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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16

the approval Of the national govern
ment and Governor Gardner Of Mis-
souri, has interested himself person
ally In the drive. In q recent lettes
to Lieut.. Col. John D. Sharp Of St
Louis, the governor says. In part: 'M
10 my sincere hope and belief that
you will accomplish . great good in
the enlarged field Of usefulness which
you are planning" Every govern
mental aid which is permissible win
be given to the Army, according to m,
tional, state and county officials and
failure TO secure the allotted quotas
in the counties would be regarded as
q serious hindrance to the reconstruc
ton work in America
The expenditure Of the funds raised
In the drive will, in addition to finano
ing the corps work for the year, pro
vide needed improvement and enlarge
ment of several institutions now in
operation.
Defenders of Old Glory learned Of
the unselfish spirit Of the Army work.
er In an ordeal which tried their souls
and brought them very close to thS
men and women of the Red Shield.
1t has been a spiritual influence as well
as physical that has been operating
through the coffee pot and the dough.
nut as shells were bursting and men
met death cheered by the smile of the
Christian Amazon
Business men have called that serv.
ice which has been rendered by the
Salvationists in the war Service
Plus" and have marveled that HUI.
mans could so far forget their own
personal safety as to brave death cen.
tinuously In order to be of service to
others.
Labor leaders, long friends Of the
Army, have seen in 1t a vindication Ol
the trust which workers in America
have placed in the organization and
stand ready to aid in any and 81
work Of the Salvationists.
1.-THE true Salvationist recognizes
no other goal than complete success,
said Lieut.. Col. Sharp in recent in
terview. 1--WE have been forced in the
past to make up for lack Of financia
strength by the gruelling self-sacrifct
| of our officers and volunteers.
there is no ot-er way, we will still e
onward with this heart and ner "a
Breaking method, but we believe tha
an aroused public, spurred to actor
by q knowledge of the work which w
have been doing for the past half cen
| fury in America, win give freely
thereby becoming partners with US i
extending to the unfortunstes on lie
highway the helping hand OF Chrii
tiAmity."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
That Luxury Tax

The tax that Uncle Sam, since
the first of the present month. re-
quires to be paid by the consumer
and that must be collected by the
merchants on what that one time
benevolent old gentlemen now
classes as luxuries. among which
luXuries are wearing pair of shoes
costing more than ten dollars, a hat
that costs more than five dollars. a
cap that costs more than>two dol
lars, ETC., ETC., is not computed on
the price paid. but on the excess
above the prices quoted; for instance
when you pay eleven dollars for a
pair of shoes Uncle Sam will hold
you up for ten cents. oneIdime lux
ury tax. and the same thing will
happen to you if you insist upon
wearing a six dollar instead of a
five dollar hat or a three dollar in
stead of two dollar cap.
The fellow who blows in his coin
for a $3.50 shirt will have to come
down with As cents extra, Uncle
Sam evidently considering it in the
way of luxury to wear a shirt the
cost of which is more than three
dollars, and he is doubtless correct.
Not so many years since a fairly
respectable shirt could be bought
for So or less.
The limit on ladies' silk hose is
So; on ladies' underwear, SIS; sill
waists, petticoats and kimonos
SIS each.
For each and every dollar paid
in excess Of those prices, the Unit ed
States revenue department must
have its dime, and the merchant
or clerk who fails to collect or col
lects too much is subject to little
penalty in the way of a thousand
dollar fine, there or whereabouts,
Corsets appear to be considered &
luxury regardless of the price. anC
are subject to a tax of four pc
cent straight, and the pure haser Of
jewelry is required to come to the
; help of the United States treasury
with five per cent straight on the
selling price
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
Wasted Resources

