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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
THE FARMERS BUYING POWER

n EERE 4 COMPANY. pioneer makers Of farm implements, set out
Y Of the farmer, in order 20 show the country that something must
be done about II. The homcly illustration was used of how many
bushels Of corn it now takes to buy a farm wagon, ms against the
number required in 1914. The implement manufacturers showed that
Il took $50 bushels Of rorn, the product of ten acres at a good aver
age to buy a farm wagon, as against 200 bushels in 1914. Since the
pamphlets WIS issued the price Of corn has dropped some more and it
now takes aronnd 800 bushels to buy a farm wagon, at the current
market price.
This pamphlet has done more, perhaps, than any other single in
fuence to bring home to the country the grave economic status of
the agricultural population, "a represented by its purchasing power
With this illustration before them eastern bankers and manufactur-
ers began sending their scouts into the farming regions to find the
facts The result Of these surveys is not encouraging The volume of
business from farming regions, the experts agree, must remain small
which win be next fall. With the fact before us that 40 per cent Of
the population of this country is dependent for its livelihood on what
age Of reduced buying power and where III located.
The farmers, livestock producers, etc are not getting a proper
have known that fact for some time. They knew it before the war
They knew il in 1915. They knew it even during the speculative pc
Rod when many OF them borrowed money to indulge in reckless ex-
panston; although then they didn't think about it.
through in even ratio to the consumer the situation would be differ
ent. The farmer who sells corn at 25 cents a bnshel, however, sees a
food package at IS cents. The man who guides the machine that fills
the package gets $3.50 a day. He can strike for. three months out of
the year and still do better than the farmer in the way Of income. The
farmer is coming to understand something of this. He sees organized
industry, organized manufacturing, organized marketing of finished
products getting earnings in which he has no share. The wonder,
probably, should be that he basnt gone crazy about organization long
since. The hope rs that he may not carry organisation to extremes
now. That hope is based in turn on the hope. that other organized
business and industry, between the producer and consumer. viii wake
up in time TO remove the cause for the farmers going to extremes.
A. r. Marsh, now writing a series of articles in the Economic
World, +" on the status Of the agricultural industries, saysi
Prices for agricultural products were never relatively
lower in the history OF the country.
"The farmers viii not obtain the relief they need through
the government.
his extremely low purchasing power.
."There is no reason in economic equity for existing rel
8 or course there is no economic equity in it. Economic equity is
temporarily suspended How to put i back into effect before some
thing breaks is the problem.
Don't all speat at once.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
~BUslNEss HEAD"

- fE letter Ia sodays Herald in which County Commissioner John
IA. York Of San Miguel county, modestly seeks 70 share with the
: state tax commission and others the credit of reducing both leyes
aud the total volume OF taxes assessed in San Miguel county, is char
actersie Of the quiet, unassumne way IN which that rare exception
in public Office. The business man. goes shout mis- work. What tax:
payers want and what, unders present conditions they sorely need, is
The result Ia lower taxes and that Mr.. York seems to have secured
II would be q vast public benefit, were it consttntionally possible,
TO have = law requiring those ia charge Of county budget making,
laying Of taxes and appropriations Of money for public expenditures
to be men Of proven business Judgment and experience.
Even across the face Of this rosy dream there Hs a shadow. All
too often the business man Of proven judgment and experience, when
he gets in charge Of public finances. finds himself possessed Of a dou-
hcstandard Of financial Judgment aud methods; one might almost
ssy, . double standard Of fnsncial morals Once in a while there oe
esrs in public financial administration that rare man who attends to
public business by the same standards and careful methods he brings
y bear upon the private business he has made to succeed.
Such 4 man is usually dubbed "a conspirator" and the "friend
IL predatory interests and special privilege, . and is so disguised with
mud splashing demaeoanory and INSCRIPTIONS political criticism that
be gets out Of public life Is quickly as he ean--and stays out.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
Dollar Wheat
And $40 Coal


