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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-14

neal LODGE NO. sos. I. o. o. r.
Meets every Thursday evening
49, d odd Fellows temple on
Fourth avenue, between Sew
enteenth and L i z b e b
streets. Lincoln Martin. N.
G.; II. +. Leonaru. b. >.
I'M THURSDAY of each month. initia-
Wy degree, trst. second and third de-
0ee he following Thursday.
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MECHANICAL ENGINEER

AL KINDS OF MECHANICAL DRAW
inrs made. jig and Fixture designing
: specially. ldsas developed. d: H.
Michselis, Mech. Consitg. Eng. associated
with W. n Haskell. Patent Attorney
6O9-61O Best Bldg. Phone =. l. s66.
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"a ROCK ISLAND LODGE NO.
A 65o, A. +. A. M.-Stated
q a meeting first Friday of each
month. b. +. Record, W. NJ;
h. s. Bolman, secretary.
---..,.. meeting &. /. Lodge No. 658.
rrnrv evening, b ~ Q ciocA y. N. Work
In Il. N. oesree.
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HEMST1TCHNG

COTTON AND LINEN &c. ALL SILK
10c per yard, We furnish thread. But
tons made. b. p. Khndt. Ladies' Tailor
and Dressmakef. 1907 u Second ave-
nue.. B. l. 1640.
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FOR sALE-FARn LANDS
WANTED-AGENTS.

AGENTS WANTED. We WANT LIVE
ment 70 represent Us In your locality:
big opportunities for right parties. Gu-
Tired Tire Co.. Columbians, Ohio.
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WiNTED-TO RENT.

FIVE OR SIX ROOM FURNISHED MOD
ern house. Long View district pre-
ferred. Excellent references. b. 1.
o-gQ
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

DEHLER AUDIT COMPANY. NOT INC.
4O1 Safety Bldg. Phone $50. ADULTS.
investigations. income tax reports.
financial and cost systems, receivesshir
and bankruptcy accounting.
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MOCK ISLAND COUNCIL NO. 20. B. 4 5.
N.-The stated assemblies OIL Book L.
land Council No. ~, 4. 5. IA. VIII
10 heio on the thrd wednesday Oh eaeh
month. ". J. Spencer. Z. /. NJ. y. y.
hildeDrand rec0Euer.
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BUFoRD POST 243, G. A. 4.
Aeets regularly on second
aod fourth Friday after
Moons of each month at 2
81 o'clock in Memorial hall il
- Inc court house. B. r. Bauxh-
man. commander: b. c. First
sdiutant.
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B. p. o. ELKs NO. ESQ. =

Meets the first and thru
Mondays Of each month al
Ella club. Walter J. Grit
IN. exalted ruler: c. N.
lsaacson. secretary. Visit
Ing brothers always vel.
come. Club rooms at 1l5
Eighteenth street.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAk.
wur STAYED vUNLLAvE OF BOOK
Island Commandery No. Ao,
81 =: :; G.: J: !: !:
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UPHOLSTERNG.

FURNITURE REPAIRING AND Graf
ing. Estimates cheerfully furnished
n. I. 2674. e. G. Ecklund. 162d
Tventy-fifth street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
EITHER EXTREME IS BAD

