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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
WAS Frs
AND SAVERS.

The Word showed the other day
that in the last SIX months of 1919
taxes amounting II $4,000, 000 we're
paid on goods subject to the lux
ury tax The total value OF these
goods ran to $500. 100000 or over.
Since the almistice, The World fig.
ureS, 100000 has been spent
in this country on indulgences.
Some items in its list are: Automo-
biles, $1,4Oo,00o0OO; jewelry. s275,-
100000; theaters, S507,000O00: per
fumeries and cosmetics. S174000.-
900; musical and sporting goods,
etc, $270 100000: medicinal prepa-
ratious. S254,0o0, 0oo. The most ex-
trayagant expenditure has been in
the west and south. But all sec
tons have run riot since the era of
wartime retrenchment ended.
The violent reaction from the
period OF reFenchment has had un-
fortunate economic effects. Yet it
seems 10 have passed it's crisis. Il
was an orgy which affected all the
belliserent nations, undoubtedly a
A'N|t u 81 4'Nult f}L VI tuF vast tIltd-
ton of war wages and profits.
There is another side to the pic
ture. however. A part of the excess
has been saved by wage earners,
who have been making easy money
during and since the war. The re-
port of the New York Superintend-
ent Of Banks shows that in 1919 dc.
posts in these institutions increas-
ed S225. 900, 600. Investment COM
panies in this state made phe-
nominal gain last year, their re-
sources increasing from 500 100000
10 s407o00.000. This gain Of more
than $5000oO000 Is for a single
state. SO the wage earners are not
sinking all they make above their
needs in riotous living. There are
savers as well as MASTERS, although
the latter class have too often
seemed 10 De having it all their own
way, A clearer balance can be
struck when the savings institu.
tions II all the other states are
heard from New York Tribune
tRep@.
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SUBSIDY FOR
BIG FAMILIES

The trainers of the income tax
law appear 10 have stopped work
ing just as they were about TO make
IA logical, well-balanced measure.
They seem to have hesitated when
it came to carrying the exemption"
clause TO its rational conclusion
They seem to have lost sight Of the
wisdom contained in the maxim.
Its poor rule that doesn't work
both ways"
Under the head of exemptions
the head of family is allowed q
personal exemption of $1,000, and
may deduct 5000 or each child un.
der 10 years of age. Cases are doubt
less almost innumerable where the
exemptions allowed for the chill
dren will more than equal the IN
come remaining after other deduc-
tons are made. In other words,
there are cases where, if complete
justice were done, the government
would owe the taxpayer something.
1t does not seem unreasonable that
the government should hand some
thing to the father of six children
whose income may be only $1,000.
Under the law the father of six is
exempt from taxation until his IL
come exceeds $1,000. Since. in the
case cited, his income is only $24oG,
there is a little difference OF $500 in
his favor with the government
might easily settle.
Another reason for remunerating
The head of a Rooseyeltian family
iii that his burdens are immeasur
ably greater than the man with no
children. It would tighten his load
somewhat If. at this season OF the
year, when most persons are wor-
'ry;ng ever their income tax reports.
he could step around to the federal
building and get what is coming to
him. 1t would add much 10 his en-
ioyment Of life if, Just before
March IS, he could assemble his
flock. count heads and take the glad
tidings 10 a benign and generous
government.
It is capable Of proof that the
most valuable citizen is the man
with a wife and children. He IS
conscious of his responsibility and
his aim is to make the country the
best possible place to live in. Yet
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
A BAUCHED
CIVIL SERVICE.

