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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
WISCONSIN NEWS
STATED IN BRIEF
Geographic Chronicle of State
Happenings.
PRICES OF FOOD GO DOWN
Sugar and Potatoes Lead in Slump
Coffee and Vegetables Lower in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Are
Forced to Unload.

Milwaukee, Aug. 23.-Marked gains
Tor the consumer in several sectors on
the III. G. L. front were disclosed by
survey of Milwaukee food prices,
which showed a general downward
trend during the last few months, with
only a few exceptions. Two of the
most spectacular performers in the FL.
q. l.. field, sugar and potatoes, were
leading the downward march, Just as
they excelled in the upward climb a
Few months ago. Sugar was retailing
at most groceries for about 10 cents a
pound, drop of at least 10 cents from
levels prevalent a few weeks ago,
while one downtown retailer was re-
ported to be offering it for Is cents
pound. Potatoes will be sold for AZ
cents a peck at the municipal market,
1t was announced. This price is a re-
ductiOn of II cents over last week, and
a drop of more thar 20 cents in the
last two months. Meats, canned vege-
tables and fruits, strip and molasses,
Hour, bread, butter and milk were
among the staple foodstuffs which
have remained steady in price, it was
disclosed. Coffee has declined 9 cents
a pound from the high levels estab-
hshed last year, wholesalers said;
00spound sack of rolled oats is selling
at wholesale for $5.35, as compared
with $3.50 three months ago; raisins
showed slight drop; fresh fruits and
vegetables were at approximately the
lowest levels of the season. While
some retailers were optimistic and
predicted an era Of lower food prices,
several leading wholesalers were more
cautious, and stated that market con-
ditiOnS are so unsettled that they were
unable to form any conclusion as to
future possibilities. Credit cOndi-
tons are largely responsible for the
spectacular break in sugar prices"
said an official of one company "Tight
money has forced spectators to dis
gorge large quantities of sugar which
had been held off the market. At the
same time the transportation situation
has improved wonderfully AS a re-
suit, jObbers here are getting deliv-
cries on contracts signed several
months ago, as we'll as on later con-
tracts. Just now, there is by far a
larger supply of refined sugar in the
United States than there was at this
time last year. A factor that is COM
plicating the market is the invisible
supply which includes that which has
been held out by spectators and that
which is already in the hands of con-
sumerS. If the market is flooded for
some time by stocks which spectators
are forced to unload because of loans
being called in. and if the average con-
sumner is well enough stocked to be
able to hold off buying for. a time,
waiting for prices to go still lower,
there is a possibility that wholesalers
here may be forced also to dispose of
sugar just delivered on old cOntrac.s
at a considerable loss"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
REVIVAL PLANS OF
MEXICO OUTLINED
Justice inspires All Acts, Declares
General AIvarad0.
NEW REGIME is PROGRESSIVE
Present Government Is Dominated
Mainly by Young Men, Many OF
Whom Were Educated in
the United States.