During the last twelve months we
have been experiencing what is known
as an economic depression: prices have
been falling: businesses have en-
countered difficulties and in some in
stances bankruptcy: laborers have
been thrown out Of work. All this can
probably hest be summarized in the
statement that we have been going
through = period OF rapidly declining
prices. Since the spring of 1920 the
index Of wholesale prices has been de-
cli1ing. and the index of retail prices
started on Ifs downward course soon
there after. Before the decline Of
1920. prices had been rising almost as
abruptly as they have been falling Of
late. The rapid rise during the wa~
years and in the period immedia ~
thereafter, caused almost as much
comment and excited almost as much
criticism as the. present declines
1t is interesting to analyze why def
mite upward or downward movements
in prices are economically bad. In a
period of rapidly rising prices the pro
Queer makes abnormally great profits
for a number Of reasons He buys
and manufacturers his materials in a
relatively low market but by the time
he sells them, the market is higher. His
contracts with his laborers are made
at one time and his goods. which en-
body this labor. are sold at another
time. and. ex hypothesi, a higher
price time. Even if the laborers are
we'll organized a relatively small
percentage of all the laborers in the
United States are well organized,-it
is doubtful whether they get wage in
creases compatible with the price de-
clines very often. The producer makes
his contracts with the capitalists. par
ticularly the bondholder, for a long
period in advance, and such interest
rates remain fixed no matter how much
prices rise. Rising prices, then, give
the producers too great profits, and
cause laborers particularly the an
organized) and long-term capitalists
undue hardships. They lead to strikes.
discomfort on the part of the bulk of
the consumers. and result in what is
known as profiteering.
Failing wholesale prices, on the same
line of reasoning. means decreased
profits and even losses. Laborers are
expected TO take reduced wages, but
they resist, particularly because they
can usually show that retail prices
have been slow to decline But obvi-
ously II wages are advanced in times
OF rising prices, they must decline in
time of falling prices. Reduced wages
however, do not represent the labor
er's worst peril The manufacturer.
who has bought his materials in a
high price market must take a loss
when prices fall These losses mean
curtailment. and possibly. failure.
Thus the laborer finds himself out of a
job.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
What's the Matter With Us,
Anyway?
BY p. Parke Charming.
Chairman Hoover Engineers Commit
tee on Elimination Of Indus
A.inI NAl..An

trial Waste.
There are so many factors entering
into the problem Of unemployment
that it would be futile for one to at
Tempt to give any one thing as the
cause. All one can do Is to touch
upon certain phases of the question.
At the present time, most Of the
copper mines OF the United States
are shut down, thus throwing out Of
work the miners and those engaged
in treating the ore in COMMENTATORS.
melteries and refineries.
During the war. the copper mines
Of the United States were run at
capacity never before attained, and
immense quantities of copper were
oiled up in preparation for the con-
tinuation of war.
Demand Failed.
After the armistice the general ex-
pectation was that Europe. particu-
larly the Central Powers, being de-
nuded of copper. would Immediately
be in the market, and for time the
current consumption in the United
States kept up with production.
This continued for the years 1919
and 1920, but the expected demand
from Europe did not materialize, and
in addition to that, the domestic de-
mand fell off, so that in the early
part of the current year the mines
were obliged to close.
This is only an example of the way
in which a good part of industry is
conducted. We are inclined to be OPP
timistic and over produce; then the
reaction comes and we have to cut
down:
NO doubt in industry there event.
ually will come a better sterilization
and the peaks and valleys in the lines
of production will be reduced and con-
sequently employment win more nearly
approximate a horizontal line.
System Disorganized
We must remember that during the
war our whole industrial system was
more or less disorganized. production
was intensified in certain industries
and was almost stopped in others.
The relation between the prices of
different commodities was entirely
upset, and even atty the present time
we have not gotten down to normal
pre-war conditions of production
II IS the uuly Oh caplIal ana man
agement to bend all iof their endeav-
ors toward getting back to normal
conditions, and one thing that would
help us in this. as Mr.. Hoover has
pointed out, is that full, complete sta
tistics as to the conditions of every
Industry be available, if possible.
monthly.
Without contravening the Sherman
Anti-trust Act, there should be more
cooperation between the various indi-
viduals and firms engaged in one in
dustry, to the end that production may
run along smoothly and not by fits
and starts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
THE TARlEE MIDDLE

The Fordney Tariff bin, like the
coffin of Mahammed. is now suspend
ed between heaven and earth. Be
fore the recess Of congress the re-
publicans were insisting that it must
be passed quickly in order to save
the country" Upon their return.
after commingling with their con-
lstituents, congressman began to have
doubts as to the necessity of any
hurried action. Some OF them thought
Il would be just as well TO let the
bin go over TO the next session. and
others had doubts as to whether any
tariff bill should be passed at all.
They had heard from the country.
They had learned during their recess
that their efforts 10 fool the people
with a hodge odge piece OF guess
work Ike the Fordney Tariff bin had
not fooled anybody They learned
what almost everybody else already
knew. that they could NOT erect a
tariff wall around the country and
expect TO continue foreign trade or
expect the debtor nations OF Europe
10 pay interest on any part thereof
upon their war debts 70 this country.
President Harding. who advocated
a high protective tariff throughout
his election campaign. ana in many
OF his public addresses since. has also
received enlightenment. and. accord
ing TO the public press. president
Harding now believes there Is no need
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05

