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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
German Competition Not Feared
Artificial stimulus of German industry rapidly undermining
financial backbone of country.

duction appear low and what has en-
abled Germany to make a show o.
competing with the United States
Great Britain and other foreign trad
ers with indications of success, is the
fact that German industry is subsi
dlZed in various ways. These subsi
dies, it is true, enable certain lines o.
goods to be exported at low figures
but in an economic sense, Germany
is the loser, and the actual cost Of
production cannot be lessened by such
bookkeeping legerdemain. If the Ger
man government is substituting indus
tries in order that they may rpoduce
cheaply, Germany is none the les
paying the cost because the taxpayers
must furnish the funds with which tC
pay the subsidy.
The railways of Germany have beer
subsidized to the extent of So, 900,
000, 900 marks a year. This has mean
that the government has had to pay
to the railroads what otherwise the
industries would have had to pay
adding the amount to the cost of pro.
duction of their products. Nearly 5000,
100000 marks have been paid in the
last year as subsidy to the telephone
and ~telegraphs. Here again the in
dustries are spared a cost by virtue
Of its assumption by the government.
Public utilities have received bill
lions in government subsidies and this
means that they have been enabled to
charge lower rates to industries for
power.
Government Keeps
Wages Down. =. . E. =.
An extremely important indirect
subsidy to the industries producing
German goods has been the body OF
laws limiting the prices of goods for
internal consumption, and the rate OF
house rents. BY keeping rents down
the government keeps wages down
and therefore contributes to the
cheapness of production. Before the
a the average German workman
paid about S per cent of his weekly
wages for house rent. Under the re
strictive laws which have forbidden
landlords to increase rents, the pro
portion of weekly earnings paid fol
rent has decreased materially.
1t will be seen that if a manufac
| turer's workmen have to pay only low
rents. the wages for which they cal
1890
! afford to work need lot be high
There has been strong pressure from
! the landlords upon the government au
thorities to permit increases in rent
but this has been met with the state
ment that to increase rents woult
mean a general increase of wages ant
a consequent increase in the cost o
production of German goods.
1t is recognized hat these condi
tons cannot long obtain. The tax
payers and the landlords will weary o
paying a large percentage indirectl.
of the cost of production Of the Ger
man factories. The German peopl,
have stood solidly together in attempt
ing to keep down production costs an
| enable Germany to re-enter the for
! eign trade in such a way as to under
sell the United States and other com
petitors, but it is apparent that tn.
farce cannot continue Indefinitely.
The government experts who mad
the investigation of German produC
ton costs assert that the situation i
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Answers to Questions