Wheat II now selling In the Chicago
market around 81 n bushcL on Sat
urday Kansas farmers sold ~ az juno
ton City FOR So cents a bpshcl. the
lowest price aimee before tho wcTd
war. At North Dakota elevator Il
Is bringing from so cents - 81. Corn
has dropped TO ~ cents a busnel IN
North Dakotaa and IL costs D ccnts
a hushel 90 yet Il to marXct.
With these basic American pro-
duets at such prices. domestic sizes OF
Luminous bal are selling In Chica-
Eo at more than IS a ton. better
grades above $40. and hare coal
around sf6. Compare these prices
with the prices OF coal when wheat
bituminOus was delivered around 50
land anthracite around 50. Tho COM
parison Is all to the disadvantage OF
the farmer. and inasmuch "a Amor
lean prosperity IL based largely upon
agricultural production, and at least
half of the population OF the country
In dependent directly or Indirectly
upon farms 70. prosperity. the influ-
cnce Of these conditions Is reacting
adversely upon the national welfare.
Why should the price Of Gal he
double or more than double what ~
was before the war. while basic farm
products are back TO pre-war prices?
II IN not because OF n shortage OF
coal, The country IL underlnid with
coal II Ia an artificial condition
making artificial prices FOR Goa
The operators explain that the high
cost OF mining requires higher prices.
and dealers explain hat high cost OF
transportation requires higher prices.
That does not adjust matters The
farmer II suffering from the same
difficulties. Last years crop n TO
n lesser extent this years crop were
produced at high costs. They are be-
ing marketed al the same high cost
OF transportation under which coal
men are marketing their product.
For instance. Deere a Co. OF Mo-
line. m. one OF the oldest concerns
manufacturing agricultural impic-
ments In the country. figures that d,
costa a Nebraska farmer &c cents a
bushel. or nearly twRe as much a. In
1914. TO yet his corn 10 the Chicago
market, n he wants 10 buy a wagon
he must sell $50 bushels of corn TO do
II. In 1914 he had to sell only goo
bushels OF corn. The increased
freight on this necessary increased
amount OF corn for the transaction
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
Says Taxes May
Be Reduced; Leave
Efficiency Unhurt

Las Vegas. n. NJ. Nov. Is. 1891.
Editor. Albuquerque Herald.
Albuquerque. New Mexico.
Dear Sir.
Your editorial OF the 10th. entitled,
How Did He. do III" requires an
explanation from me.
In the first place the Optic un-
Intentionally gives me credit for this
entire saving. which Is incorrect. IL
IL true that the tax payers Of san
Miguel county win pay approximately
$4,000 less this year than last on
county taxes alone, as well "a from
5000 to $4,000 less In city and
town taxes. This waH brought about
by reason Of the State Tax commits
slon'a reduction In valuations on cattle
and grazing lands. the city n town
councils reducing their leVies. and
county commissioners eliminating UNI
necessary levies that prevailed In
1899. Mt the same time providing
ample funds for all county expenses
for the coming year.
1 feel hat credit should be given
where credit Is due. and u rs only
fair TO others that ] mako this cN-
PLANTATION.
The writer Is certainly not looking
for any more trouble IN tax matters.
not this year at least. but believes
that taxes could be reduced very
materially each year without dcorcas-
ing efficiency in any department 81
county government by the co-opera-
tion Of tax payers aud clubs In meet
ing with county commissioners.
I thank you for your editorial ana
remain,
Very truly yours.
JOHN n. YORK.
Chairman. san Miguel
County Commissioners.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
Health Tests Cut
Mortality in Half,
SAYS DR.. Els k
By DIR. EUGENE LYMAN FISK
Medical Director, Life Extension IN
sfitutc

