Indiana daily times. [volume], January 30, 1920, Home Edition, Page 6, Image 6

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By mail, 50c a month, $1.25 for three months, $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year.
SURE, Chip Lewis put one over. Why shouldn’t he when every other
negro politician in the republican party can?
THE MORE we study the situation in Europe the firmer the convic
tion that those who got killed in the war were the lucky ones.
WILL that Purdue highway school teach the "skip-stop” method of
building roads so much in favor with the state highway commission?
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DR. CRAFTS woufd put $1,000,000 tax on each pint of whisky. We
have known poor men who could drink a pint and feel able to pay the tax.
NOW if someone will only start a "spontaneous movement” for
Hoover the cup of the professional politician in Indiana will be over
flowing.
THAT LIFE PRISONER who had not been seen in public for forty
years was not incarcerated in an Indiana prison during the Goodrich ad
ministration.
STREET CAR VENTILATORS ought to ventilate, but that is no
meson why a letter from Dr. Morgan should be regarded by the street
car company as an “official order” to that effect.
THE NAME of Governor Goodrich appears seven times on the first
page of that defense of the operation of the tax law issued by the Indiana
republican state committee. That ought to compensate him for his with
drawal from the presidential primary.
Where Is Hays Going?
There is a rapidly increasing sentiment among republicans in Indiana
that Will Hays is overstepping himself in his direction of the republican
national party.
This sentiment is probably provoked somewhat by the rather ful
some eulogies of his abilities which have been printed in one of the re
publican organs in this city as the result of Hays’ foresight in taking
with him on his western trip a former democratic political wu-iter, engaged
obviously for the purpose of spreading soft soap concerning Hays.
It was fanned considerably by the announcement of additions to the
platform committee of the party, appointments which appear to have been
made without any consultation with the republicans of the districts from
which these appointees come.
Indiana republicans are not all pleased with the selection of Albert J.
Beveridge, Sumner Furniss, George Lockwood, Henry Wilson and the two
senators as representative of this state on a platform building committee.
They realize that Beveridge ceased long ago to be a Hoosler in activity or
interest; that Furniss is not without a great many opponents in the col
ored race; that Lockwood is a Washington standpatter; that Henry Lane
Wilson is more representative of Indianapolis club life than of the ma
jority of the voters. They regard the appointment of the two senators as
merely a matter of courtesy.
However,' it is not so much the appointments as it is the manner in
which-they are announced that brings about a murmur from the repub
licans of Indiana. *
Indiana republicans are machine ridden and they are beginning to
grow resentful of that fact. Hays is adding to the resentment by luck of
tact in his dealings with them.
In this state Hays will be known as the "feller from Sullivan” who has
made things hum in the party as long as he continues to make things hum
without attracting too much attention to his methods.
Recently there has been so much talk about his methods that repub
licans are beginning to wonder if he aspires to complete domination of
the party.
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Loyal Grandmother Holland
Our cartoonist on page one today has tried to show the condition
as it actually existed between Holland and the ex-kaiser. When the
kaiser heat it from behind the battle front in Belgium with his armored
automobile, surrounded by his trusted officers, to a German-owned palace
in Holland, the wise believed that they were justified in the conclusion
they had arrived at several years before, and that was, the close relation
ship and alliance between Holland and Germany. The kaiser always kept
pretty close to the Holland line so if he were in danger of being captured
by Prance or England, he could duck across the line. The queen and
king of Holland are seven-eighths pure German blood and one-eighth Dutch,
or Holland.
During the war, that most of the food that was sent through Holland
and was supposed the starving Belgians was grabbed up and sent
Into Germany, the allies well knew ail the time. That Holland would re
fuse to give up the kaiser wp.a always believed by the allies. One of the
purposes of the league of nations, which was spoiled by the United
States senate, was to be able to place an economic embargo on Holland if
she refused to give up the kaiser and the world would not trade with her
until she did, because she loves money better than her life. With the
United States out of it, the league of nations is possibly not strong enough
to enforce a real economic embargo against any country in the world.
Thus it becomes a failure and the kaiser escapes trial through our faifure
to join the league of nations. After murdering over ten million men and
raping over a million French and Belgian women and starving twenty-five
million people to death in the world, the kaiser quietly escapes all punish
ment because of the jealousy of the United States toward our president
because he was the father of the league of nations.
