Pullman herald. [volume], December 15, 1916, Image 15

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Let us five sunn thing of lasting quality this
year. Nothing more suitable could be given
to the children than a
[savings bankbook"
This, with a little ino.al hank, will please
them and be an incentive to THRIFT.
We also have new .*•_!.;>u „i,| pieces and new-
Currency, suitable for gifts.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
. OF PULLMAN, WASH.
:. "Home of the Palouse Dollar"
OFFICERS
M. W. Whitlow, president .M. Schultheis, Jr., vice president
0. L. Waller, vice president I', C. Forrest, cashier
('. F. Anderson, asst. Cashier
She Pullman Herald
..^BBfefc. ———
;WM. GOODYEAR, Lessee. KARL P. ALIJS^mtorT"
IrSblbhed every Friday at Pullman, Washington, and entered at the Pullman
poitoffice aa second-class moil matte:.
11.00 par Y««r if paid in advance; if not paid in advance 50 cent* additional.
Pullman, Wash., Friday, December 15, 1916
CHRISTMAS MIOPPINt.
This Christmas edition of The lier
i is issued at this time for two
iisons: First, to encourage the plan
doing Christinas shopping early,
Kond, to call the attention of the
»|)(e of Pullman and vicinity to
if splendid and varied assortment
'. Christinas gifts carried by the
lerchants of Pullman.
It is certainly fa'" better to pick
it and Inspect In gifts which you
I going to make to relatives and
.ends, thereby satisfying yourself
it they are just what you wain,
in it is to select them from a cata
pte and take the chances of their
wing on time and being .is i pro
«ed.
The satisfaction of seeing what
a buy is certainly worth more than
* slight saving in price which may
offered by mail order houses and
7 merchants. As a matter of fact
price of first class staple articles
»bout the same everywhere, in
Mman as in New York. Bargain
Ites are. as a rule, confined to
»P and inferior articles.
Before you send away for holiday
'» inspect the stocks carried by the
Hman stores and you will be al
to'sure to find just what you are
*Ing for, at satisfactory prices.
"> will also add to and share In
good cheer created in every coin
wity by Christmas shopping.
DANGER! GO SLOWLY!
I the recent election the two wet
!Btires aimed to amend the pres-
Prohibitlon law were defeated
majorities of 100,000 or more.
f e are two interpretations which
be placed upon this result,
W. that the people are so well
|!,h*ed with the operation of the
'Mnt law that they do not wish
&aye it amended, or that the sen-
DeiH against the liquor traffic is
Bwing so rapidly that the people
( ready to make the state bone
1.
tome of the ardent temperance
kers are so confident that the
**' interpretation is the correct
* that they insist that a bone-dry
r should be passed at the coming
; •ion of the legislature. To the
er such action seems premature
> '"' advised. The passage of such
l* was not made an issue In the
'Paign and therefore the iic« ly-
F^l members of the legislature
?°t know how their constituents
°* upon it. if passed, the law
*to. certainly be held up for ref-
F«uni 0 the people at the next
*ion and therefore would not be
■"♦operative for two years.
r" 6 chief objection to the present
P'« the abuse of the permit sys
r In<l the difficulty of en'oicing
Ky^elons. With the sentiment
•""eaent existing in the state, there
**** to be no logical reason for
*ving that a rigid bon-vdry law
°c enforced any more readily
f *"( * more liberal measur-i now
on the statute books. If the abuse
1,1 the permit system can not be
tchecked, it will pave the way for the
abolition of the system and the adop
tion of a hone-dry law. But it is
very doubtful if the way has been
j paved as yet, Tin- present law has
not been tried long enough '-<< con
vince the people that it is inadequate
to meet present requirements, They
are convinced that it is a vast im
provement ever the old local option
statute.
"Slow but re" is a good motto:
the safe way is the best way and mil
itary science teaches that the safe
way. when an advanced line of
trenches lias been captured, is to con
solidate the new position thorough
ly before trying to rush the next line
of defenses.