ANY reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Pqlladium
in. director. Washington. d. C. This Of
fer applies strictly to information, The
m 3ITeag d2 d z gs iye I 3af ! on II leds does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles,
nor to undertake exhaustive research
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address and enclose two cents in stamps
for return postage. All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer.
Q. What is Augustus Thomas new
Job called?-Z. B. o.
4. The position which has been
created for Mr.. Thomas with the Pro
ducing Managers association has the
oAiciaI title executive chairman His
work in the stage world will be similar
to that Of Win Hays in flmdom.
Q. In a golf tournament at match
play. why can't l waive a rule or the
enforcement of a penalty against my
opponent if I want to be a good
sport"?-W. W. J..
A. Not only can you not waive a
rule or a penalty. but your opponent
can not accept such generosity on your
part. The eason for this is that such
action might determine the result of
the match. Every player in the tour
nament is directly affected by the re
suit Of your match. For example, to
waive a penalty might favor a stronger
player. which would be to the disad-
vantage of the other player in the
succeeding match. or it might favor a
weaker player, which would be cor
respondingly TO the advantage Of the
player next to meet him.
Q. Is il more economical to make
bread than it is to buy It'll. L. S.
4. When material. fuel and labor
are considered the price differs very
little. If the housewife places no value
on her time and if the stove be hot
anyway, it is more economical to make
bread at home.
( @. Why was sturgeon known as cal
LSany beef"?-D. H. \.
a. Seventy-fve years ago sturgeon
wen,a so plentiful in the Hudson river
thai they were eaten instead Of meat
nv the poor. After the Civil war this
fish rose in favor and popularity. The
price advanced from 3 or + cents a
pound 10 the present price which is
about 70 cknts a pound when any is
put on the market.
O. How mach money did the 1919
per cent wage reduction of July LIST,
1922, save the Tailroads?-W w.
A. This decreased Incorporating eX
a4-ses of the railroads byG$134, 9S8, 919
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BY FREDERICK j. HAsKIN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-So much
has been said to the business men OF
the United States about the bugbear
of German competition that the de.
partment of commerce has made 4
special investigation Of the subject
1t has led to the conclusion that there
is nothing to fear from Germany in
the foreign trade field.
The basis of this conclusion is the
high cost of production of German
goods which compete with American
goods in the worlds markets. The
facts assembled by the American gov
eminent make it clear that stories
of extremely low cost of production
in Germany are erroneous, and that
the American workman's job is not
menaced by competition of the Teu-
ton.
What makes the German cost of pro-
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night, but all in vain; I must get next
to gentle sleep, or l shall go insane.
Obeying one cheap docs harangues,
who boosted exercise. I walked some
twenty parasangs, which failed to
close my eyes. and so at last I como
to you, your help i now implore; they
say you've methods strange and new,
no docs e'er used before" 81 knew
you'd come" the Old Doc cried, when
weakness made me pause; Il saw
you sick, and so l tried, with zeal,
to learn the cause l find your stand
off is no good in any part of town;
you owe for hay and coal and wood,
and for your wife's best gown. In
debts you've always been immersed
since you were in your teens; you
owe the butcher for his wurst, the gro
Ger for his beans. 1t would be vain
to feed you pills, they would not set
you right; go like a man and pay
your bills, and you will sleep at night"
This was the rede of Old Doc Graft,
too good a rede to waste; and down
the elevator shaft he dropped me in
his haste.
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TODAY'S TALK
1T LOOKED LIKE A STORM
:" "Up"
BY George Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can" "TaE

A beautiful day began to darken. Black clouds gathered like
frightened sheep, until the great heavens became a mass of floating
mystery-ebony colored.
I sat outside on my porch watching this fascinating drama of
nature.
In a few moments the roar of thunder and the flash of lightning
told all too well of approaching storm. The crckets sounded their
alarms, the trees of the forest began to turn their leaves and their
branches bent from the wind.
At any moment the rain might come, or the wind increase to such
fury that many a great tree would be unable to stand the strain-as
many trees before had been unable.
People could be seen running to shelter You could hear the bark
of frightened dogs Automobiles increased their speed 81 that they
might be beyond the reach of those dark, black clouds when they be-
gan their spill.
1t looked like a storm-but there was none!
Soon the heavens began to clear and the dark clouds were e
placed by cream colored ones with patches of blue in the background.
of charm and beauty, I sat on-watching and waiting. In a little while
stars appeared. A half moon smiled from beneath feathery ghosts.
And the Big Dipper pointed its front fngerstar to the Star of the
North-in exactly the same way it has for thousands, perhaps millions,
of years.
In the cool resfuness of this afterscene, I thought how like this
expected storm are most of our imagined troubles-never material
izing!
1t looked like a storm. Blu. there was n o storm. Just something
that had a scare" to it, which soon passed away and brought in its
stead a beautiful, calm and soothing, studded with stars-with God
watching overhead.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

mer school at the
age of II h a 5
drawn the atten-
ton of the country.
Past the allotted
three o and 10
Mrs. Crawford, a
college graduate
and Vassar student
so years ago, and
mother of six chill
dren, has decided
she u return to
s C h DOL to keep
mentally alert and
up with tn e
times"
Mrs. CrawfOrd's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
Memories OF Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

During the yea ending Aug. I, 1912,
the death claimed a heavy toll in
Wayne county, POI dying during that
period, all of whom we're over 70 years
of age. Seven people died who were
over 80 years of age.
The death roll of pioneers for the
year ending Aug. l, 1912, was to be
read the next Saturday at the Old Set
tiers picnic, which was to be held at
the park in Centerville.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
Dinner Tricks
No. 261.-To Make Three Squares
. With Nine Matches