William Hohenzollern, former kaiser, now feeling as arrogant as he
ever did when he was kaiser, has bought a palace' in Holland, one for
himself. He did not care to continue to live free of rent, although some
people in this country would not object to the free rent clause in their
lease—some of the widows and old mothers of the American sons who
now lie on the battlefields of France. It’s the old story—if a man steals a
pound of meat and a loaf of bread to save his starving family, he gets
thirty days for it; if a rich banker steals a million dollars he is cleared
on a technicality. If some poor devil crazed with whisky in the days gone
by, or now with the bootlegger’s poison, hits a man on the head with a
rock, he is hanged for It. But the kaiser, who can murder millions,
squander billions of the wealth of the world and ruin nations, goes free.
Unless people are punished in this world for the evil they do here, espe
cially those in high places, what is the good of fighting the communists
and the reds and all the elements that go against society? Hit the top
fll-st and the bottom will disappear.—W. D. Boyce in the Saturday Blade,
Chicago.
In Contrast '
In a recent public statement declaring that he was not seeking the
nomination for president, Gov. Coolidge of Massachusetts said:
“The times require of men charged with public responsibility a single
ness of purpose. The curse of the present is the almost universal grasping
for power in high places and In low to the exclusion of the discharge of
obligations. It is always well for men to walk humbly.”
Now contrast that with the campaign slogan of Gov. Goodrich:
“I want the power. You hold me responsible.”
Which is the real republican doctrine?
Meaning Any One Particularly
“The country seems to be in a mood to look to a favorite son not for
what his state has done or can do for him, but for what he has done for
his state; and lu view of the number of candidates who have a record
of having done something notable for the whole list of states, it is going
ta demand more of a favorite son than any favorite son has been shown
lo in recent year.”—lndianapolis - N#ws.
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THE NEW SECRETARY
OF AGRICULTURE
By W. E. BATTEN FIKLJ).
Editor the Des Moines News.
DES MOINES, la.. Jan. 30. —F’rorn a
penniless boy of an lowa farm to secre
tary of agriculture in President Wilson's
cabinet has been the rise of Edwin T.
Meredith in his life span of forty-three
years.
Born on a farm near Avoca, la., Deo.
23, 1876, Meredith of necessity early be
came interested in the gamp of making
money. His first chance came when his
father gave him a little runt of a pig and
told him that with proper care the pig
might be sold at a profit.
Meredith thought it was the opportu
nity of a lifetime. Boylike, he jumped
at the chance, and from that minute the
runt of a pig was handled, watched over,
sheltered and protected. It grew and
waxed fat and young Meredith soon sold
it at a nice profit. ,
Leaving the farm, Meredith entered
Highland Park college, at Des Moines.
He had no money from home except a
little he had saved, so he paid his way
through college by tending furnaces and
waiting on tables. Mathematics was his
favorite study.
His first job after leaving college was
as a printer with a Des Moines firm. In
1891) his uncle, Thomas Meredith, started
the Tribune here and young Ed became
his assistant, doing everything from writ
ing news and chasing advertisements to
setting type.
The paper was started as a political
organ to support the greenback party.
Neither the paper nor the party gained
much strength in lowa and Meredith and
his uncle had a grim struggle to make
expenses. In 1901 Meredith and a printer
friend bought the paper. In 1902 Mere
dith founded “Successful Farming,” now
one of the largest and most prosperous
farm publications in ihe country.
The initial number carried the an
nouncement that only “dean” adver
tising would be accepted. The first few
issues were refused by the delivery wag
ons hired to take them to the postof
fice uutii payment was made. The post
office would not mail them until the
postage was paid. 'Few believed in the
ultimate success of the magazine. But
Meredith “had a way with him” and it
was but a few years uutii farm pub
lishers of the country were forced to
reckon with a “comer.”
“Imagination spells the difference be
tween small success and bis success,”
Meredith said.
Sendee to his readers is one of Mere
dith's hobbies. One of the biggest things
the farmer can do is to keep the boys
interested in the farm, Meredith says.
“In this way the drift to the cities can
be cheeked,” he says. “I believe the boy
will be Interested in the farm if be has
a stake in it. He wants to make money.”
So Meredith will lend any boy money
to carry on farm work. A boy can bor
row $25 or sso or SIOO/ to buy a pig or
a cow or whatever he may want. The
note bears 6 per ceut interest and ma
tures in one year. If he has bad luck
his noto is extended and he is urged to
try again.
Meredith also loans money to young
men working their way through college.
