The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, September 04, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
is 3 " Cbe plattsmouth journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEELY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA I'ulertd al PotofTUe, riattitrnouth. Neb., as ecood-clas.i mall ina.ltr R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The riiaii who takes the photographs Is something of a saint; lie does his level best to make us Look like what we ain't. :o: There is no joyriding on the water wapon, but the absence of bustlu-ad help some. :o: Whisky i-eenis to pickle and pre serve one man out of a hundred, hut it rots the other ninety-nine. :o: Where do we poor folks get all the money the rich men take away from us? :o: Don't worry alnjut the devil not retting his due he'll get it, all right, including you if you are his due. :o: A man hands a girl a big bunch of hot air that he never attempts to work off on a widow. She knows Let ter. - :o: There is t.ilk r.t Washington of According to ordinary standards this was not "good business." It tends, however, to confirm an opti mistic faith in human nature. People generally are pretty hon est, or at least pretty much inclin ed to live up to expectations. When a creditor suspects them of dishon esty, ana takes elaborate measures to insure payment, they may take a sort of malicious pleasure in cheat ing him. When the creditor takes it for granted that they intend to do the square tiling, they usually do. -:o:- WICKED WASTE. more than enough, to coer the ta. "A few companies, hut only a very few," says the committee in a public statement, "have fallen, after the excess profits tax has been paid. slightly under the old net profits. Hut far more concerns have shown net profits above the pre-war net. even after the excess profits tux. "The average has heen above. showing that in the entire ring of production, the packer, the whole saler, the jobber, the commission man, and finally the merchant, each in turn have paid no excess profits tax themselves, but simply have passed it on to the consumer; and to do so they have forced prices correspondingly higher, especially as each link in the chain before the consumer has to take care of its own excess profits. This condition has been true not only of meats but of every commodity inquired into. and the retailer has done the same thing as the big dealer." This discovery, based on the re luctant, sworn testimony of men. representing the various lines of business, is a shameful revelation of these purposes have already been introduced in congress and should have prompt action. The government regulates the national banks, which takt- care of tho people' money. It s 'fins reas onable enough that it should alio exercise whatever supervision necessary over corporations con trolling the necessaries for which the people spend their money. deatFoF henry" KAUFMANN SUNDAY Was a Resident of Cass County For a Number of Years. Had Large Circle of Warm. Friends. An agent of the Pennsylvania I extort ion and lack of patriotism. It state food and dairy department says is perhaps the most convincin that since the beeinninc- of summer I proof yet adduced of a fact long ...... more than 100.000 pounds of meat, suspected that the principal cause fish and poultry "have been permit- of "K prices is the changed stand- ted to rot in lMiil:iilelnhi:i t nr:i ire I ard of profit demanded by almost houses because the owners were I ever" producer keeping up prices." Recently 42 tons of meat and 8 tons of fish were voting public money to buy up ail j -cleared" by sending them to fer tile whisky loft on the hands of 'tilizing factories. owners who have no market for it. Ar- there no more :o: (Y.rrie Nations? The railroad- are doing better. They only lo.-t J 2 2. 000. not) in June. That's only about on dollar per familv paid hv the nation for their t support. Still. iiiofI families could find other ue for that dollar. :o: At Sheepshead Bay, in Brooklyn. X. Y.. there ued to be a famous hore racing track, which was turn ed a few years apo into a motor speedway. Now they are giving grand operas thre. in the rpn air. Fo r?l' tp'implis at last. . : o ; Somebody - m i!t I m.- th;it few of the wealthy classes go to church or Sunday school nowadays. That's because wealth enables a man or woman to get the necessary spirit ual Uplift in an automobile or on a golf course. :o: We must have peace before we can have reconstruction and pros perity before we can deal satis factorily with the cost of living or any other big problem. The nation is tired of the debate in Washing ton. Let the senate, stop talking, and dispose of that treaty with reservations, if need be. hut with out any more argument. :o: THE SOLDIERS WERE HONEST. The Salvation Army reports that it did a credit business in France amounting to ?5.0t0.00 without losing a dollar. This is all the more remarkable because, by its own admission, the Army "kept no books." Whatever records the workers kept were of the most rudimentary sort. There was no investigation of those applying for credit. When a soldier wanted anything and did not have the cash, he was trusted. And if any of those men failed to pay, their obli gations must have been met by the over payment of others, because the Army is "breaking even." This is not a great matter in it self; but the same sort of thing is said to be happening right along in nearly every city that has storage houses for perishable foods. The j storage space is so crowded with hoarded food, held for speculative purposes, that it cannot be kept properly. So it spoils. And