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, 1921-10-27
BLOW THAT SHOCKED DADDY
Old Gentleman Now Naturally Fears
He Has Lost the Confidence
Of His N~eighbors.

Susan was having her first beau, a
youngster who drove a truck. And
often when he came to Susan's home
at night, since he lived in the other
part of town, he came in the truck.
The family continually twitted her
about it, saying such things as 81
suppose the neighbors will think we're
having u coal hauled at night" or
"our flour" or some other commod-
fty.
But one evening even father was
Mortified when n of the ~ten-year-old
boys in the neighborhood said limo
Gently: "My pa said that your pa
would get plnched some night if he
didn't quit having so much booze
hauled here after dark"
Investigation disclosed the fact that
the truck that stood at their door one
evening each week was an old brew
cry truck.-Indlanapolls News.
, 1921-10-27
ANYTHING TO KEEP THE HELP
Evidently Farmer, These Days, Must
Expect to Make Them Some
Slight Concessions.

Il see you are keeping your hired
man all right now, Ezra"
yep, keeping him all right"
He seems satisfied, too. How'd
you do 1T"
did everything he asked me to.
Let him work only eight hours and eat
with the family. He got to complain
ing. of dull evenings, SO every night 1
give him the use of a car of his OWE,
and the money to spend, to go to the
movies in town."
"That ought to satisfy him."
ut didn't, though. He complained
of his room, and Sc I coaxed my son
to trade o with him. Then he
seemed nor settled like"
81 notice you've cut off your whisk-
ers, Ezra"
yeah. Some more of that hired
mans notions.'
"How's that?"
HE complained they tickled him
every time 1 kissed him good night"
, 1921-10-27
Total Ma Per Capita Per c
tional Inc'e Income Incol
Distribution of Income.

The report says that only one out
of a hundred Il per cent? income re-
ceivers in the United States in 1918
had incomes Of $4,000 or more, and
that this one per cent had II per cent
of the national income. Five per cent,
representing incomes above S3,20C,
had % per cent of the total. Ten per
cent, including income above $4,000,
had nearly 80 per cent of the total +;
the most prosperous 20 per cent, in
Guiding income above 81, $50, had about
At per cent. Eighty per cent of the
income receivers had Incomes below
S ,750. receiving about SO per cent of
the total income.
Shares Of Labor and Capital.
In most of the years since 1912, the
bureau finds that In the principal or
ganized industries, wages and salaries
were about 10 per cent of the total in
come; while capital ~(including man
agement) received about 80 per cent,
gu of which were paid rent, interest
and profits: but these proportions va
ried materially with relative prosper
ity and depression. In 1915, for ex-
ample, the share of capital increased
to about 35 per cent, with So per cent
to labor, while In 1919 capitals share
fell to about % per cent, while labor
got about rs. OF the total payments
to employees In the highly organized
Industries, about 90 per cent goes to
the manual workers and clerical stats,
while 8 per cent goes to officials.
Share Of the Farmer.
The farmers, who during the past
decade have made up about 10 per
cent of the total of gainfully employed,
had from II to 10 per cent of the ma
tional income in the years between
1910 and 1915 Inclusive; since 1917
they have been receiving 10 to II per
cent, or a somewhat higher proper
ton, as the following figures from the
report show:
, 1921-10-27

The topics to be taken up and de-
cided include:
1nvlolabillty Of mails on land and sea
In wartime; International organization
of labor in sea and river navigation /;
international law on freight contracts ;
regulations for the use OF submarines
during war; rules for the recognition
of a "de facto" government by foreign
%states, and international responsibility
Of the state for damages that may be
suffered by foreigners during the prog
ress of civil vars.
, 1921-10-27