So far he claims he has lost compara
tively nothing gnd he feels well repaid
for having helped hundreds of young
men get a start in life. He got the idea
from his father's plan of giving him a
pig to raise.
Meredith married Edna C. Elliott In
Des Moines, in 181*6. They have two
children, a son and a daughter.
At present Meredith is president of
the Associated Advertising Clubs of the
\yorld and a director of the Seventh
district federal reserve bank.
He was a democratic candidate for
United States senator in 1914 and demo
cratic candidate for governor in 1916.
Both times he was defeated.
He was a member of the industrial
war labor commission that toured Eng
land and France in lifts and later was
chosen as a member of the public group
in the first industrial round table con
ference at Washington.
“I believe agriculture Is the basis of
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920.
all the permanent, prosperity of the
country,” Meredith has often said. “The
chief difficulty of the farmer in recent
years has been in marketing his crops.
There has been too much lost motion
between producer and consumer. I hope
to , work out some solution of this
difficulty.”
\ PAPER MONEY |
The paper currency of the whole world
has increased COO per cent since the be
ginning of the great war in 1914. And
this whi]£ the gold reserve behind it has
increased but 40 per cent!
The face value of the paper currency
of thirty principal countries of the world
aggregated $7,250,000,000 In 1914, forty
■billion dollars at the date of the armi
stice and fifty billion dollars In Decem
ber, 1919. And these figures are exclu
sive of the thirty-four billion dollars of
paper, issued by the soviet government
of Russia.
In the United States the figures sup
plied by the treasury department shotv
note circulation at $1,056,000,000 in June,
1914; $3,643,000,000 in November, 1918,
and $4,051,000,000 in December, 1919. In
! 1914 the gold reserve against note circu
lation was $1,023,000,000. while in 1919 it
was $2,107,000,000. and the ratio of gold
to notes was 09.6 per cent In 1914, 63.2
i per cent in November, 1919, and 52.3 per
I cent in December, 1919, the figures of
notes being exclusive of the gold and sll
j ver certificates, which are considered
merely as "warehouse receipts" for an
i equivalent amount of metal deposited
with the United States treasury.
The decrease in purchasing power of
the American dollar is almost exactly
the decrease in the American ratio of
gold to note circulation.
The first ship of war on this side of
the Atlantic was the Falkland, built in
1690 for the British government.
Save g Q rea t
Money
“Stag” Brand Pant Sale
1 Y% I _ • On Any P£r of Ponte In the Store
llf //I Koniirtinn WHh th * Exception of Blue
■vs /%J JlCttUUll/fl Serges, Khaki. and Corduroys.
FELT HATS ZToo* $2.35
OVER 1,000 HATH TO SELECT FROM. v
Sale on overcoats, shirts, mufflers, ties, underwear, socks, sweater coats, etc.
“THE BTORK FOR VALVES”
-°ET Krause Bros ™
Only On* Squcrrm Eat of Penn*' lvon : a Street
THE EXTRA DAY
February is the month that acts as
regulator. It was an after-thought with
the ancients, and has been treated like
a stepchild ever since. Romulus, foun
der of Rome, started out without any I
February at all by dividing the year
into ten months, including in all only j
204 days. His year started with March, j
as is indicated by the names Septem- j
ber, October, November and December, j
taken from the Latin forms of “seven,”
“eight,” “nine” and “ten.” July and I
August, likewise, were anciently known !
as Quintilis and Sextilis, their present 1
names having been tyestowed in compli
ment to Julius Caesar and Augustus, the
emperor.
Then Numa came along and added two I
months to Romulus’ year, putting Jan- 1
uary at the beginning and February at
the end. Next, the Decemvirs-—the ten
magistrates of Rome—got busy and
moved February up to the second month,
where it still remains. The year then
consisted of 355 days, which differed
from- the solar year by te.u whole days
and a fraction. An extra month —known
as Mercedinus—was inserted In the cal
endar, raising the total to 336V4 days,
but still leaving it Incorrect.
Caesar ordered that January, March,,
May, July, September and November
should have thirty-one days and the
other months thirty excepting February,
which should have twenty-nine days in
common years and thirty days every
fourth year. But this order Was changed
to gratify the vanity of Augustus, who
wanted his month to contain thirty-one
days because Caesar’s did.
But Caesar’s reckoning was not per
fect. It supposed the year too long by
eleven minutes and fourteen seconds.