for a permanent tariff legislation at
this session"
In no other respect has the I'd
ministration. both in the executive
and legislative branches. shown its
Incompetence in handling an eco
nomic matter as in its proposed tariff
until business and banking interests
and agriculturists lifted a chorus OF
protest against the republican tariff
plan, not to mention many leading
republicans in both houses of con-
gress, that any heed was paid by the
ceactionary element which rules IN
the house and senate Now they are
back at the beginning, apparently
without any definite idea what to do
about the tariff.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
oIscoNTENT.
ey sorton Rraley

BY Borton 6raley
Don't be contcnted; never mind the
folk
who preach contentment as the
highest virtue,
who bid you plod along until you al
most croak
AS though ambition were thing to
hurt you.
Never BE satisfied with what you are,
Contontment Is a phrase by fools
invented:
Go On and hitch your wagon TO a star.
Don't be contentedl
II man had been content since time
began
wed stin be monkeys from the
branches swinging,
Without tire win 70 change. 20
dream and plan;
And all brave tales 81 wonder that
are ringing
Down centuries Of time, would Be e
nouRht,
Progress was ever BY unrest foment-
ed
la discomfort that stirs the world to
thoughts
Don't he contentedi
Keep wanting more-more money ana
more fun
More education and broader vision:
Don't bo compliment over Whist you've
done.
keep on-keep on. in spite q all
dcrision;
seek, with a hope that viii not be de-
MED.
zach chance for growth that fortune
has presented;
And always keep your mind unsatis-
fled.
DON'T be conteatedt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
THE oYaTER REn
~ OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

nix OISIE Ell BEL
Spike Starfish peered around this
way and that way with each one of
his points. for, you know, each point
had an eye on the end Of it. Then
he shifted. but dear knows where his
nose was! don't. Then he smacked
his lips.
You'd never have dreamed that
Spike had been broken into two
pieces a month before, because he was
as perfect now. and as whole, as q
new-laid egg. Only of course he was
not so round or so smooth, the queer
part of it was that right behind him
came another starfish, his twin, as
Tubby Terrapin explained. The
queerest part of 1t all was that this
twin had grown out of the pieces that
had broken off Spike. Everytime Spike
looked. he looked and everytime Spike
shifted, he shifted, and everything that
Spike did, he did.
Cap'n Pennywinkle and the Twins
saw everything from their hiding
place beside the oyster bed. where
Tubby Terrapin had taken them. The
oysters were taking life easy, as the
fairyman once said, lying there with
their shells open and letting the sea-
water wash over them as nice as any
thing. But suddenly they snapped
their shells shut, one after the other,
until the oyster bed looked like cob
blestone pavement just heap of
round smooth bumps that never did
move.
All at once Spike Starfish made a
leap and landed right on top Of one
Of them. and Slick, or Slim, or Slip
perry, or whatever his twin brothers
name was, landed right on top of an
other oyster, and there they stayed.
Didn't / tell your demanded Tub
triumphantly. Didn't I tell your
Hump" said Nick Il don't see
anything. The oysters are shut and
Spike can't hurt them"
"Oh, can't he? Just watch!" said
Tnbby shortly, so they watched.
Ito Be Continued.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
A DAILY MESSAGE
~ DR.. WILLIAM {. BARTON
cooPER RATION

We frequently hear it said that past
ages have been ages Of competition,
and the present and future are to be
epochs Of cooperation.
1 rather like the sound of that pre-
diction.: Furthermore, there is truth
in it.
But it is not all true
The past had its elements Of CO.
operation. The future must have its
elements of competition.
Go to the museums and see the
gigantic forms of life that are mount
ed there in fossil bones. They were
exterminated because they did not
cooperate. Wolves and other ami
mails that had learned to hunt in packs
drove them to the wall. There was
cooperation long before you and ar
rived on this planet, or We should
never have arrived.
And the future will have COMPETE
ton. We shall never make any SUBJ
stantial progress when we cease to
measure strength with other men.
II one pugilist IS about to engage
in battle with another, he hires a
trainer. and he does not hihe one who
can never hit him. He hires those who
win hit him and hit him hard unless
he does his very best. In that way
ne grows strong and capable
We ought to be very thankful for
competition. It Is the one thing that
spurs US on. and renders US capable
Of heroism.
In 8 land where the bread palm
drops It's fruit into the open mouth
OF the native below, there may be life
without effort. and success without
competition. But In all the places
where a civilized man would care to
live. success must be won by striv-
ing.
And there viii always be more striv-
Ing than success. The man who at
tains success must expect to earn it,
and he should be glad of the man who
by competition. makes him labor for
what he gets.
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pulling me for a long time.