How the Bureau Is Constituted.
The National Bureau of Economic
Research was organized after the war
by "a group of persons who had come
to realize the need for accurate and
scientific collation. of statistical infor-
nation as a basis for intelligent solu-
ton of national problems. The direc-
tors of the bureau are L. S. Adams,
advisor to the Treasury department ,
John R.. Commons, of the University
of Wisconsin; John P. Frey, editor Of
the International Molders' Journal,
Edwin f. Gay, president of the New
York Evening Post Harry w. Ladder,
secretary of the Intercollegiate Social
list society; Elwood Mead, professor Of
rural institutions, University of CALI
fornia; Wesley Clair Mitchell, New
School for Social Research J. e. Ster-
rett, of the firm Of Price, Waterhouss
and company, accountants N. l. Stone,
labor manager, Hickey-Freeman COM
pany: Allyn A. Young. professor of
economics, Harvard university; also,
the following appointed by the or
~ganizations named +. p. Fish, of the
ANathohuA OOhItItutt DDhTu <
Hugh Frayne. American Federation Of
Labor; David Friday. American Eco
nomic association; w. r. Ingalls,, En-
cheering council j. NJ. Larkin, In
dustrial Relations Association OF
America; George r. Roberts, Ameri-
can Bankers association Malcolm O.
Rorty. American Statistical associa-
ton; A. w. Shaw, Periodical Publish
ers' association; and Gray Silver,
American Federation OF Farm Bu-
reaus.
II is a rule of the bureau that each
director must approve the findings OF
the research staff, or state his spe-
cifc objections as part of the report.
In this way. bias is eliminated, for
methods and results are under con-
slant supervision from men whose
points of view are disslmIlar.
, 1921-10-27
ONLY ReasonabIe REQUEST.

1t was atop a lurching. numbering
Fifth avenue bus where New York's
great middle class does its love-mak-
Ing He was making no progress, that
was evident. Other couples were cud-
died up in each others arms un-
abashed. He and she sat straight and
prim. you didn't like olives at first?'
he asked. She agreed. But you like
them now" She nodded. "Well," he
pleaded, certainly you will give me
the same chance that you would an
olive"
, 1921-10-27

u contributes about II per cent OF
h total, manufacturing about 30 per
cent, transportation about o per cent,
government about 5 per cent, mining
a little more than 3 per cent, banking
a little over l per cent. The many
miscellaneous employments, profess
sional men, retailers, jobbers, mer-
chants, domestics, etc, too numerous
to list specifically, contribute 33 per
cent. In other words, our highly or
ganized industries, even If we include
all manufacturing, mining, transporta-
ton, banking, and government actlvi-
ties such as education and road-build-
ing, produce only about half of the ma
tional income. The rest is due to the
efforts of small independent workers.
Income Tax DISCREPANCIES.
The report estimates that the num-
Der of persons In 1918 having incomes
over $1,000, was 100000, and hat
their total income was over 23 billion
dollars. Income tax returns, however,
showed only 2,90S,000 persons having
over $1,000, n their total reported
income was less than IA billion dol
lars. This discrepancy is due in part
to technical evasions and straight lille
gal ~withholdlngs, but also in part to
the existence of tax-exempt income.
What this means in terms of the in
come tax is that the government re-
ceived in 1918 about half a billion dol
lars less than it would have, if all
persons receiving $1,000 had paid their
full amount.
Contribution of Housewives.
The contribution of the 20,000.000
American housewives is not included
by the bureau in the national income
because they are not paid in money.
But h report points out that If they
were paid at the lowest possible figure
(the average recompense of personal
n domestic service) their addition to
the total national income would be
about one-third, or IS billions. On
that basis. the bureau gives the follow
ing conjectural figure as to the fiuctua-
ton of the housewives contribution
to the national income since 1909:
Total
, 1921-10-27
VIM AND VIGOR
Follow, If You Take
This Advice

Galveston, Translator the food
some years ago, all my family became
rundown, due to exposure Of being in
the water, loss of sleep, etc. They were
all feeling miserable and the only medi-
cine they took was DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. BY the use Of this
medicine they were all restored to health
and strength. And l always keep DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets in my home.
They are an excellent regulator Of tho
stomach, liver and bowels, or for bilious
attacks. l can speak in the highest terms
Of all of DR.. Pierce's Medicines Mrs.
J. w. Moss, 1913 Ave. X.
What Golden Medical Discovery has
done for thousands it will do for you. Get
it today from your nearest druggist, tab
lets or liquid, Write for free medical adj
vice to DR.. Pierce's, Buffalo, N. Y.
, 1921-10-27
A Native.

