The Detroit times. [volume], February 19, 1917, AFTERNOON EDITION, Image 8

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MONDAY, FMRUAAY 1», 1017
S Hurrah for Mayor Marx and
I Hurrah for the Railroads
I That Are Helping the Mayor
! All differences, whatever their nature. |
can be forgotten at this time and'
SHOULD BE forgotten while we line up
iolidly behind Mayor Marx in the fight !
he is putting up to relieve the coal situa
tion in this city.
Mayor Marx has acted in this matter
in a fine spirit and a fine courage.
He has acted, in particular, in Itehalf
of the legitimate dealer who has been
condemned along with his unscrupulous
competitor, and has suffered innocently
in the public mind.
Convinced, with the great majority of j
us, that there is plenty of coal to b# had ;
that conditions have been permitted to;
become worse than they should be, in ad
dition to having been made to appear
worse than they really are, and that cer
tain unscrupulous dealers have used
these conditions for purposes of practic
ing extortion, the mayor was able to ar-
I; * range within a few hours for coal for
tverybody at reasonable prices.
Furthermore, the mayor went about
the thing in a manner that should have
the effect of convincing the dealer- at
whom his move was directed that ne
means business, and as a result, pnees for
the remaining weeks of winter should be
found somewhat more in reason.
The prices that have been charged by
certain Detroit dealers have been of the
sandbag order.
Compared to this class of coal dealt r.
highway robbers and porchclimbers are
desirable citizens.
There are homes in Detroit where
there is old age and sickness and w here
the matter of fuel has meant life or
death, but no exception has been made of
these homes by bandit coal dealers who
have turned the season into a rich har
vest by exploiting affliction.
Instances of suffering will be relieved
at once by reason of the move the mayor
has made, and relief for the rest of us
will follow on gradually.
Wa would be denying their just due to
the railroads entering Detroit if we failed i
to commend them, also, for the readiness
with which they have placed their facili
ties at the disposal of the mayor, and the
willingness with which they have prom
ised to co-operate with the city in the
matter of guaranteeing a sufficient fuel
supply.
Mayor Marx says it is not the intention
of the city to go into the coal business.
which would be taking a socialist step
that would be quite likely to meet with
the opposition of many w ho otherwise aj>-
prove of the course he has decided to
take.
The socialist theory is that the govern
ment ought to go into the coal business,
which the government could not do suc
cessfully without owning the railroads,
whereupon the Socialist says: “Own the
railroads ”
Government ownership of the coal
mines and government ownership of the
railroads would solve coal situations such
as the country has experienced this win
ter, and no doubt about it.
But If we had officials in Washington
capable of rising to the occasion for the
nation as Mayor Marx has risen to the i
occasion for Dteroit, and if the railroads
were found as ready to co-o|#*rate as
* these railroads have been, there would
* be occasion neither for government own
ership of the coal mines nor government
ownership of the railroads.
The situation we meet in Detroit is a
situation that is exactly what it might
* to be.
As we understand, nothing more was
l over claimed for socialism than that un
der it things would be as they ought
i to be
Once again, our commendation to
Mayor Mar\ and to the railroad* for the
. decent v they display in assuming their
in the mayor's plan.
r If public officials and public suviee
t n mrporations could always u f<
At together this way. in BEHALF of thr
ftopk lAttead of AGAINST the people, a
lot of our social distress, felt often as
keenly as cold in tireless homes, would
be done aw«y with, easily and quickly.
Putting the Future of
the Schools Directly l’p
To You, .Mr. Good Citizen!
Mr. Good Citizen, the coming primaries
! put upon you a grave responsibility.
There is before you a matter no less
important than the welfare of your city s
i schools.
An entirely new school board, to con
sist of seven members, is to be chosen.
There are 69 candidates seeking places
on this U»ard.
Among them are men who are easily
recognized a* the very kind of men we
should NOT want on our school board.
They have entered thir names and i
hope to secure the office for POLITICAL
realms solely.
Their aspiration* take no account of
the relation of the schtn L- to posterity—j
as the training places and grooming j
places of the coming citizens.
It become* your dutv, Mr. Good Uiti
zen. to put tlie hoe of your public spirit
to tni.- li-t. to wt.sj out the undesirables
tnd make sure of the candidates whom
»ou will support for nomination.
We are about to reap the full 1> nefit;
>f a campaign for the betterment of our |
schools that has been waged for years,
going back to the days of peanut political
rule under Martindaleism.
MartmdaJeism routed, a big step in
progress had been taken, but there still
remained work to do.
Gang rule was alx>lished but the board
continued to offer a stepping stone to the
selfish political aspirations of individuals.!