New York. Aug. 2O.-The reconstruc-
ton program of the new govern
ment of Mexico was outlined by Gen.
Salvador Alvarado, minister Of finance
Of the republic Of Mexico, In an adj
dress at dinner given in his honor.
1--WE are starting on vast program
Of reconstruction" he said, $50 It will
be well advanced when the new presi-
dent takes office. All capable men. re-
CARELESS of their political or religious
views, are being brought into action.
and the new government is to be run
the same as a private enterprise.
among the things we hope to ac-
complish are the reorganization Of the
banking system, reorganization Of
transportation, rehabilitation Of rail-
roads and the creation of merchant
marine.
Hope to Settle Oil Question.
1--WE are trying" he added, ito set
tie the petroleum question In spirit
Of cordially and justice. which In
spires all the acts OF the new govern
ment, and It is firmly hoped that in a
few months this question will be set
tied satisfactorily to all concerned"
A large number Of bankers, import
ers and others interested in Mexico
were present at the dinner.
Agricultural laws are being consid-
ered," said General Alvarado, "and i'm
portant bills are to be passed affect
ing commerce, industry. mining and
transportation By land and water.
code, commercial law, the customs
regulation and port sanitation as well
as the tariff.
"Our tax system will also undergo
wide and complete overhauling that
will expurge it of all antiquated and
clumsy methods which at present en-
barrass and retard business.
Education to Be Encouraged.
"Plans for an educational program
are practically complete. These plans
include drive in favor Of an integral,
popular education, mainly on practi-
cal and agricultural lines.
"The labor problem in Mexico is
easier to solve than it appears. The
government is now taking steps that
will greatly shorten this work.
"The majority of those forming
part of the present government are
progressive and enthusiastic young
men. Some of them were educated in
this country and were in business be-
fore they joined the revolution. but
none of them was professional poll
tician. This group of men is exerting
q powerful influence in order that the
most rigid honesty be at once devel-
oped in all branches of public admin
istration. Having this in mind.
civil service commission will soon be
established, and administration schools
will be opened in the universities so
that all public offices will be filled by
men properly trained and untramo
meled from political influence as here
tofore"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
hble to cure in all it's stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known. to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surface of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work The pro-
prletors have so much faith u it's cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for lists of testimonials. Address,
f.. j. Cheney. & Co.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Fake Solicitor Is BUSY.

La Crosse, Aug. 23.-A man who rep
resented he was solicitor for daily
newspaper here and took renewal sub
scriptions for three months, collecting
cash on the representation that he
would send a premium from the office.
made a harvest in North La Crosse.
Police are on his trail
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Milk Dealers Fail to Auree.

La Crosse, Aug. 23.-Milk dealers in
La Crosse raised their prices from IA
to Is cents per quart. One dealer an
nOunced he will sell six quarts for
dollar instead of seven. Another deal
er, maintaining that conditions do not
warrant the increase. continues to sell
his milk for 13 cents a quart.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
The Hard Job.

A butternut is about the toughest
proposition in the world till 1t Is
cracked. Then how sweet the meat is!
Hard jobs come to us all. They are
rough and tough. till we master them.
The most beautiful things In the world
after that!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Reports Bio Fruit Crop.

Milwaukee, Aug. 23.-Henry Over
beck of Sturgeon Bay, former game
warden of Wisconsin, who is now Wis
iting Milwaukee says the enormous
fruit crop of Door county this year is
being equalled by the farm crops of
the county. Oats are threshing from
SO to so bushels to the acre and will
average 65 bushels.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Vote to continue Harbor str;ke

Galveston, Tex, Aug. 23.-Without a
dissenting voice between 1000 and l.
200 coastwise lOngshoremen rejected
terms extended by the steamship COM
panies and voted to continue the strike
which began early in March.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
To Restore Faded Ink.

When the ink Of old documents has
faded and 1t is desired to restore it,
this can he done by washing with any
of the substances that blacken on mix
ing with iron-infusion of nutgalls,
sodium-sulphide or acetic ferrocyanide
of potassium, for instance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Mystery in Supply of LIQUOR

Neenah, Aug. 23-Police of Neenah
and Menasha are seeking the source
of supply of booze which is daily caus-
ing many citizens to appear in justice
courts on drunk and disorderly
charges.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-27
Clothes Burned Off; Worker Dies.

Milwaukee, Aug. 23.-Otto Mum
stock. twenty-four years old, an en-
plOyee of the Chevrolet garage COM
pany, died at st. Mary's hospital from
burns received when his clothes caught
fire. MunstOck rushed from the build
ing with his clothing ablaze. Fellow
workers pursued him and extinguished
the flames.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed Read Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. G. NJ. Stegall,
of near here, recently related the fol-
lowing interesting account Of her re-
covery: 81 was in a weakened con.
dition. I was sick three years in bed.
suffering great deal Of pain, weak.
nervous, depressed. I was so weak,
/ couldn't walk across the floor: just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. / was almost dead. I tried
every thing heard Of, and number of
doctors. Still didn't get any relief.
couldn't eat, and slept poorly. /
believe If I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardui would have died. ! bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what 1t did for her.
81 began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now well
and strong. / haven't had any trou-
BILE since =. sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me. / don't
think there is q better tonic made
and believe it saved my life"
For over 40 years, thousands OF NO.
men have used Cardui successfully,
In the treatment OF many womanly
ailments.
II you suffer as these women did.
take Cardui. Il may help you, too.
At all druggists. e IS
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22


