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INDORSES
BONDS
tlrges Ohio Farmers to Prepare
for tho Noxt Liberty
Loan Drive
GRAiESURPLUSALLINVESTED
Nation's Saourlttes Best Investment
on Earth. Farmers Should Prove
Patrlotlo by Buying.
BarneBvillo, O. (Special) Louis J.
Taber. master of tho Ohio State
OrATinn. unren that tho comlnc Llbor
ty Loan drlvo bo made tho subject of utility 1b attempting to extort some
special discussion and consideration tnlnE from them. Now it ought not to
In tho Washington Lincoln Liberty
meetings now being held in the vari
ous sub-granges throughout the state.
Mr. Tabor favors a big farmer Invest
ment next drlvo.
"Tho noxt Liberty Loan campaign,"
he says, "will afford the Grange an ex
ceptional opportunity to servo patriot
ically not only t)ur order, but agri
culture, 'the country and civilization
at large. Tho motto of the state grange
Is 'A bond in every farm homo in Ohio.1
Tho state organization has invested
every penny of its surplus in Liberty
bonds. Su&granges should follow ita
example.
"Nor should wo step there. Every
patron and overy farmer Bhould be
readied. For there Is not a farmer
in Ohio but can afford to buy at least
one Liberty Bond on tho very easy
terms offered. Every one should hold
at least one bondT The farmer was
not a heavy purchaser in either of the
earlier drives. There were reasons
justifying this condition then, but there
is no adequate excuse for his failure
to purchase now,
"No class of men have been more
criticized than tho farmere, howover
unjust this criticism may have been.
They will soon have an opportunity
to refute these charges, and I am con
fident thoy will maintain tho tradi
tions of tholr patriotic forefathers by
coming nobly to the financial rescue
of their oountry. There is no better
.or safer investment on earth than a
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Liberty Bond.
WORK, SAVE, FIGHT.
These aro tho three cardinal re-
uisltes of tho present condition of
.world menace They are tho sur-
tmounting beat tudes of our chaotic
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'our peril. Wo will shirk them only
at an overwhelming cost. We must do
not only one, but all to win. And win
Tfe znusu I
i iuao vuMuuuuiui ilu iu
,jjubib; wj ueiiu uiu iuibo iu huuuiibbiuu
,to the will of tho Prussian autocracy;
'to accept peaco torms dlotated by tho
(war lords of Germany, would be to
i trail in tho dust the highest hopes
.of Domocraoy. It would mark the
'Waterloo of Liberty. It might spell
i the end.
America wants no autocratic dom
ination at this late day. The United
States baa led the way in world en
lightenment and the sowing of the
seeds of freedom too long ever to sub
mit to tyranny. And German victory
would mean that.
So we must work to the utmost In
our respective lines that tho normal
nroductlon may bo maintained and our
material needs may bo met fully' and
prompuy.
We must save, economize, curtail,
that homo consumption may bo re
duced and our Individual rosourcs be
kept to their normal standard.
For in doing both wo will have more
ito offer our government, directly and
ilndlrectly; through personal sacrifice
and investment in war securities,
And we can trust our boys at the
front to do their share of tho fighting;
the spirit of freedom will inspire to
that.
. Work, save, fight and WIN.
That's our program.
THE SHADOW BEFORE.
Remember that story which flashed
across the cables some weeks ago
about an American sentry having been
'killed by a German night patrol?
Evidently thoy surprised and over
powered him. Thoy might Just as easi
ly have taken him prisoner. Dut they
.didn't.
Thoy cut his throat from ear to ear!
Not a pretty story; not a story com
mending tho much vaunted German
kultur; not a story calculated to in
spire confidence In the kaiser's clos
ly following peace proposals.
But intensely Illuminating!
It was notice, served in tho German
way, otwhnt our boys in khaki may
oxpect.
It was an early Intimation of what
tho gore-maddened Hun may bo" ex
pected to do if ho over puts his nailed
heel and his "mallei! fist upon Ameri
can shores.
