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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-30
Confiscated Deering Farmers Gun

A farmer from Deering named Grill
ley walked into the police station this
evening wearing a suspicious looking
leather belt. Officer Reed asked him
what he had on the belt and the fell
low replied that it was a machine
! Reed investigated and found a .32 au-
tomato revolver which he confscated
Grilley claims he has court order
for carrying the gun but he must pro-
duce it in order to get the gun back
Reed confscated four guns in two
days.
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Prisoners at Pen Go On = Strike

FOrty-elght OF Cne loz prlsUHers III
the Bismarck state penitentiary went
on "strike" and refused to work
The ,strike followed a. growing un-
rest on the part of the prisoners, who
didn't appear to know whotwas boss:
Warden Stair put them onHa bread
and water diet and order is;Ihow said
to prevail. On account Of the trou-
BILE, visitors were refused admittance
into the penitentiary Wednesday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-30

Our Jewel heater is by far the
best Round Oak heater made;
full size fire pot measurements
given inside) built massive and
air tight; body made of Woods
planished steel; double polished
body iron; semi-duplex center
CRATE; will burn hard or soft
coal or wood; nickel plated urn;
swing ring; side wings, ring foot
rail, drafts and turn buckle;
heavy base; will last a life time.
Fire pot
inside meas.
3R134X -.----->--------14 in.
3Rl36X -------------16 in.
3R138X <---------------18 in.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03

about SIS ton for his anthracite, according
to quality and size contrasted with the
$13 to $3.50 which he was paying last win
ter. In regions near New York where there
is not so much lighterage to be paid for the
prices are less. Where soft coal is avail
able the purse strings are not so much
loosened for fuel. The increase of wages
granted last spring to the hard coal miners
and the rise in freight rates which soon fol-
lowed are permanent additions to the family
coal BILL no matter how rosy a view of the
future the average citizen may have.
Those who take thought as to how they
shall be fed find some comfort in the price of
certain food commodities, but on the whole,
costs of maintaining the family larder are
about as much as they were a year ago. In
the recent furry, flour and wheat have de-
scended to levels lower than those of 1919.
The sudden slump in sugar has been very
welcome to all of us, for it was only few
months ago that dealers, to satisfy their
trade, were actually laying it in at % cents
The last quotations in the ReUieac show that
sugar at wholesale was cents in September
of 1919 compared with 14.75 in the cur
rent year.
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associated with the housing situation and
the building materials markets. When the
cid line economists prepared the family
budgets a few years ago-and there have
been such radical changes that the aver
age economist must be an intellectual eel
to keep up with the shifting of prices
they counted a certain percentage of ex-
penditures for the statistical family of fve
1t was set forth, for instance, that in the
case of a father and mother and of three
children, about Is per cent Of the family
income could be spent for rent All such
rules as these pass into the dscards in this
day and generation. The war stopped build
ing operations to such an extent that build
ing materials and structural steel could not
be obtained and supplies of all kinds re-
quired in domestic architecture could not be
had. The rent, therefore, often counts for
at least one-third of the family budget.
How Rents Have Jumped.
In the city of New York the sharp rises
in rent began in 1918. Looking backward
for year and considering all classes of
houses, the increase in rent has been at
least so per cent, and the Mayors COM
mittee on rents thinks that rs would be a
closer figure on flats and residences On
business property, rises of from 200 to 800
per cent. have been frequent.
What with the city of New York being
surrounded as the cold weather advances
with a Gordon of unsanitary shacks in
which human beings have been existing dur
ing the summer, the tenant class find them
selves in a quandary Of perplexities COM
pared with what they endured year since.
In certain classes of apartments and tene
ments, the rise was checked last March by
the State laws, which limited increases to 25
per cent, otherwise the plight of the house
holders might be far worse. Taken all in
all. however. any man who pays rent is
lucky If the landlord only looms on his hori-
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ION so per cent. larger than he did in the au-
tumn of 1919
In their efforts to escape from the plague
of high rents, many citizens of New York
took refuge in the suburbs. In some sec
tons long lines of new wooden houses have
appeared along the main travelled roads.
Rents are somewhat cheaper in the country
than they are In the city. and yet the diff
ference is by no means as large as it would
seem to be at first blush.
Committing Rates Up.
Hardly had the new commuters got well
settled in their new abodes when they were
beset by a new factor, for within the last
year the price of railroad tickets for the
suburban jewellers has gone up 20 per cent.
on the average. If a man lives within twenty
miles of the metropolis, for instance. and
pays from SIS to 500 for his house month,
he finds that his communication which was for
merly So is about $1050. Thus the
country keeps up with the city in holding up
the price of housing.
If the citizen still fleeing from the high
costs of the city seeks to escape from paying
big rents he is face to face with the lofty
costs of building materials of all kinds.
Added to the extraordinary costs of ma
terials are the demands of labor in all the
building trades. The wages so high that
* is difficult to keep the process of erecting
habitations under ordinary Storage way.
The man who would keep house in order
las on the whole much harder problem
to face than he did a month ago. If he
burns coal in the heating of his house in
the city or country. or pays for having the
landlord set fire to it, he is much more
heavily involved with the fuel problem than
nc was in 1919. The chances are that in the
coming winter, especially if there should be
nusual snow and ice conditions in the
neighborhood Of the great cities, he will have
added expenses for heat and light.
. average householder is now paying
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r e mt D o m in a t e S
Almost Every House
hold, or If Not, Then
Committing Fares,
Coal and Repairs
How Prices of Food
Have Fluctuated
By JOHN WALKER HARRINGTON.