pulling me for long time.
what do you suppose my father
wanted of Mr. Underwood that he took
him down there?"
Il don't think he did want him, ?
Lillian returned promptly. That was
probably just one of Harry's little in
ventions. Harry wanted to 60. your
father couldn't very well refuse him
because he was supposed to be very
interested in the theatrical game, so
Harry gave the impression that he had
been invited to GO"
we mustn't talk any longer, how
ever" she said briskly They will be
wondering all sorts Of things in there
and we can accomplish nothing by
talking it over further tonight. Here.
let me touch you up a bit so they
won't notice the traces Of tears"
She went to the bathroom adjoining
and returned with a small towel wet
with cold water. With this she bathed
my eyes. dried them. busted a little
rice powoer around them, and pinched
my cheeks a bit to bring back the
color.
"9nere!" she said. holding me away
from her, "AIadge is herself again.
Come along"
''You Need Help
She put the note in the lockbox II
which l knew she kept her important
papers, and then went back with me
to the living room.
ITS about time you showed up.
Alfred Durkee cried bositerously as the
men sprang TO thei hfeet at our en-
trance. Whatever have you been
doing -inventing new submarine de-
stroyer g''
'How did you ever guess it2g Lillian
retorted lightly. I've always known
there must be some use for that flew
OF language OF yosrs, ana we've de-
vised chain or explosive balloons ex-
tending from the destroyer to the sub.
All youth have to do is 70 talk twenty
four hours instead Of twenty, and the
imitation viii be constant
Young Durkee made dash for her
which Lillian evaded laagn-ngly
knew that she had purposeig diverted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
HOPE FoR REsr OF US

Edison was thrown out of school be-
cause he was too stupid to learn"
The teachers called George Westing-
house a Ounce Faraday, who became
the father of scientific chemistry, re-
ceived practically no schooling and
never entered university until invited
to teach university professors Frank
w. Woolworth probably would have
failed to pass a grammar school grad
uation test James B. Duke, the to-
bacco king" is woefully uneducated.
George f. Baker, the dean of Ameri-
can bankers, is said to have been a
night -watchman when a young man.
James j. Hill, who became SO cultured
SO full OF knowledge. that he con-
stantly astounded everyone who met
him had the most ordinary schooling.
Not one in twenty of our foremost
men of affairs had risen to anything
like eminence at So or even 40. ALI
most all of them went through gruell-
ing experiences before they reached
the SUBMITS of success. In fact, it
was during a crisis that many Of them
found opportunity to prove the stuff
of which they We're made.
a There is hope for the rest of us,
isn't there FORBES Magazine IN. "
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05

attention from me, and shrank into
the nearest chair unobstrusively, not
noticing who was my neighbor.
Is there anything I can do to help
you. Mrs Graham?p A familiar voice
murmured the words at my side, and
4 turned 70 confront Or. Petit
Il don't understand YOU I faltered.
and indeed his question had bewildered
me.
you need help of some sort" ne
returned and there was all the didac-
tic tone of the physician in his voice.
You are not looking yourself al all,
and as can see you are physically
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE oARRison.
BY ABE