"He hit me m de koko, yer honor"
what do you mean by that?"
ME knob, me top-piece."
"Your head?'
Eyes. yer honor"
"Why don't you speak the English
language?"
81 do, yer honor. l never wuz out
of dis country in me life."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
, 1921-10-27
DYED HER DRAPERIES,
SKIRT AND A SWEATER

Each package of Diamond Dyes con-
tains directions so simple that any woman
can dye or tint faded, shabby skirts,
dresses, waists, coats, sweaters, stock
ings, hangings, draperies, everything like
new. Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind-then perfect home dyeing is guaran-
teed, even if you have never dyed before.
Tell your druggist whether the material
you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether
1t is linen, cotton. or mixed goods. Dia-
mond Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or
In. So easy to use.-advertisement.
, 1921-10-27
Not He.

Look here, sir" om~inously demand
ed old Festus Poster, who had been
disturbed by queer noises in the night.
"Do you play the saxophone?"
"No," removing his hat and expos
ing a very bald head, replied the man
who had recently moved In next door.
II lost my HAIR in the natural course
Of events.'- Kansas City Star.
, 1921-10-27
TO DISCUSS PROPOSED LAWS
Argentine Branch Of international Law
Association Draws Up Pro
gram for Meeting.

Buenos Aires, - The Argentine
branch Of the International Law asso-
citation has prepared, at the request
of the executive committee In London,
a program for discussion at the con-
ference OF the association which Is
scheduled to be held In Buenos Aaires
In 1922.
, 1921-10-27
An Enthusiast.

you are wasting a lot of film. Why
don't you stop shooting when 1 hand
out the word?"
81 get excited" explained the new
cameraman. 81 operated a machine gun
during the late war."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
, 1921-10-27
The Riaht Is Not All.

The mayor of an Indiana city has
ruled that n mar has n right to chas-
tise his wife. That doesn't alter the
situation much, however. A man may
have the right, but few have the nerve.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
, 1921-10-27

what did you do with the man who
rocked the boat?" inquired Dante.
"They gave him an asbestos canoe"
replied Virgil, put him on a brlm-
stone lake and told him to rock to his
hearts content"
, 1921-10-27
The Natural Question.

"Just think. Adolph. there in the
dark street was n man. / ran harder
than 1 ever ran before"
And did you catch him, auntie? p
Der Drummer, Berlin.
, 1921-10-27
Individual Contribution
Income in other Countries.

Both the total national income and
the e capita income are larger In
the United States than in any other
country. The report estimates this as
the relative standing of the four coun-
tries named at the outbreak Of the
war:
, 1921-10-27
wInIsms Press conuress President.

Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.-walter
Williams, University OF Missouri
School OF Journalism was reelected
president OF the Press Congress OF the
World by reclamation. The con.
gress passed n resolution pe%tltion!ng
Presidents Harding to admit repre-
sentatives of the press to the dlsarma.
ment conference deliberations.
, 1921-10-27
Torturing Her Husband.

Husband Ito wife)-Where is my
HAITI
Wife-On the mangle, dear. 4.
Husband-Whatl On the mangle |
1 wonder what ridiculous thing l shall
find IL on next?
Wife (sweetly)-On your head,
dear.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
, 1921-10-27
A Future star.

Have you decided upon n name for
the baby7"
mot yet. It's so difficult Il find one
that will screen well."-Life.
, 1921-10-27
Cats Sleep on Cows, Backs.

In a stable In Hants county, N.
s., two cows and two cats are kept.
Going In the stable any winter night
you will find n cat, coiled up cosy as
can be on each cows back.
, 1921-10-27

Except for an occasional funeral
some men would v see the inside
of n church.
, 1921-10-27

Most wives would be able to save
money If their husbands gave them
enough to save.
, 1921-10-27
The foolish man 7Oho built
his house on the sand

He gave an example in folly which anybody
can understand
1t isn't so easy, however, to sense the mistake
of trying to build the body on foods which lack
essential no~urishment
Here, again, is a foundation of sand which
gives way when the test comes.
Many a food that tastes good lacks honesty
of n~ourishment to equal its taste. Thus it tempts
the appetite into mistakes that often are costly.
Grape-Nuts is food which helps build bodily
endurance for life's stress and storm. The full
nourishmento of wheat and matted barley, together
with the vital mineral salts so necessary to bone
structure and red blood corpuscles, with phos-
pilates for the brain, is retained in Grape-Nuts.
The long baking process by which Grape-Nuts is
made gives the food a natural sweetness and an
unusual ease of digestibility and assimilation.
Served with cream or milk, Grape-Nuts is
fully nourishing, and whether eaten as a cereal at
breakfast or lunch, or made into a pudding for
dinner. Grape-Nuts has a particular delight for
the appetite. Sold by grocers.
Grape Nuts-the Body Builder
There's a Reason"
, 1921-10-27

The thing a man admires about his
wife's swell curtains is hat they are
packed away for the summer.
, 1921-10-27
A concentrated LInouIst

You say your wife is a great
llnguist? How many languages does
she speakT" "Oh, It's all In one
language."-Life.
, 1921-10-27
Sources Of Production.

As for the sources of national In
come, the bureau finds, taking n gem
eral average since 1910, that agrlcul-
, 1921-10-27

Winning an enemy over is better
than winning over an enemy.
, 1921-10-27

Ignorance is the inspiration of all
argument.
, 1921-10-27
Natl Income Income
How the Bureau Is Constituted.

The report is in press, and will be
published early In November.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-02-26
EARNINGS

The big profits in industrial lines have been made by
those who keen enough to invest in those enterprises
that had been proven to be sound necessary and certain of
but before the development had taken place. We
present you such investment This development of
proven industry is what brings the big reward
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-02-26
Read


We claim to hold the world's plolo~
ing record for the greatest number Of
consecutive: hours of actual blowing.
With the first Stinson Tractor ever
manufactured we were able to plow
100 acres in IS hours. This record
was made in heavy black soil in the
Red River Valley and we know that
no tractor of any size or weight has
equaled this performance.
Tractors made by the company are
sent to the wheat fields Of Canada
from the northern section Of the coun~
try to Sonora, Mexico, and from Vir-
ginia to California.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-02-26
THE WORLD DEMANDS FOOD:
THE FARMER MUST PRODUCE

Any company's prospects for success may be pretty
accurately determined by the demand for the line of prod
ucts manufactures The market for tractors is not only
nationwide, but it is worldwide. The demand for food
exceeds the supply Farm labor not only but
costly. The world demands food and the farmer must
duce. He must find substitute for man-power. The
market for tractors and the acute shortage in farm labor
has forced farmers to equip wherever possible with labor
saving machinery and equipment. Thus the demand for
tractors is ever the increase. :. .
Evening journal., 1921-12-06

glad to serve as q, distributing agency
for such articles OF clothing. toys.
etc. as may be received. and win be
glad to place these gifts in the local
tiles and with the people by whom
they are most needed and where they
will be most sincerely appreciated.
Through our off-shoot schools and
other various extension agencies, we
are able to keep in close touch with
the work and needs OF the various
communities which are influenced
by the Tuskegee idea OF self help and
service.
Some friends prefer TO send money
for the purchase OF these gifts and
in each instance the fund is spent a.
directed by the donors
Yours very truly,
ROBERT r.. MOTION.
Principal Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
bama-
Evening journal., 1921-12-06
Peoples Column
A CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITY

To the Editor The Evening Journal
sir-We hope you will be willing
20 insert the following letter in one
issue OF your publication:
For many years past. kind friends
from various parts OF the country,
have been good enough to send 20 us
for distribution among the needy
colored children in the rural districts
OF the South, such new or second
hand toys books. Christmas cards,
old clothing. etc, as could be spared
from their nurseries or otherwise
gotten together.
The happiness and good will which
these hule gifts have brought at
Christmas time to hundreds oftlittle
Negro boys and girls whose parents
are not able to provide these bright
touches to- the Christmas season for
their little ones. can hardly be esti-
mated. Most OF the farmers sold
their cotton when prices were low
and as a consequence we're left with
out a safe margin 10 purchase such
things as toys and Christmas gifts.
Following the custom OF DIT
Booker T. Washington. we viii be
Evening journal., 1921-12-06
Uncle Ted's Bedtime Stories
Business Ideas Applied Nations Versus Diplomatic Tsnge