Lay nine matches on the table. and
ask some one TO form three squares
with them. He will try indefinitely,
but will never quite succeed. because
ten is the minimum number of matches
with which three squares can be made,
provided the squares are fat on the
table. as the spectator will try to make
them.
The diagram shows the correct
method. The matches are arranged in
a tent-like figure, which is held in po-
sition with the fingers. The figure has
not only three squares, but two eouilat-
eral t~riangles at the ends.
COPYRIGHT. 1888, by Public Ledosr Conn,an,
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based on so false an economic struc-
ture hat it must collapse soon and
that the longer the subsidized indus
tries operate, the sharper will be the
reaction. One special report described
the hectic prosperity which these fic-
~'titiously low production costs stimu-
lated as a Catastrophe boom"
Value of Marks
Is important.
The value of the German mark has
been falling rapidly in international
exchange, but it has not fallen so rap
idly within Germany. This means that
Germany has enjoyed foreign trade
for another fictitious reason. For
eign buyers of German sgoods could,
with a small amount of their own
money, pay substantial sums in marks.
The marks are worth more in Ger
many than anywhere else. Therefore
it has been desirable for foreigners to
buy German goods and desirable for
German industries to continue this
trade. But it is impossible to main
tain a one-way trade. Germany must
tuy as well as sell and in buying the
tables are turned. While the declin.
ing mark favOrs sales of German
! goods, it makes it more and mort ex.
jpensive for Germany to buy.
The process still is going on but il
shows signs of the inevitable explos.
ion which will bring a sorry end to the
whole cycle. This collapse will drive
Germany out of the worlds markets
In the opinion of the government ex.
perts. She viii be unable to re-ente1
until she passes through a trying peri
cd of d~eflation and readjustment
which will bankrupt thousands. She
has no financial strength to Withstand
the shock.
1t is obvious that no one in Germany
IS saving money, for saving appears tc
be the most arran+ foI1xy TF ~ L.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

home is in Greensboro, N. c. She
graduated from the Greensboro college
for women in 1869 and then studied a
year at Vassar. She then taught
school two years before her marriage
to a Methodist minister. From then
until her family O. six children-five
sons and a daughter-reached mag
hood and womanhood she devoted her
time to them.
Three of her five sons are teachers.
One of them, L. w. Crawford, is as
sistant director of the summer session
at Columbia. She is now q proud
grandmother and lives with her daUgh-
ter and two granddaughters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
Ripping Rhymes
BY Walt Mason
IN SOMNIA

I called on Doc Graft today, and
said, I'm doomed, I think; I spend
the long nights in the hay, and can
not sleep a wink. I've tried the many
ancient schemes for bringing slumber
near, but from the mystic land of
dreams, I'm barred for good, l fear.
l counted forty million sheep last
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
in Correct English

DON'T SAY
He SITS the book on the table.
She SAT the book on the table.
She had been SETTING UP late.
She was SITTING the table when !
entered,
SAY
He SETS the book on the table.
She SET the book on the table.
She had been SITTING I'D late.
She was SETTING the table when I
entered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

DooAAD ~ - e. CA1ouS1A III
next senate will be slightly anti-for.
eign in spots.
Any fool can make a woman talk,
but it takes a very clever man to
make her listen.
There is now a pirate ship that
IS preying on ~bootlegging craft from
the Bahamas. But doubtless lone OF
the pirates is tough enough to drink
any of the loot.
The new tariff places sky-hign
prices on cutlery. But the BARRIERS
will doubtless meet the emergency
bravely by adding another nickel to
the price of a shave.
The American tourists are certainly
doing their best to rehabilitate Eu.
ropes finances.
Question is whether it is a good
plan to protect those infant industries
that are now in their second child.
hood.
One paper says ex-kaiser is mad
Don't blame him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
FASHION BOOK NOTICE

