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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07
BOND NEWS AND NOTES.
Average Bond Prices
May 9, 1921.
s1,ooo,ooo CaIiforni. Issue.

Blyth. Witter & CO. are offering s.. 200,
900 OF State of California highway 6i4
per cent bonds. dated January 3. 1921.
and due serially on July 3, 1926. to July
3, 1897. inclusive. at prices to yield $50
per cent They are exempt from Fed
eral income taxes, and are legal invest
ment for New York savings banks.
The total bonded debt of California, in
Guiding this issue, is 50, $50 900. The
ratio Of its debt to it's valuation Is 113
per cent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07

The Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd,
will call n special meeting Of its share
holders for an early date TO take action
on a proposed issue OF its debenture
bonds. II is understood that the issue
In IN the neighbdrhood OF $4,000, 900 and
that II has been underwritten partly In
Montreal and in New York.
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OUT OF TOWN MARKETS
BALTIMORE.
FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1921.

$4,000 Oh Ry ser IS 34h 34h Bah 34h
1000 Com Ed list IS san S4A San S4A
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Jersey Central Asks Authority.

The Central Railroad OF New Jersey
has asked authority to renew its guar
anty of payment OF S4.ss7,000 OF the
American Dock and Improvement Com
panys first mortgage bonds maturing
on July J.. 1921.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07
Montreal Adopt. pecimaI Plan.

Beginning on Monday tho Montreal
Stock Exchange will drop the fractional
method OF dealing In Canadian victory
and war bonds, and adopt the decimal
system as used on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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completed. Arrangements concluded call
for golf tournament a luncheon. exhi-
bition tennis, baseball game. dinner and
a vaudeville performance. Sanger II.
Steele, woe-president OF J. q. White x
CO.. is chairman OF tho outing committee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07
oner waterbury Bonds.

Estabrook & Co.. Remick. Hodges &
Co. Merrill, Oldham & Co and Richter
a Co. are offering $4,000 Of Water
bury, Conn, per cent. coupon bonds at
prices to yield 5.75 to per cent, ac-
oordtng to maturity.
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Cerro de Pasco
BOND CLUB TO HAVE OUTING.

An elaborate programme for all mem
bers OF the Bond Club OF New York and
Chicago for the outing on May 30, when
the facilities OF the Sleepy Hollow Coun.
try club will be availed OF. has been
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07
TOBACCO STOCKS.
Jersey, basket. sin2.75; Southern, 7Do.a
81 IL: bbl.. S2d14; vans. bbl.. 1914.

POULTRY, DREssED-FRBSH KILLED
western stays, 2og25c.; fowls, boxes. ESQ
a9c. bbis., 2sD3Oc. old crcLs. 2oQ2Sc.i tur-
keys, 20ps0c. ducks. Long Island. $50. .
S3.50Q4. FROZEN-Chickens. broilers, 26p
a2c.; fryers. 30a38c. roesters. S5d4Jc.
fowls, 25d73Tc.: old cocks, 1Sd23c. cRpons
100000. turkeys. 100000: ducks, Western.
30940c.; geese, Western, 20d35c.
POULTRY, IIyE-Fowls, freight. 40c.
express, 3sr44c.: brollors, freight, eOG70c. ;
express, 4001Oc.. old ROSTERS. freight. 25c. !;
turkeys. freight. 3Ou35c.; ducks freight. 20
Go22c.; express. 20d24c.; muscovey, 100.
geese. freight. i4di6c.: express. t46iso.
pigeons. pair, 55c- guineas, pair, sii rab-
bits. express. ID, 25m30c.
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LIVE STOCK AND MEAT PRICES.