would refuse to join in a discussion
Of matters such as are now being
talked over in Washington. That ISL
the great power behind such meet
ings as the one in Washington. and
those suggested for the future by
our President. II isn't matter Of
forming a club such as the League
Of Nations that gives one country
six times the power Of another so
so that the gathering ends In put
ting something over II is simply a
proposition OF asking nations to get
together and talk over serious mat
ters, leaving IL to moral force such
as s being displayed today through
out the world, to sway the meeting
into the right channel.
THE relations between the va
rious countries are not settled. Great
Britain and France are arguing over
questions in the Near East, as wen
as Germany's settlement in the
terms OF the Versailles treaty
France feels she must have a large
army, and the fact that Great Brit
ain has fallen into line with secre-
NdIN AluhMfn AuiAr AWA ANAAAAANM VI
armament has not helped the feel
ing between those two countries
But that is what the conference Is
for and by the time IL is ended and
real understanding will have been
reached II now looks as IL Pre-
mier Lloyd George, Of England. will
come 10 this country; he may even
! be on his way by this time. And the
suggestion Of our President has had
more to do with his final decision to
come than any other one thing. He
knows that now is the time to get
together as sane. sensible business
men. No alliances are necessary In
the first place. and the world knows
that the United States will not en-
ter one.
"Our fathers established this
country on a policy OF keeping out
OF alliances, and the world Is no diff
ferent today from what II was then
We cannot tie ourselves to Europe
by rash promises. but we can aci
with them, the same as business mer
get together and try 10 reach an
understanding that will benefit not
only ourselves but the whole world
Evening journal., 1921-12-06

You know why you say that and
so do T." was Jacks reply to his next
door chum. Freddie when Freddie
had kept up a rapid-fire conversa-
tion in which he insisted that Presi-
dent Harding's suggestion OF some
sort OF association. of nations was
just Woodrow Wilson's world club
plan.
why do then7" was Freddie's
reply
Because your father is a Demo-
crat and you don't want to admit
that our President, who happens to
be a Republican, ever thinks for
himself. How do you suppose the
big conference in Washington ever
got there II Il wasn't because Presi-
dent Harding worked out the plan
and succeeded in starting It so well
that he could go back to his desk
and run this country" .
"Ohl you aSiddies.T exclaimed
Uncle Ted. as he arrived on the
scene of battle. you must not take
sides like that about things as big
as this conference, which means so
much to the future OF the world.
Everybody must pull together. So
far as President Harding's sugges-
ton OF an associations Of nations IS
concerned, Il has nothing to do with
the world club plan. SO rest easy on
that score"
Tell us something about IT," said
Ruth.
First Of ALL" began Uncle Ted
"the suggestion put out by our Pres
ident Is no more like the world club
than black is like white. There
would be no body OF representatives
az I'm the world club. There would
not be any written set OF rules as
for the club. No penalties would be
provided for those who violate
agreements. It's biggest differenee Il
this: With the big conference run,
ming 80 smoothly in Washington
with greater gains made toward linn.
itng armament than ever before
President Harding no doubt felt tina
n nations could get together so wei
this time they could do Il again. pro
vided they we're not tied hand and
foot by Al lot OF rules. He put out tn,
suggestion while the conference IL
in session, 80 that discussion OF th'
idea could be started. thereby get
ting the ball rolling toward that III
innate, but far away point worl,
peace.
Another big fact is that this new
idea would include ALL COUN
TRIES, even Germany and Russii
(when Russia becomes a stable gov
ernment). Invitations would be sen
out just as they were for the pres
ent conference. and the variou
countries could send representative
or not, just as they wished. In othe
words, no strings would be attache
to the invitation and nobody's feel
ings hurt n they didn't come. BU'
-(and children that little word !
always big, but in this case bigge
than ever no nation would care {
stand aside from such meetings
Nine times out OF ten. moral fore
IS greater than the sword, particu
larly in these times when the worl
is sick Of war. The people who max
up the various countries would nc
stand long for those in power VIII
Evening journal., 1921-12-06
A Banquet That Was
Almost a Tragedy

Three years ago at a banquet 1
was stricken With acute indigestion.
Two doctors worked over me for an
hour before came TO. had had
severe collie attacks before. butNooth-
ing like that No doctors or medi-
cine gave me permanent help until
a friend, who was at the banquet.
advised me to take a course OF
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. which I
did with wonderful results" IL is
a simple. harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the
Inflammation which causes practic-
ally all stomach. liver and intestinal
ailments. including appendicitis
One dose will convince or money re-
funded. J. NJ. Eckerd and drug
gists everywhere.
Evening journal., 1921-12-06
KING AIDS JAIL BIRD.

coPENHAGEN-On the return
OF King Constantine from Green
land. he unwittingly helped an es-
capped convict. The man had cross
ed the Arctic sea IN a frail canoe
and got a cigar and rife from the
king in recognition OF his bravery
Landing at Greenland. the kine
learned OF his error.
Evening journal., 1921-12-06

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