Owing to the opposition of the
moral elements" of Prohibition,
every attempt to provide that the
enforcement officers should be sub
ject to the civil service law failed
in Congress. The tests for charact-
er and intelligence deemed neces-
sary in other branches of govern
ment were in this instance PM
nounced a needless handicap upon
the inspired recruits who were to
regenerate mankind.
With recent developments in
view, the secretary of the National
Civil Service League says that Con-
gress by its acceptance of this
theory has created a political and
partisan force sure, as long expert
ence shows, to be incompetent, in
effective, blindeyed and blackmail-
ing" In proof of this we have the
evidence in the Official presence in
Northern cities of hand-picked
moonshine raiders from the South,
and now in New York a tragedy re-
veals the fact that a conspicuous
agent of the law under Indictment
for murder is an exconyict. released
from Imprisonment just in time to
assume the important duty OF reg
ulating with a gun the use of bever-
ages hereabouts Elsewhere per-
sons clothed with this authority
have been found to be zealots long
in the employ of the Anti-Salo9n
League.
The authors OF civil service re-
form regarded that movement as an
expression OF the highest morality.
They gained a great triumph for
their cause by convincing reluctant
legislators and executives that the
methods of law enforcement were
quite as important in their way as
the law itself 1t has remained for
Prohibitions not only To demand
exemption FROM this enlightened
ru}n but To make it appear chat
those who insist upon official r.
sponsibility are no better than the
1awbreakers who sometimes are
shot on sight.-New York World
(Dem).
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
LADY ASToR'S
AM BASSADOR

Form London comes the exceed
inly interesting statement that Lady
AStor was largely responsible for
the selection of Sir Auckland Ged-
des az Ambassador to the United
States. The first woman member Of
the House Of Commons is said 20
have worked upon Lloyd Georee
with might and main to secure tho
appointment of Sir Auckland. beina
convinced that he was exactly the
man for the place; and in the end
according to this story. the Primo
Minister accepted her Judgment.
Certainly if there IS any truth in
this at all it lends extraordinary
interest to the new Ambassadors
career at Washington, That career
will constitute a most interesting
test of feminine capacity in one Of
HE most important departments of
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ton 10 dodge the payment of income
/ tax on its stock for its stockholders, 4"
and the Nashville Banner Ind.) be.
iicVes the decision will undoubtedly
nrove unpopular" Sharply critical,
also, is the Pittsburg Press (Ind0:
The Supreme Court is evidently
determined says the Press, that
wealth must be cherished. =. The
/ legal pendulum which seemed to be
swinging a few years are strongly
against privilege now seems to be
swinging back hard
The Fargo Courier-News (Non-
Part. League disSeuts SO strongly
that it is even moved TO suggest
some popular curb on the Supreme
Court" II continues
"A constitutional amendment
should be initiated. restoring the or
ieinal intent OF the constitution that
Congress should be superior to the
Supreme Court, not its inferior No
other nation in the world permits a
small legal autocracy to veto at its
will the mandates of the elected rep
resentatiyes of the people.
From now on it is safe to say"
predicts the Salt Lake Herald (Rep.1
that capital stock Increases and
stock distributions will be highly
popular and the revenue losses to the
government must necessarily in
crease relatively and have to be made
up in some other way" and the Grand
Rapids Press (IndD adds that the
decision involves losses running in
to many millions In prospective col
lectionS and requires refunds of alb
cut $25,000,000 in such taxes collect.
ed since 1916. The stockholders
will be gladdened in the same meas
IRE that the revenue collector is sad.
dened."
Many regret that the decision
should have been so close 1T is a
margin of one man that determines
the saCredness or lack OF it In this
law" comments the Fresno Republi-
can Clnd.) and the Syracuse Herald
und) notes that we are witnessing
a good many OF these close shaVes."
1t cites examples:
The decision against %. beer IN.
der wartime prohibition act was rend-
cred by a majority of one. So was
the decision upholding the legality OF
the L. S. Steel Corporation, though
in this instance the vote was four to
three. owing TO the abstention OF JUS
tice MeReynolds, former Attorney
General and of Justice Brandeis, who
had expressed some emphatic opin-
ions derogatory 10 the Steel Trust
in a Congressional investigation be
fore his elevation to or highest
bench
. In such ease as the latter. the
Toledo News-Bee (Ind) thinks prop
er legislative steps should immed-
lately he taken to make a majority
OF the Supreme Court necessary for
al decisions" but even this is not
enough in the view of the Quincy
CID Journal end. Dem1, which
holds that there should be at least
a two-thirds vote. The Hartford
CoHrant Rep.1 thinks moreover that
minority opinions of courts should
not be made public" The only eff
feet of such publication. il declares.
lis TO lessen the dignity of the
court"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19

between nations. In aloofness from
foreign entanglements, in freedom
from permanently hampering ALI
ances, in independence Of decision
and action, it stands where Wash
ington put it, where Monroe kept
it and where it was when Wilson
assailed it with his self-conceived
and self-determined scheme Of in
ternational merger.
President Wilson may keep on
until doomsday writing This is IN
acceptable to mel" across reserva-
tions preserving the country from
that subm ersion and subordination
which he planned for it, The more
important fact, the main fact, is
that the government OF the United
States and the people Of the United
States have written across his pro-
posed covenant. This is unaccpeta-
BILE to us" in characters that are
indelible.-The Sun and New York
Herald Hnd).
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
THE PAPER
PROBLEM

