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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
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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.
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There is no joyriding on the
water wapon, but the absence of
bustlu-ad help some.
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Whisky i-eenis to pickle and pre
serve one man out of a hundred,
hut it rots the other ninety-nine.
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Where do we poor folks get all
the money the rich men take away
from us?
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Don't worry alnjut the devil not
retting his due he'll get it, all
right, including you if you are his
due.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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botes, teaiel vita Blu Ribbon. V
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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
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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.
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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