Send 12c in stamps for our UP-TO-
DATE FALL and WINTER 1922-1923
BOOK OF FASHIONS, showing color
plates, and containing 500 designs of
Ladies' Misses and Children's Pat
terms, a CONCISE and COMPRE-
HENSIVE ARTICLE ON DRESS
MAKING. ALSO SOME POINTS FOR
THE NEEDLE illustrating 80 of the
various, simple stitches) all valuable
hints to the home dressmaker.
Address Pattern Department, Pal
ladium, Richmond, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

tween Si3O,O0Ot ana IS swamp
land frauds
4 committee of the state Legislature
in 1889 reported that the use of liquor
was vicious. entailing on the state
an estimated annual losssof $1,73S,100."
There are more than 100 manufac-
turing establishments in Elkhart.
BY an act Of congress, Sept. %,
1850. designed TO enable the states
having swamp land within their limits
to reclaim them, Indiana received over
n million acres of such land.
The foundation of the old common
school system of IndiNaa was the one
room district school
There are more than 10 manufacture
ing establishments in Terre Haute.
Germans led all others in immigra-
ton to Indiana.
Bv means of liberal rewards, slave
masters developed a class of profes,
sional slave catchers in Indiana in the
early fifties.
The area of the West Indies is twice
that of Pennsylvania.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

Wayne county will have an agricultural exhibit
ton this year truly representative of the farm
ing industry.
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Who's Who In the
Days News
r A. ?. CRAWFORD

There is no need to grow old, ment-
ally, at least" declares Mrs. A. P.
Crawford, whose enrolment as a stu
dent at the Columbia university sum-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
Musings for the Evening

1t begins to look as though the
next senate will be slightly anti-for.
eign in spots.
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Facts About Indiana

The state rs said to have lost be
tween 900 and $4,000, 900 is swamp
land frauds
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After Dinner Stories

A railroad detective making his
early morning round in the yard,
came across three negroes near some
partially unloaded freight cars. Their
presence was suspicious. The detec-
tive pulled out his gun and placing it
against the ribs of the nearest negro
beloved, Say, where va goin'?"
Boss" was the reply, amy place
yo' says-any place yo' says!"
All were quiet in the cinema watch
ing a comic character ~counterfeiting
i~ntoxication. The silence was broken
by a small boys shrill voice: THAT
amt the way to be drunk, is it
farver?"-London Morning Post.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

The area of the West Indies is twice
that of Pennsylvania.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

There are more than 120 manufac-
turing establishments in Elkhart.
, 1922-08-31

Betty Snow, the daughter OF Deputy
sheriff Leslie Snow OF Salt Greek. was
bought { Casper today for an oper-
alton for the removal OF her tonsils.
Tho operation took place at DR.. Lath-
rop's wome3'a and chilcren's hospital.
son. Tad, OF Denver. were in Casper
today on their way home from Half
Noon lake. where they have been for
tho past month IN a camping trip.
Mr.. Clarkson was formerly cashier OF
the Casper National bank Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clar,t Shumaker Of
Emporia, Kan. are visiting at the
homo OF their son. Carl F. Shumaker
in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. shumaker.
Sr., have been spending the summer
at Colorado Springs. Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer J. Lee are
back in Casper after spending two
months visiting in the east.
Mrs. M. A Hardie left Monday to
visit in New York and Pennsylvania
with friends and relatives for two
months.
Mrs. Anna K. Leeper and Mrs.
George Nelson are visiting with Mrs.
w. s. Kimball at the Kimball lodge
In the Casper mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. 8. Albert and fami-
ly of Sussex. Wyo., are visiting for a
short Time In Casper.
Mr.. n Mrs. Robert r. Ward have
returned TO Casper from Kansas.
where they nave been most Of the
, 1922-08-31

summer. Mr.. Ward Is head OF the
high school science department,
Miss Isabel soofieid of Kemmerer Is
visiting hero with Miss Alice Hardie.
Both young ladies' will leave in time
for the opening OF the fall term at the
University Of Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Hoyer have 70
turned from three monthes spent with
their parents In Ackley. Ia Mr..
Hoyer Is head OF the manual training
department In the high school.
Miss Gail McNeal left Tuesday for
HiIiyard. Wash. to visit with friends.
Miss Mcneil. who Is s~tenographer IN
the office Of the postmaster here. will
return about September Is.
Mrs. John Evans and children. Har
riet and John Jr.. left yesterday for
Belvidere. Ill. altar spending for
months visiting with friends here and
in Cody. Mrs. Evans was formerly
Miss Mary Haskins. a popular teacher
Of this city.
Mrs Hamilton Of Kirby, wyo.. is
spending a few days with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Florence olander. CambI idge
street, while en- route to Alliance. Neb.
whede Miss Gladys win enter the corn
ing school year at the academy.
, 1922-08-31

