WATCH THIS PAPER GROW IT’S THE PEOPLE’S PAPER VuL. I Oh, Consistency, Thou Art a Jewel! IT DEPENDS ENTIRELY UPON WHOSE OX IS GORED The President of The W. H. Mazey Co. Has Two Widely Different Views on the Subject of Co-Operation A few days since the Newark Chamber of Commerce published an interesting article relating to the past,-present and future prospects, achievements, advantages, &c. of the city. Incorporated in the story were the views and opinions of some of Newark’s business men. Mr. W. H. Mazey, Pres, of The W. H. Mazey Co., expressed himself, in part, as follows: “While the present fellowship spirit of Newark is'co-operative, it should be directed along channels looking to our industrial development. We have in recent years ntenimized the fact that industrial progress is the great reason for the life of our or ganization. I hope to see in 1918 the idea of placing small factories around throughout this community developed until it becomes not the only reason but the paramount rea son for our existence. I would rec ommend for 1918 that we keep in the foreground as the big reason for the existence of this organization, the placing in operation of a small factory we can promote in our midst, and I would finally urge the city council and the officers of the Chamber of Commerce, a strong per sonal resolve to work together in the developing of every idea that makes Newark a better place than the other city in which to live.” The prosperous President of the W. H. Mazey Co. evidently intended this noble sentiment to be applied to the “other fellow”, as he recently, when in conversation with a representative of the Newark Leader, appeared to hold an entirely different opinion in regard to the establishment of new industries, tending to the promotion of the welfare and advancement of business in Newark. Upon this oc casion Mr. Mazey, in substance, ex pressed himself as follows: “Nothing doing! I am most em phatically and unalterably opposed to another newspaper in Newark. To advertise in it would give my ap parent endorsement and add to my already enormous overhead expenses. The Newark papers are charging me most, outrageous prices for adver tising. I don’t think we need another paper. Believe I do not care to use the columns of the Leader, at least not at present.’’ A glance through the pages of the Leader will prove that scores of manufacturing, business and pro fessional men in Newark do not co incide with the honorable President of The W. H. Mazey Co., and have given substantial proof of holding an opposite opinion by gladly and gen erously using its columns as a means to reach the general public. We know that their advertisements have been productive of results and have gained trade that otherwise would have gone elsewhere. The union men and wo men who subscribe for and read our paper, believe in reciprocity, and their, acts prove*the truth of their belief. The Newark Leader is here to stay. It is here to aid in every way the cause of organized labor. It has a large* and rapidly increasing list of subscribers composed of members of every union in the city. Its columns furnish a valuable means of reach ing a desirable class of cash buyers who are making good money, and are going to spend it. We urge upon them the advisability of spending it among our friends. The business men whose ads appear in the Leader are entitled to your support. & Mayor Augustus Atherton By John Bush It is interesting to note the fact that Newark’s present mayor is the third member of the Atherton family to be elected to that important office. The great-uncle of Augustus Ather ton, Gibson Atherton, was one of the first mayors of Newark after the in corporation of the city, being elected in 1860. The family history of the smiling faced mayor is quite interesting. His grandparents were'Augustus W. and Cynthia M. Atherton. The former was a native of Newark township and was bom in 1824. The grandmother, Cynthia M. Taft, was born in Knox county. His, great grandfather was John Atherton, who came from Penn sylvania and settled in Licking county when the land was largely uncul tivated. He took up the task of farming amidst pioneer environments, and assisted largely in the early development of the county. He re sided here until his death which oc cured when he was 82 years of age. Gibson Atherton, one of his sons, aside from being one of the first mayors, was a prominent and in fluential resident of the county. He served as prosecuting attorney and gained distinction as a noted criminal lawyer. He represented his district in congress for four years and was appointed judge of the Supreme Court. The father of the mayor, Herbert Atherton, followed farming until 1885 when he moved to Newark where he engaged in the real estate and coal business. In 1890 he was elected real estate appraiser for the city of New ark and the same year was chosen county commissioner which position he held for six years. In 1898 he was elected mayor and again in 1900 and also in 1907, having a majority of ten hundred and sixteen. William Atherton, a brother of the present mayor, in 1909 was secretary to the general manager of the Cin cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R. and the Pere Marquette R. R. Sincerity, loyalty, trustworthiness, these are qualities that stand as salient elements in the character of the mayor’s family. In turn his friends believe in him, and feel that their faith will never be misplaced. The writer, having had the pleasure of being a next door neighbor to the mayor’s mother, is sure that if he has inherited the loyalty, trustworthiness and honorable elements of character