HliNhA1
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-No discus
sion Of tho limitation Of armamohts'
However Worldwide. should be COM
rlcte without this Important agcndd
tho question OF the greatest arma-
mcnt OF all. the Grim Roaper's scythe,
IL has none of the brisk rattle u
the machine gun none Of the sweep
Ing beauty OF a man a. war. YET lH
efficiency. as an eVcry day engine OF
destruction. taking itE daily toll 81
lives. IL greater n thousandfOld. Ana
this efficiency. as shown by a long
series OF scientific tests lust compile
cd. can he reduced by so per cent
al be cut In two.
one reason why war and mortality
ore no difficult TO combat H. that the
average man would rather listen tu a
brass band than to n statement Of stn-
t~iatics.
However, enough readable evidence
ia now available to command the att
teniion Of every thinking maH aud
woman In the United states 10 the
fact that their days Of Illness can Dee
reduced. and their lives " usrfuln"s
apprcciably extended. u only thcy will
give the same attention 10 their own
bodies that they give TO their automo-
hilss or their scwinE machines
For what has been "a theory has
now been made a demonstrated fact.
Direct proof. based ON a siN-ycHr
survey Of mortality records Tor "a
group OF 1891 men. that periodic
health cNtminations will greatly pro-
long human lie has been put before
the National Association OF Life In
suranc" Medical Directors, by Dr. A..
: KniEht. president Of the assocla.
tiOn.
Dr knight asserts that the nor
tality for this selected group. every
member OF which voluntarily took
advantage OF "A life insurance com
pany's offer for periodic examination
az the Life Extension Institute, was
only % per cen OF the rate expected
bS standard lilo Insurance tables.
Thu analysis waS the first long
torn test OF the efficacy Of periodic
health examinations. In reducing NOR
tally. hat has ever been made.
Simply expressed thu facts show
that among 1000 average adults, 10
Will die within the year. that 500 are
s~ub-stnndurd or physically impaired
that of the 10 who die. six win Doe OF
the sub-staudnrd group. with period
ic oNaminatiuug however, only niN
will die. three from the suh-standNrd
Eroup AMI three from the rost.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

OF this book persisted from Spring
fIeld. The tact that thtrc was such
70 book came IN connection with
the lincoln Centennial celebration ln
Springfield In 1903.
The pastor Of tho First Presbyterian
church. Dr.. Logan, mentioned Il IN
his celebration address. He had
learned about tho book from two
grcat-granddaurhtcrA OF Dr. smith.
l tournoyod 10 Springfield. mel
these ladies' and Examined the book
I also rond Dr smiths and others
statements Of the affair.
LINCOLN Joins Church.
Among these statements Is one
written hy Ninihn W Edwards, who
said hat Lincoln had tod him: u
have boon reading a work or DR..
Smith on the evidences Of Christian
lty. ana have heard him preach and
conve 49, ON the subject. and am now
convinced OF the truth OF the Chris
tlun religion"
After lincoln rcnd the book Mrs
Lincoln LETT the Episcopal church and
Joined the First Presbyterian church
and Lincoln rented o. pew. paying $50
r. year Tor n.
after Lincoln became president he
learned that DIT. smith had -otired
from tho active ministry. and wished
10 return 90 hlF own country. He APP
pointed him United states consul "a
Edinburgh.
'The Christmas Defense is print
I'd In two parts. ono ~ 3t2 pages, tho
other 81 36t pages and the type b
small.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
by DIR. WM. n BARTON.
Author. The soul Of Abraham LIN
coin" 1.-The Paternity of ABB
raham Hncoln.f Etc.