Some good men were secured for in
spectors but their efforts went for
naught on account of a lack of team j
work.
The necessity for taking the adminis
tration of the schools out of cheap ward »
politics, altogether, became apparent, and *
the idea of a smaller board, to be elected |
at large was accepted as the means to,
the desired end.
The next step, the ail-important step, |
THE step is now up to you, Mr. Good
Citizen.
Unless the nght kind of represents-.
tives are chosen for this board, all the •
effort of years will go for naught as far;
as immediate results are concerned.
Later on. The Times will endeavor to
| help you by printing a list of candidates
who may be safely supported by you for (
[the office.
I
• - - - - ... -
From Another Point ot View
Bp C T. S.
Last Saturday night William Howard
Taft was not a pacifi.-t.
• • •
Aren't you coalless fellows just a bit
conscience-stricken for having made fun
of the editor of the old town paper when
!at regular intervals he used to run the
, item, “Please bring in that subscription
i wood
• • •
She Doesn't Do Bamtu That Way
I'll bntrha right now th*' a thrifty old rirl
I.ik* I know our Mu Na’ur* to b*.
Won't rtand for thr want* of an orthodox hnll
And a la*' do-noth;nx heavrn a* w-U
Th*v* two tnttPotion*. H » racy to tall
Imn't obtfk with h»-r system. you «**;
! ran *** where sh»* gave ur lb* makln«' all
fight.
But thr building in up to u*. 80.
I And *he left u* a nkHrh un th* work* writhou’
doubt.
Bui w**v* turned th* perspective* all in»id*- out,
out.
And wh**n are g» t wi«* to what tt'a abou^
We'll *tart ihe foundation, you know
Col. withp,*
• * •
Trousers for men the coming season
are to be baggy nl tiic knee*! Something
tell- u- we are going to !** in tyle. for
once.
• • •
REVERSE ENGLISH
My tram will f»ni*n absolutely last th * year
There are at least seven better in the league
We will not he as Strong in the bo» as we were
last seasnn a-d the'* •• no reason to e*p*ct my
players to oat any better They probably will not
oat as well. Neither of the new pitchers we have
signed will amount to much. Another thing, w*
were favored by the umpires last season, getting
the best of almost every decision. While our
showing was only mediocre for the favoritism of
i the umpires it would have been worse '*
• • •
According to the household reporter,
vegetable* have diseases. Probably they
j would Ik* diagnost*«l something like this:
Wart- on pickles, scabs on jotatoes, big
heads on lettuce, defective cabbage
hearts, carrots suffering from yellow
jaundice, and sickly -junach.
• • •
That thief fount! on the street with a
j-a-h register was just |K»s.>ibly taking
| off the day’s sales.
• • •
The government is going to investigate
jthe fotid prices. Up they go again!
• • .
J The price of onion* is enough to draw
tears.
• • •
| “Don t :nk our ships,'" Brazil wain. 1
1 German/. Hue, Ujo.
DETROIT TIMES
The Time Killers
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look Mtcr ‘•* wjwjte > \'ar Th' , v fr# a
TO C**, rs « ; CctTfN
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IF THE TIMES PRINTS IT, THE TIMES BELIEVES IT.
department maintained for the purpooe of dragging the adver
tie ng faker in on “the carpet” and placing h.s and
promnee uoder the g ate of truth. It welcome* lette-* re'ating
eiper encea with advert »er» wherein the eagle on the dollar fa •* to
fly home “with a dollar's worth of goods.** It pays proper recogn tion to
homeet adverser* It does not spare d'snoneet advertiser* who may be
found m The T>mes It will print the letter* „h'ch appear most app* cable
m preaer> -g the integrity of advertiamg ard protecting the advert snj
reaoe r Only signed letter*, g vng the writer * name and address. will be
considered The name will be printed or w thheld a* preferred. Addreas.
Ad M -ror. The Timet. Detroit. Mich.
K\ery once :n a while *otne in
l.tid .al or group of individual*
i and *•
rAitrf M public In on *ome
] which shared by the vorkini
• n.*n who ha* plenty of work and
who i* accumulating idle money
rr*»ro th' htrhe«t %**>« in history,
it l« l| <• f enfl**nry of the*»- "good
1 th n»-" to multiply
The mo-* rerer.t I* errl
n**rwd fcy an ''-mniration whl*t.
•’ yfc. i* - *■-1 f 'P'l'rlso harden* Com
j I* * ie. a*»y' lot* on Boia Blanc
‘ Und * n »"™
Th*- * r r.*-tn<- i" operated *hr
I- t-.r on-pectin* (probably* com
I raunltj picture *hea*er Thl* »« the
J way it wa* worked” in llefroit.