and will follow the teachings of his loving, loyal, Christian mother, New ark will have an efficient mayor of whom the city can well feel proud. LABOR NOTES agreement signed by the Founders An Int. Stove America, and the Stove Founders Defense Assn., an increase of 15 5-8 per cent has been obtained on piece work, and 75 cents per day on time work. Union of North The Lehigh Valley Railroad has raised wages of its machinists 6 cts. an hour, making the rate 42 cents an hour, or 12 cents more than when they were unorganized. The wiremen, members of Electrical Workers Union, of Rock Island, Ill., have a signed agreement providing for an eight hour $5 day. Typographical Union No. 250, of Beaver, Pa., recently obtained an in crease of $2 to $4 per week, with a three year contract. & NEWARK, OHIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918 Finds Fault with Safety Department devotes 27 pages the safety depart- inspector Heck to his sudvey of ment of the city. 1 of the importance After a review of this office in an official and finan cial way, he finds that the office, im portant as it is, does not keep a cash book. Entries of receipts are made only in its .minute books. He advises the use of a cash book so the records may be accurately kept. completely and says, files no the auditor, as The director, he monthly report with provided for and required by Section 4286 of the General Code of Ohio. These monthly reports are, under the law, due to be filed as stated, on the first Monday in each month. He finds that the director, in his official capacity, revises all of the city’s pur chases and the approval of certain claims. He has not always properly itemized them, they should be com plete. He finds that the total receipts in 1915 were $51,658.54 and disburse ments were $53,048.86. In 1916 total receipts were $62,544 20 and total dis bursements were $62,931.10. In the part of 1917 reported on Jan. 1, to May 5 there were a total of receipts $29,999.10 and total disbursements of $21,690.30. There were a total of* time loans to the city by the banks in the time inspected of $22,500, all of which were paid with the interest $373,41. With the action of the council the department has paid delayed claims and vouchers which he says .is a loose method. The department should notify all holders of vouchers to cash them in before the first of the year. It is wrong to let them run over and pay from the “contingent” fund. The policemen of the city, he says, are allowed each a day off in a month. and 15 days vacation each year. He recounts the buildings of the police system of the city and finds that the oM city prison is unsanitary and very hard to keep clean. It was erected in 1874 and the city has out grown it. It is high time, he says, that it should be modernized to meet the needs of this city. The keeper of the city prison is paid 13 1-3 cts. for each meal furnished a prisoner and during the time covered by this audit there has been paid $6,177,85, a period of a little over two years. It is greatly in excess, he says, of similar bills paid by cities the size of Newark or cities one half larger than Newark. The total disbursements in the police department for 1915 were $23,071,32 for 1916 $21,685.75 and the part of 1917 $6,981.05. He notes a number of erroneous payments the aggregate of them is small, less than 60 in the total, but he censures the safety department for its failure to properly verify the claims presented. There is no excuse, he says, for the safety department in its failure to audit all bills before sending them to the auditing depart ment for payment. A claim for traveling expenses was paid the chief of police, while in pursuit of an ac cused person. He says that such bills are not to be paid. He finds some small over payments to officers and office help, but he says the chief of police gave a satisfactory explana tion in each. They should be avoided in the future. He deprecates the loose policy of sometimes paying police and other officers in advance. The city auditor has no right, he says, to pay policemen for overtime, but it must be settled by giving them time off. He refers to the murder of officer Walter Boscowen, July 1, 1915. The city paid a total of $501.23 for, med ical, surgical and nurse charges. It is not in'conformity of law, but it may be looked over in the light of the fact that the officer lost his life in an attempt to protect the good order of the city, the great advantage a good police force that each member of should keep himself reproach. On account of to the city of Mr. Heck says the department above possible The books of the fire department, he says, are neatly and accurately kept. It is very important that the time book should be very clear and accurate. He says that a municipal fireman is paid for the time he is on duty. Should he be off a day the proper reduction should be made. Firemen get an annual vacation, on pay of 14 days each year. The Newark- fire alarm system was installed over 30 years ago but is kept in good order by the chief. There are 34 alaim boxes which he says are not enough, hydrants. There are 709 fire director of safety invoice of all prop- He enjoins the to take an annual erty in his control and should care fully file and preserve such reports. He refers to the police relief fund which provides for 20 years service and honorable discharge a pension of $b0 per month and an additional $3 per month for each additional year of service up to 20 years. Ho urges the creation of the relief fund by taking a port of the liquor tax and place it in the hands of the treasurer of the relief fund. He urges the trustees