aAAAA NAA'FA aAA
OAK PARK. H.. Nov. 15.-Thore
lies before me, as ! write. the hook
that changed the religious thinking
Of Abraham Lincoln.
II is THE Christihn'B Defense"
by James smith. published IN 'in-
cinnati In lS4S. ! found this book
after a long and systematic search
through secondhand shops and the
attics Of libraries. colleges and theo-
logical schools from New England to
Mississippi.
The story connected with this book
had Its start back In 1850 when 3D.
win Baker lincoln, second gon OF
Abraham and Mary Lincoln, died at
Springfield. III.
IAncoin Reads the Isook.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. James Smith, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church. In the D.
sence OF Rev, Charles Dresser. Of the
Episcopal church, OF which Mrs. Lin
coin vas a member.
shortly after. Lincoln. visiting in
Lexington. KY, picked up "a thick
Battle-Ground volume called THE
Christians Defense" He noted that
II was written hy the Springfield
minister who had go recently come
into his home.
on his return to Springfield Lin
coin borrowed n copy of the book
from the author. and became deeply
Interested ia n.
II was the outgrowth OF "a religious
debate between Rev. Smith ana an
infidel named Olmstcad. ut Columbus.
Miss. Or. Smith was "a scotchman
who a been a delHt Whom he vas
challenged to this debate he took IS
months TO prepare Tor Il.
tEgufnsnts tnnnswcrahic.
ne quoted from Nolney's 'Ruina'
and Palne's age Of Reason" and
showed himself thoroughly familiar
with the literature OF the opponents
OF the Christian religion. nd then
brought IN his REPUTATION.
Lincoln. In his early manhood had
read Paine and NOlney and had boon
Impressed hy heir teachings He had
never heard their arguments refuted
In this manner lie returned the
hook 10 Dr. Smith with tho statement
that he considered hla arguments
"unanawerable.
! II u remarkable that al knowledge
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
Smile Awhile

Babe Ruth will sing In vaudeville
ana the audience many brcnk some
huWc-run records.
The western girls college teaching
gunurrv must cnn 70 domestic scieucc.
Ilovd-GeorEr snys pence means
work Well, We have the peace.
TO your Thanksgiving early and
avoid the rush.
What haF become Of the old-fpsh'
toned Mexico where election returns
We're given IN killed and wounded
Have you that rundown feeling OF
90 thu neighbora refuse to gOs1ip
about YouF
Magi watches have gone our
wouldI't,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
ARE YOU THINKINCp

M 0FFATT JOHNSTON, actor, VA wounded in the war. OF the
I'M stage, he lmps when he walks While acting, the limp yanishes
Az This is his explanation: when ! become a character on
the stage, i forget myself For the moment, ] am a shadow, and
shadows cannot have shrapnel wounds, so | don't. It's the power Of
mind over natter"
Many Of our illnesses and troubles would vanish IL we stopped
thinking about them. Difficulties are magnifed by self pity. You can
hypnotic yourself into believing almost anythingi as, for example
the moi infrequent ease Of the man who imagines groups Of his fellow
men 20 be in conspiracy agamst him or the homely woman who fan
ees every man Is trying to Hit with her.
= Ability 10 keep one mind out of the eddies and back-waters and
going somewhere is an even more wonderful achievement than Moi
ftt Jehnstons sefhypnosis when "a The stage.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

plus the increased freight rate on the
wagon from point OF manufacture TO
the farm. II figured nt $50 40. Thus
the farmer IN proved to be working
under tho same difficulties as the coal
man. and yet his prices are down TO
n pre-war figure. while coal prices
are more than double that figure.
Agriculture and coal are probably
the two chief sources Of wealth In the
United states. Agriculture Is the more
important because a vastly greater
number OF people depend directly
upon Il for "A livelihood. Yet aRrl-
culture Is forced to operate at a loss
while coal cites high wages and high
freight rates ms an eNcus Tor high
prices. and "a Goa operator ls cited IN
tho United States senate as having
boosted OF paying az excess profits
tax Of more than $1,000, 600 Inst year.
n ls rank Injustice not only 60 tho
farmer but TO- tho entire industrial
sertion uf the United states as we'll
with corn at it, present price Nho
farmer q get along without coal
He can and viii burn corn. But we
cannot operate Industrial power
plants with com as fucl. They must
have coal. And aH CoHl IL OF 10
present price every factory Iu IA,
United States ~ handicapped u moi
rhut down entirely. a way must b,
found 20 bring II down before Il ruin
the country.
nj -. NaFAa..l. E.uIa.a H. T1...,.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