HLOWLY the cost of living is taking
>the down grade under the impetus OF
- the sweeping declines in wholesale
prices made a few days since. Thereby may
be seen a bit of history over again. for the
establishments now in progress are very
much like those which continued for ten
years after the civil war 1t was not indeed
until the dawn of the American Renaissance
which came in with the Centennial EXPOSE
ton that prices had come back t about their
normal level. There were then certain COM
,nodities which never did return, and so it
will be found, very likely, that whatever
economic changes may take place, many
prices which obtained prior to 1914 will not
be rei1stated.
Taking all conditions into the count, how
ever. the developments of the last week show
that come what will, the eternal law of sup
ply and demand is asserting itself AS long
IS commodities are scarce and materials and
labor high, and as long as there are those
who are willing to pay for what they get
without question, prices will soar. The time
has come, however, when the public has
gone on strike when the ultimate consumer
mas asserted himself, and against them
even the greediest of proiteers cannot avail
Not Yet for the Consumer
The day in price reduction is yet young
for although the wholesale dealers and the
manufacturers have announced substantial
cuts, it will take weeks and months before
the difference will be manifest in business
at the counter When great textile mills for
instance, proclaim that 33 per cent goes off
the price of cotton fabrics or that woolens
are to be 25 per cent. less, they may not
bring about substantial reductions in cloth
ing for months to come.
Despite the general decentralization in the
labor and material markets. however, dealers
in wearing apparel all over the country are
selling at close margins and are preparing
for the period of sweeping reductions
Most retail dealers 90 not take the broad
vision of economies which is shown by the
great mail order houses and the department
stores which do business on a large scale.
Their volume of sales is comparatively small
end their turnovers infrequent, and their
systems of distribution faulty Either they
must see light and mend their profteering
ways or go down in the days of reconstruc-
ton which bound to come
The most significant condition ct present
has to do with rents, which are so closely
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the train; publicity men send summaries
OF them prepaid to all papers within a
radius of 200 miles. The photographer takes
pictures, the plates being rushed to Chicago
or New York to be developed and distributed
10 news reel services, periodicals and news
papers
The Governors party occupies about n
car and half and the newspaper correspond
ents use the other car and n half Tbev
represent the news associations and New
YORK. Cleveland, Philadelphia and Washing
Ton papers. In addition there are represen-
tatives of the local papers who travel on
the train through each State The news
papers pay all the expenses of their repre-
sentatves.
Speakers Bureau Likely to Cost $500, 900
senator Harrison estimates that the
speakers bureau will cost at least $300000
But we may have to get along with
Iess,' he said the other day. There is a
hmitless demand for speakers largely 1
mink because of the interest in the League
Oh Nauons. We pay speakers and one
OF them is financing his own tour to the
extent of $4,000. We have 1000 speakers
believe they are greater in number and
better in quality than the Republican spell
binders"
Mr. Harrison is aided by Archibald Nc
"
representative who maintains a travel bu-
reau and routes both Cox and Roosevelt. the
candidate for Vice-P President.
Harrison pictures the Democratic ma
chine going at tremendous speed during the
last four weeks of the campaign. one of
the novelties upon which he is banking
greatly is the recently perfected talking
movie. IL will show the candidates in ac-
ton, motions and words. The committee
has made an extensive contract for this de-
vice. The Cox and Roosevelt records last
ing about thirty minutes, will be followed
by ffteen minutes of purely screen work
and speeches by one woman and one man
in the flesh This form of campaigning will
be used as extensively as the committee can
finance It.
Before the campaign Is over il is esti-
mated the Democrats will have sent out
more than 100000 Individual pieces of
campaign literature.
Mrs. Bass had the shell of a woman's or
ganization carried over from the 1916 cam
paign. She has increased it's activities and
Is making the great drive on the League of
Nations issue. Some 100000 pamphlets,
entitled the "Gist of the League of Ma
tions," have already been distributed and
funds are being collected to send out 1000,
900 more.
I'VE had a budget" said Mrs. Bass but
it had to be scrapped."
1t may be said that the Democrats are
not suffering in any way from overoptim-
ism, but they expect to drive their machine
ahead under a full head of steam during the
present month.
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Consumer Still Mulcted.