(and n»* do,»b* - .t m b*,nir
'
i The tnever in ’hi* in* - an*e «»■
the Blue* fd <>r. nMr
ITw « nty hird Ase» n e*.
j patr"T* were handed /ard» mt’rt
I their ticket.. *hirh re*.J
n.A-1 « (.»rt*in < nmminMy
•I Hr(.n*i Mi>ta
f -i* of *he patrons who *ddre«»ed
th* card i*ro;-erly rerejred a no'](»
da'»d y* 13 **a’inr 'hat he had
[ been ■ iwarM” a lot for |*f •* *
! T r- p ent wa* a bov. I’* >»ari>
<l. who took »h»- no’l** to h:-
fo’hrr Th* latter wa* Immediate
I If ■ i*plrtoM*» and eali»*d upon *he
j Mirror to ini- *tlrat- the p**,;
• aifion. arkin* tha’ hi* name be
Ttie notice read a* follow* •
ItOli l/i (lerden* Community
31 MtCraw Rldg
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Addre No Eighteen' h
*’ :
The I«* n**tify you that yo
.(Vi- b* • n award'd ■* lit II.J*
I N (, iJ>l (b< *e * w ,ii],
*l»*n *wa> are d-i»’*di at
[ ’I * Bluebird (hr.,’* - 'nr r- r»o
I K*odi> bring 'L a a ?i t * :i*
yo»j and <-aIl at thm office no*
later than Feb 12. 1917
Minor l * mutt b*; a< rorr.f anled
by parent*.
808-LO COMMUNITY
AGKNTS
<Sgn*4i W Zrtaw«ki
' flkr** hour*. 9 to I p m
Mow many other* rec*.|red «'i(h
notify conjecture, bit it 1« logi
'a' «o e.'ieve that the Mob-lau Har
den f'orrmnnlty a**n'r would Ik
. .«• Hl'
>nd f'»r I l * r *Q per lot ts ’hey .-ou'd
cd ; eople to take the lot-*
Neither the foojr nor h - fa»h«-r
n. de an attempt to obta-r. the Jo*
j Ah' t 'he time Mr J r.ade
I hi* complaint to th«* AdVi-ror thi-*
'd ;*rtrn-nt reunited a copy of t »
I’<e- t Ir, -: . ■
rr...,«r «ffort there t .»•
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The p.,st [Mnpa'rh aaya
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Hin Island. lmt n*«t in P *
| f _ ' »•* r t f -.ni m<ir »i
» snail- n |e tt at f* * f<! .n»
j * * • « land lire to «*»• n r- ;»
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r r* r kv** n l« a <«>’«»* f *
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h * l o'nt-A’ia p na i or o «-r
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I s-e »hr »n on the m'-vle theater
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t f » * tr tha other end f *l-e al
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r'* 1 I* show Streets and »»' | Jf-a
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• . person lie |trorlu>*'4 • t tl
* *' f; that ehe had “tti* «,|,{ t.m-
Os ae- iirlng one of ih* I .»• ed
■r I thin the Fa.rv theater an 1
* I *»it ahe rail at f • H- ti
I ff. > *n|.| < *he rn -a I ill Int f
Il'val pipera for wm-Ii a email
ao not would he rharged
t iift-o W 1m ti<>l he **• t-e
*»• n» a name aigned to the r»• •:. #
'fa-t'ier'te a father had aor-re
I'.'jhl a •> > he tent a roan -e ih*
n h If.r/.rnoter* K F Tailer. roan
a r ,%f rn- r->irtant, »»• f«--ir»d »>
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t - • » m»Al<ri f r advertising
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a .■ • p ng ii tt >**« built orxt
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P - 1» t iMapa* h f'ponrr. »aid that the
!.“•»« n--r» w< -*h mu<~h mnre than
$ ' *r 1 11• »• • a-muni repto
arntr-1 tVr r- - * ItV ripen*- attend*
ant <■■ n■ • m t n the l era-vna
t. wt m 1 f* ware awarded.
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prviti t- bom In Niagara <*ot T'l*d
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Your Public Library
■ I H. ADDIXOTOft HHt (K
Author of "Th* Riddle of Paraoa
altty." 'Pireholoir and
Parenthood " etc.
IK) yon make any ay Hematic u*e
of your public library'* lk> you make
au* use of it At all?