Although tho United States o. the
greatest produce. OF tale and snap
stonu 900 the world 10 consumes moro
tina 10 produces
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

rsrHuHs OF tho many positions IN
which they must work. tractor mo-
tors are tested 1t angles up 10 a. do
grtps.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

The first successful moving pictures
Is. 1894.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15

Chicken Sandwiches mud Salads.
Eats. sweets Dancing. college Hun.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

ADMIT the MAsTER -Bahoid ! stand Al. the door and knock
IA " ans maj henr my voice. and opmt tho door, 4 Will come 10 to
him aud aul aup With him and he With me
he that hAtA an eu, lt hln heE what The Spirit sAith-Rev u 90 "a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-24
Send NEWS TO the NEWS.


A sun engine is operated at Mead
near Cairo. Egypt. 1t consists of five
200-foot boilers placed on edge and in
the focus Of five channel shaped mir.
rors Its best run for an hour yielded
Lax pounds of steam at a pressure
OF nearly 10 pounds TO the square inch
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-24
country's Secondary Lakes

The Great Salt lake is the largest
lake in the United States besides the
great lakes The Lake Of the Woods,
lying partly in Minnesota and partly
In Canada, is next in size.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-24

ran
MILWAUKEE SANITARIUM
FOR MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEAsEa
ESTABLISHED IN 1854
Located at Wauwatosa "a suburb OF Milwau-
kee on @. Nj. 4 st. p. Ry., az hours from
Chicago. Two car lines from Milwaukee, 9
minutes walk from all cars.
Psychopathie Hospital. All appliances for
acute cases. Continuous baths Ffre-proof
building separate grounds
West House. Attractive rooms en- suite.
private bath connected.
Modern bath house.
Gymnasium aud Recreation Building
Secluded, yet convenient Five buildinRa
for patients set a hill" Individualiged
treatment. Thirty acres beautiful lawn anC
forest
RICHARD DEWEY. AN, MD,
Medical Director.
ROCK SLEYSTER. ND
Medical Superintendent
WILLIAM T. KRADwEIsL, MD,
Assistant Superintendent.
Chicago once: Marshall Field Annex <ssdw
Hours; 1 to Wednesdays (exeept In july
and August).
Milwaukee Office. Colby-Abbot Bldg
Telephones: Chicago-Central ira
Mnwaukse-wavs rtuna Ia
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-22
PRACE SLOVANSKE PARO-
PLAVEBNi SPOLECNOSTI.

Slovansk6 paroplavebni spo
leGnosti, ktera ridi tez Polskou
narodni spolecnost, podarilo Sc
pro tuto zakoupiti parnik
New York, jenz jest velice
oblibenym parnikem mezi ma
simi krajany. Into parnik Jest
576 stop dlouhy, 60 stop siro-
ky, Al stop hluboky, jest dyou-
Sroubovy, rychlosti 10 uzlu za
hodinu a snosnosti as $4,000
tun. Zarizen jest pro 1850 O.
sob, kabiny pro |. III. tridu,
kuracke pokoje, odpoGivarny,
knihovna, d6tska iidelna, atd
Pripominame, re nekolik ka-
jut III. tridy ma priyatni kou-
.pelnu.
Budou tudiz nasi krajane
miti pfilezitost pouzitl sluzeb
parniku, ma kter6m bude Sc
mono dohovoriti We SVEN ma
terskem jazyku. Tato LODI W.
iede do Evropy dine IA. zari
1921 a prvni zastavka bude V
Antverpach, kteryzto pflstav
jest blizsi nez Hamburk a tez
lacinejsf. Zadame nase krajan
ky krajany spolupraci. A
dresa spolecnosti jest: Slavia
Transatlantic Co., 1919 Broad
way, New York, N. Y. kamz
veskere dotazy bud'tez adreso
vsny.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-22
SRAZKA MA CLEVELAND,
PAINSVILLE A EASTERN
TRAIT.
Pres dvcet osob bylo sobotu
Zraneno.