The wood used embraces 81 differ
ent species derived from many sourc-
es. Less tnan 20 percent of the wood
used was grown in the State, the re-
naming 80 per cent being supplied
from other states and foreign coun-
tries
There are 2S2 plants in the State
employing nearly 1000 men engaged
in manufacturing articles from wood.
Considerably more than half are To-
Gated in Baltimore, while the remain
der are scattered over the State, being
centered somewhat around Salisbury
on the Eastern Shore and Hagers-
town in Western Maryland
Investigations of the Board of For
estry have shown that in many cases
woods which grow in Maryland are
apparently overlooked and the same
species imported from other states
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22

at great expense. 1t is also shown
that there is splendid market for
all wood products and that the wood
land owners and saw mill and timber
operators of the State are not taking
the fullest advantage of the home
market.
There is large forested area in
the State capable of supplying much
of the wood demands of the wood us
ing industry if properly managed. II
is the purpose of forestry to so man
age these woodlands that they will
continue to produce forest crops OF
the highest quality and the greatest
value in the shortest ime. The grow
ing scarcity of timber and the in
creased values received are giving
greater impetus to the practice of
forestry than ever before known in
this country
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22
Carload Of wheat is Worth a Farm

Fort William, Ont, October IA
carload of wheat, worth good farm,
recently rolled into the Fort William
yards as part of a freight train bear
ing the first fruits of the Western
Canadian harvest
The car was one of the new style
Canadian Pacific Railway hoppers.
1t was giant as big as a cottage
and if divided up into rooms might
provide comfortable living quarters
for fair-sized family. It contained
$500 bushels of No. northern wheat
loaded in the Rathwell district in the
heart of the grain belt of Manitoba
1t was the largest and most valuable
carload of wheat that ever came east
from the Canadian prairies. The
wheat sold for $3.50.
There are thousands of acres of
good farmlands in WesternA Canada
that sell for $50 an acre On this basis
the money represented in this one
carload of wheat. would buy farm
of 20s acres.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22
WeOd Using Industries Of Maryland


The State Board OF Forestry reports
that there are 1888 establishments
employing 1870 men engaged ir
producing wood and timber products.
ranking second In the State in value
Of products and number Of dependent
wage earners. This includes produc-
ton OF lumber, ties, poles, posts, pill
Ing, mine props and similar forest
products and bther concerns which
carry further the manufacture OF
wood products such as wooden boxes,
Interior finish. ship building, furnI-
ture, musical Instruments, carriages,
cigar boxes, baskets. cooperage, and
miscellaneous manufacture
These industries convert into fin
ished products nearly 600, 100000 feet
board measure annually.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-22
ministers Back Senator Smith

The Frederick County Ministerial
Association Tuesday entered the
political arena, when, at its regular
meeting it unanimously decided to
give it's support to Senator John
Walter Smith, Democratic, candidate
for reelection Fifteen ministers were
present.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07
WHY DIAMONDS Ar
IN DEMAND