"Allen Drake!"
The name stared up at me from the
tiny sealed envelope my father had in
closed in his letter to me. Lillian.
who had just made visible the super
scription on the Misrepresentation in
invisible ink-by means of the secret
formula my father had given her, look
ed as bewildered as / felt.
Allen Drake was the name by which
knew the mysterious stranger who
had managed to get an invitation to
dinner at our home from Dicky. and
then had seized the opportunity to tax
me with the fact that / was the daugh-
ter of Robert Gordon. He had also
urged me with the words that held a
covert threat to reveal my fathers adj
dress to him.
EVERYTHING about the mans words
and maner. gave me the impression
that he was an enemy of my fathers
or at least no friend of his. / set him
down as a ruthless man trying to track
my father down for some reason Of
his own or of his employers. Lillian
had told me that man answering his
description, whom she knew, was a
government agent, Of this or some
other country. and we had dreaded
lest his inquiries about my father
meant that Robert Gordon had broken
the law.
@Come Along"
And here the note my father had
enclosed in my letter was addressed
to this man. Not only this, but my
fathers letter had revealed the fact
that the code in which the letter was
written was known to only four men
in the world
1 raised bewildered eyes to LilIian's.
What does it all mean2" I asked.
1T means that we are getting mixed
up with a particularly big buzz-saw,
Lillian said, slowly and reflectively.
''Oh, how wish we coud get some one
to go down there and help your father
If it were possible for anyone to help
him. 1t would have to be some one
with the ability to think quickly and
to keep a closed mouth. and there are
few such persons in the world /"
I put a question which had been
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
Beauty is a skin game.

Beauty is skin game.
He who hesitates gets run over.
49,
Grass widows never go to seed.
Anyhow temperatures are lower
Health is wealth but hard to cash.
a little learning is an expensive
thing.
Men who never take day off have
off days.
Nobody ever thinks thing is too
bad 70 be true.
II thes unemployed conference works
we all win
ARTIST Marries Notwithstanding.
4 model wife at last.
No matter II the world is round, you
can live on the level
Pretty soon they win be quoting
German marks by the ton.
o.
When a married man buys flowers
the neighbors wonder what he has
done.
A female boil weevil lays one doz-
en- eggs at time. Read this to your
hens.
Just as we were hoping the crime
wave was over oyster soup came On
the market.
Los Angeles means The Angels. 7
but was named before the movie stars
arrived.
Pershing and Chaplin are being hon.
ored abroad: one for feats and the
other for feet.
There are 5000 flats vacant in Chi
cago. News ITEM. The new Zoo
must be finished
%
Germany IS exporting paper shoe
laces. Another way OF starting bus
mess on a string
The young lady next door says that
II man had as many wives as Sol
ONION. he would still wonder il some
one would not have suited him better
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well, you must be Iaboring under some
mental strain"
I had the sensation Of being under q
microscope. All through dinner I had
felt that this mans eyes were upon
me, and now / knew that my impress
ion was correct. I tried to turn the
matter off lightly.
Qualifying as a Sherlock Holmes r
/ queried.
His eyes, deep and tense with emo
ton held mine, and rebuked my lew
ity.
4 have very keen eyes where you
are concerned he said quietly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05

A bull worth $4,000 is the center
of attention of farmers visiting at the
county fair at Brockton, Mass. His
name is King Sergis Pontiac Konigen.
His owner claims he is the greatest
Holstien bull in the country. Time
will come when meta cannibalism will
end. Man, fully civilized, will get all
his food from laboratories. Then more
attention will be paid to prize hu-
mans, less to prize animals.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05

Which can you be likened to in your
organization. a drop of oil that helps
TO make things run smoothly, or
grain OF sand that tends to hurt the
gears ?--Forbes Magazine. IN. ~
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-05
~ LIALTEa NfELL Man

Anyone anxious find al about s lady just
on<s
1asosr yesferdsyS smsse. sT0NE-ONE Plus coRK-c-
SlORk Fl fhAs LOck-oK bfas BONE Sls E-BEE-FALcON.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
RECENT RULING ON
INCOME TAX OF BENEFIT
TO WORKERS WHO TRAVEL

Recent ruling of the internal reve
nue. bureau will relieve workers en-
gagged in the transportation service
and other occupations of a substantial
part of their income tax liability.
Workers whose duties require them
to be absent from home and travel
imposing upon them charges for food
and lodging. may deduct such charges
from gross income. Heretofore the
abatement of these charges has not
been permitted.
1t is estimated that this exemption
win save trainmen on an average of
$50 If they make their claim in the
specified manner. All that is required
is that to statutory exemptions be
added such items as have beena ex.
pended while absent from home on
duty.
Officers of lodges of railroad work.
ers in terminal districts have engaged
attorneys 10 prepare sample returns
that will be used as guides by men in
The train service and others who are
not familiar with the rather complex
details Of income tax statements.