Mar Heller. proprietor OF the Hco
Clothing stors left last night on
an extensive eastern buyfng trip AIT.
Heller stated that his special sale OF
the two bankrupt stocxs. Addinston
clothing and the Samueison = Jonn
son clothing stock has exceeded AZ
e-xpectauons. The stocks Nere
bought At IS cents on the dollar n
have been sold at only a slight margin
OF profit. Is Max puts it. the pubic
received the benefits OF buying mer-
chandise for men at practically the
cost OF manufacturing
, 1922-08-31

he presents and that q great deal of
interest viii be taken IN It by Cas-
per men.
Russell and Robert Ryan. twin
sons OF Mr.. and Mrs N. F.. Ryan VIII
leave Saturday for St Martins acaf-
Ers. Ryan Will TAKE them By
car
NJ C. Price appeared at his office
this morning for the first time IN sew
eral weeks. having beer III.
Jnck Binns is a business visitor
in n city from Los Angeles.
Attorney A. II. Cobb VII return
this evening from Douglas where nc
is attending TO business matters.
Dan NJ. Kereshner. representative
OF the Riamond Rubber company OF
Denver. Ia calling on customers in
the city.
Attorney and Mrs. NJ. F. Ryan
have moved 10 Apartment S. Tribune
building. unSl their new home or
South Beech street Is completed.
, 1922-08-31

able to do any work she wants to do
although she is still careful not to
do heavy work and SO well and
strong. We recommend Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
all mothers with ailing daughters,
and l give you permission to publish
this letter as a testimonial. Mrs.
AN. BURKHoLDER, Route No., Box
], Wauseon, Ohio.
Something out of balance will af-
feet the finest clock, causing it to
gain or lose. The proper adjustment
I,ade, all is well. So it is with wo-
men,. Some trouble may upset you
completely.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will correct the cause of
the trouble and all disagreeable
symptoms will disappear.
, 1922-08-31

Don't Hide Them with . Vel; 10
move Tham With Othine-Double
Strength.

This preparation for the treatment
OF freckles is usually so successful in
removing freckles n giving a clear.
beautiful compilation hat 1t Is sold
under guarantee to refund the money
IL 1t fails.
Don't hide your freckIes under a
Veil: get an IN Of Othine and re-
move them. Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful i'm.
provement, some of the lighter freck-
les vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine; It is his tina
Is sold on h money-back guarantee
Adv.
, 1922-08-31
Odd Fellows and Rebeltah,
WI Give Picnic.

The ODD Fellows and the Rsbskzhs
Of Casp-r. Douglas and Glenrock viii
hold q picnic at the natural bridge
reer Gienrock on Sunday. September
:. This Cazper delegation viii leave
tho ODD Fellow hall hare at s a. m.
Coffee. ice real and Lemonade will
be furnished by the lodges. but each
psrson attending win bring his own
lunch
Racing and other Interesting out
door pastimes are planned for the 90
casion-
, 1922-08-31
Mrs. Wddner for
Miss Sullivan.

Mrs. C. T. weidner entertained At a
handkerchief shower and q bridge par
~ yesterday afternoon for Miss Eileen
Sullivan. Honors at bridge were talk
en- by Mrs. Q. X. Beaver and Miss
Jessie Waite. The out-of-town guests
were Miss Cecilia Fitzgibbons and
Miss Mildred Kelley.
, 1922-08-31
City Briefs

C. r. Petite OF the La Sale Ex-
tension corporation plans to open a
permanent office hcre. Mr.. Petite be
heves that Casper is a good field for
suoh a school of business trxining as
, 1922-08-31
Wife Deaf to
Pleading, Man
Takes OUn Life

CHICAGO. Aug. s1--The body Of
w. W. Taloott. who dss5Peared last
Thursday after he lad sought un-
successfully TO pursuads his wtfe 10
desert the teaching Of A. J.. Moore.
self-styied home healer was taken
from Lake Michigan near the down
town district. Talcott had in
stiuted proceeding.aEainst Moore who
was fined 800 on n charge Of obtain
ing money by deception from women
followers OF his religious principles.