Common 90 prime steers, 100 lbs 81 500 ESQ
Common 90 choios buils, 100 lbs. 6.O09 T.sb
Common TO choice COWS, 100 lbs. 2.0o8 100
Common TO prime veals, 100 lbs. s0oQ19.00
100 lbs. .............,....,. 5000 TOO
Commas TO primo lambs, 100 lbs. GOOGLE 20
Southern spring lambs, 100 lbs. IL SOC 5. 90
Live hogs, 100 lbs. o0o8 $50
dressed beef, steer sides, b. iBd17ho
City dressed vea1s, ID. --.-...-~.. 1BaZzo
Dressed mutton, 10. ..--------. t2Q18o
Dressed wethers. ID. .~.-----.. 10q1To
Dressed lambs. city, lb..--~~~-... 2o126c
dressed spring lambs, D.. 26d32o
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07
BANK OF FRANCE STATEMENT.

PARIS, May 6-The weekly statement
OF the Bank of France shows changes
as follows:
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ArgentInefV d
l.s....ssl
Chilean Gov s,
receipts
lo......e b
San Paulo S.
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EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

Exports from New York yesterday
wheat. 24,635 bushels: corn. s5,434
bushels: barley, 20,O24 bushels; peas
300 bushels; -four 1927 sacks; lard
$4,000 pounds cottonseed oil, 10000
pounds: lubricating oil $4,000 gallons
oatmeal, 2.450 barrels oil meal. $40, 00C
pounds. oil cake. e.9p2. 400 pounds.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. May 8.-The cotton mar
ket closed steady to-day. points down 10
July, 12.7sc.; October. 1885,; Decemberu
1860; January. 1890.
SOUTHERN SPOTS.
Galveston steady, 10 points higher, ut
i2.10c.i sales, 1.087 bales. New Orleans
steady, 25 points higher, at 1885,: sales,
] .050 bales. Mobile steady. unchanged. at
lie; sales, 175 bales. Savannah steady. 80
points higher. at 12.5oc:: sales. 20 bales.
5o4 bales. Augusta steady. 10 points higher,
IS points higher. at 1l.5oc.; sales z. $50 bales
Houston steady, unchanged. at 12o.: sales
3,170 bales. Little Rock quiet. unchanged. aA
11o. sales 1856 bales. Dallas steady, un-
changed. at 11.45c.; sales, SOS. Mont
gomory firm, % points higher, at lie; sales.
"a bales. Fort Worth steady, points
higher, at 11.40c-; sales, 2.7t7 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
Spot cotton, dull. at 10 points advance.
middling. lid; sales, 5000: American,
1000; imports. none. Futures opened quiet
at 8 to points advance; closed quiet but
s.fod. July. s.36d.; October. S.83d.; Decen,-
Der. S.77d.; January. S88d.; Manchester,
yarns moro demand; cloths firm.
Weekly cotton statistics-Imports, 43. 600
bales: American. $1,000. Stock. 1.07e. 900:
American. 874.00o Forwarded. 25,o0os
American, Fl 900. Exports. 1000: American
2.0O0 Sales. $4,000: American, IL .00O Guam
tity afloat. all kinds, 10000; American
81, 900.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-07

MANY big business deal has been devei-
oped from the Bnainese Opportunity ads
IN The Hersid's Want All section.-ddt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

In the opinion of The Yorkville En-
quirer, Dr.. ]. r. Johnson is entirely
correct in the claims he made for the
American Cotton association in Column
bia Wednesday,. 1t is common to hear
people bewail what might have been,
had they sold their cotton last fall as
fast as they got it out" OF course
that would have been nice, had it been
possible; but it was not possible. The
price was more attractive then than. il
is now, TO be sure; but no considerable
part Of the cotton crop could be sold al
the price. The market could not have
taken it. 1t would have gone to pieces
worse than it did. The market would
not begin TO take such cotton as now
remains even at the present price. Not
now. Anybody ought to be able to see
that. AS DR.. Johnson says, 1t WAS the
holding movement Instituted by inc
American Cotton association that saved
the South from financial ruin, ana as
bad us things appear TO be they arc
not nearly so bad rs they would be had
it not been for the splendid work OF the
American Cotton association in lnstl-
tuting and engineering the greatest
holding movement that has ever been
known.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr.. Charlie Parrott is quite sick at
his home at Filbert.
II. E. Neil, of Yo.kville, was Wis
itor in Columbia yesterday.
Miss Martha Glenn of Spartanburg.
is visiting Miss Margaret Bratton, In
Yorkville.
E. w. Willterson, of Hickory Grove,
was among the visitors in YorkVllle
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs w. E. Ashe and Miss
Ina Ashe, oil McConnellsville, were Wis
itors in Yorkville yesterday.
AIessrs. John T. Williams and Paul
Neil, Of Ehenezer, were among the Wis
itors in Yorkrille, yesterday.
Misses Wilma and Sarah Logan and
Minnie Thomasson and Jesse Moore
Eurris attended,; Sharon school COM
mencement Wednesday night.
Mrs. J. J. Gaulden has returned to
her home on York No. 8, after a visit
to Mr.. and MRS. d. II. Gaulden in ROCK
Hill. :, H.
William Banks Columbia newspaper
man and representative OF the stare
department Of agriculture, was 4 visit
or in Yorkville, yesterday.
Sam S. Feemster fireman aboard the
U. S. S. Dickerson, stationed at New
York, spent Tuesday in GorkVille, the
guest Of Mrs Wm. T. Moore
DR.. ]. E. Johnson, of Rock Hill, has
been chosen as the official representa-
tive Of the South Carolina branch of
the American Cotton Association to the
worlds cotton conference to he held In
Liverpool in JUNE DR.. Johnson en-
poets to attend the conference unless
something unforeseen prevents.
Joseph NJ. Herndon, son of Prof r.
J. Hcrndon. of 'Yorkville, was chosen
one of tho two members ut large to the
Athletic council Of Washington, and
Lee university, Lexington, Va, at re-
cent election. This election to the ath-
letic council as q member at large, IS
quite an honor, as only two are chosen
from the entire student body. Herll-
don has taken an active part in athlet-
les mt washington and Lee and is well
qualified to serve on the council. Ee IS
in his second year and since his entry
has taken Il leading part in football,
playing right end on the victorious
1929 team He is member Of the Al
pha Tau Omega fraternity, and prom
inent figure in college activities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

three innings apd was then called on
account of;rain BY Umpire II. r. Mack
orell AS it was, the score stood to
in favor of Glover. One MI. Johnny
Walker. described by local fans as the
best high school baseball pitcher per-
forming on the local lot in many day,
famed seven Of the nine batters that
faced him and had he been permitted
to proceed would no doubt have had a
wonderful day.
= At meeting held in the assembly
hall Of the American Legion club
rooms in Yorkville last evening, local
board Of the Salvation Army. was or
ganizcd with the election Of the fol-
lowing officers: ]. S. Brice, chair
man; J. S. Mackorell, vice chairman;
C. w. NIcGee, secretary; j. II. p.
Jenkins, Jr., trea surer. An advisory
board consisting of the following was
elected: Z. A. Hall, Rev. E.. E.. Giles
pie, Miss Leslie 'Witherspoon, Mrs. s
NJ. McNeel, and Mrs. r. M. Bratton. IL
| is proposed to have another meeting OF
the board at an early date at which
time additional members will be
elected.
Three baseball games were played
in Yorkville yesterday, the first time in
the history of the old town perhaps
that a triple baseball bill has been
staged. Incidentally the home town
won two out of the three games PLAYED
Fort Mill defeated Mech Stewart Post
American Legion II to 8, in game
featured by bonehead playing Of the
local legionaires. Yorkville High School
defeated Chester 10 to in game thai
came near ending in row. 0. p
Grist. catcher for Yorkville was badly
spiked on the leg during the game but
continued at his post until the flnaii
inning. The row, according to loca!
fans, occurred when the principal OF
the Chester school who accompanied
the Chester boys to Yorkville charged
that the locals had not given the yisl
tors a fair deal. Superintendent f.. A
Montgomery gave the visiting teacher
to understand that there had been
fair deal and that he must apologize
for the statement or else. The Chester
man made apology. PAGER Burrls
"Outlaw team" composed of young
men about town, defeated Cotton bei'
School IA to 8.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
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BEER NOT A MEDICINE
Both Druggists and Physicians Protest
Aoainst PaJmeTs Ruling.

The National Association Of Retail
Druggists through its executive com
mittee, has gone on record that beer
is not a medicine, has no medicinal
value and is not listed in the phar-
macopeia. It is not a remedy sup
posedly handled by druggists, ana they
evidently have a. decided objection 10
having their beer saloons as an annex
to drug stores. Former Attorney Cen
eral Palmer's dictum making peer
medicine by virtue of a physicians
prescription, hardly meets their ap-
proval.
Doctors have not in the past pre-
scribed beer as q medicine. but as
food. They hare prescribed it as they
have carrots for babies, q vegetaole
diet for certain ailments, milk and
eggs for tuberculosis and maybe, hsh
as brain food. with the advice OF Mark
Twain to 4 friend; to start by eating
whole whale. Why not have. the drug
stores include groceries and butcher
shops as we'll as beer saloons, II they
are to provide all the physicians may
recommend in the dietary OF lnelr
patients? ..'
But druggists are not alone in refus-
ing to regard beer as u medicine, MI
Palmer to the contrary. PhyslclanSS
cav that If serves any medical pur-
pose. Indeed many insist that it. also'
has no food value. Physicians of dis
tirction have held. on the contrary,
that it has much i'll effect; that CON
firmed beer drinkers are peculiarly
susceptible to . distinctive class OF
ailments, and become ill-fitted to re-
sist any disease Of a serious nature.
There are as many doctors, as those
of other profession, who are prohibi-
tionists, and more who denounce the
use Of liquors. not for economic rea-
sons alone, but for those Of health.
Even those who occasionally prescribe
liquor, do not like the Palmer tag, nor
to be the constant object OF pestering
by those who want beer or liquor. not
on any excuse of health, but merely
for the alcoholic effect Nothing in
decd was further to prove the real
strength Of prohibition, than the re-
pusion Of respectable people against
Icing made an agency for its avoid
ance.-Washington Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
Within THE TOWN

There is a good deal Of cleaning up
going on but nothing like as much as
there should be.
During the first four days of the
week about 100 bales Of cotton were
sold on the local market, according to
Robert Z. Mcclure, public wclgher for
Iorkyille.
j. H. Woodward, state hotel in
spector, WAS in York Vile this morning
on tour of inspection. According to
the State inspector, there are about 9O
hotels and, more than 500 restaurants
in South Carolina. He found the Hotel
Slandon in good condition.
Mr.. J. r. Jimmie writes from At
lanta. Ga, rs follows: Il am enclos-
ing check for $40 to be added to the
fund that is being raised to build a
fence around the old Methodist ceme-
terry. / am glad to enclose this little
sum in the promotion Of much need
cd undertaking in Il most worthy
cause"
Yes. sir" said Mr.. r. D. Galbraith
Of Spartanburg, Wednesday, this is
undoubtedly the prcttiest town in the
state. Some Of my friends used to
question by Judgment and charged me
Will ltlI IIuIlS DeSu was 'O' ~
here; hut now since you have paved
the streets, there is no longer any
question"
The demand for Ford cars is now
Grea ter than it has ever been since l
have been connected with the bust
ness" said S. L. Courtney. local dealer,
Wednesday. "and the trouble with me
just now is the difficulty l am having
in getting 4 sufficient number of cars
to meet the demand. Just why this
unusual demand at this time [ cannot
explain. unless it is because Of the
moderate price of Il new Ford and the
economy of operation
Work on the municipal building will
begin next week, according to al
nOuncement made yesterday by w. l..
Wallace. Yorkvillc contractor who has
been awarded the contract to erect the
new building ut cost OF $lS.G66.3u.
The building is tn he erected on the lot
between the residence of Miss Sallie
A,lckes and the Carolina Il North
Western railway tracks on EHst Llbcr-
ty street.
Thanks to IL cold, driz.ly rain. the
Inrkvillc High School baseball teSln
WAS saved from severe licking at the
hands Of the Glover High School on the
NUrkvillc school diamond Tuesday
afternoon. ThciGamc only Vert for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

Democrats in Washington are sus-
picious OF the announced intention OF
the war department to discharge 49,
900 clerks by July /. Before the war
the war department employed only H.
600 clerks and now it has $4,000. Repre-
sentative Fordney Of Michigan. chair
man Of the ways and means committee
of the house said Monday that the work
to be done does not now require the
services of much more than half of
the clerks, and that the number can be
reduced to 10000 or 10000 with en-
barrassment to the service. The Demo-
Gratis have strong suspicious that it is
the purpose Of the department to in
stitute wholesale cleaning out after
which it will begin 10 re- employ, giving
preference for the most part to Repub-
licans. The Republicans of course,
claim that they have no other idea than
to reduce expenses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

There are those who think that
money will sustain Il man or woman III
anything, and they are pretty neariE
right; but so far the power OF money
is not great enough TO OvcrShadoW inc
sense OF deccncy in the whole American
people. james ~. Stillman, most proml-
nent banker in the United States ana
president OF the City National bahk ol
New York, the largest institution OF
the kind in America if not in the World'
has been forced to resign. lie mas
held the position with unfucslloheo
ability and success, having proved
himself the equal of his father WI"
preceded him. The resignation comes
about as the result of diSgraceiul alS-
regard Of social dcccncy. lie ana HIS
wife have just been going through IL !ol
of divorce litigation, during which he
proved inhdelty against his wife ana
she proved infdclity against nm. IL Is
an unusually rotten case on nolh siueS'
or course the misdccdS of his Wlc
could not have affected him IN ouS'-
ness way; hut when it was shown 'ilat
he was no better than she, he became
too big IL load for even the great pahk-
ing institution over which he preSlaeo
to carry. Deccncy stands high up III
America. notwithstanding many uh-
worthy individual examples IN co'i-
,.,,;,,,,,,,. r,ocifions
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
Tht aJoEkrilIe Gnql'ireeEE.
Entered at the Postoffce at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, MAY s, 1921.
The senate judiciary committee ha

The senate judiciary committee has
endorsed the bill recently introduced
by Senator Dial Of South Carolina in
tended to make it unlawful for United
States judges to accept any other posi-
ton of pecuniary profit while on the
bench. Following the action Of the
judiciary committee report was sent
out to the effect that Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Lands had announced it as
his intention to resign from the bench
but Judge Lands is quoted as saying
that he has never said anything that
could be construed into such a state
ment. If the bill becomes a law and
Judge Lands does resign because OF
the circumstance, his resignation will
furnish complete justification for the
bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
ULTlMATUM TO GERMANY
Allies Lay Down Terms That Must Be
Comolied With. !

The i'eparations commission, which
returned to Paris from London yes
terday, summoned a delegate of the
German war burdens commission 10
an official meeting held at o'clock
yesterday evening and notified him OF
the schedule Of payments to be made
by Germany which the reparations
commission had drawn up.
The protocol handed the German
war burdens commission in Paris last
night by the reparations commission
says:
Germany will perform in the man
ncr laid down in this schedule hcr
obligations TO pay the total fixed in &C
cordancc with Articles 231, 232 and 233
Of the treaty Of Versailles, l32 billion
gold marks, less (a) the amount al
ready paid on account Of reparatlonsi
(b) sum which may from time to time
he credited to Germany in respect tc
state properties in cadet territory, etc.;
(c) any sums received from Other
enemy or former enemy powers, III
respect to which the commission may
decide credits should be given to Ger
many, plus the amount OF the Belgian
debt to the allies, the amounts OF thcSe
reductions to be determined later by
the commission"
The protocol then provides for the
issue of bonds, as has previously been
outlined. and which shall he secured on
the whole assets Of the German en-
pre and the German states.
The first series Of bonds, for The
amount of - billion gold marks, the
protocol says, shall be created and de-
liyered by July 1. 1921, but the interest
Of five per cent. plus one r"r cent. inl
sinking fund, shall q, be payable hall
yearly from May J..
The second series, for IS billion gold
marks. shall be issued on November ],
The third series. for 81 billion gold
marks, SHALL not later than November
|. be delivered to the reparations com :
mission without coupons attached ano
will be issued by the commission and
as when, it is satisfied the payments
which Germany undertakes to make
in pursuance Of this agreement are sur
ficient to provide for the payment OF
interest and the sinking fund on sucll
bonds. The sinking fund shall be used
for redemption Of the bonds by annual
drawings at par.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06

tn. bill went through in spite OF Mr
Dominicks opposition. 1t seems to be
quite evident that it is the purpose OF
the lawmakers to allow all other class
es to engage in eXtortion as much as
they please; but this must not apply to
farmers and their foodstuffs, at least
not until the foodstuffs get into the
hands Of the spectators. The reason IS
obvious The foodstuffs of the farmers
constitute the key to the whole sltua-
ton, and the key must be kept within
control lest the farmers do to other
monopolists what the other 1nonopollsts
have always been doing to the farmers.
There is something badly out of joint
in connection with the whole PROPOSE
ton. What is it?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Since the last publication of the
record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the
following real estate transfers have
been indeXed in the office Of the coun-
ty auditor.
Betheeda-W. H. Dunlap to c. E.
Strait 222-100 acres, $2,430.
Catawba-Mrs Jennie Miller McAr-
thur Mrs. Robbie Miller Neil and John
J. Miller to Miss Floy L. Miller, Miss
Annie 3. Miller and John Neely Miller
J. D. Blanks to S. E. Allen, 81 1-2
acres, $4,000.
E. e. Poag to A. J. Boulware, 2 lots,
81 and premises
S. w. Plyler to G. r. and =. G. Ran
dali, lot, $500.
Lee Belk to Mrs. Irene c. White, 8
lots, 1851.
T. Z. McMackin. G. c. c. Pls. to VIM.
A. Giles, lot, $1,53750. John I. Hoyes
property.
Kings Mountain--Horace L. Bomar
to LAC. Hord, 215 7-10 acres. $4,000.
7. C. Hord to A. J. Eskeys, l60 I-lU
acres, S1,500.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-06
Kill the Rats.

Unless the investigations and con-
clusions Of the medical men are all at
fault the rat is more dangerous TO
health than any other form Of vermln'
and there is absolutely no question OF
the fact that he is terribly destructive
to property.
The medical people tell us that they
have established beyond dispute that
the rat is the agent that scatters the
bubonic plague and he is accused ol
being responsible also for the dissent
nation even Of Influenza knowledge OIL
that terribly fatal disease has not yet
progressed sufficiently to eXonerate
him from the charge.
The people who know to certainty
that the rat destroys large quantities
Of their accumulated foodstuffs nave
no adequate idea of how much other
evil they suffer from him.
IF the rat serves any single good
purpose on earth no ene has ever yet
succeeded in marking that good pur-
pose up to his credit.
Then why not destroy the rat?
Give the rats the benefit Of the DOUBT
as to being responsible for disease, and
still there is plenty of reason to make
it worth while to destroy him.
It issnot difficult thing to rid TINS
whole country of rats. If the people
would only give the matter half the
time and attention it deserves, it would
take but a short time TO wipe out the
rats completely.