!*o vou. in fact, appreciate the
poe*t bill tie* of the public library as
an aid. not only In brightemu* tour
life, but In bringing you uear»>i to
a realisation of your dreams of euc
ceas in the vocation you hare cno*-
en*
I ask these question* because I
know that In every city there are
thousands ot persons who never go
n*ar their public library To them
It Is only a building at which, per
haps. th-y cast a glance »mn pass
log
Yet these same persons fn many
cases are people who complain bit
terly because the* have lacked cdti
catioual advgntitges In youth
“I have no chans'e to get on."
they say 1 was taken out of
school 100 soon."
I'ndcnlably it Is a grea» handicap
on a man to begin bu*ln*-«* Ilfs
without proper e< hooling Hut It ts
not an insurmountable handicap
And in modern towns and cities
there are special facilities for over
coming It.
The public library is on.* of these
facilities.
With the librarian's aid. any mau.
If only he knows how to read, can
carry through a profitable course
In self education The llbranan will
gladly Indicate for him book* to « n
large his know ledge of an.* übj.ee*
These he can take home, to Mudy
at hts leisure
So, too. the reallv educated man
unexpectedly confronted b» a bust
ness problem which requite* know!
edge he does not possess, will f,nd
the public library an invaluable help
Everybody. one would supp*we
would be aware of this But not
everybody u really aware of it
And of those who are aware, many
forget how serviceable the public
library can be to them..
Often we hear a man exclaim, "Ts
only I knew what to read about
PoandSo"' Well, ha can easily
learn what to read All he needs to
do is to vi«it library and
make inquiry
If, as may happen, hi* Inquiry re
late* to matters involving book
knowledge not po*a*\«*ed by the li
br*rian himself, the latter I* likely
to know of some «p* < Uli«' to whom
he ran refer the inquirer for guid
anee ;n his reading In one wav or
another he will he helped to learn
wbnt he desires to learn
Remember this, if you are a non
user of vour public library you are
missing golden opporantM* e to iu
crease your chances of mmippp
Don't be content with admiring
the library from outride I* was n*»?
built merely for you and your fel
low eititen* o gate at It admtrmgly
It* mlsalbn Is to be of real, ptn* tp al
u«e to them and to you
i*ut It to use Put |* fr**qijen»D to
U*e Familtariie your-r!f with the
treasure* of knowledge It contain*
that bear particularly on your per
aonal Interests and problems.
The more you do this the bigger
are the profits you will ca n in th»
way of increased wisdom lnrre*«»d
ertrienry, and increased happiness
The Keep Well
Column
STIFF NECK
SfifY neck* are not uncommon a'
'h.a of th* year
®Moet of up hav*
ptiffnrpp and pain
some tiro* or o»h
what It I* or wha»
faup«*p |t Damp
weather *p*nip to tn-ar pom** r#*la
tlon to i* Tb** pain ueuaily leave*
In a da/ or two, or in a w**«*k .*»
most i{**Kt and rr..**".«g»* relieve th*
pain Ironing th* ekn abovp tb**
palnf’jl ro I'M- with a very warm
Iron Ip a useful domestic r*m«*d* A
par# s.,nn**' ahnrtd To- fiTacecf o**
l»***n th** Iron ami th» **kln
fjumhMiw i« pr**c|p#»ly *h** »inn
dlreape. but it attack* th*- mnarlep
Jowpr down In the bark Some
b** I|r vp lumbago to hr -heumaHc
In origin Ot*’ere belt**ve that |f Ip
alwaya du** to a bio* or limilar
Injury, although the Injury ma>
bp po plight an tv> pap* unnotWd
Sometime* lumbago IP brflPVPd t*.
hr raup**d by the **t«ppatvp movr
m*m of on* of thp joint- of tb*
■ pine
Hurpltlp ov**r thr -houldpr Joint
la thp uaual caupp of a Ptlff and
painful phouldrr Often th* arm
<-an bp ralp**d abote thp head only
with grpaf difficulty
Thp burpa Ip a little lubrication
par npar thp projecting wing of th*
■ houldpr blade It may b»* in
flamed by evan a alight. How and
pomptlmrp auen an Inflammation
*au*ee thp phouldpr tatlarlea to
want* away, and iwuicn trouble
pome dlaablllty within a eerv phort
time.
Moat rappa gpt w*-II without any
aurglcal apaiatancr ort*-n It take*-
week* of painful effort to win
hack thr uee r*f th** phouldrr
mupclpa PatlrD'p nhould move
their ahouldpr mu pc lee in a daily
exprelne. In *ptte of thp pal*
Health Question* An**r#red
Mia* .Allcp C -"What ■hould
anaptnie people eat?"
Milk. mp|t, "pin** h p«ppr|*lly.
end other good natrtuoun fooda.