Undoubtedly the paper problem
could be solved by the use OF the
forests Of Alaska. Pulp could be
produced at a low cost and the
freight rates need not be excessive.
Ultimately, it is said, the immense
timber resources of Alaska will be
used for the above purpose. Why
not In the near future.
Millions of acres forests are to be
found in Alaska absolutely untouch-
ed. Under the present laws certain
complications arise, but these will
doubtless be adjusted in time. 1t is
planned to establish paper mills as
large or larger than those in Brit
ish Columbia. TO which the United
States now looks largely for its
supply. There are some $4,000
square miles, an area equal to that
Of the state of Indiana, in the forest
reserve section alone.
Immense forest areas are also
available in the southwest section
Of Alaska. The land is well adapted
FOR forestry work. 1t abounds in
waterways, down which the logs
may be floated to the coast. There
is an abundance of water power
and excellent ocean harbors for
loading and shipping. The weather
conditions are also favorable.
The establishment of paper mills
in Alaska should not be delayed. \
great shortage exists all over me
world and prices are ahnormall9
high. The enterprise would pay
from the very beginning, and we
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
independent

should become independent Of
both Canada and Norway.
There is believed to be a great
opportunity for exporting paper
making machinery and other mill
eqipment to Russia as soon as the
embargo is lifted, and no other
country is so we'll prepared to sup
ply such machinery as the United
States.
While we are able to supply Rus
STA with paper mill machinery at a
mament's notice, it would be well
to erect some Of it in Alaska on our
own account.-iSalt Lake Tribune
(Rep.)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19

there is no government encourage
ment for him. The 5000 a year for
each child upon which the govern.
ment refrains from leyying tax is
inadequate, but when the lawmak-
ers omitted to reimburse him when
the balance was in his favor injus-
tice was done. March Is should have
no terrors for the father Of such,a
family as is contemplated in one OF
the best known Of Roosevelt's doc
Post IntelligenceT
lind. Rep.)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
FRIDAY. MARCH 10, 1920
Daily
Editorial
Digest

(Title Appld for L. S. Pat ot)
Edited BY the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Breweries are now making ice,
says a news iten-but are not cut
ting much.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
The Germans are apt to discover
that when Foch holds the watch on
the Rhine it's a stop watch.-Phil-
adelphia. North American.
Every week will be thrift week
by and by.-Chicago News. Not IL
we buy and buy at present prices.
Detroit Journal.
The chances for ratification of
the peace treaty would probably be
probably be pretty good If the sen.
ators were Observation-Disclosures
Falls (Texas) Record News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31

es from war conditions and the steady
shrinkage in the carry-over from past
crops. Toward the end Of the week
the strong rise in the rate Of sterling
exchange and the report of larger
shipments of gold probably from Lon
don to this side caused fairly strong
advance.
The Conner bill, now before con-
gress, requiring that tenders of cotton
shall consist Of at least fifty per cent
or cotton grading above middling,
caused a stir in the trade and for a
while led to liquidation.
During this week developments in
Washington in this direction are like
~ to affect the market one way or the
other and legislative and weather
news willfprobably furnish the motor
power FOREMOST of the swings.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31
RANGE OF COTTON
PRICES WERE WIDE
HIGHEST Levels We're Registered Tues
day While Thursday Saw Lowest

HIGHEST Levels We're Registered Tues
day While Thursday Saw Lowest
Prices.
New Orleans, March 2S.-The range
OF prices in the cotton market last
week carried the active months over
III to 1876 points, highest levels be-
ing reached Tuesday and lowest levels
on Thursday. The close showed net
gains for the week Of II to so points.
May closed at 1852 and October at
31.S7, while middling spots closed at
1925, showing net loss on the grade
of 70 points.
The market displayed q tendency
to get away from outside influences
and to pay more attention to matters
more intimately connected with cot
ton itself and this disposition was well
illustrated by the Indifference display
ed on several sessions to news from
Germany. The idea back of this was
the question Of the size OF the crop
about to go into the ground is more
important to the trade than most out
side matters because OF the growing
requirements of the world as 1t emerg-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31
HAS WINTER
WORN YOU
DOWN?
Sickness That Lingcrs, or Strain of
Caring for Others, Makes Spring
Days Dangerous.
GET BACK YOUR STRENGTH.
Red Blood Means Old-time VigOr, ana
Pcpto-iiangan Builds Rich,
Pod RInnd