the puhlic stands all the loss, of course; the owners make up their loss by raising the price of their remaining stock. There are reports, tro. of quanti ties of fish being destroyed at var ious places along the Atlantic and ! !c:f con-ts. in of en -ions when the catch is unexpectedly large and there is no more storage rpace avail able. That has certainly happened (jften in the pa.st. The market in every case could absorb that fish if it were offered cheaply, as it ought to be; but the. owners do not want to set so "dangerous" a precedent, and they destroy the surplus in order to keep up the price. Such action at a time like this is nothing less than criminal. Only a little less culpable are the producers, whether of fish or veget ables or fruits or anything else, who allow their product to spoil when by a little effort they could get it to market. With them must be placed the transportation men. commission men and merchants who likewise, througll carelessness or indifference, allow food to rot after it comes in to their hands. There are too many car loads of spoiled food being dumped every day on the outskirts of cities, to the mutual loss of the producers and the consumers. This widespread wastefulness may be as much responsible for high prices as the profiteering, and must be eliminated if foodstuffs are to be brought down to a reasonable level. tor BODGING EXCESS PROFITS TAXES and distributor of commodities the demand for a higher percentage of net profit than wan considered sat i.-factory before the war. It is particularly unfortunate in the present state of unrest because it serves to strengthen the charge. so often made bv radicals during the war. that it was a business man s war. Certainly American business has made it a profituble war. :o: LITTLE COGITATIONS. (INVESTMENTS 0 Public Service Corporation Pay iiis 7 Can be had in amounts of $100 PAUL FITZGERALD, Investment Securities First National Bank Bid'?, Omaha, Neb. The senate committee investigat ing the high cost of living struck pay dirt when it began to look into the excess profits tax. This tax, as most people know, was levied by congress in an effort to equalize the war burdens. It was figured on the basis of whatever profits were made by an individual or firm over and above these made in normal, pre-war" times. It was merely an assessment on "war profits", and it did not come anywhere near taking all of them. The committee finds that nearly everybody who pays that tax, in stead of paying it out of his own pocket as was intended, is making the consumer pay it. This has been done by raising prices enough, -or Never sacrifice digestion on the altar of appetite. Loading a 'fast life lands you at the end much sooner. The bookworm turns most :nd the hookworm the least. It is a mystery why .-oim- popular songs are popular. A square jaw is a good thing but should not be overworked. Right wrongs nobody but often hurts to beat everything. Everybody wants shorter hours except the town gossips. When you sow wild oats your family has to help harvest. The radical of yesterday becomes the conservative tomorrow. So live that your friends won't have to lie about it when you Gie. An automatic gun is bad medi cine, but an automatic mouth is the limit. :o: CAPITALIZATION CONTROL. "One of the chief aids to filching unfair profits," remarks Senator rapper of Kansas, "is over capital ization." It is clear enough. when you think it over. Suppose anyone ques tions the prices charged. The answer comes: "We are not making an excessive rate of profit. Look at our books. You can see that we are only making so much net profit on our capitalization." And there is never a word of how the capitaliza tion itself was fixed, how much real money was put into the business and how much water, and what the rate of profit is on the actual invest ment. That has been one of the main troubles with American rail roads and most of our other big in dustries. "Several of the states, notably Kansas." says Senator Capper, "have enacted what are known as 'blue sky' laws, requiring submission of all the plans of a company about to organize to some state department for examination. These are passed upon and a certificate for sale of stock issued or denied. The enact ment of a similar national law would be advisable." There can be no question of the desirability of such a law governing concerns engaged in interstate com merce. It would naturally accom pany some provision for federal in corporation'." Bills intended for Prom Tuesday's Pally. Sunday evening at 11 o'clock at his home south of this city, Henry Kaufmann, one of the old residents of the community passed away after a lingering illness covering a per iod of three months. Mr. Kaufmann had been suffering from rheumatism and liver enlargement which had made his last days ones of pain and suffering and from which the death messenger came as a blessed release from the suffering that had been his lot in the last few months. The tender care of the loving hands of those nearest him could give him no relief from the progress of his af fliction, but throughout the long sickness he had hoped to again gain his old time strength and prove a victor in the battle of life and it was not until the near approach of (he deatli messenger came that lie resigned the hope that he might re gain his health. Henry Kaufmann was born in Liveadedns. Germany, in 1SC2. and came to the United States while a young man residing first at St. Louis where he made his home un til coming to this city where lie wa united in marriage to .Miss Magpie Olenhauser.. After the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann continued to mako their home near Plattsmouth and he-.? the children were born and reared to manhood and womanhood. The widow and four children are left to mourn the death of Mr. Kaufmann. two of the children being at the bedside when the husband and father passeu away. i ne cnuaren are: Mr-. Ed. Vallery, Tigen. Montana Mrs. Will Xolte. Miss Tillie Kauf- irxuu ur.J John Kaufmann of Platts mouth. lie also leaves one brother. iniaia i.aiiiHiai:u in mourn :i:s death. Hp departed was a prosperous and well to do farmer and for a long period of years has resided on the farm south of the city where he has been engaged in general garden ing. He was a man held in the highest regard by those with whom he came in contact and his death has caused a most profound sense of grief to the old and close per sonal friends in this city and throughout the cotinty. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the St. Paul's Evangelical church. Rev. J. H. Steger officiating, and interment will be at Oak Hill cemetery. A Big New Discovery in Cigarette Blending The big thing about Chesterfields is their unique blend. The Chesterfield blend is an entirely new combination of tobaccos. It is a most important development in cigarette making. As a result, Chesterfields deliver s new kind of cigarette enjoyment just like a "bite" before bedtime when you're hungry they SATISFY! It took the finest selections of TURKISH and DOMESTIC tobaccos and no end of skill and patient experi ment to get this blend right. Was it worth it? Say just smoke a Chesterfield fresh from the moisture proof package. You'll say it was worth it, all right. of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos blended s CHARLES JELINEK SOME BETTER From Tuesday's really. Mrs. Joseph Jelinek was a visit oc yesterday at the St. Joseph hos pital in Omaha where her son Charles Jelinek is at present under going treatment for a broken arm which he sustained last week while cranking a Ford car. The arm has been in very bad shape owing to an infection which set in shortly after the breaking of the arm and pre vented the setting of the bones. The surgeons have succeeded in reducing the infection and yesterday the in jured man was resting somewhat easier, although he is still in a very critical condition. W. A. ROBERTSON, Lawyer. East of Riley Hot3! Coates Elock. Second Floor. Don't forget us when you want meat or groceries for harvest. We can fake care of you, just phone No. 4, and we will have your order up. 1 1 ATT & SON. v CHICHESTER S FILLS Ask roar ItracKUt (nrV C'kMtt i Manonii TiiadX IM1U la Urd nd Uoli tnelllAV botes, teaiel vita Blu Ribbon. V i ctbr. Bur r romr I'r.nhl. AlrforOin-'irfc!.TJf )UA1I4M IIRAM PILI-H,!. tft rafifcnown. best. Sfct. Alwv kctublt SOLD BY Diil'GGCTS tVlRYMFRE a splenJiJ combination of aromatic Turkiah tobaccos from Xanth! Cavalla Smyrna a..i.l Simioi.c, -the choJceit aricties of Domestic tobaccos grown f r.d enly the t rzt f radse cf each careful skillful blending by a secret process that cannot he copied aA BYRON ARRIES GOES BACK TO HOSPITAL At Hampton Roads. Virginia, Where He Will Have His Leg Reset in Near Future. Fiom 'j 'vies day's Daily. Monday afternoon P.yron Arrios departed on No. 2 for the east, go ing to Hampton lioads, 'irgi.iia. where he will enter the Marine base hospital in that city to have an op eration performed upon his leg. which has been affected as a result of his wound received in November. 1918, while in the fighting in the Argonne forest in France. Mr. Ar ries suffered a number of wounds in the drive in which he participated as a member ot tne nun Aianaes.. the most serious of which resulted in the breaking of his left leg. At the time the injured member was set, the bones were not perfectly joined and as a result the injured young man was left with a slight limp and this is to be overcome by a second setting of the leg, which will be performed at the base hos pital at Hampton Roads, where the limb will be broken and reset. It will be several months before "By" will have the full use of the injured leg and his host of friends are hop ing that it will prove entirely suc cessful in restoring to this splendid young man who has suffered so much during the war, the full use of the leg and allow him to return home fully restored. Byron has had a thrilling experience in the war and was wounded in two different en gagements and his record is one that the citv can be proud of from one of her sons who so bravely defended his country on the battle field. LOST. llctween the farm of W. V. .Moore and Louie Puis farm, plain black leather traveling bag. yellow leath er lining, containing pair men's shoes, pair striped overalls, some child's clothing, toilet articles, pair cuff links. 1 cameo pin and between $10 and $15 in money. Finder please leave at Iliatt & Tutt's stor at Murray or Journal office at Plattsmouth and receive reward. 25-lwkd&w One Ford touring car for quick sale. Smith's Garage. s:k&::-:si:::bi,;:::s':;:k l!limi!!!BI!K!:!:K!:W!Kin Office Supplies? That's wher Wf shine. The Journal Frintery. 10-20 Titan kerosene burner, with three-bottom plow, delivered $1,300.00 Also the 1 2-25 Huber Light Four tractor with three-bottom plow included, delivered $1,640.00 WE WILL NOW BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE DELIVERIES ON DODGE BROS. AND CHANDLER CARS. DODGE BROS. CARS AT $1,185.00 Delivered CHANDLER CARS AT $1,975.00 Delivered I. H. C. Trucks DeLaval and Primrose Cream Separators. I Used Cars! Five-passenger Ford touring car $250.00 Monroe roadster, a bargain at 450.00 I J& F. GOKDER, 1 AtrrnMnRi!.ES . FARM IMPLEMENTS