BY carrier in Detroit. I rents a week; else
where. 10 ceota a week. By wall, 13 •
year. Call Main 4520. Entered at the Poet*
office In Detroit a* aecond-ciaes mall matter.
* Birth Control
BY DR. FRANK CRANK
(Copyright, Ik 16, by Prank Crane)
There hit luwh in most states prohibit
ing the giving of information which will
enable parents to limit the site of their
family. These law* are due to the opin
ion in the minds of the legislators and
:>f the communities that elect them that
any knowledge of how to prevent con
ception is dangerous and will lead to laa
ness of morals.
There is a very active campaign now
going on to change these laws. The ad
vocates of change argue that ignorance
upon this matter (l) results in too large
families among people that are not able
to support them, thus intensifying the
evils of poverty and burdening society
with paupers; (2) that diseased parents,
tuberculous and otherwise, continue to
bring unfit offspring into the world, and
(3) that a knowledge of contraception
would prevent mothers from breaking
down in health from the too frequent
bearing children.
The l*»st part of the medical profes
sion seems to lye enlisted among the
champions of birth control. Dr. S. A.
Knopf of the New York Post-Grad uatfi
Medical School gave in the New York
Medical Journal of November. 1916, a
clear statement of a physician's reason*
for this. He cites the case of Holland*
where the medical and legal professions
openly approve and help to extend th#
; artificial restriction of the birth rate, and
states that the health of the people
there ha> improved faster than lb any
other country in the world; also the
Dutch people are increasing more rapidly
than the people of any other race. In
Australia and New Zealand there is free
circulation of information of the kind in
question, and the soldiers they have
furnished in the war of Europe are
physically equal if not superior to those
from England, where birth control is
frowned upon by the legal and ecclesi
astical authorities.
The Medical Times says of France,
which we were fond of calling decadent:
"France t«xlav is presenting her splendid
spectacle of efficiency to the world be
cause only the fittest of her people have
survived, and the chief factor haa ad
mittedly l>een contraception."
Dr. Jacobi, "the venerable Nestor of
the medical profession." declares: "Our
federal and state laws on the subject of
prevention of conception are grievously
wrong and unjust."
As to the moral side of the question,
it is al><>ut time to abandon the theory
that virtue de|>ends upon ignorance, and
that knowledge is dangerous to one's
soul. That is a doctrine that Mongs to
the Middle Ages.
All knowledge is clean. It is Ignor
ance that is poison. To assert that the
health, virility, <>r morality of the people
rests upon keeping them in ignorance is
monstrous.
The possibilities of horror and cruelty
that lie in this, as in all other creeds of
truth suppression, are vividly shown in
Mnie. Nazim ova's play of " ‘Option
Shoals."
The women in New York who are un
dergoing prison and jx'rsecution by their
defiance of the laws in this matter may
seem extravagant and unbalanced in
their methods but perhaps their way is
the only one to awaken the public to the
realization of the wrong of our present
stupid, unscientific', and immoral laws.
Laugh \\ ith Us
Annt*. a ?lav wanherwoman, who workp ona
dav a w«-*-k in a certain -outh aide homa. aepma
to have an ear for music. even
If ah*- do**** po*** ,* no ‘-clinical r ~ 5"
knowledge on the *ubjcct - l jf
In the home a few day einro kC\
m to
ir.k to j-u* tf.i* iiiMMimcni into v
condition again 1[ 1
rtc laumlrv of thr home !■ *-jL- — M?
dircfMv under the Il\lng rrp»m
in whleh the tuner wap p«*r
forming h|p ynonotonoiia taak. (
When Annie came up after her dav’e work
waa done ah** paid to her employer
"You know mnn In parlor?"
•'Yep Annie '*
"Well, I want to tell you one thing Jno like
to ir hill ii- r*. un iKam ptejß •
"[u>«*p the ha by talk yet*” Inquired the friend
—of the family of the little broth*
t* "Not he'" paid that dlaguatcd
l 4 , youth “lie d*»n't have to talk!
'J". ■-■A I ha\e to wait for t'hrtatmas
j fil to get anything, but all he haa
V> , ]t J to do la to yell any day In the
jWT, w*ek and lie gets anything in
} *ih**hnuae ,M
''Why, r.rp/e," « x* laiine«l an old friend, "are
you going to h»- niorned neat week? You ai«
a hnpe deceiver Why. you told
ua only « few daya ago that TANARUS"
you w ere booked for a p*‘raon I
ally conducted tour with a
aniall. aele* t party." JUk
•Yew d*-ar. alia wired C.ra*e.
• miling -weetlv. "but Ja* k jbp}
|> the per oi.al condil* Jw \
'*•* and Itn the aaxall. a*4r* Vi V
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