The Treasury Department, In an
nouncing the record breaking Gus
toms receipts taken in at the port
.ef New York in the month of
March, points out that at the pres
ent time two-thirds of the precious
stones Of the world. especially dia-
monds, are now owned III this c0un
try.
What this means OF course is that
this proportion Of all the stones
which have been put on the market
had been brought here. Nobody
apart from those on the inside
knows the value Of the diamonds in
the possession OF the BeBeers com
pany. a South African concern
which is interested IN seeing that
the market is not flooded with the
products of its mines to the ex,
tent of bringing down the price. Be
sides, the richness of certain great
deposits recently discovered is still
uncertain. But there can be no
doubt that the present great de.
mand on this side of the Atlantic
will result in the absorption of a
large part Of the reserve stock.
Prices Of diamonds have gone up
some CO.. per cent, since the years
before the war. In view Of the fact
that the serve many purposes. they
have appealed particularly to the
new well-to-do among the western
farmers and laborers. They are or
namental, are symbols Of prosper
ity, are easily taken care of, are
not subject to deterioration and can
be sold readily.
Amsterdam is still the seat Of the
diamond cutting industry and chief
distribution point But owing to the
fact that the center of gravity OF
the trade has been shifted there Is
no knowing what changes may be
brought about as a result of the
main market being on this side OF
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07

humanitarian, seeks to exploit the
French army as convenient in
strument for its own ends. We will
not submit to being utilized for in
terests which are neither ours nor
Europe's."
In the same paper, Charles Maur-
ras considers that with Germany
out Of the way, England is now bent
on reducing France to impuissance.
THE Rhine provinces" he says,
"would enlarge French territory
considerably, and British politicians
are not anxious to see Greater Ger
many OF 1914 replaced by Greater
France of 1920. They have always
been disturbed by the prospect Of
any large continental empire
whatever"
Figaro Clerical interprets a re-
cent interview by Lord Robert Ce-
Gil as being distinctly pno-German,
in spite of Lord Cecil's declaration
Of sympathy for France and his
statement that "the renaissance Of
Germany would constitute a dan
ger"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07

Hospital is quoted as saying that
the drugs contained in tea and
coffee are quite as dangerous" as
nicotine; and the opinion of q
prominent drug specialist is cited
to the effect that there is more
harm in what is called moderate
coffee-drinking than in excessive
smoking Of the cigarette"
What worse heresy against moral
regulation, what more rejudicial
doctrine to personal liberty, could
be advanced at this time? II tobac-
co is next only to whiskey in harm
fulness and tea and coffee are worse
than tobacco, why must not all
these moral menaces to the perfect
state of man be abolished at one
fell swoop? 1t is apparent that
Americans have lulled themselves
into a false sense of security; Pro
hibition is not to be the end but
only beginning OF their complete
subsection to moral regulation
New York World (Dcm)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Old King Cole doesn't call for his
bowl these days. He winks for it,
Sacramento Bee.
Chicago insists that hogs fatten
quicker when treated gently. So do
profteers-Topeka Capital.
Peace by congressional resolu-
ton really means peace by con-
gressional irresolution.-St. Louis
Star.
Mr.. Bryan has passed the siXtieth
milestone, but still it can't be said
of him that he is in his decking
years.-Nashrille Banner.
New Yorh's greatest problem.
says a magistrate of that city, is its
loafers. The poor ones or the rich
ones columbus Citizen.
Still. those Socialists who could
not get seats in the New York State
Assembly are no worse off than De-
troit street car riders.-Detroit
News.
Amundsen will take four years
supply Of food with him in his dash
for the North Pole And anybody
who can find that much food will
have no trouble in finding the Pole.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07
THE HOHENZOLLERE
EGTATE


