Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-25

stool, of this commodity In the
United States for distrihution 10 the
consumer at cost. because 4 govern
,neni ;, ,lut is sworn to protect lis
pcoul. pcrmi,s this robbery and pits
no curb upon H.
Time for Real h,ncricanism.
II, Is a time when TOO per cent
Ancr;cunis,n should be defined" Cap
rcr continued III II means TO ev;'d"
.,xes. cncat the government and
s,yindlc the people. les. this hc fairly
understood. But /, would he in
s.rnc,:vc To Know just the difrereace
in principle between cheating me
government ana putting il. in bad
and Attempting To overthrow II IN
th. RID. manner Of the Bolshevists
Roth methods reach The same re-
suit: orc is merely more crafty IMAM
the other. We can regulate pr"h'S
as we regulated usuIy. ana IN snCn
regulation provision can be nad"
for maintaining sinking iund Tor
Tho lean years. We have laYs
against J-oiitcerins Ii those
charged with their enforcement VIII
SO. that profit hogs g" In jail. prices
will soon tumble. The United States
is Incoming robbers roost: greed
is b.com. morally and crininaiiy
lawl.ss. IN self-pro;rcticn NO mvst
find a remedy aud apply T."
After rcviewing rhc activities OF
-four, sugar and cotton mills. the re-
cent Supreme Cuur; decision hold
ns. stock dividends untaSahlc. and
tho Department: OF justices cam
pa;sn ur.iiw use Of .tNe cheaper
cuts OF r1ea, which NJ conderphed--
Senator Gamer presented n list O:
corporations whose earnings. he said.
were proc: o. rro'itcering open. na-
grant. scandalous.""
Gives List OF Earnings.
This list. With the ncrccn;ase "e
earnings as given by Senator Cap
per included:
con,!nen,a, oil. GOO ncr cent;
United Faci Gas. @0o per cent: OHIO
l'uul supply, 100 pr cent: Nonquit
Spanning Co, ioo per cent: An"skaas
cotton Mauu;a:-ur,n. Co. 100 per
cent: S:u;z Motors, LOO per cent:
Nashua Manufacturing Co. loo per
cent: American Tobacco Securities
Co. 80 per. cent: Mnncrnct NILS. 81 90
p-r cent: uood ruhhe". &C - per
c"..t: Crueib,- S,..i. 20 per CEN, {;
Cleveland Akron Ha.. - per crnt:
Erion uau aud Farc', 30 ps- cent:
AUTO Car Co. 40 per cant: Iohn II.
Thonpsnn 60 ~ !" per cent! 81.
Maurice par+y 60, 80 per cent: :.
W woo'wor;h. 80 rer cent; Elcc'r.o
welding, Of Eoston o. per cant;
p.!awa-o aud Cleveland, % per cent;
iiaTliian T'!ncap p.e Co. - per cent:
I3l.c;..c Welding CO. - PEI cent;
/ General Chemical 20 re- cant: Arnc''-
can Mul.israph. ~ per cent: '":uscan
Steel. - yer cent
Dividend or :.oon Per Cent.
. The Standard Oil Company. oc Ia
diana" The Senator continued. has
.l.uub.V1n 10 :Jo.c0",nOv. giving ~
s:ocEhnid-rs stock dividend q:
. 2,"uh pcr cent.
;".h- Na.ion.l. .'.ndY Company !
,r-age .. 20 MI cent ovtr 1915
4 "Hurns Eroth"'s. til lavg-St retail
/ ,.'i Ar.i.!s ~ :ihr ni,td Stats
: si;.,ihst y, To- c~,i,sr- IN 'HlJ; .h4
c.-:i,uE, ~ tn. Ju.t.d Drug com.
PAM. 0o.n1 . gE ines: "a s"V."h",ov
:,i.tuIiiN. VIZ ~ v." ccit srrHtc;
than -, 1916: N. American Ic, com
pAmy which ,"us !-r ~ N" fu!i
-. lions 10; 40. ipEi. la. ia ,hr lac
itr~ r'irH ln"rf"+"H u" earnings =.
per r"a,; ,hc Ia'cgna'!ouL 'q'.rr
Coml.ans. dc'u# ucefly ss.r"r 90
worth OF b.s.r~ss las, y.at mad
:: r.r cent, lunr- ,uuut'. 4l,houg!
. sold 20 ~: cent fever goods; th'
tactic NILS p4tpI, al cotton .n'
wp:F'"d dg-ss Goods urrGu 81 - PC