Vice jak dvacet osob bylo
zran6no, nichz IS povazliv6,
tax re musely byti dopraveny
do nemocnic V Glenville a
East Clevelandu "a srazky
dvou vagonG ma predmestsk6
trait drahy Cleveland, Paines
Vile and Eastern.
Katastrofa udala Sc ma mir
ne zatacce ma rohu Waterloon
I'd. a vych. 157. ul. o 4. hodin6
odpoledne V sobotu. Wagon {.
101, jedoucf ma zapad rizen
byl motorakem Mudgem a
kondukt6rem Westlingem, dru
ny VIZ jedouci vychodne, els.
25. byl V peel w. Williamse a
konduktera Kneppera. Oba 70
zy jelly proti sobe.
Die vysetrovani zavinil sraz
ku Williams, jenz neuposlechl
daneho rozkazu, aby V Noting
hamu vyckal, az prejede kara,
jedouci smerem opacnym, jeli
koz jest-v mistech tech jen je-
dna kolej.
Ma stesti jak bylo behem ne
dele konstantovano, neni ami
iedine zran6ni cestujicich Ii
votu nebezpecno. Nejt6zsi IL
raz jest zlomeni klicni kosti,
coz Sc stalo dix okolnosh, re
oba vozy Jelly pom6rn6 ma
lou rychlosti. Oba vagony by-
ly zle poskozeny, zejm6na by
ly dpln6 rozdrceny pfedky. Cd
klizovani trosek zabralo vice
jak hodinu, po kterouz dobu
byla take arci pferusena do
prava.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-22

do ylasti osyohozene. Jsou tn
pohledy z pohrbu AZ mucedni-
XII, tech prostych synu naseho
naroda, ktefi rad6ji vydali t6-
la sva rakousk6mu katu, nez
by porusili prisahu v6rnosti
svemu narodu. Jsou tn rovnez
.pohledy prazskych slavnosti,
kdy radoyal Sc narod re sv6
lmlad6 svobody.
Tato vystava Pamatniku Cd
boie, jez m6la by byti navsti-
vena kazdym vernym Cecho-
islovakem, kazdym uprimnym
synem naseho naroda, byla wee
ra odpoledne formaln6 zaha-
jena. Prali bychom 81, kdyby.
ISchom mohli napsati "zahaie-
ma ia obrovskeho ucastenstvi'
nez to by neodpovfdalo zrovna
pravd6. Zahajovaci proslov
Tpfednesl p. Ruml, jenz slovy
vfelymi zminoval Sc, jak vzni-
kla mySlenka ma zalozeni Pa
matniku Odboje a elm bude
vSem v6kum pfistim. Ma to u
jal Sc slova p. Karel Bernrei-
ter, jenz vystavu zahajil V "a
stoupeni Geskoslovenskeho kon
sula p. Bartosovsk6ho, jenz
pro churavost nemohl Sc do
staviti.
Vystava potrva az do pfistf
Inedele a doufame, re nebude
jedineho krajana, jenz by il
InenavStivil. Vstupn6 jest ne
patrn6. pouhych 25 cent?. I'll,
kdoz vice pref 81 prisp6ti, mo-
hou tax uGiniti zapsanim Sc do
Pam6tni knihy. Prvnim re spoil
XII, krone Cetnycn jednotlivcu,
| byl vtera Stfelecky Klub Vlast,
jenz slusny obnos slozil. Jsme
iisti, re ostatni nase spolky bu
dou nasledovati.