For a number of years a cam
align has been conducted to sroua
public sentiment in the matter
waste of forest resources. Viii
something has been accomplishe
the squandering of constructid
material still goes on. The Anne
lean people are now beginning
feel it in the high cost of lumbd
Everyone who rents a house has
pay something on account of Il
prodigal waste of building material
A recent magazine article show
that for every 40 billion board me-
sure feet of merchantable lumb(
cut annually in this country, al
other 20 billion feet is wasted
the field or in the mill, Ten M
lion acres of forest lands are sweI
each year by fires that are Who'll
needless
Not merely is building materi
thus made much higher in prid
but paper material is made scard
Wood pulp now costs S18 90 a cor
where it might be bought for So &
IL the supplies were conserve
Enough yellow pine pulp wood
consumed in burners or left to I'd
to make double the tonnage of .
per now used in the United State
Wood waste now runs from a hd
to two thirds of the entire tree.
The old idea was that the wo(
supplies of the United States we
inexhaustible, and that economic
use of these resources would q
pay. as the labor cost of getting d
materials out in this way would
higher. But it would have cost 4
less in the long run to have paid
little more for materials, and
have conserved the supply.
| The destruction of forests by e
is a supreme example of human f1
lily. Those great treasures of natu
which have taken a hundred yea
to develop, are consumed in smo
in a night as the result of the Cal
lessness of some camper or stroll
1t is a question if people should
allowed to enter forest lands TN
they have demonstrated that tn
are responsible parties who can
depended upon not 20 cause fires
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
GOOD
ROADS
ECONOMY IN GOOD HIGHWAYS
Good Demonstration Made by Motor
truck Firm in Practical Test
Quite Recently.

At its meeting in Chicago the
United States Chamber of Commerce
adopted a resolution that the govern
inent, through the president and the
director general of railroads, he petit
toned, among other things, to "com-
plete trunk highways for heavy traffic
where they can be used in relieving
railroad congestion" Note the phrase
Hheavy traffic"-which calls, not mere
~ for graded highway rights Of way,
but for hard surface, cement, asphalt
Or brick roadbeds capable of sustain
Ing the heaviest trucks and dependable
In all sorts of weather.
The day is coming-in fact, 1t is
here-when such highways are almost
en- absolute necessity. In some sec
tons of the country, due to railroad
Inadequacy to meet the cratic de-
mands, paved cross-country highways
are indispensable to commerce and
community prosperity.
So, while we are building roads let
us build them, not for today, but for
the days to come, says Atlanta Con
rtltullOhs II VIII OC SACdpCl an tAC
long run, and vastly more saisfac-
tory from the "word 'go.'"
The dOllars-and-cents saving, and
the time economy, In hard surface
roads were clearly demonstrated by
q Northern motortruck firm in a
practical test completed some time ago
when a consignment of heavy mer-
chandise was moved overland from
Detroit, Mich, to Toledo, o.
"The total pay load carried by a
four-ton tractor truck and two trail
ers was II TONS" says Automobile
Topics in discussing the trip. 'The
load was distributed as follows: Two
tons on the truck, six tons on a five.
| ton trailer and four tons on q three
ton trailer. The trip was made in
eight and half hours over As miles
Of cement and asphalt and IL miles OF
| dirt road. Almost exactly as much
tine was required to travel over the
dirt road as over the cement, because
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
LOADS AT END OF GOOD ROAD
Double Amount of Team Power Re-
CURED g Haul Wagons over Un-
improves c ountry Highway.

To see what happens at the end of
the good road, : public road specialist
of the depa-tT 1t VI agriculture re-
Gently had Cbse atoms made in differ
ent section, of tee country. Observers
noted ma2y COI,tiy bound iCamsters
who drove two ded wagons Etched
one behind the aer, to the the
good road, where they left one wagon
by the roadside to be returned for
later while all the power of their teams
was devoted to hauling a single wagon
over the unimproved highway.
Farmers bound for market frequent
ly were seen to haul wood and similar
products to the beginning of the good
road, there dumping them and return
ing for a second load. When this ar
rived, the two loads We're consolidated
and easily hauled by single team the
remaining distance 10 market over the
improved road.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
The Live Town