Red Blood.
Perhaps you've been i'll this winter
or others in the family have, and
you've worn YOURSELF out with extra
burdens. And now youI-strrngth IS
slow to return.
Week after week you've felt too
tired for anything, and have looked
it. too-color bad, eyes dull, and no
enthusiasm
When you don't feel we'll you are
not well. Probably what you need
right now is the good blood tonic, Pep
to-Mangan. Physicians everywhere
recommend Pepto-Mangan for run
down, anemic people. Ask your doc
tor about 1t. Pevto-AIangan supplies
the things that blood-starved people
lack. 1t puts iron and vigor in the
blood. 1t paints the checks in Natures
way, and restores the hearty appetite
The blood is naturally sluggish in
the spring and the whole family would
profit by taking Pepto- -Mangan which
tones up and builds up. 1t is pleas
ant-tasting and soon makes You feel
better. our own druggist has it ready
for your call, and in both liquid and
tablet FORM just as you prefer.
But to be certain that you get the
genuine Pepto-M -Mangan. ask for it by
the full name, Guides Pepto- Mangan." !"
Look for the name Guides" on the
package. Advertisement.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31
CALCIUM ARSENATE
DEATH TO WEEyIL

Secretary Of Agriculture Meredith
Optimistic Over Fight Against Cot
ton Pest,
columbia, March 25.-An increased
production of calcium arsenate will
make it possible for farmers to wage
war against the boil weevil this year
on greater scale, Secretary of Agri-
culture Meredith told the members Of
the South Carolina branch or the
American Cotton Association in an ad-
dress here today. The eradication of
the pest will be hindered, however, he
said by an inadequate supply Of dust
ing machines, but added that manufac-
turers were increasing the output of
the machines and that "in no great
while the supply will probably be suf-
ficlent to meet the needs"
Regarding efforts of the department
of agriculture is making to conflne
the pink boil weevle to the infested
areas In Louisiana and Texas, he as
serted the departments willingness to
place federal quarantine. Every
body interested in cotton ought to
realize, however, he said, "that the
thing must be done now or not at
all. determination is possible only
at the beginning of infestauon. when
the insect occupies only very restrict
ed areas. Unless the pink boil worm
is eXterminated now and it cannot
be cXterminated except by absolute
| cooperation of the states concerned
lit will sweep over the entire cotton
belt and will inevitably innict much
greater damage than the boil weeyil
has done"
Mr.. Meredith said the test of cal
c1um arsenate as poison that would
eliminate the ordinary boil weevil was
tried last year on an abandoned farm
THE department divided the field into
three strips" he said. "The unpois-
oned strip on one side produced As
pounds of cotton, the strip on the
other side produced GO pounds and the
strip dow nthe middle where the rink
inG water was poisoned, produced 4S0
pounds Of cotton"
More than 5000 acres of cotton land
in eastern Texas were cleared OF. cot
ton plants and even the bolls and
leaves, the secretary told the men,
bers Of the association, in order 10
check the spread OF the pink boil
worm. Since then the same tactics
were used in the Pecos valley and the
Great Bend district, and non cotton
and regulated zones established in the
infested areas and buffer strips beyond
them and also along certain portions
of the Mexican border to prevent in
festation from Mexico.
"Fumigation houses were establish
ed at points OF entry all along the
Rio Grande," Mr.. Meredith said, "and
every carrier that crosses the line
from a freight car that may be fouled
with cotton to Mexican tramp with
a possible handful Of cottonseed in his
pocket or wrapped up in his bundle,
IS cleaned and disinfected before be-
ing allowed to enter the United
States"
Quoting from a preliminary report,
| the secretary gave some of the fig
nrcs on the cost of cotton production
| Nobody has known just how much il
has cost to produce cotton" he asid
THE department of agriculture under
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31
Sympathy of Furman Students.