ESTATE.
The first reading of the bill for
-le financial settlement between
the Hohenzolern family and the
State led to a heated debate in the
Prussian Assembly, in which the
party differences stood out sharply
says Vorwaerts, Berlin (Moderate
SOCIALISM,. According to the Fl
nance Committee the division would
be as follows:
Private Property:
/. 80 castles and estates, to be
retained by the HohenzOllerns.
2. % castles and estates, to.
gether with many pictures and val
uables, to be handed over to the
State, for which compensation is to
paid.
State Property:
so castles and estates to he re.
nounced by the Hohenzollerns in
favor of the State
The decision has aroused great
Indignation in the socialist parties;
they reckon that, according to this
settlement, the private estate of he
HohenZollerns amounts to about
one billion marks and consider that
some Of it at least should become
public property.
There is, however a clause IL the
German constitution (Wcimar,
July, 1919 which runs: "Expro-
priation can only be undertaken in
the common interest and in virtue
of a law. Adequate compensation
shall be paid, unless national law
lay down contrary regulations.
The sOcial-democratic factions of
the National rs embly and the
Prussian State Assembly have
therefore passed resolution that
the Government be asked immedi
ately to frame a law whereby full
compensation for the appropriation
of the former Prussian Royal House
need not be made.
The Democratic party, according
to the Frankfort Zeitung. has taken
the line that the question is purely
a legal one and should no- be mixed
up with politics
The Centrum opinion was ex-
pressed in the Prussian Assembly
by Mr.. Oppenhoff, who said that
property is guaranteed by the Con
stitution and that the private prop
erty of the royal house enjoys the
protection of TIL law like any other:
the question of the Kaiser's respon-
sibilty for the war is in no way
connected. This was also the view
of the Monarchist parties. says the
Colonge NolkZeitung.
The Catholic Centrum paper.
Germania, in an article on the rights
of the Hohenzollerns. points out the
necessity of holding to the principle
of the case, since an emergency
law allowing the appropriation &c
the royal house might lead to an
enor permitting the appropriation Of
the Church.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07
BIOL EVIST THREAT
IN GERMANY.

Germany's difficult struggle to es.
stabilize herself after the kapp re-
volt has caused Widespread fear that
the reds" might triumph. and thus
extend the influence of Lenin west.
ward to the French frotnier. Such
an event might entail a reputation
OF the Versailles Treaty by Ger.
many and possibly q renewal of war
on a grand scale.
THE danger TO civilization which
would follow triumph Of Bolshevism
In GERMANY says the Portland Ore
CONAN (Ind. Repl. must he square.
~ faced by America as We'll as Eu.
rope" for
That catastrophe would spread
an unbroken flood of bolsheyism
over the vast area from the Pacific
ocean to the Rhine. and il would
eat away the detenses of the coun-
tries ON each SIDE especially of
France, Britain and Spain. Their
morale already weakened by Red
agitation among their working PEG
pie and by War-Weariness and eN-
haustion, they may not be able TO
unite their people for a new war
which, if begun, could not stop
short of the subiucatiou ot Red
Russia. II they should he over
come, the red flag would wave def
ance at America across the Allan
tic"
Thus. thinks the same paper. the
fruits Of victory are being wasted.
for there il little 10 choose between
Pan-German and a Bolshevist
Europe The Memphis News Scim-
itar (IndD agrees with this so
Wet anarchy" il SAYS. lis what the
nations have most reason to fear to-
Gay. Compared with that Hoheu.
oterns and PruSsian imperiahsts are
nothing but a DOGGY" and the Char
lesion News aud Courier (Dem.) be-
lleVes that current events in Ger
mary may We'll be the prelude to the
extension Of soyietism over Ger
maIy as We'll as Russia"
With Russia as a great reservoir.
tomnlunisUc Germany could sur
N!Nc indefinitely declares the
Bfo3hl}a EasIe tlnd. DEM. which
6oos on to say-
What this means cannot be ig-
nored. 1t means. in the first place.
that The victory over Germany may
he turned into defeat for Western
civilization. 1t means that the Trea-
" OF Versailles may be as dead as
The Treaty OF Berlin or the Treaty
Of Vienna. II means that the world
IS laeins an issue more serious than
that of the war. 1t means that En-.
rope is confronted with a combina-
ton of destructive forces as danger
Gus as those OF Prussiau militarism
Al moment when there is appar.
eFt'~ 40 power capable OF opposing
til
nokane Spokesman. Review
tlHa. A,.1 believes that with Vi
ger ,a sood Judgment" the exist.
ing ament can suppress the
communist uprising and even turn it
TO profitable account" but that
there is evidence of weakness in
its surrender to the strikers terms
and the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can (Progl agrees with Macmillan
Harden that the world must pre-.
pare itself to deal with a modified
soviet government Germany
= Harden continues
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-07
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