1t is fairly easy to start a p
eressive movement in a town. E
it soon runs up against difficult
Progress is unfortunately not
ways on level. and easy pat
There are difficulties. advel
chances, to be faced. The temp
ton is strong to be discouraged
such difficulties, and to settle do
into a drifting spirit.
A town can't progress unless the
is a live spirit of enterprise a
willingness to take a few chanC
The town that wants a new ind
try may have to put up money
get it. At once everyone can thi
of cases where towns did that a
lost their investment.
Yet the trouble in nine times (
of ten. was that they invested wi
out thorough investigation. 1t
astonishing how people will 90 i
schemes without looking into thu
They will put thousands of doll
into a proposition, when a humid
dollars spent in study of the u
who proposed it. of their recoI
abilities, and equipment, would ht
convinced everyone that the tn
was a pure gamble.
However, if there is a chance
locate some desirable industry.
if after investigation the thing To-
thoroughly good. the live town '
take some chances on it You CT
win out merely sitting on y
money bags. People have TO sp,
! none" 10 get IL
AND they will frequently I
down a chance to help some you
man start in business in their no
town, where they could help |
succeed and direct his progress,
will then send money TO some
distant field, where it quickly
appears in the hands Of slick
visionary promoters, If you
going to risk any money on a pre-
sition not absolutely a sure tn
risk it here in Monroe City WI
you can watch ii.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
Country Life

Many country people desire to
give their young people something
more than high school education.
They want them to be mentally
trained to compete with the best
minds of these strenuous times.
But they have the feeling that
young people sent to the ordinary
classical and scientific college, will
be enticed away from rural life
Country people would commonly
like to see their young folks come
home and help build up the rural
community.
The agricultural COLLEGES as con-
Quoted some years ago. often SEEM
ed to educate the young people
away from the farm. Rarely did
their graduates return to till the
paternal acres. They were likely to
become managers of fancy farms
for wealthy men, or to take up
such lines as forestry, soil chemis-
try. the fertilizer business, nursery
stock. ETC. All splendid lines Of
work. Yet they did not always
help maintain rural institutions.
The agricultural colleges now I'M.
derstand that it is their business tC
show how rural life can be put on a
sound economic basis, That means
that unless their graduates can
make a good living themselves il
ordinary farm country, the course
is not success.
Many girls are taking agricultural
college courses. They are taught ia
love rural life, to desire to spend
their lives amid its satisfactions
and to help build it up. They learT
economical housewifery. preserva
ton of food products by canning
planning of a comfortable and ar
tistic home, how to care for tn,
sick, how to make attractive anC
pleasing clothes.
Thus they become economical!
independent of city life The NOR,
young people take these courses
the sounder the foundations or rura
life becomes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
Air Possibilities

In watching the amazing progress
of the aeroplane the public has lost
sight of the development, scarcely
less significant. of the air ship.
Even before the war passenger Yep
pelins flew on regular schedule, each
carrying score of tourists, Course
dinners were served aloft, and the
passengers enjoyed the luxuries of
a Pullman car. with the absence, of
course, of the shocking room. One
of these ships made PA trips about
Berlin in two years, remaining aloft
10 all for upwards of 10000 hours,
carrying 2,286 passengers and cover
ing $4,000 miles.
During the later stages OF the
war the dirigible was largely dis
credited because of the greater
speed and cheapness of the aero
plane, but the growth of the balloon
within its limitations is full of pro-
mise. The present speed of the air
ship of 77.6 miles an hour is only
relatively slower than the aeroplane,
while its flying radius has increased
to nearly 10000 miles. 1t is cap.
able of remaining aloft for eight
days. and of rising to an altitude of
$4,000 feet. or more than four miles
During the war dirigibles of the war
ring countries few more than $780,
600 miles
Airships are being built in Eng
land to-day 800 feet in length and
the 1,000.foot ships seem assured.
Such craft have a lifting force of up
wards of LOG tons, and of this So
per cent. is available for merchant.
Use or passengers. There is no ques-
tion in the minds of aviators to-day
that the dirigible balloon can cross
the Atlantic in fifty hours with lit
tie danger of serious accident. Sew
eral large airships are now building
for a regular transatlantic service
There seems to be no limit to the
size and speed of these craft. The
largest of them carry cabins 400
feet in length. which will afford all
the comforts of modern travel, and
the use of helium may even intro
duce the smoking room.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
SalOation Army in Big DrlUe