The wisest plan of procedure will
he to ask the legislature to make a
liberal appropriation to aid In the
enforcement of the present law, to
provide more severe penalties for
violations of the law, and to throw
more rigid restrictions around the
sales by drug .-'ore--. Then, in two
years, if the abuse of the permit sys
tem continues unabated, initiate a
bone-dry law and make it an Issue
in the campaign. By so doing, the
same results can be attained almost
as promptly and with far less danger
than by trying to force a bone-dry
law through the legislature, with a
certainty that it would be held up
for two years by a referendum, and
ii grave uncertainty as to how the
voters of the state would regard it.
WM, GOODYEAR,
sum.i. Tin: TAIL WAG THE dog?
There are 2898 counties in the
United States and of these there are
but 355 which permit the legal sale
of liquor. A majority of the people
residing in the other 2543 counties
are opposed to the liquor traffic, and
most of them are in favor of nation
wide prohibition. How much longer
will the people permit the 356 coun
ties to thwart the wishes of the 2543 I
counties, or In other words how long
will they allow the tail to wag the
dog?
National prohibition is certain to
become a political issue in the near
future, because It is an economic as
well as a moral problem. This has
been conclusively demonstrated by
the war in Europe If the belliger
ent nations have found it beneficial
to put a ban on boose, as a war
measure, it follows that this nation
would find in national prohibition
one of the most fail reaching methods
of preparedness tor war. It would
not only improve the physical condi
tion and morale of our potential sol
diers, but it would also Increase the
efficiency of the industrial workers
who would be called upon to supply
the munitions of war. It would con
serve a vast amount of money, now
worse than wasted, and would won
derfully stimulate the happiness,
prosperity, and progress of the peo
ple, as well as Increasing their
longevity.
Investigations recently completed
5 01,"»™< «S*cntlstß In Denmark In
dicate that every drink of whiskey
shortens the life of the drinker by
about ,r' minutes, and tin. finding
is corroborated in -, general way by
tiie InvestiEations conducted by life
insurance companies in this country
Hie result of these investigations
are concisely stated bj Wallaces'
Farmer as follows:
"The New York Life has found that \
among those who have used ahohol
'" excess, but have, reformed and
taken a cure not long before they
took out Insurance, the excess of
mortality was To per cent. Taking
all of Hie policyholders who had »
history of excessive use ol alcohol!
and Including those who bad discon
''"'"•'i 'ts use mote than in,, years
prior to the date of their applica
tion lor insurance, it was found thai
60 per cent more of then, died thau
'be average of their policy-holders.
The Mutual Life, during ihe period
rrom 1875 to 18U9, found that the
deaths among total abstainers were
23 iter cent less than among those
who used liquor. The New England
Mutual Life found lha) , h( . , lGatha
among total abstainers were IT per
tent less than among those who used
liquor randy; 2<l per cem less than
among those who considered them
selves temperate, and 53 per cent less
than among "moderate drinkers."
The Northwestern Mutual's investi
gations indicated an excess mortality
of about three per cent in the case
of those who used whiskey, and who
were considered heavy Peer drinkers.
The Equitable Life found that the
death rate anient.', total abstainers
was about '27, p c , , „„t | esa ,| lull
among the genera] iun of policy
holders, A large number of other
companies found similar conditions.
The evidence shows in the most posi
tive way that the drinking of liquor
very materially shortens the length
of life."
National prohibition is the most
progressive sin before the country.
No other one reform promises such
widespread and far-reaching benefits.
At i lie present time the democratic
part) claims to be the great progres
sive political organization of the na
tion. By incorporating a national
prohibition plank in its next platform
the parly can conclusively demon
st rati the justice of this claim.
Shall he tail was ibe dog', is an
issue which will not down and must
be faced.