Greenville, S. c., March 1910 cx-
press its esteem for Mr.. j. Coy Reid.
OF Laurens County. whose father died
March 18th. the student body of Fur
man University sent an appropriate
iioral piece to decorate the grave of
the deceased. Mr.. Reid and his be-
reaved home have the heartfelt SYM
pathy of his many friends at Furman.
MI Reid is in his first year at Furman
and Is much beloved by his fellow
students. Their hearts go out to him
In this hour Of his sorrow.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-31

Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BRoMo QurNINE Tablete remove the
cause. There 10 only onu ''Bsono Guinin.. =.
Z. w. GROVES signature on box. SOC.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-17
slLhS-Actirity in
h Esiifcd Fabrics

Dress and waist manufacturers, as
well as retailers. are making fair pur-
chases of knitted silk and artificial silk
fabrics. In the latter class some new
weaves have been placed on the market
which. it is claimed, overcome some of
the objections to tricolette, the orig
inal knitted artificial silk fabric The
new cloths are made of finer yarns and
are more closely knitted than trico-
lettc, which has suffered a slump in
price through lack of demand. Users
claimed that it stretched too much.
One firm putting out new knitted
artificial silk cloth is converting some
Of the sweater mills it controls into
factories for cloth production. Changes
in the cylinders in knitting machines
and new needles readily convert the
sweater knitting machiDss into cloth
producers.
The yarns are being purch hased in
England. Belgium and Switzerland.
prodrction of artificial silk yarns in
those countries is increasing, accord
inr to recent reports, and importations
are relieving the short production of
the mechanically made silk fiber in this
country.
The new cloths sell around SIS yard
wholesale. The old tricolette is now
being offsred by jobbers at gut prices.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-17
JEWELRY-Supplies Of
Platinum Still 1re Short

Shortage of platinum. manufacturers
say, still is holding back production of
most Of the higher grade lines of
jewelry. Although some of the metal
can be purchased from refners, the
quantities obtainable are not large
enough to supply the needs of the
Jewelry makers, and little of the metal
is changing hands. The better grade
of platinum at present is coming from
Columbia, South America, but, as all
the other countries in the world are in
need of supplies, American manufactur-
ers are having considerable difficulty
IN importing any stocks from that
source. Some platinum also is mined
in Canada. but jewelers. assert that the
metal produced there is not as rich
in iridium as is the Latin American
product
Platinum jewelry meantime con-
tlnues to gain in popularity daily, with
particularly heavy demand coming
from foreign countries. In addition to
rings, platinum is being used extern
sively in the manufacture of bracelets,
pins, brooches, etc. At present plati-
mum is selling for $3.50 an ounce. The
metal bringing this enormous price
contains 10 per cent iridium, while
platinum selling III the present market
for $170 contains per cent iridium.
AS iridium is an absolute necessity in
the jewelry trade, being used to harden
and retain the polish of platinum.
stocks on hand are very limited
New-York tribune., 1920-02-17
IT, Joseph Lead Fails to Earn
1919 Dividend PAYMENTS

report OF the st, Joseph Lead Com
pany for the year ended December
d. 1919 disclosed surplus, after
.asrges and Federal taxes, of s1,o6o.-
'''' equivalent to 10 cents share
.ained . on the $4,000, 500 capital stock,
w par compared with $1,S23,1SS or
~ s'1' share in 1918. After sl,55o,47s
'4a been distributed in dividends,
,saclt ,'a for the year amounted to
''S'SS2. falling off in the loss
''eount of $685. ,939.
9, Inc report to stockholders said:
'ns change from d war to a peace
ISIS = US has taken place more quickly
H. |Ss.u sae lead industry than might have
,r. rsn expected. After hesitation and
ss ssssersalnIy IN the early months Of
year year the last months of 1919 saw
.e..owing demand among almost all
,sn' rSses OF lead consumers. The con-
S;' alter running at reduced output
. oauugnout sust 1919, has been encourag ID
sry 'e1urn ,ar to full production in Janc-
d, is-V' by a strong and healthy
IaAu a.. Tor It's product"
bols. s me annual meeting of stock
ssS I.is a; OF the company retiring officers
~HectorS We're reelected