And in thej UBUal Prussian way -it
vas done In the dark!
God help, America If we fall to bring
every rosourco to bear In winning this
twar.
And God help you and yours if you
fail to do your part.
Buy a Liberty Bond before It is too
lato.
Wo MUST strajfo the Hun.
A lot of pesslmlstlo propheWare
sorely disappointed that the last
Liberty Loan failed to "butt tho
banks." '
REGULATING IRE
PUBLIC UTILITIES
EXCOrpts From an Address Of
Hon. Beecher W. Walter-
mire, Public Utilitios Com
missioner of Ohio.
Speaking to tho graduating class of
tho Y. M. C. A. Law School of Cincin
nati, Mr. Waltermlro 'said:
"Now, unfortunately, thcro Is a feel
ing of hostility In almost overy com
munity between tho public and tho
utility. It ought not to bo so. Thcro
ought to bo tho utmost harmony be
tween tho two. Somehow tho publlo
have got it into their heads that overy
bo so, and I believe that tho publlo
regulation of utilities, the making pub-
BEECHER W. WALTERMIRE.
lie of tho actual standing and con
dition and earnings and properties of
the utilities, la bringing about a bet
ter feeling. There is no more reason
why tho public should quarrel with lta
utility than why tho hand should
quarrel with the foot. Wo cannot get
a, , Ufi Then'wn shoula
electrlQ
w tomorrow nlght
overy city and village-and hamlet in
the land would bo in darkness.
"The legislature or the city council
may impede f0r a time, but ultimately
tho eternal law of right and
wrong
Qn(j 0j justice
will
make the wrong
doer pay for his own wrong. You can
not get something for nothing by leg
islation. Tho samo Is true with the
utility and the public.
"If the public, by controlling tho ad
ministrative or legislative) bodies se
cures a rate less than tho utility can
afford to furnish Its service for, what
will It do? Just what human nature
always does. It will furnisb just such
service as It can afford at that rate.
It will surfer its plant or its enter
prise to depreciate. --It will furnish
inadequate service and, perchance the
community persists In that course, ul
timately withdraw from tho field, and"
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tbe pUbiic its service. Neither can
afford to do that. We need tho utility,
the utility needs us.
"The average man wants only what
Is fair and right. The troublo is that
they aro so easily deceived by some
glib longued fellow who flings out half
digested facts and figures. Tho aver-
age man wants to be right O, I have
abundant faith in human nature, and
when wo go wrong usually It is bo
cause wo do not know. Down yonder
In Columbus thcro is a statue of the
immortal McKlnloy, and chiseled In
tho stone foundation aro these words:
."Let us ever remember that our in-
terests lie in concord and not discord.
Thnt nnr otnrnnl immlnnnrn WRta rtnt
ta the victories of war but in tho vie
tories of peace.'
THE VALUE OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSIONS.
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Has tho regulation of utilities by
the commissions been successful?
Yes, in that it has cut out rebates;
it has cut out discrimination; It has
cut out unreasonably high rates; it
has prevented, almost throughout tho
United States now, tho duplication of
publlo utilities and the wasto that
comes from It. It has given tho pub
lic an opportunity to appeal to an au
thorltativo tribunal, whonovor they
felt that thoy woro not gotting a
squaro deal, and It has mado the com
panies realize what their real obliga
tion is to tho public.
If tho state public utilities commis
sion had the, power to adjust rates
from timo to tlmo to tho needs of tho
service, equitable regulation would" bo
malntameti to tho great advantage to
tho consumer.
Unfortunately city and vlHaco cou'n-
ells by ordinance frequently fix the-in-como
of the service companies arbi
trarily for long poriods of years, with
out .effort to loarn tho companies''
necessities and without reference to
the burdens placed upon them by the
slato utilities commission.
"An. inadequate return for tho serv
ice makes good service Impossible.