There have been notable drops in the
prices of certain food staples this year as
contrasted with last years wholesale rates,
but IL does not by any means follow that
the general public is getting the benefit of
Il Inc small grocer or the vegetable man,
with whom the average consumer deals
fipds that he is still paying a large price
Tor potatoes, although the reports from
Aroostook, the potato capital situate in
Maine, show an abundant crop. Potatoes of
good quality may be obtained at wholesale
this year for $3.50 barrel as compared
with the SIS of 1919.
Caboages, which two years ago were con-
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headquarters in the Grand Central Palace
There are seventeen trunk telephone lines
and a leased telegraph wire to Chicago, over
which hundreds of messages pass every day.
Handling Tons of Mail Daily.
They are mailing much campaign litera-
ture from headquarters in reply to individual
requests and calculate that the incoming and
outgoing mail amounts to tons every week
AS example of the efficiency of the
modern campaign management no longer is
literature handled more than is necessary
1t is sent direct from the binderies to the
various State and county committees. In
spectors from the national committee check
up on the amount and quality Of the work
done just as Government inspector would
work in a torpedo factory
Chairman White confers each day with
his executive assistants and with the Chi
cago and San Francisco headquarters by
telephone. The department heads also talk
with their subordinates in the other head
quarters by telephone almost every day. In
addition to these conferences the chairman
sees a dozen or more prominent Democrats
from various parts of the country, who are
going and coming all the time.
AS is. the case with the Republican COM
mittee. the publicity and speakers bureaus
are the most important Mr.. Cochran, pub
ncity chlef, mas large staff OF newspaper
men and special writer's with him. His as
sistant is Sias Bent. Martin Milford is the
headquarters man, whose business IL is to
gather and furnish to the newspapers what
IL known as the spot" news of the head
quarters.
Mr.. Marsh, treasurer declares with much
vehemence they have never been able to
get up a budget because they do not know
how much money they are going TO have.
but the publicity department to date has
spent about s250,000 This includes propa-
ganda, Autographs buttons advertising nov
elites, daily service to weeklies and feature
articles.
Considerable advertising Is TO be done i'm
publications, that for the national weeklies
having been contracted for long in advance
Of the nomination OF ticket
Cox's Train Costly Item.
One of the largest items OF expense on the
Democratic ledger will be for the special
train used by Gov Cox in his swing around
the country. In reality It is not a train,
cons listing only Of three cars, which most of
the time are hooked onto fast trains But II
is estimated that the. part Of the arrange
ments paid for by the National Committee
will cost at least 800 600
IL IL no pleasure jaunt, this spellbinding.
With the Presidential candidate is q body
guard a secretary three expert stenograph-
ers, a representative OF the National Com
mittee, two publicity men and a photog
rapher, both movie and still.
The Governors speeches are transcribed
and mimeographed for the correspondents on
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Analysis of Clothing
Prices S h o w S the
Consumer Is On a
Full Strike Against
the 1919 Levels Re
auctions at Factory
Reflected Slightly

are now to be had low as Sc and 81, and
sometimes bargains are advertised at $5.s5.
Madras shirts of fairly good quality can be
bought at So at some shops, while from "a
to IS gets an excellent shirt of that variety.
The white collar men no longer suffer, for
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Electing Presidents Costly Job of Efficiency

to send to headquarters report giving the
result of the speakers efforts and other data.
The speaker also returns a report that fur
nishes an idea of what the people of that
section seem to be most interested in.
AS it is impossible to conduct school for
speakers. those unknown to Col. Miller are
first tried out at small meetings. Many of
the speakers are women. The speaking for
the Senate and Congressional committees is
handled also by the national committee
bureau.
Speakers Are Mostly Volunteers.
A very few of the Republican speakers are
paid The Democrats claim they do not pay
a single speaker and have 1000 in all, some
even paying their own expenses. But the
big money is used to pay the expenses of the
speakers. Twenty-Five years ago the rail-
roads furnished special trains and passes for
speakers. Now transportation counts as one
of the biggest items of campaign expense.
Harry Fidler, with headquarters in Chi
cago, runs the labor bureau. There is
branch here, also a branch Of the foreign
born citizens bureau, headed by Senator
Medill Mccormick. The New York branch
is in charge of Senator WILLIAMS NJ Calder
There are negro bureaus in both Chicago
and New York. DIR. Hubert Work of Denver
is managing the drive to get the votes Of
those interested in agricultural pursuits
Earl kinSley. national committeeman from
Vermont. has been at the head Of the bureau
for the organization of clubs. Another mem
Der of the committee. George Bean Of Flor
ida, is devoting his time TO a bureau for
travelling men. AL Jolson heads theatrical
bureau.
W. A. Grant is in charge OF all moving
picture activities and pictorial work Of other
kinds.
The Democratic System.
While the Democratic National Committee
has headquarters in Chicago and San Fran
cisco. also in Washington. they are merely
adjuncts of the New York office. The follow
ing executives spend practically all Of their
time here: Chairman White, w w Marsh,
treasurer; Senator Harrison. chairman of
the speakers bureau: W. j. Cochran. d.
rector of the publicity bureau; Mrs. George
Bass, chairman of the womens bureau;
Edward G. Hoffman, secretary; W. r. HoI-
lister, executive secretary; James w Gerard
chairman of the finance committee; w. ID.
Jameson. director of finance: James c.
ganization; Arthur b. Krocl. field director
Of the department Of organization; Joseph
w. Morris secretary OF the department of
organizations Hans Riag, director Of the
naturalized citizens bureau; Representative
William A. Oldheld, head of the Congress
sional bureau.
There is also first voters bureau under
the direction of Judge Willis Brown Of the
Juvenile Court. Salt Lake City: a soldiers
bureau a labor bureau. farm bureau.
ressive-Independent bureau and bu-
reau for the organization Of clubs.
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sidered like the luxuries Of kings, are now
down in the scale, and they are fully rs
per cent cheaper by the barrel than they
We're last year. Onions continue to be sold at
The same rate they were in 1919. Beans,
which were $11.50 in 1919 are fifty cents
cheaper by the barrel at this present writing.
Peas, which were quoted last year at $3.50 a
barrel, may now be had at wholesale for
$5.56.
Molasses has been rising for the last year.
so that it is now S1.02 wholesale compared
with seventy-six cents a gallon for 1919 1t
retails at from S1.25 to $3.50 gallon in most
grocery stores.
One of the bewidering difficulties of the
householder these days is the constantly
mounting prices for the products of the
chicken yard, which are always perching
higher and higher. Eggs which are consid-
cred reasonably fresh are sold in this market
for ninety cents dozen. At wholesale they
are eighty-one cents, compared with the
quotation of seventy-five cents which OBJ
tanned year since this month.
Chickens fly so high that the ordinary
consumer of poultry hardly feels justified in
purchasing them at ALL 1t is not unusual for
$l.50 a pound to be asked for broilers in the
country districts, thus bringing the cost of
a lone chicken prepared for the table in the
neighborhood of So
Choice creamery butter is quoted this year
in large quantities at 5Sh cents pound
while a year ago it was So. At retail it
brings from 20 to 80 cents a pound, although
IL some markets it may be had for SIS cents.
The ordinary grades are quoted at whole
aale at As cents a pound this year, one cent
lower than they were last. American cheese
is about cents a pound cheaper.
If the people of the country could have
at reasonable prices the fruits of the earth
which are produced in such abundance, they
would find the scale of living much reduced.
AS ii is, the large crop of apples this year
is finding its way to the larders of the con-
sumers at lower prices. The best apples
can be had now at SO wholesale as compared
with the 81 barrel of year ago. 1t also
will be noted that there is a marked decline
in the wholesale prices of dried fruit of all
kinds.
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Continued from First Page.

reserved for the representatives of the morn
ing papers.
John Snure another Washington news
paper man, was sent by Mr. Bone to ham
die publicity at the Chicago headquarters
He has staff of eight or ten men. Judson
G. Welliver was placed in charge of the
publicity at Marion, while William Holster
YVES assigned to represent the interests of
the Republican National Committee at Co
iumbus. In Washington are two or three
publicity men.
A representative of Mr.. Bones depart
;nent travels with Senator Hiram Johnson
I.ieut.-Col. Roosevelt and Raymond Robins
&c see that their speeches get proper at
tention.
Albert T. Reid, cartoonist of reputation,
has been in the employ of the Republican
National Committee for some time. For a
year past the committee has furnished his
pictorial comments on the campaign and the
Wilson Administration to some 200 or 300
papers. Recently the work of other cartoon
lists has been a part Of the service.
1t is estimated that some "a, 000, 900 women
have been added to the electorate by the
ratification of the Federal suffrage amend
ment, which makes the work of the women's
bureau most important Mrs. Upton super
vises the entire drive from Chicago, assisted
Dy MIS-. Christine Bradley South, assistant
secretary of the national committee Here
i'm New York Mrs. Livermore Is success
fully arousing the interest of women in the
East In the candidates. Of Senator Harding
and Gov. Coolidge.
Next to publicity in the point of expendi-
lures comes the speakers bureau. The
Hays estimate of the cost OF this activity for
the period of the active campaign would be
$2551OO, including salaries, travelling and
other expenses OF speakers and expenses in
cfdent TO publicity of speakers
Senator New Heads Speakers.
Senator New of Indiana Is the presiding
genius of the speaking campaign. Under
him as Eastern director Is Col Thomas w
Miller another member of the Wood pre-
convention campaign staff. The Coonels
territory extends from Florida and Alabama
to Maine Its western boundary line runs to
Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Western territory is under the dlrec-
ton of Representative James w. Good of
Iowa. IT is estimated that Senator New has
about 1000 speakers on his books.
Col. Miller has available for service at least
$500. The handling OF this number of guns.
big and little, is as much piece of strategy
as the movement OF troops on battlefield.
Each one Of the speakers has the indorse-
ment Of his Senator, Congressman, Governor
national committeeman. State committee
man or county committeeman giving his
particular qualifications.
At each meeting the chairman is supposed