of the police relief fund to at once demand the transfer to them of funds coming to them. The trustees of the firemen relief fund are similarly urged. A Thought for 1918 By F. C. Bailey The year 1917 is gone! 1910 is on! What are our Intentions, our hopes^ our aspirations for the coming year? The past year has been a year that will long be remembered for the things accomplished, much too long and too numerous to mention. Great strides have been made in all lines toward a better understanding. Many have been the sacrifices of the past, and there must be many more in the year to come. Each of us has prob ably centered his mind upon some special thing he will do this year. Something that will benefit his fellow man. But! have we in pur hurry forgotten something? What have we planned for our homes? What have we in store for our “silent partner”? In starting this new year, let us start at the beginning, and not hurry through with our aspirations, only to look back and find that we have ac complished nothing. ,But in this year when all the world is filled with blood shed and suffering, when men are at each others throats in the struggle for “Democracy” in this year when each of us have planned some sacri fice, let us not forget the very founda tion of mankind “The Home”. Let our first thoughts be, “What can we do to brighten our homes?” How can we sacrifice to benefit “Those who by the ties of home have claim upon us?” Ah! Let us see. Have we spoken an unkind word last year that could have remained unspoken? Have we left the house in a fit of anger and slammed the door, to the wonder of those little ones upon whose minds are stamped our every act? Have we left home in the morning in this mood, and on closing the gate met a neighbor lady and with the greatest of care raised our hat and smiled our best? Ah! Well that was 1917. This year it will be different. We will try and make our home the brightest in the community. We will see that the love fires are burning bright before we leave the home, so that we may find them burning when we return. We will eliminate all unkindness of the past so that our little ones, as they grow up, may never know the blight of selfish anger, and in making the world “A fit place to live in” we may also make our homes a place where love, tenderness and sympathy prevail. So that, passed the meridian journeying toward “Our hands may be of charity and love, the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.” when we have of life, and are our final goal, filled with deeds The Federated Shop Employes, Cumberland, Md., employed by the Western Maryland R. R., have re ceived an increase of 10 cents an hour. The workers are 100 per organized. I like it. cent Tobacco is a dirty weed— I like it, It satisfies no normal need—( It makes you thin, it makes you lean It takes your hair right off your bean It’s the worst dam stuff I’ve ever seen. I like it. I count that man idle who might l-e better employed.—Socrates. ..V .■■■■:./. .■/ j. I..A fit- Why Learn Spanish? By J. J. Niemann The greatness, prosperity, and com mercial progress of our Latin-Ameri can neighbors are already being felt. Enterprising Americans have already begun to reap the fruits of the ad vantages offered in commerce and industry from the commercial inter course with these rising nations. The best preparation for the proper be ginning in such commercial relations, however, is the ability to speak and write the Spanish language. It is no secret that the Germans have been successful in capturing South Ameri can commerce simply because they have been able to speak the language of the people. This is "their best possible introduction’to the Latins of America. The railroads of Venezuela are controlled by Germans, and they do not hesitate to say that their best way to develop their commercial re lations with these peoples is the ability to speak and understand their language. In the same manner the Germans have captured the com merce of Bolivia. Up to the outbreak of the present European war, fifty per cent of all Bolivian imports came from Germany. These are merely a few isolated facts to show that the openings which Latin-America pre sents in a commercial way for North Americans cannot be overestimated. Indeed, the present opportunity is a gold mine for all American industries. Commercial bodies and companies are now devising ways and means for the capturing of the commerce that before the war was the possession of the European markets. The first task is to learn the Spanish language. The commercial agent who goes to Latin-America with a fairly good knowledge of the Spanish language has already won the first victory, the confidence of the people. 1 In commercial as well as other relations, one cannot make any successful pro gress in a foreign country without a good knowledge of the language of the people. In commerce, threfore, the great and important foreign lan guage for the Americans to learn is Spanish. This they must do if they wish to compete successfully with Europeans in securing Latin-Ameri can business, and to command a salary of $5,000 and $10,000 a year. These positions are not limited to men only, they are also open to women. I understand Bohemian, German, Polish, Slavish and Moravian, but very little Spanish. I would gladly forget all if I could speak Spanish, for I know what it would mean for me. The Spanish language is not difficult. It is the most sonorous and at the same time the most logical of the Romance languages. It is also the most im portant. Sixty-five million people speak Spanish, forty of which are our neighbors in South America. Only fifty million speak French, the next most important Romance lan guage. The commercial importance of Spanish for the North American is very evident. The increasing mar kets of America must provide for the millions of people that are dest ined to be our commercial compet itors and neighbors. The two Ameri cas will be united by commercial bonds that progress and the increase in population and the comforts of life will strengthen from year to year. To the question, Why learn Spanish the American student should answer: I wish to learn to speak and read and write Spanish in order to travel in the prosperous and rising nations of Latin-America and study their life, manners, and above all, their com rperce. I wish to learn Spanish in order to be able to use the language in a commercial way, and increase my earning power by being able to deal in Spanish-American business. I wish to learn Spanish to help in the development of trade relations with Latin-America. I wish to learn Spanish because I wish to know the language of our nearest neighbors, with whom we are now beginning to have important and ever inceasing business dealings. Young men and women who are learning the Spanish language with the sole purpose of going to South America with the intention of devel oping our trade relations will be creating a better feeling between the two Americas, and at the same time, they will be helping to make our own country richer, stronger, and employ­ u Subscription Price $1.00 per year Single Copies 5 Cents No. 7 ment for thousands of Americans more permanent. The American Federation of Labor has brought these facts before the public time and time again. I think such callings are patriotic. Not to see the opportunity in South America is to be blind wi» fully. The war has awakened South America. South America has infinite resources, and deserves, as nations, long credit. They can not manufact ure all that they need today. Nor tomorrow. Before they develop their own industries they will need to go outside of South America to buy many things. We can make them. In the development of their own inc dustries they will need capital. North America has it DO NOT JEOPARDIZE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS That more harm than good will result from the general practices of “hysterical economy” is the opinion of S. W. Straus, President of the American Society for Thrift, who voiced this warning in a statement made public recently. “The tendency on the part of many of our citizens”, Mr. Straus said, to practice indis criminate economy at this time is regrettable because of the danger of injustice to legitimate business enter prises, without any benefit therefrom to qur government in winning the war. Furthermore, it is regrettable because of the possibility of fostering a popular misunderstanding of the true meaning of thrift. “We must bear in mind that money is just as essential in winning the war as food, ammunition and guns. Any condition, therefore, which tends to halt business, transacted along con servative lines, and stop the flow of money through the customary chan nels, saps our financial power. “We must differentiate between th6 elimination of waste and the with holding of money from legitimate business. We must remember that what is one man’s luxury is another man’s necessity, jointly creating transaction on which business and employment depend. This statement does not, of course, imply encourage ment of extravagance. In the prac tice of true thrift now or at any time, there is no waste. Especially now we must abstain from using for in dividual needs any essentials neces sary to the government for the suc cessful prosecution of the war. We must subscribe liberally and to our greatest ability to the Liberty Loans and war charities, but we must re member also that we will gain nothing as a nation in the encouragement of false economy, hoarding and selfish ness. American business constitutes one of the strongest asset of the allied cause. Anything like a financial panic in America now would be a real disaster because the government would be placed at a tremendous dis advantage in securing money with which to finance itself and our allies. “All our people are united on the point that war requirements come ahead of private considerations, but we need not feel that it is our pa triotic duty to create an epoch of receiverships and cripple the business of manufacturers, theatres, artists, musicians, dress-makers, tailors, jewelers, small shop-keepers and the millions of our citizens whose liveli hood is directly or indirectly depend ent on so-called non-essentials. If an era of receiverships is precipitated through the dissemination of doc trines of destructive economy, a pop ular misconception of thrift will be created and the thrift movement in this country will be retarded for many years to come. “We have made great strides in the correct understanding of true thrift. We have come to a full realiza tion of the fact that no nation of people can go along year after year blindly wasting their resources and not come, sooner or later, to a reckon ing. We are preparing to teach thrift in our schools so that future genera tions may know the value of this virtue, bu£ the practice of indis criminate economy now may jeopar dize the success of this movement. “It is our duty at this time to avoid any suggestion of hysteria. Let us view our duties to our nation from a sane, practical standpoint. Let us strive wherever possible, consistent with the practices of unstinted pa triotism, to lend encouragement to fair and legitimate American business, which is a mighty asset to the allied nations.”