The loud demand always Is for goou
JwrrtMf
State Officers Have
War Troubles, Too
Columbus, Feb. 25. It seems that
tho members of oubllo utilities com-'
missions and other Jitnto officials aro
having their troubles, along with tho
corporations thoy aro charged with
Acuuiukuii;. tvui' u-uo HifcSii jjuucm uuvu
brought with tfnn probloms that
weren't really contemplated when
some of tho members of regulatory
boardn assumed their then attractlvo
responsibilities? This is strikingly Bet
forth in a statement recently issued
by Charles C. Marshall, mombor of tho
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Tho statement was endorsed prompt
ly by tho other two members of tho
body. Mr. Marshall said:
"Tho public utilities companies aro
facing a difficult proposition. In many
cnBes their rates for service aro fixed
for a period of years, and based upon
prices of labor and materials before
tho war. Labor" hns gone up and ma-
CHARLES C. MARSHALL,
Chairman Public Utilities Commission
toriah advanced, In some cases moro
than a hundred per cent. Tho utility
can not pass the increased cost on to
the customer as can the merchant or
the manufacturer, and many of them
aro operating at a loss or reducing
the efficiency of their service, in
cases where the rates are not fixed
they are constantly applying to tho
Commission for increases, which, in
most 'instances, aro vigorously resist
ed by the consumers.
"All of these applications for increas
es aro carefully examined by the Com
mission and only such advances aro
allowed as seem to be imperative.
"It is not to the best interest of
either the public or the utility that
rates bo fixed which will bankrupt tho
company or compel it to furnish a
poor service.
"Wo are" doing the best we can to
deal with this difficult question in
these troubleoouK 'r-es, and we be
lieve that if the puulic knew all the
facts, there would be less criticism.
I take It the public wants to be fair;
but do not want To bo Imposed upon."
LET'S HAVE A SHOW-DOWN
- Columbus, Feb. 25. Telephone,
traction, light and heat corporations
should turn their cards face up.
Thej are .quasi, public institutions
and when they are secretive as other
kinds of orporatlona properly may be
they create suspicion in the public
mind, of which demagogues take ad
vantage to secure local o'Jlce, and if
elected make good their piomlses to
reduce :ervice rates,' although the peo
ple want service continuously reliable
rather than cheap.
A rate which was fair w hen fixed for
a term of yeais ono or five years ago
is ruinous now, for coal, which is the
largest cost item for-traction, factory
power and electric lighting has
doubled in cost, while copper, used for
transmitting power and dialogues has
trebled In cost and tho average wage
has Increased 50 per cent.
The American public surely Is will
ing-to' give any corporation which will
tnkc.lt into confidence, a rate that will
furnish money enough for expenses,
heU6rruentB and interest on canitul.
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rnmmlniSOn to which confession can
bej made.
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'DON'T WASTE "GAS
MOTHER EARTH QUIT MAKING IT
MANY YEARS AGO.
Columbus, Feb. 24. A strange sit
uation has developed In tho natural
gas ludustry in this state, A bltua
lion that is exceedingly serious.
There aro sdVeral natural gas com
panies in Ohio that today can only
furnlKh GO per cent of tho amount of
gas calculated upon when their fran
chise was secured. Inasmuch us most
rates under franchise limitations voie
fixed on a basis of quantity of con
sumption. It follows thatta decrcutic of
40 por cent in tho amount of produc
tion available means a corresponding
cut In calculated profits. Natural gas
nt 35 or 40 cents as 'comnarcd with
artificial gas at J1.25 gives an idea of
ino .average uinerenco in me cos, ot
production. Natural gas is twice as
hot as the artificial kind.
Just what the gas using communi
ties aro going to discover as a remedy
for tho condition which is now hero
and gotting worso is a great problem.
DO NOT WASTE THE GAS.
Ono county in Iowa has more tele
phones than all of rural Germany,
with its slate-owneov stagnated, un
enterprising telephone system.
THRIFT STA1
If you buy
of only one
book of 16 (with a few cents added) for a
certificate worth $5.00 in 1923, you are saving
money at the rate of $10.00 a months
Good investment, isn't it? And a patriotic habit
besides for every single Thrift Stamp is a little
added momentum behind the one great common
desire to shorten this war.
..THIS. ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR AND
The Citizens Banking
Ex - Governor Campbell
On Public Service
Columbus, Feb. 25. Ex-Governor
James E. Campbell, speaking of tho
conditions from which public service
corporations now are suffering, said:
"The power to regulate a gas, tele
phone, electric light or street railway
company in tho Interest of the public.
Involves also tho obligation to protect
the company and those who have In
vested their brains and their money
in ita development.
"A statement along-theso lines mado
by a member of tho Public Utilities
Commission c. Ohio was called to my
attention and it struck mo as signifi
cant of the changed and changing at
titudo of officials toward public cor
porations. It also struck mo as a
very sensible observation.
"Price Increase in raw materials
which compel corresponding advances
for tho finished- manufactured pro
ducts, leaves tho public sorvlco cor
poratlon naked and helpless. Tho
JAMES E. CAMPBELL.
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Inelastic regulatory laws, born Id
other years, and under vastly different
conditions are responsible for tho uvi
Justico now suffered by publlo sorr
ice concerns.
"If tho law of 1900 had arbitrarily,
fixed the price of shoes and tho con
ditions of 1013 had caused an lncreaso
In tho prlco of leather of threo or four
hundred per cent It would obviously
result In" tho bankruptcy of all shoo
manufacturers unless tho law weroro
pealed and tho prlco list changed."
"Old laws that fixed gas rates, for ln
stance, aro now handicapping every
effort on tho part of publlo officials
to savo utilities concerns from finan
cial disaster and tho public thoy servo
from tho greater disaster which must
of necessity follow tholr abandon
ment "This is ono of the serious questions
beforo tho American publlo today,"-
uFoundino of Moscow.
It was on the slto of tho Kremlin,
now tho center of tho city, that Mos
cow was founded by Yuri Dolgorukl,
I'rlnco of Kiev, In 1147, although hls
torlnns bpllcvo n vlllngo existed on tho
heights nbovo tho IUver Moskov even
before the advent of Dolgorukl, Within-a
century tho new vlllngo entered
into the turmoil of Slavic wars then
raging.
Are You Buying
EVERY DAY?
25c Thrift Stamps at the rate
a day,, and exchanged each
Thrift Stamps are for sale at the
by all-mail carriers and
most stores.
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URT LATER
Armenians Choose Girl First,
Take Chance on Love.
American Principal of School In Tur
key Receives Letter Requesting
Any Ono of Three.
Armenian mnrrlnges are always ar
ranged, the questioni of love not en
tering, writes Hester Donaldson Jenk
ins In World Outlook. I remember
when the principal of an American
school said" to ono of- her teachers
who was contemplating mntrlmony:
"I hate to have you go, but I should
not mind so much If you loved him,"
that tho Armenian drew herself up
Indignantly; she would not bo so un
mnldenly as to lovo a man before mar
riage. An Armenian man generally picks
out his own wife, one whom he has
seen and approved. But he does not
court her; Instead he goes to her pa
rents and makes very careful Inquiries
as to her health, disposition and
housewifery, after which he bargains
keenly for her dot. Without a dot
an Armenian girl mny-scarcely marry.
The, American principal of a school
for ArmtnlH? girls In Turkey received
a great matty applications for wives
from tho Armenian men of the neigh
borhood. Once she received a letter
which read something like this:
"Your Nobleness:
"Mademoiselle: I wish to marry
one of the girls in your school. Will
you get me little Aznlf, her of the
curly braids and strong eyebrows? Or
If you cannot obtain her for me, then
I will take Marian, with the big, black
eyes and the shining teeth; or if I
cannot have her, I wish Zarroohee,
with the straight features and white
skin. Bufdo not offer me any other,
for I lovo only these three."
In tho same school occurred tho
unlquo experience of Schnorrlg. Dlk
ran had como to her father and bar
gained for her. When she wns told
of her Impending marriage she was
sulky and sad, for "she had read Eng
lish books and did not wish to bo
sold to a husband like a bale of rugs.
But she left school and let her mother
prepnro her trousseau. At tho formal
betrothal she and Dlknn met for tho
first tlmo When the priest put tho
question whether she wns willing to
be betrothed to this man she shocked
nil tho relatives assembled In festive
array by a bold "No."
The priest argued with her, and tho
Irnto father would probably havo
forced her by pushing her head for
ward had not Dlkan declared that ho
liked her spirit and would not havo
her forced to take him. So the party
broke up in tears and lamentations.
But tho two young people met each
other a good deal that winter, natu
rally tnklng an Interest In each other,
so tho story ends with a happy mar
riage after a real American courtship.
The Real Reason.
An Illlnol3 worann wanted a dlvorco
because her husband snored ant' talked
In his sleep, He's probably one f those
exasperating hushunds who talks in
his sleep 'Just enough to arouse hci
curiosity, but not enough to tell her
whoro'lio has been
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ARE YOU PAYING FOR UNBURNED
GAS?
Natural gas men arc odd.
It Is unusual for producers to strlvo
to lessen tho consumption of the com
modity they sell by teaching custom
ers to uso less of It. Tho ordinary In
stinct of business prompts to effort
to lncreaso output, but theso operators
who sell gas, which comes out of tho
ground into their pipes under its own
power, are teaching home owners to
uso less gas by telling them how to
reduce tho quantity paid for, without
reducing the heat secured, by rocltlng
the following facts:
"Flames at tho side of a vessel
waste gas.
"A noisy fire is wasting gas.
"The moat effective flame from the
common burner in heaters with tho
usual two-ounce pressure is bluo and
four inches high.
"In a yellow fringe aro atoms of
gas escaping unconsumed.
"Watch the damper! Perfect com
bustion of gas depends upon giving it
the amount of air it needs for chemi
cal union.
"Clean out -the screen, mixer and
vent In light burners frequently. Burn,
ers for heating should be cleaned by
boiling with soap or washing soda."
Possibly, tho natural gas men are
Insisting upon economical use of It be
cause no moro gas can bo formed In
Mother Earth's bowels and they wish
to postpone the day when tho supply
is exhausted and their plants are old
iron, buried. One Ohio distributing
plant pays taxes on $90,000,000.
i Theso distributing systems, when
natural gas falls, might be used for
artificial gas, but Ohio does not pro
duce gas making coal, and, too, arti
ficial gas is but half as hot at twice
the cost
WILL OTHER 8YSTEMS BE
WRECKED?
The federal government found the
railroads starving and took them ovor.
In every section of tho land today the
i gas and electric and telephone and-.
olectrlo railway lines aro starving.
They aro financially anemic, eco
nomically palo; they can't sell bonds
nor stock to keep-up their equipment
becauso they can't make money at
curront rates in sufficient quantity
to mako their stocks and bonds at
tractive purchases.
Literally thousands of public utility
corporations today are facing bank
ruptcy. Propositions looking toward
their relief havo been mado and tho
BolBhovtkl are protesting.
Almost tho entire signal corps of
the army was taken from the experts
of tho telephone companies; others
must bo educated to fill their placoa.
How Butcherp Sharpened Knives.
In the sepulchers at Thebes, Egypt,
butchers are represented as sharpening
their knives on n round bnr of metal at
tached to their aprons, which from its
blue color Is supposed to bo lion.
8uggestlve Title.
"China r-'rom Within," a new book
rxlvcrltscd. may have bpa written by
one of those old-time side-chow fakers
who" nto cups and cauccrs nnd dinner
jilntcs for tho edification of a gaping
crowd of yokels.- Seattle I ost-Intelll-.concor.
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