WM. GOODYIt
tin: iai;.mi:i;s sun: oi tin;
lIK.tl cost or living
A universal scream greets the rise
in he price of farm products until
eggs retailed at i" and 50 cms a
dozen, butter at i" cents a pound,
potatoes .ii two cents a pound and
flour at four and five cent a pound,
seen, out of all reason Hut. us a
matter of fact, the American pub
lii lias been so long accustomed to
prices of farm products I hal were un
reasonably low, that it Is largely by
contrast thai present prices seem so
outrageously high. There was a day
when eggs at 10 to 15 cents a dozen
and butter at from 20 to -■"■ cents a
pound and milk at five cents a quart
delivered at the door, and the choic
est cuts of beef at 1." cents a pound
and flour at a cent a pound were ac
cepted by the consuming public with
complacency, regardless of the fact
that the producers of these commodi
ties toiled early and late without tail
or equitable return for their labor.
Even with present prices, flour is
one of the cheapest articles of diet.
People buy it «hen converted into
"cereal" food or macaroni and never
think of it being high priced. A
breakfast egg at a cost of three, four
or five i ems is. after all. not costly.
To have one's milk cared for so care-
FARMERS
Your time is worth money it runs your business and ac
cumulates for you.
Your buildings and farm products are money and represent
years of hard labor.
Your live stock is more valuable today liiu never before,
and equally necessary.
SUPPOSE
Through accident oi illness you can not work? You have
lost not only your time but the expense of such misfortune;
or your buildings 'id product' of the farm are destroyed by
lire: or through accident or illness your live stock dies; it is v
great loss not only to yon and those depending upon you, but
to the community as ,■>. whole-, as accumulated wealth and wealth
thai otherwise would have been accumulated is lost.
NO WONDER FARMERS SAY, "EVERYTHING IS A GAM
BLE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR CHANCES AS
THOSE IN ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONS'
Mr. Fanner, you do not have to take those chances. .Millions
of dollars in risks above named are now being carried by that
old and reliable company— The Hartford.
Downen'i Insurance Agency offers this guaranteed and lib
eral insurance protection.
Call or write
The Downen Realty Co.
Telephone [phone] Main Street
Pullman, Washington
fully in sanitary dairies .iii.l deliv
''"''i at the door in sterilised bottles
at current prices is, after all, worth
the money paid for 't. i,, have the
choicest and freshest vegetables
picked out ol the product and put in
to an attractive form, while much ol
the product niusi be discarded, natur
ally Increases the cost.
Besides, the public must not for
get the iiii leased costs of produo
[Hon. The land itself has doubled
1111,1 trebled In its market price, and
to induce production must yield a re
turn on ii larger investment. Larger
; returns per acre are necessary and
consequent^ more expensive tillage
and fertilizing are essential. The
cost ol labor on the farm has risen
several hundred per rent and is hard
er to gel and poorer In quality than
formerly, Meanwhile, wages and In
come in all occupations .i 1.11 profes
sions have risen, the standard of liv
inu Is higher, the hours are shorter.
the opportunities or the pleasure of
life are eater with the result that
men and women are lured out of
agriculture Into tl nsier and public
life,
At the same time, the farmer's
family, unwilling to put up with the
low stand of living once endured.
either requires the more adequate re
turn or deserts the farm for the as
ier conditions and larger returns of
urban life. We are now to the point
where the law of supply and demand
makes it absolutely necessary that
lore adequate returns rime, to he
farmer, lie has for half a century
been the poorest paid laborer and
business man in America. He hat
borne the brunt of badly adjusted
tariff schedules. lie has put up.
through inertia, with poorer condi
tions than in\ her class. The rail
ways must be adjusted to receive a
reasons hie profit mi their invested
capital, if not on their watered
stock. The hired girl innst have a
minimum wage that will guarantee
an adequate number of corsets and
picture ha's and admission in tin
movies. The laborers must have
shorter hours nd li if her pay.
The fanner alone has no recourse
ior redress until enough of i hem are
pushed out of that occupation so that
high prices are inevitable. And high
price is i lie remedy for i he depletion
of our agricultural classes. And high
prices ami profitable employment
must precede abundant supply and .1
lower cost of living for the consum
ins public, The high cost of living Is
a Godsend to tie American nation.
Only thus will he tide be turned.
13. A. Bryan in the Washington
Farmer.
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