The error amounted to a whole day In
128 years. Then, In 1582, Pope Gregory
gave the world the Gregorian calendar,
which is used today. He directed that
ten days be supressed and ordered that
the extra day be omitted in all the cen
tenary years except those which are
multiples of 400. For this reason, 1900
was not a leap year.
Scientists assume the age 'of the earth
to be 72.0(10,000 years.
Legislation to make the United States
gold dollar legal tender In Rolivia has
been enacted by Bolivian congress.
Saturday Special igHligr 1 Bargain Table
OLD CROP SANTOS OOF- 9 ■ 11 ffiw US PP wHf! $2.48 TO $2.98 WOMEN’S
FEE, a an' | 1 ! * S if* H k W WO WHITE OUTING FLAN
pound i(|C 'M 9 a fig K, M A NEL GOWNS, long sleeves,
4°& gjaritss
No Phone, c. o. D. or mu 306-312 E. Washington St., Just East of Courthouse. >- 0 phone, c. O. and. or Mnii
° rders Store Closes Saturday at 6 P. M. v Orders
day l Pre-Inventory Sale l day
At this store you may feel sure you are seeing only the best the market affords at prices no
higher than you pay for inferior merchandise. A spirit of co-operative service and assist
ance will be found throughout this establishment. It is our desire not only to sell you, but
to help and advise you in making your selections.
Going! Going! All Winter Ready-to-Wear
OUR ENTIRE STOCK IS INCLUDED IN THIS SALE
S COATS DRESSES
$20.00 Values ) AQ $20.00 Values )<£ * .CA
$25.00 Values s U $25 00 Values 4> ] A.W
$30.00 Values ) $30.00 Values ) X *
$35.00 Values ) 4*| jCA $35.00 Values <(4 atA KkJl\
$40.00 Values V I $40.00 Values V 1 & /
$45.00 Values ) Values ) 1 J
$50.00 Values ) “1 A $50.00 Values ) CO
$55.00 Values <P|l|*dV $55.00 Values / 1 U
$60.00 Values ) $60.00 Values ) II j,
SUITS FURS >
$14.50 up to )$i 9-50 &
\\Jf Ifoiwvalue":sl9- 50 I*loso "nlfe
1/ $45.00 Values \ iif i $29-50 at j 1 */
T\ * $50.00 Values COA CA Furs up to ) Cr* A C A
if ! wu rt j s 29- 50
Sizes for Women and Misses. All Alterations Free.
Georgette ip* gl M A 0 ? 00 S JL™
di . tin no II Middy Blouses
DiOUSCS 3.1 5p 1 U.UU JIS SERGE OR FLANNEL
This collection of blouses offers a jljjjA/j'l trimmed with white or red braid;
wonderful opportunity to choose from \ some have emblem trimming, others
the best and newest styles at savings KM I?. . ji \ Vj are plainer effects. Our assortment
that have been made possible only by rj±Hy i j \ j offers a good selection of blouses for
the most careful preparations. 4 school and general use.
Values Up to $15.00, Special— Kpjß!BV Sizes 16 to 22 -
v HLMipyK! ATTRACTIVELY PRICED
$ 10.00 At $3 -98 to $9.98
Special Savings on DOMESTICS Special Reductions on
AMERICAN PRINTS, neat figures and stripes on light All O > O *■
grounds; regular 25c grade, at JLS7L
CHEVIOT SHIRTING, 28 inches wide, best quality, plain blue, J ,
reb'ar A. 25c Overcoats, Mackinaws
CAMBRIC MUSLIN, yard wide, soft finish, for women’s and # }
underwear; regular $12.50 Values $ 8.75
30c value, at ' $13.50 Values S 9.75
BATH TOWELS, hemmed, bleached, for home or hotel 4
use- regular 22c kind, at JLtJL. ?>I4.DU Values $11.75
OUTING FLANNEL, 27 Inches wide, heavy fleeced, pink and $16.50 Values $12.75
blue stripes, for women’s, children’s and ; Value*
Infants’ wear; regular 35c grade Values &1J.75
APRON GINGHAM, 27 inches wide, staple check, $20.00 Values $14.75
fast colors; regular 30c grade *nn ka Valnee
DRESS GINGHAM, assorted plaid and stripes on Vdmes
dark grounds; regular 35c grade, at MIC $24.50 Values $16.75
TOO LATE, ABIE LEARNS THAT ADVERTISING PULLS.
MAGGIE’S BROTHER REGULAR GUEST.
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS.