, for
he must cater to the demands of his
retail customers, and when they are
willing to accept an inferior article
land pass it on to their trade they are
ito blame, rather than him.
IF any policy is preferable to an
other in this respect, l think the re-
taller should buy some samples of
cheaper articles, say in underwear
Jan 88-cent cotton garment, and when
IA customer asks for something cheap
should show him the 88-cent gar
|ment, compare it with the higher
priced underwear and prove to him
before his eyes that it pays to buy
good merchandise, even if the cost is
greater.
Il understand, of course" he con-
tinued, "that there are not many adj
vertising talking points to use on
certain articles, and that the aver
age merchant falls back on price as
the safest and simplest means of at
tracing trade. 1t is pleasant to say
that we are selling undergarments
at 8S cents, whereas other stores are
selling the same thing at 81. But
1t seems t ONE to be the safer policy
to sell $3.50 merchandise that will
wear and give satisfaction, even if a
lew bargain seekers are kept away.
$50 many inferior articles are be-
ing produced just now that the path
OF the buyer is laid with pitfalls.
snoes are good example. AS soon
as substitutes were generally used
Inc temptation to use them fol-
genuine leather in even high priced
snoes was too great. Fiber shirts
nave suffered more or less from the
same evil policy, and even real silk
VI an inferior qualiy is used frequent
" SO that a low priced shirt may be
ol1ered. But the store which sticks
70 It's quality standards throughout
.nis abnormal period will earn the
tain OF its customers and will come
ouC the winner in the end"
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
w. w. HUGHES & co.

Wish to thank their many
friends and customers for the
splendid patronage given the
Drug Store during the first
month of its CASH business.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
me following: Chas. D. Tusker, SO, North
ni''le Rock, and Miss Mary E. Porter,
20, Jacksonville.
ohas. G. Cox, So, and Mrs. Matte
henderson, 50, of Jacksonville.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
Textile Workers Spared.

Though the textile and clothing in
dustries suffered most from unem-
ployment due to the war, these in
dustries lost a smaller percentage of
their workers through military serv-
ice than any of the other major in
tary service comprised 46 per cent of
the total number of workers, and in
the clothing industry the percentage
was only % per cent. A comparison
is furnished with the building trades,
from which ga per cent of the work
ers were drafted into military
service.
Unlike other countries, there was
no increase in the number of women
employed in the textile and clothing
industries of Germany. There were
1927 women workers in the textile
industry in 1913 and only 1852 in
the closing months of the war. In
the clothing industry the decline was
from 158,432 to 1926.
There is a great deal of doubt in
Germany as to whether or not she is
going to be able to obtain supplies
of American cotton after peace is
negotiated, according to the Weser-
Zeitung, which is particularly keen
on cotton questions because it was
through the Weser ports that Ger
/
many received the greater part of her
pre-war cotton supplies. The Weser-
Zeitung says:
sIs Germany going to obtain sup
plies of raw cotton after the war.
The American cotton crop has greatly
fallen off CD and for the available
supplies good money will be demand
ed. Before he war, German exports
amounted in value to 10,000,000,000
marks, which sum served to cover
her liabilities for imported cotton.
"But as Germany's stocks are de-
pleted, the building up anew of her
export trade is likely to prove a slow
matter. Hence, Germany needs credit
for her raw material. imports, and TO
this end confidence must be restored
in her solvency. Failing this,
America and England, who control
the raw material markets of the
world, will refuse supplies.
consequently, it is essential to
the interests of the Bremen cotton
trade that settled conditions should
prevail throughout the Empire.
Foreign countries must be brought
to realize hat there is a responsible
form of government in Germany that
law and order prevail, that everyone
is working at the task that comes to
hand, and that all available resources
are being duly husbanded. In no
other way can supplies be obtained
and credit granted"
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-21
TO FARMERS.

We lend government money
at 8 IL per cent interest,
loans $500 to $4,000 payable
sseeml-annually, may run from
i've to Sd years. Any part or
al may be paid after five
years. See R. w. Porter,
secy-treas. of M b elvale
Farm Loan Assn, Gazette
Bldg.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

The Fashion Show, which Is more
correctly called style promenade, is
an established institution now. Car
ments for all the seasons, spring,
summer, autumn and winter make
their debut at these promenades, when
practiced and keen eyes pass upon
their merits and the acid tests of the
buyers send them on their way to
successor relegate them to oblivion.
New fabrics, new silhouettes, new
style features have their tryouts at
these promenades and the questions,
as to what is to be presented to the
public are settled by those who seem
TO have an intuition in the matter of
coming fashions.
Two striking garments that chal-
lenged comparisons at n recent style
promenade in New York, are shown
above. They invite attention to new
style features that have made sue
cess and have an assured future,
Wool velvet, which goes by several
names, with fur for trimming, is the
fabric used in them and their lines
indicate what is acceptable to Ameri-
can women. At the left Of the picture
there is handsome top coat in q
very dark gray with cross-bars in
white, which is new adventure
in velvet coatings. A photograph
cannot convey the smartness and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

richness of this material, but 1t
sets forth plainly the style of the
luxurious and practical garment. 1t
has Il wide muffler collar and deep
cuffs of caracul fur and a narrow
belt of the velvet that buttons at the
sides in the most nonchalant manner.
Aside from the interest that centers
in the novelty of the material used
in this coat, the wide. bias band of
the goods which appears to be but
toned around the front of it about
eight inches above the bottom, seized
the attention of spectators and was
credited with being Il fine bit of
cleverness in designing.
Paris took kindly to tailored suits
this season and has furnished us with
models that have a distinctly French
flavor. They are less plain and less
simple than the usual American crea-
tions and certain of our own design.
ers have adopted the French IDEAS.
But Paris decreed the very short skirt
and America rejected it, and for once
Paris changed it's decree. We agree
on longer skirts and two-third length
coats and have Il fine example Of
these features in the velvet suit shown
at the right of the picture. 1t is at
least reminiscent of the Russian
blouse, having all the verve and style
of that persistent inspiration.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

And the green grocer is In position
to acquire a lot of ripe experience.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

The powers that be in the world Of
millinery have made league In fa-
vor Of feathers for trimming winter
hats. Having decided that the mid
winter hat should be characteristic of
the midwinter season and bear lit
tie resemblance to Its predecessors for
fall, the designers have evidently set
tied on feathers as the great feature
Of the styles. Ostrich has come back
and endless wings, cockades and
fancy feathers are fluttering across the
millinery horizon.
Ostrich, curled and uncurled, reap
pears to such advantage that we all
wonder how fashion could ever
have banished 1t. Yet 1t was, absent
for several seasons. Soft quilts and
long sprays Of artificial aigrettes sweep
and swirl about brims. There Is a
great vogue for shaggy, ragged eff
fects, with coQue feathers and burnt
goose In turbulent, unsymmetrical ar
rangement about brims and crowns.
Then there are single long feathers
and the most brilliant and precise
wings to contradict what seems the
careless placing Of the scraggy feath-
ers. II will take season to tell all
the story Of feathers.
Most sure of welcome from many
QUARTERS are the beautifully made
wings and montTes llke those showr