Facing an enlargement Of it's work,
and with a treasury which has been
depleted through the demands Of a
world at war, the Salvation Army in
America, and particularly in Missouri,
is about to launch a campaign for
funds which will help to meet the
situation.
The returning soldier out Of q job,
the girl who listened when tempta,
tons call was strongest, the tiny
waif to whom society owes a home, an
education and future. all are grist
to the great mercy mill of the Saliva,
ton Army.
The state is being called upon to
furnish $4,000 to finance the work
within its borders and the Army has
pledged itself to see that the entire
sum boes to the men and women OF
the state, who, because of misfortune,
lose their foothold on the road OF self
support.
1t has been necessary in the past
for corps officers to devote a large
part Of their time to begging for
money to finance their work. The
Lassie with her tambourine had be-
come a national figure long before
her khaki-clad sister Of the battlefield
attained fame for herself and the
doughnut. The drum offerings at the
open air meetings, house-to-house
canvass and the Christmas kettles
have been the medium through WIN Ii
the Army has financed itself.
Under the budget system, which is
being used by the Salvation Army fol
the first time in the state, no solicitors
will be employed in Missouri and ell
of the financial work will be done in
each community by a local organiza
ton Of men and women who are N
terested in the work of the Army anG
have volunteered for the work.
Located at strategic points in the
state of Missouri, in the hearts of tn,
great cities where the boys and girl:
of the rural districts and the smaller
towns come to seek their fortunes
are the rescue homes, maternity hos
pitfalls, industrial homes, workingmen'i
hotels, children's homes, young won
ems boarding homes, free employment
bureaus, missing friends bureaus
training colleges and, since Americ;
went to war, great hostels for the re
turning fighters.
Never in the history of the Saliva
ton Army in the United States ha
the call for Just this kind of worl
been SO loud as IL is right now an,
the hard driven organization ha
cheerfully accepted the call to serS
ice.
The Salvation Army campaign ha
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16

there was no foundation to the road
and both the trailer and trucks
sank. Three fourths of gallon of
oil and % gallons of gasoline were
used on the trip"
The real pith of the argument lies
in the fact that almost as much time
and, of course, more oil and gas
was consumed in travelling IL miles Of
Girt road as was required to make
the As miles over the hard-Surface
highway.
And again: Consider the differ
ence in value of the respective types
of road to the abutting property and
to the county and the state containing
them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16

The Masons of Fulton have voted
to erect a big Masonic temple and a
choice lot at the corner of Seventh
and Court streets has been purchas.
ed as the site. The construction
work will begin in the spring of 1920
and the building is to be one Of the
finest in the State.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16
Disbursements

Get the right attitude and get on
the right track. It's the right ment-
al slant is the the thing that you
lack. II you're out for a JOY ride
and don't give cuss. you had bet
ter change wagons, you're on the
wrong bus. For you can't 90 the
limit in pleasures unwise and keep
up on the job with the hard work
ing guys. And for you to start
shipping will give you the blues.
then disbursement comes and
you're listed to lose. So get wise
in the start and live simple and
plain. There is nothing you'll miss.
but there's much you will gain.
Your acknowledgements always are
backed by cause. for they show
you are shy on Obeying the laws.
And the moods of acknowledgements
stand in your way. You can never
succeed and permit them to stay.
Il is AL 10 to YOU and it's in your
own hanus. You should think it
all over and make your demands.
And then simply stand pat when
you put in the claim, and your wants
will come over if you're only game
Your diScOuragements beat it if
given chance. So just chain the
blue devils and on with the dnace
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16

A good deal of hard times are
brought about by calling them hard
The times are something as coy
and sensitive as woman. Tell her
she is ugly and she will pout and
fret and be ugly. Tell her she is
pretty and her face will assume a
prettier expression. Give the times
a little fattery now and then and
see how much easier they will ap-
pear
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-05-16

Please bring the little tots in the
M0RNING.-Mius 36,lc johnson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-18
PUBLIC OPINION
.RFD" MAKES p

Editor EVENING NEWS:
/ Just got through reading an artlcle
on ''How to spend the money sent IN
by an ~ex-soldier named James An
drews.
If this gentleman read that article
printed in your valuable paper on Fri
day last he viii see hat 1t was the
building I was not in favor of and that
I was willing to contribute wal a
monument to he erected in City Hall
Park for the boys that will V re-
turn and | sure want to inform Mr..
! Andrews tina l sure knew what, l
was saying when | sent that article IN
to the editor of the EVENING NEWS.
AS far as Mr.. Andrews and the boys
do not ask for charity, l do not call IL
, charity but Just what Is coming to us.
If Mr.. Andrews would like to know
somemore of the boys opinion on 1t let
him go down and get the address OF
some of the boys that went down TO
ket there share. If Mr.. Andrews viii
! read that article put in Fridays issue
and If naming a place n time where
can meet him l sure Will show him
the article and perhaps he Will have a
| different opinion as to what l was in
! favor of, a building or a monument,
VIII close hoping to read this In the
next issue of your valuable paper. l
remain,
Yours truly,
CHRIS RASMUSSEN.
or RED"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-18
WHERE Is

Editor EVENING NEWS:
Is 1t possible that our patriotism has
reached uch a low level as to be
worthless? Is 1t possible that the
members OF the Board of Education,
who are supposed to foster the very
ideals for which our forefathers have
died and for which our boys so gal
lantly and so nobly went forth osave
have failed to see the Importance OF
patriotism?
1t seems more than impossible and
yet after reading yesterdays NEWS,
such is the impression.
We realize that patriotism is not TO
be paid in any ordinary means. Yet
it seems since that is one OF the ways
we should give to the utmost. Wheth-
er II boys are considered as lei
teachers or not makes very little diff
ference. They are, at any rate and by
all means true Americans who have
fought so that we may enjoy the llber-
ties.
To decrease the bonus of these
teachers is an outrageous act.
Members OF the Board OF Education
| show by q concrete example that pa
triotism Is worth to be rewarded SO
that our children may be better citi-
zens.
1. B. COBsoN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-18

that It cracks when she smiles.
And what has become OF the old
fashioned man who a to be strap
ped down in bed because he saw red,
white II blue snakes running around
the room? .
The more a woman loves a man.
the more a man takes advantage OF
her love by imposing on her.
When Daughter is listening to the
fellow who is counting her. she does
MT realize that she IS listening to the
same old line of bull that Father
handed Mother when he was court
ing her.
doormat doesn't eman anything to
the husband of the woman who
sweeps the doormat every day.
Some women would not expose much
II they were as liberal about wearing
clothes as they are about wearing
paint.
It is important that a man should
be temperate in his Drinking. And 1t
Is equally important that he should be
temperate in his Eating.
This would be a fine world If ev-
erybody was as friendly as q candi-
date Is Just before election.
We have often wondered IL there g
any law prohibiting q bank President
from writing his signature so You
tell what 1t means?
A man can hit a tin can with a
rock every time at a distance of 20
yards. But he can't throw a cud of
tobacco and hit a spitton that Is 20
feet away.
Time was when the Cook had to
suit the Family. But nowadays the
Family must suit the Cook or she
quits the job.
Every time the average man has a
half hour to spare he uses it up both
ering some man who hasn't any spare
time
And a girl Toes not nave to be so
awfully sharp to be able to cut a fell
low she doesn't like.
1t has just about got to q point
where If a woman went into the La
dies Underwear Department and
asked for a pair of Wooden Ones, the
salespersons would drop dead.
What has become Of the old-fash-
Toned man who always carried his
handkerchief in his hat?
Every small boy believes in Faiaries
But after he grows up and marries
one of them he sort OF loses faith in
them
And many a Reformer does pri-
vately the things that he denounces
publicly.